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After due consideration here are the results.
Everybody wants User Profiles.
RBS says lean some of the GAD prizes towards lesser forums to boost them and he suggests we include a "what's going on in the forums" or "forum news" somewhere.
Gaming Boy would like to see more input from the staff to start topics and kick-start discussion.
Grix suggests we have a tournament where we all download game to our PC and play against each other.
er-no wants a "who is here" link. You click on it and it tells you the names of most recent posters (good idea). And er-no wants the Notables to be given something to do (a request which I have just complied with in Chat forums)
TheBest_2K1 is keen on putting people in a hot seat. Everybody fires questions at the poor so...
Quazimodo would like links to your "Latest Post" and your web site url in your stats window (excellent).
Meka would like us to hold a song contest and have counters to see how many people have read a thread. pb backs this up with a similar request on reviews.
Cookie Monster suggests a Cluedo-style murder mystery event.
Dan2K1 would like on-line darts.
Dringo is keen to repeat some "Opposite Posts" - I believe this is intended to be head to head challenges on specific arguments.
Chr!stos says we should sometimes vote for Gameaday winners, instead of them being always picked by staff.
Salevunit suggested a Winning Posts Forum (view only), plus Tag of the Day competitions, Search Facilities and Caution Tags. The latter is a particularly strong suggestion, i.e. to give warning tags to people likely to face a ban.
BUT THE WINNER IS:
The prize is for the best SET of suggestions. The winner is SHEEPY for the following ideas:
FOG Lotto
Round Number Prizes (e.g. at 10,000 posts in a forum)
"Number Day" I think this means we would all be anonymous.
Vote people off the forums Big Brother style (love that).
Guess the Phantom Poster.
Complaint Button (already in place now with the report link)
Improve the message filter and the feedback from it.
Contratulations SHEEPY and I hope you enjoy munching your prize.
Thank you again to all those who contributed and sorry not to be able to mention everybody.
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These were the original rules.
This latest EXTRA GAMEADAY is for the best SET of suggestions for "adding life" to the forums.
Imagine that you are in charge of the forums. What would you do to start some interesting debate or to make the place more interesting?
Please DO NOT suggest things which require (much) programming. And don't suggest a chart of Gameaday winners as it is already being sorted.
We already have:
Top Posters chart
Notable/Regular/Newbie system with 'orrible colours
Voting for Notables
Extra Gameaday Prizes
Protected "Prime Topics" forum
"Stats" for history on contributors
Taglines
Closing date is August 1st or shortly thereafter, and it's the best set that wins. All the posts that you make will count towards your set.
Everybody wants User Profiles.
RBS says lean some of the GAD prizes towards lesser forums to boost them and he suggests we include a "what's going on in the forums" or "forum news" somewhere.
Gaming Boy would like to see more input from the staff to start topics and kick-start discussion.
Grix suggests we have a tournament where we all download game to our PC and play against each other.
er-no wants a "who is here" link. You click on it and it tells you the names of most recent posters (good idea). And er-no wants the Notables to be given something to do (a request which I have just complied with in Chat forums)
TheBest_2K1 is keen on putting people in a hot seat. Everybody fires questions at the poor so...
Quazimodo would like links to your "Latest Post" and your web site url in your stats window (excellent).
Meka would like us to hold a song contest and have counters to see how many people have read a thread. pb backs this up with a similar request on reviews.
Cookie Monster suggests a Cluedo-style murder mystery event.
Dan2K1 would like on-line darts.
Dringo is keen to repeat some "Opposite Posts" - I believe this is intended to be head to head challenges on specific arguments.
Chr!stos says we should sometimes vote for Gameaday winners, instead of them being always picked by staff.
Salevunit suggested a Winning Posts Forum (view only), plus Tag of the Day competitions, Search Facilities and Caution Tags. The latter is a particularly strong suggestion, i.e. to give warning tags to people likely to face a ban.
BUT THE WINNER IS:
The prize is for the best SET of suggestions. The winner is SHEEPY for the following ideas:
FOG Lotto
Round Number Prizes (e.g. at 10,000 posts in a forum)
"Number Day" I think this means we would all be anonymous.
Vote people off the forums Big Brother style (love that).
Guess the Phantom Poster.
Complaint Button (already in place now with the report link)
Improve the message filter and the feedback from it.
Contratulations SHEEPY and I hope you enjoy munching your prize.
Thank you again to all those who contributed and sorry not to be able to mention everybody.
*********
These were the original rules.
This latest EXTRA GAMEADAY is for the best SET of suggestions for "adding life" to the forums.
Imagine that you are in charge of the forums. What would you do to start some interesting debate or to make the place more interesting?
Please DO NOT suggest things which require (much) programming. And don't suggest a chart of Gameaday winners as it is already being sorted.
We already have:
Top Posters chart
Notable/Regular/Newbie system with 'orrible colours
Voting for Notables
Extra Gameaday Prizes
Protected "Prime Topics" forum
"Stats" for history on contributors
Taglines
Closing date is August 1st or shortly thereafter, and it's the best set that wins. All the posts that you make will count towards your set.
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Change the way the newbie/regular system works. Too many people just spam and write pointless topics so they can get the 300 posts they need. Change it so they have to be here for at least a month and after that you decide on how well their posts have been writen before changing them to a regular.
You could also have a rating system where the original post can be marked, say out of 5 and each month you show a leaderboard of who writes the most interesting topics.
You could also have a rating system where the original post can be marked, say out of 5 and each month you show a leaderboard of who writes the most interesting topics.
yea good idea!
How about a voting to get notables or regulars back down to regulars or newbies if people don't think they have been trying.
How about an art competition every month?
One month could be the best hand-drawing scanned in and sent to SR (about gaming ie. draw Mario). They could put it up on a very special art page!
Another month could be pictures made using graphics software.
Another could be flash/animated gifs.
And also maybe an animation/mini-movie competition.
This allows users to see a bit of their hard work on the site!
The best could even be put in the club mag (obviously not the movies or GIFs)
One month could be the best hand-drawing scanned in and sent to SR (about gaming ie. draw Mario). They could put it up on a very special art page!
Another month could be pictures made using graphics software.
Another could be flash/animated gifs.
And also maybe an animation/mini-movie competition.
This allows users to see a bit of their hard work on the site!
The best could even be put in the club mag (obviously not the movies or GIFs)
You know sometimes you wander onto the forums, and want to read a funny post, and write a few funny things, but the first post you stumble into is a serious one, but you write something funny anyway, and the post never gets back on a serious track.....
Anyway, how about a 'mood of post' icon at the side of each post?
You cannot post the message until you select a mood, from Joke, story, song, serious gaming post, console wars, question, poll
Things like that will mean that people will find the kind of posts that they feel like reading.
Anyway, how about a 'mood of post' icon at the side of each post?
You cannot post the message until you select a mood, from Joke, story, song, serious gaming post, console wars, question, poll
Things like that will mean that people will find the kind of posts that they feel like reading.
Instant message service in message board? You could be able to send a short message from person to person. Then people directly get messages when they log on that they might not see in the board.
Also how about a ticker scroller with all the ukdiscussions news. When posts get lots of replies in a short time then they are added to the scrolling bar. This encourages people to find popular posts and join in on heated discussions. I think this would be a brilliant idea as I don't always have time to go through all the posts on the message board and this would direct me to the best ones.
Also how about a sort of note board where people can send short messages such as "whats the arsenal score" and people can reply with "1-0" sort of a chit chat etc.. reminders also could be added, short questions etc.. Would make the board more interactive.
Also how about a ticker scroller with all the ukdiscussions news. When posts get lots of replies in a short time then they are added to the scrolling bar. This encourages people to find popular posts and join in on heated discussions. I think this would be a brilliant idea as I don't always have time to go through all the posts on the message board and this would direct me to the best ones.
Also how about a sort of note board where people can send short messages such as "whats the arsenal score" and people can reply with "1-0" sort of a chit chat etc.. reminders also could be added, short questions etc.. Would make the board more interactive.
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