Board Restructuring

Circuitous · 11-18-2008, 04:50 AM

We're looking at various ways of restructuring this board, and here's what we've come up with so far.

Ditch the "general" board, and have this board structure instead:

Clans and Leagues
- Recruitment
  - Clans Seeking Players
  - Players Seeking Clans
- League News and Information

Looking for opinions from players on this. The general board in this section has pretty much become a shitfest - we know it, you know it, everyone else knows it. With this, the board has direct purpose, there's no guesswork as to what is and isn't topical, and we don't lose any functionality.

If you have any suggestions or comments, leave them here.

KubeDawg · 11-18-2008, 07:00 AM

I think the general board is a necessary evil. Yes, topics get moved or deleted quite a bit, but that would happen anyway if the general board didn't exist. Plus, some people like talking about FF in general. Removing that doesn't really help much. There is already a clan/league place, and although what you've suggested is nice, having it replace the general section is probably not a good idea. Keep the general section and make the clan/league sections broken up the way you want.

Go to 90% of other forums, and they all have general discussion sections regarding whatever topic the board is about. It's not a bad idea to keep it.

Credge · 11-18-2008, 07:01 AM

I think he's talking about under the Communitues, Leagues, Clans, and Guilds bit of the board.

KubeDawg · 11-18-2008, 07:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Credge

I think he's talking about under the Communitues, Leagues, Clans, and Guilds bit of the board.

Oh, well in that case, I'm all for it. My misunderstanding.

**Bully** · 11-18-2008, 07:05 AM

Americas Clans and Leagues
European Clans and Leagues
Asian Clans and Leagues
Austrailian Clans and Leagues

Hawk Eye · 11-18-2008, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Bully

Americas Clans and Leagues
European Clans and Leagues
Asian Clans and Leagues
Austrailian Clans and Leagues

[NA]
[EU]
[AZN]
[AUS]

Thread prefixes.

tim_ · 11-18-2008, 12:43 PM

I don't think splitting the board up by league location is a good idea yet, the community just isn't big enough to split everything up like that, i would like to see a ceaspool in this section like in the cats. But my main point it not to split everything up by league location ie. EU NA AZN AUS

**mervaka** · 11-18-2008, 01:06 PM

thread prefixes, not separate forums..

Scuzzy · 11-18-2008, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by mervaka

thread prefixes, not separate forums..

Concur. This is actually going to happen to a lot of the other forums as well, consolidation and cleanup is coming.

Scuzzy

Credge · 11-18-2008, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tim_

ceaspool

Plz.

GeoKill-----> · 11-18-2008, 02:02 PM

no

~kev~ · 12-18-2008, 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Circuitous

We're looking at various ways of restructuring this board, and here's what we've come up with so far.

Update this site to the latest version of VBulletin and let the members use the social groups feature to create the sections that they need.

vBulletin 3.8.0 RC 2 was released today. This version is supposed to have a social groups feature that allows the groups to act as their own forum. That way the administrator of this site would not have to worry about creating a lot of forum sections - let the social groups feature deal with that. This would allow the forum to be more flexible then it is right now.

If the owner of this site has let their VB license expire, maybe the members of this community will pitch in enough to renew it. Heck, I will even help with the updating. I run a VBulletin forum that gets over 2.3 million page views a month and has over 10,000 members.

When members ask for a new forum section, I tell them to go make a group for it instead.

Also, through the social groups feature, each clan can have their on page in the FF forum.

[AE] 82694 · 12-18-2008, 10:46 PM

These are very nice features, the social groups seems like a decent idea but I'm not 100 % sold on it. It would be something we would have to try out and see how it works. As far as clans having their own page I don't think FF site should be for that, A we are recruiting thread is fine or looking for a clan, That is what this section was originally started for if I remember right but half the threads have turned into shit fests and this isn't the Image we want to put out.

11-18-2008, 04:50 AM	#1
Circuitous Useless Retired FF Staff Join Date: Jun 2005 Class/Position: D Soldier, O Scout Gametype: AvD Posts Rated Helpful 9 Times	Board Restructuring We're looking at various ways of restructuring this board, and here's what we've come up with so far. Ditch the "general" board, and have this board structure instead: Clans and Leagues Recruitment Clans Seeking Players Players Seeking Clans League News and Information Looking for opinions from players on this. The general board in this section has pretty much become a shitfest - we know it, you know it, everyone else knows it. With this, the board has direct purpose, there's no guesswork as to what is and isn't topical, and we don't lose any functionality. If you have any suggestions or comments, leave them here. __________________ Look at all those dead links.

11-18-2008, 07:00 AM	#2
KubeDawg Nade Whore Server Owner Beta Tester Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Oklahoma Class/Position: Scout/Soldier Gametype: CTF/TDM Affiliations: blunt. Moto Posts Rated Helpful 128 Times	I think the general board is a necessary evil. Yes, topics get moved or deleted quite a bit, but that would happen anyway if the general board didn't exist. Plus, some people like talking about FF in general. Removing that doesn't really help much. There is already a clan/league place, and although what you've suggested is nice, having it replace the general section is probably not a good idea. Keep the general section and make the clan/league sections broken up the way you want. Go to 90% of other forums, and they all have general discussion sections regarding whatever topic the board is about. It's not a bad idea to keep it. __________________ Moto's Funhouse \| Dallas, TX - 74.91.114.247:27015 ff_plunder - Complete

11-18-2008, 07:01 AM	#3
Credge FF Loremaster Beta Tester Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 4 Times	I think he's talking about under the Communitues, Leagues, Clans, and Guilds bit of the board. __________________ "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'" Ronald Reagan

11-18-2008, 07:05 AM	#5
Bully Beta Tester Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Yorkshire, England Class/Position: Spectating Gametype: British Bulldogs Affiliations: ®™ ^ Posts Rated Helpful 67 Times	Americas Clans and Leagues European Clans and Leagues Asian Clans and Leagues Austrailian Clans and Leagues __________________ ®™ Support FF:

11-18-2008, 12:43 PM	#7
tim_ mimic- 3k. leisure^BtU Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: FL Class/Position: Fucker/On Your Mom Gametype: ADL Affiliations: #mimic #pick Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	I don't think splitting the board up by league location is a good idea yet, the community just isn't big enough to split everything up like that, i would like to see a ceaspool in this section like in the cats. But my main point it not to split everything up by league location ie. EU NA AZN AUS __________________ leisure\|Mi6.t5.f$^Ni^vi`qe`m3`DD-AA-BSU-BW-de-dp-K-Kf-BUS-XD-VD-OD-Rf-ue-EE-AD-A-3i->V<-Sv<<O>>^vi-eC-u\|c-^fC.d5-zG-iC' #mimic #pick

11-18-2008, 01:06 PM	#8
mervaka A Very Sound Guy! Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: May 2005 Location: UK Posts Rated Helpful 15 Times	thread prefixes, not separate forums..

11-18-2008, 02:02 PM	#11
GeoKill-----> Community Member Server Owner Beta Tester Forum Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hawthorne, California Class/Position: Soldier/Spy/Scout Gametype: AvD Affiliations: :e0:Eternal Order Leader Posts Rated Helpful 12 Times	no __________________ Fortress-Forever Guides All Your Mapping Needs :e0: Will live on Forever Support FF:

12-18-2008, 10:46 PM	#13
[AE] 82694 Retired FF Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	These are very nice features, the social groups seems like a decent idea but I'm not 100 % sold on it. It would be something we would have to try out and see how it works. As far as clans having their own page I don't think FF site should be for that, A we are recruiting thread is fine or looking for a clan, That is what this section was originally started for if I remember right but half the threads have turned into shit fests and this isn't the Image we want to put out. __________________ I Love GenghisTron . I miss you sooooo Much. LOL.

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