Other Games Section Rework?

[Alex_J_Leon]

Why are MineCraft and LoL buried while Diablo isn't? I just don't think it is fair simply because these games are newer (even though D3 came out). I believe they should come out of hiding from their subforum status and evolve to forum status. I type a lot, btw.

Game - Threads Posts
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Diablo - 207 1,474
Minecraft - 269 2,521
League - 244 2,126
Other RPGs - 860 6,712

(Edit: My alignment looked much better before I posted =[)

For LoL, that's 29% of ORPG's threads, 32% of the posts.

Threads in Diablo range from the end of 2010.
Threads in MineCraft range from 1-18-2011.
Threads in LoL range from 10-20-2011.

Based off of that alone, LoL should be unburied, with MineCraft being in second place and Diablo being in third.

Strategy & Tactical is really dead, so that could be cleared out to Indie / Misc which would allow room. Handheld Gaming can be merged with Indie / Misc as well, and that way both MineCraft and LoL can appear on the index.

I believe with the above solution, everyone will be happy... since Diablo will be preserved on the index, but MC and LoL will be there too and thus gain some popularity, I believe.

Thanks.

 

[x339]

I will start off by quoting my post from another thread:

I do think that the gaming section still needs a bit of twerking, but adding console sections is probably not a good idea. I used to think that it was, but then SuF gave me a good example of why it's not.

Multiplatform games.

If you take a game like call of duty, mass effect, or grand theft auto (all very popular games), you can have a thread in multiple different console sections, all for the same game. The best thing to do is split it up into genres so that there is one specific place for each kind of game. The current set up is sort of like this, but it's not all the way there considering we still have the xbox section jutting out from the rest. To truly consolidate everything I think we should remove the xbox section and simply add the following sections:

(-> Section)
(---> Sub Section)

->Console Communities
---> Xbox Clans/ScreenShots/Videos
---> PS3 Clans/ScreenShots/Videos
---> PC Clans/ScreensShots/Videos
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(Thats just what I think needs to be done first and foremost)

OT: Minecraft and LoL were both pretty dead. They did have some activity, but it could easily fit into the other sections. When Diablo 3 first came out the Diablo section received a surge in activity, therefore it was left as it's own section. Unfortunately, the game tanked, and so did the activity. I think now it's time has passed, and I would support it being removed.

We don't need to start adding in individual sections again, because then we are just going to end up with the same mess we had before. I think if we keep to the "genres only" plan, then things should go great.

 

[Alex_J_Leon]

I just thought it'd be better... I just see it more fitting than those two sections I mentioned being there. I guess I didn't exactly know the full story...

Irregardless, I still think those two sections, maybe even Diablo, should be removed or re-moved =p.

As for what you quoted, I think that'd only be fair... because I find it odd about the Xbox section being there but eh maybe the staff prefers Xbox... =].

At a first glance, that console genre + section for the clans, etc. does seem like a good idea, at least better than the current hook-up.

Anywho, if there is a thread like this already... then this can be closed.

 

[cosrob97]

Suf's revamp covered this.