Forum-Critque-Thread

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The forum switch is incomprehensible. If people
posting from mobiles are so important one has to wonder how these people
play the game at all. If I was making games that run on PCs I would
make sure PC users can benefit.

As others wrote before, I will try to stay clear of forums that
imitate facebook and twitter. I only opened this thread a 2nd time
because I have bookmarked it.

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It’s pretty useful.

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No hard feelings, but, uh, your criticism is unsubstantial on multiple levels:

  1. You haven’t established how PC users aren’t benefiting from this switch, something that’s been evidenced in the way earlier concerns were addressed.
  2. Therefore, attacking the forum switch based on the premise it only benefits mobile users and mobile users are irrelevant is erroneous and is simply countered by the fact that one does not have to be playing the game to be partaking in activities related to it, or discussing it. To reductio ad absurdem, if access to the forums outside of the context of actual gameplay were completely irrelevant, one has to wonder why the forums exist at all.

p.s. I notice that you’ve bookmarked a thread and thus returned to it, meaning that you have started learning the added functionality of this new forum, so why don’t you just keep doing that? Wait lol absurdist ninja’d me while I was typing the rest of my post.

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Well I got used to new forum and kinda like it. and its amusing to read some people still mindlessly bashing around
But… (there is always a nice butt :wink: )
you know when we had at the beginning suggested topics and at first they were just random but than I noticed that it displayed me the unread ones… and I liked that.
The idea: when you have several unread posts you have 2 options
a) go to unread and open everyone in separate tab
b) open single one than go back home klick unread and repeat
soooo how about
c) you open single one and than have:
c.1) Unread topics below where suggested ones were (I would prefer this one)
c.2) have unread section button (same as in home page) at the top (save us one mighty click)
thoughts?

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Before we consider this suggestion, open up the hamburger menu and have a look at the keyboard shortcuts. At first I was mystified as to why they existed, as I’m always uncomfortable with scripted hotkeys that may or may not conflict with other existing scripts (like custom Macros etc.). But all things considered, they make surfing a lot quicker. No more scrolling this way and that, just press g, l and I jump to “latest”. And if I want to get rid of notifications, I just press g, n, x, t and poof, dismissed!

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@zeussy Could we perhaps have a sticky thread posted somewhere with all of the various tutorials and instructions on how to edit text, color, size, etc.?

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@KLinardo

This will probably cover most of it, though I agree that the “orientation package” woulda been helpful. Maybe we could at least sticky this bit:

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haha burger menu :smiley: yeah saw that and I’m trying getting used to shortcuts but I still think c.1) would be the most convenient way

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Sure we could dicuss this and go back and forth, but I am not going to on this forum software.

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This is to say it’s your job not mine to figure out, you are the beta tester. I only work if I get paid.

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Nettiquette dictates that thou won’t double post :wink: edit button and everything.

But to be honest, the entire argument being that PC-users don’t benefit is quite ridiculous. They do. Flexibility is a huge thing. And as said before, this platform just is waaaaaaay more flexible than the one that used to be. Posting also has improved, as well as keeping up with certain topics. It’s not easier for people using a mobile phone. It’s easier for people. Period. I don’t know whether this will actually matter, though. Dogmatism is beautiful.

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If you cant figure something as simple as a new forum, and then demand money to “beta test it”. Wat? This thread is just…

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I can’t even pretend I’m not trying to be offensive anymore: I want to bookmark this post for future reference. The potential for ridicule is so plentiful I don’t even have time to do it right now :laughing:

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You can

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But you’re not going to be here to read it, since apparently you have no desire to continue using this forum software.

All my effort… wasted… :cry:

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I want to say that after spending some time with the new forum, it grows on me and i do i like the notification system a lot. And while the from a readability perspective, i still think it could be better, but i wouldn’t want to go back to the old forum.

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I have better things to spend my time with than to be ridiculed by beta testers.

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If it helps any, don’t think of me as a Beta-tester, I’m only replying in my capacity as a regular forum user :wink:

On a slightly more serious note, you do realise that Beta-Testers have no additional functional privileges in this forum nor is it our ‘job’ to test the forum. The entire community has had an opportunity to provide feedback (of varying degrees of constructiveness). As you can see by looking at my profile, I have a “basic” trust level. No special tricks or privileges here.

Now, I’ve gone and been naughty and wasted a lot of forum space with this light-hearted banter. I should actually stop being a hypocrite and do something constructive, so how about I summarise what I see as the pros and cons of the new format and see if we’ve got any kind of consensus thus far:

###PROS

  • More flexible with admin ability to customise forum functionality to user feedback
  • Markdown system is simpler and quicker to use with greater versatility than phpbb3
  • Attached images don’t get cropped and require scrolling
  • Much larger maximum attachment size limit
  • Ability to rapidly navigate with hotkeys
  • Bookmark thread/post function is faster and easier to use
  • Notification system for addicts (like me)
  • Much less wasted space within each post
  • Infinite scroll (yes this is contentious, but we’ve now established that it doesn’t use up any more bandwidth, and is actually less clunky to navigate than pages)
  • More transparent editing system and user ability to move OP to different sections of the forum if they get it wrong the first time
  • Much more mobile friendly for people who surf forums even when they’re not playing the game
  • Draft autosave and post syncing system means that navigating using browser buttons won’t inadvertently send you back to editing your post.

###CONS

  • Forced round user avatars which are still a bit too small cuts off the image and also makes it harder for us to ID which user is involved unless we’re visual thinkers who know everybody’s avatar off by heart
  • Somewhat difficult relationship between post area width and different monitor setups
  • Impossible to manage multiple drafts at the same time (it seems)
  • Hotkey system may conflict with existing macros
  • People have to actually learn new things
  • It looks slightly more like a modern social media platform so everybody who doesn’t want to be reminded of Facebook/Twitter/etc. starts twitching and wants to set fire to the nearest overgrown beard (do all hipsters wear overgrown beards, or is that just a Melbourne thing?)

This post will probably be edited as I think of more things.

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They have them everywhere :stuck_out_tongue:. Aside from that, I think this to be a fairly comprehensive list.

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In that case, you could do two things for your pleasure just by taking a simple action.

Leave, and you won’t have to deal with the forums and you won’t be more ridicularised by us.

######[color=#757575]No one will miss you anyway.[/color]