Petition to have a huge boards overhaul. Long post!
So a recent boards post talked about how the boards is the way it is ((https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/community-moderation/AGnm2KoY-the-boards-is-not-serving-its-intended-purpose-and-both-riot-and-the-players-are-responsible)) (Kinda just a shitty circlejerking cesspit with the odd diamond in the rough), and it got me thinking; "How can we make the boards better, as users?" and so I thought, and thought, for like 5 minutes on how to make it better. Here are some suggestions to massively overhaul PARTS of the boards, make it more user friendly for both posters, and Rioters!
1.) Split the Gameplay boards into different categories. Ight kinda a big big one here, but here me out. Alot of the gameplay boards currently is just circlejerking and upvote farmign (Or is made out to be). While venting, complaining, etc. all have their own place, I feel it would be right to have its own subsection of Gameplay. E.G Gameplay: Venting. This would help those who want to vent, and complain, have their own place for it, and allow other commenters who feel the same band together, and maybe even have more experienced players, and even Rioters help them out with solutions. "Y is Yi so busted?!?!" ((We've all seen those posts, my very first boards post was that actually.)) Another section to split Gameplay in, would be New Player Tips. Come on, we need this, the learning curve for League is HARD, especially if you never played a moba before. A place for new player and coaches to congregrate would be amazing. Third and final Subsection, would be Serious Discussion. We have LOTS of very great thinkers, who analyze gameplay, champions, etc. and make well thought out posts for discussion. An example would be when Adrian Riven, or Pink Ward get on the boards and compare old vs new, guides on how to beat/play as Riven/Shaco respectively. Also would help for Rioters who want to actually answer community, find topics and right places easier.
2.) A larger moderation team. I know this one is gonna be hard, especially with the recent(?) hate towards the mod team (Calling on you GD dudes, you do you), but we need a larger team. Especially if we split the Gameplay and other boards up, we need more mods to help make sure things go in their respective categories.
Edit: Due to feedback, instead of a larger team, a more proffessional and experienced team would probably fit better. One with maybe clearer rules, and more interactivity between boards users and the mod team.
3.) Better Boards tools. Moving posts to a different board after they were posted. LIKE COME ON BRUV, this should be HUGE, so that way peeps don't gotta straight delete/lock posts, and can simply.... move it. Less hassle for everyone, makes it nice, even maybe give a notification letting the poster know it got moved ya?
4.) Potentially split other boards up, specifically Story, art, Sound. This one will be quick, split it into subsections; Story, Skins, Art, Sounds.
Thats as far as i got for solutions to help make the boards nicer. We as boards users NEEEEEEEED to take the first step to make this place better, who the bloody hell wants to be know as a board user, that toxic guy who just reeeeeeeeeees at riot all day?
MAKE THE BOARDS GREAT AGAIN!
(If you have more suggestions, post below and I will edit the post with you comment if we all think its a good adition!)
