Denzark
10-09-2009, 12:26 PM
Just a musing. It occurred yesterday, whilst I was checking BoLS, that there are more and more articles being posted on the main site regularly. Now, this is only a good thing for sure, but its harder to check at work quickly without annoying the bossman.
Now for me, its not just the articles themselves, but the responses - sometimes there are some geniuses (although best post ever on any 40K has to be HBMC(?) destroying Codex CSM and getting a response off Gavin Thorpe on his own blog) but we are often in the realm of trawling over 100 posts to get the gaming goodness, witty *****ing, worthless trolling/flaming and the gaming cunning we desire. theres also the strange dynamic you get from the UK/US time differential where posters of nationality appear at later (or is it earlier) times.
The lounge is easy - split into fantasy and 40k and other. So we can trawl our interest to our hearts desire. But for me, the only thing I would love to see as a personal consideration for an improvement, would be some sort of tab system so you can only get to articles you want for example:
40K
Fantasy
Specialist Games
Modelling
Non-GW
Whining about Dark Eldar (j for joke!)
this isn't a Oh MY GOD are some people never satisfied post, because I find BoLS excellent overall and leagues ahead of other forums. But i wondered if anyone else has any hankering for tweaks - no one seems to have much time for harsh banter in the dreaded OUBLIETTE of doom so streamlining somewhere might help?
Cheers all,
PS Yes I know there are check by subjects, and check by year etc. But nothing filtering new posts only - rather than as now, go to page, scroll down and pick out the 40k articles from amongst the other (interesting but not my bag particulalrly warmachine), I would go to page, click 40k tab and see only 40k articles without other flashy distractions.
Now for me, its not just the articles themselves, but the responses - sometimes there are some geniuses (although best post ever on any 40K has to be HBMC(?) destroying Codex CSM and getting a response off Gavin Thorpe on his own blog) but we are often in the realm of trawling over 100 posts to get the gaming goodness, witty *****ing, worthless trolling/flaming and the gaming cunning we desire. theres also the strange dynamic you get from the UK/US time differential where posters of nationality appear at later (or is it earlier) times.
The lounge is easy - split into fantasy and 40k and other. So we can trawl our interest to our hearts desire. But for me, the only thing I would love to see as a personal consideration for an improvement, would be some sort of tab system so you can only get to articles you want for example:
40K
Fantasy
Specialist Games
Modelling
Non-GW
Whining about Dark Eldar (j for joke!)
this isn't a Oh MY GOD are some people never satisfied post, because I find BoLS excellent overall and leagues ahead of other forums. But i wondered if anyone else has any hankering for tweaks - no one seems to have much time for harsh banter in the dreaded OUBLIETTE of doom so streamlining somewhere might help?
Cheers all,
PS Yes I know there are check by subjects, and check by year etc. But nothing filtering new posts only - rather than as now, go to page, scroll down and pick out the 40k articles from amongst the other (interesting but not my bag particulalrly warmachine), I would go to page, click 40k tab and see only 40k articles without other flashy distractions.