[OPEN] What Could Make This Site Better?

[Ultimate777]

Originally Posted by Don Sweey

I'm about to tell you to fuck off for that first comment.

Replicawatch is a spambot, All forums get spambots but this one is a serious one. I have clearly, very bloody clearly, showed you a filter forum WILL NOT WORK so why do you insist on flogging a dead horse and annoying me with such a statement?

A filter forum will fragment and ultimately kill this website while increasing my workload more than two-fold. I have a life thanks - and a job.

First of all don’t talk to me like I’m some mug, got that? I have very politely put a suggestion forward as well as having the courtesy to further explain and answer your questions on how it will work and the positives while also admittedly taking your point that it may not be workable for a forum such as this. If it annoys you so much in hearing ideas on how to improve the forum then you should have closed this thread a long time ago. Secondly, I find it hypocritical and unprofessional as an admin whose job it is to decides the rules and enforce them suddenly thinking its ok to want to tell me to f-off? Come on son, you can do better than that. Ever heard of being diplomatic? Maybe the title admin has gone to your head a bit too much to the point where you think you’re above the rules that you’re meant to be setting an example for others to follow. Your arrogance and pig-headedness astounds me.

And if you think sitting on your bum half the day behind a computer, managing, storing and editing posts and enforcing rules that you’re not even capable of abiding by is hard work. Try spending a day looking after mentally challenged and sometimes violent individuals. Organising their day, setting different routines, taking them different places, protecting other members of staff in a community that are vulnerable to their occasional violent and intimidating outbursts , then having to come home writing more assessments and articles to raise awareness in this particular area to educate the public. Then come back when you’ve sorted yourself out and talk to me about hard work and having a life.

And you can ban for posting this if you like, but all it will prove is that this place is run by a bunch of cowboys who don’t know their arse from their elbows.

[Sweey]

I'm not even going to bother reading that. I've spent more than enough time explaining clearly why the idea won't work and if you haven't the intelligence to understand, that's not my concern.

As if its the first time we've thought of such an idea after so many years

You had plenty of kind responses but couldn't let it go somehow believing you're above everyone here.

[Original?]

Originally Posted by Football777

First of all don’t talk to me like I’m some mug, got that. I have very politely put a suggestion forward as well as having the courtesy to further explain and answer your questions on how it will work and the positives while also admittedly taking your point that it may not be workable for a forum such as this. If it annoys you so much in hearing ideas on how to improve the forum then you should have closed this thread a long time ago. Secondly, I find it hypocritical and unprofessional as an admin whose job it is to decides the rules and enforce them suddenly thinking its ok to want to tell me to f-off? Come on son, you can do better than that. Ever heard of being diplomatic? Maybe the title admin has gone to your head a bit too much to the point where you think you’re above the rules that you’re meant to be setting an example for others to follow. Your arrogance and pig-headedness astounds me.

And if you think sitting on your bum half the day behind a computer, managing, storing and editing posts and enforcing rules that you’re not even capable of abiding by is hard work. Try spending a day looking after mentally challenged and sometimes violent individuals. Organising their day, setting different routines, taking them different places, protecting other members of staff in a community that are vulnerable to their occasional violent and intimidating outbursts , then having to come home writing more assessments and articles to raise awareness in this particular area to educate the public. Then come back when you’ve sorted yourself out and talk to me about hard work and having a life.

And you can ban for posting this if you like, but all it will prove is that this place is run by a bunch of cowboys who don’t know their arse from their elbows.

You may wish to consider calling other hypocrites before taking a hard long look at yourself. Being an administrator here is voluntary work, many of us have full time jobs and many other responsibilities and do this in our spare time for free. Sweey in particular spends a lot of his own time to improve and keep the forum running.

Looking after mentally challenged/violent individuals might well be hard work but I would consider it quite rewarding. Referencing this, if it is indeed your job as you appear to be insinuating, is utterly irrelevant. Comparing it to administrating this forum is frankly pathetic.

Finally, your post regarding the replicawatch1 spam bot came across as extremely condescending and smug. Perhaps you should prove yourself as someone who would pass your proposed filter before continuing in this manner. I would also be interested to see evidence of any forum that has implemented this strategy which any degree of success. Another disrespectful post like that I quoted and you will be banned, on current evidence will be no great loss to the community.

[Ultimate777]

Well I had no intentions in getting involved in a heated dispute with any admin here. Believe it or not I have a lot of respect and admiration for the staff who take time out on a volunteering basis to put work into providing forums allowing a platform for communties to share their views and place questions.

However that respect will quickly fall out the window if I find one of them abusing their position to talk down to me or anyone else for that matter as if we're not worth the time or day I'll have something to say in return. Respect and civility works both ways. I dont come here for abuse, but if somone starts using foul language towards me just because they are annoyed, I'm not just going to say ''thank you for much, can I have some more please''. I want to know why it was called for

Anyway lets just leave it at that shall we, there is already enough animosity. As for the replicawatch1 comment, I apologise for getting it wrong. I didnt know it was actually a program, as when I looked into the account it had personal details enclosed and thought some member decided to get their jollies off spamming the forum.

[Dundon's]

Some of the ads on this site are getting way out of hand and are far from appropriate considering the average age on here. Worst though is that car ad that loads up the metal music, it is doing my tits in. Nothing more annoying in the world right now than it randomly blasting out over my speakers.

Please don't suggest I do something about it.

[Hunter]

We have no power over what adverts are shown, you should know that by now Dundon's man. Seriously, the only thing to avoid it is by installing blockers. Do your homework.

[Dundon's]

Originally Posted by Hunter

We have no power over what adverts are shown,

Pity because that relentless heavy metal rift is shocking and will only drive new members away from the door, because once I click into a site and shite kicks in like that I immediately abort.

you should know that by now Dundon's man. Seriously, the only thing to avoid it is by installing blockers. Do your homework.

I understand what selling out means perfectly well but the music is just a little invasive to put it in milder terms.

You're asking members now to install software on their PC just so they can visit their favorite place in the whole wide world in peace, just think about it from the average joe who stumbles across the place point of view.

[Hunter]

I'm not asking people to install any software. I use Firefox which has a built-in advert blocker if you choose, and very rarely have trouble with adverts, every now and then one will appear on the screen as I hover over it by mistake (you know the type), but never usually on this website if I'm honest. I certainly never have any form of heavy-metal music playing when I come on this site.

[muscularmatt]

I'd suggest changing 'User CP' to just 'Control Panel' or something similar. Everytime I click on it it makes me feel like a paedo.

[HH]

Okay first of all, I posted a thread in this section and it disappeared. As if no one isn't allowed to make suggestions.

If I can't post a thread, then here is what is was all about:

Sports Betting

Okay, I think less people bet on sporting events because it is boring, there is no real reason to do it. We have credits which we don't do anything with apart from the casino and betting on more events.

I took this concept from another forum.

Each member has their own win/loss record. You get wins by correctly voting on the winning team/player on the event. Conversely, you get losses for choosing the losing team. Now, credits are still used but it doesn't matter how much you bet on the event, a win/loss will still be counted.

This is where I think members will find it competitive enough to participate. Over the course of a week there should be enough events to bet on, that will total and a ranking table will be posted. I know it's so late in every sporting season but I think it can still work. So yeah, it's like the prediction leagues some of you set up with the Champions League and wrestling but the ranking in one big power ranking table.

The winner would get a banner like those who get Member of The Year.

Thoughts?

[Joel]

It could work. How is it done on the other forum? Does it automatically log the results, or is it done manually by the person who runs it?

[HH]

http://slumz.boxden.com/f352/

This is how it looks like. The site is massive though and no idea how it's run. I think they'll ban me if I ask because they don't allow any of that shit. They have 7 moderators in that section though because it's a big part of their forum; they do baseball, basketball, American football, boxing, mma so they need loads of members to keep everything tidy. Football would make up the most of our bets, I can do basketball sometimes and we can do MMA and boxing most of the times they are on. Wrestling betting would be really popular too.

If we had about 3-4 members to log results and maybe 1 member to update the power rankings.

[muscularmatt]

Seriously, if you don't bring back the chatbox, then I'm gonna start throwing rocks at you.

[Dale C.]

Something that is really bugging me and I think could improve the site greatly.











<< Over there, where it says Join Date, Location, Supports, PS3 etc, Posts and then Credits.....




The number of credits is black, whereas the rest of the answers are dark grey, and it looks horrendously unprofessional.

[Phatmann]

Originally Posted by Dale C.

Something that is really bugging me and I think could improve the site greatly.











<< Over there, where it says Join Date, Location, Supports, PS3 etc, Posts and then Credits.....




The number of credits is black, whereas the rest of the answers are dark grey, and it looks horrendously unprofessional.

What skin are you using? They're all black for me.