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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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Under taglines, you could have tag of the day, like "favourite cheese" or "most hated celebrity"
In the user profile, have a box for people to have their own url, or their favourite.
In the user profile, have a box for people to have their own url, or their favourite.
SMS messages!
A lot of sites offer this service now, but SR should do something a little different.
SR users give their mobile no. to SR, securely, then through the site, users can text each other!
Or when longer text messages appear, maybe you could set up a service which automatically sends that weeks Hot Topics (See my other ideas) to your mobile.
I dunno, but somthnig like that!
A lot of sites offer this service now, but SR should do something a little different.
SR users give their mobile no. to SR, securely, then through the site, users can text each other!
Or when longer text messages appear, maybe you could set up a service which automatically sends that weeks Hot Topics (See my other ideas) to your mobile.
I dunno, but somthnig like that!
Member profiles in the stats boxes?
Just above the ads, under the no. of posts you would stick the members profile (as long as he has had a profile written for him/her?
Just above the ads, under the no. of posts you would stick the members profile (as long as he has had a profile written for him/her?
a way of sending a pop message to one specific user as an alternative to a post. the NME site does it.
HOT SEAT!
At 7 o clock every night, one fog memeber is put in the hot seat. They are then asked different questions about gaming by all the other members (or maybe just regs and Notables) for 10 minutes. They then go on the leaderboard with their score. At the end of the week, the winner could go through to the monthly final.
When the month is up, the four finalist battle it out for a game/console or maybe £50 at any SR store ot website!
That would be cool eh?
At 7 o clock every night, one fog memeber is put in the hot seat. They are then asked different questions about gaming by all the other members (or maybe just regs and Notables) for 10 minutes. They then go on the leaderboard with their score. At the end of the week, the winner could go through to the monthly final.
When the month is up, the four finalist battle it out for a game/console or maybe £50 at any SR store ot website!
That would be cool eh?
TALK TO THE STAFF
There would be a topic set up by a member of staff and for say 30 mins all staff would need to go there and answer all questions by posters... as there are many every week.
Although the great staff here always do eventually answer the questions it would make it seem more well emm fun if there was a topic/chat room thing set up once a week/month for staff to answer questions and querries :D
There would be a topic set up by a member of staff and for say 30 mins all staff would need to go there and answer all questions by posters... as there are many every week.
Although the great staff here always do eventually answer the questions it would make it seem more well emm fun if there was a topic/chat room thing set up once a week/month for staff to answer questions and querries :D
You could give out emm kid on awards every week on the upwire...
"Like Poster of the Week"
"Funniest Poster if the Week"
"Best topic of the Week"
"Most insane poster this Week"
"Spammer of the Week"
And that week on their name or tagline would give them their award... maybe in different colour so you can notice that pretechese (sp) award.
It would make things a bit more fun or something!
"Like Poster of the Week"
"Funniest Poster if the Week"
"Best topic of the Week"
"Most insane poster this Week"
"Spammer of the Week"
And that week on their name or tagline would give them their award... maybe in different colour so you can notice that pretechese (sp) award.
It would make things a bit more fun or something!
Dav1d wrote:
First a question is asked and
> the first person to answer goes on to play the main game. This is
> easy to do as there is already a timing system on the forums.
Yeah but what happens if one of the "contestants" Isn't online when the question is first asked? Then it's just unfair on them.
First a question is asked and
> the first person to answer goes on to play the main game. This is
> easy to do as there is already a timing system on the forums.
Yeah but what happens if one of the "contestants" Isn't online when the question is first asked? Then it's just unfair on them.
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