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The problem with caste systems is that often as not, it goes by post count rather than the length of time they've been around. A rude moron that goes around posting in every thread gets 2000 posts and has the highest caste... exactly what is there to give respect to, anyway?
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It would be better if it were like the Gamefaqs system, where there is no karma loss. Just having you gain one point every day you log on.
So, on the case for the ones who have been here longest, that shows it. I don't like it when I've been on here for a bit and I only get a certain number because it was deducted.
If that was the system in place, only mods should have the right to do it. And if there aren't any mods around, then there should be ones appointed. That would make it seem like it's more of a fan community, which I prefer.
Because as it stands now, there's very little activity, and just to make it more appealing so people come here more, that's how I propose to do things. Volunteer Moderators sounds like a great idea.
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I've been getting this error since the weekend whenever trying to visit this forum by my old bookmark's direct link. Runboard tries to redirect com4.runboard.com/bnisamerica to com2.runboard.com/bnisamerica. I can only see the forum by logging in through nisamerica.com now.
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Hmm, works fine for me... Have you tried deleting the old bookmark? Or your cookies and cache?
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Thanks, it's working again
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So, on the case for the ones who have been here longest, that shows it. I don't like it when I've been on here for a bit and I only get a certain number because it was deducted.
Actually, you're just focusing on one system even though this board has all three systems in place. The number of posts is listed, the karma is listed, and the date registered is listed, so people can put stake in whichever number means the most to them. The quality of someone's posts is the most important metric, and that's impossible to gauge from some number posted alongside someone's name in a forum.
Back onto why the forum has so little traffic: there are a few issues involved there.
-The board sees few (if any) official updates.
-The board is not directly linked from the main page of the site.
-NISA's audience is fairly small to begin with.
All you get here is people arguing about whether or not the Japanese audio should be included in the games and whether or not NISA is going to do something terrible to their next release. Everything else tends to be passing around links to bits of information posted on other sites. Not to mention two boards for every game going back to La Pucelle and no one posting in the majority of them.
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The quality of someone's posts is the most important metric
And that is my point exactly. I don't see why we even need a karma system. That just tends to drive people away from posting. Honestly, I don't think anyone wants to see minuses by their name, I know I don't.
It's a system that does more harm than good, even if it might not mean anything to you, it will matter to some people.
So I would propose another kind of karma system, or get rid of it altogether.
It is rather troubling how there doesn't seem to be much of a community compared to Atlus, but that may be due to the fact that there just isn't much of an online presence from the NISA staff. The most you would get is an e-mail reply back. I don't really get it.
I think they need to change that around if we are to see any activity here. It's a real shame, because I would love for these boards to be filled with comments and commotion.
A lot of those things seem to build on each other. Lack of updates, because they don't seem to care, thus creating zero community. As you can tell, this doesn't do them any good.
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All you get here is people arguing about whether or not the Japanese audio should be included in the games and whether or not NISA is going to do something terrible to their next release.
Ironically, 95%+ of these topics are created by new users who decide that as soon as they hear about X brand new game that they should sign up here and announce that it should never be dubbed because even though they've never played it, the Japanese track is inherently better. After we call them on their crap, they start arguments, get shut down, get angry, and leave. That's why most new members don't stick around.
Every now and then, you get the good new members that come here for help or to excitedly discuss new releases and generally don't cause any trouble, but they're few and far between.
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Ironically, 95%+ of these topics are created by new users who decide that as soon as they hear about X brand new game that they should sign up here and announce that it should never be dubbed because even though they've never played it, the Japanese track is inherently better. After we call them on their crap, they start arguments, get shut down, get angry, and leave. That's why most new members don't stick around.
And that's why NISA most of the time offers both tracks, so that gives them even less of a reason to complain, unlike what you see with Atlus.
Trust me, if you go on those boards(and who hasn't?), there are some who ardently defend one side as though it is inherently better. These people need to learn that choice is always better than going for just one.
Dub/Sub, stupid argument, I'd gladly have both in my game, because each has weaknesses.
Honestly, those people would seem to like less content in their games. If you do, that's fine, but I say don't try and bring that hate out on everyone who likes dual tracks.
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Ironically, 95%+ of these topics are created by new users who decide that as soon as they hear about X brand new game that they should sign up here and announce that it should never be dubbed because even though they've never played it, the Japanese track is inherently better. After we call them on their crap, they start arguments, get shut down, get angry, and leave. That's why most new members don't stick around.
Actually, looking through the posts you'll find that most of them are started by people that have been registered for a while but don't post very often (and may not have posted since getting involved in one of those threads). I also specifically didn't state my views on the argument itself because I didn't think it was the right place to take this thread (and now I see I shouldn't have brought it up).
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