my suggestion to the forum admin

[Dr.Disaster]

Don't you think having 4 Civ top categories is a bit much?
Plz create one top categorie named "Civilization" and put all related sub-categories under it.

[Griselda]

Hi,

The Civ section is especially busy these days with daily activity happening in all 4 categories. What happened was that the "general" discussion was buried on the Civ forum under all the subforums (if you click into the civ section you will see all the subforums, and they are heavily used).

When I made the change, I originally put the civ section under the general "games" section so that other players wouldn't have to scroll past all of the civ forums. But what happened was that it ended up under forums of games that don't have a lot of current participation. I still might end up moving it back down, if you (and others) are bothered by its placement.

[KingOfPain]

I went in the admin section and try to figure out what went wrong with the forum, and maybe fix it. That was before I read this thread. Needless to say I am not a fan of the new look. Maybe there's a compromise somewhere?

[Sullla]

RBCiv is generating 10 to 20 times the posts of all other forums here combined. No offense intended, but outside of some minor activity on the Master of Orion forums, the rest of Realms Beyond is practically deserted. I agree with Griselda that increasing the presence and visibility of the Civ section is something we should be doing to service the current needs of the community. Cramming a dozen different subforums together under a single "Civilization" heading was rather silly, given that 95% of the site traffic was heading to the same destination.

Honestly, I'd like to see direct links to RBCiv Pitboss and PBEM forums return to the overall forum menu. Our community is using them on a daily basis, unlike the forum links to Hellgate London (no posts in 6+ months) and Galactic Civ (no posts in 3+ years).

[Griselda]

How about this? I made the pitboss and play by emails act like a forum instead of a category, so the formatting looks better, but they're still on the main page. Is that better?

[Jowy]

nvm

[Kylearan]

That's better - thanks Gris!

[KingOfPain]

Thanks

[Krill]

I like it now