Hey there!

My suggestion is that the sub-forum 'Clan Discussion' be revamped to something which would be more benefitial to the majority of Runescape players; "Mini-Games and Events"

For those who do not play Runescape the actual Mini-Games play an important role in Runescape, bringing in over 75% of the gold in the economy while being a popular 'sport' for alot of Runescape players. [ie: Killing big bosses in teams and in-game games which require more than one player]
The main issue alot of players have is finding the team, which normally would be redirected to using "My Events" - However the unpopularity and lack of knowledge of how the system works makes the regular Runescape section the target of most of the spam threads regarding Mini games and events.
(It's safe to say <1% of the users actually use my Events, instead they go out of their way to avoid using it due to the inactivity]
Then on top of this is the fact that the majority of boss-hunting trips take over 3 people, which already shows an insight of the possibile unorganisation, chaos and spam which is brought along with these trips to the regular Runescape section

So what DOES make more sense is to rename and revamp the 'Clan Discussion' subsection, a section which in these days is somewhat inactive [Hardly even a new thread each week considering the activity and the amount of users who use the regular Runescape section] to "Mini -Games and Events" to act under these guidances/rules:

• Seeking teams for Boss hunting or Events
• Posting any rewards from the games/events
• Making any clans for specific events [thus still incorperating previous objectives from the "Clan Discussion]
• Questions in regards to anything listed above.

This section would still be run by Junior Moderators, Moderators and so forth

Keeping in mind that this 'new' section would NOT be used for trading or requests for jobs, of which still belong in the "My Events". Instead it would allow a breech so that the Runescape users instead of using "My Events" [which I am 100% sure they do not] have a more broad and user-friendly way of conducting their events/mini games, while also providing more benefits as having an area to post your drops/rewards, talking about their endeavors etc..

Edit: Due to changes in Runescape, the section would be best off named: "Activities", rather than the previous suggestion
(Reference: Jagex changing the name of minigames to "activities")

This post was edited by Iceburn on May 21 2010 02:11am

voted yes

best idea EVER!

Voted yes

good idea

Great Idea, Nobody uses the clan discussion section so to put it to good use the boss hunting idea i think would work the best.

Im constantly looking for teams to kill the big boss' with and this would help alot

cmon people vote yes!

Yes

The idea has my support!

<@iceburn> http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=40010810&f=258 go on, +1

Yes.

you sir, are a genius.

I don't like the TITLE of the proposed section. It would confuse people into thinking all Events go there, and some people would spam their services etc in the new section. If it was something like "Mini-Games and Boss Killing" it avoids the confusion. This would require a change in the RS Events to remove the option to make Mini-Game events. I'm 50-50 on this because:

- if we take mini-games out of events, it loses the function of getting people to use events more
- if we take mini-games out of events, it makes the RS section a little more confusing in terms of "X is an event but Y is a service; Z is not an event but it's a "this", and A is an event but not a "that"", etc, if you see what I mean. People won't know where to go for what.

However, IF the RS section users wouldn't be totally confused, another issue is categorical. Mini-games are events, there's no getting around it. That's possibly the biggest hurdle for this suggestion. We don't want users to be rewarded for failing to use My Events correctly by stetting up a forum; also, a new subforum also requires more moderation than a subsection of events requires. I agree that Clan Discussion isn't used much, and that it's sometimes abused. If most users used Events, Runescape, and Runescape Trading, (and Clan Discussion) as they are intended (which works perfectly fine if people follow instructions), then the question that immediately arises is: "is this suggestion needed?".

If this was suggested before the Event system came into place, I'd be a 177% yes vote (or higher lol). Because we have the Events system, I think that this suggestion is intuitively appealing (and practical OR confusing, it's hard to know the effect) but categorically mistaken. If I go with my "gut" here, I actually think this suggestion may save some confusion rather than add to it, even if it's not technically sound. My own vote is in the balance between these issues so I will NULL. The chief things to balance here are:

using events properly vs adapting events if it solves problems in a meaningful and helpful way

The RS section should NEVER get off easy for not following the rules and instructions, but this suggestion isn't just a way to appease the section's users. It has practical value in its own right. I agree that if the Mini-Games forum is added, Clan Discussion should be merged into it or something, but not left as a stand alone subforum. BRILLIANT idea, not sure if it is something that will be accepted though. Events are events, after all. But logic is a monster with many arms and the way I see it, the arm of convenience is holding this suggestion up, and the arm of already having a perfectly good but still mostly unexplored system is punching this suggestion. What will be interesting is whether the suggestion stands up.

For the record and before anyone thinks I'm trying to poop all over this suggestion, I encouraged Nick to post it because I think it deserves the chance to be considered.

EDIT: I appreciate your reply Nick



This is the only part I will clarify. When My Events was being designed, it was intended as a site-wide feature and RS was meant to be included. Mini-Games are events (especially when people are paying FG vs them, as they become trade events), although I completely sympathize with your point about practicality. Whereas I would prefer that users catch on to the Events system regarding Mini-Games, you prefer that we create a new forum because you believe the RS section won't get it in the end. tbh I don't know what is most practical in the long-term, but your suggestion would remove a sort of "obstacle" for RS section users. And that's really the only reason why I'm neutral about it instead of being against it

This post was edited by RewtheBrave on Feb 23 2010 09:25am