I just got freak idea, how can we improve expirence for content creators - movie makers, scripters, title pack creators and so on. This is what I see:
In English forum, create a section called "Community Creations" or something like that. In this section, Nadeo would provide dedicated forums, split into categories, for most creative users. I know that there exists forums dedicated for Title creation, script, manialink, but in these forums users usually ask for help only and nobody else interested in making stuff takes a look here.
These forums would look like Server Controllers forums or Nadeo Tools forum, except there players wouldn't ask for help with making content, rather releasing it in visible place, where everyone can look, contribute and share their ideas. Everybody would be able to post own creations or ask the creators of already existing stuff about something. Most expirenced users appreciated by the community would have moderator permissions in their sections.
My vision for the new sections in "Community Creations" sub-forum:
- "MediaPlanet" for movie makers, where Ozon, Purification, Lars, Shortz and many other expirenced directors would have mod permissions to organise their stuff.
- "Paragon, CPLAY, Smurfs, MXKO and WeeklyRace" or simpler just "Community Events" for all these organisating regular events for players. ManiaCalendar team would be welcome here too.
- "Scripters' stuff / Manialinks" for players leading in ManiaScript, such as Steeffeen, Law, Weerwolf, Tiggs or me, where we could share our scripts, manialinks, game modes, GitHubs and title packs.
- "Objects, Skins, Maps, Actions" for xrayjay (^^), good skin/mod creators and huge map projects. (I know MX and ManiaPark have own forums.)
- "Title Packs releases & updates" for players making minor or stunning title packs not related to MS/Objects categories: solo campaighns from MrDVD, Flighthigh, adamkooo.
- "Player tools > General tools" forum moved here and make "Server Controllers" forums as a global section (instead subsection in Player Tools).
After making these forums, users would ask global moderators to move their/others topics in dedicated sections to avoid mess in global disscussion forums.
To summarize the Forum tree, take a look at this:
+ ManiaPlanet Forum
- English
- Community Creations
- Announcement post: Information about the Community Creations forum
- MediaPlanet (merge TM & SM "Media" sections here)
- Community Events (probably merge TM & SM "Multiplayer" sections here)
- Title Packs releases & updates (topics about title packs moved here, "SM/TM title packs list" here)
- Scripters' stuff & Manialinks ("show your gamemodes/manialinks list" moved here)
- Objects, Skins, Maps, Actions (merge TM & SM "Workbench" & "Map editor" sections here, with posts "show your objects/actions here" too)
- Other Tools (moved from Player tools > General tools)
- Community Creations
- Server Controllers
- Nadeo Tools
What would be purpose of general forums then? Simple - for what they are now (news, official competitions, cheater reports, wishes, etc), except stuff sharing.
Why I came up with this idea? Because (in my eyes) there is everything mixed-up in general discussion forums - titles, events, other things everywhere.
The idea has some benefits and disadvantages.
PLUSES:
+ Releases of the stuff organized in single place
+ Easy to explore for new players
+ Easier finding what you're looking for
MINUSES:
- Probably big mess with reorganisating forums
- Mixing up TM & SM topics in one place
- Players used to current organisation may get lost/dislike new one
Please, give some feedback what do you think about my idea, and how stupid it is in scale 0-10
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