Since creating this forum, I have not really interacted with it very much at all. My goal was to create a place where people still interested in Overpower could come together and share their continued love for the game. I feel that this has been happening and I am very pleased with what i see on the forum. I am just curious if anyone has any ideas or concerns about the forum itself. I have never managed a forum before and so I know little to nothing about it. I don't really spend time on other forums either so I have little experience from the posting end of things as well. Anyone who has anything they would like to say, please post here or feel free to send me messages though the forum.
Thank you very much,
Palatinus
Just dropping by to say thanks for providing us with this Overpower forum. Its been a great source for information and a cool place to meet other Overpower fans. :)
I love your site! I can't readily think of anything to improve it, actually :)
All the new subforums looks a little cluttered, but mainly it seems like having so many different areas will make things more likely to be overlooked. This could slow down discussion or make the boards seem dead (and not worth registering for) to visiting users, since they will see tons of subforums with very few posts.
Maybe merge the new Introductions section and the five new comic sections with the "General Topics" section? That only has one thread in it, so they could probably all go in there (and they fit together since they are all off topic). Or merge all the five comic discussion things into one general comic thread, and move it below "Where to buy/where to play" so that someone glancing at the site on a laptop wouldn't miss that section.
Just my thoughts. I think it would help keep things clean and informative for visiting guests, and give them more incentive to join.
I have to agree with Onslaught on this one. All the comic related subforums seems a bit much to my eyes. I think one general comic discussion forum is enough.
It might be nice to occasionally take a poll if you're thinking of adding a subforum since many post here more frequently than you do. Still great site and discussion. :)
I have to strongly agree with Onslaught and Nostalgic on this one. What do you think, Platinus?
I'll chime in too. I like having a comic forum, but I really think we only need one. There just aren't enough of us to support separate sections for each publisher.
I've got a question here. You mentioned there is a block function in these forums. Would you mind sharing how to do that with us? Thank you.
Quote from: Nate Grey on July 12, 2011, 02:20:24 AM
I've got a question here. You mentioned there is a block function in these forums. Would you mind sharing how to do that with us? Thank you.
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Quote from: Palatinus on July 12, 2011, 10:19:44 AM
Quote from: Nate Grey on July 12, 2011, 02:20:24 AM
I've got a question here. You mentioned there is a block function in these forums. Would you mind sharing how to do that with us? Thank you.
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Thank you!
Thanks for the info, Palatinus. Very much appreciated.
I do feel sad that people are starting to ignore other people, but I am glad to help. Hopefully these issues can get resolved at some point so everyone can get along.
Quote from: Palatinus on July 13, 2011, 08:02:06 AM
I do feel sad that people are starting to ignore other people, but I am glad to help. Hopefully these issues can get resolved at some point so everyone can get along.
For the record, I'm not ignoring anyone :)
Quote from: Palatinus on July 13, 2011, 08:02:06 AM
You are ignoring this user.
What was that? I can't hear you.
is it normal to click the thread title and it goes to the first page? usually you would want to read the new stuff. this would make the forums easier to navigate on tablets and phones.
Quote from: BasiliskFang on December 12, 2012, 09:10:07 AM
is it normal to click the thread title and it goes to the first page? usually you would want to read the new stuff. this would make the forums easier to navigate on tablets and phones.
Clicking the "NEW" icon will bring you to the first new post.
thats true i suppose :)
Just please don't shut down the forum, and I hope everyone sticks around for awhile. I even wish some old members would reemerge, like Onslaught or HotRod. More guys to chat with. I haven't been so hooked on the internet since MySpace and Facebook swept the land. I literally stay signed in as much as I can, just so I can click new replies when I wake up, or while I do chores, or whatever. I've really enjoyed going through my cards, and discovering that there are cool fellas to talk to about something I like as much as OP.
this a pretty cool place
New rules forum layout is absurd, there's no way I'm clicking through 3000 subforums one at a time to see if each section has a new question
Quote from: Onslaught on March 30, 2013, 05:05:10 PM
New rules forum layout is absurd, there's no way I'm clicking through 3000 subforums one at a time to see if each section has a new question
It's a good thing the top level forum reports new posts in the child forums.
That doesn't even address what I said.
If the designer of an interface has to argue with the end user about how to utilize it, guess which one is usually in the wrong?
There's no need to separate the Rules into so many sub-forums.
I've seen this done on some forums (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=579), some better than others.
I <3 the Palatinus OverPower Forum. :-*
Quote from: Palatinus on March 30, 2013, 05:33:01 PM
Quote from: Onslaught on March 30, 2013, 05:05:10 PM
New rules forum layout is absurd, there's no way I'm clicking through 3000 subforums one at a time to see if each section has a new question
It's a good thing the top level forum reports new posts in the child forums.
I have to throw my hat into the "less usable" ring. Every subforum right now shows "new". Either there's been dozens of new rules questions in the last 24 hours, or it's just bugging out because I haven't read through each and every thread in existence.
"Mark as Read" doesn't hit subforums. So my only choice is to go through 20+ sub forums and click "read". I'm not really willing to do that.
I see the "pro" in having the divide. It better categorizes the questions. Fair enough.
But the "con"s seems to outweigh:
1) If someone wants to brows through all the rules questions-- say a new user-- they are going to be faced with an insurmountable task. Reading through all the subforums will become a chore. Best way to turn off users is to present something they want to do as a chore.
1a) This is going to massively increase the site's bandwidth due to tonnes of extra pageloads.
2) If someone does find the one question they want, they won't "see" the rest of the questions. That doesn't encourage them to read other threads and get interested in the forum. It doesn't encourage them to participate.
3) It discourages new posts. For someone to ask a question, they must first figure out which category it goes in. See above "chore". While topic catagorization is a good thing, it is a forum management task. Someone wanting to ask a question just wants to ask a question, not help maintain the forum.
3a) This assumes that they even know which category it goes under. Where does "Can the event that lets level 1 power cards avoid any attack avoid Longshot's One In A Million" go? Power cards? Events? Specials? Meta-rules?
3b) Which will lead to further discouraging users the first time someone is lambasted for posting in the wrong subforum.
4) As I've demonstrated above, it punishes long-time users who have not read through every post, and now have a sea of "New" tags to deal with.
And finally, even if the pro of catagorization outweighed the cons, you need to look at volume of posts. We're a relatively small community. There are so few questions actually asked that sorting them thusly was never really an issue to begin with. The small benefits of categorization don't pay out.
My suggestion would be that if catagorization is desired, to rollback the subforum change, and instead go with a "tag" approach.
Pro:
1) You can tag posts with multiple tags (Event, Power Card, Special, Meta-Rule), which resolves the "where do I post" issue
2) The tags are expandable without resorting to more subforums
3) Since they are meta-data, they lend themselves better to searching/sorting/reporting
4) A post can be tagged post-facto if the topic changes, or it wasn't tagged by the OP (properly or at all)
Con:
1) You will need to tag all archival posts. Presumably you already did this to move posts into subforums, so it effectively doubles your work.
2) Tags will need to be maintained. Most posters honestly won't care about the tags (see "Chore"), leaving the work to the forum administrators.
To be perfectly honest, I wouldn't even bother with tags. I've never seen them used effectively on a forum. And between the built-in Search, and using Google search with site:beenhereandthere.com, there is no problem actually finding data.
So while I commend you, Palatinus, for putting in some work to improve the forum, I think that it might not have fired as planned. No big deal. We've all thrown that second strength power card at Colossus. =)
I think its funny they are called Child Boards. ;D Like they are G rated or something.
April 1 has come and gone, time to change the rules forum back to something that is actually usable.
Is there a way to leave feedback or a review for trades made with members? I know I could just leave one in the trades/purchase section but is their a way to make it attach to a member for other people to see? I am doing several trades with members & plan on leaving positive feedback via posting it but thought maybe a sub tab on their profile for it?
i think a year or two ago on here someone was working on a "good traders list", if im not mistaken. but never found out what happened to it or if it every got updated.
theres always ebay feedback to get a guys track record. Back in the day when overpower was young Gary Martin Jr's website had a huge list of good traders he had done business with. I think its still probably archived somewhre. but hasent been updated in 10 years, so it would be out of date (Even though I am on the list of good traders on his site ;-)
Ebay is a good place to start & frankly I'm really glad this forum is up. So I'm not complaining or asking the admin to spend more to expand. I just thought maybe since like me, new to the forum, that traders feedback would be cool.
I know that trying to find honest people can be a difficult thing. I found this forum in 02' when I got out of the Army & started collecting again but didn't know if trading cards cross country... In some cases different countries would lead to me getting hosed. So I didn't join. Wish I would have, probably cost me ten times the coin in the big picture buying the cards I have off eBay.
It's always a risk, even ebay. But I'm also a firm believer in acknowledging honesty & dependability so I thought I throw out the idea after not seeing a similar question. Posting a topic in the trading folder will work but wanted to ask.
well two sites that track and do trades officially are in my sig