Can we get better topic categories or prefixes? (MODS AND ADMINS GET IN ERE)

[Coo]

Like please?

The current ones that we have doesn't really make any sense. We have flash, full game, incomplete, text and CGI, RPG maker and others

They have nothing in common really.

Full Game and incomplete hints of status
Flash and RPG maker hint on what the game runs on
text and CGI shows what type of game it is

A game could be at least 3 of these at the same time and it could only be one of these. Since this is hentai games wouldn't it be better to just adapt what's usually used to categorize hentai games? : RPG for RPGs. ACT for actiony ones with platforming and whatnot. ADV for visual novel / text and picture games, Misc / Other for things that doesn't fall into either category.

People can simply add [WIP] or something on the title if it's incomplete. I'm seriously sick of loading up a page to check of updates and then having to click on every new topic because the current prefixes not making any sense whatsoever.

 

[SnakeInTheGrass]

Re: Can we get better topic categories or prefixes? (MODS AND ADMINS GET IN ERE)

I agree completely. The fact that there's no sub forums to post in already kind of makes it confusing. I have noticed for a long time that [Incomplete] and [Full Game] says nothing about the game format and [RPG Maker] says nothing about the status of the game. If there is something that can be done about this it would be awesome and only improve in the quality of the forum.

 

[Megas]

Re: Can we get better topic categories or prefixes? (MODS AND ADMINS GET IN ERE)

Seconding this.
Tagging system should be similar to that on dlsite.
You'd have ADV, SLG, RPG, ACT, PZL, STG, ETC

 

[unknownpervert]

Re: Can we get better topic categories or prefixes? (MODS AND ADMINS GET IN ERE)

Seconding this.
Tagging system should be similar to that on dlsite.
You'd have ADV, SLG, RPG, ACT, PZL, STG, ETC

+1.
And if i must add one thing,I think it woulld be if the game contains Animation(A/adv) or just CG(CG/adv).
We could also speak about if its 2D or 3D too.

 

[effen]

Re: Can we get better topic categories or prefixes? (MODS AND ADMINS GET IN ERE)

I agree. There is no way to tell if a game is an RPG if it's not made in RPG maker and tags shouldn't denote 2 different things like genre and status. We should have 2 sets of tags for [TYPE] and [COMPLETION]. So it would say, like, "[Incomplete][RPG]Despair Labyrinth" or "[Complete][Platformer]Kurovadis".

 

[AceofWind]

Re: Can we get better topic categories or prefixes? (MODS AND ADMINS GET IN ERE)

You can probably do what I've been doing and add your own prefix.

For example
http://www.ulmf.org/bbs/showthread.php?t=23513

 

[Stiltzkinator]

Re: Can we get better topic categories or prefixes? (MODS AND ADMINS GET IN ERE)

While we're at it, can we work out a standard for posting the names of games themselves? It's bad enough that we have people find a game on DLsite, and then come here and start a topic just to ask for links, but the problem is compounded when they post the game as "RJ123456". This gets really bad when there's three or four threads like this on a single page, as we shouldn't be memorizing games as a series of six numbers.

Even worse is when you get titles like "Help me please" or "random tentacle game" which are less than helpful as identification. Fortunately, we've had a great deal less of this happening lately, but it still does from time to time.

 

[giyan]

Re: Can we get better topic categories or prefixes? (MODS AND ADMINS GET IN ERE)

It's a good idea. Prefixes will only benefit from some classification.
What about [Genre][Engine/Technology][Status]?
It would be like [Action][Flash][WIP] or [RPG][RPG Maker 2000][Full]

Additional tags like the [CG] or [Animation] may clutter the name too much, though. Maybe it should belong to the first post?

P.s. i'm afraid the forum won't allow complex prefixes. Still it would be great to rework them so they would show at least genre.

 

[Froggus]

Re: Can we get better topic categories or prefixes? (MODS AND ADMINS GET IN ERE)

While we're at it, can we work out a standard for posting the names of games themselves?

While I would like that very much how exactly would that be enforced? You can't expect every poster manage to follow the rules (because people suck) and we don't have enough mods to rename misnamed thread.

 

[Stiltzkinator]

Re: Can we get better topic categories or prefixes? (MODS AND ADMINS GET IN ERE)

While I would like that very much how exactly would that be enforced? You can't expect every poster manage to follow the rules (because people suck) and we don't have enough mods to rename misnamed thread.

You're right, but even if it's not enforced, I'd like to have some generally accepted format so we can at least deter useless thread names. A proper convention would also cut down on duplicate threads.

There's been a few times where a thread would start out with a generic or incorrect name, and someone would post a correction in the thread, which the original author would use to edit the title, which is fine. Mistakes or a lack of knowledge aren't a big deal, as long as they're rectified.

 

[mrblack]

Re: Can we get better topic categories or prefixes? (MODS AND ADMINS GET IN ERE)

You'd have ADV, SLG, RPG, ACT, PZL, STG, ETC

Sounds good but not very friendly to guests. I've been here forever but don't know what SLG, PZL (pretzel?), STG, or ETC (etc... et cetera?) perhaps MISC too.


But I really do hate it when I have to click on a thread 6 times over a week before I can solidify that random string of japanese characters, with no description, to symbolize a project that I'm not interested in at all.


The only games that really need to stand out more are ACTion games or sprite sex. I wouldn't hurt my feelings if there was an entire different board for that style. And there is a an incredible variance in RPG maker games and idk how to distinguish those.

 

[Zygarde]

Re: Can we get better topic categories or prefixes? (MODS AND ADMINS GET IN ERE)

Sounds good but not very friendly to guests. I've been here forever but don't know what SLG, PZL (pretzel?), STG, or ETC (etc... et cetera?) perhaps MISC too.

SLG = Simulation

PZL = Puzzle

STG = Shooter

 

[Alias]

Re: Can we get better topic categories or prefixes? (MODS AND ADMINS GET IN ERE)

Signed. The current tags are useful, but not as useful as they could be. Maybe when making a new post, something could show up to give an idea of what each of the tags mean to encourage proper tagging and make it less confusing for thread posters.

 

[Nimrod]

Re: Can we get better topic categories or prefixes? (MODS AND ADMINS GET IN ERE)

You don't need more prefixes, people need to learn to type more informative titles...

 

[ToxicShock]

Re: Can we get better topic categories or prefixes? (MODS AND ADMINS GET IN ERE)

You don't need more prefixes, people need to learn to type more informative titles...

Seconded.

There's nothing we've done as mods that has ever been NOT ignored by a good chunk of the posting public.


Though I have ran myself through a couple of ideas on how to put people through simpler sharing. I just don't know if any of it is possible to do.

 

[Vinceras]

Re: Can we get better topic categories or prefixes? (MODS AND ADMINS GET IN ERE)

If people don't have the common sense to describe the game more fully in the thread, they probably don't have the common sense to be able to prefix the title correctly either. User issue, not board/admin/mod issue.

 

[Rsync]

Re: Can we get better topic categories or prefixes? (MODS AND ADMINS GET IN ERE)

If people don't have the common sense to describe the game more fully in the thread, they probably don't have the common sense to be able to prefix the title correctly either. User issue, not board/admin/mod issue.

Nailed it perfectly

 

[sgtbilco]

Re: Can we get better topic categories or prefixes? (MODS AND ADMINS GET IN ERE)

I know a lot of people (especially admins) don't like the idea of maintaining databases, but I'm wondering if there's a technology out there that would allow us to store game listings and tags in a searchable database, BUT also allow registered members to upvote appropriate tags. I think e-hentai uses something *like* this, and I use that word loosely because I'm not a member there I don't know exactly how it works.

I find myself occasionally sifting through a lot of the forums looking for particular types of games, but I feel that would be faster if it was in a more standardized DB format. If the community does the work of tagging items, then a lot of the maintenance is solved for the admins.

Think of all the things that we know we want to see on a standard game list page: Title, Description, Completion State, DLSite/Author Blog Links, Game Genre, Fetishes, Links to download.
That should cut down on a lot of the lazy posts about 'Hey can somebody post the [insert thing here]......'

 

[ToxicShock]

Re: Can we get better topic categories or prefixes? (MODS AND ADMINS GET IN ERE)

We actually have all those things to consider when posting a thread already posted. See how it's ignored as is? I wish there was some way we could have these boxes needed to be filled out as part of posting the thread.

 

[sgtbilco]

Re: Can we get better topic categories or prefixes? (MODS AND ADMINS GET IN ERE)

We actually have all those things to consider when posting a thread already posted. See how it's ignored as is? I wish there was some way we could have these boxes needed to be filled out as part of posting the thread.

Precisely my point. If you transition to a standard input form with enforced validation on those fields then that problem is solved. The awesome byproduct is that its more easily searchable. When you're dealing with this much content, forums become somewhat unmanageable.