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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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SHEEPY! I wasn't being serious! You bloody Sheep!
You call me names! I call you names!
You call me names! I call you names!
Nah I liked my user banning system idea better, it is a lot fairer!!
i dont know if this is possible easily, but you could have on the user profile a list of users that you wish to block, so that when you load a thread it doesnt show their posts.
have a competition to make some SR screensavers, wallpapers, and the like, not just the banner ads. feature designs in the SR newsletter.
have a competition to make some SR screensavers, wallpapers, and the like, not just the banner ads. feature designs in the SR newsletter.
I have noticed that you sometimes have a chart of the top posters of the week in your newsletter, why don't you use this chart on the actual SR website. You could have the top 10 posters over the last seven days. The only disadvantage of doing this might be that the site will have too many poster tables on it.
Sale of the week. Take an old title or one that is not selling much, then post a thread saying "this weeks game is..." and advertise the game for a tenner. It would make the forums feel more exclusive to the users as its only them that get these bargains.
Have an etiquette guide for newbies. the regs and notables will help write it.
Grilltime. Get a staff member/notable to have their own thread where anyone can ask them questions/take the mick/whatever. let us get to know eachother more.
Have meets - next trade fair you have a stand on, tell everyone on the forums to be at the stand at 2pm.
Have an etiquette guide for newbies. the regs and notables will help write it.
Grilltime. Get a staff member/notable to have their own thread where anyone can ask them questions/take the mick/whatever. let us get to know eachother more.
Have meets - next trade fair you have a stand on, tell everyone on the forums to be at the stand at 2pm.
Dringo wrote:
> Look at the excitment building around the Turbonutter and me
> opposite post challange?
YOu should start up competitions where
> Nintendo fans have to write a postive Playstaion or X-box post and
> vice versa!
The best opposite post will win a GAD or
> something!
This would be unfair on people like myself, that, although support Nintendo, have knowledge and respect for the competitors.
I have in the past written pro-PS2 stuff, and anti-Nintendo stuff.
> Look at the excitment building around the Turbonutter and me
> opposite post challange?
YOu should start up competitions where
> Nintendo fans have to write a postive Playstaion or X-box post and
> vice versa!
The best opposite post will win a GAD or
> something!
This would be unfair on people like myself, that, although support Nintendo, have knowledge and respect for the competitors.
I have in the past written pro-PS2 stuff, and anti-Nintendo stuff.
I think nearly everyone has said that now!!
er-no wrote:
> You cheat SHEEPY! Some guy last week suggested that last one inhis
> own topic!
I'd apreciate it if you didn't call me a cheat you cheeky, ugly git, I have had a crap day which I shall not explain as it is personal and decedie to write some more ideas for this comp. I do not know which one you are referring to but I shall take the last one about taking screen-shots etc then my idea from that came from an old mag were it is a screensot of the forums back in Decembder and I found it quite interesting so I thought this should be done, if it has already been mentioned fine but don't call me a cheat again, considering I mentioned most of the ideas for this at the start then they have been repeated god knows how many times and have I accused anyone of a cheat... NO!
So shut up
Now I am going to get some cheese for my supper (no really)
> You cheat SHEEPY! Some guy last week suggested that last one inhis
> own topic!
I'd apreciate it if you didn't call me a cheat you cheeky, ugly git, I have had a crap day which I shall not explain as it is personal and decedie to write some more ideas for this comp. I do not know which one you are referring to but I shall take the last one about taking screen-shots etc then my idea from that came from an old mag were it is a screensot of the forums back in Decembder and I found it quite interesting so I thought this should be done, if it has already been mentioned fine but don't call me a cheat again, considering I mentioned most of the ideas for this at the start then they have been repeated god knows how many times and have I accused anyone of a cheat... NO!
So shut up
Now I am going to get some cheese for my supper (no really)
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