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Proposed Forum Structure

Posted by archiveDNA on Friday Jun 20, 2008.
6.20.08

So, tell me what you guys think:

We’re going to be streamlining the forums next week, and this is our proposed structure. It’s not set in stone by any means, so feel free to comment/criticize. I’m especially interested in hearing from you if you look at this list and say, “Noooo! How can you think about cutting out XYZ?” Now, don’t cheat, now. If you look at this list, and you can’t instantly tell what we’ve cut without checking the existing list, you’re obviously not that attached to whatever it is that we’re proposing to cut!

New Forum Structure

GamerDNA

Suggestions
> Put your ideas here

Support
> Used for user-to-user support

GamerDNA Life
> Showcase characters, stories, screen caps for all to see

Hello World
> Let new users introduce themselves

Developer Showcase
> Show off use of the API and ask questions. (When helix is launched)

Guilds

Guild News, Announcements & Recruiting
> Announcements about your guild.

Guild Leader Support
> Resources for leaders

Games (genre based)

Massive Multiplayers Online
> MMO talk

First Persons Shooting
> FPS talk

Real Time Strategizers
> RTS talk

MUDs and Interactive Fiction
> Text based gaming talk

Action Junkies
> Action/platformer talk

Retro titles
> Arcade/MAME talk

Adventurers
> RPGs/Puzzle gamers. Pixel whores are welcome!

Meatspace
> Sometimes you have to game face to face (for table top/LAN/Card Gaming)

General

Trading post
> Buy, sell

Hardware
> Hardware advice questions

Hodge Podge
> everything else.

Posted in the categories: Behind the Scenes

Comments:

  • Methedras

    Looks good to me!

  • [BoA]Gert

    Meatspace sounds wierd (even if it does have a nerdy meaning – first thing in conjures to me is Lexx ;)

    Guilds renamed to a more open, generic term (Group, etc.) seems more in-line with directions mentioned previously.

    As for the Trading Post – how will that work? Will it be user-driven or some moderation or…

    One last thing, make Hello World the first forum to make it more friendly – why go down a few links to say Hi to people, it should be up front :)

  • Vanel86

    The guild news should not cover recruting, we already have and ad/lfg platform for that, otherwise it would be cluttered by recruiting ads like other platforms such as xfire where that part is a utter and complete mess.

  • tekhedd

    Everything outside of the virtual world is just a bunch of meat, and if possible it would be best to leave it altogether. Classic cyberpunk. (Wasn’t the core plot of Idoru about leaving the meat behind? What are they teaching them in the schools?)

  • Tusalloma

    Just wanted to introduce myself, been a lurker on here for a while. Are there any subjects that we can’t talk about on here?

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