I’m really impressed by the new changes. Things are so much clearer and more intuitive now, and this will surely lead to a lot less confusion and, as a result, better discussion. The look is good, and there’s still room to make slight adjustments to fit the feel of the game better if necessary, without having to do a complete overhaul. What I’m looking at, here, pretty much lets me know the FWZ staff are listening well to user feedback and criticism. In this thread itself, the rapid adjustments are nice to see, too, and bumhurt-free. Awesome.

I mostly agree with what people are saying so far, such as that being able to see the last poster in the Active Topics somehow would be useful, though I realize it’d be hard to make fit. Some option perhaps to adjust for bigger screens seems to be a popular idea, too, as does some sort of option to swap between viewing styles.

I also agree that the Klan-Only and Secret forums need to find a much more obvious location. Having them plopped by the nav bar and options is strange to say the least. Perhaps adding another slice on the way bottom of the screen, since secret would lend itself just fine to scrolling down a bit? I realize this isn’t applicable, but you also need to, after this is all done, add Klan-Only IDC chats to the game, and this secret section would be a good place for a navigation or click-through to such a thing.

For now, I only have some minor suggestions.

In the list of Roleplay forums, GOTO 10 should be moved above Klan Talk, so that all of the individual clbum forums are grouped together. As it is, Klan Talk separates the hackers from the rest of the bunch. Anonymous should probably come directly at the end of the clbum forums.

I think you should reconsider the description of Whiny ****es, since it both calls it a “Free-For-All Forum” and “Whine about the game here.” Is it a place I can post any topic at all, or just game-related? I suggest it be clearly described and/or repurposed as “Whine about anything game-related here” only.

As for General Roleplay, as it is, I think few people use it as a place to truly post in their clbum’s spirit, and instead treat it as an “anything random” forum. You might want to better enforce the roleplaying thing, along with the next suggestion.

What we’re still missing is the all-important Random ****pile forum: a forum in which any topic and language and most behaviors are acceptable. I think such a forum should be created and plopped right on top of the list, or directly underneath Whiny ****es and Klan Talk. As it is, if we follow the descriptions — if I want to use bad language, offensive speech or basically attack someone without necessarily roleplaying — the only things I can do are whine or post about the game or roleplay to some extent. My only option is to go to the IRL discussions and be very careful with my content. A Random ****pile, or perhaps Chaotic Hellhole, etcetc forum would fit nicely.

That’s all I have to say for now. Everyone else seems to be coming up with good ideas for tweaks and adjustments, and the general attitude and lack of ego or hurt feelings seems to be having everyone working really well together, and changes happening rapidly and for the best.

Awesome job. Keep up the good work, ****es.