[Cute]

Few ideas.

Can we try a week or something with no chatbox? For a site with so many members, I can't help but feel that the number of new posts and topics being made is awfully small. Just look at members post counts, even people who have been around for a few years now have really tiny counts, as quite often, there just isn't that much activity going on in the forums.

Part of this I feel is due to the chatbox. It's all well and good, but people can't be expected to keep up with the chatbox 24/7. What if a topic that someone is really interested comes up in chatbox, but the person isn't online? Their input will be missed. As opposed to being in a new thread, which they can find and reply to next time they come on.

Also, the quality of posts is generally going to be a lot higher than the stuff you get out of the chatbox.

On a somewhat related note, I personally feel that the forums are a bit too cluttered. Do we really need an entire forum for bsg discussion? Can't that just be split amongst SC2 General and SC2 Strategy? Maybe even make a dedicated "BSG players post questions here thread". Seems much more space efficient. And I still don't know the difference between Tournaments and Tourney Archive lol

Also, more exclusive content is always appreciated. Stuff that you can only get at sc2sea. I realize there is quite a bit already with TGM + all the tournaments. But more is always good!

These are all just tiny gripes, but maybe worth thinking about a little? Keep up the good work though, the stuff you do here

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ROOTPetraeus:

sounds good but no one can take my chat away.

[breadfan]

Originally Posted by Cute

Can we try a week or something with no chatbox? For a site with so many members, I can't help but feel that the number of new posts and topics being made is awfully small. Just look at members post counts, even people who have been around for a few years now have really tiny counts, as quite often, there just isn't that much activity going on in the forums.

Part of this I feel is due to the chatbox. It's all well and good, but people can't be expected to keep up with the chatbox 24/7. What if a topic that someone is really interested comes up in chatbox, but the person isn't online? Their input will be missed. As opposed to being in a new thread, which they can find and reply to next time they come on.

The chatbox is definitely a really social element to the site - without it, I wouldn't feel like I were truly a part of the community, or at least not as much as I do.

I think that without chatbox, sure - you'll see some more posts. But the people who have only a few posts over a long period of time? I don't think it will be incentive to keep coming back. Just the fact that they have reason to come back day after day is testament to the effects of the chatbox. Plain old forums aren't for everyone, and the chatbox is just a way to include more people.

Originally Posted by Cute

On a somewhat related note, I personally feel that the forums are a bit too cluttered. Do we really need an entire forum for bsg discussion? Can't that just be split amongst SC2 General and SC2 Strategy? Maybe even make a dedicated "BSG players post questions here thread". Seems much more space efficient. And I still don't know the difference between Tournaments and Tourney Archive lol

I wholeheartedly agree. I think BSG forums should stay because BSG accounts for like 60% of the player base - I feel that's enough for it to get its own. I think there are too many tournament forums that could be cleaned up, even if it's moving older tournaments like SEACL S1, BSGCL S1 and Nation War S1 to an archive forum. Really, unless it's a currently running league, I don't think it needs its own forum.

+1 for more speciality content though