[Xelion]

This is a Request, really there should be a request form (but I guess it'll add too much work..).

Straight to the Point, I would like to request a new Forum be instated, after talking with Black Wolf over msn, part of conversation gave me this idea..

A Campaign Forum should be directly under the HLP art forum, this forum should include a permanent sticky at the top which has a posting from each campaign leader of their storyline and site link for their campaign. This forum would particular add an increasing amount of fans to every campaign available.

The forum would allow post/reply access to all peepz in community and be moderated, besides the sticky post, the forum would be used to inform the community about releases of the campaign (eg, beta, missions, etc, but primarily for downloads relating to the missions, but not site updates unless its a big one...

The extent of who can post their campaign ad should not be limited to those belonging to HLP, as the Slogan says "Bringing Modders Together..., it should be available to all who have a campaign site..because as HLP is no.1 fs2 site it is where everyone goes!!!


Thats all, and please think about this carefully

Thanks

[FreeTerran]

Good idea

[Stryke 9]

What are "peepz"? X-TREEM foul-tasting marshmallow lumps with attitude and glass shards?

[Xelion]

Forgot to mention - was gonna post poll..but it was too l8 by the time I pressed the button and realised it..

anywayz part of the (credit) should go to Black Wolf as well

[Xelion]

Originally posted by Stryke 9
What are "peepz"? X-TREEM foul-tasting marshmallow lumps with attitude and glass shards?

Well now that you ask..peepz is just short for people... and no your explanation wouldn't fit the description for the community

[Stryke 9]

I'm pretty sure some posters here...

Anyway. Hmm. Considering how nearly all of the campaigns are, at best, moving horribly slowly relative to everything else, some consolidation would be a good idea to my mind. Take out all the public hosted forums and just have 'em post in one big one with a campaign tag in the title. Convenient, easy to browse, and means I might actually read other campaigns' stuff once every year or so.

[Shrike]

Not to completely spoil your fun or anything....

There's nothing wrong with people posting updates in the FS forums, assuming they're not hosted with their own forum to spam.  I'm not sure why this would need an entire forum though.  Can you explain more fully?

[Xelion]

Originally posted by Stryke 9
Hmm. Considering how nearly all of the campaigns are, at best, moving horribly slowly relative to everything else, some consolidation would be a good idea to my mind. Take out all the public hosted forums and just have 'em post in one big one with a campaign tag in the title. Convenient, easy to browse, and means I might actually read other campaigns' stuff once every year or so.

Now that is a good idea, but
1. Too much work to remove current campaign forums and place in archive elsewhere.
2. If someone likes the campaign a lot they can visit the site and dedicated forum to that campaign for more information
3. If there is one big Campaign forum, there be to much posted...

Why not Shrike! The interview forum gets limited amounts of Postings...Subtly the forum would place more emphasis on advertising the campaigns to n00bs or fans shall we say, and wouldn't necessarily require them to visit each site to see the storyline, which in fact isn't easy to find on some sites and would see also what campaigns are available...

I think this is a good idea and so should everyone else because it would be a benefit

[Stryke 9]

Consolidation. To make the indie campaigners feel more like they have a place to post than they do now. So that they're not lost in the shuffle of polls as to whether people prefer Adm. Bosch's hat or the Kayser primary weapon. Because the only other thing you've got to do at the moment is sit around waiting for me to say one of the bad bad wicked words that make the Devil laugh and Jesus weep.

[Stryke 9]

Max:

1. Not really a worry. We've got something like 6 admins, on and off, and hell- the main page hasn't been updated in almost a year. They're off working on their own little things, but that leaves plenty of time for actually being an admin. Alternately, if they're secretly overworked and very good at hiding it now, they can just give me admin powers and I'll take over the work. I've run boards before, it won't take out too much of my busy schedule of sitting around alternating between writer's block, modeler's block, and hitting-things-with-other-things block.

2.Yeeeh... but the same setup also keeps people from looking at any campaigns except the one or two (or half bajillion, in the case of, say, Stealth and the other few who whore out to any campaign that looks remotely in their direction) they focus on. We wouldn't be here if we weren't lazy ****ers deep down inside, and all that scrolling and searching is a pain in the ass.

3. Have you seen the individual campaign forums? You'd get five threads a week, tops. Probably less, since 90% of the stuff on the campaign boards is spam to remind people that they're still alive even if they aren't.

[Knight Templar]

Yeah, around here, you have to have a really good reason if you want something new. While it's an alright idea, we have 2 Freespace forums already, and if you want attention, you can announce it in Hard Light.

[Xelion]

Were talking about n00bs or fans here, HELLO!...1st thing you learn about websites is that to get attention quickly you've got to make it damn obvious what your trying to provide.

So having forums, and a new person come along will mean they just go away because the search for a campaign has been a tedious task and unless you can find it in a news item on the front page (presently/atm) or on a pretty obvious post your going to loose a fan....whilst lots of fans are turning up more than 60% are most likely leaving because the forums are acting as a deterrent - if they can't find something.

its an Advertising benefit..I would think putting the word Campaign with the rest of the forum titles, it would mean more people would come and check for gameplay!!

[Sandwich]

Originally posted by Max
its an Advertising benefit..I would think putting the word Campaign with the rest of the forum titles, it would mean more people would come and check for gameplay!!

That's actually a very good point. Perhaps we could simply rename "Freespace Modding" to "Freespace Modding (Mods?) and Campaigns".

[karajorma]

I don't agree with getting rid of the forums for hosted campaigns cause it allows you to keep track of a single campaign without having to read all the others.

However I have no problem with an Everyone Else forum for any campaign not hosted at HLP. It would be a good place to recruit, post ideas etc without getting lost in the sea of non campaign related questions on the general FS2 board.

Personally I'd prefer to see the modding forum remain a place for questions rather than pimping.

[Black Ace]

I have lots to say to all this, but I'm late for work, so remind me to post here later...

[pyro-manic]

I think it's an interesting idea - it's true that you can advertise anywhere, but even if people see the thread, trying to find it again can be somewhat, er, daunting. There've been quite a few projects that I've spotted, only to lose them in the mass of stuff that gets put in Hard Light or General Freespace, so I daresay it happens to other people as well.

I vote yes!

[Carl]

Originally posted by Max
3. If there is one big Campaign forum, there be to much posted

you should see the campaign forums. one post per month some of them.

[karajorma]

Originally posted by Carl


you should see the campaign forums. one post per month some of them.

That would change if they all got bunged together. I don't check any of the other forums apart from MG because I don't have the time. If they were all bunged together I'd slowly start reading more and more about them (and posting).
 Multiply that effect by all the others who'd do the same and you'd see an enormous growth in traffic

[TopAce]

That would come fine.

The Campaigns topic in the General FreeSpace is a bit empty despite it has 420 posts. Most project leaders(like myself as well) are publishing links of their campaigns in their signature, and keep forum on different websites(for example RR will have one (theorically) on Cold-space.com, ITHOV has one on Nodewars.

[Knight Templar]

i'll ignore Topace's absent-mindedness for the time being