Saturday, 10 May 2008

State of the YoYo Games Forums (explicit language)

Look, I know this is my only my second post (a few minutes after my first :S) but there's something that I really need to get off my chest (No, not hair, real men don't wax). Yep, you guessed it, it's the state of the YoYo Games Forums.
Now to be fair, I am an advocate of YoYo Games. They're doing the best they can to improve Game Maker whilst having to put up with constant abuse about the Softwrap registration system (which isn't even their fault. They use Softwrap they aren't Softwrap).
Anyway, back onto the subject of the YoYo Games forums. As many people (including myself) have noticed, the standard of the YoYo Games forums (YGF) has slipped from being good to absolute shit.
In the past few months, most of the 'good' members of the YGF have drifted away to other forums such as the GMC (bigger and better) and Twilight Phantasm. The main reason for this is that most topics are either "continue the sentence" or help topics. Normally this would be fine but most are either badly written, repeat posts or in the WRONG section. Here is an example of a help topic in the (wrong) General Section:
Title - Hey Needs some expert help plz respond
Post - "Where can i go to make my own sprites websites or what ever please respond"
There are several things wrong with this post:
1. Bad Grammar/spelling in Title. It should be something like "I need expert help. Please Respond" or in relation to the actual subject matter "I need help with making sprites".
2. Its in the wrong section. It should be in Unofficial Help Q&A, not General Chat.
3. The actual post makes it sound as though the person doesn't care "or what ever".

To be honest, I just astounds me that someone can post a topic like that and expect help.
That's one of the reasons I moved over to the GMC.

Anyway, more from me soon,

skinnyeddy

Extra - I've just noticed a site advertised on YoYo Games (yep, crappy google ads) which states that you can download free PSP games. Admittedly this would be tempting if 1) it wasn't illegal 2) the grammar was good and 3) if the 'PSP' games advertised weren't Halo 3 and Diablo. As nice at it would be, neither Diablo or Halo 3 are available on PSP.

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