Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
Is your forum's appearance bad? No. Is is great? No. Here's why; it's too overdone and generic. It's not an unusable or ugly skin, but I cannot tell you how many forums have that gray/black theme with generic/default icons. Even some custom images (new posts/no new posts, etc.) could do your forum wonders. It would enourage people to join. As it is, it gives off no sense that your forum is original, it just looks like any other forum. If you have any good designer and coders at your forum, you could maybe even try for a whole custom skin. Now don't take me wrong, again, the skin you have right now isn't ugly or nonfunctional, I just feel it looks way too generic and overdone. I think your forum could do better than that, especially when you're a new forum and that's when you need people to want to join the most. Also, what is with your banner? It looks really out of place and isn't gaming related. I would definitely look for a new banner.
(Scored 10/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
To be honest, not much to grade you on here. I mean, you have all of two categories and 10 forums. (Not saying that's a bad thing.) Your forums seemed to be organized alright, and your Guest Section may help encourage people to register. The only suggestion is that you move Feedback, Suggestions & Support above General, that way all of your board-related forums are all together in one place.
(Scored 18/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
Yet again, what can I grade you on really? Your board is a few days old and it's impossible to grade this category for forums this new. You seem to be off to a good start with 20+ members already and I like how none of your forums lack posts, because I don't like when people have forums on their boards that have 0 posts. Thankfully you had none of those.
(Scored 20/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
According to "The Team" link it's just you and a co-admin. A co-admin is good to have so I definitely can understand that. Your forum is not very old, so you and one other is the PERFECT number for your forum. When would I suggest hiring mods? When the forum gets big enough to where it's too big for you two to handle. That shouldn't happen for a while so great job. I don't like it when people overhire, and it can be intimidating, and it was refreshing to see you have not overhired.
(Scored 20/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
Let's start out with Spelling and Grammar. On your index I noticed a few errors, and they were pretty noticeable so I would suggest fixing them. "For guests with quick questions and where guests can hang out without having to register. It is recommended to register to take advantage of all features." should not begin with For. Maybe make it something like "This forum is for guests with quick questions and where guests can hang out without having to register. It is recommended to register to take advantage of all features." Next, "Talk about gaming in general, if its not related to any console post it here" should be, "Talk about gaming in general. If it's not related to any console, post it here." Next, "Anything PlayStation related goes here, including PS3, PS2, PS1 and PSP" should be, "Anything PlayStation related goes here, including PS3, PS2, PS1, and PSP." Finally, "Nintendo related stuff is to be posted here. This forum is for all nintendo consoles, including Wii, Gamecube, nintendo 64, etc..." should be, "Nintendo related stuff is to be posted here. This forum is for all Nintendo consoles, including Wii, Gamecube, Nintendo 64, etc..."
Moving onto Professionalism, your forum's staff seems to act professional which is good. However, that banner I mentioned earlier is unprofessional as it has nothing to do with gaming. Not much else to say here.
(Scored 11/20)
Total Score - 79 (Out of 100)
Final Remarks: Your forum is off to a good start, but lacks what it needs to stick out.
What was most liked about the website/forums: The community.
What was disliked most about the website/forums: The generic look and spelling errors.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website? Make it less generic and give me more time in the day.
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