ok well... a lot of these sub forum suggestions have been turned down by a lot of people for the reason "not enough people on this site do that to be worth pauls time making"
such as beauty sunforums.. or lacrosse... but seriously a LOT of jspers skateboard or have before and talk about it. almost everyone i talk to/am friends with skateboard that are on jsp. (not all, but most)

this would go under entertainment coliseum or sports... it fits both.

Some things/answers to replys i excpect to hear from you guys/girls:

What happens if he makes this and noone uses it...?
Well... maybe he can have a "trial period" for this sub forum and if it's a "hit" then he keeps it there. if not, all posts go in an archive somewhere.

What would be posted here in this subforum besides spam?
trick tipshelpful hints, skating spots, best tricks, "my day of skating" etc etc.

This is not needed sorry, waste of pauls time.
Niether is backgrounds in profiles.. niether is golf.. niether is viewing someones last post.. i can go on and on but won't; you get the point.

Who do you think is going to take the time to make all the stickies for this new sub forum?
i would take the time to do them all by myself if paul would like me to...

This will not hurt site load?
no it won't..

If you made the stickies there, what would they be of?
maybe skateboarding picture thread, like the picture thread in general chat, rules/regulations, etc.

p.s. i would expect this to be suggested before.. but this time i am the guy going through with it instead of having another abandoned suggestion.

This is currently being voted on as a "Snowboarding/skateboarding" sub-forum. One question, what exactly would you talk about? In sports, you have teams and betting. With skateboarding, it seems like there would just be a bunch of d2jsp users talking about they're favorite skate boarder. Now, that would probably make it the easiest sub-forum to spam in and the easiest place to flame individuals about their poor skate boarding ability or to have pointless arguments containing personal attacks about "which pro skateboarder is better". If you can find a few legitimate/realistic things that the forum would be used for that you believe the majority of users would actually follow, then please post them. Because for now, I believe that the only purpose this sub-forum will do is attract spammers looking for more posts. I read what you said would be posted there and personally I don't see that happening.



Well, I just looked around and considering the posts in the other sport's forums like "Fighting" then I guess this would be just like that. There probably wouldn't be as many topics to talk about, and I doubt moderators would take it strictly, you'll see what I mean if you see the other sports forums. So, I'm sure there will be a large amount of supporting users, but to me it will just turn into one of those sub-forums that I don't necessarily agree with the purpose but they can/will be implemented none the less. So, good luck and I voted "Other".

This post was edited by Linux on May 14 2008 06:11pm

and you say there wont be enough ppl for lax forums

they can bet here also.. for example, x-games. who comes #1 #2 #3 whoever is closest to being right gets fg, you need to buy in or something.
i already told you what it would be used for besides the betting part if you read a little further..
mods will just have to be very strict when it first releases about spam.. 1 spam = 10% or 1 verbal warning and then blam 10%. that's up to them i guess.

for the "arguments about favorite skateboarders" people can easily just make a poll... and then vote.
they can post videos of themselves or favorite skateboarding clips. (even if paul won't allow they can still post the link with description on why it is they're favorite etc.
there is just so much you can post there.. skateboard set-ups, trivia (this can have bets involved or just a pay-out quiz like the ladderslasher ones)
advise on what to buy for a beginner or even a pro for that matter, how long have you skated? polls, the're first trick landed, local skateparks... i can go on for days to be completley honest. and ESPECIALLY if the outdoors/fishing got implemented... well you know.



they don't have to be strict and take it seriously the whole time if it takes too much of their time... they can easily just put their foot down at first so people know not to do wrong there.

This post was edited by element104954 on May 14 2008 06:18pm

ele you had very valid points above replying to linux ^^ for that i would have to vote hell yea

thanks.

HEY!!


Yes from me mate I think it would get a lot of use

i don't skate,but why not? I like it!

It would end up as "Spam-Skating" forum.

I mean c'mon, you'd literally have loads of these threads:

1. Post your board
2. Post your best tricks
3. Fav skaters?
4. Fav vid games featuring your fav skaters?
5. Porn?
6. Porn including skateboards?
7. Porn without skateboards?
8. What tricks can you do?
9. Vids of people doing tricks


All of those sound like spam to me .
No from me i'm afraid. This would in no way work along with the forum gold system, and this isn't a skating forum. I am aware of the fact that many forum sections don't use FG, but they fit in nicely with the community. This is just a reason to spam, and more work for the moderators in my opinion.

what could you honeslty post in there?
best board
what size
what style
post pics
who is your favorite

its not needed at all