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Post by JD on Jun 22, 2012 12:46:47 GMT -8
Hey, Cool, glad you liked the feedback. I read back over it and realised it didn't have many positives sorry. And I get what you mean. Personally, I'm an advanced rper and I make advanced rp sites so to me it looks basic and I would be unimpressed and probably wouldn't join based on the looks, but I can definitely see what you mean about attracting new members. You've obviously got the balance right. The Hunger Games is definitely on my to read list. Has been for a few years. Unfortunately with uni, job and everything else haven't had much time to get through my to read list have loads of new books to series I love that I haven't read yet. But thanks for the recommend. Let your boss know, if you need someone to do your site up right and make it look super snazzy I'd love to take a crack at it ;-) lol.
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Post by The Hunger Games on Jun 22, 2012 13:22:01 GMT -8
It's OK haha. I'm looking for reviews so I like negativity -- this isn't like a "praise all" thread where I get mad at people for saying things that aren't positive. Thank you though and I have yet to have one boss (the coder layout one) look at your suggestions.
No problem! Read it soon and watch the movie. It's a quick read too so...shove it up to the top of your list.
We'll definitely keep that last one in mind. Thanks again!
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Post by mmskitsmm on Jun 22, 2012 17:17:57 GMT -8
Pretty nice site! Anyways. here I go:
The Good: A lot of great content, and I love the damage calculator, it's quite handy, especially on the side bar there! There is enough that those who have no idea what in the world the Hunger Games is, able to join (personally I've read all three books before it became 'cool' and the next great movie series).
The skin matches the books quite well, at first I was thinking that purple wouldn't work, reading the other reviews, but really when I saw it, I knew that you had pulled it off well.
Things that I believe should be changed: I hate that forum jump, but that may just be me. It's quite easy to remove and with it, it seems a bit out of place and just sticks out.
The board descriptions seem really, really long. I would suggest creating a thread describing the districts and making the board descriptions shorter. It's harder to read in the board descriptions and some might not be able to read it. It's just a small suggestion, nothing big at all.
Two boards have nothing at all. That's usually something that makes one think it has no use. There is the past arenas and the ocean. No one has RP'ed in there, and if you look at all of the other boards they have about 10 or more threads in there, but those two have 0. I dunno if you should delete them, but maybe encourage RP in there by the staff's characters set up a few threads, or something like that.
Guests can't see who has been on in the last 24 hours. Personally when I look at a site that's what I go to look at first to confirm recent activity. When I can't see it, well then I have to go searching for the newest threads. Especially when the site has as many accounts as this site does (though I do understand that it probably is too long of a list and just takes up room), I want to know if all of those thousand some odd members log on and participate easily without having to look at recent threads and the last posted times.
Anyways, with all that said, I would give your site an 8.9/10. Very nice.
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Post by The Hunger Games on Jun 22, 2012 18:31:04 GMT -8
Hey Skittles (or M&M?)!
Thanks for your review! I'm just going to address the "changed" part because I care about it more but I appreciate the first section as well!
We might need to poll about the forum jump removal since I occasionally use it and I think other people might but we'll see! As with Obsidian, I'm going to refer all of the design advice to the boss.
True point about the board descriptions but we'll keep them there because it's just easy access. I was thinking about putting a space between the district name and the description though -- perhaps that would make reading the board more appealing.
Thanks for the advice on that! I personally don't feel the Past Arenas thread is very well-needed but I remember someone made an ocean plot last year and filled that board up. We'll consider that though!
I think the name part is just for security reasons but you can see the number of people online in the last 24 hours if that helps?
Thank you so much for your review! I'll throw all the design things at my boss. Yay constructive criticism! (:
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Post by The Hunger Games on Jun 23, 2012 22:08:14 GMT -8
Boss (the coding one) is gone until Sunday. Will get replies for the two above soon. (:
[Bump!] in the meantime? <3
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Post by The Hunger Games on Jun 26, 2012 17:30:31 GMT -8
Obsidian PM'd, and M&M deleted the account?
[Bump!] (:
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Post by The Hunger Games on Jun 30, 2012 18:54:29 GMT -8
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Post by The Hunger Games on Aug 26, 2012 20:57:41 GMT -8
New skin, more site events, more reviews? (:
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Post by The Joker on Sept 16, 2012 9:58:27 GMT -8
Like OBSIDIAN ★ XCEN said, I think the place looks dry from the look but it's definitely doing pretty well. I rather like the guides to rpging myself, along with the set up of the place. I'd give it a 7.5/10 or 7.8/10. In terms of how things look maybe a 6/10 or 6.5/10, and in terms of content easily 10/10. Looks great, keep going strong.
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Post by The Hunger Games on Sept 16, 2012 10:37:31 GMT -8
Hey Joker! Thanks for the review and we'll try our best to go on for 10+ years if interest still goes on. When we change the look, it'll probably be national news since it's looked the same for the past four years haha.
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Post by Cazz on Sept 20, 2012 11:41:05 GMT -8
I think I owe you a rate
What I Like - Everything I love the layout. It's dark, the member groups stick out, you've got that wallpaper background that is just a jumble of names (names which I have literally spent minutes trying to read them all). The banner and the side boxes support the members and their characters, which is what I love to see in a board because it makes members feel important (which they are!)
- I noticed you had a lot of help areas with role play and the combat system. Obviously this is a wonderful thing and I'm just sort of tipping my hat off to you on providing this as opposed to just listing the combat system and hoping for the best. You also seem to have a lot of staff and I always see them on when i've checked the website periodically, which makes me think you have a good staff crew.
- I am in love with that click box code you are using to condense the staff and district residents, it keeps the side boxes tidier.
What I Would Suggest - The only thing that really got to me here was the member groups. Now, I understand you have a large amount of people and a limited amount of staff to move people along but I noticed the member groups are more for the OOC accounts than anything else. It would probably eat away too much time to sort tribunes and not tribunes according to colored member groups and make the staff member groups stick out less but I would find that very appealing as a prospective guest. But I just like colored member groups haha.
On a side note the nomination form, attack look up, and damage calculator didn't load for me this time around. Not sure if this is a new problem you have been having or just the biproduct of my old computer.
ANYWAYS! Hopefully this rate helped you out a bit & good luck in your future endeavors!
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Post by The Hunger Games on Sept 20, 2012 13:48:39 GMT -8
D'awww! You certainly don't owe us rates or reviews at all!
Thank you for the compliments -- we try to keep everything as clean as possible since everyone apparently goes into a phase during their 2nd month when they find the desire to make every character that ever pops up in their head.
Not sure what to do with the member groups (if I understand your suggestion?). All of our accounts are OOC so all the gray names are pretty much part of a lump (it's a multiple characters per account site). We once tried to make stylists/tributes/mentors different accounts but they just got too hard to maintain. With the OOC accounts, it's easier to donate money to tributes and bet on the Hunger Games and everything.
I think the damage calculator/attack look-up/everything might just be for you? If this problem persists, let me know.
Thank you and your rate did help! (:
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Post by Cazz on Sept 22, 2012 2:14:09 GMT -8
D'awww! You certainly don't owe us rates or reviews at all!
Thank you for the compliments -- we try to keep everything as clean as possible since everyone apparently goes into a phase during their 2nd month when they find the desire to make every character that ever pops up in their head.
Not sure what to do with the member groups (if I understand your suggestion?). All of our accounts are OOC so all the gray names are pretty much part of a lump (it's a multiple characters per account site). We once tried to make stylists/tributes/mentors different accounts but they just got too hard to maintain. With the OOC accounts, it's easier to donate money to tributes and bet on the Hunger Games and everything.
I think the damage calculator/attack look-up/everything might just be for you? If this problem persists, let me know.
Thank you and your rate did help! (:
Yeah, I figured it would be way too difficult. It's a good idea in theory but you are right, trafficking that many characters with groups would likely get very hectic.
Also I checked out the calculators today and they seem fine so it was most likely my internet on that day - it is quite finicky!
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Post by The Hunger Games on Apr 18, 2019 20:56:51 GMT -8
6.5 years since the last review, so bump please?
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Post by The Hunger Games on Apr 22, 2019 18:47:20 GMT -8
Okay, so I have a question for anyone who's willing to review the site (doesn't have to be a whole review): is it easy to get started on the site? Is it confusing to find information or feel difficult to get involved in the community and what can we do to make that better?
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