If these boards are ready.....

MajorPain9·Jul 14, 2014·2 votes·194 views

than actually implement them. Don't make it harder and harder to get to GD. That's just annoying, and your going to piss off your fan base even more.

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Sir ArmaMalumJul 14, 20142 votes

"then, "you're (Sorry, but misspelling really takes away from the serious tone I'm assuming you're going for.)

Believe it or not but there are people outside of GD who actually like the change. Shocking I know, but you have to understand what a biased audience is. I would love to have a civil constructive conversation with you here, because I prefer 1 on 1 conversations in this format. But of you don't want to because you yourself, off of your own experiences and no one else's secondhand experience, do not like the CB well that's your call

MajorPain9Jul 14, 20141 votes

Serious tone? It's a gaming website mate. And correcting someones grammar right off the back really sets the tone for "such a constructive conversation" when your first attempt is to mock someone's english.

"But of you don't want to because you yourself" I would attempt to correct this, but I'm not a pompous grammar nazi.

Sir ArmaMalumJul 14, 20142 votes

Ah true you got me there.

Between your last two posts I feel like you're just coming in and posting to try to incite CB hate, as many have tried to do before you. My suggestion is to actually post what you don't like about the CB specifically instead of going on about it being a Reddit-wanna-be. What systems you don't like and what not, and most importantly what you feel could be done to make it better. This post by BestFurryNA was/is one one if the highest voted posts in the CB and it's specifically bashing it, but it was made with the attempt of being unbiased and constructive. Coming in and posting sentence long posts about how much you are being inconvenienced by a button being removed is not going to win you any support. Speaking for others is also not going to help. Stick to your own opinion and see if people agree. There are plenty of things I myself don't like about the CB, hell, even about this latest update and if you post a constructive post about your own opinion and I agree with it, I will say so, and other people probably will to. This, however, isn't going to be, trust me.

MajorPain9Jul 14, 20141 votes

There isn't much of a population here to even see if people will agree / disagree. It's a ghost town.
Making it more and more difficult to get to GD, is annoying and petty. We all know what style posting Riot prefers, but then again a large majority of the posting community prefers GD. There were plenty of opportunities for the community to welcome CB. It wasn't going to happen.

Sir ArmaMalumJul 14, 20142 votes

Compared to GD, yes it is a ghost town, but a lot of forums are as well against a forum community that size. But I assure it is not barren. There are plenty of people here, and while yes it is small enough for me to pick out the more avid posters by name, there are people here an most importantly ones that will hear you out even if they don't agree with you. As long as you make a good point of course.

There were plenty of opportunities, I agree, and GD didn't take it and voiced against it, as is their right.

"More and more" implies this was done several times, this is the first time this happened and it wasn't even that much. There's still a direct link in the dropdown menu to GD, and while yes it's a bit more difficult to get to the other forums what else would you expect? Yes, I know a good number of people are upset about the change but there are also people like myself that really didn't like the vBulletin format and avoided it for that very reason, and would be very upset about a full reversal and an update to vBulletin. I'm not a fan of forcing anyone to do something they don't want to, but I'm also a realist in the fact that it's Riot's site, they found an easier way that works (better or worse is a matter of opinion, but as a whole, functionally better for Rioters), of course they'll move forward with the CB. Not to mention that since they built it, they'll be able to tinker with it far into the future. If you don't like it fine, that's your opinion and I'll respect that, but curt one-sentence posts that do nothing but try to get a rise out of people/Rioters is not going to change anything. Change is driven by motivated thinkers and skilled people, and speaking from experience, they are going to be drawn more to well-thought out and communicated ideas and opinions.

Now I'll say that I disagree with the CB's voting system, the decision to retain non-interactive moderators, and currently the simplified formatting from the the already limited formatting of last week's CB, but I have also retained an open mind and tried my best to see the logic behind the decisions. Doing so helps build a case against that said logic and makes for a better argument for your own case. I hope you decide to try that.