Dear PGers,
At PakGamers we have always upheld a 'community first' attitude to our problem solving. We try our best to make decisions which are beneficial and fair to all of us, instead of an individual or group. This focus on community has urged me to take a pretty bold step, which will InshAllah change PG in a great way.
When we visit our PG Gaming zone hub, we see 7 different sections, namely General Gaming, PC, XBox, PS, Nintendo, Portables and Gaming conventions.
So right of the bat, I see two major problems here.
1) Division of community on basis of what platform they own/ platform they 'support' . This division, subliminally or consciously, promotes fanboyism, hostility and isolation; it doesn't promote unity among the community or healthy discussion. We have all read the 'some people visit this section only to diss on -enter platform name- games', ' Why are you even here', etc nonsense. Discussion, while maintaining mutual respect, has always been PakGamers trump card and it will continue to do so.
2)Creating unnecessary steps between visiting sub forums. I.e if someone wants to be actively involved in the whole gaming scene (i.e xbox, ps, nintendo, PC and portable) he has two options. Either he opens 6 different tabs and creates a clutter on his PC or takes steps which go like PG HUB > General Gaming> PG HUB>PC>PG HUB> Xbox .......so on. This creates unnecessary hurdles to overcome and it can be better optimized.
To solve this Team PG has decided to merge the general gaming discussion sections of General Gaming, PS, Nintendo, Xbox, PC together and have specific 'tiled' sections for specific hardware,software, tutorials, etc. So it should look something like :
Here you will have one gaming central section, where all news, reveals, rumors and updates of all games, irrespective of platform will be present. Everyone will have one place to gather and talk about games. The 'Tiled' specific PC, Xbox, PS and Portable sections will house everything other than gaming i.e Tutorials, hardware, etc.
In Gaming Central we will be implementing tags i.e similar to the ones you see in marketplace stating WTB/WTS/WTT, instead they will be saying PC or Xbox or PS or nintendo and you can decide to view whichever thread you want
Admins, Global mods and mods have given their input in this matter. As you might expect this proposal has been approved after alot of internal back-and-forth, discussions and brain storming (Yes, there was blood
). So Team PG decided that to make sure it is a smooth transition and to get feedback from you guys we will be doing this in stages. InF3rn0 has outlined these 4 phases as such:
- Phase 1: Merge/migrate discussion topics from PC & Nindendo sections into the new "Gaming Central" section.
- Phase 2: Merge/migrate discussion topics from Xbox & PS sections into the new "Gaming Central" section.
- Phase 3: Xbox360 RHG/Jtag and Xbox360 hardware/Software sub section will be merged with one single sub-section: Xbox Hardware & Software (can be seen in the preview I posted above).
- Phase 4: Integration Complete. Time Between the Phases: 3-4 days
Alot of optimization and polishing will take place in this period (for which I apologize in advance), but hopefully we will get a more active and interesting forum out of this change. We are willing to listening to all your relevant and logical feedback in this thread, and will open a 'Gaming Central : Bugs and Glitches ' thread in suggestions and feedback section. I know some of you will be thinking we are changing the 'PG style' that we have all become accustomed to, but like everything else, PG needs to evolve to grow.This structural change is a part of chain of changes that will expand PakGamers. And I am confident this direction will bear fruit in given time.
So have a nice roza and take care,
NaNoW
At PakGamers we have always upheld a 'community first' attitude to our problem solving. We try our best to make decisions which are beneficial and fair to all of us, instead of an individual or group. This focus on community has urged me to take a pretty bold step, which will InshAllah change PG in a great way.
When we visit our PG Gaming zone hub, we see 7 different sections, namely General Gaming, PC, XBox, PS, Nintendo, Portables and Gaming conventions.
So right of the bat, I see two major problems here.
1) Division of community on basis of what platform they own/ platform they 'support' . This division, subliminally or consciously, promotes fanboyism, hostility and isolation; it doesn't promote unity among the community or healthy discussion. We have all read the 'some people visit this section only to diss on -enter platform name- games', ' Why are you even here', etc nonsense. Discussion, while maintaining mutual respect, has always been PakGamers trump card and it will continue to do so.
2)Creating unnecessary steps between visiting sub forums. I.e if someone wants to be actively involved in the whole gaming scene (i.e xbox, ps, nintendo, PC and portable) he has two options. Either he opens 6 different tabs and creates a clutter on his PC or takes steps which go like PG HUB > General Gaming> PG HUB>PC>PG HUB> Xbox .......so on. This creates unnecessary hurdles to overcome and it can be better optimized.
To solve this Team PG has decided to merge the general gaming discussion sections of General Gaming, PS, Nintendo, Xbox, PC together and have specific 'tiled' sections for specific hardware,software, tutorials, etc. So it should look something like :
Here you will have one gaming central section, where all news, reveals, rumors and updates of all games, irrespective of platform will be present. Everyone will have one place to gather and talk about games. The 'Tiled' specific PC, Xbox, PS and Portable sections will house everything other than gaming i.e Tutorials, hardware, etc.
In Gaming Central we will be implementing tags i.e similar to the ones you see in marketplace stating WTB/WTS/WTT, instead they will be saying PC or Xbox or PS or nintendo and you can decide to view whichever thread you want
Admins, Global mods and mods have given their input in this matter. As you might expect this proposal has been approved after alot of internal back-and-forth, discussions and brain storming (Yes, there was blood
). So Team PG decided that to make sure it is a smooth transition and to get feedback from you guys we will be doing this in stages. InF3rn0 has outlined these 4 phases as such: - Phase 1: Merge/migrate discussion topics from PC & Nindendo sections into the new "Gaming Central" section.
- Phase 2: Merge/migrate discussion topics from Xbox & PS sections into the new "Gaming Central" section.
- Phase 3: Xbox360 RHG/Jtag and Xbox360 hardware/Software sub section will be merged with one single sub-section: Xbox Hardware & Software (can be seen in the preview I posted above).
- Phase 4: Integration Complete. Time Between the Phases: 3-4 days
Alot of optimization and polishing will take place in this period (for which I apologize in advance), but hopefully we will get a more active and interesting forum out of this change. We are willing to listening to all your relevant and logical feedback in this thread, and will open a 'Gaming Central : Bugs and Glitches ' thread in suggestions and feedback section. I know some of you will be thinking we are changing the 'PG style' that we have all become accustomed to, but like everything else, PG needs to evolve to grow.This structural change is a part of chain of changes that will expand PakGamers. And I am confident this direction will bear fruit in given time.
So have a nice roza and take care,
NaNoW
