Expanding the forum member base and increasing activity

Discussion in 'Forum Discussion' started by Cribbage, Apr 15, 2012.

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  1. mouse MJ Edwards

    Unfortunately I don't have contact with VF either, I think he would be okay around here as well. Probably less of a WUM than Fiery :p

    Who got banned after me and VF did?
     
    mouse, Apr 16, 2012
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  2. SM MD Dorn

    Just an idea, a few age-only sorta sub forums? ie the likes of younger blokes 13-16 say, meaning they can talk about a few more things without being slammed by older members?

    *shrugs*
     
    SM, Apr 16, 2012
    #62

  3. Cevno IV Narang

    RoyoftheRovers and 1 or 2 other members. Then they unbanned him or something IIRC.

    Stopped being regular there around that time too or a little bit after that.
     
    Cevno, Apr 16, 2012
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  4. Cevno IV Narang

    Yeah, i guess i'll give it a try.

    Can ask on quite a few other forums too, but it's so awkward. :p
     
    Cevno, Apr 16, 2012
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  5. MrPrez CM Dyer

    I know the feeling :p I eventually just got over it :laughing:
     
    MrPrez, Apr 16, 2012
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  6. mouse MJ Edwards

    I was a regular until they decided to change website, then it turned shit.
     
    mouse, Apr 16, 2012
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  7. HeathDavisSpeed HT Davis

    Here's an idea for an activity boost. Do your sodding SAR task ffs.

    Also, explain to me how Google AdWords works, and we can get an ad up for a short time and see if that gains us any members. Can always cancel it if it fails to bring in any traffic.
     
    HeathDavisSpeed, Apr 16, 2012
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  8. BoyBlunder BOY Blunder

    Prez to be a mod?

    :laugh:
     
    BoyBlunder, Apr 16, 2012
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  9. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    Who? We do need a sperm dumpster, Lukic is getting full.
     
    Boobidy, Apr 16, 2012
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  10. loganb JEM Logan

    As much as it is a good idea, I'm not certain it would work. 13 year olds and 16 year olds will generally have different discussions tbh.
     
    loganb, Apr 16, 2012
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  11. Lukic L Popovic

    Go on places where you can comment and have shit found easily.

    Eg Facebook, Reddit. Spam cricsim links in relevant places (so cricket topics, rugby league topics etc). People will eventually click, they'll check it out and if they like it they'll stay and sign up.
     
    Lukic, Apr 16, 2012
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  12. Lukic L Popovic

    We need to add more than just a forum & simming to the site though. You'd have to rework certain aspects as well.

    Turn it into a website and have the forum as a part of it and add other stuff. Eg get members writing articles about cricket/league/stuff which would bring people to check it out.
     
    Lukic, Apr 16, 2012
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  13. Sultan Pepper HG Emm

    Articles is interesting, could jag a few more numbers as people on the interweb love feeling like they matter.


    Also offer 100,000 vcash for the first person that openly advertises this place and admits usage on their facebook page and gets 5 friends to join.
     
    Sultan Pepper, Apr 16, 2012
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  14. HeathDavisSpeed HT Davis

    I do wonder if it's time to give other sports similar priority to league on here.

    The Union subforum's been mildly successful, given the lack of Union fans on here.

    Fine for League to be the #1 sport and be top of the list on Sports subforums but at least, I'd suggest that there should be a separate forum for any sport that has a proper sim

    League Discussion Forum (post counts linked to RL Sim)
    Union Discussion Forum (post counts linked, as they are now to RUSim)
    Soccer Discussion Forum (post counts linked to Soccer Sim)
    AFL Discussion Forum (post counts linked to AFL Sim)
    Basketball Discussion Forum (post counts linked to Basketball Sim)
    Other Sports (Including NFL, NHL, Cricket, Tennis etc.)

    I've deliberately left cricket out as all posts in any forum add to your Cricsim post count and Cribb has a conflict of interest with his role at CricketWeb which effectively precludes him from having a competing Cricket forum
     
    HeathDavisSpeed, Apr 16, 2012
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  15. Lukic L Popovic

    I like that idea Heef.
     
    Lukic, Apr 16, 2012
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  16. Lukic L Popovic

    Get RLsim going btw. Could steal plenty of people from RL related forums I reckon.
     
    Lukic, Apr 16, 2012
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  17. HeathDavisSpeed HT Davis

    I think it's critical in order to get general sports fans to join up and easily get stuck into discussion. It can be hard initially to understand Cricsim, so having an easy to understand area where you can discuss your favourite sports is ideal. Other sports as it stands is just a bit messy; with RU having a forum under that - good luck finding it if you're new.
     
    HeathDavisSpeed, Apr 16, 2012
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  18. Sultan Pepper HG Emm

    This is a pretty good idea, would give cricsim greater appeal as a sports forum which I imagine would be a lot easier to market than just a simulated cricket forum. If we can just get people here for the discussion then they'll end up joining a team anyway to see what the fuss is about imo.



    I also think existing members need to be more accommodating of new members, too often new blokes posts are ignored/shot down more harshly than more established members.
     
    Sultan Pepper, Apr 16, 2012
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  19. Sultan Pepper HG Emm

    Yeah I also think condensing/deleteing a few of the existing subforums is a good idea, the whole set up atm isn't overly user friendly for noobs.
     
    Sultan Pepper, Apr 16, 2012
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  20. HeathDavisSpeed HT Davis

    Merge the pub and the entertainment lounge and have the big threads stickied - Movies, Music, Video Games and TV threads at the top so they're easy to find.

    There seems to be an entirely arbitrary split between the two as it is right now.
     
    HeathDavisSpeed, Apr 16, 2012
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