Full Review by Red Herring and Twisted Fairytale
Scoring:
Well well, folks. It’s that time again. A new review request has appeared, and it now falls to the Review Team’s scythe to cut down this newfound growth of wheat...to turn into bread! Delectable, soft, crusty bread! In other words, it’s time to give the latest website review request our best in constructive criticism, in hopes that it might be improved and strengthened more than it currently is...if possible...if it’s even needed. That has always been the primary goal of the Review Team, the very foundation of our very existence.
The request? The MvPxC Community! What is this forum? What is its niche? What is it about, one might ask? Who knows! It’s...it’s certainly something, alright! A very...something...indeed! But we’ll get to all of that in a bit. This is a review that’s going to be more exciting than most. Not just because of the interesting forum that’s up for review, but for the very first time in Forum Promotion history, this review will feature cooperative writing! Two members of the Review Team, Red Herring and Twisted Fairytale, are bashing their collective conscience together to bring MvPxC a cooperative critique. Thus, it shall be receiving the consensus of not one, but two Forum Promotion critics! Exciting indeed. Our anticipation is only barely contained, and we will strive to offer MvPxC the best critique that the Review Team has to offer.
Yes, a very astonishing revelation to be sure. But that’s enough of our celebrating. This is a review for MvPxC, not a self-monologue piece. So then. What is MvPxC, exactly? Well, first glance would tell you that it’s a gaming community. In fact, it is a gaming community. There’s no disputing that fact. The confusion comes into play on what
type of gaming community it is. Even with two collective minds pooled together, we still couldn’t quite decide.
Why is that, you might ask? Why indeed. But let’s not spoil the surprise. All will be revealed in the juicy critique to come. So sit back and enjoy as we throw everything our fancy vocabulary has to offer...at the MvPxC Community.
"Grab some popcorn while you're at it."
First Impressions & Appearance – (14 out of 20)
If there’s one element that matters when it comes to first impressions, aesthetics is, by far, the most important of any you could possibly consider. The entire Human race is one ultimately affected by some form of ADHD. If you want to distract us, any of us, the only thing you need to do is show us something shiny (or sexy), and our minds are like putty in your hands. So, appearances definitely count when it comes to first impressions of a website. Unfortunate as the fact may be, even the best of us will at least occasionally judge a book by its cover. With that being the general case, when you’re running a website, one should strive to have a very pretty cover.
So what kind of cover does MvPxC have?
"Well. That’s certainly putting your best foot forward."
a delightful one, we will say straight off the bat. Our attention was certainly stolen away upon our first visit to the MvPxC community, and with good reason. The best way to describe aesthetics here would be likening them as pure candy for the eyes. Peppermint candy. A candy cane, perhaps. It’s not overly exciting, but it certainly looks quite appetizing. And the looks certainly do not deceive, as it leaves a very pleasant taste in the mouth. Let’s break down the ingredients of this delectable candy-esque design and see why it tastes so delicious, shall we?
Beginning with the header and working our way down, the design opens up with a “sandwich” styled header, two utility/navigation bars with the header proper set between them, which is a design aspect I always appreciate in a header as it allows for functionality and aesthetics both to shine. The first topmost utility bar, which caters to general user control options, is set with a monotone light grey background complete with pleasant UCP icons and CSS elements. This is contrasted pleasantly by the bottommost primary utility bar, which hosts the community’s navigation elements, and consists of a delightful blue background offset by subtle gradient work and wonderful CSS elements for the navigation links. Simply gorgeous.
Now, following up with the main content area of the header, what does the logo have in store for us? A sweet treat, certainly. This may very well be the first logo I have no complaints with. It consists of a humanoid figure seated a classic arcade machine for its imagery, complemented by appropriately fitting retro-styled text, “MVPXC” in black with a delightfully styled diagonal shade of blue cutting through it, and simple grey subtext, “Welcome To The Wolf Pack.” I have some qualms about the subtext in regards to its purpose, but when it comes to actual design, this logo stands strong, bold and generally unique. It sticks to stylized minimalism, something that any logo should aspire to. Simply gorgeous. I have no complaints in regards to the aesthetics of this logo.
In fact, I have almost no complaints in regards to this header whatsoever. It certainly is not the best header I’ve ever seen, of course, but it shines beautifully. It truly does. There’s even a search bar included in the primary section of a header, complete with the same lovely design elements found throughout the entire header. The only possible bit of criticism I could offer here is that while all of these design elements truly are quite refreshing, they still don’t feel as though they flow together seamlessly. The two utility bars and search bar may contrast a little bit too much in color and just don’t seem to mesh
quite so properly. It’s nothing major, the transition just seems a little forced. Other than that, however, solid. Dazzling. Enchanting, even. My eyes have certainly been grabbed by this display, and my attention span goes with them.
So let’s oogle this lovely design some more, shall we? Next up comes the index. This is normally where forums begin to falter, but MvPxC once again stands strong and firm, and I am once again left with a lack of elements to criticize. Forum design consists of category headers with a sharp-knife slant with a black background and white text and subtle gradient, while the actual forum design itself using a white background with only barely visible table separators, blue link text and forum icons designed so that they appear to wrap around the forums ever-so-slightly. The overall effect manages to feel both modern and retro, but most of all - sleek...an absolutely perfect result for a forum catered towards gaming.
Now then. Normally, this would be the point that I’d look at the footer and offer critique in those regards. Unfortunately, MvPxC does not actually have a proper footer, beyond the standard branding and obligatory links. This is not a complaint, mind you, because MvPxC doesn’t need a footer and the overall design is enough to compensate for the lack of one, but I still find myself in slight disappointment that it did not make the attempt. Without a footer, I always feel as though the website is a sandwich that’s missing its second piece of bread. But no matter.
I’ve covered all design elements from head to toe, so let’s wrap this section up now, shall we? I tried to find flaws with the aesthetics in this design, but there really aren’t any. It’s modern. It’s sleek. It’s downright sublime. Any criticism offered would be minor nit-picking at best. This is an impressive design. Just not a spectacular one. I have seen far better in my time and while the overall aesthetics are gorgeous, they’re somewhat minimal for gaming: a generally colorful genre...color that the theme fails to reflect. Still, again, it’s a minor complaint and one that should not detract from a design so truly meritable as this one. If this is a custom theme, then you can certainly color me impressed. Excellent work.
Site Layout – (7 out of 20)
Ah...7/20. The score certainly fell a bit sharply from the last section’s positive foothold, no? Unfortunately, this is where MvPxC begins to falter. Please note how I say “begins”, as this certainly isn’t the only negative section, I’m afraid. But we’ll get to that later. For now, two thirds of the Review Team’s collective conscience agree that the Site Layout certainly needs some work. Why? Why indeed.
Our main issue is in regards to the index itself, but lets take a look at functionality first, as it certainly doesn’t escape some negativity of its own. The navigation bar, for instance. While it certainly isn’t particularly difficult to use (from our perspective, anyway), its optimization appears to be rather poor. “Home”, “Forums”, “Donate”, “Upgrade” and “Extras.” For a more literal translation: “Portal”, “Forums”, “Donate Just To Help The Community”, “Donate For a Pretty Username” and “Uncategorized.” I can certainly understand “Home” and “Forums”, of course. Those are a given. But I find the rest to be rather perplexing.
For starters, why are there two navigation links dedicated to donations? While I know it’s not the intention, it makes the forum come off as a bit greedy, if only slightly. The “Upgrade” button having two links itself seems almost pointless considering both lead to the same exact page. I understand that this is most likely to bring attention to both types of subscriptions, but believe me, if an individual is at all remotely interested in subscribing to MvPxC, they will end up seeing both of them. You need not worry. Secondly, the most glaring issue is in regards to the “Extras” menu. Disregarding, for the moment, the usefulness of the “Special” sections; why is most of that filed under Extras in the first place? They’re all important sections of a community and deserve their own links in the navigation bar. That is, except in regards to the “Shoutbox” link, which seems completely pointless considering it’s on the index already. Sure, it may lead to a shoutbox page that has its own WYSIWYG Editor, but is it really worth having a link for? Especially considering most of the editor’s functions can be used on the index anyway? And what about the Site Rules? Sure, many users rarely even bother to read them, but are they considered so secondary as to receive a dropdown link?
MvPxC has
plenty of navbar space, there’s no need to be afraid to use it. If we may make a recommendation, here is our advice on properly optimizing it. Plus signs represent a category and minus signs represent a dropdown link.
+Home
+Forums
+Community
-
Member List
-
Staff List
+Rules
+Donate
-
Account Upgrades
-
Community Donation
+Extras
-
Downloads
-
Guides
We have one last point to tackle in regards to the navbar, and it ties in with another negative element to website layout. "View New Content.” Or in other words, a page that lists all the latest posts within the MvPxC community. Normally, this would be an admirable element, but it’s rendered somewhat redundant with the Recent Posts list on the index. They both perform the same function, but the “Recent Posts” box on the index is a little more convenient. However, when it comes down to a choice between the “Recent Posts” box and the “View New Content” link, I highly recommend removing the “Recent Posts” box and keeping the “View New Content” button.
Though convenient it may be, the “Recent Posts” box is quite large and obtrusive to the index on a forum that’s already somewhat overshadowed by a shoutbox. Stacking the two together makes for a ridiculously obnoxious extension to the index that completely obscures the primary purpose of a forum: the actual forums themselves. Sure, a user can customize both to not appear on the index, but your average forum user may not know about that. Therefore, I feel that the “Recent Posts” really shouldn’t be enabled by default, or should simply be removed entirely. Not only is it an intrusive element, it’s one that’s there for all guests to see...making for several extra database queries, thereby needlessly increasing server load. Something which forums should always strive to minimize.
I wish I could say that’s where our criticism ends, but we still have to tackle what we feel to be the largest issue towards site layout: the index itself. MvPxC’s index consists of a grand total of seven categories: “MvPxC’s Community”, your standard community and information hub. “Entertainment Place”, for all things general and off-topic. “Gaming Center”, the main content forum for gaming discussion. “Special Extras - Downloads”, for gaming related content downloads. “Special Extras - Guides”, for general gaming related guides and tutorials. “Tech World”, for...more...gaming discussion? And lastly, “Support / Ticket Area”, all by its lonely self at the bottom.
...Hoo, boy.
Well, I’m going to start with our primary concern, the issue we feel is the most prominent in the entire Site Layout section, that being in regards to “Gaming Center” and “Tech World.” Both of these sections make the other feel almost entirely redundant. It’s not so much an issue of there being two categories, it’s that both of these categories appear to tackle pretty much the same exact things, just with slightly different twists.
Before we get into that though, I must ask, is MvPxC a clan forum? If so, the specific gaming forums for Battlefield, Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto are more understandable. If MvPxC is simply a general gaming community, however, then specific gaming forums are a perplexing addition and only succeed in creating overspecialization, spreading the forum too thin. That being said, there is quite a bit of discussion being held within those forums...for the moment, therefore it would be wrong to remove them, but the fact that were added in the first place (if it isn’t a clan forum) is strange.
With that out of the way, let’s tackle the more important issues with these two categories: the redundancy. Why are there two console forums in Tech World? Those definitely belong with the Gaming Corner. Their presence in Tech World makes “Console News” in Gaming Corner redundant and vice versa. And I understand that PC Discussion is in relation to PC hardware and general PC media, but the way it’s named doesn’t feel as such.
Anyway, we’ll return to the issue with Tech World and Gaming Corner momentarily. The secondary issue with this index is in regards to “MvPxC’s Community” and “Support / Ticket Area”. Again, redundancy falls into play here. There’s a “Suggestions / Feedback /
Issues” forum in “MvPxC’s Community” AND an “Error Reporting” forum in Support / Ticket Area”? Seems as though Error Reporting should naturally be a part of Suggestions / Feedback / Issues. “Ask The Staff”? Isn’t that what the feedback forum is generally for? “Staff Applications”? Is that really needed?
I also must really express disapproval for a forum dedicated entirely to Site Battles, as well as the general concept. While it isn’t against Forum Promotion rules to use community members to vote, and is actually a bit crafty, it is a bit poor in sport for those that want a battle on the unbiased opinions of random passerby. Secondly, does it really need its own forum? Sure, it inspires a bit of community spirit, but it also enforces a bit of elitism and seems a bit mundane to deserve an entire forum to itself. It seems to just be cluttering up the index somewhat at the present moment.
Well. Quite a bit of work involved if MvPxC is to be optimized. But here are our suggestions. Single plus signs represent categories, double plus signs represent forums and triple minus signs represent sub-forums. Anything highlighted in yellow marks a new forum as part of our suggestion for the index. Anything highlighted in red are pre-existing forums that we kept in the structure, but still feel should be removed entirely. Anything highlighted in purple are for things we’re really not sure about, but aren’t related to the Site Layout section.
+ MvPxC’s Community
++ Announcements
---
Site Battles
++ Rules & Regulations
++ Community Feedback & Support
---
Error Reporting
---
Staff Applications
++ Ace Challenges
+ Entertainment Place
++ General Discussion
--- Introduction
++ Ultimate Entertainment
++ Forum Games
++
Marketplace
+ Gaming Center
++ Games Center
--- Game Reviews
---
Other Popular Games
++ Playstation
++ Xbox
++
Nintendo
++ PC Gaming
++
Other
+
Game Roster
++ Battlefield Series
++ Call of Duty Series
++ Grand Theft Auto Series
+ Tech World
++ Hardware & Software [Formerly PC Discussion]
++
NEW TECH FORUM?
++
NEW TECH FORUM?
++ Other
+
Special Extras - Guides
++
Express Guides
++
Game Guides
++
Glitching / Modding Guides
+
Special Extras - Downloads
++
Express Downloads
++
Gaming Downloads
In regards to the Special Extras section, they themselves suffer from some layout distress in that the content within them is jumbled together with content from a wide variety of different games, making them poorly optimized as well. However, that’s not the primary reason to our uncertainty. We’ll get to that in “Content.”
So then. Our final verdict on layout for MvPxC? Disheveled. Disorganized. Disorienting, even. The layout has not reached the point where it’s by any means impossible or even difficult to navigate, but it’s still one that’s quite cluttered and, in general, very poorly optimized. To say that things here could be much better is, quite frankly, a bit of an understatement. Again, however, it’s not difficult to navigate. But it sure is a strange and perplexing system of layout and navigation.
Statistics and Activity – (9 out of 20)
Ah, statistics and activity. It’s always a nice breather section, and always a relatively short section. The reason for that being that there isn’t really much one can offer in terms of constructive criticism for this section, as website traffic is a very unpredictable and unstable element. The best we can say is “Ta ha! Better get out there and advertise, friend, or your website is gonna die!” or “Well, you should
definitely try harder here. Yeah. Harder.” Sure, there are guides and tutorials out there for better advertising techniques, but ultimately, it falls to the owner and his or her staff and the community they gather. Quite difficult to be “constructive”. Nonetheless, even with that being a fact, we can still tell someone how they’re doing.
So then. How
is MvPxC doing? Let’s scrutinize the statistics, shall we? MvPxC was founded on May 25th, 2013. Since its establishment, it has garnered a grant total of 288 members and 10390 posts. It should be noted that roughly 1/3rd of those posts belong to staff members. While it’s always delightful to see dedication from a forum’s staff roster, it does cut down the legitimacy of overall posting somewhat.
Regardless, these statistics aren’t bad at all. They aren’t anything to “write home” about. In fact, I’d even say that they’re slightly below average, but nonetheless pretty solid. MvPxC doesn’t seem to be on life support at the moment and has a small but consistent community keeping the flow going.
That being said, the overall activity could certainly be better. There are several forums within the MvPxC community that haven’t been posted on in several days. Part of the reason I’m certain as to why this is is partially due to the badly unoptimized forum layout, which we touched up on how to improve in the former section. But that’s not the entire cause. Simply put, community activity simply isn’t strong enough yet to encompass daily posts throughout the entire forum.
Again, decent statistics. Certainly not impressive, but far from being bad either. Could be much better, but MvPxC could also be doing much worse. It’s stable, and that’s what counts. An effort should definitely be made to improve the overall activity, but beyond on that, there’s really nothing else to say here. So let’s move on.
Content – (5 out of 20)
Well, good afternoon! How are we? Good? Awesome! Just a quick disclaimer: I do not have the same length skills as our amazing Red Herring, so many of my points will be to the point, and quick! Let’s jump straight in!
Let’s see… Content… What content? I can’t find any legit forum provided content other than these sections dubbed “Special Extras.” What makes one of these extras special anyway? From what it looks like to me, this “special” really feels like run-of-the-mill, every day content that I can find on other forums, but let’s take a look at it!
I open up “Game’s Guides” (which by the way, is grammatically incorrect unless the guides belong to Game) looking for a guide to the Skyrim My Little Pony mod. Well, since there is not really any organization to the guides, I look through two pages of posts, and can’t really find it… Well crap, I was looking forward to that. Instead, I decide that I enjoy WWE 14 just as much once I notice the “WWE 14: Play as manager!” post (which also contains a minor grammar mistake). I’m super pumped because I’m looking for a super detailed, in depth guide to show me how to be
a manager with pictures and stuff. To my surprise, I find a guide, with awkwardly formatted text, that simply reads:
First, select any wrestler to play as except The Miz. Then, select The Miz as your opponent, but deselect The Miz before you confirm his attire. Next, change your wrestler to The Miz, and your opponent should change to Mr. Fuji. Select Mr. Fuji again, and then deselect The Miz. Finally, switch which slot you are playing as from the left to right and you should be able to choose from the list of managers.
While I will give MvPxC that this is straight to the point, there are no reading aids, such as images or video. For a good-quality guide, the writer is professional and provides many aids to assist the reader in understanding the subject. In addition, a good database of guides is well organized. I do understand that it is difficult to do so on a forum, but perhaps consider alternatives to guide organization. Red Herring gave me a wonderful suggestion: it could be beneficial to organization if sub-forums were added to the already existent, specific gaming forums. For example, instead of “Game’s Guides,” add a subforum in the “Battlefield” forum specifically for Battlefield Guides. Bueno? I think so!
Back to what I was saying about your lack of content before I went on a tangent was that the content that MvPxC provides is all considered “special.” In fact, I find this content not too special, but in demand. I can’t find a way to say this, but these guides and mods that you provide are not special at all, but should be considered normal content that members look for in any forum that is focused around gaming. Cut the “special,” unless you can really give a good reason as to why it is different from every other gaming forum.
Speaking of MvPxC being a gaming forum, Red Herring and I honestly were not clear on what the focus of the forum actually is. The title “MvPxC” does not tell us anything about the topic. Most of the time, if a forum’s name is questionable, a professional forum will utilize the slogan to clear the air. This is
definitely not the case with MvPxC. Instead of clearing the air and making the topic clear, the slogan, “Welcome to the wolf pack” just throws me through another loop. Is this a gaming forum? A forum on wolves? Oh no, it’s not fans of Jacob from Twilight, is it? It can’t be… I DON’T KNOW!!!!
Pretty much a synopsis of the craziness above is: the name of MvPxC is not descriptive of the subject or topic of the forum. In addition, there are no other clues to push me in the correct direction of categorizing this community. I’m honestly still not sure exactly what you are, even while I’m writing this review with
RED HERRING WATCHING MY EVERY KEYSTROKE, AND POINTING OUT MY SPELLING MISTAKES.
With all of that being said, apart from MvPxC’s “special content,” there does not seem to be any other content whatsoever provided by the administration. Honestly, if there was, it would be rather hard for me to find, due to the lack of organization of your current “special content.”
I want to point something out here that has not been mentioned in the review yet, but it could fall under content or site layout. MvPxC has a subforum named “Badge Request.” I was interested, because I had no idea what kind of badges that could be requested, but there was no service guidelines post, or any post,for that matter, in the sub-forum. For one, I am very turned off by this idea of users requesting badges on a forum because there is no information about it. Is a badge like a leadership position? Does it give you powers? What badges can I request? What do I have to do for it? And you know what, the amazing Red Herring just chimed in to shoot me a link. He had found the list of badges and how to get them. I would suggest providing a link to that post, or simply re-posting those guidelines into the “Badge Request” forum, to serve as a guide. Something to think about!
In a quick conclusion, MvPxC really tries to give its users content, but it tries too hard. By calling all of the content “special,” which implies that, on top of awesome normal content, here is some extra stuff… That is not the case here. Other than the “special” content, there is not much content elsewhere. In addition, the community seems to have an identity problem. The forum does not promote their topic, and it was rather confusing to piece together the purpose of the forum. For all of these negative reasons, we have decided to award you a score of 5.
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism – (9 out of 20)
Alright, two cokes down, so let’s keep bookin! When browsing a community, the average user desires to explore the forum, with minimal... obstacles. Thank you, Herring. (You’re welcome, Twisted.) One of the most common obstacle(s) that webmasters unintentionally create is the misuse of the English language. Well hey, that can’t be too bad, can it? We can all make stuff out just by seeing a few letters, right? Remember that experiment whe…. No, stop. This section is about professionalism, and the correct use of grammar is a
very large portion of your professionalism. With that being said…
The grammar used by MvPxC is consistently a little less than average. From looking through the forum descriptions, I notice a lot of redundancy and repetition (hah, ironic!), as I do with most forums, with the word “here.” I love the word “here!” It tells me where I am, where to put things, it even becomes a woman if I take off the “e,” and who doesn’t like a new friend? On forums though, “here” becomes one of my worst nightmares. The word is overused in almost forum description to the point that I don’t even bother to read them. Unfortunately, this stereotype is true with MvPxC. Descriptions such as “View all the announcements here!” and “View our site battles here!” are completely uncreative and just plain boring. I mean, the forum is already called “Announcements,” and all the description does repeat that with
the word that shall not be named… *shiver* Creativity is key here! If the goal is to run a relaxed gaming forum, be creative with the topic in mind! Just try sprucing the forum descriptions, is all I’m pretty much saying.
That must be the only real grammar mistakes made, right? Man, I really wish, because then I could wrap it up and go to bed. But nope, let’s take a look at an official post made by Cyimking, the Administrator.
Due to the amount of spam and old inactive topics, i decided to archive topics that haven't had a reply within a few months. This allow us to clean out the board and it will prevent members from posting on obsolete topics. For those who doesn't know, once a topic have been archive you will not longer have the ability to post on it. All archive topics have been placed in a "graveyard" forum, one which the administrators are able to view only.
I have taken the liberty to
bold all grammar mistakes made in this official post on MvPxC. Let’s walk through them real quick together. “, i decided to archive…” - this phrase contains a super simple error that can really make an impact on the reader. By not capitalizing the letter “I” when speaking of yourself, the reader will immediately notice an unprofessional speaker. “This allow us…” - What we see here is a basic verb (what do I call it? Conjugation? Tense? I’ll go with tense) tense mistake. The correct usage is: “This allows us…” I’ll hit on one more, just to see my point. “...once a topic have been archived you will not longer have…” - This phrase contains more errors than I could possibly point out. “Have” is not in the correct tense, you are missing a comma after the word “archived” because you are switching thoughts, and “not” should be “no.” Just to sum up what I’m trying to say here: the grammar usage that the administration of MvPxC utilizes is below the average English speaker’s usage. There are multiple mistakes throughout official news and announcements, which really count off the professionalism of MvPxC.
Since spelling is out of the way, mostly, let’s take a look at other aspects of a community that determine its professionalism. Ahh, the staff, yes! The bread and butter of a good site! Without dedicated, professional, and purposeful staff positions, a good community could fall to the ground as fast as a bad forum’s review score. Unfortunately, not much of these needed criteria are found in the staff of MvPxC.
I would like to mention that all staff have been active within the last 24 hours, which is super awesome. Having a staff that
at least checks in every day is vital. On the other hand, though, I found many of such staff positions confusing at first glance. Red Herring and myself both questioned what a “Diet Moderator” was, and we came to the conclusion that it was for members who are on a diet. The Diet Moderator will make sure they stick with their diet, and punish existing members by putting them on diets. A very fun and interesting position, nonetheless. Of course, we came to our senses and realized that, “Hey! We are completely absurd!” and figured that “diet” simply meant they controlled a smaller section of the forum. Red Herring likes to defend our first conclusion, simply to point out the fact that, we didn’t even know what the forum was about at the time, so it was even more difficult to rule out our moderator of member diets. Not everyone on the internet will come to their senses when approached with the position of a “Diet Moderator.” TL;DR? Change the name of “Diet Moderators.” The current name is not clearly description of its position.
Well, that looks like everything.. *Navigates to the index and begins having a seizure due to flashing usernames* Nevermind, that’s not everything… I don’t know how to build up to this or make it sound funny, but… Those flashing names are freaking annoying. I understand that they are reserved for “Ace Members,” but there are plenty of super awesome solid colors available. Not even just Ace Members too, but Administrators… I can’t tell how much this cuts down on the professional view of MvPxC… Bleh.. Just… I can’t even form the words. Red Herring, could I get some words here? “If you like having epileptic seizures, then MvPxC is the community for you. And my eyes are quite offended.” Sure, I like that! My main point here: professionalism is killed by the animated usernames. They are cute and flashy, but super annoying.
In conclusion, the spelling and grammar usage of MvPxC is below average, board wide. Official new and announcement contain multiple grammar mistakes that can make information difficult to read. In addition to consistent mistakes, MvPxC showcases some pretty obtrusive animated usergroup names. These are attention stealing, and just.. ehh… plain irritating. Due to which, MvPxC has been awarded a 9 in Spelling / Grammar & Professionalism.
Total Score - (44 out of 100)
Final Remarks:
Just to wrap everything up, this has been a pretty cool review, in my opinion. MvPxC flaunts a decent theme, but has minor mistakes, along with some major issues, that affects the overall usage of the community. These issues range from spelling mistakes to complete misunderstanding of MvPxC’s subject, to intrusive attributes such as flashy usernames. The community is pretty void of content that is professionally written and organized. The overall site layout of MvPxC is flawed as well, giving users obstacles when navigating the forum. In a final conclusion, MvPxC requires many improvements before it can enter the realm of professional forums, but it is off to a good start.
Strengths:
- - Modern & Retro Sleek Theme Design
Weaknesses:
- - Poorly Optimized General Layout
- Constant Spelling and Grammar Mistakes
- Unprofessional and Obtrusive Name Effects
- Lack of Content
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