Sunday 7 October 2012

Reader Post 1 - Ideas forum?

Almost as soon as we posted our last post calling for posts you'd like to see, you sent one in. It was such a great idea that we decided to jump right in and use it as number 1. Thank you hOWselul for sending this in!

The ideas forum!

International.

The ideas forum is a wonderful place (or so we think). Players can express what they're liking, loving and hating about the game, suggesting new BM items, rules that should be changed and then, having other players comment and agree (or dissagree) with them. It is a place where howrse users can get their voice accross and where mods and administrators can get ideas for the game. We can vote on other people's ideas, and get their opinion on our ideas. It's the only opinion-based forum allowed.

what our mod-friend X had to say. 
"The ideas forum was created so players could give us feedback and essentially make decisions based on their own game-play"

Again, there are things that can't be posted, so before proposing and idea, please make sure you read the WNTP (what not to post) guide.
And as always, please remain courteous when giving your feedback, as these are other peoples' brain children and they are often very proud.  Provide arguments (constructive criticism) why you do or don't like their ideas, valid reasons only. 

e.g "I don't particularly agree with parts of this idea, it was a good try. it just wouldn't work because......" or "howrse would not approve this change because........" or "It's a great idea but these (insert suggested changes here) elements may need to be changed because...." 

If you're thinking about posting an idea, remember that everyone will have their own opinion and they are allowed to! - you need to state what the thing you want to propose/change does, what it will do for players/horses and why it would be good, as well as pictures if you wish, descriptive words of how it will look, suggested names, what it will cost or how it can be won and how they are fair/unfair.
This is an example I created -

Title - Rising Moon New BMI. 
Info - This is a new BM item I thought of, It allows one horse the ability to never sleep, that means it can participate in competitions, rides and general upkeep all night until the age of 20 without losing energy. It would mean that a horse could be trained much quicker. This would be good for new players as it would mean they could train their horses and have them in competitions and adjust to the game quicker. They could make equus a lot faster too. They could be sold for diamonds, so that new players were able to buy them with rewards from objectives. I'd love to hear how you all feel about this and maybe some suggestions? Please be kind when responding.

 

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