Just my opinion, but I think this forum may well be going the way of many others. There seem to be far fewer posts nowadays? It's maybe just an inevitable thing with so many other avenues for people to chat now. Fault could possibly be looked at from both sides. We as players tend to form our own groups and talk there instead. I'm guilty of this myself. Maybe people are shy of writing on a forum and prefer to do it amongst people they know. Maybe we don't welcome new posters as much as we should do. For a long time I've said that the forum is way too messy. Look at all the tabs on the left hand side. Julian Thews blog for example. He left a long time ago. 4 strategy tabs. The redundant ones should just be taken away and the clinics should just be consolidated into one place. I think Sky are very good but the community is an embarrassment in many ways. Things should be kept up to date. We've all said how poor the software is. It's so far behind the times. These are some of my thoughts. What can be done to be done to improve things in your opinion? Or maybe I'm wrong and it's just fine as it is? Maybe it's just natural that things come and go and most don't really care whether we have a forum or not now? Personally I think it would be a shame if it died. Use it or lose it, as they say. Posted by Jac35
Much to agree with there Paul. Don't want to say too much, but I'm trying to address many of those matters.
It's a 2 way street, though, players have an equal role to play, & THEY have to do their bit as well. A thread went up yesterday announcing the League Winners, altogether, with the 2nd chance Freeroll qualifiers, some £10,000 to £15,000 worth of prizes were announced. It got exactly ONE reply, & that does not really count, as it was from me.
If I were to run a Free to Enter Forum Fun Comp tomorrow, it's get 100+ entrants of course. And I can, but there has to be some sort of payback via increased Business &/or Community interest. I can't see much evidence of the latter really.
It would certainly be a shame to lose it, but I'm not aware of any plans by The Business to close it, I'm pleased to say, but both parties need to contribute.
A better welcome to Members? Yup, make them feel welcome here, encourage them to post more. I try to reply to all new posters, but not many do bar the usual handful.
An interesting topic, overall. We can't force players to post or interact here. Social-Media, FaceBook, Twitter & so on are changing the way we interact, & most forums are in decline. We could make this one the exception though, but it needs 2 to tango.
Many players of course use it as a "complaints" Forum, which is why all other "tied" Forums have closed, as the Forums were being used as a stick to beat the site with.
I'm not saying it is ALL the players fault, far from it. I think my views on the Forum Software are fairly well known, both amongst the players, & The Business.
Anyway, a good post, & yes, the post count has certainly dropped since Easter UKOPS. We had a real nice atmo on here during Easter UKOPS, & the Daily UKOPS reviews were well-received. Deffo been a little flat since then, though. Partly my fault, I accept, as I usually "seed" the Community, but I'm up against it with one thing & another right now.
In Response to Re: Ramblings of an old man : Would help if Sky didn't forum ban people for nothing, to reinstate them, then ban them again Posted by hhyftrftdr
In Response to Re: Ramblings of an old man : The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.... .....And like that......he's gone. Posted by hhyftrftdr
In Response to Re: Ramblings of an old man : Great film Posted by Jac35
What an era for film the 90's was. A decade bookended by Goodfellas and American Beauty, with Shawshank Redemption, Usual Suspects, Fight Club, Pulp Fiction, Fargo, Casino, Reservoir Dogs, Unforgiven, Trainspotting, Leon, Big Lebowski, Seven, Silence Of The Lambs, Boogie Nights and LA Confidential (and probably many more I can't think of the top of my head) in between.
Sadly for me, I was too young in the 90s to see all these down the cinema. No issues for you in that respect.
In Response to Re: Ramblings of an old man : What an era for film the 90's was. A decade bookended by Goodfellas and American Beauty, with Shawshank Redemption, Usual Suspects, Fight Club, Pulp Fiction, Fargo, Casino, Reservoir Dogs, Unforgiven, Trainspotting, Leon, Big Lebowski, Seven, Silence Of The Lambs, Boogie Nights and LA Confidential (and probably many more I can't think of the top of my head) in between. Sadly for me, I was too young in the 90s to see all these down the cinema. No issues for you in that respect. Posted by hhyftrftdr
In Response to Re: Ramblings of an old man : Young, Tune, like I said Young. Posted by hhyftrftdr
I remember being young once, summers were long, music was good, children behaved, beer was cheap, I had time to do the things I wanted rather than just work and I won the occasional flip at poker. Oh how things have changed. Make the most of being young, it's vastly underrated.
You make a very good point Paul, and as mentioned above Thank goodness you keep the flag flying in respect of posting interesting stuff, I'm as guilty as the next man to be honest, I like to think in my early blog gage I kept things interesting and tried to " mix things" up a bit, nowadays I'm either too tired or just feel I haven't owt worth reading to say.
Having said that I can ramble with the best of them, I should make the effort really as I have a lot to thank members of the forum for,as without them and of course my family I don't really know how I would have coped in the early days .
Enough about me though.
How to get folk using the forum more? Bring back post of the week/month, although your good self and hhry are pretty much shoe-ins for the 2 of maybe 6 on the table, I would suggest a sky poker hoodie as 1st prize, reckon you may have one but if you are anything like I am it won't fit by the time they bring back that scenario, and if h has got one...well enough said
Nothing like a bit of online abuse to boost the post count. I'm big enough and sexy enough to take it though. Water off a ducks back. Posted by hhyftrftdr
You just finished ur dym grind u must love em
Also agree with tom post of the month was very good the sit and go sky use to have
few ideas to boost community use...... TK's weekly tutorial on the correct use of exclamation marks!!!!!!!!!! Stuarty could start a diary thread about all his timed tourney wins Hhy could do a culinary blog about best takeaways I am sure I can think of more. Posted by HENDRIK62
I think I know where we're going wrong at last To my knowledge, no one on here buys llamas or does pottery. Possibly the most read and popular diary on another forum has much talk about these things. Anyone own a llama? Posted by Jac35
I think I know where we're going wrong at last To my knowledge, no one on here buys llamas or does pottery. Possibly the most read and popular diary on another forum has much talk about these things. Anyone own a llama? Posted by Jac35
No but I own a couple of rams. A source of continual disappointment to me; they are useless.
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It's a 2 way street, though, players have an equal role to play, & THEY have to do their bit as well. A thread went up yesterday announcing the League Winners, altogether, with the 2nd chance Freeroll qualifiers, some £10,000 to £15,000 worth of prizes were announced. It got exactly ONE reply, & that does not really count, as it was from me.
If I were to run a Free to Enter Forum Fun Comp tomorrow, it's get 100+ entrants of course. And I can, but there has to be some sort of payback via increased Business &/or Community interest. I can't see much evidence of the latter really.
It would certainly be a shame to lose it, but I'm not aware of any plans by The Business to close it, I'm pleased to say, but both parties need to contribute.
A better welcome to Members? Yup, make them feel welcome here, encourage them to post more. I try to reply to all new posters, but not many do bar the usual handful.
An interesting topic, overall. We can't force players to post or interact here. Social-Media, FaceBook, Twitter & so on are changing the way we interact, & most forums are in decline. We could make this one the exception though, but it needs 2 to tango.
Many players of course use it as a "complaints" Forum, which is why all other "tied" Forums have closed, as the Forums were being used as a stick to beat the site with.
I'm not saying it is ALL the players fault, far from it. I think my views on the Forum Software are fairly well known, both amongst the players, & The Business.
Anyway, a good post, & yes, the post count has certainly dropped since Easter UKOPS. We had a real nice atmo on here during Easter UKOPS, & the Daily UKOPS reviews were well-received. Deffo been a little flat since then, though. Partly my fault, I accept, as I usually "seed" the Community, but I'm up against it with one thing & another right now.
We shall see. Together we can do it.
.....And like that......he's gone.
Sadly for me, I was too young in the 90s to see all these down the cinema. No issues for you in that respect.
Young.
Nothing like a bit of online abuse to boost the post count.
I'm big enough and sexy enough to take it though. Water off a ducks back.