Forum Suggestions

[J.Dre]

Any news? Hope it's added soon. It only takes a few moments!

Regards,

J.Dre

[dragiz]

Another thing would be to add sub boards under trade like other forums have, like characters, gold etc.. Just a suggestion

[J.Dre]

I'd like to make another suggestion, one I've suggested before, multiple times: A new requirement for the trading area to make a thread. My suggestion is that members have at least 100 legitimate posts and 3 months of membership to be able to sell something (or make their own thread) in the trading area. This does not mean they cannot post in other threads.

In my opinion, this should have been done when XenoBot first started. It would have helped prevent a lot of scams from new members, and may have also helped keep the community more active, overall, as it requires some community involvement.

That's all. Thanks for taking the time to read this.

J.Dre

P.S. It would also be nice to have more thread prefixes. Or no need for one at all, so we can make our own.

[Abbepowerd]

100 legitimate posts is gonna make the trade area much smaller. As you can see, most people there do not cut the requirement of post count above 99. 3 month membership sounds like a good idea, but still, most people using the trade area are not here for the actual xenobot community, they are just here to sell/buy characters and since forums like these provide that service they just come here and create threads.

[J.Dre]

100 legitimate posts is gonna make the trade area much smaller. As you can see, most people there do not cut the requirement of post count above 99. 3 month membership sounds like a good idea, but still, most people using the trade area are not here for the actual xenobot community, they are just here to sell/buy characters and since forums like these provide that service they just come here and create threads.

More of an issue now than before, but still not a huge deal. We can turn things around.

This community is for a bot. It's not a "trade-only" community. That just happens to be the most popular section now. If the bot gets advertised more, and more people find out about it, there will be more members willing and able to make 100 posts to use the trading area. And making 100 posts is not all that difficult in an active community. I've made dozens in a single day arguing with someone.

EDIT: That amount can also be lowered. It's possible to subtract from 100 until 0.

[J.Dre]

Considering the state of which the XenoBot community is in right now, I'd like to suggest the sale of Lifetime Subscriptions be temporarily forbidden in the trading area. Each Lifetime Subscription leads to fewer subscribers, which means less incentive for DarkstaR to continue updating XenoBot. Lifetime Subscriptions were sold for $12 back in the day when XenoBot was about to launch, and now people are selling them to each other for $60 or more. It's hurting the community because this $60 is nearly a year's worth of subscription for XenoBot given to someone else, and this may also result in a scam.

J.Dre

[Bulk Buyer]

@J.Dre

I think, as long as regular accounts will not be set as lifetime subscriber in any way, it wouldn't be a big deal, honestly.

It is also common that the amount of players during summer times is much less than the rest of the year. I think, once the summer update has occured and the ban rate in the first month has reduced a lot compared the the last three months, people will come back and pay subscription to bot once more. The current ban rate... Is just way too high, which means it isn't really worth botting at the moment, for must of us.

[J.Dre]

I'd like to make another suggestion, one I've suggested before, multiple times: A new requirement for the trading area to make a thread. My suggestion is that members have at least 100 legitimate posts and 3 months of membership to be able to sell something (or make their own thread) in the trading area. This does not mean they cannot post in other threads.

P.S. It would also be nice to have more thread prefixes. Or no need for one at all, so we can make our own.

I'd like to re-suggest this (above) and suggest another (below):

A new trading rule as follows: "You may not create replacement thread(s) of already existing thread(s)." Why have such a rule? I've noticed many attempting to avoid "bad rep." by making new threads to trade. This has been a problem for quite some time. And yes, I am aware there is a search function, but let's be honest - 90% of the kids on this forum do not search thoroughly enough and will likely end up being scammed if they do not head the warning of others.

I hope this suggestion is taken seriously. It would be beneficial to everyone.

Regards,
J.Dre

@Messed Around, @Infernal Bolt, @Aydin, @Luls

[J.Dre]

I agree with your second suggestion (quoted above) - it is a rule that makes sense and should be used, however I do not agree with your first suggestion.

It doesn't have to be 100 posts and 3 months membership. It can be more or less. Anything is better than what it is now: no requirements. Scammers just make a new account and jump right into the pool with everyone else. Some basic requirements will help prevent this from happening.

Thanks for responding. I appreciate it.

[J.Dre]

I believe this community is in dire need of a report system. Reports will be made by members, and these reports will create a new thread in a forum of which only moderators may see. This will help members and moderators work together to more efficiently and effectively manage, and support the entire community. It will eliminate the need of having to PM a moderator to get assistance as well.

I'd like to re-suggest this as well. It was buried.

@DarkstaR, @Syntax, @jo3bingham, @Messed Around, @Infernal Bolt, @Luls

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And while I'm at it, might as well suggest what I've been thinking of for a while: A graveyard of sorts for the trading area to separate old / inactive threads from the active ones. Maybe the rule state, "If your thread has been inactive for more than 30 days, it will be moved to the graveyard." The graveyard can act as an archive for older threads (closed, unable to post).

Why do this? Organization and efficiency. It will help with searching within the trading area by eliminating the invalid (old) threads.