new forum specifically for melee?

[ZeldaFreak0309]

might be helpful to rename some of the most active threads (advanced tech thread, tier list thread) to fit high volume keyword searches

 

[Jaxel]

Hey, I just found this thread as I was searching for SEO references to 8WAYRUN...

In case you guys don't know, last month I announced the upcoming formation of the 8WAYRUN Network. What I announced is that I want to expand 8WAYRUN to more than just Soulcalibur, but to other games as well. Turn it into a network of gaming forums. If the Smash community were to show interest in this, I would be more than happy to oblige you guys.

Now I tried to expand into other fighting games in the past. I created a website called "Astral Heat" for BlazBlue. At the time, the Soulcalibur community was getting into BB, and we all universally felt the community at DustLoop was too unwelcoming to new players. Unfortunately, that community was so unwelcoming that they pretty much drove us out...

So I will not attempt to make a new website when an existing community already exists, without a CLEAR AND POSITIVE interest from the community.

 

[Gea]

Would be cool for sure but this was already tried once with AllIsBrawl (when this website was even LESS functional no less) and it failed because not enough people migrated then the community that did migrate sort of seemed to attract less high-placing players and more random players.

So... something tells me it would be a very painful migration even if it were successful. I'm sure there are ways the communities can work towards this, however.

 

[Jaxel]

Would be cool for sure but this was already tried once with AllIsBrawl (when this website was even LESS functional no less) and it failed because not enough people migrated then the community that did migrate sort of seemed to attract less high-placing players and more random players.

So... something tells me it would be a very painful migration even if it were successful. I'm sure there are ways the communities can work towards this, however.

I would buy Smashboards from MLG if I could...

 

[Gea]

I like your website, by the way. Good stuff.

 

[C.SDK]

Hey, I just found this thread as I was searching for SEO references to 8WAYRUN...

In case you guys don't know, last month I announced the upcoming formation of the 8WAYRUN Network. What I announced is that I want to expand 8WAYRUN to more than just Soulcalibur, but to other games as well. Turn it into a network of gaming forums. If the Smash community were to show interest in this, I would be more than happy to oblige you guys.

Now I tried to expand into other fighting games in the past. I created a website called "Astral Heat" for BlazBlue. At the time, the Soulcalibur community was getting into BB, and we all universally felt the community at DustLoop was too unwelcoming to new players. Unfortunately, that community was so unwelcoming that they pretty much drove us out...

So I will not attempt to make a new website when an existing community already exists, without a CLEAR AND POSITIVE interest from the community.

Something is already in the works

 

[rjgbadger]

also the mods are ****ty. no more mods imo

says objectively top 10 worst posters

i mean, my posts are terrible too, but at least i dont have a **** ton of them

 

[Bones0]

This is funny timing because Cactuar, Prog, Sheridan (Hyuga), and Scar were just talking about moving away from SmashBoards on their new Melee It On Me podcast.

 

[Revven]

I would buy Smashboards from MLG if I could...

As if MLG even cares about smashboards anymore anyway... I bet you actually could buy it if they really see no value in keeping it anymore (given their lack of care in the last year). =\

It's frustrating. I wish smashboards had never been bought by MLG.

 

[KrIsP!]

I think buying it would be possible...and could be a good thing. Someone should try it.

As for you 8WR that's nice, just keep streaming apex and your already doing plenty for the community.

 

[Scar]

if anyone is seriously considering making a move let me know and i'd love to hear about it / help

thx for the shout bones

 

[KirbyKaze]

We need to migrate.

 

[Smooth Criminal]

Hold on.

Are the higher-ups in the Melee community actually considering this?

(/subscribed)

Smooth Criminal

 

[Alex Strife]

IMO we need the site redone to be more like 8wayrun so things are easily found for information.

I will say this from EXP

separating things will make it a lot worst. DOA has 4 sites...FOUR (Official site, FSD, and 2 random ones made by heads of community) cause people could not get along and people wanted different things.

If you want to really help the community get this site AWAY from MLG. That is the problem. MLG has stopped the Admins from changing and updating the site SEVERAL times and has not helped the community in one bit since it left MLG in 2009.

Remove them and that is the main problem.

 

[prog]

This is funny timing because Cactuar, Prog, Sheridan (Hyuga), and Scar were just talking about moving away from SmashBoards on their new Melee It On Me podcast.

You misheard us, it was us talking about rarely checking the boards for smash fests/tournaments, etc. and facebook being used as a better and easier tool to find out about events.

 

[The Star King]

IMO we need the site redone to be more like 8wayrun so things are easily found for information.

I will say this from EXP

separating things will make it a lot worst. DOA has 4 sites...FOUR (Official site, FSD, and 2 random ones made by heads of community) cause people could not get along and people wanted different things.

If you want to really help the community get this site AWAY from MLG. That is the problem. MLG has stopped the Admins from changing and updating the site SEVERAL times and has not helped the community in one bit since it left MLG in 2009.

Remove them and that is the main problem.

I agree with this post 100%.

 

[Revven]

IMO we need the site redone to be more like 8wayrun so things are easily found for information.

I will say this from EXP

separating things will make it a lot worst. DOA has 4 sites...FOUR (Official site, FSD, and 2 random ones made by heads of community) cause people could not get along and people wanted different things.

If you want to really help the community get this site AWAY from MLG. That is the problem. MLG has stopped the Admins from changing and updating the site SEVERAL times and has not helped the community in one bit since it left MLG in 2009.

Remove them and that is the main problem.

The question then becomes who will take on the "job" (so to speak) to get MLG removed from the equation?

 

[C.SDK]

Whoever has enough money.

 

[KrIsP!]

Kickstarter gogogogogo

I'd chip in. In fact you could also use chip in, then we'll be the first democratic forum and vote for smash president. And we'll all lose the site once everyone votes for mango and he doesn't give a **** : P

 

[Jaxel]

If I did do anything like this... I would have no interest in "running the community"; I would just be the administrator of the website.

 

[Shadocat]

wouldnt we talk the alphazealot about this?? or a higher up?

 

[V-K]

It would be hard to get everyone on to a new forum, I don't really see it being successful.

But what I do think would be really helpful is a big well arranged website, that features info, guides, tournament listings and recent news about competitive Smash. Because all that stuff cluttered into a message board that is filled with so much random stuff isn't optimal.

 

[Smooth Criminal]

It would be hard to get everyone on to a new forum, I don't really see it being successful.

But what I do think would be really helpful is a big well arranged website, that features info, guides, tournament listings and recent news about competitive Smash. Because all that stuff cluttered into a message board that is filled with so much random stuff isn't optimal.

This is actually a good idea.

Smooth Criminal

 

[Dark Hart]

But he won't, which is the point, because if you Google "super smash bros melee tricks", SmashBoards isn't anywhere to be found in the first TEN PAGES of results.

Obviously we need a site called "Super Smash Brothers MELEE tricks" for our friend billy.

tl;dr lovage

 

[Jaxel]

Well if you look at the way we have 8WAYRUN...

We have a news section (with subcategories):
http://calibur.8wayrun.com/

We have an event calendar (with built in streaming):
http://calibur.8wayrun.com/events/weekly

With have a full featured tournament ranking system:
http://calibur.8wayrun.com/rankings/

We have a media library:
http://calibur.8wayrun.com/media/

We have a wiki:
http://calibur.8wayrun.com/wiki/index/

And of course, we have a chatroom... which helps stave off a lot of the "random" chatter:
http://calibur.8wayrun.com/chat/

Premium members also have the ability to "downvote" threads so that they automatically get locked. We also have a comprehensive anti-spam system written by me.

All of these are in ADDITION to the forums, and are pieces of software WRITTEN BY ME.

 

[Rockenos]

Well if you look at the way we have 8WAYRUN...

We have a news section (with subcategories):
http://calibur.8wayrun.com/

We have an event calendar (with built in streaming):
http://calibur.8wayrun.com/events/weekly

With have a full featured tournament ranking system:
http://calibur.8wayrun.com/rankings/

We have a media library:
http://calibur.8wayrun.com/media/

We have a wiki:
http://calibur.8wayrun.com/wiki/index/

And of course, we have a chatroom... which helps stave off a lot of the "random" chatter:
http://calibur.8wayrun.com/chat/

Premium members also have the ability to "downvote" threads so that they automatically get locked. We also have a comprehensive anti-spam system written by me.

All of these are in ADDITION to the forums, and are pieces of software WRITTEN BY ME.

What do you mean by "Premium Member"?
Is that like a moderator, or can little Billy decide to pay $10 to become a premium member and lock all the Mega Night ban threads?

 

[Jaxel]

What do you mean by "Premium Member"?
Is that like a moderator, or can little Billy decide to pay $10 to become a premium member and lock all the Mega Night ban threads?

$20... and a single person can't lock a thread by themselves. Right now, on 8WR, which isn't that active, I require 5 down-votes within a 1 week period to lock a thread. So a person would be required to spend $100 to single-handedly lock a thread... and a moderator can easily unlock a thread.

Of course, I can always change the settings based on the activity of the forums. On a more active forum, I may set it to 20 down-votes within 3 days.

 

[Rockenos]

$20... and a single person can't lock a thread by themselves. Right now, on 8WR, which isn't that active, I require 5 down-votes within a 1 week period to lock a thread. So a person would be required to spend $100 to single-handedly lock a thread... and a moderator can easily unlock a thread.

Of course, I can always change the settings based on the activity of the forums. On a more active forum, I may set it to 20 down-votes within 3 days.

Ah, okay. Hopefully Little Billy isn't a Billyonaire
Thanks for the response, sounds good to me

 

[KrIsP!]

Down vote system...do you know how many trolls we have? Although it'd be nice to lock Stupid threads ourselves

 

[Bones0]

I like how people are still referring to "Billy" 60 posts later.

 

[KrIsP!]

Alpha Zealot bought the site, I think kudos are in order.

 

[Stevo]

yeah that's pretty cool actually.

Should improve things I think

 

[Bones0]

How much was SmashBoards worth? $9.99?

 

[ShroudedOne]

$8.95

 

[Stevo]

canadian dollars

 

[Gea]

I wonder if we'll become buddy sites with 8WR considering how good they've been to our community.

 

[Revven]

I wonder if we'll become buddy sites with 8WR considering how good they've been to our community.

^This would be a good thing for us, imo.

 

[Bones0]

No offense to 8WR cause they could be a good partner for us, but what have they done for our community? Only thing I know about is Apex's stream (which honestly was pretty lame because of the 30 fps but that's beside the point).

 

[Jaxel]

No offense to 8WR cause they could be a good partner for us, but what have they done for our community? Only thing I know about is Apex's stream (which honestly was pretty lame because of the 30 fps but that's beside the point).

God forbid a year ago when you guys didn't even have ANY quality streams that I only bring you 30fps!

NOBODY was streaming 60fps a year ago... Wirecast doesn't support it. Nobody uses Wirecast anymore, which is why you're seeing 60fps now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zest86a3BYQ

 

[TheCrimsonBlur]

No offense to 8WR cause they could be a good partner for us, but what have they done for our community? Only thing I know about is Apex's stream (which honestly was pretty lame because of the 30 fps but that's beside the point).

Bones, have you ever considered posting more selectively?