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[ctrl-alt-delete]

Seems we have differing opinions on how many forums we should have. Majority rules.

[ShadowTiger]

There are those who are of the opinion that if there are only a few forums to post in, then all topics will be funneled into those few forums regardless of what they are, and they will grow fat and large and productive. That also means with more activity comes more page-turning of the forum index to find a thread that's only a week old. So that's one school of thought.

The other school of thought is to make a plethora of forums, and categorize them appropriately, such that categories people may not be interested in can be hidden at will to shorten the main forum index page a bit. Something like this:

• General
  • General Discussion
  • General Gaming
  • New Members Forum
• Hot
  • ASWGL
  • GB
  • Debate Room
• ZC
• ZC Beta
• Special Interest
• Archives

Yeah, that's roughly the old style in a nutshell.


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Although if there is a focus on keeping the forum count low, there is still the option of just hiding the categories that a person doesn't want, or just grouping all non-ZC forums into one single category, though that denies a user the ability to hide a smaller group of forums they never utilize.

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Although ultimately, new ideas for new forums wouldn't be horrible. Although let's keep in mind that there is a balance between having one hundred empty forums and two horribly packed forums.

Also, if we add new forums in the future, we might have to sift out topics from the old forum to go into the new forum. It's a very tedious process, but it's not the worst thing to do.

[Gleeok]

One of my favorites was the old Think Tank forum, however that never received much traffic even when it was still lively here. Also, without a random assortment of post-pubescent idiots, ASWGL and GB likely won't be much fun either. I guess for me it's a toss up between bringing back an older forum creating something newer.

One thing that does seem odd, from a completely objective point-of-view, is that Armageddon Games does not have any type of general gaming discussion.

[Rambly]

One of my favorites was the old Think Tank forum, however that never received much traffic even when it was still lively here.

A Think Tank type forum would be interesting, especially now that it's filling a void considering PureZC recently closed their Debate Room.

I think a few extra forums would be good to have (especially a General Gaming Discussion type deal for the reason Gleeok suggested), but not so many that you have 500 forums with like 30 posts each.

[ShadowTiger]

I will agree very much that AGN needs the Think Tank forums back. AGN can certainly handle it. Even Rock Bottom wasn't a bad forum to have.

[Saffith]

A Think Tank type forum would be interesting, especially now that it's filling a void considering PureZC recently closed their Debate Room.

Indeed. That could potentially draw a few new members, as there were some who were sorry to see DR go.

Or it might be even more underused than it was before. :p

[ShadowTiger]

I have my own opinions on that, really. If you provide the space and amenities, people will come to it. If there are reasons not to provide them, well, to each their own.

[ctrl-alt-delete]

Due to overwhelming support, Video Game Discussion and Think Tank are being made active. Invite your friends.

[CJC]

Lists work better than words. Bold shows a new forum

Armageddon Games Forums

• General
  
  • Discussion
    
    • Forum Games
    • Video Game Discussion
    • Rock Bottom
  • Think Tank
    
    • Religion
    • Politics
    • Number Crunch
• Zelda Classic
  
  • ZC Discussion
    
    • ZC Bugs
    • Quest Discussion
  • ZQuest Discussion
    
    • Tutorials
    • Scripting (After 2.5 is released)
• ZC Development
  
  • Beta Discussion
    
    • Beta Bugs
      • All the Bug Sub-forums
  • Neofirst

Anything third-bullet or further gets collapsed on the main page, so you would see:

Armageddon Games Forums

• General
  
  • Discussion
  • Think Tank
• Zelda Classic
  
  • ZC Discussion
  • ZQuest Discussion
• ZC Development
  
  • Beta Discussion
  • Neofirst

[ShadowTiger]

Interesting tree sir. Perhaps what we ought to do, now that ideas are hurtling back and forth, is operate from a foundation and expand outward from there, rather than from non-specific points in space aiming for different destinations, as it were.

Perhaps we should work from AGN's original plan and expand outward, or inward from there? The question then becomes, what did AGN previously have, and what should be changed from that design?