WHAT ASPECTS OF THE SITE DO YOU USE MOST? LEAST?

Lock and archive the current screenshot thread. Pin a new, locked screenshot thread that just includes a hyperlink to the images needing feedback section. Wait a month and delete that thread and hope people get the idea and migrate.

Notices are great. Makerscore is fun.

I enjoy reading and writing so Articles/reviews are fun for me.

If we're talking about parts of the site that need work, the development portal comes to mind. I've mentioned before that I think instead of cluttering up the main page with literally everything that ever gets added to the site, I would keep the main page just for showcasing games + video/article/picture of the week or whatever. I would move latest blogs and such to the Development portal.

That's just my take.

Not sure if this counts, but I used to enjoy the search feature we had quite a bit, and now I find it cumbersome. I like it less that I did before.

Top used features:
- Forums (game dev, GD&T, help requests)
- Articles (really just GD&T articles)
- Locker (though I pay for personal webspace so I only use this because it's faster)
- Images looking for feedback (I like helping people, and I post my own images here too sometimes)
- Notices (I subscribe to some games and enjoy seeing their updates) (I kinda wish I could unsubscribe from non-moderator comments on an event I'm registered for though, without unsubscribing from its announcements or unsubscribing from all events)
- Events (I rarely enter events but I pay attention to their existance and to the winners)

Features I don't personally use at all, but seem maybe useful to other people:
- Scripts (I go to other sites for scripts because RMN didn't start accepting scripts until Ace was out, so we have almost no RMXP scripts)
- Resources (Do we even HAVE any resources in the resources section?)

Utterly unused features that could be deleted to simplify the site and I don't think it would matter at all:
- Social media links (Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, Steam Group)
- Engine Bulletins (I'm not even 100% sure what this is)
- Review Feed (I think reviews should exist, but I'm not sure why anyone needs to know about a review for a game unless they're looking at that game - having a feed for reviews is pretty pointless, and putting it on the front page is extremely silly)
- Blog Feed (mostly the big list of blog posts and the front page feed, but even the blog feed built into the forums is pretty pointless - people should just use the forums if they want people other than their followers to see the post)
- Links (I just now clicked on the Links button under development for the first time in my life, and I'm confused. I was expected a list of sister websites. But instead it just seems to be a repository for random crap someone thought was useful?)
- The Latest (...is this different from the front page somehow?)
- RMN TV (Like the review feed, this is just media for specific games. It should be on those games' pages, not in a feed. I doubt anyone wants a list of every promotion for every game that happens to be in .avi format.)
- Picture History (Picture of the Moment doesn't need a history page)

I wonder how many hits each of those pages gets per month.

I support simplifying the website. It has too much shit. Like, that discussion topics section of the development portal? Who the fuck needs that? I am the one who picks topics to put in it, and even I think it's pointless. Just click on Forums. We don't get more than two or three topics a week about game design, and no one cares about the blogs of games they aren't following.

Is there a way to put up stuff without it automatically being showcased on the main site? When I was taking down & putting up my edited art again I realized everything was popping up in the images section. Color me embarrassed!

Granted, I realize this generates interest for certain creators. I just wish I had more personal control over it I guess.

From now on, I'll simply upload less content per day. In other words, limit myself to only 3 uploaded pictures per visit.

Luckily,everything I need up is up so there is no need for me to be a posting-nut right now.

The Screenshot Thread is also for those who don't have enough to make a game page. With no game page there is no feedback section, so it's a viable thread to have around. That said, we will be needing a new one soon - the current one is getting a bit big.

As to the questions posted - I use quite a bit of the stuff on the site.
Notices, front page, black bar (oh god, do I love me that black bar. I wish every site had one. It's the most under-appreciated piece on the site but also, I bet, the most used. Black bar~<3 ), Site search (now that it works for me), game pages, Community portal, the other portals (not as much as CP but a hella lot more than I thought I would), MAKER SCORE (<3), preview button (thank you thank you thank you), post-edit options (;^; thank you ankyyyyy~<3 ), forums, locker (I use this all the time)

The only thing I don't really use is the list sections - latest posts, history, etc. I do use the game search a lot, though, and the name drop-down for messaging, too.

A lot of the features on the site just work together really well. ^.^

I'd also recommend that if there's a listing limit for the Notices drop down (say 5 or so) you could have a dismiss button next to each so you can dismiss one and have another unread/checked take its place. Also, the links open a new tab? That way you can easily go through them without having to go to the Notices area if you want to check just one or two and ignore the others?

Also, another reminder/recommendation for the quick links drop-list for under the RMN insignia that I mentioned a while ago - where you can choose to create up to five quick links that can be edited in settings. Say, the initial five be to the portals, but allow people to change them to other links - say, a game page they're working on (instead of having to keep searching for it over and over again), a thread in the forums, a script they put up (to check for questions), etc...

I think it'd be a really neat feature.

When I first login to RMN, I usually tend to check out the Post History first before checking my Notices before eventually wrapping up my day by checking out people’s Statuses and The Forums. I do sometimes read a few Blogs and among other things on the front page, but that’s usually about it; it just depends.

And I agree with Jude about shutting down The Screenshot Topic if we already have a Images Feedback thingy already on the site. Since you guys worked so hard on getting that thing up and showcasing it – why not showcase it? Although Liberty has a point about the original screenshot topic being useful for people who don’t quite have enough content to make a game page but still want their screenshots to be commented on – why not have an option to submit screenshots to it even if you don’t have a game page yet?

Other than that, everything is just peachy for me. I would think of something else to comment on, but I'm too drunk tired right now.

I think Notices and Game Updates should be changed to only show new blog posts, downloads, images, and reviews. If someone posts a comment on the game page, how is that an update by any means?

edit: Another thing that may be of use is being notified if a new thread pops up in the forums. I think that would be handy if the thread pertains to me or is about something I'm having trouble with, so I don't have to browse through the 100+ forum threads to find what I'm looking for. Also, maybe even a way to search for topics or games with key words? The Google Custom search is useless to me because if I wanted to use Google to search for something on RMN, I would type something like "RMN Hero's Realm on the Google Search Screen.