The Runescape Section

[Cwmbran]

Hopefully someone from managment will post here soon as this clearly has support.

[Cwmbran]

Not meaning to double post but take a look at this:

[mynameiswootzeh]

Not meaning to double post but take a look at this:

That means nothing.

[nvrspk4]

I think there is a harm in a trial period, but I don't think that means the Runescape section shouldn't come back. I'm sure management will post here eventually but from prior experience (assuming that policy hasn't changed), allowing trial periods usually isn't done simply because then everyone wants to "try" their forum out.

Usually what is done is proving a need and then getting the forum. Certainly a pickup in activity is good, but considering that it is the result of an exciting new announcement, I'd be interested to see if the pickup continues. I would suggest waiting two weeks or possibly a month (so that the initial surge of interest as a result of the update isn't skewing the numbers) and then making your case in feedback with the increased activity. With the numbers behind you, the only counterargument I can see against it is that not enough time elapsed since the update and that activity will go back down. Hopefully activity will stay up though.

[Josh]

Agreed simply because of older users coming back (because of free trade coming back etc) and activity it really picking up in comparison to what it was when it became a sub-forum.

[Inseriousity.]

I agree with nvr that this increased activity might not hold for very long so it'll be interesting to see where it goes. Despite that, new members aren't stupid, I'm sure if they wanted to find the runescape forum, they'd have a guess that it's in Online Games especially when the forum description even mentions it.

[Cwmbran]

I think there is a harm in a trial period, but I don't think that means the Runescape section shouldn't come back. I'm sure management will post here eventually but from prior experience (assuming that policy hasn't changed), allowing trial periods usually isn't done simply because then everyone wants to "try" their forum out.

Usually what is done is proving a need and then getting the forum. Certainly a pickup in activity is good, but considering that it is the result of an exciting new announcement, I'd be interested to see if the pickup continues. I would suggest waiting two weeks or possibly a month (so that the initial surge of interest as a result of the update isn't skewing the numbers) and then making your case in feedback with the increased activity. With the numbers behind you, the only counterargument I can see against it is that not enough time elapsed since the update and that activity will go back down. Hopefully activity will stay up though.

I get the trial period thing, where it would be a boom then fail miserably once its no longer a trial.
Also the counterargument is valid and its a damn good one, as you have said hopefully the section will keep being active. Looking back it was extremly active when Runescape had these old rules so I'm predicting it'll slowly go back to how the section used to be.

I agree with nvr that this increased activity might not hold for very long so it'll be interesting to see where it goes. Despite that, new members aren't stupid, I'm sure if they wanted to find the runescape forum, they'd have a guess that it's in Online Games especially when the forum description even mentions it.

Tbh I don't pay much attention to the section descriptions and I dont think many others do, you could argue that new users would but I know I didn't when I was new. The Forum was just plain and simple there was a section for trading, habbo news, habbo glitches and hacks, runescape, console games, online games, and general it was just so much easier to navigate. Which it isn't now, to get to a thread I want to view in the Runescape section it takes a bit of scrolling 4 clicks to actually look at the thread I want to view unless it has the most recent post. I know it would only be reduced to 3 clicks if the section was to be reinstated and this isnt turning into a good argument as to why it should be reinstated more just me rambling as I come to think about it. But people nowa days want everything to be done as quickly as possible and thats what I'm trying to get at. Ease of access and use. The fact I've got to go through online games to get to the Runescape section is just an inconvenience, and this inconvenience isnt just for a minority it gets the most views as a sub-forum now than any other section so if anything its a majority.

[Nicola]

Do you know when these changes are going to be made to RuneScape?

I think there is a harm in a trial period, but I don't think that means the Runescape section shouldn't come back. I'm sure management will post here eventually but from prior experience (assuming that policy hasn't changed), allowing trial periods usually isn't done simply because then everyone wants to "try" their forum out.

Usually what is done is proving a need and then getting the forum. Certainly a pickup in activity is good, but considering that it is the result of an exciting new announcement, I'd be interested to see if the pickup continues. I would suggest waiting two weeks or possibly a month (so that the initial surge of interest as a result of the update isn't skewing the numbers) and then making your case in feedback with the increased activity. With the numbers behind you, the only counterargument I can see against it is that not enough time elapsed since the update and that activity will go back down. Hopefully activity will stay up though.

I completely agree with Nvr here. I would rather watch the changes be made and see if it can keep a good, high activity to make it eligable for it's own forum again. If we do keep nice consistent activity then I don't see the problem in removing RuneScape as a subforum and making it a proper forum, but I don't want to go down the route of making it a proper forum and then having to remove it again due to lower activity.

[Aidenn]

Do you know when these changes are going to be made to RuneScape?

These changes will be Happening on the 1st Feb
the main changes that is; so i believe there is plenty of time for observation to see if activity in the forum does rise significantly.

[Catzsy]

I have noticed a pretty big rise in activity in Runescape for a good few weeks now so I would, personally, support the move back to it's own forum.