What Can Be Done to Improve PokeBeach Forums?
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Maybe if you want to improve aesthetics, sure. The community itself is fine. It's a community of Pokemon fans. Let me bring up PokeGym: If PokeGym were a real place you could go to, it would be full of ripped guys snorting powdered steroids off of each others abs while screaming and complaining about how the format is so broken and how the game will never be good again. On PokeGym you don't get the liberties to do much else than whine and moan about the game because that's pretty much all they can get away with, and TCPi actually pays attention to it. Here though, it's great. You can get your own avatar, your own signature, say just about anything you want, talk about more than just Pokemon.
I love Pokemon a lot, but when I go to a Pokemon site, I want to talk about other stuff too. You and I already know about Pokemon. What else do we have in common? What else can we talk about? Pokemon is the lead in -let's discuss other things. That's another huge plus about PokeBeach. Now that I think about it, the names even imply a different atmoshere. PokeGYM is like a body building super center where you go all hopped on on roids to bench press a Ford pick-up in hopes of winning Nationals. PokeBEACH is for beach bums. Winning? That's cool, but I just like Pokemon for the most part.
Our rulings board is very good, too. It's good to have many people who can answer questions and assist other players. It's also great to have DNA around to correct my mistakes after everyone is left wondering how on earth I even passed this exam.
I love Pokemon a lot, but when I go to a Pokemon site, I want to talk about other stuff too. You and I already know about Pokemon. What else do we have in common? What else can we talk about? Pokemon is the lead in -let's discuss other things. That's another huge plus about PokeBeach. Now that I think about it, the names even imply a different atmoshere. PokeGYM is like a body building super center where you go all hopped on on roids to bench press a Ford pick-up in hopes of winning Nationals. PokeBEACH is for beach bums. Winning? That's cool, but I just like Pokemon for the most part.
Our rulings board is very good, too. It's good to have many people who can answer questions and assist other players. It's also great to have DNA around to correct my mistakes after everyone is left wondering how on earth I even passed this exam.
Good sir, I'm flattered.
But yeah, I think you just listed all the reasons why I don't like (and try my best to stay away from) Pokegym. They care way too much about a children's card game - yes, I know that children's card games ARE serious business but I think they take it a little too far.
Being able to express myself in an avatar/signature on Pokebeach is another perk. I love dabbling with signatures (as most of you have noticed) and shifting to a near-imageless environment would be a pretty big push.
In the end, I go on Pokebeach for both the people and the freedom it gives. Let's try and keep our forum like this.
Different themes to choose from, I would keep this one but it's still nice to have options.
Yeah, I agree with MyLittleKeldeo. We should have options for different themes, as it would give a variety in what we usually see everyday. If you ask me, this Theme gets kinda boring after a while. Not saying it's bad, just a little old.
This question has been answered several times already by the staff and other people. For their convenience, I'm going to repeat the answer.MyLittleKeldeo said:
The current theme that we have now had a lot of work poured into it; there are all sorts of small things that went into its creation, and thus this theme was rather difficult to create.
And given how the forum works now, all subsequent themes will also be difficult to create. There is currently no one on the forums who is willing (and able) to put that much work into a new theme as of yet. (Right now, it's very VERY low on the staff to-do list.)
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To furthermore shed light on the subject, the theme has been in the works for multiple years. WPM would have a fit if all that work went to waste 
I think there should be an option to report profile comments. (on both the user's profile and other user's profiles) Sometimes I see spambots commenting on their own profile, not having a button makes the comment impossible to report quickly. I know we can always PM a Super Mod, but we really do need a quicker option. (plus Super Mods aren't always online)
The Aura Is With Me 8 said:
While I would like to have that feature, unfortunately that isn't something possible right now.
Click on any forum. Under the Horsea where you can find your Profile and User CP, there is something that says "Post new thread in __________". Click that. The first thing you want to do is give a title to your thread. After that, proceed to type out whatever it is you want to say, and you can use the writing tools to change the size of your text, the color of it, bold it, add pictures and videos, etc. Once you are done with that you have the option to set up a poll if you want. Check off "I want to post a poll" and decide how many choices you want the voters to have. At this point, you can preview your new thread just to make sure all of your tool coding has worked. Once you have double checked your thread, hit "Post New Thread". If you decided to submit a poll, you will be redirected to your polling options. Add the question and the choices, and decide how long the poll should last. Finally, hit "Post New Poll", and your thread will be officially posted. Members will then be able to view and post your thread.
However, certain forums (like the Trading Corner) are set to only allow approved threads. Simply enough, if you post a thread in one of the certain forums, you won't see it right away like a normal thread. A moderator needs to check over your thread and approve it before everyone can see it.
Also, since you are new here, questions regarding forums and how to do stuff here should be directed to this thread.
However, certain forums (like the Trading Corner) are set to only allow approved threads. Simply enough, if you post a thread in one of the certain forums, you won't see it right away like a normal thread. A moderator needs to check over your thread and approve it before everyone can see it.
Also, since you are new here, questions regarding forums and how to do stuff here should be directed to this thread.
Personally, I think we need one more TCG mod to deal specifically with the Deck Garage. It seems to be ignored lately, and lots of rules are broken there until me/other people report them, like no mod is paying attention to it on their own time. One way I can support this is because as I look around at threads in this area of the forums, I notice that at least one rule is broken in every thread in that section. The most common rule I see broken is the "Include Main Pokemon in deck title if it's not established in the metagame" rule. This is the most easy to spot rule that people break there, and considering how many threads I see that break that rule, a new mod is something that can fix this along with other Deck Garage rule breakers (which are very common).
I have the responsibility of monitoring the Deck Garage, and I have been busy lately, my fault for that.
If you could report posts, it would be helpful.
Also, the have main Pokémon in title rule only refers to rogue decks, so a title named Zeel is fine.
If you could report posts, it would be helpful.
Also, the have main Pokémon in title rule only refers to rogue decks, so a title named Zeel is fine.
Nigel said:
Well, members are really supposed to report such posts. Mods aren't supposed to look at every thread 24/7. We also have lives lol. Glaceon is doing a fine job in the deck garage.