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How Can We Better Structure the "Other Games" Category? Feb 12, 2019 21:09:26 GMT Obsidian Gryphon, Qui-Gon GlenN7, and 4 more like this

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Post by DragonRacer on Feb 12, 2019 21:09:26 GMT

When we condensed some of the lesser-used boards last month, HamleticTortoise brought up a pretty good and interesting idea here about restructuring based on genre, rather than by developer.

As we see more developer boards with less traffic (Rockstar and Bungie/Digital Extremes, specifically) combined with several folks chiming in about a preference to browse by genre due to not always knowing which developer made what game, we wanted to get some input from the forum at large.

I rather like the idea of rolling into a few simple genre boards, but the question is - how to best label the genres while also not listing a ton of boards (as I realize it's getting to be a bit of a lengthy scroll these days)?

Here were some initial ideas from back in the Mod Cave. What ideas for structuring do you folks have? How can we best hash out/describe the genres?

General Games Discussion
(Discuss other developers, games and general gaming news.)

BioWare/EA and Legacy BioWare Games
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Action/RPG
(Assassins Creed, Elder Scrolls, Fallout, SWOTR, Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead, Witcher, Cyberpunk 2077, etc)

Shooter
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How Can We Better Structure the "Other Games" Category? Feb 12, 2019 21:32:34 GMT mattig89ch, Nikhilty, and 2 more like this

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Post by GeneralXIV on Feb 12, 2019 21:32:34 GMT

I like the idea of having them arranged by genre rather than developer

If it was my decision, I would probably have:

General Games Discussion

RPG (because BioWare games are mostly RPGs I think a board with only RPG games would be good because target audience... I think?)

Action/Adventure (it would include shooters because Im pretty sure they are all action focused? I havent played that many to know if Im right

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BioWare/EA Legacy Games.

I think everything else could probably go into the general discussion unless maybe a board with MMO/MMORPGs? Unless thats combined with RPGs...

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How Can We Better Structure the "Other Games" Category? Feb 13, 2019 12:20:35 GMT

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Post by ArcadiaGrey on Feb 13, 2019 12:20:35 GMT

We've applied labels in the DA FAQ section. Clicking the label, DAO for example, will show every thread devoted to that one game.

We could use the same approach in the General game section for games that don't fit into any larger categories. Bungie, Rockstar, Fortnite for example, then users can narrow down the list if they desire, or just see the whole section as is.

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How Can We Better Structure the "Other Games" Category? Feb 13, 2019 13:17:35 GMT Qui-Gon GlenN7 likes this

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Feb 13, 2019 12:20:35 GMT ArcadiaGrey said:

We've applied labels in the DA FAQ section. Clicking the label, DAO for example, will show every thread devoted to that one game.

We could use the same approach in the General game section for games that don't fit into any larger categories. Bungie, Rockstar, Fortnite for example, then users can narrow down the list if they desire, or just see the whole section as is.

You know, with enough labels (that could get unwieldy) everything could be collapsed back into one category...

It's not as easy to filter by more than one label, but you CAN through the little spyglass icon/search box when you're looking at the board. You could actually build a filter like:

NEWS + RPG + Bethesda

Yes, that would SERIOUSLY limit the scope, but the functionality does exist.

EDIT: I was reminded that LABELS do NOT work on the MOBILE site - so this is probably not a viable overall solution, unfortunately.

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How Can We Better Structure the "Other Games" Category? Feb 13, 2019 14:07:16 GMT Nikhilty and dazk like this

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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Feb 13, 2019 14:07:16 GMT

Structuring by genre is a good idea. We can take a page from Steam and merge some of them.

Free to play
Early Access
Action
Adventure
Casual
Indie <-----very important.

Massively Multiplayer
Racing
RPG
Simulation
Sports
Strategy / RTS

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Merge

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How Can We Better Structure the "Other Games" Category? Feb 13, 2019 14:23:18 GMT Qui-Gon GlenN7 likes this

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Post by Kappa Neko on Feb 13, 2019 14:23:18 GMT

For mobile view any sub categories are very cumbersome since it doesn't show you if there have been any posts lately.
So unless a last post feature can be implemented for mobile, I would gladly go back to how it was before. The fewer categories the better. There's not enough traffic to warrent all these subcategories.

My two cents as somebody who browses the forum on their phone a lot.

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How Can We Better Structure the "Other Games" Category? Feb 13, 2019 14:42:04 GMT

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Post by Pounce de León on Feb 13, 2019 14:42:04 GMT

Dont fracture too much. I have a feeling it rather distracts from the traffic / posting. Subdividing by genre seems like a reasonable thing to me. And if you shoot it's a shooter, regardless if it's Horror, Sci-Fi whathaveyou to keep the categories limited. Go by gameplay - not theme.

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How Can We Better Structure the "Other Games" Category? Feb 13, 2019 14:50:19 GMT DragonRacer likes this

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Post by SofaJockey on Feb 13, 2019 14:50:19 GMT

Less is more.

Ending up with fewer busier boards is at the heart of these proposals.

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How Can We Better Structure the "Other Games" Category? Feb 13, 2019 15:26:26 GMT Qui-Gon GlenN7 and Kappa Neko like this

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Feb 13, 2019 14:23:18 GMT Kappa Neko said:

For mobile view any sub categories are very cumbersome since it doesn't show you if there have been any posts lately.
So unless a last post feature can be implemented for mobile, I would gladly go back to how it was before. The fewer categories the better. There's not enough traffic to warrent all these subcategories.

My two cents as somebody who browses the forum on their phone a lot.

Ahh, see, I forgot about this, because LABELS do NOT work on the mobile view until ProBoards makes changes to how the mobile view works. So, scratch the Labels idea, even if it would have worked nicely.

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How Can We Better Structure the "Other Games" Category? Feb 13, 2019 17:21:00 GMT

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Feb 13, 2019 14:23:18 GMT Kappa Neko said:

For mobile view any sub categories are very cumbersome since it doesn't show you if there have been any posts lately.
So unless a last post feature can be implemented for mobile, I would gladly go back to how it was before. The fewer categories the better. There's not enough traffic to warrent all these subcategories.

My two cents as somebody who browses the forum on their phone a lot.

Even when the "New" button is available, I still think the single "Other Games" category worked better.

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How Can We Better Structure the "Other Games" Category? Feb 13, 2019 17:56:35 GMT

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Post by regack on Feb 13, 2019 17:56:35 GMT

Feb 13, 2019 17:21:00 GMT Jeremiah12LGeek said:

Feb 13, 2019 14:23:18 GMT Kappa Neko said:

For mobile view any sub categories are very cumbersome since it doesn't show you if there have been any posts lately.
So unless a last post feature can be implemented for mobile, I would gladly go back to how it was before. The fewer categories the better. There's not enough traffic to warrent all these subcategories.

My two cents as somebody who browses the forum on their phone a lot.

Even when the "New" button is available, I still think the single "Other Games" category worked better.

I really like the idea of a big bucket, but filterable with labels - but that leaves out anyone on mobile - however, if people using the mobile interface would still prefer one-big-bucket, that would be a good compromise.

Hopefully we can get some more traffic in here, or narrow down the options, and start a poll?

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Feb 13, 2019 17:21:00 GMT Jeremiah12LGeek said:

Even when the "New" button is available, I still think the single "Other Games" category worked better.

Yes I wish I could see which thread got the latest post. The old BSN had it. Very handy. Used to refresh all the time.

And lol, I keep forgetting about the NEW in the folder icon. I have a blind spot for it somehow. Thanks for reminding me!

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How Can We Better Structure the "Other Games" Category? Feb 13, 2019 19:16:34 GMT DragonKingReborn, mybudgee, and 2 more like this

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Post by Kaidan Fan on Feb 13, 2019 19:16:34 GMT

I'm probably the minority but I like it fine the way it is. I don't want to jump into a genre thread to talk about AC and no one else be there to talk about AC. Where would you talk about AC? It used to be action adventure now it's trying to be RPG? But I can go to Ubisoft and find the specific game I want to rave about, discuss or ask questions/get tips about.

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How Can We Better Structure the "Other Games" Category? Feb 13, 2019 19:28:13 GMT Kaidan Fan, Gilli, and 3 more like this

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Feb 13, 2019 19:16:34 GMT Kaidan Fan said:

I'm probably the minority but I like it fine the way it is. I don't want to jump into a genre thread to talk about AC and no one else be there to talk about AC. Where would you talk about AC? It used to be action adventure now it's trying to be RPG? But I can go to Ubisoft and find the specific game I want to rave about, discuss or ask questions/get tips about.

I admit to having a similar opinion here. And this is without even looking at the discussion of "what is an RPG?".

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How Can We Better Structure the "Other Games" Category? Feb 14, 2019 0:27:14 GMT Qui-Gon GlenN7, Kaidan Fan, and 2 more like this

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Post by Element Zero on Feb 14, 2019 0:27:14 GMT

Is genre subjective? I feel like I’m always disagreeing with someone regarding to which genre something belongs. I honestly didn’t mind the broad “Other Games” subforum. It made me drop in on a wide variety of discussions, and it introduced me to some games with which I’d previously been unfamiliar. As it is now, I only visit threads for games I am actively playing.

EDIT: DragonRacer, I was distracted and didn’t fully read the OP. I think the genres in the OP are broad enough to be effective. I like those suggested genres.

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How Can We Better Structure the "Other Games" Category? Feb 14, 2019 0:34:39 GMT Element Zero and Kaidan Fan like this

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Feb 14, 2019 0:27:14 GMT Element Zero said:

Is genre subjective? I feel like I’m always disagreeing with someone regarding to which genre something belongs. I honestly didn’t mind the broad “Other Games” subforum. I made me drop in on a wide variety of discussions, and it introduced me to some games with which I’d previously been unfamiliar. As it is now, I only visit threads for games I am actively playing.

You wouldn't think so, but depending on your 'vintage' or personal taste as a player, RPG can mean something fairly wide-ranging in scope (basically, anything where you control an individual and you "do" things) or extremely narrow.

"Baldurs Gate I & II are the only RPGs Bioware has made", as an example.

Hell, I was part of the decision to split Other Games up to see if it generated more activity and I am in much the same boat as you. I've only really gone into threads for games that I am playing (or ones I have fond memories of playing).

If we split by genre, some are easy. There is only one box that Civilization can go in, for example, or NBA2K18.

It's once you start dropping games into Action or RPG (or the greatly contested Action RPG) that you get people having 'opinions' on the matter. Even lumping the two together in one larger subforum would likely attract a degree of muttering.

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How Can We Better Structure the "Other Games" Category? Feb 14, 2019 20:57:55 GMT

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Post by Polka Dot on Feb 14, 2019 20:57:55 GMT

Hmm...

Would "Narrative Focused" versus "Sandbox" be a useful distinction?

Narrative Focus does sort of seem to be the glue between RPG and Action/Adventure, and might be a reason why some games can be difficult to categorize.

That might not be very clean either, though. I'd be inclined to put Bethesda games in the "Sandbox" category, even though most of them do have a main questline. I notice the OP listed Fallout under Action/RPG, even though it's also a shooter.

There probably isn't a 100% crystal clear way of doing it. What matters is that people can find what they're looking for, and the categories listed here would probably accomplish that.

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How Can We Better Structure the "Other Games" Category? Feb 15, 2019 2:10:25 GMT DragonKingReborn and ArcadiaGrey like this

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Feb 14, 2019 0:34:39 GMT DragonKingReborn said:

Feb 14, 2019 0:27:14 GMT Element Zero said:

Is genre subjective? I feel like I’m always disagreeing with someone regarding to which genre something belongs. I honestly didn’t mind the broad “Other Games” subforum. I made me drop in on a wide variety of discussions, and it introduced me to some games with which I’d previously been unfamiliar. As it is now, I only visit threads for games I am actively playing.

You wouldn't think so, but depending on your 'vintage' or personal taste as a player, RPG can mean something fairly wide-ranging in scope (basically, anything where you control an individual and you "do" things) or extremely narrow.

"Baldurs Gate I & II are the only RPGs Bioware has made", as an example.

Hell, I was part of the decision to split Other Games up to see if it generated more activity and I am in much the same boat as you. I've only really gone into threads for games that I am playing (or ones I have fond memories of playing).

If we split by genre, some are easy. There is only one box that Civilization can go in, for example, or NBA2K18.

It's once you start dropping games into Action or RPG (or the greatly contested Action RPG) that you get people having 'opinions' on the matter. Even lumping the two together in one larger subforum would likely attract a degree of muttering.

I agree. Especially since now games are a little bit of anything to make games more attractive to more players. Developers didn't create the genres and really don't advertise what the game is anymore either they might use them as buzzwords, but its us as players that tend to try and shove games into those little boxes.

I really doubt there is a solution that will be able to really accomplish what you are wanting with trying to balance out the load, for I could see having a "RPG" subsection becoming overwhelmed just as much because that might be something people here gravitate to more. The filter idea I think is the best, but it sounds like with these boards it just isn't something that will work. I think just leave it the way it is now and if tweaks are needed take mod/admin privilege and adjust the contents according to your best guess to trying to balance out what is there just give people a heads up before doing it. I don't think there ever will be a best fit without having to make a lot of tweaks.

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How Can We Better Structure the "Other Games" Category? Feb 21, 2019 7:28:05 GMT

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Useful feedback which we'll take back to the 'mod cave'.

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How Can We Better Structure the "Other Games" Category? Feb 22, 2019 9:11:57 GMT Element Zero, melbella, and 3 more like this

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I think I've said it before, but when it comes to areas I visit only occasionally, what I want is not having to switch between subforums. If I go into the "other games" section, most often I go where my interest is triggered, rather than seeking out material related to specific games.

Which means, what I would like most is more topics on one page, and less switching between subforums. Basically, a forum with no substructure that shows me 100 topics per page instead of 20.

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How Can We Better Structure the "Other Games" Category? Feb 22, 2019 14:18:03 GMT

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Feb 22, 2019 9:11:57 GMT Ieldra said:

I think I've said it before, but when it comes to areas I visit only occasionally, what I want is not having to switch between subforums. If I go into the "other games" section, most often I go where my interest is triggered, rather than seeking out material related to specific games.

Which means, what I would like most is more topics on one page, and less switching between subforums. Basically, a forum with no substructure that shows me 100 topics per page instead of 20.

Ahh, this is an setting I hadn't thought of. Right now it's 30 threads/page - I believe this is the ProBoards default. This can be increased, although 100 threads might be a bit much? I'd like to hear what more people have to say about it... or we can increase it 5 at a time until someone notices and announces their displeasure :whistle:

Do you use the mobile site? I know Kappa Neko mentioned that and also preferred one catch-all.

I'm torn about one thing. Would it be fair to merge things up and use the thread labels to distinguish for people on desktop, but not have that be available on the mobile version (nothing can be done with the mobile site)? I think that might be one of the better options, but it does leave the mobile users a bit high and dry?

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Post by Ieldra on Feb 22, 2019 15:07:07 GMT

Feb 22, 2019 14:18:03 GMT regack said:

Feb 22, 2019 9:11:57 GMT Ieldra said:

I think I've said it before, but when it comes to areas I visit only occasionally, what I want is not having to switch between subforums. If I go into the "other games" section, most often I go where my interest is triggered, rather than seeking out material related to specific games.

Which means, what I would like most is more topics on one page, and less switching between subforums. Basically, a forum with no substructure that shows me 100 topics per page instead of 20.

Ahh, this is an setting I hadn't thought of. Right now it's 30 threads/page - I believe this is the ProBoards default. This can be increased, although 100 threads might be a bit much? I'd like to hear what more people have to say about it... or we can increase it 5 at a time until someone notices and announces their displeasure :whistle:

Do you use the mobile site? I know Kappa Neko mentioned that and also preferred one catch-all.

I'm torn about one thing. Would it be fair to merge things up and use the thread labels to distinguish for people on desktop, but not have that be available on the mobile version (nothing can be done with the mobile site)? I think that might be one of the better options, but it does leave the mobile users a bit high and dry?

I do not use the mobile site, it's just a matter of having a good overview and seeing at a glance which games have been talked about recently, without having to look into several forums. I'm not sure what you're talking about in the last paragraph but one problem with no substructure is that it's hard to make several threads related to the same game, which may be desirable for some very popular games like, say, TW3. I'm not sure how to facilitate that.

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How Can We Better Structure the "Other Games" Category? Feb 22, 2019 15:22:06 GMT Ieldra and ArcadiaGrey like this

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Feb 22, 2019 15:07:07 GMT Ieldra said:

Feb 22, 2019 14:18:03 GMT regack said:

Ahh, this is an setting I hadn't thought of. Right now it's 30 threads/page - I believe this is the ProBoards default. This can be increased, although 100 threads might be a bit much? I'd like to hear what more people have to say about it... or we can increase it 5 at a time until someone notices and announces their displeasure :whistle:

Do you use the mobile site? I know Kappa Neko mentioned that and also preferred one catch-all.

I'm torn about one thing. Would it be fair to merge things up and use the thread labels to distinguish for people on desktop, but not have that be available on the mobile version (nothing can be done with the mobile site)? I think that might be one of the better options, but it does leave the mobile users a bit high and dry?

I do not use the mobile site, it's just a matter of having a good overview and seeing at a glance which games have been talked about recently, without having to look into several forums. I'm not sure what you're talking about in the last paragraph but one problem with no substructure is that it's hard to make several threads related to the same game, which may be desirable for some very popular games like, say, TW3. I'm not sure how to facilitate that.

I think you're familiar with the thread labels like in the DA FAQ board? ArcadiaGrey suggested earlier that this would be a way to differentiate & filter within one board.

I liked that approach, so I tested it and it does work with the caveat that labels do not work on the mobile version of the site.

In this case, CDPR, Witcher or TW3 could be a label, so, just to see all of the threads that carry that label would be as easy as clicking on the label itself to filter out everything. This is just not something that works on mobile.

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How Can We Better Structure the "Other Games" Category? Feb 22, 2019 15:51:19 GMT regack likes this

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Post by Ieldra on Feb 22, 2019 15:51:19 GMT

Feb 22, 2019 15:22:06 GMT regack said:

Feb 22, 2019 15:07:07 GMT Ieldra said:

I do not use the mobile site, it's just a matter of having a good overview and seeing at a glance which games have been talked about recently, without having to look into several forums. I'm not sure what you're talking about in the last paragraph but one problem with no substructure is that it's hard to make several threads related to the same game, which may be desirable for some very popular games like, say, TW3. I'm not sure how to facilitate that.

I think you're familiar with the thread labels like in the DA FAQ board? ArcadiaGrey suggested earlier that this would be a way to differentiate & filter within one board.

I liked that approach, so I tested it and it does work with the caveat that labels do not work on the mobile version of the site.

In this case, CDPR, Witcher or TW3 could be a label, so, just to see all of the threads that carry that label would be as easy as clicking on the label itself to filter out everything. This is just not something that works on mobile.

That sounds like something to try, indeed

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