Restructuring the DTB Forum?

[Bongo]

If you check out the mtgsalvation forums, you might be familiar with their new structure in the Standard forums. I assume most of you don't play T2, so here's a quick rundown:

- the "decks to beat" forum is further splitted into a subforum for each archetype
- within these subforums, each issue concerning the archetype is discussed in a separate thread

So basically, you get a new layer of subforums for the DTB, each DTB has its own little forum. What's the advantage of this structure?

1. you don't have to plow through thousands of posts to find relevant information
2. discussion is more focused, and thus of higher quality
3. the same topics don't get brought up over and over again, reducing spam posts
4. specific questions and issues are easier to find

Because doing this for all the decks is not feasible, I would only recommend this for the DTB. It might seem convoluted at first, but basically, you only have to click one more time to get to the place you want, which is a drawback I can easily live with in exchange for a more focused, higher quality discussion.

Thoughts?


Here's the link to get a better idea: http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/forumdisplay.php?f=49 (Mods: if this is against the forums rules, please delete this part)

[Phoenix Ignition]

I think this is a wonderful idea. Sometimes I want to just see what the latest normal decklist is for a DTB, and sometimes I want to see what innovation is currently going on. Having to talk about why random Jank cards are bad is quite annoying when you'd rather just focus on the top tier of the top decks.

Some good subthreads would be:

1. Current accepted deck lists
2. Deviation from current deck lists (different or new card discussion could be held here)
3. Strategy help
4. Primer with matchups
5. Tournament result postings (I know there's a thread for this, but it would be awesome to be able to find a bunch of tournament results from the same deck in one place, especially since the search function doesn't work.)

[MMogg]

Thoughts?

I find I am swayed more by your avatar than your reasoning. :wink: :tongue:

I hope that Zilla seriously weighs up this issue. The only downside I can see is that information becomes less localized, and therefore harder to find (so to speak). But since the new site came about, searching for old info is impossible, making 100 page threads a nightmare to read through.

I agree with pretty much everything said above me and would like to add that not only is discussing jank cards annoying, but also the incessant whipping out decklists and saying, "thoughts?" gets tiring as well.

[xTrainx]

I like the avatar too.


I think this is a wonderful idea. Sometimes I want to just see what the latest normal decklist is for a DTB, and sometimes I want to see what innovation is currently going on. Having to talk about why random Jank cards are bad is quite annoying when you'd rather just focus on the top tier of the top decks.

Some good subthreads would be:

1. Current accepted deck lists
2. Deviation from current deck lists (different or new card discussion could be held here)
3. Strategy help
4. Primer with matchups
5. Tournament result postings (I know there's a thread for this, but it would be awesome to be able to find a bunch of tournament results from the same deck in one place, especially since the search function doesn't work.)

I think this is a great idea, however, it would require more maintenence. They could just accept a couple of experienced players(who are active members) as moderators just for modding those subforums.

[Nihil Credo]

We would never, ever even consider such a ridiculous and utterly idiotic idea. Subforums are the spawn of Satan's cock and are scientifically proved to cause cancer in 150% of bystanders and people on the other side of the world as well. Subforums were Hitler's favourite method of discussion. A subforum was piloting the Tupolev that killed Lech Kaczynski. Subforums are built by mixing kitten meat with unicorn tears and putting them in an oven at Dachau. Subforums thought Flash was healthy for the format. Subforums play Belcher and whine about bad luck every time they don't win on turn 1. Subforums not only support the Reserved List, but think fetchlands and Tarmogoyf should be added to it.

You should be ashamed just for thinking it, let alone mentioning it. In fact, your mother is ashamed already*. Why do you want to make your mother cry? You nasty boy. It's the closet for you, again.


* (she told me last night)