Mapcore Changes

    Alright.

    Nothing is really major here, but I figured I would send out an announcement so there isn't a lot of confusion as to the changes that have taken place. Mapcore and General have been renamed to Game Industry and Off topic to better reflect their intended discussion areas. These have always been two fairly well mainted forums, so I don't think this is much of a problem.

    Classified is going to be going through a bit of a change soon. It is being branched off into two forums in their own category. One forum will be for getting mod work and one will be for professional hiring work. The topics in the Professional hiring forum can only be posted by an approved user (aka someone we approve and know to have industry credentials. If someone posts in there, you know they are legit because we checked their creds. The mod forum will be much more casual and hopefully easier to find people.

    Political was moved to a new division called "where stupid things live." We all know this to be true. EoT also exists in this division. More things in the future might go here.

    I hope this helps everyone using Mapcore.

    -mike

    I heartily approve of these changes.

    I'd suggest that I be removed as a moderator for the mod recruitment forum, though — I don't really participate in that area at all, and spend most of my time in what is now the general discussion category.

    Quote from skdr

    I like the changes.I think we need active newsposters tho

    I agree, the latest news on the frontpage was posted

    june 17th 2005

    Obviously we all know that be willing to discuss tough issues and have opinions about them (Politics) means your stupid so sure, its all dandy with me.

    :wink:

    Way to take the bait, mawibse.

    As for the front page... it's starting to become seriously redundant, especially now that the forums have been restructured slightly. All it has basically been used for up to now is advertising jobs, and since we've got a forum dedicated to that there seems to be little point in continuing doing it there.

    And, let's face it, any kind of news that interests this community will almost certainly hit the forums well before the front page. The only incentive to keep the front page active is the spotlight, but is it really necessary to have a whole page for that?

    Perhaps it'd make more sense to bring the forums forward to occupy the front page, and either shift the spotlight forum right up to the top so that people don't miss the new additions, or perhaps implement a custom thumbnail script which shows the latest spotlight(s) near the top.

    In short, I don't think a front page is necessary at all, considering that everything on it is derived from the forums anyway and that a lot of community members probably don't ever visit it. Why not just cut out the middle man and let people see what they want right away? A transparent redirect would do the trick.

    Plus, an active community like Mapcore is a big draw for new members. The only problem is that nobody sees the active community as it's hidden behind a dead website.

    Good points Thrik, shifting the forums into the middle where the news are, is most probably better than starting to update the news (no matter how many news posters we have, the forums will always be more up to date) and certainly better than what we have now.

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