for the.. 12th time? when is it expected to be back. I'm not being a **** or anything but that section has been added and removed more times than liquidluck has probably posted in papoy.
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for the.. 12th time? when is it expected to be back. I'm not being a **** or anything but that section has been added and removed more times than liquidluck has probably posted in papoy.
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It's never been removed?
It's been brought up several times, the subforums within runescape have been developed a few times but the runescape forum has never been removed until yesterday..
thats what im talking about though, redesigned, merged its all the same thing, the section has been removed, brought back, removed brought back again. Can't it just stay as it is. I like browsing that section from time to time but now I really cba to dig through a section that has things that aren't related to runescape. At least have bloody sub forums for god sake. Is it expected to come back again when activity increases (which usually happens) ?Quote:
Originally Posted by scottish
It's been removed at least once before because I remember being in support of bringing it back. I've never really been in there for a while now though so not sure how active it was.
The section has never been removed?Quote:
Originally Posted by Richie
The section used to have 4 subforums which has been changed a few times then went down to 2.
The section got asked to be merged several times but was always refused as people actually posted in it then
It's not in 'other games' with the RS prefix which is more than enough as it's activity is so low.
When I checked I think there had been like 2 G&A posts this year, 1 trading post this year and maybe 2 in the rs section.. it in no way needed a subforum any more, maybe back in the day when there was tons of people playing..
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Oh must of been when I wasn't here then, and it wasn't active at all now really lolQuote:
Originally Posted by hx.icequeen
I can guarantee a few months down the line there will be a feedback thread 'WHERE IS THE RUNESCAPE SECTION, BRING IT BACK' everyone will agree and then the section will be brought back, it's just silly adding and removing it when everyone knows activity pickups and decreases regularly.Quote:
Originally Posted by hx.icequeen
It's not been removed before, looks like... http://www.habboxforum.com/search.php?searchid=1418947
but yeah I think (as it's the most popular online game) it shouldn't have been merged really, with prefixes it's ok but there's [Goals and Achievements] and [Runescape] and it could get a bit confusing...
Can't link your search to other people, won't work :P
It's not the most popular online game either at that :P
It was a few times if I remember correctly. Either way, if so many people show support for the forum, why does it get removed? I agree with the subforums in that section, remove the dead forums but the overall section was pretty handy.Quote:
Originally Posted by scottish
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I agree it's not the most popular online game but if anything it is one of the most popular online games on habboxforum.Quote:
Originally Posted by scottish
i swear it used to?
ok development announcements - runescape
it's just moving and renaming bits and pieces
It wasn't active enough to warrant a forum dedicated to it though as I just said..
If it was getting a good few posts a day or something okay, but like 5 in 2 weeks? and even before that hasn't been active in a good amount of time..
Saying that there were only 2/3 threads this year is hardly a valid statement considering we're only 2 weeks into the new year. There were quite a few threads created in December if I remember correctly. The forum will probably come back when people get tired of that forum being spammed with just RS threads. I think if you look at it now, the majority of threads are RS. I'm not fussed either way, since I don't exactly click on forums and look at all recent threads very often.Quote:
Originally Posted by scottish
Good point. Lets remove other subforums like this because it has only got two posts in the last two weeks http://www.habboxforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=700Quote:
Originally Posted by scottish
Everyone knows the activity isn't as good as it used to be but that doesn't mean we should remove every other section that lacks in activity for a small time. Give it time, discuss it with those users who do use it before placing the section on 'a trial activity'.
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthrea...ight=runescape
there's the old thread when it got removed and put as a subforum to bring it back as its own forum. knew I wasn't going senile although turns out I was rather neutral about its return and did not mind either way.
I'm all for that ;) although that's a subforum and not a main forum visible on the forum home page.Quote:
Originally Posted by Richie
and Kardan, 'online games' wasn't the most active place before, so merging it with RS will allow both to keep the forum populated? :P
Its gone for good.
ah, well i didn't come back until like august 2011 I believe so that explains it :PQuote:
Originally Posted by hx.icequeen
This is just via looking at the other games forum:
In the last 2 weeks, since 31st Dec: 9 threads created, 53 replies.
That's just looking at NEW threads created. There's a lot more activity if you look at new posts to threads older than that. I'm sure someone could whip out some statistics from some website...
Oh look, activity is poor, lets remove this section.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris
http://www.habboxforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=73
Different strokes for different folks. Just because you didn't play / like runescape doesn't mean it should be remove. Others like books, I don't, I respect that and ignore the section even though at times activity is poor. I don't light up my stick and demand it be removed. That is a poor response. What happens when you leave? What happens if runescape activity picks up again? (which has proven time and time again)
I'm indifferent on whether it has it's own or stays merged, but saying there were 2/3 threads/posts in 2 weeks just isn't true :P The section was popular enough to stand on it's own feet.Quote:
Originally Posted by scottish
It wasn't purely down to the activity of the forum. Anyway it is gone for good and it isn't coming back. Not everybody will be pleased with the decision but thats the way it is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Richie
I think it's fine as it is at the moment with the Runescape prefix, but if there is a lot of threads and discussion on Runescape then I a forum/sub-forum could be made for it. But may as well see how it goes the way it is now :P.
Please elaborate then. Don't just remove a section without giving reasoning to why it got removed, that isn't fair.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris
What other reasons were there then?Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris
I said at the time there was something like 5-6? :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Kardan
The only posts that were active really was achievements and from getting like 100-150 post count from that I can see why 'gratz on the lvl!!!' etc :P not looked lately if it's still the same but yeah.
At times activity picks up then it dies off, any other games that follow that (CoD series, Minecraft, WoW, etc) always got moved to a subforum (which is now seen as pointless so merged into the forum).
So instead of a forum you use a prefix now...
That's the thing though, the section will die completely now. Perhaps activity in the forum wasn't great but at the same time there was threads that were very popular such as achievements, runescape updates, all them will die because the section is too confusing and not easy to access threads you ACTUALLY want to see. I don't see why something like a subforum just for runescape couldn't be introduced. It's by far the most discussed game on this forum apart from habbo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr-Trainor
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Originally Posted by Richie
Go and read the feedback thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by hx.icequeen
It's not like it was a snap decision to remove it. The runescape forum was a mess because it had forum within forum within forum which wasn't at all needed. The way we have it now is so much easier to navigate, you can even click the prefixes so it will only show threads with the same prefix.
It's confusing because theres a prefix? :SQuote:
Originally Posted by Richie
WoW got it's own sub-forum? Wow :P I'm not bothered about using a prefix, I can just imagine people complaining in the future that it's just RS threads :P Also makes it a pain if you want to look at RS threads before the change, because they don't have a prefix.Quote:
Originally Posted by scottish
It previously had under 'Online Games'Quote:
Originally Posted by Kardan
tbh most of the forums in the section will be RS anyway as most people don't really post about other MMO's
Well put it this way scott. If for some reason the web section got merged with discuss anything and got given its own prefix, do you think the web section would live on as strong as it currently is? It's not easier to navigate now, it's harder, before hand I could just click a section and see everything runescape related, now I have to dig through a section that I don't give a toss about.Quote:
Originally Posted by scottish
threads even cba editing :P
Why would people complain about that? It's an open forum, it isn't limited to runescape so people should feel free to post about any online games that they want.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kardan
As far as I recall, the runescape forum had 2 subforums and the main section. If it had 5 subforums then subforums within those subforums then that rationale would ring true but it seems to me that you're making a point (it's a mess) then exaggerating to defend a point that doesn't quite ring true. If you're going to make a statement like 'there are other reasons' then you should probably say what they are. Seems like decisions are based on whoever whinges the loudest.
Thats two completely different things, "online games" (previous name of 'other games') was aimed at MMO and browser based games really, so there'll be a few threads about say LoL WoW etc in there but mainly going to be RS.Quote:
Originally Posted by Richie
You can click 'Runescape' prefix which would only show RS related threads.
I didn't know people still played it :P The only reminder that it's still around is that dodgy TV advert going around at the moment.
It always causes these sorts of controversies. It made sense to keep it years ago when it was active and had its own sub-community, but it's not (or was not) a heavily used part of the forum a few weeks ago.
Karden makes a good point in regards to older runescape threads. Chris, what I don't understand is, how is having a subforum for runescape more messy than just chucking it all into one section? When I'm sorting my music, it's easier to navigate through my songs when I have them in individual folders. If I had every genre mixed in one folder I wouldn't know where to look when trying to browse for a certain genre I want to listen to.
They wouldn't 'complain', but they would suggest that a forum be created because the large majority of posts in the forum. Exactly what has happened with all other forums/sub forums that have been created.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris
You and anyone else are free to think what you like about the decisions I make, but it was thoroughly discussed before any changes were made. At first I was opposed to the idea of changing anything but it did make sense to tidy it up and have everything in one place. Clicking the prefixes will display exactly what you're looking for if you find it difficult to find things, although I see no reason for anyone to find it difficult because that forum isn't exactly the height of activity even after the merge.Quote:
Originally Posted by hx.icequeen
Then why not add every genre subforum to music, TV/Film genres as a subforum to the entertainment forum, every genre of book as wellQuote:
Originally Posted by Richie
simple because that's stupid on a forum.