The Suggestion Thread

Yes; if it was something like...one thread for each game, for people to put all of their stuff (like how we do it with your games), or a thread for each person to keep track of all of their characters and various things like that...would be a reasonable idea.

I considered a single thread for everyone but there are two issues- first, who gets to go first page, and second, lacking the ability to edit, it would be a nightmare when people wanted to add new characters.

...oh, yeah, the 15 minute edit window. That would make things difficult.

Hmmm. Because yeah, I agree that as an idea it's not bad, I just don't know how to actually make it work.

couldn't raz fix the permissions for that forum and that one alone to allow constant editing?

That would imply that it is one area with just one thread in it... which seems a bit weird.

Originally posted by -Pr-
couldn't raz fix the permissions for that forum and that one alone to allow constant editing?

It's possible; I'm not sure how vBulletin works, though on most forum softwares it's dependent on usergroup, not the individual forums.

Originally posted by Ushgarak
That would imply that it is one area with just one thread in it... which seems a bit weird.

I think PR means so that people could have their own thread and would be able to edit it past the 15 minute edit window.

Originally posted by Peach
It's possible; I'm not sure how vBulletin works, though on most forum softwares it's dependent on usergroup, not the individual forums.

I think PR means so that people could have their own thread and would be able to edit it past the 15 minute edit window.

im not sure about vb myself either. always been more of a ********* person, and i dont remember how they do it.

yeah, i did.

Well either it is in its own section, in which case everyone may as well have their own thread, or it is in the section with the RPs, where it would have to be in one thread for space reasons.

ha, i didn't think they'd censor that lol...

These suggestions may be completely inappropriate but then again it's stuff just about anyone can talk about.

First one is a food/cooking forum. Lets face it, everyone loves food, making it yourself especially when it tastes good is just a great joy everytime. So a forum where you can talk about food, recipes, even post pictures of the gourmets and all food related talk could in my opinion be great.

The other suggestion I had in mind was a Work/Home Improvement forum, talk about regular work that you do in your house, how to best do certain stuff and what would work, suggestions, ideas, show of stuff you've made in your house to improvement on the quality of your home, garden work you name it. all handy work that you do in and around the house.

As much as I wouldn't mind such forums, they'd probably be better suited to the General Discussion Forum in the form of individual threads. Not bad ideas though.

The suggestion of new forums isn't really appropriate at this juncture. We need to work on consolidation at the moment.

Originally posted by §P0oONY
The suggestion of new forums isn't really appropriate at this juncture. We need to work on consolidation at the moment.

I think the answer to suggestions for forums should generally be where the poster can post about that now, as Rexxx did. If that then catches on and people show interest in can still be made into its own forum. But, yeah, I agree with you.

Originally posted by REXXXX
As much as I wouldn't mind such forums, they'd probably be better suited to the General Discussion Forum in the form of individual threads. Not bad ideas though.

Meh that forum seems like a dump site tbh, everything and anything is in there. You see what I suggested would be a place for ppl to count on a reply. Would be a great addition tbh.

Originally posted by Bluesteel
Meh that forum seems like a dump site tbh, everything and anything is in there. You see what I suggested would be a place for ppl to count on a reply. Would be a great addition tbh.

The thing is though that they have a much better chance of a reply in the OTF or the GDF, it is very unlikely that people will go to a newly created forum (with zero threads) regularly. Many won't even know it exists.

Originally posted by Bluesteel
These suggestions may be completely inappropriate but then again it's stuff just about anyone can talk about.

First one is a food/cooking forum. Lets face it, everyone loves food, making it yourself especially when it tastes good is just a great joy everytime. So a forum where you can talk about food, recipes, even post pictures of the gourmets and all food related talk could in my opinion be great.

The other suggestion I had in mind was a Work/Home Improvement forum, talk about regular work that you do in your house, how to best do certain stuff and what would work, suggestions, ideas, show of stuff you've made in your house to improvement on the quality of your home, garden work you name it. all handy work that you do in and around the house.

Originally posted by Bardock42
The thing is though that they have a much better chance of a reply in the OTF or the GDF, it is very unlikely that people will go to a newly created forum (with zero threads) regularly. Many won't even know it exists.

Yes and no.

Yes that at the current time when a thread would be made it might get more views and replies at start. but later on perhaps even rather soon the thread would fall to page 2, 3, x, x, etc. and that would be that, no one would ever use it again.

Now with a dedicated forum ppl could always just drop in and get information about say bread, recommended wine etc. and in the long run the threads might even get more replies then some long forgotten off-topic/GD thread. Such forums would also get ppl really interested in said the topics. and therefor the quality of the posts would be higher, id prefer good and informative posts rather then many useless once.

Originally posted by Bluesteel
Yes and no.

Yes that at the current time when a thread would be made it might get more views and replies at start. but later on perhaps even rather soon the thread would fall to page 2, 3, x, x, etc. and that would be that, no one would ever use it again.

Now with a dedicated forum ppl could always just drop in and get information about say bread, recommended wine etc. and in the long run the threads might even get more replies then some long forgotten off-topic/GD thread. Such forums would also get ppl really interested in said the topics. and therefor the quality of the posts would be higher, id prefer good and informative posts rather then many useless once.

Forums like that have been suggested and shot down in the past due to the lack of interest.

And the GDF seems like a dump forum...because it is. That's the purpose of it and the OTF, to house stuff that doesn't belong elsewhere.

Originally posted by Bluesteel
Yes and no.

Yes that at the current time when a thread would be made it might get more views and replies at start. but later on perhaps even rather soon the thread would fall to page 2, 3, x, x, etc. and that would be that, no one would ever use it again.

Now with a dedicated forum ppl could always just drop in and get information about say bread, recommended wine etc. and in the long run the threads might even get more replies then some long forgotten off-topic/GD thread. Such forums would also get ppl really interested in said the topics. and therefor the quality of the posts would be higher, id prefer good and informative posts rather then many useless once.

I understand the advantages of having a forum, but unless the forum will actually get visited and has any interest there's not much point. I mean, why don't you try make a couple of threads about it in the GDF and see how they go?