Forum Changes - Comments

[SouLess]

Originally Posted by Eric

Pretty sure I didn't say that second part, thanks though.

Pretty sure you did.

edit; Also, I lost about 7k posts from the Asylum disappearing, which sucks. But whatever, I'm alreayd over it.

[little-cheeze]

cant u just bring it back and make it so u can post in it then we get our postrs back right

[jd-inflames]

Post counts don't show how much you care about a forum, it shows how much of a spammer you are. IMO, remove them altogether.

[_Ace]

Wow, glad to see Eric's not admin anymore, but I can't help the feeling this guy is gonna do just what X said.

This place is fucked.

[Forged]

Originally Posted by jd-inflames

Post counts don't show how much you care about a forum, it shows how much of a spammer you are. IMO, remove them altogether.

oh noes, what would we do without a post count.

[Elysium]

Music section. Bring it back.

[Max]

Originally Posted by LordNevar

Believe it or not this place has allot of potential, especially with someone who is dedicated to it. Well I myself do not know you Max, but if your willing to go the distance, and don't limit staff and help them than I am sure your new ownership of the site will work out very well, and the site will go far.

I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

Originally Posted by Ntrik_

hahah so what happened to Eric?

He's still here as an administrator.

Originally Posted by Ntrik_

oh wow i want my post counts back =( they meant everything to me

The post counts were recalculated after the move. We got rid of certain threads that we felt did nothing more than pad post counts. Sure, a high post count shows activity, but even our most active member may not be a valuable member.

Originally Posted by Ace

Wow, glad to see Eric's not admin anymore, but I can't help the feeling this guy is gonna do just what X said.

Eric is still here as an admin. I can't wait to prove you wrong.

Originally Posted by Elysium

Music section. Bring it back.

All threads from the previous Music forum were moved to the Chit Chat forum. We merged certain forums to bring the focus back to gaming. As much as I encourage off-topic discussion, the game-related forums should always be the focal point.

[Forged]

He's still here as an administrator.

I guess this isn't the place to debate this, but that seems like a silly decision.

[Max]

Originally Posted by Forged

I guess this isn't the place to debate this, but that seems like a silly decision.

Feel free to send me a PM. I'm not going to promise you anything, but I will do what I can to resolve any staff-related issues. It's certainly not up for public debate, though.

Back on topic, please.

[Elysium]

True enough, but it gets kind of hard to focus on a specific genre when you are drowned with threads in chit chat like "what are you listening to?" Justin Timberlake blahblah Christina Agu..whatserface, all this pop crap you hear on the radio every 15 minutes..

I dont feel its gonna interfere with the main feature games since the "Other Interests" section is almost at the bottom of the index page anyway and has "General Gaming" as well as "Console Gaming" Despite being an "Other Interests" forum!! Not trying to be funny, but you know what i mean though?

I dont know about you but i dont know any people that would sit there playing games in silence or listening to the annoying soundtrack crap thats on games by choice, so its not as though its unrelated. Its all good having a proper gaming forum and all, but no need to chuck completely different types of people in one small place and let them annoy the s**t out of each other when they want to talk to the other members about something other than computer games.

F**k knows bruv, if you see it working then il go with, but i think you kinda dropped yourself in it but changing so many things at once in a forum thats been around for ages and its all settled down.. All i can say is good luck..

[Max]

Originally Posted by Elysium

True enough, but it gets kind of hard to focus on a specific genre when you are drowned with threads in chit chat like "what are you listening to?" Justin Timberlake blahblah Christina Agu..whatserface, all this pop crap you hear on the radio every 15 minutes..

I dont feel its gonna interfere with the main feature games since the "Other Interests" section is almost at the bottom of the index page anyway and has "General Gaming" as well as "Console Gaming" Despite being an "Other Interests" forum!! Not trying to be funny, but you know what i mean though?

I dont know about you but i dont know any people that would sit there playing games in silence or listening to the annoying soundtrack crap thats on games by choice, so its not as though its unrelated. Its all good having a proper gaming forum and all, but no need to chuck completely different types of people in one small place and let them annoy the s**t out of each other when they want to talk to the other members about something other than computer games.

F**k knows bruv, if you see it working then il go with, but i think you kinda dropped yourself in it but changing so many things at once in a forum thats been around for ages and its all settled down.. All i can say is good luck..

Definitely some goods points, all of which I will take into consideration. I'll bring it up in the staff forum. But again, I'm trying to get rid of any unnecessary forums. The Other Interests forum is named that way because they are other interests, relative to the main interest of the forum, Blizzard's games.

[Trojan]

Way to take away the second to last thing an Elder has, battlestaff access.

[Max]

Originally Posted by Trojan

Way to take away the second to last thing an Elder has, battlestaff access.

Why should a Forum Elder or Forum Ancient have access to the staff forums?

Members of the Forum Elder and Forum Ancient groups are elevated, but they're not staff members.

[Jason]

I for one welcome the new changes. I left BF about a month or two ago with the premise of never returning. Once I heard BF was sold to a new guy, and a bunch of changes were being made I decided I'd ask to be unbanned and give it another whirl so to speak. Then when I come back I notice that Mike was banned..and hell..that's just the icing on the cake if you ask me. =P

I'm curious, Max, a lot of the older members here whom have been around forever don't really play the Blizzard games anymore (aside from WoW to a small extent), and the lot of us posted in the general forums. How do you plan to accommodate to those of us whom have moved on? I'm just curious because being one of those people..I only stayed because of how long I've known a lot of the not-so-horrible members we still have left.

Well whatever..either way I'm looking forward to seeing what you can do with this place, and I hope that for once history doesn't repeat itself. Good luck with the forums, Max. =)

[Trojan]

Originally Posted by Max

Why should a Forum Elder or Forum Ancient have access to the staff forums?

Members of the Forum Elder and Forum Ancient groups are elevated, but they're not staff members.

The point of the battlestaff was more than staff discussion, it allowed normal people to post their problems and suggestions but not view all posts, Elders had the privilege to view all the posts and give their suggestions as well (seeing as they are Elders, and I hope you know that Elders were once important to the battleforums community).

Thanks for banning Mike too <3.

[Max]

Jason,

Originally Posted by Jason

I'm curious, Max, a lot of the older members here whom have been around forever don't really play the Blizzard games anymore (aside from WoW to a small extent), and the lot of us posted in the general forums. How do you plan to accommodate to those of us whom have moved on? I'm just curious because being one of those people..I only stayed because of how long I've known a lot of the not-so-horrible members we still have left.

There will always be off-topic forums. Compared to the past, there are fewer, but the purpose of the consolidation was not to limit discussion.

Welcome back.

[Jason]

I didn't realize that you'd just merged forums. I guess I'll linger in Chit-Chat. I'll probably poke my head in the SC2 forum or the WoW forum from time to time just to see what's going on with them.

[Max]

Originally Posted by Trojan

The point of the battlestaff was more than staff discussion, it allowed normal people to post their problems and suggestions but not view all posts, Elders had the privilege to view all the posts and give their suggestions as well (seeing as they are Elders, and I hope you know that Elders were once important to the battleforums community).

Thanks for banning Mike too <3.

It's now strictly staff discussion.

In the future, there may be a forum where Forum Ancients, Forum Elders, and the Forum Staff can post.

Again, I did not remove the access as some sort of demotion. You still have the same respectable position. Regardless, I understand your frustration.

[TrongaMonga]

If I am allowed to comment...

Why did I made that sentence, you wonder? Because it seems to me that this character, Max, either does not really know what BattleForums.com is about, or he does, and plans to change it.

Either way, it seems to me that BF as we knew it is going to end. Will it get better or worse? Who knows. I'm gonna stay here and watch, that's for sure, because I've been on BF for the last five years, with plenty of participation, and I'm curious to see how it will end up to be, like god watching over mankind (pardon the exaggerated comparison).

I do, however, have a question/comment to you, Max. Why are you trying to control everything? I can see many a thread edited by you, banned people, etc. It's like you want the forums to be exactly the way you want them to, and not the way they've been for so long and the way they're supposed to be. Because, believe me, this is the place in the internet I've ever knew off that truly respected the meaning of the word forum. I'm sure you can understand what this means, since you seem like a smart guy. Or at least you type like a smart guy, make interesting arguments, even if for one day I've hardly seen anything. But you're not the first person in BF that types like a British scholar and thinks like a Jamaican in a camp of grass.

In any case, hope it'll all go alright. I don't care about your investment, but I do care about the outcome of BF.

Cheers.

[Dial Myna]

Originally Posted by Jason

I for one welcome the new changes. I left BF about a month or two ago with the premise of never returning.

You got banned for spamming porn, you didn't leave.