Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
I really like the skin of your forum. It's very light and clean. At first sight it doesn't really even look like ZetaBoards. It's still got that glossy look though which I like on ZetaBoards. The color scheme of your forum is nice, the blue really looks good. The light look of your skin is easy on people's eyes and makes everything easy to read. Your logo looks good on the forum and it blends in well. Everything just flows. You also have some skins for people to choose from if for some weird reason they don't like the default one. Honestly, not anything I can complain about. Very good job. By the way, your favicon looks good. A lot of forums don't even have those, so it's good you added one. Useful to catch people's eyes if they add you in their browser's favorites.
(Scored 20/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
The layout of your forum is very nice. It's simple and you only have forums that are necessary. It's rare that I would actually suggest another site-related board, but for your forum, I will. I think an introduction forum would be much better than just a thread. A thread for each new member seems to be more…personal, and makes the member feel more welcome. As far as your existing forums, they're all fine and appropriate for your forum. Though it seems weird that you have the website ads forum right in the middle of the forum instead of at the bottom where it's out of the way, but still noticeable. Those are the only two things though. Your layout was still fine.
(Scored 18/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
For around a year and a half of being open, your forum is doing extremely well. 22K posts is great and so is almost 300 members. It seems like you're keeping people active which is good, and what you want. The showcase forums seems to be the one with the least activity, and that could be because their descriptions are kind of confusing. (For example, isn't a game media?) That's really no big deal though, and they're not that bad. Keep it up. Most of your forums have a good number of threads and posts.
(Scored 19/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
Your staff seems to be a good group and all, but some of them I didn't notice around the boards too much. You're also overstaffed. There is no need to have all the mods you have for a forum of your activity and age. I can understand maybe having 2 admins and 2 mods, but not 5. I wouldn't hire any more for a while, because that would not be beneficial. So, you didn't do too well in this department, but remember that it's not the quality of your staff members I'm really complaining about, it's the quantity.
(Scored 14/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
Your spelling and grammar was generally excellent. All around the board people and your staff seemed to be professional about posting. However, I did notice a few errors in your forum descriptions.
"Questions, suggestions, problems, or anything else about this forum and it's community can be sent here where your feedback will be answered by the staff." should be, "Questions, suggestions, problems, or anything else about this forum and its community can be sent here, where your feedback will be answered by the staff."
"People that have an interest in video games can come here and converse about their favourite game, any news of a forthcoming/new released one, or anything else to do with the gaming world." should be, "People that have an interest in video games can come here and converse about their favourite game, any news of a forthcoming/newly released one, or anything else to do with the gaming world."
Those are very minor though.
(Scored 18/20)
Total Score - 89 (Out of 100)
Final Remarks: 89 is a very, very good score.
What was most liked about the website/forums: The skin and layout.
What was disliked most about the website/forums: Some minor issues, staff.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website? Nothing would stop me.
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