Topic: Ideas for the site

@X-Slayer You mean bloodninja?

Hey so, I think a good idea for this site would be to have the forum topics be at a higher position on the site so you can see them quicker without having to scroll down.

I feel like the forum is a good supplement to the news topics because both have people discussing games. Engaging with both would be easier from the moment you come to the site.

This might just be me speaking from my short time here, but hey I think that might be useful.

@X-Slayer It's because the staff doesn't like banning people unless its something really bad i.e. a bot posting spam or something along those lines.

It's because a website like this is measured on how successful it isl by the numbers of visitors you have and accounts you have signed up. The problem is if they ban people even if they deserve it then those banned people cry and tell people to avoid this site and such and then the site has "a bad reputation" as a result which means less sponsorship and then the website doesn't pull in income to pay for itself.

Ah well, I think they set a new record for the most removed posts in one article.

@X-Slayer Well I think that He just has very very very very, strong opinions, So it make it seem like he is being rude, But trust me he isn't trying to be.

@X-Slayer The problem with this forum regarding reporting posts and users is that there is no moderator feedback to the reports. You just report and hope for the best. I know it would take more time and effort from the moderators to reply to users, but that would be solved with more moderators (or maybe an automatic message when one's report has been taken care of, if you want to take an easy route). I moderated a big forum a looong time ago and we had a PM system, where both users and moderators could interact. But if that's not what the admins of this site are interested in, I can respect that.

But yeah, the trolls are getting a lot of leeway here, at least it feels that way, though probably more users are getting banned than we know of.

I mean, without some sort of special direct message system, any feedback to reports would be basically outing you as the reporter.

Though I do wish we could say something to users that like to constantly report things that don’t break any rules.

I'm just a moderator, so, like a normal user with extra tools. Not a dev.

@Eel Yeah, that's why a PM system would be good. But I get why the site doesn't have it.

You don’t really need to repeat the same suggestion that many times, I’m sure Ant checks this thread regularly, he’ll see it.

@X-Slayer His opinions can come off as rude, Even tho he had no idea what he was talking about in regards to metroid. He is a really nice guy, but when it comes to metroid articles....Well?

@Snatcher @X-Slayer
Bloodninja can be so rude when talking about DDR like he/she really boasting about his/her playing DDR without holding the bar as he/she called playing DDR by holding the bar = have weak legs and body balance. Bloodninja also keep asking me to play DDR without holding the bar and got some fitness / martial art class to get body balance, i mean i'm not Freestyle DDR player, I'm Speedy type DDR player. I still holding the bar when playing DDR for safety purpose, not by showing off my sturdy legs and body balance.
Bloodninja also got some arguments with other user who played DDR better by holding the bar (and sometimes no holding the bar by moderation) and Bloodninja keep saying with some rude comments toward that user.

Sometimes Bloodninja can be so nice but when he/she talked about specific games, his/her comments can be so rude.

@Anti-Matter Well I don't really see it as much as rude as more it feels like A huge boast, But I can't remember the convo, But I can't tell you what was rude, if it was rude to you it was rude, But I don't think he was trying to be at all.

Ok well I think its time to change the topic, agree?

@Sdelintwouters thanks for the suggestion - we'll consider that for the future.

@YusseiWarrior3000 yes, no need to repeat yourself so many times I'm not sure how useful having an online/offline status would be, but we'll consider that in the future too.

Potential feature: post the actual amount of physical copies a game sells in the UK charts, like in the Japanese charts.

@chapu2006 If those numbers were published then I'm sure NL would include them in the charts, but they're not, I'm pretty sure.

Idea: When someone posts a message with an "@NLUser", it should take you to the message it's referring to when you press or click on it.

@chapu2006 That would be amazing TBH.

@chapu2006 I thought that would be a great idea a long time ago, but never asked about it. That would be a good feature.

Perhaps they could simplify the process and format it by adding the post number after the username.

@Username#4010

Of course this could conflict with the fact people can delete their comments, which messes with the post count...