Requests, Feedback, and Suggestions - Page 6

I don't get why it's bad to answer someone's question in person, DA. To be honest, I'd just put it up to cut off the chances of people responding rudely to look at the top of the forum when they do make those threads. I think it's a bad idea. Let them make the threads and let people answer. Answer in a friendly fashion. Someone might decide to stick around.

I also found it funny how you make a reference to Sakura not moderating for a while, when you last moderated in April. I don't really get how you can say something won't work for Sakura because things have changed since she last modded, while referring to a decision you made in your only mod position, compared to her 22 forum positions, almost all of which were exceedingly active. =P

I'm speaking more from the fact it's just a waste of time for everyone involved, not that it is bad to answer a question at all as I always do so in a most thorough manner as I can manage.

Questions about the game and release dates are two different things. Furthermore, I never stated the threads need to be "forbidden", I seem to have words being put in my mouth by other people here.

My point is I'm making a suggestion to help the forum run more smoothly. I'm just a bit frustrated that my ideas to help this forum get bumped off and instead nothing done, not productive. I mean I see nothing being done to try and help these people that ask about the release dates other than answering the thread each time it pops up. Why not implement my idea if nothing is being done with the header at the moment? Isn't going to kill anyone.

And I never did Mish, I moderated after release so I never had to put the dates up. Unless you're talking about some other example I made.

I refuse to except everyone is so stupid and that my ideas are so easy to just glaze over.

Well I organised a Header/Footer contest ages ago since I've been trying to do a load of things in here. Each of my posts of suggestions has included at least 4 in each, so I've done way more than just three suggestions.

There'd be no point running another, as I literally just held the last. Unless you mean the style underneath with the links and stuff.

I don't exaggerate or exacerbate or any of the long "ex" words. If my ideas are going to be shot down such as the putting a few release dates in the header, when there's nothing in there anyway and it could benefit some people, then this place is going to the dogs and I don't care about saying that to be honest.

DA Edit: Look sorry if I seem to be coming off as rude. I have home and school to tend to at the moment, not to mention my own depression problems. As far as I can see though I'm making suggestions and can't see any reason not to try them out at the very least. It's progression, instead of being stagnant. So yeah, sorry if I am being upfront or rude or whatever, doesn't seem it to me though.

[size=1][color=#666666]This message was edited by Dark Arcanine on Sep 24 2009.

By the power of Grayskull, please tell me that did not happen.

Why is it that a trainer card contest is allowed, yet a simple idea like putting a date in the header gets everybody in uproar? The header suggestion is a VERY simple suggestion, and it can practically serve as a countdown, who cares who ignores it? That's a small suggestion. It's worth considering. It's not worth both sides putting 5 tampons up because somebody says no.

As for the trainer card contest...why? Seriously. Another way to tell people how inferior they are and how the tiniest details let the whole card down in the eyes of the judge, who has established that they are better than everyone else? Oh yeah. That's a great addition to the forum. Aren't there enough of those already?

brb, putting in tampon

...So the trainer card contest is a method of migration...

...Right.

Whatever you say ZL.

However, there's one thing I don't get. You make it sound as though putting the release date in the header is going to drive people away. True, if people come here just to ask when it's released and just see it in the header, they aren't going to post. But I'm going to assume that when you say the forum needs activity, you mean regular activity; 5 threads per week about the same thing, isn't activity. I just don't understand why it's such a bad thing.

Let me address a couple things:

Release Date
I am not going to put it up there now. There's no point to it, and it creates people, like Mish said, that reply to any threads that are made with "LOOK AT THE TOP OF THE FORUM!!!!!!!!", which isn't very friendly. I like Stormy's idea however. Once the release date is announced, I think some sort of count down would look really awesome and it would be a lot of fun. ^__^

Header Contest
We got a header three months ago (early July/Late June), so if a contest lasted a month, we would have had our current header up for four months. I think that's a good amount of time. With that being said, ZL will probably be running it, so I have PMed him about it.

Trainer Card Contest
Why? Because it's fun. If people enjoy doing something in the forums, and it's not all spammy, then I think that they should be able to do it. It helps build the community too. The contest looks great and really well organized, and I am glad that it's in the Soul Silver forum. =)


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