Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
Your theme is very…plain looking. There’s nothing too exciting about it. It’s just gray. It’s very dull. Mind you, there’s nothing particularly bad with it, either. It’s just not something where I would go, “Woah! I want to join this forum.” or really have any feeling at all. I would look for a theme with more colors. Your logo is fine. I like how you have a favicon, that helps to have around. Another thing though that was a problem with your skin is that, even though my eyesite is fine, I cannot stand gray-on-gray text. Your site had multiple instances where there was gray text on a lighter gray background or vice versa. I do understand you have that “color” button which is cool and all, but it still doesn’t rectify all the other issues.
(Scored 12/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
Your site layout is fine. Everything is organized correctly. There aren’t too many nor too little boards, and the amount of off-topic boards is fine. One thing is though you have a “Other Machinima” board, I don’t see the regular Machinima board. For your own productions, I mean. Is there one I’m just missing? Other than that it’s fine, and I don’t have any complaints.
(Scored 19/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
For a year and a half, your statistics really aren’t that great. 10,000 posts is a good amount, but when it’s been about 15 months since you’ve opened, that’s well under 1,000 posts/month, which is a milestone an active forum should be reaching. 160+ members is fine. Posts are spread well across the board, which is good. However, the Nintendo board could use some activity. Maybe you should do some more post exchanges to encourage new activity.
(Scored 15/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
Your number of forum moderators is fine. You’ve only got a few. However, the user in your “staff” group has only 16 posts, which is very underwhelming. Also, some of your staff had low quality posts or really didn’t act to set an example. Staff should have high quality posts. As far as your usergroup color goes, maybe a bright cyan color. I think that would fit well.
(Scored 12/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
I did notice a few errors:
“Not for the lulz. Type properly and be serious on the matter at hand.” should be, “Not for the lulz. Type properly, and be serious on the matter at hand.”
“Suggest Ideas for the forum, or post if you have problems using a forum's feature.
Please no Machinima Ideas here.” should be, “Suggest ideas for the forum, or post if you have problems using a forum's feature.
Please no Machinima ideas here.”
“Any Graphics and Off-Topic videos go here.. Within reason.” should be, “Any graphics and off-topic videos go here, within reason.”
Those were minor, however.
(Scored 18/20)
Total Score – 76 (Out of 100)
Final Remarks: Your forum was just another gaming forum, it needs something to make it stand above the rest.
What was most liked about the website/forums: Layout.
What was disliked most about the website/forums: Skin.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website? Take into account the suggestions above to make it different.
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