Topic: Should we revive the front page with high quality content from the forum? (Read 20065 times)

rrenaud · « **on:** February 11, 2015, 03:06:29 pm »

Maybe we should take the best strategy post each month on the forum and throw it up on the DS front page?

Ozle · « **Reply #1 on:** February 11, 2015, 03:08:19 pm »

There's a front page??

liopoil · « **Reply #2 on:** February 11, 2015, 03:09:58 pm »

Sounds like a great idea. We should maybe even add some posts retroactively.

WanderingWinder · « **Reply #3 on:** February 11, 2015, 03:47:36 pm »

I am not sure off the top of my head whether there's enough strategy article-type content for this to work (there may well be, but I'd have to look). But I miss the front page, so I'm on board.

Witherweaver · « **Reply #4 on:** February 11, 2015, 04:01:27 pm »

Quote from: rrenaud on February 11, 2015, 03:06:29 pm

Maybe we should take the best strategy post each month on the forum and throw it up on the DS front page?

I say we just propagate the top Message of the Week!

AdamH · « **Reply #5 on:** February 11, 2015, 04:16:58 pm »

There are a ton of articles (like my article on Jack) that have been made since articles were posted on the front page. Perhaps we can put those up?

Burning Skull · « **Reply #6 on:** February 12, 2015, 09:03:59 am »

Seems like a nice idea, because right now the front page may suggest that the community is dead, with the last entry more than year ago.

pingpongsam · « **Reply #7 on:** February 12, 2015, 09:11:37 am »

I read the front page for a few weeks before I ever sought the forum. I did not know it was disused. I think it should be used.

Kirian · « **Reply #8 on:** February 12, 2015, 11:58:06 am »

Donald X. · « **Reply #9 on:** February 12, 2015, 04:46:51 pm »

You could announce the new expansion.

Witherweaver · « **Reply #10 on:** February 12, 2015, 05:21:53 pm »

Quote from: Donald X. on February 12, 2015, 04:46:51 pm

You could announce the new expansion.

With a card teaser!

enfynet · « **Reply #11 on:** February 13, 2015, 12:24:31 am »

Quote from: Donald X. on February 12, 2015, 04:46:51 pm

You could announce the new expansion.

Is that really the smallest font available?

Polk5440 · « **Reply #12 on:** February 13, 2015, 07:33:39 am »

Absolutely. My bookmark is still to the blog rather than the forum. I am saddened that it hasn't been updated in a while. There is still good stuff happening on the forum, even in the articles section.

Beyond Awesome · « **Reply #13 on:** February 24, 2015, 03:29:34 am »

Yes, keeping the front page is important, especially for those doing a search online. It shows that our community is alive, and well, not everyone visits discussion forums.

And, Donald is right. The front page should have an announcement about Adventures

pedroluchini · « **Reply #14 on:** February 24, 2015, 03:56:22 am »

You know when you have a colleague with whom you interact every day for months on end until you find him at a party and suddenly realize you don't know his name and now it's kind of too late to ask?

Announcing the new expansion on the blog now feels a bit like that, I'd say.

Besides, everyone and their mom (their Dominion-playing mom) already knows about Adventures. Strategy articles are much cooler and unique to this community. To jump-start the blog revival, one thing you could do is take the current article-of-the-month from the wiki and put it up there.

Awaclus · « **Reply #15 on:** February 24, 2015, 04:15:09 am »

Quote from: pedroluchini on February 24, 2015, 03:56:22 am

everyone and their mom

I can confirm this.

Ozle · « **Reply #16 on:** February 24, 2015, 07:41:04 am »

Quote from: pedroluchini on February 24, 2015, 03:56:22 am

You know when you have a colleague with whom you interact every day for months on end until you find him at a party and suddenly realize you don't know his name and now it's kind of too late to ask?

I'm called Dave you insensitive man! *sobs*

Witherweaver · « **Reply #17 on:** February 24, 2015, 08:53:07 am »

Quote from: Beyond Awesome on February 24, 2015, 03:29:34 am

Yes, keeping the front page is beyond awesome.

Fixed that for you.

Donald X. · « **Reply #18 on:** February 24, 2015, 05:18:20 pm »

Quote from: pedroluchini on February 24, 2015, 03:56:22 am

Announcing the new expansion on the blog now feels a bit like that, I'd say.

To me, even announcing it late is good, because right now, if you do know about the expansion, it looks like the blog is dead, and if you don't, it's not telling you about the new expansion.

eHalcyon · « **Reply #19 on:** February 24, 2015, 06:15:36 pm »

Quote from: pedroluchini on February 24, 2015, 03:56:22 am

You know when you have a colleague with whom you interact every day for months on end until you find him at a party and suddenly realize you don't know his name and now it's kind of too late to ask?

Announcing the new expansion on the blog now feels a bit like that, I'd say.

Besides, everyone and their mom (their Dominion-playing mom) already knows about Adventures. Strategy articles are much cooler and unique to this community. To jump-start the blog revival, one thing you could do is take the current article-of-the-month from the wiki and put it up there.

Re: awkward name-asking, find a reasonable excuse to ask for their name. They might feel a bit hurt, but they will (probably) tell you anyway. Then you can say, "no, I meant your last name". And then they'll probably feel better about it.

SwitchedFromStarcraft · « **Reply #20 on:** February 24, 2015, 06:32:13 pm »

Especially if you smile conspiratorially as you say "No, I mean your LAST name". It will help sell the notion of "of course I know your FIRST name, we work together dude". A smile makes a lot of things possible, even probable.

Witherweaver · « **Reply #21 on:** February 24, 2015, 06:48:41 pm »

Because lying and manipulating is much nicer than forgetting someone's name.

pacovf · « **Reply #22 on:** February 24, 2015, 06:50:47 pm »

You know what they say, it's not cheating if they never find out!

eHalcyon · « **Reply #23 on:** February 24, 2015, 06:55:16 pm »

I make that suggestion, but IRL I will just never ever say your name.

pacovf · « **Reply #24 on:** February 24, 2015, 06:56:07 pm »

I use the Navi technique.

Hey! Listen!

Witherweaver · « **Reply #25 on:** February 24, 2015, 07:22:22 pm »

Quote from: pacovf on February 24, 2015, 06:56:07 pm

I use the Navi technique.

Hey! Listen!

Serial Experiments: Lain reference? Nice.

pacovf · « **Reply #26 on:** February 24, 2015, 07:42:32 pm »

I guess I'll have to check that out now... but no. Ocarina of Time reference. Sorry.

(who is doing the obscure references now?)

Witherweaver · « **Reply #27 on:** February 24, 2015, 08:26:42 pm »

Hmm.. Navi was the computer in Lain, right? Wonder if Zelda was referencing.

enfynet · « **Reply #28 on:** February 24, 2015, 10:43:41 pm »

I'm just angry that now that annoying little voice is stuck in my head again...

theory · « **Reply #29 on:** February 24, 2015, 11:42:21 pm »

Just found this thread and read through it. Good ideas and I'll think through it. I don't think it's weird at all to introduce new articles.

SwitchedFromStarcraft · « **Reply #30 on:** February 24, 2015, 11:46:37 pm »

I wanted to make a joke about you "just finding" a thread started by rrenaud, but I couldn't find a way to make it funny.

I've always had the impression that you read everything on the forum.

Ozle · « **Reply #31 on:** February 25, 2015, 01:59:48 pm »

Quote from: SwitchedFromStarcraft on February 24, 2015, 11:46:37 pm

I wanted to make a joke about you "just finding" a thread started by rrenaud, but I couldn't find a way to make it funny.

I've always had the impression that you read everything on the forum.

You should have contacted me, I could have sub let you a joke to use.

sudgy · « **Reply #32 on:** February 25, 2015, 02:43:39 pm »

Quote from: eHalcyon on February 24, 2015, 06:55:16 pm

I make that suggestion, but IRL I will just never ever say your name.

Oh, I do that so much... I rarely even use names anyway, unless there's a bajillion people and they're far away and I need their attention.

Also, I like this method: "How do you spell your name again?" "Uh... T-I-M?"

Witherweaver · « **Reply #33 on:** February 25, 2015, 02:44:41 pm »

Man, just hang around them enough, they'll have to introduce themselves to someone eventually!

pacovf · « **Reply #34 on:** February 25, 2015, 02:46:51 pm »

Quote from: sudgy on February 25, 2015, 02:43:39 pm

Also, I like this method: "How do you spell your name again?" "Uh... T-I-M?"

To which you obviously reply: "Huh, who would have guessed? I had always been told there was no "I" in there."

sneak edit

eHalcyon · « **Reply #35 on:** February 25, 2015, 04:27:37 pm »

Quote from: Witherweaver on February 25, 2015, 02:44:41 pm

Man, just hang around them enough, they'll have to introduce themselves to someone eventually!

- Some sort of icebreaker event, get everyone to introduce themselves.
- Get them to sign a card for somebody.

A worse problem is if you forget their name again, after re-learning it the first time.

Witherweaver · « **Reply #36 on:** February 25, 2015, 04:29:49 pm »

Watch some Seinfeld, adapt ideas.

Donald X. · « **Reply #37 on:** February 25, 2015, 10:22:55 pm »

Quote from: theory on February 24, 2015, 11:42:21 pm

Just found this thread and read through it. Good ideas and I'll think through it. I don't think it's weird at all to introduce new articles.

Here's an idea. Pick someone active on the wiki. Werothegreat? Give them the ability to put stuff on the front page. Bam, the front page will have news. Man right now there's:

- New expansion April 8th. You missed mentioning this but then there was new news, the actual date. Still not on the front page of a Dominion blog.
- This Steam Greenlight business with the online version.
- News about the target date for the new online version.
- Pornographic Japanese Dominion doll, how is that not news.

theory · « **Reply #38 on:** March 01, 2015, 03:34:02 pm »

Schneau's Beggar article is coming up this week. Plus an "announcement" of Dominion:Adventures for Martian rock-dwellers. I'm reading through the others now, but any other articles any of you want to nominate?

rspeer · « **Reply #39 on:** March 01, 2015, 03:58:10 pm »

Somehow I doubt there's a point to posting now about the Dominion Online target date.

To paraphrase Douglas Adams, the great thing about Dominion Online target dates is the lovely "whoosh" noise they make as they go flying past.

eHalcyon · « **Reply #40 on:** March 01, 2015, 06:13:58 pm »

Black Market by Stef.

Rebuild mirrors by AI.

And was Hermit/Madman + Market Square ever posted on the front page?

AdamH · « **Reply #41 on:** March 02, 2015, 08:12:22 am »

Yeah I'll nominate my Jack article

Witherweaver · « **Reply #42 on:** March 02, 2015, 09:19:44 am »

I think links to videos of games (like, the narrated ones) would also be potential front page candidates if the game is interesting enough. Or some of the boards/logs people post when they lead to interesting discussion. Could have a sort of "game highlight" series of blog entries.

AdamH · « **Reply #43 on:** March 02, 2015, 11:40:43 am »

Quote from: Witherweaver on March 02, 2015, 09:19:44 am

I think links to videos of games (like, the narrated ones) would also be potential front page candidates if the game is interesting enough. Or some of the boards/logs people post when they lead to interesting discussion. Could have a sort of "game highlight" series of blog entries.

An easy post to make would be to link to the videos for each League Champion match, and of course I'm in favor of anything that sends more people to my YouTube channel :-P

Titandrake · « **Reply #44 on:** March 03, 2015, 01:49:21 am »

I'll nominate my article too

Although to be honest, I think it needs some revision before I'd want it on the main blog.

Schneau · « **Reply #45 on:** March 03, 2015, 12:55:35 pm »

Quote from: theory on March 01, 2015, 03:34:02 pm

Schneau's Beggar article is coming up this week. Plus an "announcement" of Dominion:Adventures for Martian rock-dwellers. I'm reading through the others now, but any other articles any of you want to nominate?

While I was surprised and flattered to see my Beggar article get more love (especially considering I haven't been very active here lately), I unfortunately have to point out that it was already featured on the blog about 2.5 years ago. Thanks though!

Polk5440 · « **Reply #46 on:** March 04, 2015, 09:00:27 am »

The Hermit-Market Square-Madman article should absolutely go up on the front page. It could be the next long-awaited for installment of Combo of the Day.

Witherweaver · « **Reply #47 on:** March 04, 2015, 09:29:39 am »

Quote from: Polk5440 on March 04, 2015, 09:00:27 am

The Hermit-Market Square-Madman article should absolutely go up on the front page. It could be the next long-awaited for installment of Combo of the Day.

It's Combo of the Day, but that Day is only the Leap Year Day.

Mic Qsenoch · « **Reply #48 on:** March 04, 2015, 09:46:47 am »

Quote from: Polk5440 on March 04, 2015, 09:00:27 am

The Hermit-Market Square-Madman article should absolutely go up on the front page. It could be the next long-awaited for installment of Combo of the Day.

http://dominionstrategy.com/2013/02/11/combo-of-the-day-30-hermitmarket-square/

hvb · « **Reply #49 on:** March 04, 2015, 12:08:49 pm »

Announcements for signups for Tournaments (World Cup, Gokodom, etc.) and new Seasons of the Dominion League would be cool. As well as announcements and links to the Final matches if they get streamed.

Polk5440 · « **Reply #50 on:** March 04, 2015, 04:42:48 pm »

Quote from: Mic Qsenoch on March 04, 2015, 09:46:47 am

Quote from: Polk5440 on March 04, 2015, 09:00:27 am
The Hermit-Market Square-Madman article should absolutely go up on the front page. It could be the next long-awaited for installment of Combo of the Day.

http://dominionstrategy.com/2013/02/11/combo-of-the-day-30-hermitmarket-square/

Huh. Well, there we go. Guess it's been a while.....

werothegreat · « **Reply #51 on:** March 04, 2015, 08:12:20 pm »

Quote from: Donald X. on February 25, 2015, 10:22:55 pm

Quote from: theory on February 24, 2015, 11:42:21 pm
Just found this thread and read through it. Good ideas and I'll think through it. I don't think it's weird at all to introduce new articles.
Here's an idea. Pick someone active on the wiki. Werothegreat? Give them the ability to put stuff on the front page. Bam, the front page will have news. Man right now there's:

- New expansion April 8th. You missed mentioning this but then there was new news, the actual date. Still not on the front page of a Dominion blog.
- This Steam Greenlight business with the online version.
- News about the target date for the new online version.
- Pornographic Japanese Dominion doll, how is that not news.

I guess I do spend far too much time on the wiki...

...but I'd be totally game for doing stuff like this.

Ozle · « **Reply #52 on:** March 05, 2015, 05:49:31 am »

Its my birthday soon, you could put that up? Its a special one...

Polk5440 · « **Reply #53 on:** March 05, 2015, 12:51:16 pm »

How about shark_bait's 10 cards to victory?

http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=11851.0

It's the type of article that would go better on the blog rather than the wiki because it is not card-specific and people can debate which 10 cards should go in the list. And it's a fun read.

Witherweaver · « **Reply #54 on:** March 05, 2015, 12:59:58 pm »

I think some of the highlighted games should go there.. I remember a post by maybe Stef or Wandering Winder about a particular game they played and some issue that is often overlooked (maybe related to deck tracking in some way?) ended up being quite important.

Something along those lines.. a particular board, log, and some analysis that may talk about an advanced Dominion topic.

Schneau · « **Reply #55 on:** March 06, 2015, 07:21:10 am »

Quote from: Schneau on March 03, 2015, 12:55:35 pm

Quote from: theory on March 01, 2015, 03:34:02 pm
Schneau's Beggar article is coming up this week. Plus an "announcement" of Dominion:Adventures for Martian rock-dwellers. I'm reading through the others now, but any other articles any of you want to nominate?

While I was surprised and flattered to see my Beggar article get more love (especially considering I haven't been very active here lately), I unfortunately have to point out that it was already featured on the blog about 2.5 years ago. Thanks though!

Well, looks like theory didn't see this in time, so it got a second printing $:-\$

pacovf · « **Reply #56 on:** March 06, 2015, 07:44:53 am »

Does it come with animeeples this time?

pacovf · « **Reply #57 on:** March 06, 2015, 08:21:24 am »

More seriously, would it be possible for an IT!whizz to mirror the discussion happening in the blog into the forum, and viceversa? It's way more inconvenient to follow the comments in the blog than here, and I don't know how much visibility they have.

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