New concept for Gaming Site - what do you think?
 

(I'm posting this here as I'm not looking for a review of the site - more to discuss the concept itself.)

It's a gaming site with a difference. Mainly, people can only post in a consoles section once they join that consoles club.

Why? To eradicate all the silly negative fanboyism type posts you find on nearly all the big gaming sites out there. We also have a Rants section in each consoles section, to keep all criticism in one place - these are not shown to guests or non club-members, again, in our effors to deter negative fanboys. Our emphasis is very much on the community.

The site's pretty new, and the concept seems to be working. Sony's own semi-official blog even had a piece up about us (hence why the PS3 club has the most members right now).

I'm especially interested in what your views are with regards to the impact this kind of community will have on posting and activity. Is it too restrictive? Is it great because it cuts out all the immaturity?

What do you think?

(The URL's in my sig)

I love the idea, the site looks incredible...you obviously put a lot of work into it. The front page and customization is amazing. The profiles are awesome as well. I hope its successful and it doesn't get bombarded by little kids ;). Good luck.

Wow - thanks for the kind comments and encouragement :up:

We have sig pics too that link to members own profiles (vB.org doesn't allow them or I'd have put one in my sig):

http://www.gamesey.com/images/gssigs/sig-ps3.gif

http://www.gamesey.com/images/gssigs/sig-360.gif

http://www.gamesey.com/images/gssigs/sig-wii.gif

http://www.gamesey.com/images/gssigs/sig-pc.gif

Soon as vB's own myspace type profiles come in we'll be incorporating those too.

Thanks again for the kind words (maybe we can swap banners/links one day :D )

As I don't like the red color for Wii your site and your concept seems to be very good!

Keep this :)

We'll talk when you get those stats up ;)

Not a bad idea at all. Sounds good to me. ;)

Very cool, especially since I hate fanboyism!

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The idea sounds good and the site looks very professional, well done!

Dominic, Steve, Shawn, Neal - thanks for the kind words!

I'm glad you like the concept, I was having second thoughts about it and realised that essentially, we are pretty much starting multiple sites (as there is little crossover between the platforms) so it will be more of a struggle to get going, as we need 4 times the number of members/activity (as there's 4 main platforms).

I guess we just need more members to kickstart it :erm:

Thanks for the vote of confidence tho! If you're a fan of gaming would be great to see you there! :)

Well i'm looking at getting a PS3 sometime in the near future so the site would be handy for me. I'll pop along when I can.