THINK OF FUN THINGS WE CAN DO WITH THE BOARD

[Pentegarn]

I like the gang/team idea as well. It would have to be watched closely of course, or as Chojin said, it could work out in the opposite direction as it was intended. I also like the infractions idea would help, especially within the team idea. Perhaps the team leaders are also part of the group of members who could give infractions so that they could drop infractions on members of their team who are repeatedly acting in a manner unfit for someone on a team.

Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing a sports board added. Some of the best flames and smack I have ever seen come from sports discussion boards. There's something about sports (especially collegate sports) that brings out many peoples inner flaming troll (usually with entertaining results). Not sure how popular a sports board would be here though.

[Mockery]

Originally Posted by Pentegarn

I like the gang/team idea as well. It would have to be watched closely of course, or as Chojin said, it could work out in the opposite direction as it was intended.

Yeah, I could see something like that turning into elitist cliques that would steer more people away from the forums rather than bring 'em in. It'd have to be handled carefully.

Originally Posted by Pentegarn

Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing a sports board added. Some of the best flames and smack I have ever seen come from sports discussion boards. There's something about sports (especially collegate sports) that brings out many peoples inner flaming troll (usually with entertaining results). Not sure how popular a sports board would be here though.

I've never done a sports forum because, I dunno, I-Mockery just doesn't seem like a big sports fan place. If enough people really want a forum to discuss that shit, I guess I could set one up at some point to see how it goes, but since our site draws in a lot of movie/comic/gaming geeks, I'm not sure how many of those people would want to talk about sports. Tell ya what, how about you start up an all-purpose thread called "THE SPORTS THREAD" in general blabber and see how that goes. If it does well enough and enough people are into it, maybe we'll set up a sports test forum for a while. Try the single thread first though...

[Chojin]

Originally Posted by Mockery

I'm not sure how many of those people would want to talk about sports. Tell ya what, how about you start up an all-purpose thread called "THE SPORTS THREAD" in general blabber and see how that goes. If it does well enough and enough people are into it, maybe we'll set up a sports test forum for a while. Try the single thread first though...

This is probably what we should have done with loveline and the comic forum.