World of Warcraft as 'parent' forum? [Archive]

Neil

29-02-2008, 04:13 PM

Why..?
World of Warcraft - Massively multiplayer ONLINE roleplaying game
So surely it belongs in the Online games forum
It seems completly pointless to take it out of the online games forum to make it as a parent forum, if you do this with WoW then you should do it with other games like Call of Duty 4, Grand Theft Auto 4 and other highly discussed games

Seriously, put it back, it doesn't need to be a parent forum, and it shouldn't be because like I said, if one game is down as a parent forum why not have others?

Orangeesh

29-02-2008, 04:14 PM

Does it really matter? =s

today

29-02-2008, 04:14 PM

I agree, it doesnt need moving really it was fine where it was and used.

Now it defeats the object of "online games" might as well move the Flight Simulator too..

Crazy Bartender

29-02-2008, 04:15 PM

RuneScape has it's own section and World of Warcraft is better and more populated then RuneScape. In my opinion it deserves it's own section ;)

J1MI

29-02-2008, 04:16 PM

I like the move, but I don't see why people would be against it it's not hurting anyone, it's just getting a little more daylight. :)

Minstrels

29-02-2008, 04:17 PM

Crazy Bartender

29-02-2008, 04:18 PM

WoW sucks *** so put it back yeah? I don't want no game for Japanese and American addicts next the classy console thread yeah?

I'm English and so is Jim and we both play WoW but aren't addicted ;)

The games not even addicting..

Neil

29-02-2008, 04:18 PM

Does it really matter? =s

This is the "feedback" forum, my feedback is that WoW being a parent forum is pointless, it was fine as it was and belongs in online games

RuneScape has it's own section and World of Warcraft is better and more populated then RuneScape. In my opinion it deserves it's own section ;)

Not really, Runescape has always had it's own section, the Runescape forum is much more used than the WoW forum and Runescape is all linked, everyone can trade and do events together whereas WoW is all seperated realms, not all members use the same realms so if it's to add subforums it would be pretty useless because not everyone is on the same realm

Minstrels

29-02-2008, 04:21 PM

I'm English and so is Jim and we both play WoW but aren't addicted ;)

The games not even addicting..
Yeah but you have a 360 and the other guy urm... Admin powers on this so he just doddles around the forum. ;)

Crazy Bartender

29-02-2008, 04:22 PM

Yeah but you have a 360 and the other guy urm... Admin powers on this so he just doddles around the forum. ;)

That's just a sterotype though :P

I go on for like 10 minutes then I have to log off. Leveling is so god damn boring.

And Neil the WoW section seems to be getting more popular these days.

Neil

29-02-2008, 04:23 PM

WoW sucks *** so put it back yeah? I don't want no game for Japanese and American addicts next the classy console thread yeah?
Edit for above: It's had it's daylight now it's getting sun stroke, put it back yeah?

That's not really a decent reason for the WoW forum not to be a parent forum xD

It's not that it's a bad game it just seems pointless, if people play WoW, they go to online games, because WoW is an online game, it has always been in that forum so it's just stupid for it to be moved out of there for what reason exactly? Is their any real reason for the move?

@Smarterchild - Yes but that's still no reason for it to be moved, it may be getting popular but only slowly, people probably quit faster than people join so it's probably not exactly a high number of people even using the forum

Minstrels

29-02-2008, 04:24 PM

That's not really a decent reason for the WoW forum not to be a parent forum xD

It's not that it's a bad game it just seems pointless, if people play WoW, they go to online games, because WoW is an online game, it has always been in that forum so it's just stupid for it to be moved out of there for what reason exactly? Is their any real reason for the move?
Yeah but it's made the games bit all big and I don't like it. >.>
I also want CT removed seems as that is a EPIC PHAIL.

crans

29-02-2008, 04:25 PM

Probs cause Elkaa plays WoW ;).

Neil

29-02-2008, 04:36 PM

Yeah but it's made the games bit all big and I don't like it. >.>
I also want CT removed seems as that is a EPIC PHAIL.

Yea I think CT should be moved too online games too but I don't care cause I think when CT is open they it'd actually make sense to be where it is at the moment

Minstrels

29-02-2008, 04:37 PM

Yea I think CT should be moved too online games too but I don't care cause I think when CT is open they it'd actually make sense to be where it is at the moment
Yeah but the question is how long it'll be there until it's open. >.<

mangle

29-02-2008, 04:38 PM

If WoW gets its own forum why shouldn't CoD4?

Console gaming is spammed with CoD4 threads...

@xP

29-02-2008, 04:41 PM

It's quite a popular forum.

Plus no harm done realy. :)

Minstrels

29-02-2008, 04:44 PM

It's quite a popular forum.

Plus no harm done realy. :)
I say we should get a section to record all of Boltons matches then we can count how many they lose until there in the Championship. ;>

@xP

29-02-2008, 04:49 PM

I say we should get a section to record all of Boltons matches then we can count how many they lose until there in the Championship. ;>

I agree. :)

:8

Minstrels

29-02-2008, 04:51 PM

I agree. :)

:8
Oh yeahhhhh! :8

Catzsy

29-02-2008, 04:57 PM

As a member of the Habbox Council I was requested to look into a parent forum for World of Warcraft by Kristoffur.

I did some research and found out that it was a growing community. It seemed quite lively and with 792 threads and 9410 posts.
It was also bigger than:
Books
Big Brother
Online Radios
Tourism & Holidays
Vehicle and Transport
Debates
Because of this I felt they had quite a good case for their own forum and it was put to the GM who agreed and Elkaa announced it.

I cannot see a problem in helping members who put forward a good case for something and quite honestly if the thread starter would like to put forward a case for something else that he wants and would be considered instead of complaining about a decision that is a very positive step for some members of this community and hurts nobody it would be a good thing. Thanks :)

Elkaa

29-02-2008, 05:17 PM

Probs cause Elkaa plays WoW ;).

Got it in one!

Neil

29-02-2008, 05:17 PM

It was also bigger than:
Books
Big Brother
Online Radios
Tourism & Holidays
Vehicle and Transport
Debates

Some of those I can understand but you put it agains some of the forums that people don't use for some fairly obvious reasons

Books - Hardly anyone reads books, you get some people but not exactly a huge amount of them, since the average age range on habbox is probably something like 13 or 14 can you really expect a huge amount of them to read books?

Big Brother - Isn't that only on like..Twice a year or something? Not much to discuss :rolleyes:

Tourism and holidays - Not everyone on the forum goes on holiday and I highly doubt many of those that do actually post about it and even less care

Vehicle and Transport - Well same as books really, not a huge amount of 13-14 year olds are that interested in cars so you only get some of the older people talking about it and that's still not gonna lead to many discussions

Debates - That was just pointless, not everyone wants to get involved in this forum and as members we're unable to start our own debates so the thread count is obviously not gonna be very high

Not to mention quite alot of the WoW forum is spam, I'm sure if there was no spam it wouldn't have a very high post count

Catzsy

29-02-2008, 05:52 PM

Some of those I can understand but you put it agains some of the forums that people don't use for some fairly obvious reasons

Books - Hardly anyone reads books, you get some people but not exactly a huge amount of them, since the average age range on habbox is probably something like 13 or 14 can you really expect a huge amount of them to read books?

Big Brother - Isn't that only on like..Twice a year or something? Not much to discuss :rolleyes:

Tourism and holidays - Not everyone on the forum goes on holiday and I highly doubt many of those that do actually post about it and even less care

Vehicle and Transport - Well same as books really, not a huge amount of 13-14 year olds are that interested in cars so you only get some of the older people talking about it and that's still not gonna lead to many discussions

Debates - That was just pointless, not everyone wants to get involved in this forum and as members we're unable to start our own debates so the thread count is obviously not gonna be very high

Not to mention quite alot of the WoW forum is spam, I'm sure if there was no spam it wouldn't have a very high post count

But they are all parent forums at the moment so there was a good case for WOW wasn't there? I don't see why you are so upset about it. You can always request a forum to be added if you feel it is wanted by members or anything you feel would improve it :)

GommeInc

29-02-2008, 05:55 PM

RuneScape has it's own section and World of Warcraft is better and more populated then RuneScape. In my opinion it deserves it's own section ;)
Here are some facts:

Currently the Runescape section has 3 people viewing it, the WoW forum has 0 peopel viewing it. And it's been like that for hours (at least when I've scrolled passed :P).

HxF love their random, pointless changes. Let them live with it. I'm still waiting for the CT catagory to go in Online Games.

@xP

29-02-2008, 05:56 PM

Got it in one!

So you made a forum to benfit yourself? :P

Catzsy

29-02-2008, 05:59 PM

Here are some facts:

Currently the Runescape section has 3 people viewing it, the WoW forum has 0 peopel viewing it. And it's been like that for hours (at least when I've scrolled passed :P).

HxF love their random, pointless changes. Let them live with it. I'm still waiting for the CT catagory to go in Online Games.

Well I have been there on quite a few occasions to check lately and seen between 3 and 9 on WOW and Runescape is pretty popular. Obviously it is going to be quiet on a school day :D

GommeInc

29-02-2008, 06:00 PM

Well I have been there on quite a few occasions to check lately and seen between 3 and 9 on WOW and Runescape is pretty popular. Obviously it is going to be quiet on a school day :D
That's besides the point :P

8 people viewing Runescape now
1 person viewing WoW

The Professor

29-02-2008, 06:13 PM

So you made a forum to benfit yourself? :P

Somehow I get the feeling he was being sarcastic ;)

I really don't think think it's active enough to warrant a parent forum, there are only a couple of posts there per day, that's if there are any. I think there is more case for a COD forum or flight simulator forum to be made parent forums, because they are easily active enough to warrant the move.

But I don't see the harm in giving WoW it's own forum, so I say it doesn't matter tbh.

Wig44.

29-02-2008, 06:20 PM

Crazy Bartender

29-02-2008, 06:21 PM

That's besides the point :P

8 people viewing Runescape now
1 person viewing WoW

People can afford to pay £5 a month for RuneScape and maybe most people can't afford monthly fee's for WoW which is probably why the WoW section might be "quieter"

Shrlurp

29-02-2008, 06:23 PM

Lets face it runescape is more popular on the forum...

I'm sure if WOW section/forum was used more managment would consider changing it :)

The Professor

29-02-2008, 06:23 PM

People can afford to pay £5 a month for RuneScape and maybe most people can't afford monthly fee's for WoW which is probably why the WoW section might be "quieter"

I think I'm right in saying WoW has a higher userbase than RS. So obviously more people are willing to pay the fee for WoW ;)

Crazy Bartender

29-02-2008, 06:24 PM

I think I'm right in saying WoW has a higher userbase than RS. So obviously more people are willing to pay the fee for WoW ;)

RuneScape is just as popular as WoW and it has it's own section. So I think we should be intitled to keep the parent Forum :)

Charly

29-02-2008, 06:29 PM

Being an active poster in those forums I can tell you that we churn out quite a few posts in that forum a day. And things have been picking up lately. And also, if WoW is an online game; thus it should have a place in the online games section, then runescape which is also an online game should be in the online games section too. However Neil, t isn't because it's popular and now the WoW forum is getting popular so the WoW forum has the same deal.

/Agree (:
Tbh. I doubt he even read half of the threads on there just assumed its spam. Might just look like spam to a person who doesn't play wow but all the time with the odd few randomers posting we get alot of help and everything else towards the game :)

Pyroka

29-02-2008, 06:33 PM

I don't mind the new forum, personally I welcome it. It's doing no harm to anyone, just click the + sign next to the catagory in there, if you don't want it to be displayed? Runescape would basically be bigger for this reason: Browser-based. With WoW you won't find as many people who can be on the forum & WoW at the same time. ;)

I am waiting for the CT one to go away, since there's really no point in it.

GommeInc

29-02-2008, 06:33 PM

People can afford to pay £5 a month for RuneScape and maybe most people can't afford monthly fee's for WoW which is probably why the WoW section might be "quieter"
I wouldn't say it that's popular. The last post in the WoW for was 3 hours ago. Doesn't Runescape allow a user to do more? I'm not familiar with WoW so I don't know how similar or different it is.

I am waiting for the CT one to go away, since there's really no point in it.
Join the club.

Pyroka

29-02-2008, 06:39 PM

Join the club.

A bit offtopic, but I agree. The club deserves a catagory, it'd be so much more popular. On the note of active forums by the way, I really think there should be a group of people who create these debates in the forum. Suggestions put forward to the Management, of course!

Charly

29-02-2008, 06:52 PM

Theres only ever a few hundred thousand people playing Runescape at one time but since theres like 9 million people who play wow there will be ALOT more people playing wow than Runescape at anytime of the day.

And from playing both games Wow>Rs Imo :)

GommeInc

29-02-2008, 06:55 PM

Isn't it a matter of how many people play it on the forum, not worldwide? Currently there isn't sufficient evidence that a seperate forum is needed. A sub-forum would of sufficed.

Neil

29-02-2008, 08:49 PM

/Agree (:
Tbh. I doubt he even read half of the threads on there just assumed its spam. Might just look like spam to a person who doesn't play wow but all the time with the odd few randomers posting we get alot of help and everything else towards the game :)

Have you seen my sig? :rolleyes:

Obviously I have played the game so I know the difference between WoW discussion and spam :rolleyes:

RuneScape is just as popular as WoW and it has it's own section. So I think we should be intitled to keep the parent Forum :)

Yes GLOBALLY RS is as popular as WoW but there is more habbox users on RS than there is on WoW, it doesn't matter how popular the game is globally it only matters for the forum members

Theres only ever a few hundred thousand people playing Runescape at one time but since theres like 9 million people who play wow there will be ALOT more people playing wow than Runescape at anytime of the day.

And from playing both games Wow>Rs Imo :)

....Dude do all 9 million WoW users use Habbox forum? No, so what was the point in that comment? No point really
On HABBOX there is way more RS users than WoW users

Wig44.

29-02-2008, 08:55 PM

I wouldn't say it that's popular. The last post in the WoW for was 3 hours ago. Doesn't Runescape allow a user to do more? I'm not familiar with WoW so I don't know how similar or different it is.

Join the club.

Hush! I know you are not familiar with WoW but if you join WoW you will see there is far more to do than rs! :)

Criminal

01-03-2008, 01:46 AM

I don't see the big deal, thousands aren't going to die by World of Warcraft section being made a parent Forum :)

GommeInc

01-03-2008, 12:52 PM

I don't see the big deal, thousands aren't going to die by World of Warcraft section being made a parent Forum :)
You have no idea... Do you know how many kittens of the cute, adoreable variety die each time a catagory is made where people moan? Millions... Puppies are thrown in there too, and each positive post reduces 0.001% of fat in chocolate... Chocolate must be fattening!

Hush! I know you are not familiar with WoW but if you join WoW you will see there is far more to do than rs!
I don't even know if you can trade on WoW :P I know you can be creatures, rather than just humans AND magic is better on WoW than Runescape, but that's just it for WoW knowledge :P Still, not many people use WoW on HxF.

Catzsy

01-03-2008, 01:26 PM

You have no idea... Do you know how many kittens of the cute, adoreable variety die each time a catagory is made where people moan? Millions... Puppies are thrown in there too, and each positive post reduces 0.001% of fat in chocolate... Chocolate must be fattening!

I don't even know if you can trade on WoW :P I know you can be creatures, rather than just humans AND magic is better on WoW than Runescape, but that's just it for WoW knowledge :P Still, not many people use WoW on HxF.

Habbox Feedback - 2 viewing
Spam - 3 viewing
WOW - 3 viewing
Rare Trading - 0 viewing
Super Rare Trading- 1 viewing
:P:P:P

Criminal

01-03-2008, 01:49 PM

You have no idea... Do you know how many kittens of the cute, adoreable variety die each time a catagory is made where people moan? Millions... Puppies are thrown in there too, and each positive post reduces 0.001% of fat in chocolate... Chocolate must be fattening!

I don't even know if you can trade on WoW :P I know you can be creatures, rather than just humans AND magic is better on WoW than Runescape, but that's just it for WoW knowledge :P Still, not many people use WoW on HxF.

That just slipped my mind :(

And you can trade, duel and everything on WoW ;)

Charly

01-03-2008, 02:27 PM

Yes GLOBALLY RS is as popular as WoW but there is more habbox users on RS than there is on WoW, it doesn't matter how popular the game is globally it only matters for the forum members

why does wow have more players then? Wow is more popular than Rs.

....Dude do all 9 million WoW users use Habbox forum? No, so what was the point in that comment? No point really
On HABBOX there is way more RS users than WoW users

I never said that if you read the post. I was stating that way more players play wow than Rs at any one time. And more Rs users have heard about this that wow players well thats what i think ;]

Jordy

01-03-2008, 02:35 PM

I personally hide the online games section anyway, but I think COD4 would warrant a parent forum more than WoW does. I am seeing COD4 threads everywhere in the Console Gaming & Xbox 360s forums. It should at least have a sub-section anyway.

ClubTropica is madness, it's not even open. It should of started as a sub-forum, if that was popular it should of progressed too a parent forum, if that was very popular too, it then turns into a category.

ClubTropica is hardly open yet and the forum is dead, CT will be dead. The move was just far too quick.

Catzsy

01-03-2008, 02:37 PM

GommeInc

01-03-2008, 06:10 PM

Habbox Feedback - 2 viewing
Spam - 3 viewing
WOW - 3 viewing
Rare Trading - 0 viewing
Super Rare Trading- 1 viewing
:P:P:P
All of them except WoW are required/more important :P Spam is, for random posts and the rest are Habbo(x) related :P

I personally hide the online games section anyway, but I think COD4 would warrant a parent forum more than WoW does. I am seeing COD4 threads everywhere in the Console Gaming & Xbox 360s forums. It should at least have a sub-section anyway.

ClubTropica is madness, it's not even open. It should of started as a sub-forum, if that was popular it should of progressed too a parent forum, if that was very popular too, it then turns into a category.

ClubTropica is hardly open yet and the forum is dead, CT will be dead. The move was just far too quick.
I've asked about that, but for some strange reason they won't remove it. The reasons behind having it are for the benefit of the management it seems.

Catzsy

01-03-2008, 10:36 PM

All of them except WoW are required/more important :P Spam is, for random posts and the rest are Habbo(x) related :P

Wow is fine but ROFL - you could talk your way out of Afghanistan :D
Gomme 1 Catzsy 0

GommeInc

01-03-2008, 10:39 PM

Wow is fine but ROFL - you could talk your way out of Afghanistan :D
Gomme 1 Catzsy 0
And it's all thanks to my new book "How To Talk Yourself Through ANYTHING." Signings are Bluewater between 1pm to 1am

Criminal

01-03-2008, 11:15 PM

I bought that book, what a waste of my good money :P

The Professor

01-03-2008, 11:24 PM

I wonder what it'd be like to be gomme for a day... I'd probably end up having a heated debate with a lamppost about the shade of it's orange or something :P

GommeInc

01-03-2008, 11:29 PM

I bought that book, what a waste of my good money :P
My job is done :D

I wonder what it'd be like to be gomme for a day... I'd probably end up having a heated debate with a lamppost about the shade of it's orange or something :P
My world is lovely place. Purple sky, pink grass and fairies all dancing around happily :D

Catzsy

02-03-2008, 12:01 AM

And it's all thanks to my new book "How To Talk Yourself Through ANYTHING." Signings are Bluewater between 1pm to 1am

Sorry Gomme I only go to WHSmith, Waterstones or the library!

Neil

02-03-2008, 12:05 PM

I never said that if you read the post. I was stating that way more players play wow than Rs at any one time. And more Rs users have heard about this that wow players well thats what i think ;]

Who cares? What has that got to do with having WoW as a parent forum?

The global popularity of a game has no place on habbox, it's the popularity of the game from the members of habbox, Runescape is more popular than WoW on habbox, in the world then yes WoW is more popular and has more members but that doesn't have anything to do with Habbox because not every WoW player uses habbox, only a tiny amount of them whereas alot more habbox members use the RS forum