Guild Wars 2

Recently, there have been many comments on the state of the forum base and the amount of complaining and quitting going on. To fix this, I would suggest an Off Topic section that allows players to have some fun, relax, and joke around with friends. In a Facebook MMO I am currently playing, the game forums have this feature, and the many people this attracts makes for a great environment and also helps to keep players in game longer as they have the opportunity to meet new friends and play with them in game. Currently, we are having an election for “forum president”. (this player doesn’t actually do anything, its just for fun). Here’s a link:
http://www.castleageforums.com/cforum/forumdisplay.php?f=18

I think that if this is implemented in these forums, it will have a very benificall overall effect on retaining players that would otherwise leave, and would provide some much needed lightening up of the forum.

As an aside, I would like to point out that the posters that most frequent the Off Topic section also have very large amounts of total posts, and constantly post in all other sections of the forums.

If such a thing were implemented I would think it would be in need for heavy moderation. Some users just can’t control themselves.

I think it’d just give mods a reason to throw anything in there as soon as it deviates.

Girlsgonewow.1032:

If such a thing were implemented I would think it would be in need for heavy moderation. Some users just can’t control themselves.

nethykins.7986:

I think it’d just give mods a reason to throw anything in there as soon as it deviates.

Wow. You people really have no faith in the player base that they cant just have 1 section where talk isn’t about the game? Did you not notice the differences in the player population’s happiness in the link I provided? I doubt the moderators will have to go through much more than they already do to keep it running smoothly.

I really think this is a valid idea