Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
To be honest, as soon as I saw the forum I knew it was hosted on freeforums.org that didn't impress me one bit. I have never been a fan of them and never will, I can't tell you what to do but I would suggest getting a back up and moving to MyBB or SMF. Also the forum loads slow for me, I know there ain't a feature that somewhat speeds it up in the ACP but you are on freeforums.org I can't really blame you. One thing I liked and I like to see most forums having this is a selection of themes, my favourite was Zetigist(the last one) you should use that as default and find a way to remove the pen and paper then that will be top class. Your banners half and half, nice font, nice packman picture, but not nice text effect. I don't really like how it is all of a sudden a lighter tone of grey and then it changes to a darker tone a the ''ray'' part of your banner, but that is my opinion.
(Scored 15/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
The forum is layed out pretty well, you mostly have everything perfect infact it is perfect. I would change the descriptions, they can be found in the last paragraph. You should consider organizing some sort of weekly podcast of the newest games like Red Dead Redemption, Metro 2033, Blur, and what not. This could fit under reviews but then again you can do podcasts on anything. You should really consider adding more boards to the Off-Topic area, at the end of the day members may feel like they want to discuss something or share some news, I suggest adding Media Discussion, News & Happening, and Debates. Just make the forum more enjoyable for you and your members.
(Scored 17/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
I think for a forum that opened in December can do much better than 2,000+ posts but some people may not want to join the forum because it is hosted on freeforums.org. If you splashed out £30/$30for a back-up and made a move from there to MyBB or anything that your suitable with, activity levels will boost and so will posts per day and topic and only one step closer to major milestones. If you do not want to make the move you just have to promote constantly, find affiliates, do post exchanges and hope for the best.
(Scored 13/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
You seem to be doing fine with the forum, you keep members constantly informed of new features and what's to happen, that is good. Although in your Feedback forum, do not post in there it is your decision and when you feel posting in there for a certain reason go ahead and do so. At the end of the day members should be giving feedback not you it is your forum. The other staff member seems pretty cool too, keep up the good work and as you reach more members consider adding staff.
(Scored 17/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
As I said in the Site Layout section your forum descriptions ain't promising. You should remove the "!" for a ".", it does get quite scary seeing them constantly all the way down the forum, also try and use the comma(",") to split some sentences up or make them longer. You seem to be doing fine with members and making them feel like they are at home, keep that up.
(Scored 14/20)
Total Score - 76(Out of 100)
Final Remarks:Very good forum, just some things to consider.
What was most liked about the website/forums: Theme selection & Banner.
What was disliked most about the website/forums: The Forum Host.
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