As I mentioned before, I have a few ideas for this forum. So, here they are:
- Maybe post something to let random people know what this forum is about? It might be possible someone accidentally stumbles up to this one, maybe gets interested and perhaps even joins us on WoW! So tell the private server and such?
- Maybe something to edit to the rules? Like: don't make two accounts, talk in English, don't use caps lock, don't give out personal information, don't double post or bump unless you have a good reason, don't spam, stay in-topic, only post usefull messages (so nothing like "yes" or "lol") and when you have problems with something/someone, contact the admin/mods.
- A topic for important announcements?
- A topic for art, stories, lovely links, ..?
- A topic for general WoW-talk?
- A topic for polls? (if polls are available on this kind of a forum)
- A topic for forumroleplay?
- A topic for mods-only where they discuss stuff? (so normal members shouldn't be able to read it)
- Ranks? Post x times and you'll get a new rank + a cool rank avatar with it. Like stars, symbols or whatever. This motivates people to post.
- How does the mod system work here? Global mods? Local mods? Full-time or not able to access all panels?
- I heard about filling in an application to be mod, which is my favourite. That way you'll be sure you get the right people for the job. You could ask some random questions like introduction, age, interestests, how he/she has experience in WoW and its rp'ing, why he/she wants to be a mod and very important, how much experience he/she has as a mod/admin and what kind of ideas he/she has to improve the forum.
- Games? Those always make the forum more fun for members! I have a few examples:
* The helicopter game, I sent you the link earlier today.
* Muderer and psychic. Lots of people. One of them is a murderer. He or she kills a person he/she wants, then the host of the game writes it down and gives clues - the others don't know who the killer is. They get 24 hours to guess it and vote eventually. The person with the most votes is out (the killed person too). When they didn't find the killer, he/she kills another person untill the killer gets found our he/she has killed everyone. There will be one psychic who knows the killer, but can't say it. He/she will have to help his/her teammates by giving hints.
* A singing contest! Just sing! I won't participate though. XD
* A wall of fame for winners of games.
* Some in-game games.
* The most funny-quiz. A few stupid questions. Answer them as stupid as possible! The one with the most nonsense-answers wins!
* Trivia-quiz. Just a random quiz with random questions, about WoW or other stuff..
* Stairgame as I call it. Lots of people, different rounds. Every round people get a task (can be a quiz, can be a WoW-thingie, can be to guess a number, can be anything really), the one who did it worst falls off, and so on untill only one remains.
* Get the picture. The host chooses a picture and makes it look weird with programs like Photoeditor. Then he posts it, and people have to guess what it is. Only one guess each post, don't double post. First one to guess it wins.
* Groupgame as I call it. Two - three groups, 4-5 people in each group. They both get a task, the group who fails it has to vote away a member untill only one group remains.
* Treasure hunt as I call it. A treasure is hidden on the forum, clues lay around, people have to find the treasure. Of course this one, and some other games I mentioned, can only be done with a bigger forum - more members and more posts.
And that's it I think.