Originally posted by Wizardry

I have an idea i would love to see implemented.I think certain words should be filtered right out of any posts.

Examples would be noob,troll,hater,i think you get the picture.

The constant use of these words[lately] has made pretty much every topic annoying to read/follow/discuss.As soon as someone says something perhaps negative about a game,the follow up posts are full of noob/hate/troll it really is immature posting.I think the filtering of certain words will help make the posts more constructive than insulting.

More important is that we do NOT need the use of these words in any posts what so ever, so it can't do anything but good.I am sure we could come up with many other words to be filtered out.

Are you serious? That would be like living in the soviet union in the 1960s, or even worse... Who decides what words should be banned? You or Hitler?

I posted a dedicated thread in the Help Desk forum, Forum Jump and I was thinking of moving or copying that thread to this forum, but it was after all a cry for help.

The suggestion however is valid.

Why no forum jump at the bottom of threads?

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Originally posted by taolurker

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I use Tapatalk on my phone for accessing a few other forums and it is a fantastic app. From my experience, it's a easy add-on for the SMF forum software. The app is available for Nokia, Android, Blackberry, and iPhone. 

Tapatalk makes it 10x easier to view and post to forums from a hand held device. 
A lot more people than you think actual use their smartphones to browse the web, including forums.
Please activate TaPaTalk to work with your forums.
It is the best way to browse forums from a mobile device imo.
Check it out and let me know what you think.

Btw, I am not in any way, shape or form getting paid for or even trying to advertise this product. It's just that I use it and love it and I am pretty sure that I am not the only one out there that uses their mobile phones to browse the web and/or forums.

http://www.tapatalk.com/

I'm still kinda new here and am enjoying the forums as they give great feedback on games. However, I can't find the PvP forums anywhere although, I do see a forum for Role playing. If you don't have one I would like to suggest that since most MMO's have PvP and Role Playing.

Thanks!

Please use the top post as marker when logging in and not the thread page.

If Im on a different pc and are browsing some thread and then decide to log in to quote someone, I get thrown to completely different posts after logging in. This happens I think because its the page number that is used as marker. But because when logged in each post takes more room, the thread is suddenly a lot longer and you logging in makes you end up on the wrong page in the thread. This can be very annoying because if the thread is long, it gets very difficult to find back the post you wanted to quote.

I dont know how else to explain this, sry.

Originally posted by steelheartx
Personnally I would love to see these forums become tapatalk friendly. Would make surfing them from mobile devices a whole lot easier

I'm pretty sure someone had mentioned this before and we've discussed it internally. I'll go ahead and look into it again and see where we are on that. Thanks!

Quote boxes.

Within quote boxes.

People replying in quote boxes with huge obnoxiously colored typefaces.

I'm not sure how feesible this is; but my suggestions is an ability to turn on a feature that auto collapses quote boxes to maybe a line of text with a little + toggle if I care to see the same repeated post over and over.

That's probably the most noticable annoying thing I've seen after shortly signing up.

This might be a suggestion or could just be me being dense on how to go about doing it.

Is there a way to block a thread from appearing in a forum for me?  I don't want to block the posters just the entire thread which keeps enticing me to write novels in response and then turn around and cancel posting them.  Just when I think I have the overwhelming urge to post in the thread under control some idiot bumps it back up to the top where it is evilly trying to ensnare me.  This particular thread is so good at taunting me that it would make a good tank in game.

Anyways just a suggestion.

I finally found the most precise way to describe the problem with this site,rather than posting 100 examples.

Would this site lie or mislead users,then turn around and finger point??I feel the answer is an obvious YES,that is the problem,users are disrespected OFTEN here but staff never take blame and isntead like to remain anonymous.How can users here send in complaints ,if they don't even know what mods are acting improper?They seldom take part in this site,usually only to finger point,yes sometimes they do ,but not often.

Rules are put together very shotty and seem like agenda rules,like protecting advertisers for one."Game attacks" does not say you can't bullshit or lie about a game in a positive manner,ONLY in a negative manner,so the agenda seems rather obvious ,does it not?

Tons and tons of content here on this site has been disguised advertising,it is one thing to advertise,however trying to MISLEAD users here is VERY disrespectful.

Has this site become a full out advertising site or is it still a game discussion/information site?I sort of get the feeling,some people are looking for bonuses/raises for getting and supporting more advertising.It really seems like advertising is the MAIN agenda here,NOT gaming.it was NOT always like this,it used to be a much more respectful gaming site,so where in the staff chain has this site gone south?

Reviews are  misleading/adverts, things like "Awesome" all the time to even the most simplest ideas like being able to pick a hair color or having more than one choice of class.Is it really that AWESOME when expecting the very basic? We probably know who i am talking about?It is not always adverts,but trying to mislead users into thinking everything is 100% perfect ,for the sake of possible/future advertising dollars,is also just as bad/wrong IF you care as much about the users as the advertisers?

point is this site has no qualms with misleading users,if it can make a buck,but is ever so quick to point a finger at ridiculolus things,is not only immature it is very disrespectful.Advertising SHOULD be labelled as adverts,not disguised content.Example making a FAMILY gaming thread just to support adverts from Kings Isle is misleading adverts,especially when the topic dissappears soon after.Review then re-review then another review for Trions game is rather shallow.Every content topic points at Rift when there is another 1000+ games on the market.Even Wow the biggest game on the net is not mentioned nearly as much.

Originally posted by Deleted User

I think the forums would be much better off without discussions of politics and/or religion.  Even in the off-topic forums.  I know a lot of folks will disagree, but Ive never seen a positive outcome on either topic.

Well, if they would (say) establish a RandP board solely for the purpose of 'anything goes' unmoderated brawling, it would tend to move a lot of the er, forum pvp, er to a central location away from the primary board, yes?

But ya, R and P is available in so many other venues.  Kind of pointless in general here.

Originally posted by Wizardry

 point is this site has no qualms with misleading users

Do you imagine that any Fan Board that features Polling and Popularity Ratings does?

We're selling people simple answers to complicated questions.  They come here for "what's the game rating?", same as Gamespot et al.

Those simple answers are, in nearly every case. insufficient or wildly inaccurate, for any given user.  But the users continue to come seeking the simple answer gold, anyway.

Originally posted by RJCox

So I wanted to start a thread to get some ideas from the community at large about the forums here. Not necessarily the layout or functionality of them, thats something for another time really. I'm mainly interested in hearing feedback about how they're handled.

Actually, I love being moderated; it's a sign that it's being done.  Moar please, particularly on weekends.

BUT I'm unsure that, as (unpaying) customers we have or should have any say regarding ideas for the site.  It just promotes an unrealistic set of expectations, an entitlement complex.  Management from the wrong end.