Well, speaking as someone who's just started in on MJ12, I have to say the board seems a better choice. At the moment I'm getting into Starmada, but that pretty much consuming my tactical thinking currently, and about the last thing I need is to be tempted by all the shiny other games you guys have. Though give it time, and I bet I'll end up playing at least half of them. 

Although I do not play any of the games other than Starmada, I do like reading after action reports for all of the games.  I do not know how hard it will be to find them in this format, so that may be a loss to me.

Dan,

It may have been just me (yes, I am a rocket scientist), but I did not get a clear indication that you were definitely shifting everything over to this new forum.  Perhaps, as someone stated, the casual MJ12 guys are still over at Yahoo, but that may be that you didn't spell out the move clearly.

I do like it much better than the travesty that has become Yahoo Groups, and I like the split forum since I primarily focus on Starmada and Iron Stars. . . but I don't think that will isolate people since I like to look at the other stuff as well, and I think most people would also.

Just my two cents!

And a very good feature it is too! Also, it seems to work with this particular board regardless of the computer I log in from. Strangely enough, that's not a given with phpBB...

My other concern with this format is that the powers in-the-know will have to monitor all of the lists for questions instead of one.  This will slow the follow of information to us not-in-the-know.

I would say a good deligation of authority in establishing point people as the "first line support" for the various games would be a very good idea...

Whaddaya want from me?

One thing at a time...

Unfortunately, it appears that a couple of the cool features only work if we leave it on the default skin.

However, I do have some control over the colors and style of the skin...

Yes. I can also change the colors.

...things are now turning weird colors.

I think Dan's screwing with things in the middle of the night again.

..and the emoticons are gone.

I think - testing....         :?  8)    :cry:  :oops:    :x  :evil:  :twisted:  :roll:  :wink:  :arrow:  :?:  :!:

Regardless of people's individual feelings on the forum, you've got to admit it's stimulated discussion; we're on pace for 1200+ messages in April...

Dan

I vastly prefer this system. I barely checked the yahoo group because by far most of it was non-ares, and thats the only mj12 game I own at the moment. Two big thumbs up on the new system.