Ferrous Posted May 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 (edited) 1. I never was, nor will I ever be a spammer by any serious means, so I will not petition, or sign a petition to bring back spam forums. 2. You can modify the forums so that post counts don't count in some of the forums. Edited May 19, 2009 by Ferrous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebony Wings Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 (edited) 1. I never was, nor will I ever be a spammer by any serious means.2. You can modify the forums so that post counts don't count in some of the forums. 1) No, but a lot of other people are (remember how popular the old SF was?), and we don't need to encourage people to be idiots. 2) See point one. Edit: Whoa, how'd that quote get in there? Edited May 19, 2009 by Ebony Wings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cotillion Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 Signed, me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Xander the Only Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 This would be awesome. Bring em back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurion Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 This would be cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 For the love of Smith, just bring maroon back :/ Now there's a reference I haven't seen in quite some time. I support the revival of team forums 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Janova Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 For all colours but Maroon Seriously, if you want a spam forum, use the Maroonity forums or something. I loved the old Green forum too but they were removed for a reason ... well I suspect two main ones: - all those posts making things run slower - pain in the arse to administrate (people move colour all the time) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvenStar Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 So you have all the existing forum space on these boards, the in-game messaging system, your own alliance forums (probably) and a very large community that use IRC and which gives you the opportunity to create any kind of chat room you could possibly want....... .......and after all that you still don't feel you have enough relevant space to discuss what you need? Seriously?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mogar Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 black powah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King DrunkWino Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 So you have all the existing forum space on these boards, the in-game messaging system, your own alliance forums (probably) and a very large community that use IRC and which gives you the opportunity to create any kind of chat room you could possibly want..............and after all that you still don't feel you have enough relevant space to discuss what you need? Seriously?!?! Believe it or not, yes seriously. /Oh, and consider this signed by the entire RIA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrous Posted May 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 (edited) So you have all the existing forum space on these boards, the in-game messaging system, your own alliance forums (probably) and a very large community that use IRC and which gives you the opportunity to create any kind of chat room you could possibly want..............and after all that you still don't feel you have enough relevant space to discuss what you need? Seriously?!?! LOL A good point. However, the team forums provided accessible exclusivity - it made it easy to feel part of a smaller community. The off-site forums for the individual forums are only useful for those alliances who have been notified of their existence - on-site forums are considerably more accessible, bringing in many more players to interact with each other, on the same sphere. However, by making it password protected, it gave a sense of something exclusive - "this is MY team forum, not yours." The counterpoint is that individual alliance forums do the same thing. They are similar, of course, but alliance forums can sometimes feel a bit "stuffy" and the community may be too small to just "kick back and relax." The team forums provided a good middle ground to the OWF and the individual alliance forums while still being accessible enough to all of the players. Edited May 19, 2009 by Ferrous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta1212 Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 - pain in the arse to administrate (people move colour all the time) Yeah, but literally like half the mod team hung out on Maroon, which was humorous as none of the forum rules except the most extreme were ever enforced there despite the active mod participation. There were about a dozen pinned threads. There was a stats thread, a drama meter, a codified social hierarchy, a spam thread, a mod party thread, risk tournaments. It was a lot of fun but the laxity of rule enforcement combined with the sheer quantity of posts (and it wasn't just spam even if that's all we ever talked about) meant that board would have been tough to moderate. I'm not happy that it was closed as it was easily the best forum here even if you never spammed, but I do understand the reasoning behind it. Sort of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yossarian Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 (edited) I've never seen them, but I can think of huge advantages, and no disadvantages. Please add me to the list. So you have all the existing forum space on these boards, the in-game messaging system, your own alliance forums (probably) and a very large community that use IRC and which gives you the opportunity to create any kind of chat room you could possibly want..............and after all that you still don't feel you have enough relevant space to discuss what you need? Seriously?!?! What you're saying is almost completely true, but the thing is that none of those places are organised, and even if an intra-team system were set up on IRC or alliance forums, it would have the following problems: a) most people on the team wouldn't know about it. B) since it wouldn't be official (i.e. actually PART of CN/the CN forums), it would lack legitimacy, and people might be reluctant to use it. c) Someone mentioned that the team forums were password protected. I can only assume that this was to allow people on that team to develop non-public strategies for the team. IF the team forums were hosted on a non-CN website, then it would be a MASSIVE amount of work to keep the access list up-to-date. And if it was decided to go without password protection, then since anyone could see the posts/strategies, then the point of HAVING the system would be defeated - since it would no longer be secure for people to post strategies on - so they probably wouldn't use it. The way I see it, team boards would actually allow teams to become organised, and develop into practical and functional groups in the game. Edited May 19, 2009 by Yossarian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvenStar Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 LOLA good point. However, the team forums provided accessible exclusivity - it made it easy to feel part of a smaller community. The off-site forums for the individual forums are only useful for those alliances who have been notified of their existence - on-site forums are considerably more accessible, bringing in many more players to interact with each other, on the same sphere. However, by making it password protected, it gave a sense of something exclusive - "this is MY team forum, not yours." The counterpoint is that individual alliance forums do the same thing. They are similar, of course, but alliance forums can sometimes feel a bit "stuffy" and the community may be too small to just "kick back and relax." The team forums provided a good middle ground to the OWF and the individual alliance forums while still being accessible enough to all of the players. So create an off-site team forum? Its exclusive. Accessible. Totally customisable to your team. Perfection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrous Posted May 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 So create an off-site team forum? Its exclusive. Accessible. Totally customisable to your team. Perfection! It's been done, and they don't last very long, for the simple reason that people want to visit fewer, rather than more forums. Having to visit 2 forums instead of 3 (at the very least) is much easier to handle. We seem to have a very low threshold, apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
President Obama Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 (edited) Silly idea You people just want to get your post couALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD edit: spelling r gud Edited May 19, 2009 by President Obama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D34th Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 While I feel nostalgic when remember old black team forums I have to agree with Sponge, Doitzel and EvenStar. There are no need and any gain in bringing them back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incitatus Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 I know people really enjoyed them, I wouldn't mind seeing them back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiser Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 I fully support this. I also support making it so that those forums don't increase your post count. Maroon was fun, and it really made you feel like you were part of a community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yossarian Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 While I feel nostalgic when remember old black team forums I have to agree with Sponge, Doitzel and EvenStar. There are no need and any gain in bringing them back. The whole spam issue seems to be the only disadvantage to this idea, and it could by getting a "report post" button for each post, or just getting respected players to flag spam threads/posts for actual mods. Apart from that (and I honestly think the spam issue is being WAY overblown, it wouldn't happen if it were made VERY CLEAR that spam would NOT be tolerated, just as it is in this Open World RP forum), please see my post on Page 2 of this thread for why I think it's a great idea to bring these back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rajistani Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 I will sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hertugen Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 I will never sign anything li*ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sword of Estel Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 Who here remembers how these threads were dealt with in the past? Anyone old enough to remember the days when there were spam team forums, right? Then this lock probably won't surprise you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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