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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hawkmoon" data-source="post: 270618" data-attributes="member: 6180">Hey Morrus.I registered just to comment on this. I am all for making the site more personal and community based. Right now I basicly come just for the product news, but I agree that removing press releases from the main page is a great idea. This issue is not about redesigning the site, it is about your integrity. You may not put it this bluntly, but there is no reason for you to pimp yourself off for publishers, so make any changes you want. I like the idea of making publishers post their press releases in the forums. When there is a new press release just update the main page saying something like "Press Releases Updated in Publisher Forum" that provides a link to the form and thats it. No need to even identify the publisher. This also may create more traffic for the forums, and then fans of certain publishers will be more likely to reply to the press release, that will lead hopefully to more interaction between the publishers and the fans. Communications between fans and publishers is always a good thing. The will also de-businessfy the front page.Remove the upcoming products from the front page altogether(instead just have a seperate link altogether). That will definately shift the tone of the main page. Instead of having an upcoming products page, try to find popular threads about products on the message boards and link them to the main page. This will let you know what products we are intrested in, and therefore what is newsworthy for the main page, plus more traffic for the boards means more interaction between fans and hence a better community.Editorial - You should write some editorials (if that intrests you of course). Maybe once every two weeks on something that strikes you about either the Industry, Fan Community, or maybe just nifty spell that you found and how you used it in a campaign etc etc. Even take editorial submissions(an editorial on the whole forgotten rums thing would be cool)... maybe put up a fan editorial once every two weeks (hence you would switch off with a fan)... as a fan, I think it would be cool to see an article I wrote on the main page(if it was good enough of course)... This would hopefully inspire those not participating in the community(other than just reading the front page) to do so....I never had an interest in the forums before, but the message board round up has me browsing the forums alot more often. That is way I suggest just puting stuff in the forum and linking it to the main page.I like good meaty interviews with game designers.  Some interviews are fluff, but I remember liking some of the interviews that were on the site a while back (my memory fails me). Interviews that just pimp a product just suck. I thought Monte's Line of Sight was lost forever when he went two weeks with just having what seemed like scripted buy my stylish product interviews with Bruce and Sean, luckily his have gotten back to being more interesting.Maybe once a month feature a homebrew campaign site that you found interesting. I've found a few that are quite detailed, are of professional quality, and better than some products out there. Along the same lines, once a week feature a fan created spell, item, monster, or story that you liked. Erics idea of removing company text from the D20 idea is really good also.The D20 product reviews(when they are from a reliable source) are a great help, but these don't need to be on the main page.I have a general distaste for the way the business game is played in america (especially corporate america) and wouldn't mind seeing a shift to a community site and less buy our product type PR.Thanks for making a great site.Hawkmoon</blockquote>

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