Poliwager Forums
Review by Bazinga!
The design of your forum looks very bland and plain to me. The graphics and the general look of the board should have something to do with the niche' of the forum. I would suggest using the 'Graphics Marketplace' and requesting that you have a graphics made that actually apply to Pokemon or have someone make you a Pokemon "theme" or "skin".
Very Poor
At the time of this review, you have 42,761 posts, 1,236 topics, and 534 members. While you have fairly good statistics for you forum, some of the areas on your forum haven't been posted in for 10 days or so. This doesn't look good to guests who may be viewing your forum for the first time. If a guest can see that members haven't posted in 10 days or more, then they will think that members aren't happy with your forum.
Average
There are other Pokemon forums out there so in order to recruit potential members, you must find a way of sticking out from the other Pokemon-themed forums that are out there. Part of it is making your forum look good and you can make it look good (which I've already touched on in 'Design Quality' section of the review). The other part is coming up with content that is different and new as far as the niche' goes. So you may have to do some research on Pokemon to ensure that you find the newest and latest news, and then you can use those to promote discussions on your forum.
Poor
Final Remarks:
I think you can have a really good forum here if you just change the "skin" of your forum to match your niche' better and increase the quality and quantity of your content. With a little bit of effort, your forum can go a long way. Don't give up on your forum though. Forums that have passionate owners are the forums that go on to become great.
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