Previously I asked that the forum would be better off not using these odd yet unorganized FF locations as thread sections. Obviously hated for 3 reasons.
1)they got used to it (although dont deny, newcomers have a difficult time).
2)It gives the forum flavor (I suppose considering it has to compensate for lack of it)
3)they think im lazy and thats why the description is there.
Now ive been here a bit longer and explored the forum, I still cant get used to it. Im always off by one or two sections away as I go down. I still contest against them completely. Although I do believe forums should bring flavor, I dont believe it has to do an excessive job just to differentiate from the other forums.
personally, I think its just being done to compensate for its incredibly lack of design that other forums have. KHInsider for example provides an arsenal of styles and designs. Idk how restricting seamus is, but I think effort in that department could be done. So much I dknt think the section naming would matter.
However, im not going to contest it so much....everyone else seems happy with it (despite most of them knowing the difficulty they have to start off with). But I do strongly suggest it should be much more consistent. Guadosalam for introduction is a pretty bad idea for new members to give themselves a proper introduction because they are unfamiliar with this forum.
Another is how vague some of the sections are that contain other threads. They seem incredibly simple names dont get me wrong but they dont exactly give a full understanding from just reading it. Such as "The meeting room" is that another catchy name to describe something like "Spam Collesium" and "Study Hall"? Its literally a Meeting Room, so the "The" throws me off due to implying something more than just what it is.
"Temple of the Ancients" REALLY through me off. For a while I was looking for that, and couldnt find it. and the Finalbahn being for cars? I had to loom that one up because I dont exactly remember that in FF (apparently it means engine in german?)
But my main beef is how inconsistent they are and how some of them have such not so well known, not so iconic names. Everything is a mixed bag. Maybe naming one them Mysidia? Lufenia? Ivalice?
Idk, I grew up in a completwly different type of forum. Maybe this forum tries too hard to be unique?
Heres an idea, make FF themed seamus styles.
instead of tonberry, we could have ff logos, such as ff7 logo, ff9 logo, ff12 logo, ff2 logo, etc. And would use a gradient to resemble closest to that ff series. It doesnt even have to be a logo.
A reasonable proposal:
keep the naming for subsections more clear for first time readers and maybe older forum readers. Maybe theyve ignored 1/3s of the forum due to not being clear. Rename Temple of the Ancients to something like Counsel or Personal Help request or something that makes it clear. Same with Finalbahn. I dont really think it adds "flavor" at all. But rather a misguided effort to jazz something that doesnt need jazzing. Problem with adding flavor at every corner is putting it on a little too thick.
Another is keeping a consistent naming convention, Gaia and Spira look fine. But Guadosalam makes no sense. I think youll be doing new editors alot of favors if that was at least renamed to something easy on the tongue or just make it consistent name to match the rest in that group. Are "Square Enix News" and "Information Compendium" also part of ffx-2 world? Obviously not, so Guadosalam doesnt really belong.
1)they got used to it (although dont deny, newcomers have a difficult time).
2)It gives the forum flavor (I suppose considering it has to compensate for lack of it)
3)they think im lazy and thats why the description is there.
Now ive been here a bit longer and explored the forum, I still cant get used to it. Im always off by one or two sections away as I go down. I still contest against them completely. Although I do believe forums should bring flavor, I dont believe it has to do an excessive job just to differentiate from the other forums.
personally, I think its just being done to compensate for its incredibly lack of design that other forums have. KHInsider for example provides an arsenal of styles and designs. Idk how restricting seamus is, but I think effort in that department could be done. So much I dknt think the section naming would matter.
However, im not going to contest it so much....everyone else seems happy with it (despite most of them knowing the difficulty they have to start off with). But I do strongly suggest it should be much more consistent. Guadosalam for introduction is a pretty bad idea for new members to give themselves a proper introduction because they are unfamiliar with this forum.
Another is how vague some of the sections are that contain other threads. They seem incredibly simple names dont get me wrong but they dont exactly give a full understanding from just reading it. Such as "The meeting room" is that another catchy name to describe something like "Spam Collesium" and "Study Hall"? Its literally a Meeting Room, so the "The" throws me off due to implying something more than just what it is.
"Temple of the Ancients" REALLY through me off. For a while I was looking for that, and couldnt find it. and the Finalbahn being for cars? I had to loom that one up because I dont exactly remember that in FF (apparently it means engine in german?)
But my main beef is how inconsistent they are and how some of them have such not so well known, not so iconic names. Everything is a mixed bag. Maybe naming one them Mysidia? Lufenia? Ivalice?
Idk, I grew up in a completwly different type of forum. Maybe this forum tries too hard to be unique?
Heres an idea, make FF themed seamus styles.
instead of tonberry, we could have ff logos, such as ff7 logo, ff9 logo, ff12 logo, ff2 logo, etc. And would use a gradient to resemble closest to that ff series. It doesnt even have to be a logo.
A reasonable proposal:
keep the naming for subsections more clear for first time readers and maybe older forum readers. Maybe theyve ignored 1/3s of the forum due to not being clear. Rename Temple of the Ancients to something like Counsel or Personal Help request or something that makes it clear. Same with Finalbahn. I dont really think it adds "flavor" at all. But rather a misguided effort to jazz something that doesnt need jazzing. Problem with adding flavor at every corner is putting it on a little too thick.
Another is keeping a consistent naming convention, Gaia and Spira look fine. But Guadosalam makes no sense. I think youll be doing new editors alot of favors if that was at least renamed to something easy on the tongue or just make it consistent name to match the rest in that group. Are "Square Enix News" and "Information Compendium" also part of ffx-2 world? Obviously not, so Guadosalam doesnt really belong.
