This post is to let you know what was changed:
- "PC Games Chat" and "Console Games Chat" forums were merged INTO "The Hangout". Since this is a gaming community, we felt that the Hangout shouldn't be restricted exclusively to non-game topics. It also gives better exposure to game discussions to help expansion. It also cleans up a couple of forums, making the forums more organized and concise.
- The categories have been renamed, reorganized, and re-ordered. We feel the changes will better promote fresh game-related discussions rather than repetitious off-topic discussions.
- Each category can now be expanded or collapsed (saving space) on the main forums page by click in the Show/Hide link to the left of the category name. Soon this feature will be expanded so that you can set preferences, so that every time you load up the forums each category will be shown or hidden based on your preferences (and you'll still be able to change that at any time). This gives the forums a more organized feel and less intimidating.
- Permissions and moderator groups are going to have a major overhaul/update. We have created three new forum moderator groups called 'Tier1 Mods', Tier2 Mods', and 'Tier3 Mods'. Tier 1 is obviously highest (of the 3). Rather than having individuals assigned as moderators for forums, applications will be made for each group and then flat permissions will be set based on the group. This should make more forum moderators available as well as make it easier to figure out who has mod where. The appointment of individuals to these groups will be done soon.
After my Boston-vs-Orioles baseball game and dinner, I will continue working on the website.
Feel free to report any problems, suggestions, complaints, etc. into this topic.
