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Alright, so I started work on the forum. It will be a little while before it is ready to go, but I wanted to get your opinion on something.

Would you guys rather have a simple straightforward forum (nothing fancy), that could be expanded on over time?

Or do you want a fancy full-featured forum from the get go?

I am leaning towards the former, only because we can get a working forum on the site sooner that you can all use.

Anyway, give me some feedback...also if you have ideas for features you'd love to see, lemme know and I'll maybe put them on my list.

comments:

shadowontario

Level 19

I like the first option.

7/26/06 7:24am

eric

Level 25

Make me a cake.

7/26/06 7:51am

chimp_and_zee

Level 18

Former. Just make a really basic forum, I wouldn't think we need anything fancy.

7/26/06 7:56am

Alice

Level 24

simple = better.

7/26/06 8:14am

kittybomb

Level 15

yes simple = gooder

7/26/06 9:04am

galaxiepi

Level 26

I vote simple. It'll be the forum with training wheels.

7/26/06 9:24am

bootylicious

Level 28

simple is good.. check out the vlv message board.. i dunno if that is more or less simple than what youre thinking, but its pretty rad.

7/26/06 10:01am

viker

Level 9

yup, let's start with baby steps.

7/26/06 10:02am

Delinquent

Level 15

Simple gets the job done. Let the topics fill the fancy role.

7/26/06 10:15am

jwalker

Level 18

SIMPLE

7/26/06 12:25pm

alexandra

Level 11

Basic but don't make it like...unorganised cause that's gross. Anyway, like I said. If there's a forum I'm never leaving.

7/26/06 2:41pm

Alice

Level 24

"simple is good.. check out the vlv message board.. i dunno if that is more or less simple than what youre thinking, but its pretty rad."

I second that :)

7/26/06 4:02pm

coreysprague

Level 20

I'm glad you guys all think simple is better...I was fearing something more complicated would be desired, and that sounds like a lot of work.

What I will probably do is make one version that is a typical forum...and then I'll make a version 2 that has the same functionality, but uses AJAX for better efficiency, and a more fluid experience (AJAX is what allows tags to be posted or profiles to be rated without having to reload the page)

7/26/06 5:49pm

daneurysm

Level 9

a forum would be awesome, especially without having to reload the page, i'm too damn lazy.

7/26/06 7:51pm

jaysix

Level 16

I'm glad that you guys are making the board yourself, and not using some premade board (phpBB, InvisionBoard, etc.) that wouldn't allow full integration.

I'd say the most important thing first isn't the features of the board, but making it completely seemless with the site. I don't care about features if they're akward to use.

7/27/06 1:19am

Woodstockington

Level 10

A basic forum sounds pretty sweet. I'm in need of a new one anyway (:

7/27/06 4:06pm

travisjhinman

Level 15

My Marine dad always said Keep It Simple Stupid.. Work Smarter, Not Harder. The kicker: Your friend David is the biggest pussy on the planet, makes you look real tough! Yeah, he said all that. The first two speak of my work ethic!

7/31/06 7:11pm

osborne

Level 24

How about we keep it really simple and send responses via snail mail?

8/7/06 4:48pm