Jump to content


Photo

What can we do to make your Revora experience better?


  • Please log in to reply
48 replies to this topic

#1 Phil

Phil

    Force Majeure

  • Network Leaders
  • 7,976 posts
  • Location:Switzerland
  • Projects:Revora, C&C:Online
  •  Thought Police
  • Division:Revora
  • Job:Network Leader
  • Donated
  • Association

Posted 24 January 2009 - 10:14 PM

Yes, that's right. We're asking everyone at Revora for their opinions on things that need improvement.

A couple of staff members have started discussing some aspects, but we need input from all people who are involved in Revora. For the parts that we have already brainstormed, we will soon create new topics for public discussion in the Feedback, Suggestions & Network forum. This includes:


Vision and purpose of this network:
For a very long time, we've had no clear vision of this network's future and its purpose. Different people have had different plans and different ways to make them reality. We now seek to clearly state our role and our plans for the future, so that from now on, truly everyone works towards a common goal.

Roles and functions of our staff:
In the past this has always been handled rather loosely with the effect that nobody really knew what purpose and responsibilities each group actually has. This is something that should be changed.
Whether this should then be written down formally or just clarified still needs to be decided and will certainly be part of the discussion.

Improving current technology:
Some people have brought up issues and new ideas for technology we already use, mainly our Network Bar. We would welcome your opinion on how to improve it and make it more usable.

Centralising network services:
Our idea is to make more services which are common to all divisions available on the main site so we can more efficiently manage and improve them.
Current plans include:
- a new hosting portal (including info, faq, howtos and form), which has already been in the works and is nearly finished
- a new centralised download system for mods, possibly inspired by SourceForge
- ready-to-use website templates for new projects, so you're no longer obliged to create your own site if you don't wish to
- a coding framework for new division websites that will make administration and founding of new divisions easier

Of course this list is only a beginning. Don't hesitate to make new topics if you feel a current one does not cover your issue.


We hope that as many of you as possible will participate in those discussions so that nobody is left out in the whole process. Of course we cannot guarantee that everything will turn out just the way you want it, but this is the chance to make your voice heard.

We also hope that once the main areas in need of improvement have been identified, we can create task forces to take care of those changes. This way we believe we can solve some of the most important problems our community has been facing and improve the experience for everyone here.

revorapresident.jpg
My Political Compass

Sieben Elefanten hatte Herr Dschin
Und da war dann noch der achte.
Sieben waren wild und der achte war zahm
Und der achte war's, der sie bewachte.


#2 Detail

Detail

    King Detail

  • Hosted
  • 7,767 posts
  • Location:Dayonic
  • Projects:Dayvi.com
  •  Blu Spy

Posted 25 January 2009 - 01:04 AM

On the whole, i give Revora 5 out of 10.

#3 Lurtzy

Lurtzy

    Forerunner

  • Project Team
  • 1,169 posts
  • Location:DeLand, Florida, USA
  • Projects:Returning to modding

Posted 25 January 2009 - 07:57 AM

I seriously don't find anything wrong with Revora :p

Maybe I am not looking hard enough.........................:p

Trying to hold on...


#4 Caspa

Caspa

    title available

  • Members
  • 938 posts
  • Location:Sunderland
  •  Shine On, Lurk Moar

Posted 25 January 2009 - 10:28 AM

Fuck cake! Bring back the Pie!

Fuck the cake, pie and cookies. How about some creative input instead.
There's an instant idea, while we're at it. A games and movies preview and review section. We're not all playing EAs' RTS games, but we are playing new games and watching new movies. How about a dedicated section for us to give full reviews of the latest for other members to take note of, or to disagree with?
Hostile is a cunt.

Thought I'd have that here to save time.

#5 Phil

Phil

    Force Majeure

  • Network Leaders
  • 7,976 posts
  • Location:Switzerland
  • Projects:Revora, C&C:Online
  •  Thought Police
  • Division:Revora
  • Job:Network Leader
  • Donated
  • Association

Posted 25 January 2009 - 10:58 AM

This topic is really meant to be serious and a chance for people to speak out, so I've removed the meaningless cookie/cake/pie comments.

@Caspa: I'll create a new topic in the Feedback forum for adding new sections. I actually find this a pretty cool idea, seeing as serious feedback isn't always easy to find.

revorapresident.jpg
My Political Compass

Sieben Elefanten hatte Herr Dschin
Und da war dann noch der achte.
Sieben waren wild und der achte war zahm
Und der achte war's, der sie bewachte.


#6 Vortigern

Vortigern

    Sumquhat quisquis.

  • Division Leaders
  • 4,654 posts
  • Location:Oxfordshire, England.
  • Projects:Workin'...
  •  ...like a workin' man do.
  • Division:Role-Playing Games
  • Job:Division Leader

Posted 25 January 2009 - 12:06 PM

I could happily remodel the Creativity section a little to fit in a Cinema section. The whole project seems to have fallen by the wayside at the moment anyway, so perhaps a new section that people would actually use would generate some kind of renaissance for the section.
I hope I am a good enough writer that some day dwarves kill me and drink my blood for wisdom.

#7 duke_Qa

duke_Qa

    I've had this avatar since... 2003?

  • Network Staff
  • 3,837 posts
  • Location:Norway
  • Division:Revora
  • Job:Artist

Posted 25 January 2009 - 01:05 PM

a wiki to write game-design documents and other things in would have been cool. thats something i personally would have found use for at least :p

"I give you private information on corporations for free and I'm a villain. Mark Zuckerberg gives your private information to corporations for money and he's 'Man of the Year.'" - Assange


#8 OmegaBolt

OmegaBolt

    Lost In The New Real

  • Hosted
  • 6,273 posts
  • Location:London, England
  • Projects:Red-Resurrection
  •  O'Bolt

Posted 25 January 2009 - 10:44 PM

A movie discussion area is a good idea!

Posted Image

Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image


#9 Lord Nikademis

Lord Nikademis
  • Members
  • 113 posts
  • Location:Wilkes Barre PA

Posted 26 January 2009 - 05:21 AM

How to make Revora better? I find that most of the questions in the forums could be eliminated with better tutorials. I find the Modenc is vague in some of it's answers. It might say raise a certain number, but raise which way? I was told once to raise a number, but if the number is 5 and it says raise it is raise mean 1 is higher or is 10 higher. I was told I went the wrong way in raising. Another way is to sticky a topic that is common and has been answered before, like how to make all unit buildable. Revamp the forum: If the sub-topic is C&C RA2/Yuri then sub forums should be some thing like 1) Rules/Art ini editing, 2) shp questions, Vxl/Hva questions, 3) single player map questions and so on. I had a friend give me a forum and I started to make a basic forum to show some one else how it could look to explain my point. If you break the forums down in to sections and have people post in the appropriate forum then it won't look like a cluster ****. People need to make their topics a little more clearer, no "HELP ME PLZ!" or "I HAVE A PROBLEM" that tells the community nothing. If one of the moderators read this and would like to see something I started I will send them the link to the starting work that I did. I started it just to learn how forums work and such and is by no means a complete thing.
DO NOT USE THE NPATCH WITH THIS MOD. It will not work.
As a warning, if you post a bug report that says you're using NPatch version x
or y, your post will be deleted.

#10 ambershee

ambershee

    Nimbusfish Rawks

  • Hosted
  • 3,114 posts
  • Location:Derby, UK
  • Projects:Mutator Week & Unreal 3 Projects
  •  Mad Mod Boffin

Posted 26 January 2009 - 02:23 PM

Psst, writing tutorials takes an awful lot of time. I wrote a small series for Unreal 3 (which were outdated within 6 months, so they require constant maintainance too). I must have spent well over 100 hours writing those 7-8 tutorials.

The number of people available to write tutorials (that are probably covered elsewhere, like DeeZire) for games that old are very slim indeed. The interest just isn't there.

I'd also keep the number of forums down where possible. The 'creativity' sections are always empty, because people are scattered too thin. The same will probably happen with RA2/whatever forums as well.

#11 Lord Nikademis

Lord Nikademis
  • Members
  • 113 posts
  • Location:Wilkes Barre PA

Posted 26 January 2009 - 11:17 PM

If you have the forums organized and broken down in to sections then people can find things easier. You don't have to have elaborate tutorials, something to help people get started. People need to be shown the way. Otherwise people ask the same question over and over. If you look at some of the other C&C forums they are a mess. I have to say this forum seems to be one of the better organized ones, but there is always room for improvement.
DO NOT USE THE NPATCH WITH THIS MOD. It will not work.
As a warning, if you post a bug report that says you're using NPatch version x
or y, your post will be deleted.

#12 Phil

Phil

    Force Majeure

  • Network Leaders
  • 7,976 posts
  • Location:Switzerland
  • Projects:Revora, C&C:Online
  •  Thought Police
  • Division:Revora
  • Job:Network Leader
  • Donated
  • Association

Posted 27 January 2009 - 11:40 AM

a wiki to write game-design documents and other things in would have been cool. thats something i personally would have found use for at least :good:

The problem here, again, is that we'd need a sufficient amount of people who'd actually volunteer to write them, or we'll be left with yet another freshly created but never used space. If you yourself would like to write something of the sort and can motivate a few others, I'm sure we can set something up.

How to make Revora better? I find that most of the questions in the forums could be eliminated with better tutorials. I find the Modenc is vague in some of it's answers. It might say raise a certain number, but raise which way? I was told once to raise a number, but if the number is 5 and it says raise it is raise mean 1 is higher or is 10 higher. I was told I went the wrong way in raising. Another way is to sticky a topic that is common and has been answered before, like how to make all unit buildable. Revamp the forum: If the sub-topic is C&C RA2/Yuri then sub forums should be some thing like 1) Rules/Art ini editing, 2) shp questions, Vxl/Hva questions, 3) single player map questions and so on. I had a friend give me a forum and I started to make a basic forum to show some one else how it could look to explain my point. If you break the forums down in to sections and have people post in the appropriate forum then it won't look like a cluster ****. People need to make their topics a little more clearer, no "HELP ME PLZ!" or "I HAVE A PROBLEM" that tells the community nothing. If one of the moderators read this and would like to see something I started I will send them the link to the starting work that I did. I started it just to learn how forums work and such and is by no means a complete thing.

Do you think the forum organisation is a problem specific to the C&C Guild or the whole Revora forum?
Also, we obviously cannot influence the behaviour of new members beyond offering a starting guide that's as intuitive as possible. If you have further ideas related to that topic, keep suggesting them (possibly in a new topic in the Feedback forum).

I'd also keep the number of forums down where possible. The 'creativity' sections are always empty, because people are scattered too thin. The same will probably happen with RA2/whatever forums as well.

Certainly true. I'll keep that in mind for when we start adding or removing forums anyway. If you have a specific layout in mind already, feel free to make a topic and we can discuss your version (or variations thereof).

revorapresident.jpg
My Political Compass

Sieben Elefanten hatte Herr Dschin
Und da war dann noch der achte.
Sieben waren wild und der achte war zahm
Und der achte war's, der sie bewachte.


#13 Detail

Detail

    King Detail

  • Hosted
  • 7,767 posts
  • Location:Dayonic
  • Projects:Dayvi.com
  •  Blu Spy

Posted 27 January 2009 - 02:41 PM

a wiki to write game-design documents and other things in would have been cool. thats something i personally would have found use for at least :p

The problem here, again, is that we'd need a sufficient amount of people who'd actually volunteer to write them, or we'll be left with yet another freshly created but never used space. If you yourself would like to write something of the sort and can motivate a few others, I'm sure we can set something up.

rofl :p
Think there is a little misunderstanding there.


A game-design wiki sounds like a cool idea. It's something i could make for gamesmodding.com. It's already got most of the code done for a different feature.
*goes to pm duke about that he'd like*...
:good:

Edited by D, 27 January 2009 - 02:42 PM.


#14 Hostile

Hostile

    Benefitting Humanity Simply by Showing Up!

  • Veterans
  • 9,551 posts
  • Location:Washington DC
  •  T3A Founder
  • Division:Revora
  • Job:Global Administrator
  • Donated
  • Association

Posted 28 January 2009 - 07:26 AM

Honestly, I'd suggest a hot chicks section. I guarentee it would be the most popular section. I'm making a joke but not really.

If you want to sell something, attach a set of tits to it. I'm being metaphorical. But EVERYONE here knows what I say is the truth.

cutest asian, hottest fury, and you know where I'm going. Fuck this childs version of Revora. Make it "adult" friendly. I mean not porn for gods sake. Just liven it up abit with some adult humour links or SOMETHING. *yawn*

#15 Lord Nikademis

Lord Nikademis
  • Members
  • 113 posts
  • Location:Wilkes Barre PA

Posted 28 January 2009 - 08:18 AM

Honestly, I'd suggest a hot chicks section. I guarentee it would be the most popular section. I'm making a joke but not really.

If you want to sell something, attach a set of tits to it. I'm being metaphorical. But EVERYONE here knows what I say is the truth.

cutest asian, hottest fury, and you know where I'm going. Fuck this childs version of Revora. Make it "adult" friendly. I mean not porn for gods sake. Just liven it up abit with some adult humour links or SOMETHING. *yawn*



Ok, looks like we got spam, i think this is the beginning of the end.........believe this is how Cannis.net was killed. If it's not spam then dude you need to go buy a playboy magazine.

Edited by Lord Nikademis, 28 January 2009 - 08:19 AM.

DO NOT USE THE NPATCH WITH THIS MOD. It will not work.
As a warning, if you post a bug report that says you're using NPatch version x
or y, your post will be deleted.

#16 ambershee

ambershee

    Nimbusfish Rawks

  • Hosted
  • 3,114 posts
  • Location:Derby, UK
  • Projects:Mutator Week & Unreal 3 Projects
  •  Mad Mod Boffin

Posted 28 January 2009 - 02:03 PM

Spam with nearly 8000 posts, and a 'Manager' tag :p

Do your homework before posting, dude.

#17 Phil

Phil

    Force Majeure

  • Network Leaders
  • 7,976 posts
  • Location:Switzerland
  • Projects:Revora, C&C:Online
  •  Thought Police
  • Division:Revora
  • Job:Network Leader
  • Donated
  • Association

Posted 28 January 2009 - 04:30 PM

No, this is indeed not spam :p

revorapresident.jpg
My Political Compass

Sieben Elefanten hatte Herr Dschin
Und da war dann noch der achte.
Sieben waren wild und der achte war zahm
Und der achte war's, der sie bewachte.


#18 Detail

Detail

    King Detail

  • Hosted
  • 7,767 posts
  • Location:Dayonic
  • Projects:Dayvi.com
  •  Blu Spy

Posted 28 January 2009 - 07:04 PM

Just liven it up abit with some adult humour links or SOMETHING. *yawn*

I have been doing that, but Dlots has been deleting them.
Without even being a man and contacting me, or without warning me of them being in-appropriate.

When i was leader, i loved using the forums Warn system.

Edited by D, 28 January 2009 - 07:06 PM.


#19 Phil

Phil

    Force Majeure

  • Network Leaders
  • 7,976 posts
  • Location:Switzerland
  • Projects:Revora, C&C:Online
  •  Thought Police
  • Division:Revora
  • Job:Network Leader
  • Donated
  • Association

Posted 28 January 2009 - 08:26 PM

I actually thought I could just delete your mindless posts in a (for once) serious set of topics without either an unnecessary warn or further unrelated posts on my part. Seems I was wrong.
Everyone is invited to contribute now, but posts without the slightest value will be removed.

revorapresident.jpg
My Political Compass

Sieben Elefanten hatte Herr Dschin
Und da war dann noch der achte.
Sieben waren wild und der achte war zahm
Und der achte war's, der sie bewachte.


#20 Lord Nikademis

Lord Nikademis
  • Members
  • 113 posts
  • Location:Wilkes Barre PA

Posted 28 January 2009 - 08:52 PM

Spam with nearly 8000 posts, and a 'Manager' tag :p

Do your homework before posting, dude.



The account could have been hacked. It doesn't matter who it is. Ok, its not spam, but he/she went off topic. The forum does not need childish suggestions, especially from a manager . Suggesting porn or adult sites does nothing.
DO NOT USE THE NPATCH WITH THIS MOD. It will not work.
As a warning, if you post a bug report that says you're using NPatch version x
or y, your post will be deleted.




0 user(s) are reading this topic

0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users