How do you navigate the forums?

[Mental Buga]

Hey Guys

I am curious to find out how you guys tend to navigate the forums.

For example:

When I come to the forum I am most interested in the new posts so I tend to go to the Quicklinks tab (top right) and then click on Today's post's.

This brings up the most recent posts.

how do you do it.. do you go to a specific part of the forum.. or General..

or other...

Also I would like to know, who actually goes to the scrim/events section.. please put that in your comments.. whether it be often, sometimes or rarely

 

[shrimp]

Quick tab > todays posts.

I view the scrim/event section occassionally.

 

[iGreen]

I generally head over to TF2 specifically when I login. I don't usually venture into General or other divisions.
Ban requests/contests as well, partly for a laugh, partly to get a better idea of how others approach and deal with different Admin situations.
Private sections; ie. eG, eGO, EC
Not really much else apart from Recruitment section.

 

[xShuriken]

First, I check the news and general forums for anything interesting. Secondly, I check Insurgency's new posts, then CS:S and TF2. After that, I check any ban requests or drop box threads I've posted recently. From there, I just check any normal threads that I remember posting in. Anything after that is just scanning the rest of the forums.

 

[SScagnetti]

I check the eG and eGO private forums then Division Discussion and General. From there, I go wherever.

 

[blackhawksniper]

check my private forums, go back to the top, and go down the list from there.

 

[featherfoot07]

stat at todays posts then over to recruiter private then to admin trainer private then to the posts I made the day before then to anything else (usually whatever is around -- meaning everything.)

 

[Typhus]

I usually start with threads I have subscribed to, then check out tf2 division and then the rest.

 

[Cryptex]

Whatever is new on each forum, then I get bored and sort of scroll around till I find something good.

 

[Darth]

Darths Awesome Life in eGO:

I log onto the computer and click my special eGO tab. Then i read the news and scroll down to the shoutbox and stay there...

Then i click on my special "Applications" tab (Recruitment Forum) and then i also click on my "AR Forum" (Recruiters Forum)Then i click on the tf2 tab and open up a new tab for division discuss. Then i go to "My eGO" and open a new tab on TF2 eG discussion then i make a new tab for the forum index. After i have opened up each tab for the different forum sections i go to tf2 open up tabs for the ones that interest me. Then i do the same for TF2 eG Private, then i go to the eG discussion and look there. Oh and once ive opened up these tabs i close the TF2 Divsion and the Private discussions, then i open up tabs for "General Forum" "Off-topic and entertainment" then i look down at the Private Forums and the Media Team forums for any new posts, if there are none then i dont open up new tabs. So after that, i go to the general forum tab and look at any threads that interest me and open them up in new tabs.

I also do the same for Off-Topic and entertainment and the private forums if there have been any posts. And then finally, once ive got all the threads open that i want to read i read them and close them one by one. Oh and i still be in the shoutbox while doing all this.

Erm i think this takes me about 2-3 1/2 hours, i think my record was 2 hours.

Phew, that took a while to write... and great, im late for Basketball now! Cya guys

 

[Carmine]

Click the forums tab on the left, browse through the forums looking at topics that seem interesting.

Edit: I go to the scrim events section when there is an event I am interested in on the calender.

 

[Mental Buga]

Also I would like to know, who actually goes to the scrim/events section.. please put that in your comments.. whether it be often, sometimes or rarely

Most of you left this out, please could you include it in your posts, thanks

 

[Spitfire'd]

Let's see:

This order is pretty standard for me. It just happens this way. First I look at the front page, making sure I read the newest thing on there. Then I go to Misc. Game, Off Topic, CSS Division as I'm currently most active in the Jail server, then General. If I remember after that I'll go to eG private.

Also somewhere in there I hit the CS:S Ban Requests/Contests to keep up with what's going on in Jail server, as well as to observe how other people handle situations for the purposes of bettering myself as an admin.

As for the scrim/events page, I'll be honest I really don't visit it ever. If there's an event I want to go to I'll hit the calendar to see what day it is, and then the day of the event I'll do that again and follow the appropriate link to get the password.

Hope that helps!

 

[Tidus]

I go to all of the private forums first. Then I go back and go down the list (General, Off-Topic, etc.).

 

[Wintermute{A|R}]

I scream and click wildly, hoping that I end up at a banner ad or private forums.

(In actuality, I read the private forums and general forums, making new tabs for each thread that interests me, then I come back and read all the threads I separated out.)

Thanks,

Byron

 

[Jawneh]

I start from my UserCP to see if anyone has replied to any of the threads I'm subscribed to. From there I go to the TF2 div disc. forum and then go to general.

Random times I end up in the off-topic area and tech talk, as well as announcements like once a week.

I check the scrim/event section myself, for TF2. Maybe couple times a week to see if there's an event in the near future to see if I have time to join.

 

[iamevilbear]

I think I might go straight to contest ban every first load. eeeeek o.o

 

[Thereven]

I click on the forums link and navigate from there. Unless I'm looking for quick event info, then I use the TF2 tab at the top.

 

[Mecha Angel]

If my first log on, I click all the ads once.

From there I go to general forum or tf2 division forum and look over threads I have posted in/new ones. Vice versa if I do the other forum first.

That is about it. xP

Only other things would be PMs/Blog/etc notifications.

 

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