Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
Overall, I'd say the First Impressions and appearance of your forum are both great. The banner looks fantastic, the use of all three of the major consoles is a big plus and shows a lack of bias to gamers who
are visting your site. Also no problems with the navigation bar and the template is relatively appealing and I can't criticise it. Your forum looks great, so you get full marks.
(Scored 20/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
Unfortunately, I don't think your site layout is as good as your appearance and first impressions. The navigation bar looks a little cluttered and also the gaps in between certain words, notably Donate and Medals,
are bigger then the gap between other words which I think looks unprofessional. Also I'm not sure for the need for all those things in the navigation bar, I think you could put the Youtube at the bottom of the page
along with the RSS instead of it taking up space on the top of the navigation bar. Another issue is the site announcement feature. I don't see how donating to the site is a donation? Personally I think the MOD should
be disabled and you should put the donate link somewhere different, personally I'd say in the footer with a smaller version. The layout of the forums is generally fine though, maybe you could give article
submission it's own section because I don't believe it belongs in the 'Gaming Notices' section, however that's not a necessary change I don't think. Also, I think the affiliates would look better under the statistics.
(Scored 12/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
Your statistics are okay. You have been open 4 1/2 months and have 4,471 posts and 69 members. I think this could be improved quite a lot, I'd say the best way to improve your member count and post count is with posting packages
and exchanges and promoting everywhere you can. Even though you've got slightly disappointing statistics, I understand that gaming forums are difficult to make active because their are so many of them... also it's a great
achievement that you've kept the forum open this long instead of giving up. As for the current activity, it seems at a solid and reasonable level. 63 posts in the last 24 hours is not great, but it's certainly not a bad statistic, another
50 posts a day though would be great. In fact, breaking the 100 post a day barrier would be a fantastic achievement, so in my opinion aim for that. Try methods like exchanges/packages and you never know you may also
get long term activity with members sticking about.
(Scored 12/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
I think you have some serious problems when it comes to staff moderation. I'll go through each group individually. The admin group is a problem area for a start. You have an admin who's been a member a week and hasn't
made a single post. You have another admin who's been there 2 months and made only 30 posts. Bottom line is, you need to get your administrators to post more or remove them from the team. Also I don't see the
need for 3 admins on a forum your size... so I think you're overstaffing a bit. Then you have 2 moderators which is absolutely fine. Both moderators seem fine and are active so this area isn't a problem. Also you have the website team,
personally I don't believe you need 3 members in this group, however at least they are all active on the forum. Another problem area is the ''Baxy Staff''. I have no idea what that means, however I don't see why you need four of them.
One has posted today for the first time in a couple of months, one's been inactive for over a month, one's been inactive for 9 days and has only ever made 2 posts and another one has been inactive on the forum for 2 months and
has not made one single post. This area needs a lot of sorting out, as well as being overstaffed.
(Scored 8/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
Generally spelling/grammar and professionalism isn't a problem area. However I've noticed one thing that could be improved. Post any article, such as Reviews, Walkthroughs, Tips, Cheats or Tournaments, that you would like seen on the website here. You do not need the comma between
tournaments and that. Sorry for the lack of writing in this section, however it was difficult to find anything to criticise really.
(Scored 19/20)
Total Score- 71 (Out of 100)
Final Remarks: Overall I think you have a decent forum, it looks great and I wish you the best of luck with it. It has lasted this long so I think it has potential to become big.
What was most liked about the website/forums: The clean template was great and also the banner was absolutely outstanding. The forum looks great so would interest gamers straight away.
What was disliked most about the website/forums: The amount of inactive staff with very few posts was the biggest problem, however that should only take 10 minutes to sort out.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website? I'm already a member. Though if I wasn't, you'd have to get me into gaming more because I don't really play many games.
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