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New Review Directory Coming

Discussion in 'Lists and Directory' started by ogreman, Jan 24, 2010.

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    ogreman

    ogreman Ogre In Charge Staff Member GameOgre Admin

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    Putting the design aside for now, are there any more feature ideas for the Review Directory?
     
    ogreman, Jan 27, 2010
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    Aaddron Moderator Staff Member GameOgre Moderator

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    Ok, here are some ideas:
    • A way to delete your own reviews
    • Review profile... either something that's through the forum or separate in the review directory that list all your reviews
    • Ability to edit your reviews
    • Don't know if it will be used but a way to do video reviews in the review directory... can be done in the video directory but it would be nice if it where in the review directory
    • Comment on reviews
    • Free MMORPG section... the sections could replace the lists... the lists aren't quite as updated and the review directory sections stay updated so could accomplish two things at once
    • Switch Directory Index and Home or change the word Home to something else... kinda confusing to people that don't use it
    • More time for the session so you don't time out writing a review
    • Make adding games more streamlined... not sure how
    • Give showdown, contest, type stuff a section like Vote for RuneScape and Perfect World would go in this section to make it easier to find.
     
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    Aaddron, Jan 27, 2010
    Aaddron, Jan 27, 2010
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  3. awesomedrako

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    If you give a way for people to delete their own reviews, then you should make it so that when they delete a review, their number of reviews goes down by one as well.

    Also, I don't know about any log in/out issue (when I log in, it doesn't crash my computer etc, and I never log out, I just exit Gameogre), but I think when you log in, it should stay on the page that you were on. I hate logging in, then having to press back each time. It'll be even better if you could make it log you in without refreshing the page, because:
    A. It'll look cool.
    B. It'll mean you can write a review, remember to log in, forget to copy the review, and still not lose the review when the page is refreshed.

    If you have COMMENTS on reviews, then I think there should be an option to hide the comments, games like WoW with huge numbers of reviews could get horrendous...

    When you say fixing the search, do you mean when you search for a game, then you click on that game to review it, the left bar abruptly disappears? Well, that always happens to me and it'll be nice for it to be fixed.

    If you have video reviews, I think it should go on a different page to the text reviews, but it'll be best if you have 'tabs' above the title of the game, with one saying 'Text Reviews' and another saying 'Video Reviews'. Again, my tabs idea.

    I'm not sure what you mean by making the adding games more streamlined...

    Finally, most importantly, I think you should make Gameogre more consistent. The homepage uses a completely different style to the review directory. I think you should change the review directory style to the homepage's style. You decide about colours, though I think you could do several colour schemes, and have a little menu at the side where you can choose between them.
     
    awesomedrako, Jan 28, 2010
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    Ogreman asked for ideas so I gave him some, they are nothing more than ideas which is why I didn't elaborate how any of them could work.

    As for the two issues I'm not gonna elaborate because it shouldn't be discussed on the forums, shouldn't of mentioned it in the first place.
     
    Aaddron, Jan 28, 2010
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    Yeah, and I gave my opinion on how to improve said ideas, not trying to debunk your ideas or anything Aaddron.
     
    awesomedrako, Jan 28, 2010
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    I know, it's tough to explain. Basically it's been a rough week due to over thinking it I misunderstood the demeanor of the post.

    My bad, didn't mean to offend you in my post either.
     
    Aaddron, Jan 28, 2010
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    Everybody is ok, we are just giving different ideas:). The one thing that I like the best about this forum is that everybody seems to get along well.

    Changing the Review Directory will be a very important step for GameOgre. All the past reviews will stay, but it needs more features and it needs to be integrated with this forum. I think we can do even better contests once the forum and Review Directory are integrated:).
     
    ogreman, Jan 28, 2010
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    Author: Username <- make it clickable to there forum profile
     
    Aaddron, Jan 28, 2010
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    Yes, we want to somehow combines a member's posts and game reviews under one profile. I think that would really help:).
     
    ogreman, Jan 29, 2010
    ogreman, Jan 29, 2010
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    I'm not familiar with HTML code, but Quinn seems to be fairly good with it, so he could help you two figure things out.

    We should list changes worth doing in order of best to worst, then go down that list, implementing each in turn.
     
    awesomedrako, Jan 29, 2010
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    Sounds like a good way to do it:). It needs to be organized so the coder knows exactly what to add or not add.
     
    ogreman, Jan 29, 2010
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    Take your time though, we've got all the time in the world to upgrade the Review Directory. Obviously, the quicker the better, but it's not compulsory that anybody works till midnight for this.
     
    awesomedrako, Jan 29, 2010
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    How can you fix it to make the Showdowns even better? I like it, but forum voting needs to be more than a tiebreaker.
     
    Joker, Jan 30, 2010
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    I think in the shooter showdown, they had it so that forum voting was 50%, and review directory voting was 50%, of the final scores.
     
    awesomedrako, Jan 31, 2010
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    Half and half in the Shooter Showdown was what we wanted, but the method we used gave more weight to the forum voting. That is why we did not use it for MMORPG Showdown 4.
     
    ogreman, Jan 31, 2010
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    I think using the Review Directory is cool, but I would rather some other MMORPG than Runescape win:p.
     
    Joker, Feb 4, 2010
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    When are the changes coming?
     
    Joker, Feb 6, 2010
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    sounds pretty cool
     
    danman187, Feb 6, 2010
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    The Review Directory is now being worked on:). Stay tuned for its progress.
     
    ogreman, Feb 8, 2010
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    Awesome! Can't wait to see the new changes! The review directory is REALLY outdated.
     
    awesomedrako, Feb 8, 2010
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