Something to look at.... Gamers Seeking Gamers

[madwabbit]

Possibly - which did you have in mind?

You have Fudge, but FATE is also big now with people playing Spirit of the Century and the Dresden Files RPG.

You have Deadlands, but a more generic "Savage Worlds" is a better category.

Might consider allowing an entry with a click on Other, so folks can add games like Dread, Fiasco, Dogs in the Vineyard, and other small press games.

 

[Merkuri]

For some reason I got the three questions this time when I went to the page, but I did not see them when I first visited.

Suggestion: The layout for the big list of games could stand to be improved. They look all jumbled the way they are now. May I suggest either putting them into a table so they look lined up or changing them from radio boxes to one multi-select picklist? (If you go with the picklist it might be a good idea to remind folks that they can shift- or control-click to pick more than one item, because a lot of people don't realize that.)

(Edit to avoid two posts in a row.) Another suggestion. The Alerts box should probably not be shown if there are no alerts to see.

And this message (which I got when I clicked on the "View alerts page" link) could stand some grammar improvements: "Merkuri, you have complete all the things!" I'm not sure what it's supposed to be referring to, though, so I can't give suggestions on how to improve it right now.

 

[Theo R Cwithin]

In short, are people choosing not to fill it in, or are they not realising they should?

I didn't realize I should. When I click through on the alert, it says I've filled out everything-- but I'm still not clear what exactly that was, since I don't recall seeing an Intro field on my first visit.

Also, I'll second Merkuri's comments about the alerts panel. It really shouldn't show if there's no alert, and the grammar is... interesting. Perhaps "You've already filled out all required information" or something.

 

[darjr]

I didn't see the questions until just now.

 

[Steve Jung]

OK, a question to folk:

Only about 5% of people are filling in the Introduction field. I need to find out why:

Have you noticed the Alert on the right hand side of the page asking you to complete it?

Should it be a compulsory field in the initial "3 questions" bit?

In short, are people choosing not to fill it in, or are they not realising they should?

I chose not too fill it in, because I'm not looking for a game right now.

 

[Theo R Cwithin]

I was going back to remove a couple test events I'd added, but I can't find them on the geo or the calendar. Did everything get reset or did someone scrub it for me (in which case a notice would have been nice).

 

[Theo R Cwithin]

... dupe post! ...

 

[Morrus]

Sorry, yeah, I removed the test events. Should've mentioned it to you!

 

[Big Mac]

Typo on location screen

Nice system. You still have a few typos in the screen that comes up first.

Welcome, Big Mac. You most set a location befor using the system. To change the location, please click at the location in the map and click Save.

That should be: "You must set a location before using the system. To change the location, please click on the location in the map and click Save."

I also think that some people (who have not used Google maps before) might not realise how to zoom into the map and/or drag it from side to side and up and down.

Maybe you could setup a dummy account, film the setup process and make a YouTube tutorial for how to do use Gamers Seeking Gamers.

 

[Big Mac]

Weird. I set my location with a standalone screen, and then when I go to the main GSG screen, I've been asked to do the same thing as part of step 5.

Do you really need to ask people to do this twice, or is it a bug? (It seems like a bug.)