Posts are backwards why?

[Fyron]

In any case, it seems like most of the Users would prefer to have at least the option to use normal sorting, according to the sorting poll.

As I stated when that poll was created, it is irrelevant because it was not promoted to other forums on Shrapnel, so it did NOT receive a valid sample of votes from the forum membership. It was only voted on by those that happened to stumble in here, which most people do not.

[Gandalf Parker]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:

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In any case, it seems like most of the Users would prefer to have at least the option to use normal sorting, according to the sorting poll.

As I stated when that poll was created, it is irrelevant because it was not promoted to other forums on Shrapnel, so it did NOT receive a valid sample of votes from the forum membership. It was only voted on by those that happened to stumble in here, which most people do not.

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Over in the Dominions2 forum we started pointing people this way when they start a thread on it. I had thought most of the forums where this conversation came up alot were doing the same. I guess we could post a note in the Moderators forum suggesting that.

[Fyron]

There was never any mention in the Se4 forum. That is a rather large chunk of the forum membership right there that never heard of this poll...

[Blitz]

I hate your forums.

I read them every day, and it bothers me every day. If there was ANYWHERE else to get decent conversation about Dominions 2, I would leave forever and not come back. I don't care that your older Users like it this way, I want to look at them the way I am accustomed to, and I really don't care why they are this way. Only the unbelievably addictive nature of Dominions 2 keeps me here.

I am a good customer. I paid for your game, I never bothered tech support. All I want is a few patches and some Boards I can read without effort. If you can fix it without bothering your old Users, great. But it seems that those posting here don't seem to care that it inconveniences us, so I really couldn't care less if sorting properly would suddenly irritate them. Frankly the "just deal with it" crowd in this thread would be justly rewarded for that point of view by just dealing with it done the standard way.

- An annoyed reader of these forums

[Fyron]

Outright insulting the company is not the right way to go about it Blitz...

Shrapnel prefers the forums this way, which is why they stay this way.

[Gandalf Parker]

Originally posted by Blitz:
I hate your forums.
- An annoyed reader of these forums

We are working on making them into forums since they have picked up so much. The original format was for staff/Moderators. Its more of a "Customer Support" format.

The new software does apparently allow for Users to choose the discussion format (what you were asking for). However, its NOT a software upgrade. Its a whole new software (by the same company). The major question still to be answered is whether or not we can keep all the nice content we already have.

More attention will be available for this after Origins (and the consequent recovery time)

[spirokeat]

its a pain in the *** for a number of reasons.

When your reading the topic listing and a particular topic has more than one page you cant just click the main topic heading to read it, you have to excert finer mouse control to click on the Last page in the list to get to the start of the post.

When your reading Posts, you read a reply downwards, then have to roll upwards to the next one.

Thats just 2 very basic reasons, with no rancour attached.

Actually, having thought about it, I see no reason why I should have to offer a rational reply as Im not debating this with anyone.

It DOES bother me and it DOES get me mad AT shrapnell, It makes me think less of them, it makes me want to not buy any other product from them. Sort the fugging forums out.

Spiro

[ June 19, 2004, 09:36: Message edited by: spirokeat ]