World cup sub forum

Black Bird · Guru Posts: 4572 Age: 104

Whats the point of that? Chat will die down after about 2 weeks (even less) so than just delete it after that. Unless your worried about losing posts

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theFOOTBALLlover · Guru Posts: 1983 Age: 21

New ideas don't go down too well in this place.

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Shooter · Moderator Posts: 6131 Age: 19

theFOOTBALLlover wrote:

New ideas don't go down too well in this place.

Pretty much everyone has said it's a good idea...

Why do you still come here if all you do is complain about the forum?

Sibs#12 · Legend Posts: 11961 Location: Sydney

Black Bird wrote:

Whats the point of that? Chat will die down after about 2 weeks (even less) so than just delete it after that. Unless your worried about losing posts

Umm your post count is still the same whether the forum is still there or not. If not, I would've lost a couple thousand posts when FWBL was deleted.

It's just if we need the threads, it's to do with football and it makes sense to put it in the football section, it also gives more posts to the football section.

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a_F_c · Guru Posts: 9399 Age: 20 Location: Brisssyyyyyy

Yeah I like it Smile

I was also thinking about this haha. Seems like everyone was on the same wavelength then Very Happy

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theFOOTBALLlover · Guru Posts: 1983 Age: 21

Shooter wrote:

theFOOTBALLlover wrote:

New ideas don't go down too well in this place.

Pretty much everyone has said it's a good idea...

Why do you still come here if all you do is complain about the forum?

I'm not complaining. I come here to discuss Xpert 11 League. Is that a problem boss?

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Sibs#12 · Legend Posts: 11961 Location: Sydney

Seeing as it's less than two months away, should we start thinking about what we should do for the World Cup subforum? Obviously it doesn't have to be put up for another couple of weeks, but I'm heaps excited for the Cup and can't wait to discuss it haha.

I've been re-thinking this and I reckon we should have a subforum in football, and then have a designated thread for each group. And then simply have threads for injuries, general news, standings, fixtures/results, etc. Works well and is easy to access everything.

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Sparky_Hughes · Moderator Posts: 9481 Age: 20 Location: The Neptunes.

Sibs#12 wrote:

Seeing as it's less than two months away, should we start thinking about what we should do for the World Cup subforum? Obviously it doesn't have to be put up for another couple of weeks, but I'm heaps excited for the Cup and can't wait to discuss it haha.

I've been re-thinking this and I reckon we should have a subforum in football, and then have a designated thread for each group. And then simply have threads for injuries, general news, standings, fixtures/results, etc. Works well and is easy to access everything.

You make some valid points Sibs. Good work.

I also cannot wait for the World Cup, definitely watching EVERY game, I think I'll buy a couple of slabs work of Mother for cheap from RR before the World Cup starts. There will be many sleepless night.

On topic, it definitely deserves it's own Sub-Forum, there's no denying that. I think eight threads for each of the Groups, instead of 48 match threads for the 48 matches of the Group Stages, otherwise it'll be too clogged. Then when we get to the Knockout Stages, obviously have individual match threads.

Then we could have a pre-World Cup thread with injuries, team news etc.

Also, when the World Cup is on, have a general thread for World Cup news, another for injuries and pretty much go from their.

Shooter · Moderator Posts: 6131 Age: 19

Seperate board with 1 "Matchday"-like sub-forum.

The main board to be used to discuss injuries, who's playing well, who isn't, potential knockout round match-ups and just general discussion.

Then just the match threads in the "matchday" sub-forum and so it doesn't look messy just name them something like "Group A: South Africa v Mexico" or "Group C: England v United States" etc. and don't post all the match threads at once. Just whatever matches are on that night make the thread that day.

If that makes sense it should be pretty simple without 500 different sub-forums.

Get it up ASAP imo, wouldn't hurt.

philly · Guru Posts: 4558 Age: 18 Location: Fortress Emirates

Agree with Shoot.
For the group games just have one thread, otherwise some games may get skipped. But the knockout matches deserve their own threads IMO.

I know Uni will be taking a back seat over the duration of the World Cup, I plan on watching as much as possible Smile

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Sparky_Hughes · Moderator Posts: 9481 Age: 20 Location: The Neptunes.

philly wrote:

Agree with Shoot.
For the group games just have one thread, otherwise some games may get skipped. But the knockout matches deserve their own threads IMO.

I know Uni will be taking a back seat over the duration of the World Cup, I plan on watching as much as possible Smile

I'm going to watch EVERY game, make no mistake about it.

I still think have Group threads as well for the Group Stages instead of one big thread.

Sibs#12 · Legend Posts: 11961 Location: Sydney

Shooter wrote:

Seperate board with 1 "Matchday"-like sub-forum.

The main board to be used to discuss injuries, who's playing well, who isn't, potential knockout round match-ups and just general discussion.

Then just the match threads in the "matchday" sub-forum and so it doesn't look messy just name them something like "Group A: South Africa v Mexico" or "Group C: England v United States" etc. and don't post all the match threads at once. Just whatever matches are on that night make the thread that day.

If that makes sense it should be pretty simple without 500 different sub-forums.

Get it up ASAP imo, wouldn't hurt.

I like that part, but I don't think it's necessary to have a separate thread for each game, some games will get very little chat but some might get heaps (specifically Australia, New Zealand and England games).

I like the matchday subforum idea, but have one thread for each group. Or maybe something like 'Matchday 1 - Group A' 'Matchday 2 - Group A' etc.

I suppose the most popular teams (Australia/New Zealand/England) could get their own threads though, seeing as that'll get heaps of posts.

But yes, please get it up ASAP, can't wait to discuss it! We could have a general news thread for each group as well possibly. Sorry, just throwing in heaps of ideas to make it organised yet effective.

As for the games, I'm aiming to watch every 10:30pm and 4:30am game. Gives me 4 hours of sleep which should be just enough to cope with a day of school. Of course I'll watch games in the 12:30pm timeslot though, if it's a big one.

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Sparky_Hughes · Moderator Posts: 9481 Age: 20 Location: The Neptunes.

All I'll say to people who are supposedly true football fans, anyone that doesn't watch at least 50 games at the World Cup is a joke. It's really not that hard.

TheFeldster · Legend Posts: 10654 Age: 19 Location: Adelaide

I'll probably just watch the Aussie games. I don't mind the odd game of soccer, but I'm not a huge fan. Plus, I enjoy being a bandwagoner come World Cup time Smile

Just thought I'd throw that out there Smile

I know it's off topic though, so, carry on!

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a_F_c · Guru Posts: 9399 Age: 20 Location: Brisssyyyyyy

Yeah I was thinking something along the lines of having one thread per Group where u can discuss each group game and then each game after that will be deserving of its own thread.

Bring it the F*** on Razz

. Planning to watch every England and Australia game at the pub haha, should be awesome! Then each other game to be watched from the sofa with lotsa caffeine Very Happy

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Black Bird · Guru Posts: 4572 Age: 104

I will be watching as many as my body allows me too, and if i cant, i will tape them. VCE will be taking a back seat

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