SchizophrenicMC
Well-Known Member
So, I was browsing the Noob Forum, today, and I realized something rather... To be honest, disappointing. The first half of the page on the forum is a bunch of stickies. I glossed right over them, looking for meaningful topics. And it came to me. One of the reasons no one reads stickies is because there're too -blam!- many of 'em!
I mean, try and go through the noob forum without overlooking them on purpose. I get that everyone's responsible to read them. (I did that of my own accord, but then, I read too much anyway) I empathize with that rule. But, at the same time, in the state of disarray they're in, no one wants to read them. In my opinion, the stickies need to be re-organized, cut down, and cross-referenced.
That being said, I think there should be a subforum that contains all armoring stickies, within the build forum, and a pinned thread in every build forum that links to the sub-forum. This way, you cut down clutter in the build forums, themselves (an issue that greatly upset me when I was building my armor, because only like 3 actual threads ever displayed, they were so pushed down by stickies), and leave room for actual community content.
I also believe there should be some way to systematically ensure people have actually read the stickies before they post a question thread. Perhaps a quiz of some sort? I'm not actually very sure of a solution for this problem.
In any case, I'd like to hear opinions and feedback on the idea, and to those who know, if there's any logistical issue preventing this, what and why that is. Thanks for reading this, and I await your responses.
I mean, try and go through the noob forum without overlooking them on purpose. I get that everyone's responsible to read them. (I did that of my own accord, but then, I read too much anyway) I empathize with that rule. But, at the same time, in the state of disarray they're in, no one wants to read them. In my opinion, the stickies need to be re-organized, cut down, and cross-referenced.
That being said, I think there should be a subforum that contains all armoring stickies, within the build forum, and a pinned thread in every build forum that links to the sub-forum. This way, you cut down clutter in the build forums, themselves (an issue that greatly upset me when I was building my armor, because only like 3 actual threads ever displayed, they were so pushed down by stickies), and leave room for actual community content.
I also believe there should be some way to systematically ensure people have actually read the stickies before they post a question thread. Perhaps a quiz of some sort? I'm not actually very sure of a solution for this problem.
In any case, I'd like to hear opinions and feedback on the idea, and to those who know, if there's any logistical issue preventing this, what and why that is. Thanks for reading this, and I await your responses.