One PlayStation Forum to Rule them all! (poll) [Archive]

05-20-2008, 01:24 PM

I am proposing joining up all PS forums we have into one. after all, most visitors to a PS section would likely either be interested in other PS systems, or don't mind discussions about them. either way, I don't think we should have separate forum sections for each. that and the non PS3 ones aren't really that active anyway. so joining them up will pump more life into those and will make surfing the threads easier than to have to jump between sections.

I would've put this in the general suggestions thread, but this is not a general matter, it is a PS members one. joining the sections is as easy as making a few clicks. I think we should at least try it for a month or so and then run another poll and see if people want it to stay or we can fall back to what we are doing now- again, with a few clicks of a button. so i don't see why we can't at least give it a go.

PS. in the poll, I didn't add a third 'don't mind with either' option since that would basically mean whatever and that vote wouldn't count.

what say ye?

Segitz

05-20-2008, 01:28 PM

Well, I agree...

Since I usually don't wander anywhere beside the PS3 forum, a merge with (at least) the PSP forums would make me miss less good PSP titles in the making^^

section

05-20-2008, 01:46 PM

^^But now that makes you a fanboy, doesn't it? :D

Segitz

05-20-2008, 02:23 PM

^^But now that makes you a fanboy, doesn't it? :D

I never said otherwise^^

Difference between me and John Doe Fanboy is, that I KNOW that I am biased^^

cliffbo

05-20-2008, 02:31 PM

i've been wanting this for a long time! totally agree and it would be a crime for this not to happen. MODS!!!!!! DO IT!

VG Aficionado

05-20-2008, 02:42 PM

It's up to the admins.

cliffbo

05-20-2008, 02:47 PM

ADMINS! DO IT! :-p

Viper

05-20-2008, 03:13 PM

I've spent the past few years trying to ween some of you guys off the one board mentality and now you want me to regress my progress further?

*head explodes*

cliffbo

05-20-2008, 03:31 PM

i was 50 yesterday!!!!!! so i'm asking you as an oldie to do it! please...

dnpmakkah

05-20-2008, 04:05 PM

I've spent the past few years trying to ween some of you guys off the one board mentality and now you want me to regress my progress further?

*head explodes*lol...On topic, I wouldn't mind. The PS2 is slowly coming to an end and the PSP seems like an extention of PS3 since it uses the PSN and Home eventually. It would be cool but I'm fine either way.

cliffbo

05-20-2008, 04:13 PM

lol...On topic, I wouldn't mind. The PS2 is slowly coming to an end and the PSP seems like an extention of PS3 since it uses the PSN and Home eventually.

that's a compelling argument, Viper

05-20-2008, 04:20 PM

what one board mentality? we have a PS forum that is split into three parts that I think will better function as one overall forum. this is like Xbox merging it's both consoles. I would say the Ninty section could do the same, but maybe DS and Wii have active enough posts to stay separate. I don't know. what I do know is that it would be that much simpler and direct to view all PS threads in one sheet and respond to them than jumping through different sections of the forum covering the same platform family.

there are other methods you can use to try and get members to join other sections all together, but this has nothing to do with it. we simply ask for a better, more streamlined forum access view option.

PS. I wanted the names of voters to appear but I may have clicked or unclicked the wrong box. is it too late to add that now?

PSS. I would LOVE to try a one section experiment merging ALL systems like for example what GAF does. over there, I participate in discussions I wouldn't normally bump into over here since they are on different system sections that I don't care for. but sometimes, there is a topic or idea I like to discuss regardless of the game itself or targeted system it is aiming at. we can try that as well if you want. I don't see any reason why not to try any of these if only for a couple of weeks. things can immediately switch back to normal if it doesn't work or people don't like it. it isn't a big deal really.

cliffbo

05-20-2008, 04:22 PM

to me Blu-ray should be here because games come on it and the PS3 can play Blu-ray movies. the Blu-ray games and extras may well be integrated into HOME at some point to. PS2 should be here because it isn't getting that much traffic at the moment and i believe we will get downloadable PS2 games in near future. PSP games should be here because of the connectivity between the PS3 and the PSP... in fact it's almost become a high tech controller for the PS3.

what one board mentality? we have a PS forum that is split into three parts that I think will better function as one overall forum. this is like Xbox merging it's both consoles. I would say the Ninty section could do the same, but maybe DS and Wii have active enough posts to stay separate. I don't know. what I do know is that it would be that much simpler and direct to view all PS threads in one sheet and respond to them than jumping through different sections of the forum covering the same platform family.

there are other methods you can use to try and get members to join other sections all together, but this has nothing to do with it. we simply ask for a better, more streamlined forum access view option.

PS. I wanted the names of voters to appear but I may have clicked or unclicked the wrong box. is it too late to add that now?

i can read the voters! click on the number of voters

edit: if you don't want them to me merged, why not have links above the stickies that go to the relevant forum? they would update on this page so that any new posts or articles would alert people to new posts there. PSN/PSP/PS2/BR would be great.... put them where the announcement is

05-20-2008, 04:40 PM

we can have four section for the entire gaming forum:

All
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

you can either go to one specific platform destination or simply view everything.

cliffbo

05-20-2008, 04:42 PM

we can have four section for the entire gaming forum:

All
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

you can either go to one specific platform destination or simply view everything.

i can't agree with All! the others, yes for sure

05-20-2008, 04:47 PM

then don't click it. I know I would.

cliffbo

05-20-2008, 04:54 PM

then don't click it. I know I would.

my thinking is that some may click in their chosen forum, but if 'All' was there they may pick that and end up trolling threads on other consoles because they didn't like what was written. i don't very often go to the Nintendo threads or the Xbox threads, so i don't read hardly any of the negativity written there. look what happens now. because of a lack of traffic in those other forums, you get them here, telling us what's wrong with the PS3. given your initial idea, this may encourage those people to stay in their forum. i'm talking about the nay-sayers and the trollers here, not the owners of other consoles that conduct themselves very well here

jaxmkii

05-20-2008, 04:57 PM

lol...On topic, I wouldn't mind. The PS2 is slowly coming to an end and the PSP seems like an extention of PS3 since it uses the PSN and Home eventually. It would be cool but I'm fine either way.

thats why viper.

fanboy: our systems are hevely integrated into each other rather that just being passes up like a used up whore like other game system co.

05-20-2008, 05:14 PM

at Cliff; sure, but there are mods and banning and monitoring will have to be enforced. again, if it doesn't work, they can un-check the boxex again and viola, everything is back as it was.
thats why viper.

fanboy: our systems are hevely integrated into each other rather that just being passes up like a used up whore like other game system co.

lol, Jax, never a dull post. you should really check Ali G. I think you'd love'em.

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"you think my uncle Jamal likes it in both pipes?" hilarity at its best!

cliffbo

05-20-2008, 05:17 PM

05-20-2008, 05:35 PM

sorry, this is unrelated but it is so fucking funny:
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Gummy

05-20-2008, 08:00 PM

Ali G!!!!

Anyways, merging it sounds pretty good.
I honestly don't post at the other PS sections as much.

NickSCFC

05-20-2008, 08:34 PM

Get rid of the PlayStation 2 section...

So you're left with PS3 and PSP...

Make 2 sticky topics in PS3 forum, one for PS1, another for PS2.

Viper

05-20-2008, 09:30 PM

How about just clicking New Posts and middle click to tab the threads that interest you?

Sephiroth_VII

05-20-2008, 11:04 PM

The current system has worked just fine since the PS Insider days, so I see no reason to change it.

The "All" forum would be nice though. Maybe it would help dampen the spirtits some of our more enthusiastic members.

Viper

05-20-2008, 11:10 PM

It's 17 to 14 against at this point.

FantasyGhost

05-20-2008, 11:17 PM

In my point of view there should be a main "Sony" forum where you can put the events etc. The PS4 thread could go in there. Other sony related stuff could go in there, like the OLED technology although you have a tech center for it. And the sales thread could get in there aswell. The rest should stay as it is.
You have it in the Nintendo section aswell.

VG Aficionado

05-20-2008, 11:18 PM

There used to be a Sony section. Heh.

LaLiLuLeLo

05-21-2008, 03:59 AM

The tables have turned!

JasonXe

05-21-2008, 08:25 AM

ooh i haven't voted yet. My simple pinky vote my change the outcome mawhehe.

Smokey

05-21-2008, 09:23 AM

i think the madhouse would lighten things up to :)

Danji

05-21-2008, 09:27 AM

The PSP and the PS2 boards aren't active enough. One might say they're dead. I voted yes.

jaxmkii

05-21-2008, 01:21 PM

The tables have turned!

yea cause all the mods and admins ran in LOL

05-21-2008, 01:22 PM

i think the madhouse would lighten things up to :)
no, leave that juvenile shitbag as far as possible from me. that is why I specifically said gaming sections. I don't care about the others for a long set of reasons I won't post here.
The current system has worked just fine since the PS Insider days, so I see no reason to change it.

it worked in the past because this was primarily a PSP expectation forum that quickly added PS3 where it took the primary focus. now PS3 is out with enough support and supporters while at the same time the PSP and PS2 ones are at life support. we're doing those a favor and they are all one gaming family
How about just clicking New Posts and middle click to tab the threads that interest you?
why not just make one thread? they're all Playstations, why break them up?

OmniCloud

05-21-2008, 01:54 PM

The PSP and the PS2 boards aren't active enough. One might say they're dead. I voted yes.Agreed..I voted yes.

jaxmkii

05-21-2008, 02:05 PM

Please just do it!

jaxmkii

05-21-2008, 02:07 PM

i think Playstation/Xbox/Nintendo would work fine though

to be honest i realy dont want to have to sift though Xbox/Nintendo stuff.

lets keep thouse barriors up

Viper

05-21-2008, 03:12 PM

yea cause all the mods and admins ran in LOL

Only 2 mods have voted, Lali and Alias, with a vote for each side a piece.

Still 22 - 20 in favor of keeping it as is.

Sephiroth_VII

05-21-2008, 03:38 PM

I suppose we could try it out for a week. Wouldn't hurt anyone.

the boney king of nowhere.

05-21-2008, 03:41 PM

or we could just not bother. this is a stupid idea.

masteratt

05-21-2008, 03:42 PM

360 board is "dead" too, should we put it together with this section?

Different topics, different sections- makes much more sense.

And Viper is right, you guys need to get out of here a bit, I still think multiplatform games being
posted here should be moved to videogames actively so sooner or later people will learn to check there.

the boney king of nowhere.

05-21-2008, 03:43 PM

fuck it, let's just have one big e-mpire board. that way you'll never miss anything!

Viper

05-21-2008, 04:02 PM

fuck it, let's just have one big e-mpire board. that way you'll never miss anything!

We do.

http://forums.e-mpire.com/search.php?do=getnew

the boney king of nowhere.

05-21-2008, 04:11 PM

that was my homepage for a long time.

05-21-2008, 07:54 PM

some literate-challenged people seem to think the vote is about combining all of e-mpire forums into one. this vote concerns only the PS sections. besides, I say try it for a couple of weeks then vote to keep it or not.

reall, I can't think of any reason not to combine PS sections into one. this is like having a TV forum with different sections depending on the sizes of the TV; stupid.

Viper

05-21-2008, 08:08 PM

Reverting things back is not that simple. Merging is easy, diverging isn't.

So it's either it happens or it doesn't, no testing period.

05-21-2008, 08:20 PM

can't you do a trick where you create a new section that just includes everything mashed up and leave the original ones as they are? then, you can just delete that new section and is as if nothing happened. so although the forum would look merged into one, in reality, it never changed and we were simply looking at a whole new 'temporary' section. or is a trick like that not possible with vBulletin?

Viper

05-21-2008, 08:25 PM

That's possible. I'll have to look into it.

Alias

05-21-2008, 08:30 PM

Only 2 mods have voted, Lali and Alias, with a vote for each side a piece.

Still 22 - 20 in favor of keeping it as is.

Yeah, the votes are public to see who voted which.

I may not post in here at the Sony sections very often, but I do come in here and browse for the most part daily since my main system is the Ps3 and I have a Ps2. So my vote isn't some sort of throwaway vote from a mod that came in just to vote for no reason.

JasonXe

05-21-2008, 11:23 PM

ooh i like the all board smash together (post new thingy). Make it so!!

Segitz

05-22-2008, 01:55 AM

Well...

not that I am condoning anything like it, but GAF seems to "work" with the "one forum for all people"...

Alias

05-22-2008, 02:07 AM

Also, regarding what was said here:

I am proposing joining up all PS forums we have into one. after all, most visitors to a PS section would likely either be interested in other PS systems, or don't mind discussions about them. either way, I don't think we should have separate forum sections for each. that and the non PS3 ones aren't really that active anyway. so joining them up will pump more life into those and will make surfing the threads easier than to have to jump between sections.

I don't really care about PSP discussion, and while a lot of you may know a lot about the Sony brand and all of it's systems and games, I don't consider myself to be that informed. I think merging all of the Sony forums would make the board too cluttered, and for someone like myself it would be a bit of a hassle when trying to determine which threads are Ps3 threads vs PSP threads. I know many aren't willing to label what system the thread applies to in the title.

I like the organization, and it only takes two clicks and not even two seconds to use the forum jump feature to move between sections.

05-22-2008, 07:40 AM

it won't be cluttered because both the PSP and PS2 sections are rarely active- compared to the PS3 one.

in any case, I made a poll to attract attention to the topic. I don't think it is fair to actually make a vote till we see at least try it. no harm no foul.

PS. the individual PS section can still be made available next to an overall PS one. so going to Video Games > PlayStation Gaming >
then you'll find in addition to the three current ones, one at the top that says 'All; or something like that.

cliffbo

05-23-2008, 09:27 PM

i don't like the way this poll has gone!!!! you shouldn't have mentioned the 'ALL' category! i have influence over Viper though... ok (i don't, that's a lie) but i think your original idea was sound and the way forward! come on Viper, be a pal :)

LaLiLuLeLo

05-24-2008, 07:02 AM

I'm personally in favor of the idea. The PS2 section isn't exactly happenin', and the PSP and the PS3 coexist in important ways.

GTShotoKen

05-24-2008, 08:01 AM

I'm really failing to see the logic here...

I'm a fan of organization over something like this. If you didn't care to post in those sections you aren't gonna care to post when they are merged here. That's just my opinion anyways.

Before all of this goes down I would really like the guys here who are behind site maintenance to fix the freakin search engine.

There's especially no point in merging multiple forum threads into a clutter when the search feature is about as robust as a retarded turkey...

Hisham

05-24-2008, 08:06 AM

I seriously want better and more complete skins. Ever skin on this site seems like an incomplete mess.

Viper

05-24-2008, 06:11 PM

Coded-Dude

05-28-2008, 03:57 AM

no.

06-05-2008, 04:29 AM

I think the polls should be closed now. 59 votes, not bad at all.
so what's the verdict? are you shooting this down without even a small tryout?

Viper

06-05-2008, 06:09 AM

Not being shot down but it's not like you just flip a switch to try it out either. The right hack must be found (or built from scratch) and then added.

GTShotoKen

06-05-2008, 06:24 AM

Search works fine for me. Have you clicked Advanced Search to narrow things down?

Yup. I'm pretty sure the search engine doesn't use keywords to search thread titles because I've tried keywords, narrowing down by dates, and exact thread titles just for kicks, but I get everything but what I remotely want.