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your ideas for new forum discussion groups

Sky_RichSky_Rich Member Posts: 3,837
edited November 2009 in Poker Chat
Hey guys,

the Sky Poker community has now been up and live for around 5 months and in that time we have been delighted with the progress and continuous growth. we are always trying to think of new ideas to improve things to give you the very best community experience possible. as this community is all about YOU, the users, we have decided to ask for some of your suggestions on how to improve things.

what we want to know is... would you like to see any new forum discussion groups/ boards / categorises (or whatever you like to call them!) ??

please post all your ideas and suggestions here and i will seriously consider implementing the best ones.

(ssshh - we might even give out a few prizes )

so tell me what would you like to see?

...together we can make things better



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  • scotty77scotty77 Member Posts: 4,970
    edited November 2009
    none.  having too many sub forums dilutes the content, and there will be parts of the forum that are rarely used.

    thats why i generally stay in the general section, as its a good mix of poker discussion/sky poker news and more light-hearted stuff.




  • AskiAski Member Posts: 263
    edited November 2009
    As an initial suggestions under the General Poker Chat could we have the following child boards

    Tournament Announcements - Most of the first page is taken up with these and they knock discussions threads down

    Given this started with the Ask TK thread, how about an Ask the Presenter Child board , that would allow the TK thread to stay on the first page of that sub section

    Competition sub section - for any comps that are run , ie like Tikays how many runners in so and so threads

    Under  strategy section, could we have child boards for Cash, SNG's and MTT's, so that anything specific to those games could be posted there.

    Also a hand analysis child board too would be useful

    With regards to the Shed, sub sections for Sport, Music, Competitions

    thanks

    Aski :)
  • 35suited35suited Member Posts: 2,332
    edited November 2009

    when u click on poker statergy how about different sections for

    No limit holdem
    Pl holdem

    Cash

    Omaha (if its gonig to be here soon)

  • Kiwini4uKiwini4u Member Posts: 3,830
    edited November 2009
    In Response to Re: your ideas for new forum discussion groups:
    none.  having too many sub forums dilutes the content, and there will be parts of the forum that are rarely used. thats why i generally stay in the general section, as its a good mix of poker discussion/sky poker news and more light-hearted stuff.
    Posted by scotty77
    I have to agree, I tend to stay in General Chat and only venture into one of the other forums whe I see a post that mentions something that has happened or is happening there.

    One thing I would suggest is maybe having a forum opened where all the closed threads, say those that haven't been used for over a month are put.  They will still be there for people to read if they want to but wont clutter up the main forums.
  • COCASIRFCOCASIRF Member Posts: 439
    edited November 2009
    What about a photo area where people can post photos, photo's of themself or funny ones
  • IRISHROVERIRISHROVER Member Posts: 7,606
    edited November 2009
    i like to see a nutters category ,

    god knows there is enough of them on here ,

    of course me included lol.

    maybe call it after that world skypoker renowned nutter that guy is


    oynutter
  • Grimstar30Grimstar30 Member Posts: 1,400
    edited November 2009
    'Ask TK' to be moved to a sticky OR expand this concept and create a 'Ask the analyst / presenter'  group, with sub-categories of:

    *Ask Tk
    *Ask Giddins
    *Ask Orford
    *Ask Sky-Rich    EVEN! ;)

    etc..

    How about a 'General Gambling' Group, just to promote tips etc. Anyway that is my attempt :)

    Dave
  • acebarry10acebarry10 Member Posts: 7,556
    edited November 2009
    Hi Rich

    I think that one has already started in Ask tikay, so what about a board called "Talk to tikay" where it is possible to ask tikay about a variety of subjects including, but not just poker, it seems to have taken off already, so a board of its own would seem to be a good idea, and hopefully, new visitors/players would feel able to ask questions.
  • OMahonyOOMahonyO Member Posts: 1,883
    edited November 2009
    In Response to Re: your ideas for new forum discussion groups:
    when u click on poker statergy how about different sections for No limit holdem Pl holdem Cash Omaha (if its gonig to be here soon)
    Posted by 35suited

    This, there should definately be a difference between cash and tourney threads
  • SherlockSherlock Member Posts: 109
    edited November 2009
    I brought up this idea of creating more Boards with Tikay in the "Ask Tikay" thread

    The consensus was we definitely need more Boards.

    This is a busy Forum and lots of threads are dropping off the 1st pages (especially in the General Poker Chat" Board.)

    I suggested an "Ask Tikay Board"

    Tikay mentioned a Cash-Only Board - "Cash Corner" or similar.

    Others will suggest many other Boards. 

    The bottom line is, as a growing community, we need more Boards.

    Sky will have to decide how many & what they are called.

    All the best.
  • phil12ukphil12uk Member Posts: 2,856
    edited November 2009
    I agree with Scotty that more is not the way forward necessarily. I stick to General section, strategy and the shed.  I understand that everyone has different tastes and needs from a forum (hence why area 51 is so popular!!!)  How about sub sectionning the general section into :

    Cash chat
    MTT / SNG chat
    Presenters pages - esp Tikay
    Brags and Moans

    That way people have specific strands to look for.
  • TorryladdTorryladd Member Posts: 503
    edited November 2009
    Hi,
    I would like to see a beginner section where new people can be attracted to straight away, introduce themselves, ask members questions etc.
  • BuistyboyBuistyboy Member Posts: 408
    edited November 2009
    Hi all

    I agree with scotty and phil about the problems associated with increasing the number of sections. I would slightly disagree with phil on this one, however.  I think that the general poker chat section should not be split up into sections as he suggests, as i think many threads would not necessarily sit in any one of the sub categories he suggests.  I think a general poker chat board sits well in the forum.

    In the poker strategy section, i think phils suggestion would work better, although again i am not sure it is necessary, and that thread titles should be adequate to help forum members navigate to threads of interest.

    Ray
  • THESWISSTHESWISS Member Posts: 238
    edited November 2009
    In Response to your ideas for new forum discussion groups:
    Hey guys, the Sky Poker community has now been up and live for around 5 months and in that time we have been delighted with the progress and continuous growth. we are always trying to think of new ideas to improve things to give you the very best community experience possible. as this community is all about YOU, the users, we have decided to ask for some of your suggestions on how to improve things. what we want to know is... would you like to see any new forum discussion groups/ boards / categorises (or whatever you like to call them!) ?? please post all your ideas and suggestions here and i will seriously consider implementing the best ones. (ssshh - we might even give out a few prizes ) so tell me what would you like to see? ...together we can make things better
    Posted by Sky_Rich
    The "Strategy" section is currently a mix of poker tips AND hand analysis and i think it should be split up. There should be a separate "Hand analysis" section with subsections to it for "Cash", "Tournaments" & "SNG'S".

    How about a "Winners hall" section. Daily updates of the winners of the main 8pm tournament & other important ones from the night before.

    Have a "competition" section, use it for caption comp and all other comps.

    I do think that there should not be too many headings as otherwise some will be ignored.

    Get rid of "The shed", people can just post under "General" 
    Get rid of "Sky poker tv channel", most comments for this are put under "General" and nobody posts there.
    Get rid of "community suggestions", people just post under "General"
    Get rid of "Area 51", not used and one heading too many.
    Put "Sky poker tour" as a sub heading to "Sky poker announcements".

    Ed
  • diablo_pezdiablo_pez Member Posts: 1,392
    edited November 2009
    I'd also prefer LESS "sections" and MORE threads showing on a page
  • namesb0ndnamesb0nd Member Posts: 402
    edited November 2009
    maybe sport?There have been a lot of sport posts in the shed recently so it would be quite poular imo.
  • loonytoonsloonytoons Member Posts: 4,270
    edited November 2009
    Why not have a section for all the 'chat banned' players. You could put their names up and we could all wind them up with complete impunity as they would not be able to answer back lol.
  • loonytoonsloonytoons Member Posts: 4,270
    edited November 2009
    How about a 'hide thread' icon, where players can hide any threads from the forum page that they have no interest in. Or how about a 'favourite threads' icon so players can put the ones they wish to contribute to in one place, no matter where in the forum the thread is located
  • nirvana29nirvana29 Member Posts: 489
    edited November 2009
    i just post the disscussions i want to talk about and have people talk about.
  • diablo_pezdiablo_pez Member Posts: 1,392
    edited November 2009
    In Response to Re: your ideas for new forum discussion groups:
    How about a 'hide thread' icon, where players can hide any threads from the forum page that they have no interest in. Or how about a 'favourite threads' icon so players can put the ones they wish to contribute to in one place, no matter where in the forum the thread is located
    Posted by loonytoons
    genius!
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