Forum Liveliness

[Bacon Boy]

Okay. It's been really slow around here lately. I have some ideas on how to spice things up. Only... some of these wouldn't exactly be for everyone. First, I have a bunch of ideas for more... mature discussions. Debates, if you will. However, I do not think that everyone this forum has the capacity to take something like that seriously, or they're too young to understand. Second, more staff contests. I've said this in the past and I'll say it again, we need more contests. More variety. We can't just keep doing the same graphic contests with the same people. That doesn't really encourage activity, rather, it just brings back the same old graphic artists to do something for a bit and them leave again. Third, maybe encourage more Animal Crossing events. Maybe get some older (age-wise or been around the forums longer) to dust off their copies and participate. Andy could host a game night again. Who knows. I know people keep saying activity will pick up when AC3DS comes around, but do we really want to wait? By then most people will have just left. They might come back, but why come back when it'll just die again?

 

[Keenan]

Sounds good to me. I'm glad to participate in any and all of these things.
Great idea Baconboy!

 

[Ricano]

Sounds good to me. I'm glad to participate in any and all of these things.
Great idea Baconboy!

Same. Anything to liven this place up, as it should be.

 

[Bacon Boy]

The only thing I'm worried about is the Mature Discussion part. The problem is some things aren't really for the kids, but there's no place to really have those discussions. Lest I made a group, but I'd need to know other people would be joining in as well. However, as far as I know, they don't have their own boards like they used to. Discussions like that tend to get a little... yea.

 

[Jake]

I would have thought the staff would have done something for the anniversary for being on vB for one year, I thought wrong.

 

[Bacon Boy]

I thought we used to have a sort of Mature Discussion area on the old forums. I think it was just a test for a little bit. I might just be imagining.

 

[Jake]

I don't think we did. I know users wanted one, but I don't think we actually got one. Because there was talk on how non-mature users would use it and ruin it, then they needed some system to only allow access for mature members, I think

 

[Bacon Boy]

I don't think we did. I know users wanted one, but I don't think we actually got one. Because there was talk on how non-mature users would use it and ruin it, then they needed some system to only allow access for mature members, I think

I know VBulliten can do it. There's a way to age-restrict. At least on 4.1.9. I do not know if you can do it on 4.1.5, but Jeremy can always update.

 

[Brad]

I would gladly participate in events and things it would help site liveliness. Also, I remember discussions got pretty intense not too long before we moved to this site.

 

[Thunder]

How about a few Mario Kart 7 get togethers? If our MK community is big enough at least.

 

[Jas0n]

I'd love a mature discussion board. It could be as simple as finding every user over the age of 18 and mass-adding them to a new user group in which they could access the mature discussion board, and if anyone else who hasn't specified an age or are under 18 and want to partake, they can message an admin to add them.

Problem is, Jeremy is lazy.

Besides that, I wouldn't mind a game night either. We could create a Steam Group and add events to it so people are frequently reminded that we're doing something. We could have Team Fortress 2 nights for example, and on nights with fewer people we could play L4D or something like Magicka.

Plus there's what Thunder said, MK7 nights. Personally I don't even own a DS but I've noticed multiple occurrences when the IRC's been buzzing with MK7 players. Could just add specified nights to the calendar but again, it's whether Jeremy can be bothered.

 

[Bacon Boy]

Someone should contact Jeremy and ask him to Admin someone again. I'd ask Miranda but she's MIA from the board. We shouldn't just give up because Jeremy's lazy and won't pop-up when we need him too. :/

 

[Jake]

18 for mature discussion? *waits one more year*

 

[Bacon Boy]

Not saying eighteen necessarily. Maybe 17 or 16+. Or those that can at least prove their maturity. I don't think we should make it a "legal age" type of forum.

 

[SockHead]

I'll start a game night thread once I get back from class, if you all want that.

 

[JasonBurrows]

The only thing I'm worried about is the Mature Discussion part.

Let me know what you think about this idea as I know there could be some possible flaws, but I am thinking if Jeremy could set up a password protected board that only the more mature members know the password and then the younger members would not be able to access it.

 

[AndyB]

The biggest issue with organising anything is participation. People can say they want to do it and join in, however when the time comes there are few that do show.
I'm not trying to be a downer here, I'm all for these ideas. Jas0n has got it spot on with his post. If you think back, I did do a game night to some degree of success. And honestly, I'd like to do one again.

As for mature discussions, it's tricky because there are people who are out to be jerks. If it were to go ahead, it's going to need heavy moderating as to who is in.

Hell, I may have something up my sleeve for the future.

 

[Bacon Boy]

The game night ideas were great. That would be the kind of thing that would definitely work. My whole point with this thread is that TBT seems to be dying and no one really seems to be doing anything that serious about it.

 

[Zex]

4. Wait for new animal crossing to come out

 

[Justin]

Hey guys, take a look over here if you haven't seen it yet. http://www.belltreeforums.com/showthread.php?60677-TBT-Game-Night&p=1223930&viewfull=1#post1223930