I have to admit to being with Ben and Joe here. I find the php driven boards far easier to use than trying to maintain everything in email. It is what people expect these days and makes life far easier for newcomers., as well as those that just want to catch up now and then without being barraged by emails.
The wiki was supposed to hold more info but frankly, I find it a total PITA to add stuff to the wiki so it never gets done. For those that need an email feed, isn't RSS the modern way to do this? I agree wholeheartedly with Joe that a well maintained and moderated forum would become the central focus for all VASSAL discussion. Regards, Brent. >*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > >On 13/09/2007 at 3:37 AM drjoeyjoe wrote: >I've been shifting through the 60 or so emails I've gotten from >Vassal in the past 2 days, and here's my take on this topic: > >I made custom maps for Call of Duty for over three years, and >similar to Vassal, there was a huge online community involved in COD >map making. Vassal is a gaming community, no matter how you look at >it. Just like the COD community, it is a group of people all >designing and playing the same game. And in order to keep a gaming >community efficient, you've got to keep it organized. There were a >handful of solid COD mapping forums that were broken down into the >same basic categories: News, Tutorials, and New releases. If you >were looking for a new map to download or play, you knew exactly >where to look. If you had a question about how to do something, you >knew exactly where to look. If you had a question, you knew who and >where to ask. This is what Vassal needs. > >Vassal, though it appears basic, is a very detailed program, and >there is a lot to learn that is simply not covered in the provided >tutorials. And, with the absensce of a forum, it's very difficult to >ask questions or look at old answers to learn the program. A forum >is a solid place to ask and answer questions, and leave those >questions and answers for future people to read. A tutorial section >is great, expecially when people volunteer to write tutorials on >basic concepts in Vassal. The COD community was one of the most >successful and efficient communities out there, and forums made that >possible. Unless Vassal is trying to maintain the low profile that >it has, it needs forums to get an active member base. > >Of course, I have no answer to the problem of finding a forum to >use, so that is of course an issue... ____________________________________________________________ Brent Easton Analyst/Programmer University of Western Sydney Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
