Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
I've had to view these forums many times; and this same exact skin. It's good to use a premade/default template; but you have to try and add some personal touches to it as well. Their are many other forums with this same exact skin, same exact buttons. It just doesn't show much creativity from the forum creators.
The banner is very small, and actually is overlooked by the giant advertisement in the Welcome Box ... which, ironically, is advertising the game, World of Warcraft. The welcome message is just a tiny one line sentence, and a ton of empty space. You need to try and encourage guests what benefits they can expect when joining the forum.
As much as this theme has been used over and over by other admins, and gaming forums on this software provider, it's still a good theme, it just needs some persoanl touches put into it.
(14 /20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
The layout is very messy; and this is more of a general gaming forum, than an anit-WOW forum. Only 4 boards actually go into the hatred of WOW, and then there are 13 other boards for different games. Which I find even more confusing when I look even further. Plus, for some reason, there's a Flame WoW board, then, just below it, a Flame WoW category. It's just so messed up.
You have a 360 board; and, you list games in those boards in the description. But ... those games have their own separate board, just above. :shrug:
Everything in your Main Forum section, should be moved to your Misc. section; and placed at the bottom of the forum. Since your forum is anit-WOW; should be best to have the anti-WOW section as the 2nd category. Keep sports with the Misc. board; but move suggestion up under announcements. And, place your new member intros just under the suggestion board. It took awhile just to find the new members board; which should be one of the first that new membersd find.
I'm being honest, I really don't know if this forum is a joke between you and some freinds; or is this an actual forum to be taken seriously. The board layout is just so erratic, and all over the place. Kind hard to tell exactly what the forum is really about.
(12 /20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
For over 2 months, your stats are very low; and I wouldn't expect too much success to be honest. Alot of people hate games like WOW, but won't waste their time to join a forum to just rant about it. Now, if you want the forum to be taken seriously, just forget the whole anti-WOW title, and make it a 360 games discussion forum ... since that's obvious what the forum seems to be gearing more towards.
41 members, and only 1,000 posts. Most forums pass 1,000 posts in the first day, maybe week. The member count is actually decent, but I'm assuming post exchanges brought alot of those member in for a one time only visit.
(13 /20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
2 admins is a stretch with the low member count. But, as i assumed, it's probably a friendly thing two people came up with as an idea. I don't see any global mods, unless they went inactive. You staff seem pretty dedicated, logging on daily, and keeping up with all sections of the forum.
I really don't understand why you have a VIP member group. Unless it's just to make a member feel special with a different colored name.
(17 /20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
Eevrything seems spelled correctly, would have hoped so, seeing how short, and brief each board description is. You really need to try and add a little flavor and content to each board. Make it more welcoming to each section a member reads, and will want to look deeper into that section.
When reading around through posts, I'll be honest, I got bore after the 2nd to 3rd post of each topic, cause most usually get turned into off topic, and spammy posts conversations. I know you want things to be lenient in a forum's beginning, but low quality posts is a bad thing to reflect, and be seen by new members and guests.
(16 /20)
72 - (Out of 100)
Final Remarks:
I really don't understand the driving factor behind this forum. It's called anti-WOW; but all it really is is a "my games are better than yours" forum.
What was most liked about the website/forums:
I guess it'd have to be the admins. They seem to believe in the forum, which is good. Shows good dedication. But, may have to see the big picture, and make alot of changes before they should expect any great success from the forum.
What was disliked most about the website/forums:
I've listed al my disinterests. There's alot of problems with the forum, and alot of work that needs to be attended to , to even change my mind.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website?
To be honest, as I said, and I am being honest, bud. I don'ttake the forum seriously, cause of how confusing the layout is, what the forum is called, but then, it seems geared towards games you prefer. What makes those games better than WOW. It's your opinion, sure. But, I just think you're sending the wrong message, and your forum could be taken more seriously, if you would make it more serious.
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