Site suggestions that I think we would all like!

[Zkuq]

niceguygameplayer said:

Zkuq said:

Suggestion 1 is good, and it's often requested. Suggestion 2 is good in theory, but I don't think pulling it off is necessarily viable. I also don't think it would achieve much. Suggestion 3 isn't has two sides. More other types of staff-life people is a great suggestion (although I don't know if it's very realistic), less moderation sounds awful. Excellent moderation is one of the site's strongest points right now. The reviews (point 4) are fine as they are. In fact, there used to be scores, but I think it was decided that reviews would be more meaningful if they didn't assign a score.

My top suggestion to improve the site is to make sure it's not down so often. My second suggestion is to allow us to change the email address we're registered here with. It's a security issue even normally, and I think it blew up really badly last time there were password problems on the site.

Well, you are certainly entitled to your opinions. If moderation is this sites greatest strength, then they are failing IMO. Sales should be #1. The moderation feels oppressive and catering to those that complain over very minor things. It's like police everywhere that arrest ppl for looking at someone too long. 

I just learned that the site cannot afford to do many of my suggestions. Scores are good. Metacritic helps ppl to decide not to buy crap games for example. Lastly, I do notice the site freezing and slowing down sometimes. Good suggestion. 

I agree that sales should be better.

I think moderation has helped keep a civil tone to discussions here. It's a bit strict at times, but I'd much rather have that than more aggressive discussions. I've seen enough aggressive/less civil forums to appreciate the moderation here. Personally, I haven't had any trouble with moderators here, and every time I've seen someone complain about moderation, it's been for a reason. Perhaps it's been a small reason, but an understandable one nonetheless. I'm sure mistakes happen occassionally, but generally, if you keep discussions civil, you'll have no trouble with moderators.

The value of Metacritic is debatable. It's not entirely useless, but it can also be quite misleading. The same goes for scores, especially considering that reviews are always subjective and reflect the reviewers personal experience with a game. For scores to be useful, you must be familiar with the reviewer. If people didn't look at scores so blindly, they'd be more useful, but considering how people often judge a game by its score alone, I'd say scores do more harm than good. I mean, I do enjoy scores, but you really can't take them too seriously or they lose some of their value.