New Forum Layout

[CoffeeStorm]

Welcome to the new[ish] Storm8 boards! With any luck, you've barely noticed the change. We tried to keep the most active forums intact, while merging in smaller forums that will benefit from having a larger viewership.

Why we reorganized
While each forum had its own perks and charm, we felt the Storm8 community was growing too spread out across the different subsections. This wasn't just the case for between games - even forums *within* a game spread thin, and often had duplicated content.

An example of this was the "Support By Users, For Users" subforum. While it was intended to be a place where players could discuss the nitty-gritty of the games and help new members, it ended up overlapping heavily with the Bugs section and General Discussion. Having larger forums covering a broader variety of topics will create more conversation than the previous, more granular structure.


The New Forum Structure, At A Glance
Taken from the Restructuring Discussion Thread:

• Forum Rules and Policies
  
  • No changes here. Your friendly Rules and Policies will still be found in this forum.
• Announcements and Updates
  
  • This will be a new forum for announcements regarding Storm8, our games and the community.
  • The new forum replaces the game-specific Updates subforums. Going forward, game-specific announcements will be made in this forum, along with a plug in that game's specific forum.
• Bugs and Feedback
  
  • One sub forum for each Storm8 game
    
    • These new forums combine the game-specific "Bugs/Technical" and "Suggestions & Feedback" forums for all games.
    • The primary category itself is locked; you will need to post bugs and feedback in a specific game's subforum.
• Storm8 General Discussion
  
  • The forum formerly known as "Storm8 General." This is where the Storm8-related magic happens, when it doesn't pertain to any specific game.
• Off topic
  
• Game-specific forums (iMobsters, World War, Vampires Live, etc)
  
  • General discussion for each specific game.
  • Addme subforum
    • The Addme boards will be relatively unchanged, and use the existing game-specific boards for each game.
  • Clans and ATMs subforum
    
    • Hey, that's new. Each game will have a subforum for coordinating with clans and ATMs.
  • While some of the game-specific Off Topic forums boast activity, most of them are too rarely used to warrant their own subforum. Off Topic forums will now be consolidated in one overarching board, where players from all games can converge and discuss whatever topics might be off that day.

Regarding the Clan/ATM Forums
Each game now has a dedicated forum for Clan and ATM activity (World War is linked). This differs from the "addme" board by focusing more on the group aspects of Storm8 games. In general, visit the Addme boards for codes, and the Clan codes for groups of friends.

Going Forward
If you have a thread in a locked forum you'd like revitalized, either post it here or shoot me a PM.

Finally, let us know what you think. The forums are by no means set in stone. For instance, if forum games like Corrupt a Wish Foundation overrun the Off Topic area, we can give them their own offshoot. User-created game guides are another example - the more interest, the more likely we can spin them off into a new board.

[lexie5555555]

ok good

[Florestan2]

You don't think that the forums have thinned out because your 'fan base' is diminishing, do you? I mean, really. If you tick off enough of your customers and they leave... then the same goes for the forum usage. "Support By Users, For Users"... ? ha...