It's sad really. I belong to other forums that can talk about political/social issues, some that have discussed the things we had discussed in the past. But they handle disagreeing sides WAY better. At the end of the topic, the Pro circumcision, Anti circumcision, pro life, pro choice, pro whatever vs anti whatever... they just let it go.
No one looks at someone as a monster for holding an opposing point. They can still get along. Why can they do that but we can't?
We can but choose not to and that's the real issue here. The anonymity that the internet gives tends to make people care less about what they say since it can't really make any impact on their actual life. Of course, that doesn't apply to everyone but it is a trend and it's one we need to end if we are to reverse this mentality here. We shouldn't need a dedicated forum with more strict rules. That type of behavior shouldn't be allowed anywhere and while I certainly don't want to turn this into a dictatorship (as that also won't help in the end), I do think we need to start taking a more firm stance in these cases.
It may wind up driving out a few people but it should help newer members feel less unwelcome and those who choose to leave as a result really didn't belong here anyway. That's how I see it at least.
I do think however it would help to have a separate forum anyway, if only because one might want to go into the General Discussion forums, for example, and already be stressed and not have to run across some kind of heated debate that might stress them out more. It might also help people frame their discussions in a more thought-out and level-headed manner if the serious discussion topics aren't mixed in with sillier topics.
They can be heavily moderated, however I remember there was a time a moderator was involved in a debate. He ended out banning and threatening to ban people he disagreed with. Moderators need to be unbiased and only step in when things get personal.
Which is true regardless of whether or not a particular forum is heavily moderated. You'll notice that said moderator is no longer a member of the staff. I can assure you that we take breaches of the community's trust and abuse of power very seriously so this isn't something you'd need to be worried about.
I remember that happening on the VGfacts forum over the xbox one. Feel kind of bad for the guy actually, he was clearly bothered by something else entirely.
I'm not 100% sure if any user have made this suggestion in the past:
I started to make 8-bit musics and I was wondering if VG-R forums make html5 [audio] BBCode tag. So when a musician post his/her thread, they can simply apply [audio] tag and users can easily listen to the musical creation.
Oh my God why wasn't this suggested/made sooner?? Is there an option to adjust player volume? It's horrendously loud when I already have my volume down a bit lower and if there's any way we could not have to change the volume on our computer every time it'd be awesome... :s
This is a built-in audio player from your browser. That's a suggestion you'll have to make to the developer; Chrome has a volume slider.
Same goes for supported formats.
(01-19-2014, 11:28 AM)Devicho Wrote: [ -> ]I do think however it would help to have a separate forum anyway, if only because one might want to go into the General Discussion forums, for example, and already be stressed and not have to run across some kind of heated debate that might stress them out more. It might also help people frame their discussions in a more thought-out and level-headed manner if the serious discussion topics aren't mixed in with sillier topics.
basically this
a forum where you can debate things intelligently where you can put more thought-out replies would be pretty neat.
the stricter moderation really is only needed for like, the first month or so to make sure it goes smoothly. then, the forum basically moderates itself
(01-19-2014, 01:14 PM)Koopaul Wrote: [ -> ]They can be heavily moderated, however I remember there was a time a moderator was involved in a debate. He ended out banning and threatening to ban people he disagreed with.
haha wow, for real? that's...pretty sad
i think anyone we designate to watch that forum for the initial rollout would have more common sense than that
(01-20-2014, 06:08 AM)Dazz Wrote: [ -> ]This is a built-in audio player from your browser. That's a suggestion you'll have to make to the developer; Chrome has a volume slider.
Same goes for supported formats.
If you don't mind the idea of using Flash, this also exists and would give a standard experience cross-browser. I've used it myself, it's neat.
(01-18-2014, 10:50 AM)Gors Wrote: [ -> ]now this is something i agree 100% with, but isn't the real life forum exactly for this purpose? scratch that, it isn't
sounds interesting really, will talk about that with the rest of the staff
What ever happened to this? Was this ever brought up to the rest of the staff?
Oh, also a bit of a request. If you guys could fix some things with GoMobile. Here, I wrote them up; this time, just replace the values (it's pretty easy, I commented them this time)
Code:
a.big_button {
background: #444 url(http://www.vg-resource.com/images/mobile/gradient.png) bottom left repeat-x; // becomes a very dark grey
color: #FFFFFF;
padding: 9px;
border: 1px solid #2e2e2e; // very dark border
-moz-border-radius: 4px;
-webkit-border-radius: 4px;
text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #2e2e2e; // dark text shadow to further emphasize the bright text
font-size: 13px;
font-weight: bold;
}
This turns the Reply buttons black so they're more emphasized on the page, and also match the bar at the top of the page.
Also, the section headings are a bit tough to read in the index. The following will turn them white, making them easier to read against the blue.