I need some work ;)

Originally posted by warfare Originally posted by env_1ner that is a good idea but not fair for 360 users How would it not be fair to the 360 users by combining ALL of the UT3 threads into one forum?  You would still be able to post whatever you want...just indicate in your thread title that it applies to the 360 crowd.  Go to Epic's official UT3 forum and you will see they don't have the platforms separated.  It's all just one big happy family.

Yeah it's not that I'm saying 360 users are going to have to use the PS3 forum....I'm saying there is no platform distinction anymore.  When I'm done it'll no longer a PS3 forum and a 360 forum it'll be a UT3 forum.  There should be no reason why we all can't discuss the same game. When things need to be specific (like a tourney or a call for a PUG) all you have to do is put PS3 or 360 in the title of your thread.

that is a good idea but not fair for 360 users

Well, it's good to know that you finally landed yourself another job.  I hope it works out for you.

Originally posted by WOPR I don't want any of the die hard UT3 people (which I am still one of believe it or not) to think this is going to be the downward spiral of UT3 on this site because it won't be...I look at this as a combination of streamlining and making an attempt to expand our reach into other games.  The dead weight removal and consolidation needed to happen anyway and is really unrelated to adding more game sections so don't look at it like a negative thing for UT3...hell having some new blood around here may just make some people that have never played UT3 want to give it a try.

And you do make a good point I neglected to even mention.  If we take the direct focus off of UT3, we might even end up getting some new blood for UT3 itself.  Even if I doubt we'll be seeing a second golden age for UT3 anytime soon, some new blood might be that is needed to re-energize things in UT3 and at least temporarily boost the player count.

Anyways, by combining, do you mean all making them one general discussion or three seperate general discussion sub-forums under a single UT3 main forum, like how UT3 TDM League is to UT3 on PS3?

So I went back and read through this and honestly I really like the ideas here.  A lot of this stuff were things that had been in the back of my mind for a while but I never really sat down and thought about what to do about it so this was good stuff to hear and helped put a direction on the feeling.

So I am going to be doing some condensing of certain sections together (no more PC/360/ps3 separation for example) and removing some dead weight(like foot mode and vehicle sections for example).  I will also be adding sections for some of the new games like MAG and MW2.  I also liked the old school games, game reviews and debate section ideas as well I just have to think about the layout.

I don't want any of the die hard UT3 people (which I am still one of believe it or not) to think this is going to be the downward spiral of UT3 on this site because it won't be...I look at this as a combination of streamlining and making an attempt to expand our reach into other games.  The dead weight removal and consolidation needed to happen anyway and is really unrelated to adding more game sections so don't look at it like a negative thing for UT3...hell having some new blood around here may just make some people that have never played UT3 want to give it a try.

Thanks to everyone who provided feedback it was very useful.

BTW - I recently get hooked up with a  J.O.B...I don't have a start date yet, but the papers have been signed...so things are looking up! ;)

Originally posted by Danjel8 Originally posted by HottChick I think you should redo the whole site. Make it more Iamgaming, not so UT3 based. Attract gamers from several different games. Keep all the best threads and diversify with new ones. Multi game mutli platform. Maybe throw in an old skool thread for those still playing old systems. EDIT: Clans are playing more than UT3. Amen, good idea!! We already have a positive base to start from why not get more people on here!

Originally posted by SilverJ-17 Originally posted by Danjel8 UT3 is dead... The game is great, sometimes outstanding but its so dead its unbelievable. My whole reference (which several of you have totally missed) was that if WOPR wanted to do something fun and that 'he' not you Drokun or Potorikan then it 'might' be a possibility to work on another site that could give him better returns (as he is out of work, this makes sense to me). I wasn't looking for a ut3 v mw2 debate, quite honestly I don't need to debate the 100 man community to the 300,000 online at anytime community. Anyway WOPR hope you read this and try to pick out the positive action points in here. Hope it helps. But if he works on making this site centered less on UT3 and more on other games such as your CoD: MW2, would it or would it not possibly have better returns and save him money and time as well?  I honestly have no problem with a change like that.  I understand that UT3 is fading faster these days, thanks in part to MW2 and MAG. (when it releases)  Even if I don't really care for either of those "boring war games," I understand that if this site is going to continued to somewhat thrive, it needs to evolve beyond the UT3 age.  There's not a lot of point in keeping this site centered on a dying game. (You say it's dead, but I say it's dying and at an increased rate if that.)

I don't mean to pimp another website, but the GOW site has a lot of custom stuff and if they don't have it, a quick note to Demon Slick or Noot would point you towards its location. If we have WOPR's ear for some changes, let's make it something new. Of course, I have no good ideas right now. :(

WOPR, I sometimes have trouble posting. I either clock for about 20 seconds or I get a 505 Server error. Would this be remedied by archiving some of the older posts?

again this is mostly a layout issue as that's what would give the most change with the least amount of effort and money and also the least amount of b****ing and whining from everyone else.

I'm pretty sure there's no emphasize on the other games because it doesn't take 5 subforums to contain all 3 threads for a certain game. An increase of activity may change that.

idc they enjoy it, I enjoy it.
As the sunshine in the house I do feel obliged to respond to it though.

Trolling (such as going into UT3 threads with the intention of saying it sucks or how much better another game is) is actually a good reason on most moderated forums for banning people. I don't say UT3 sucks though, it's just that whenever I see someone state that UT3 isn't dead - I say it is.
Games have been removed from ladder sites when the community was x times as large as this one, just because those sections are considered dead and redundant. Looking at the ladders I can't blame them.

Originally posted by RemY Originally posted by Danjel8 Originally posted by Danjel8 Make a MW2 site just like this...  You will have active clans and more than 50 people online. Look... Make a MW2 site just like this... ^^ That would be a waste of time and money. However making iam branching into other games and not focusing on ut as much has a shot.

There's two other reason not to make another site.  I honestly think it is time to pull back some of the UT3 support and shift to focus more to other games.  After being away for a month or two, I can tell that CoD (and other games) has clearly taken a good bite/ chunk out of UT3's community (ie the servers).  Modern Warfare 2 did something Killzone 2 couldn't really do, it accelerated the UT3 community's decline.  I don't recall Killzone 2 doing even remotely as much damage.  I feel that MAG is only going to add on to the accelerated decline.