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Post by Artifact123 on Apr 15, 2012 6:12:56 GMT
There's always room for improvement, isn't it? What about a ''Guides Thread'' in the PG Board which links to most of the currently stickied Threads which explain for example how to directly link to an upload and the Guides Thread becomes stickied and all those loose stickied guides become unstickied so I don't have to scroll down eternally and look where the stickied threads end.
Also, I think that warnings should also be given out for ''Ganging up''. That's when multiple members(probably in chat) start to troll or flame one or two other persons and sometimes even flagban them. For example Nmagane has done this multiple times and while he gets punished because he did the most, the others simply get away. I think that if you only slightly help a flamer or troller in doing his job you should also deserve a warning.
Since I'm seeing that a lot of Members are losing interest and motivation(Now this forum IS really becoming less active, the only active board is General Talk) and I suggest:
Some new Badges.
A new, simple PG Contest.
Prizes in the shop slightly lowered.
3 DBs per post. Doesn't sound like much but that's 50% more and a slight motivator to post. Maybe something like ''Double Dan-Ball Weekend''? Double XP or Double Credits works for games, so why not here?
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Post by Qwerty on Apr 15, 2012 6:38:38 GMT
Prices in the shop lowered? Aren't they extremely low already? Devaluing the dan-ball doesn't really do a lot. Besides, I'm afraid the way the code works doesn't let us temporarily increase the amount. It multiplies post count by two then adds a specific number to show change. If we make it times three, it would be as if it was always times three. Ganging up is basically covered under current trolling rules (which still apply when in groups), but it's up to the member to report it and screencap it. False flagbans are specifically outlined in the rules.
The stickies are a bit out of hand, yeah.
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Post by nmagain on Apr 16, 2012 12:41:52 GMT
lol artifact those ideas are pure shit.
nmagane though is the godfather to the worst mafia gang ever please ban him ;( ;( ;(
But seriously though, this "ganging up" thing is not real, it's just that multiple members agree that somebody is a faggot. If you interpret us as a gang, well, that would be your problem. Also regarding anon4732, just because we're friends doesn't mean we're an evil gang of trolling. Grow up.
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Post by Clockwork on Apr 16, 2012 20:08:29 GMT
Yeah, nmagane is correct. It isn't a gang, it's them collectively disliking you.
This being said, as for activity.... I think our lack of activity or better put, decreasing amounts of activity are due to how boring and slow it is to forum compared to chat. That, and the fact that not everyone at this community wants to talk about DAN BALL. Some of us wanna talk about other stuff. Maybe we could broaden our views, hell, we'd get an activity boost from being a general forum. I know, I said it, don't hurt me temby!
The lack of activity is because we don't want to talk about DAN BALL stuff. We want to talk about GENERAL stuff. That and the ease of use is why the forum chat is so active and why the topic is never dan ball. It's either forum dramamamamamamamamamama or minecraft or something.
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Post by nmagain on Apr 16, 2012 20:10:52 GMT
i agree with omnl we must move away from danball.
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Post by Clockwork on Apr 16, 2012 20:21:39 GMT
We could still have a board for dan-ball. That would still receive activity from the members of this forum. We would appeal to more people if we migrated from dan ball. And focused primarily on other things, or maybe everything.
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Post by nmagain on Apr 16, 2012 20:45:15 GMT
yes, take facepunch as an example, you can clearly see how much activity it gained from moving from being a gmod-only forum.
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Post by Zrined on Apr 16, 2012 21:05:17 GMT
inb4 Qwertys' "this has happened before."
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Post by Qwerty on Apr 16, 2012 22:25:11 GMT
What? No, it hasn't happened before. It's already in place. Just cause we don't have official boards for them doesn't mean this forum never discusses Minecraft. Topic is merely a matter of organization. Frankly, it'd be a good idea to have a general gaming category.
Changing the forum as a whole, however, is a no-no. General forums are a dime a dozen and pretty much always die. The forum is already about dan-ball in name only, so there's no reason to change that. All we have to do is change the current forum organization to reflect the actual topics discussed.
It's not changing topic, it's making room for new (technically secondary) ones.
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Post by Clockwork on Apr 16, 2012 22:36:32 GMT
Well, since we know we can't actually give a valid, logical point to tempy *glares*
We're already getting pretty inactive, or more inactive. We're not dead, but we're not as active as we used to be. We already have a decent community that is strongly knit so I don't think our generalforum would die. The fact that a huge chunk of our boards are DEAD is something else. And they're all DAN BALL boards. What does this tell you?
We should get rid of these and just make a dan ball board. A single board for all dan ball games. That board would be active enough to be considered a board.
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Post by Qwerty on Apr 16, 2012 23:20:45 GMT
I just agreed with you and you insulted me? Come now, what is this? You can give valid and logical points all you want, but if you then resort to flat insults I'll ignore them. I only listen to valid, logical points from people that don't accuse me of ignoring them.
I just said that we need to reorganize. Why are you arguing?
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Post by Clockwork on Apr 16, 2012 23:23:48 GMT
Erm, sorry. I misread.
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Post by D_M-01 on Apr 16, 2012 23:47:11 GMT
I agree that either the forum be more generalized, or Dan-Ball associated content be streamlined to become more integrated into the community. |
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Post by Artifact123 on Apr 17, 2012 5:44:56 GMT
Dan-Ball associated content be streamlined to become more integrated into the community. Yes please. Anywyas, people, remember the motivation that there was back then? Spamming the comments with advertisements, participating in Contests, earning Badges, buying stuff, actually posting in the Dan-Ball related Boards. |
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Post by Clockwork on Apr 17, 2012 20:02:45 GMT
We don't need to spam a comments board with advertisements. We'd appeal to a broader audience if we didn't focus on Dan Ball as much, and instead had a topic-shift.
(Sorry tempy, I misread)
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Post by noodlesoup on Apr 18, 2012 5:47:41 GMT
All we have to do is change the current forum organization to reflect the actual topics discussed. It's not changing topic, it's making room for new (technically secondary) ones. I like this idea; it encourages discussion to move into a more general category without threatening activity. |
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Post by Zrined on Apr 18, 2012 19:45:07 GMT
My post was about you saying we're not dying.
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Post by Qwerty on Apr 18, 2012 23:55:46 GMT
I actually do like the concept of being named DBF. At any rate, until Fox and Veers stop being MIA, we can't do a thing.
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Post by Draxorion on Apr 29, 2012 5:17:18 GMT
Well, Fox always appears on or near weekends, Temporarily9, and I'm sure you've seen him during those times. GeneralVeers has returned, so why don't we begin with the processes at hand?
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