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TalonMan said:
TWRoO said:
Ta ioi.... good stuff.

just for a little repetition.... please scrap the mutlple coloured thread titles/game titles.... It is the one thing that looks LESS proffessional. Especially given those three colours don't go well on black/grey.

Nobody is ever going to agree on your biggest issue regarding the color schemes of the links. I was just discussing this with Brett, and frankly I think it's fantastic. It's very eye-catching to know what a topic/article is about without ever having to open it. If it's blue, I know immediately it's about Nintendo - red, it's Sony - green, it's MS...    ...that's the ENTIRE reasoning behind it - it makes navigating to the things YOU are most interested in without even having to think. If you're most interested in one particular console or another, the colors will cue you right where to go...
I like the colors, and what they're doing, because they allow me to browse faster, but it actually hurts my eyes to read that much rainbow-on-gray at once.  I think the colors can get the job done on the forum sections and console names but not something as long as thread titles and game titles.  Maybe in the hot topics section each thread could be the default color, with the title of the section next to it, in the forum-specific color, after the "started by (username)" section.  And in the recent sales section, each system is listed next to the game.  If DS is in blue, I know it's Nintendo, but then all of Pokemon Platinum Version is in blue as well.  The green and blue hurt my eyes the most, so I guess you're trying to brainwash me into a Sony fan.

But I'll see if my eyes get used to it. They might just be really traditional and ornery right now at the launch.

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TalonMan said:

Nobody is ever going to agree on your biggest issue regarding the color schemes of the links. I was just discussing this with Brett, and frankly I think it's fantastic. It's very eye-catching to know what a topic/article is about without ever having to open it. If it's blue, I know immediately it's about Nintendo - red, it's Sony - green, it's MS...    ...that's the ENTIRE reasoning behind it - it makes navigating to the things YOU are most interested in without even having to think. If you're most interested in one particular console or another, the colors will cue you right where to go...

For what it's worth, I do. It sounds great on paper I admit, but in practice it looks very cluttered and disorganized.
My suggestion? Give it a few days, then start a poll on the matter. That way people will have time to readjust, and if it still bothers us.. then you know something's wrong.

Honestly it's too much stimulation.


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nordlead said:
you people should check out ioi's FAQs

http://vgchartz.com/games/gamefaqs.php?id=16717

Hah! Damnit, I just got conned out of $5.

Does this mean that we get our VGChartz $ back now after the IM price reduction, since it's actually going to be used for something now?   :P

EDIT: is it just me who can't use smileys anymore, or were they taken away for good? 

TalonMan said:
dsister44 said:
ok. while i was looking on stuff to add to the databse. it suddenly went blank and no games would appear. and it continued till i exited out and started the whole site again

What were you trying to add?

i was searching by dev and then it said no matches, then i typed in overlord and it said it was no matches. then i typed in banjo-kazooie.

Wow I'm impressed with the changes. I'm going to have to get used to it but it's good.



Cactus said:
Alright, after spending the last while getting used to the website, I retract my previous stylistic grievances. There is one request that I hope you all consider though (besides the damn mouse drag hot-topic column thing, but I doubt that will be changed since it likely has mixed reception)

When we click on ‘Forum’, is it possible to have hot topics as a forum choice?

Eg: http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/4379/kasodfksf.jpg

This would solve the complaints about the recent posts sidebar, since it would mean that both the hot topics section and the recent post sidebar would be on the same page, just not on the homepage.

Also, since I haven't said it yet, thanks to everybody involved. I appreciate the hard work.




Actually I can´t remember well but the reason the hot topics section is on the front page is so more people would get involve.If they go and look for the topics on the forums then so won´t bother.Kinda like Nintedo´s Pick-up-and-play games.It is more accessible for some members to just visit the from page.

Red is a little hard to read at times. Over all looks much better. Like others have said, will take a bit of getting used to.



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