Celtic Heroes

The best way to push away new forum users is this... "This has already topic has already been covered" ( insert link ) , i will now lock this conversation. This is extremely off putting, not everyone has the time or desire to go over the archives to find already existing topics. I've seen more locked topics on this board then any others and its the perfect way to alienate new forum users. Please use the lock tool with discretion.

Oh please don't lock this, i would like a discussion.

agreed

+1. Who cares if something has been discussed before? Does it really affect the course of your life? If so, you have issues. I hate the holier than thou attitude. It's a discussion forum and no one is above anyone else.

I agree with Godin
There isn't much that hadn't been mentioned since the forums started and if ppl stop posting they will go dead

Yea I kinda agree that locking should not be used quite so much.

It's fine if there is another post that's the same right next to the current one, but if the subject hasn't been discussed for a while there's no harm in talking about it again as things may have changed in the mean time.

This has already topic has already been covered here.

but seriously, a thread like "this one should be stickied by an admin. Less threads will be duplicated, and general rules will keep things more organised and less threads will have to get locked/removed.

There are lots of things that could be done to improve the forums:

1. sticky important topics to the top of the list
2. give moderators the ability to MERGE duplicate topics when necessary (although this should not be overused either)
3. have a section for 'callouts/flaming' because some people are really into that sort of thing (not me really, although I did create a blacklist the other day which stirred up some commotions )
4. more moderators, perhaps one per section.
5. a clan section, where chieftains can create a board for their clan with sub threads...
6. Bug reporting board/service (separate from support)
6. a section for people to report abuse/cheating or at least some kind of reporting service that is only displayed to the admin

I am sure there are many more things that could be done to improve the way the forums operate, but I can't think of any right now.

At the end of the day, locking threads some be done with discretion (lots of discretion). I appreciate the work you have done on here dsrendgar (i personally don't have time for this sort of thing right now, that's for sure so kudos to your for stepping up to the plate), but you have been locking threads quite a bit, and continually telling people to search the forums first is getting tired. And not to single you out, there are others on here who also say 'search first' quite a bit...

I mean, unless you type the exact same character string into your search, you aren't going to find similar topics, and that is assuming that the similar thread is using appropriate terminology to describe their issue (not always the case).

More discussion is better than less, even if it is messy...

Well said Frank. Was thinking about this myself.

I agree with Godin who cares because if ya think bout it the threads bring attention an when players google r do a search on a search engine these threads come up then they look out of curiosity then boom next thing ya know you got people interested an then downloading the game an then we got new players an lots of new attention towards the game we all love Celtic Heroes we dont need" holier than thou attitudes" with locking this an locking that //Its all bout the game "Let em Fly"