Removal of the runescape section

[sex]

ban scott from feedback @xxMATTGxx;
use those specific forum bans lol

[Charz777]

Made it about halfway through the replies to this thread, so don't shoot me if I repeat anything or have missed anything new.

1. The Online Games forum now looks ridiculously cluttered so if this is the forums way of 'tidying up' well, job failed there.
2. If I want to to refer to, discuss or read anything Runescape related I'd rather it was all in one place.
3. Similarly, if I want to contribute etc to an online game that isn't Runescape, I don't want to have to search through pages and pages of Runescape stuff. All other games are goingto be spammed into oblivion by Runescape!
4. To say that the Runescape forum had low activity is ridiculous, clearly it had activity, more so than other categories, and it's plain to see that it has activity just by looking at all the [Runescape] prefixes dominating the Online Games forum.
5. I think it's pretty clear from the attitude of the moderator that they don't give a **** about what we want or the opinions of people who actually read the Runescape stuff and were happy with the way it was because apparently it's 'gone and never coming back,' well cheers for that, big help(!)

[Mr-Trainor]

What really annoys me about threads like this is random people come and poke their nose in just to raise their post count, those people haven't even a clue what runescape is. Let alone, how active it was. So it isn't very fair to let someone who despises runescape just turn around and say 'I agree this was the right decision' then use their decision to flip the section around, that's not very fair. I just think it was a community decision but we weren't given any alternatives to make everyone happy.

I'm not posting to raise my post count and I didn't say that I don't think there should be a Runescape forum, I'm just saying that it's happened and you may as well see how it goes, but I personally wouldn't rule out the possibility of a Runescape sub-forum added if needed.

If we're on the subjects of getting forums removed, can we get this removed?

http://www.habboxforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=306

Low activity (if you ignore the 8 threads created within minutes of each other in an attempt to get post count VIP), and it could be replaced by just a single thread of the same name...

@Chris;

It's not my forum to remove, @Pigperson; & @auffant1; look after that one.

There is no reason to remove that forum, as there's no where else it can be moved to, so without meaning to be rude I don't know why you've even suggested that tbh :S?

it took what 2 days for it to even be noticed by most people in this thread?

I think that speaks volumes...

Yeah, there was a thread about the reforms to this forum where people could have replied and mentioned Runescape but that didn't happen and so the changes went ahead as they are now. Again, I don't think this means a Runescape sub-forum can't be considered but I think you should wait and see how it goes for now.

[IceNineKills]

haven't bothered reading through the thread yet as it's abit big but i have never been in favour of the 'runescape forum removal' up until this time. there was no point in keeping the forum as noone used it. it would get like 5 posts a week.

i just like how the people who want the forum back are the ones that rarely used it. it's gone and should be gone for good.

[GommeInc]

Made it about halfway through the replies to this thread, so don't shoot me if I repeat anything or have missed anything new.

1. The Online Games forum now looks ridiculously cluttered so if this is the forums way of 'tidying up' well, job failed there.
2. If I want to to refer to, discuss or read anything Runescape related I'd rather it was all in one place.
3. Similarly, if I want to contribute etc to an online game that isn't Runescape, I don't want to have to search through pages and pages of Runescape stuff. All other games are goingto be spammed into oblivion by Runescape!
4. To say that the Runescape forum had low activity is ridiculous, clearly it had activity, more so than other categories, and it's plain to see that it has activity just by looking at all the [Runescape] prefixes dominating the Online Games forum.
5. I think it's pretty clear from the attitude of the moderator that they don't give a **** about what we want or the opinions of people who actually read the Runescape stuff and were happy with the way it was because apparently it's 'gone and never coming back,' well cheers for that, big help(!)

Judging from this useful list:

The problem seems to be that the Online Games forum lacked a lot more activity than Runescape, so that's the reason it seems cluttered. However, it was obvious that the Runescape forum was lacking activity and certainly did not need to be a "parent forum" any more (i.e. a forum that appears on the front page).

Perhaps having a Runescape sub-forum under the Online Games parent forum would be a good idea? There's no point reverting back to having it as a parent forum when it is: 1. an Online Game and; 2. Isn't a substantially active area of the forum.

[xxMATTGxx]

After reading this thread and also looking at the games forum myself, I did get a bit confused but never mind about that. I looked at "Other Games" and well there is a ton of runescape threads for sure which looks like it could be an issue to be honest. Maybe the runescape forum didn't need to be on the main index but maybe it would have been better to move that inside "Other Games" instead. Then we can see how it progresses from there I suppose - The rest of the changes don't seem to be a problem.

[Martin]

Personally I think runescape should in the very least be a subforum of other games. It has its own community, has its ups and downs in terms of activity but that could be said for a lot of forums. Its just nice to keep it seperate I think, it was the biggest non habbo community we had really. I think you could still keep the prefixes for things like "goals and achievements" "trading" etc, but runescape itself should be a subforum of other games. Another thing which gets confusing is all the stickied threads that now exist within the other games forum that would be far more suited to a runescape specific forum since they deal with runescape only etc. Its not like it was completely dead and there are periods where it does get used a lot. I think that option would keep things even tidier than what the new scheme has created, whilst keeping the runescape community happy and things a bit more organised.

[Richie]

I'm not posting to raise my post count and I didn't say that I don't think there should be a Runescape forum, I'm just saying that it's happened and you may as well see how it goes, but I personally wouldn't rule out the possibility of a Runescape sub-forum added if needed.



There is no reason to remove that forum, as there's no where else it can be moved to, so without meaning to be rude I don't know why you've even suggested that tbh :S?

Yeah, there was a thread about the reforms to this forum where people could have replied and mentioned Runescape but that didn't happen and so the changes went ahead as they are now. Again, I don't think this means a Runescape sub-forum can't be considered but I think you should wait and see how it goes for now.

Ah I wasn't referring to you, I meant in general. A lot of people just respond to feedback threads to raise their post count.

[The Don]

I get the feeling that from where @Chris; has reversed some of his decisions in the past it is making him reluctant to reverse this change as it would look bad. There's no harm in making mistakes, you're only human However, refusing to acknowledge you've made a mistake and refusing to revert the mistake to 'save some face' is harmful and will damage your image.

[Chris]

I get the feeling that from where @Chris; has reversed some of his decisions in the past it is making him reluctant to reverse this change as it would look bad. There's no harm in making mistakes, you're only human However, refusing to acknowledge you've made a mistake and refusing to revert the mistake to 'save some face' is harmful and will damage your image.

It can be put back if Matt can wave his magic wand and fix this one.