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Forums - Website Topics - Review the new gamrreview.com site!~ Vgchart Site split if you did not know what this is. they are moving today!!! :(

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What grade do you give it?

A 6 12.77%
 
B 4 8.51%
 
C 9 19.15%
 
D 8 17.02%
 
E (The new "F"... 2 4.26%
 
Pass 1 2.13%
 
Epic Fail 10 21.28%
 
Other 0 0%
 
See resultz 7 14.89%
 
Total:47
Carl2291 said:
Ill be honest, I think the whole split thing is stupid. The community should be brought together, rather than split up.

Get rid of gamrFeeds current state - Make it more user friendly. Go back to how things were before, get people finding allsorts of news on the Internet. Get niche AND big news, but don't go overboard. Get people doing cool, fun features again.

Get it so VGChartz itself is the main site. Make gamrReview/Feed subsites of VGC. Have gamrConnect a sub-site ONLY for profiles and a chatroom and have VGChartz as a forum page like it used to be. Make it so you can view the forums quickly, like it was on the old blue VGChartz. A box with all the forums - All, Gaming, Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, PC, Mobile, Offtopic. You click one, the box updates showing you the 25 most recent threads. Quick, easy, simple.

A similar box on the same page for Charts. You can click between WW, USA, EU, UK, FRA, GER, JP, etc. You get the Top 10 + console sales of each and to view the full SW charts, you simply click "WW Software, 33rd February 5167" or whatever.

Bring back the prediction league for gamrConnect. Bring back graphs + comparison tools for VGChartz.

For me, as a member here since 2008 and a lurker from before, these things would be perfect. We get everything on the page (quite like it is now) only in a simpler, easier to use format. Not only that, the site itself doesnt have to have the frankly pointless gamrTV.

VGC keeps the adverts, still gets lots of hits, doesn't split everyone up further killing the already dying discussion.

THIS! THIS! THIS! 

Carl I love you!



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Doesn't looks that good yet imo



Overall... I wish they would be connected. =(



where are my game release dates with the customizable search options?



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it actually looks good other than the red on white

But as I visit other sites for everything it offers I doubt I will be visiting it much, if at all TBH. I sometimes check out a review/preview on the current site if it catches my eye on the homepage. But I never just go to the current gamrReview page it's self, and making it a separate site isn't going to change that.



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spurgeonryan said:
blkfish92 said:
It's segregated, so it gets an F


Well if it is segregated and one site has forums and the other site has forums, wouldn't that split the community up?


Ya that's why I don't like it!



           

I assume you're constructing the site? Some feedback:

- Black and red don't match that well
- Typography is lacking
- Visual Hierarchy is a bit off too
- Remove the inner glows from the graphics, and clean them up; they look dirty



there are better ways to improve, and make the site simpler then splitting it up. that just sounds stupid imo.



I think what we can all take away from this is that the site designers still don't understand what makes a visually appealing layout.



 

 

Really? A separate domain? Really?

Come on, guys. To read about soccer on ESPN, I don't go to SoccerOnESPN.com. To read about IGN reviews, I don't go to ReallyRadIGNGameReviews.com.

The subdomains made sense. It's a good way of breaking up segments of the site into SEO-friendly and type-able addresses. But subdomains should be transparent to the user. If I go to IGN.com and click on PS3 reviews, I don't even notice that I've been moved to ps3.ign.com. It still looks like IGN, feels like IGN, and I can navigate to everything the site offers in a click or two, knowing that I'm going to stay on IGN. IGN, IGN, IGN. It's everywhere on their site. They're a brand. People trust them. Their name and logo is a valuable commodity and they use it.

This is all Branding & Development 101 material, guys. Don't confuse your customers. Keep them on your site. Make sure they know they're on your site. Unity, not disparity.




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