[News] Changing the gaming forums

The gaming section of GFF was dead before the crash. We're going to start with a lot less activity on this new iteration. I fail to see the need to even discuss this. Having separate forums for each system is like having separate kitchen forums for each kind of food. Tags are a good idea, but not really needed for the three threads being active at the same time. We can use the search function for everything else.

I'd say the board index needs to consolidate even further. This place feels terribly empty with all the countless categories and subforums.

Whatever happened to the discussion over at SB regarding the much needed consolidation and purging of forums?

How ya doing, buddy?

I always wanted to keep pace with all the systems forums. Thanks to a consolidated gaming forum, I can now see what's hot at one glance. This sure helps some exotic games getting the exposure they deserve.

The only things I still don't agree with are tags and the Multiplayer and RPG subforums. Really, dealing with subforums is always cumbersome, even with the little popup windows. I totally appreciate the effort put into these nifty extensions, but I don't think they're really needed.

What's keeping us from just putting all gaming threads in a single forum? We don't need tags, either, those are pretty pointless if you just put the platform name in the thread title or something. The gaming forum would look so much better without tags and subforums. Just keep it clean and simple - less is more.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Why is the gaming forum the only place on this entire board where people bitch about seeing threads they're not interested in? You people know how to "use" the other forums as well, so why do we need to make the gaming forum special?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Guru

I clicked the dropdown menu, select the SonyScape forum, and I was there. I liked the way it was easy before, and I was used to it.

Except, it's easier now. Argument fails.

Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but Sony Scape was never in a dropdown menu before.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Solis

Oh, and this is a total nitpick, but shouldn't Twilight Princess have the Multi tag since it's on both Gamecube and Wii?

Along the same line, the Guilty Gear XX AC thread should also be tagged Multi. Except we're allowing specific console threads for multiplatform titles.

Maybe there should be a clarification or guideline of sorts (if there isn't one already).

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by RABicle

Dude, something's wrong with your browser. The icons aren't actually squished like that. Have you tried a hard refresh (CTRL+F5)?

How things should look like:



"General" looks kinda stretched, though. Maybe it's because things are still temporary.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by AcerBandit

I imagine once things are worked out those that use lite theme won't have images there at all. I'm pretty sure that was the whole point of lite theme.

I was about to ask just that. It makes perfect sense to get rid of tags for the Lite theme alltogether - especially since I feel that they're more of an orientation guide for people who don't regularly visit the forums or have no clue what's going on in here.

I totally support this plan. It's actually reason enough to start using the Lite theme.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by RABicle

No no I like icons. I like Pictures.

I see why you're using the Lite theme. ;-)

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?