Large Forum Review
First Impressions
Your forum has excellent first impressions, at least in my opinion. It's simple, but it has some good GFX showing that you put work into it. It has just the right amount of sections and forums for a website of that amount of activity. The Forum seems to be really active, with several staff members, bots such as google and regular members posting hourly, your forum truly is in good shape and at this rate will be heading to greater heights. My only concern, and it might be a Pet Peeve was that guests may not view profiles, which I found kind of deterring, but nonetheless, you've done great.
(Score: 15/15)
Appearance
I guess this is another thing that's important on a forum eh? Well I'd say you passed this one, as said above, the graphics are simple, yet attracting, they get the point across very smoothly without burning anyones eyes in the process. You seem to still have the default Favicon and default post icons, while that seems to not bother anyone, it may make some guests think you've not cared enough to make your own. Other than this however, I like how you've put it together, it's very professional and well thought out. Great Job.
(Score: 18/20)
Statistics and Activity
Gee, where do I begin? Not only is your site INCREDIBLY active, you've managed to keep it balanced between yourself and the members.
Total posts 10823 • Total topics 931 • Total members 135
Those are your current stats, and it seems while you have 2k of the posts, your members and staff make up a higher percentage than you, which is a very GOOD sign for a forum, so I congratulate you on your activity. You're just where you need to be. For 135 Members, 10,000 posts is amazing, simply amazing.
(Score: 20/20)
Ratios
Every single one of your boards has 100+ Posts which is very good, because empty boards just turn away guests, so you're on the right track as of now. Continue on this road, and you'll be set.
(Score: 10/10)
Content
Your Forum content is very complete, you make sure your members have fun topics to post in and none of your topics seem to be on the lazy side, you yourself have posted a lot and the community itself has come to embrace you.
(Score: 20/20)
Navigation
Now Here lies the Problem, I may be just a strict guy, but those rules just aren't....right for a forum of this status. Sure, they get the job done, but they're not thought out enough, there should be at least a paragraph or more for each one, these rules are fine for a forum that's medium sized or smaller, but for one of this activity, they should be added onto. Expand on what they mean, add new rules, don't make it too strict, just make it very user friendly and explain every which detail to the guests and new members, some people are blind ya know? The announcements themselves are short and brief, but why be long if it's something just important? You did well on the announcements. Good Job.
(Score: 12/15)
Total Score
95/100
Final Remarks
All in all, a very well put together forum, you should be proud.
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