Drift said:
@Rhye
What I was talking about was that at least me and Thamis (and Isak, I think) already closed our threads down and made new ones.
I didn't know that. Can you show me the links to those closed threads?
Drift said:
I'd say others would've done the same, but they didn't have the time when the limit was raised to 3000 and our new threads were merged into the old ones. This was done 'voluntarily' with just a hint from the moderators. I'm not sure what you mean when you say that you weren't obliged to close the old thread down. Would TF allowed the thread to stay open if you hadn't agreed to close it down?
Exact. I could have decided to leave the thread open but in the end decided to do a favour. If the forum is going to be *a bit* faster this is the reason.
Drift said:
I do symphatize your situation. It sucks. However, I don't feel a permanent sticky is the answer. A stickied modpack signals to a casual user that this mod is somehow above the rest, that it has the site's approval and recommendation. It's the best spot a modpack can get in this subforum. And it would be permanently yours. Like I said, I won't know what it feels like to have my old thread taken away from me. MoM will never reach 3000. Out of the current mods, I'm surprised if anyone else but ED will experience it and even that's somewhat unlikely.
The situation is worse that you can think of. The installer of the mod still installs a link to the old thread in the start menu folder.
A casual user willing to post won't be able to, for unknown (to him) reasons.
Many others will have to update the link. Overall, there will be much less people posting.
And to another casual user that browses the forum, my mod will appear as one of the many, now that the 6000 posts thread is sunk and the new one is tiny. No offence to other mods, but there should be a sign to distinguish a one-year work from a two-days work.
The sticky is the sign for now, but I feel that it's not enough, as it is more for announcements. Many will simply SKIP the stickied threads. I always do that.
Drift said:
My own effort at giving the modpacks their deserved attention is the modpack library and the 'recommended' tag I've given to all high profile mods. Like people warned me when I started it, absolutely no modder has been willing to co-operate with the library. I've so far received 2 entries into the library. RoC is still listed as just a modpack even though the new version is apparently more like a total conversion. No modder has submitted a description for their already included mod, so the only mod with a description is MoM. I'm still puzzled by all this. If I weren't the librarian and MoM wasn't included, I'd jump to the occasion immediately and submitted it in order to get more publicity for my mod.
I've tried to make the library with the casual user in mind. So that when he wanders in for the first time and is stricken with the amount of mods, he can open the library and get into grips with the mod scene as easily as possible. At first, he'd probably focus on the mods that have gotten the 'recommended' tag. The descriptions of mods would help as the user would know more than just the mod's name and would be more inclined to visit a thread if the modpack itself seems interesting.
I'm sorry. You can take the description in the 1st post in the 1st page of this thread.
And yes, while the basic "RoC" is a "completed modpack", the expanded version "RoCX" or "RoX" is a full conversion. Can you correct this? RoC will refer to the old thread, as this new one only has RoCX.
And I add, the library should be the 1st line, not the 2nd