FM-base.co.uk - Suggestions and Problems

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Fellow Readers,

This site, as much as i love it... Has to be criticised in some areas... Most of the site is brilliant and beautiful.. About 3% drives me mad.. I'm here to make a few little suggestions to the site and point out the problems...

Problems with Fm-base.co.uk: XD


  • The site goes down too much (as we all know)
  • The annoying advertisements (you will see what i mean)
  • Sometimes download links do not work.
  • Threads get closed without awareness by moderators.
  • The site needs more moderators.
  • The site needs more tools for users!
Explaination:

The site goes down too much:

We all know this is a major problem for the site.. It drives me mad sometimes.. It can be for 10 minutes.. Could be the whole day.. But i don't know how or why this happens.. But i'm sure it can be avoided somehow.. I strongly consider that we look into it to get rid of the problem.


Annoying Advertisements:

Okay. You may have noticed this, you may have not noticed this.. But this being a football site, and me being a teenager. I get constant glares from my parents when i accidently press wrong keys and it zooms in or goes to the bottom of the page and all my parents see is this... "SEXY SINGLE GIRLS" or "LOOKING FOR SEXY SINGLES?"... Frankly, it gets annoying after a while. I'm not one to complain about half-naked girls posing on my screen. But think seriously guys..
Also, if you scroll up and look below "Transfer Updates".. Theres a long advertisement. Try and glide over either "Tranfer Updates" or "Game Add-Ons"... Sometimes you won't see the menu, due to this advertisement..


Sometimes download links don't work:

A major problem with the site. I download many tactics from people, half of which they provide the wrong information as too where i should put the download, or theres a problem with the link.. I doubt i should blame the site for this.. But it is a problem none the less.


Threads getting closed without notice; Harsh Moderators; More Moderators etc. etc.. :

Okay. Not a major problem. But one i've discovered up-front. And, it is a problem... My thread got closed, only my second thread out of eight to be closed. One being a stupid one.. But i was annoyed due to it be closed for another problem.. Spam. How are we meant to control this 'Spam'!?.. Only sollution so far is to not even start a thread.. ANY thread can lead off topic.. Are we depending on luck if it does or something? And this is my opinion on the Moderators that the current ones are sometimes to harsh. When they could inform on what i need to do with the thread in order for it not to be closed.. Or something like that.. And the fact that we need more Mods. I have only seen a few active.. 1 or 2 majorly active.. Kris and JP Woody. They do a great job.. But i STILL find unclosed threads in forums like this one with one sentence requests etc. And many people break the forum rules without punishment. More moderators should be employed and the site can grow larger. Surely a few moderators will eventually find it a frustrating job.. What then?


Suggestions:


  • A live chatbox
  • Thread Tools like 'Bumps', 'Delete comment' and 'remove thread'.
  • As i said, more moderators.
  • Something to stop the site from going down!
Explainations:



A live chatbox:

This is on hundreds of forums. A simple box where any member can type a message and press enter, it is then verified for swear words which takes 2-5 seconds and will avoid spam. Members can be muted and reported if a swear word gets through. Before you question this idea, it's been done so many times i assure you. Its a great idea and may seem bad on paper, but theres no place you can talk to other managers live. You can ask for things quickly like advice, without creating a thread which takes a long time..


Thread tools:

Another thing many sites have.. User thread tools.. On your thread, you should be in charge... You and Moderators that is... You should be able to delete any unwanted comments. Such as SPAM and other things like swear words. This will save threads like mine from being closed.

More moderators; etc.

Surely members of the site are trustworthy enough to be moderators? It's not that hard of a job as i would know.. But we need more. I think others would agree...

Thats all things for now.. Will be adding more..

Bumps:

At the moment, there are no ways of making your thread heard of. A common tactic available to all users on forum websites is the "Bump" tool. A button that allows your thread to leap to the top of the forum, grabbing attention and readers. This thread can only be used once every 15 or 30 minutes. Its a good thing to have. As many brilliant threads get un-noticed. And all the dead ones can be.. REVIVED.


A few things to clear up:


Don't spam.
Follow Rules.
Keep to the topic.


I have warned you. Hopefully Moderators can take action if need be.

Comment with your thoughts, expressions and reactions.


Thanks,
FourFourTwo.
 
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I Love This Guy.

Very good thread i think some good ideas here well done
 


no advertisments means no money and the site need money to surive

 
You do know you can minimize the advertisements so you don't see them.
 
Another good thread (H) I agree on most things but the advertisements help the site and the more Mods thing is something I think a lot of people would agree with
 
Coach Carter said:
I Love This Guy.

Very good thread i think some good ideas here well done
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I see how it is.. You lost your love for Liverpool due their champions league crash-out.
So you come to good ole' FourFourTwo for the love!?
Here.. :wub:
:P

Any suggestions you have Coachy?
"i'm notcha' teacher... I'm your basket-ball coach."
 
FourFourTwo said:
I see how it is.. You lost your love for Liverpool due their champions league crash-out.
So you come to good ole' FourFourTwo for the love!?
Here.. :wub:
:P

Any suggestions you have Coachy?
"i'm notcha' teacher... I'm your basket-ball coach."
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This guys is now my 7th fav member on the forum.

And not really you have got them all i think ;)
 
To answer your questions

The site goes down too much (as we all know)

The site goes down due to how popular and busy it is. There is nothing we can do about it. We do not get paid to do this...infact it costs Sean alot of money to host this website. Maybe be grateful l for this and be happy we don't charge membership fee's like alot of sites are now doing.

The annoying advertisements (you will see what i mean)

These annoying adverts...seriously sexy girls annoy you? ok then...if you don't like them then minimise the window and it will stay that way forever more. These ad's make the forums the much needed cash it needs to stay up.

Sometimes download links do not work.

99% of them do. If they don't it's because the site is down or the link which had the download has been removed. We won't know about it unless someone tells us

Threads get closed without awareness by moderators.

I assure you when we close a thread we are aware of why we are doing it. Most that are closed are either repetitive,spam or closed due to being **** or pointless

The site needs more moderators.

Possibly true. Bringing JP was a great idea by yours truly but the majority of members are not mature enough for the position.

If people want to chat 'live' that is what msn is for.

I appreciate that you are just trying to help and the answers might not be what you are looking for but that's the way it is i am afraid.

P.S It is frustrating having to close 10 threads every time i log on :'(
 
chatbox would be a fail in my opion their would a few hundred people texting at the same time and everyone wont now whos talking to who

just my opion
 
The site goes down too much: I think its because more and more guests become interested and register to create thread when they need help etc, download facepacks and all sorts. The more popular the site gets the slower it becomes. It dont bother me that badly as im a member of other forums and browse through them aswell while playing fm in windowed mode and sometimes watch films aswell.

Annoying Advertisements: Yes, its annoying but you can minimize like andid said.

Sometimes download links dont work: Not a problem for me as i know how to extract on my own but yes i have noticed people giving wrong information to other members who are struggling to extract them. The sites not to blame.

Threads getting closed without notice; Harsh Moderators; More Moderators etc. etc.. : Its very annoying when countless new members create pointless threads when theres sticky threads about which is annoying as most moderators and a few other active member keep saying "use the search bar and etc". I wouldnt say harsh moderators as every single one of them are polite and very helpful and do try their very best to keep fm base in shape but you must understand they have real life commitments and cant always look after the site. I wouldnt like to be a moderator myself if im honest as some of you may know i tend to lose my cool quite often and swear and ive got a few infractions aswell lol so i'll just give fm base a really bad name.
 
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i would say the 4 mods is fine

because if sombody is made a new mod then other people will be saying i should be one and so so on
 
I dont have any problems with the site at the moment, one thing we shouldnt let inactive members play the arcade, the BAz guy has nicked like 10 of my scores and he is at the moment and hasn't posted in ages :'( Of course i am joking. Baz is skilled at the arcade.
 
Gatid said:
Threads getting closed without notice; Harsh Moderators; More Moderators etc. etc.. : Its very annoying when countless new members create pointless threads when theres sticky threads about which is annoying. I wouldnt say harsh moderators as nearly all one of them are polite and very helpful and do try their very best to keep fm base in shape but you must understand they have real life commitments and etc. I wouldnt like to be a moderator myself if im honest as some of you may know i tend to lose my cool quite often and swear and ive got a few infractions aswell lol so i'll just give fm base a really bad name.
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Exactly. We all have jobs,uni,a social life? and try our best to get to things before they get out of order and i think we all do a pretty good job.

Redders,Lee,jp (maybe not so much now but at the start) and myself take alot of abuse for what we do and it's really not a rewarding position. You need to look at everything from both sides and try be as fair as possible. You are never going to please everyone and sometimes people lash out for it.

I got an email telling me to **** off and die the other week. :'(
 
You tell us Kris and we will hunt them down and cut there balls of.
 
I think there probably should be a couple more mods, but the thing is, who? No-one really stands out, but hey, lets see what sean does :P
 
Frankie said:
I think there probably should be a couple more mods, but the thing is, who? No-one really stands out, but hey, lets see what sean does :P
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How about you?:)

I got a few members i can think of but its a matter if they want the role i guess.
 
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