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[rocketpig]

ioi said:

Boutros said:

I'm still very insulted that I lost all these points because my banners were replaced. And I'm not the only one. We were rather ignored.

I used to contribute a lot to the game database. Oh well, your loss.

Man I wish people wouldn't take things so personally. The way the banners are coded into the site we have no way of tracking old ones once replaced with a new one - it isn't a personal snub merely that it is not possible to do it any other way given the current setup. All of this is being overhauled for the new site.

Montana and Rocketpig - your opinions are noted as always although you have to understand that as the site grows it draws in and attracts new users and audiences and they want different features. The site has moved on a lot from 2-3 years ago and we have to adapt to the userbase. I don't feel the site is clunky or unorganised - everything is where it should be and nearly arranged into different areas and groups. If you have a constructive plan for a better way to manage all of the content than we have currently and to achieve all the different goals we are looking to meet then please let me know.

I understand. You have a constantly-evolving need to add features as you attract new users. My point is that you should consider trimming some of the older, unused features that take up screen space. Going back to a system more similar to the older forums is a good start. The new system is pretty frustrating at times.

One quibble I have with the site is that I accidentally click on the side bar ads FAR too often. I have multiple windows open all the time and when I click back to Chrome or FF, I often end up clicking through to an ad that I didn't want to see. I don't run ad blockers because you are providing a free service to us and I don't want to slap you in the face by blocking that revenue stream. On the other hand, making it so I'm not constantly going "whoops" and closing unwanted advertising tabs is a fair trade in that arrangement, I believe.

Oh, and change the load order of the forum. I'm constantly clicking on a thread I've posted in already (using the handy-dandy recent posts bar on the left of everyone's forum screen, a feature I love), only to accidentally click on "Settings" or something like that because that menu ALWAYS populates last and jumps the "personal recent posts" menu below my cursor. Drives me insane, actually. It's kind of hard to explain and I can clarify if you like.

Of course, that would be fixed by a speed boost on the site. If a page didn't take so long to populate, I wouldn't be moving the cursor and trying to get into a new area before the page finished loading.