Top of the forums?

[Squeek]

RE: Re: RE: Top of the forums?

Hey, if we're going on the popularity of the forum sections, guess what goes to the BOTTOM of the forums?

Why should a tiny forum section such as this, even if it is hidden to most members, be at the top with the most popular sections? It doesn't make sense to me to accomodate for the 20-30 people that take part in these when there are 2-3,000 other people here.

If you do go through with this, delete me. I don't want to deal with it and I swore I'd never play again. I'll probably not even host again due to the amount of stress it put on me, and I'll likely not play infiltration just because I think someone else that actually would like to play the game (Omega) deserves my spot.

~Squeek

[Kilgamayan]

RE: Re: RE: Top of the forums?

What the hell kind of thinking is that? You'd quit the game just because it takes less effort to get to it?

I guess we can tell how committed you are to it.

Fine, leave. We'd be better off without you.

[evilbutterfly]

RE: Re: RE: Top of the forums?

You guys bring up moving other forums around, but I think what you fail to realize is that the only people this will affect are the few people who are in the usergroup. If you moved the garbage bin up to the top, everybody would see the change. If you move this up to the top, only we will notice. Thus, only the people who it would be convenient for would see the change, so you're accomodating one group without hindering the rest of the members in any way whatsoever. I don't see what the problem is, people....

[lightdarkness]

RE: Re: RE: Top of the forums?

I don't see what the big fuss is!

The location of this forum is in the category that best suits it. It's not hard to scroll down here. I tried it! It took one mouse wheel scroll. Also... this new fangled browser called "firefox" has quick links, so you can jump right to the TWG with ONE CLICK!

[User6773]

RE: Re: RE: Top of the forums?

I don't understand why you're stuck on the belief that people who play this game want to be inconvenienced by scrolling down to the bottom of the forums.

You act as if this change is going to affect the thousands of forum users who can't see the forum.

[Kilgamayan]

RE: Re: RE: Top of the forums?

Stop sucking Firefox's dick and think about this logically, and you'll realize that this plan has small benfits vs. zero cost.

[lightdarkness]

RE: Re: RE: Top of the forums?

The thing is, it doesn't belong up there! It's not about making it easier for people, it's about putting the forum where it's best suited; the TWG forum isn't meant for Life, but rather Other.

[Kilgamayan]

RE: Re: RE: Top of the forums?

Who's going to know?

If putting it under Life pains you so much, just create a new category.

[User6773]

RE: Re: RE: Top of the forums?

In a few days, the current TWG forum will become hidden to many users, and moved below Critical Thinking.

[The_Q]

RE: Re: RE: Top of the forums?

Although it will be hidden from many users it still might distract from the users that do see it. It's all about location. There are two main reasons we ought to keep it down here. One includes me being a greedy little fart...partially.

Ever wonder why milk is at the back of the grocery store? No, not because it's easier to install cooling devices back there, otherwise all frozen foods would be back there too. No, milk is in the back because many people buy milk. That means they'd have to pass all the other products to get to it. The same concept is valid for TWG forum but it has two benefits. One is that the TWG people can also conveniently visit their favorite forums on the way down. It's true that most of the forums are above TWG. It's also true that having that many forums in between TWG can distract other TWG players. This is good for TWG as it would more likely than not be distracting the players who only play half-heartedly. That lackadaisical kind of playing does not help the player nor the community succeed. (This only applies to TWG as it is highly competitive. CT is nowhere near as competitive as TWG is. I already own that area.)

And of course, you have to realize that the distraction caused by TWG when it's next to CT is absolutely atrocious. Those of us who post in CT regularly and often read TWG can be easily side tracked if we become curious. This takes away from the over all post count in CT. Let's run some numbers now. If 4 people are looking at the forum and all are in TWG and become distracted, maybe 2 will go back to their original destination and post or read. If TWG isn't there then we have 4 people posting or reading. Which has greater odds of increasing CT productivity? 4, of course. The numbers are always right.

Q

[Kilgamayan]

RE: Re: RE: Top of the forums?

But don't you not want to play this anymore?

[The_Q]

RE: Re: RE: Top of the forums?

Exactly. That's why I want it down where it won't bother or guilt me.

Q

[lightdarkness]

RE: Re: RE: Top of the forums?

Q has a good point. The reason TWG was moved out of CT, was because the amount of posting in regular CT threads had greatly droped (along with cluttered the forum).

By putting it right below CT, the same thing might happen, as many of the CT frequenters visit and play TWG.

[Kilgamayan]

Re: RE: Re: RE: Top of the forums?

Exactly. That's why I want it down where it won't bother or guilt me.

Q

The point I was making was more or less that your opinion should logically be valued less since you're not actually playing (like Squeek's), but whatever.

I couldn't care less about the CT forum anyway - everyone knows what I think of it by now.

[User6773]

RE: Re: RE: Top of the forums?

I never feel forced to look at other forums on the way down. I know where I'm going, and I go there. It's just the length of the trip, over and over again, that's irritating.

I also fear the distance is causing a lack of involvement. Compare the views earlier threads got to the views this thread got.

I understand that a concern that has been brought up is that Synth would get irritated having to see this forum at the top (since he sees everything.) However, I think that if Synth is visibly irritated by it or asks us to take it back down, we should of course do so. But for now it's just the general consensus that it should be taken up.