I have this filter set up. Notice it only applies to the "120 Signs" category. However, when clicking on the Filters button on any page (including other categories where that filter doesn't apply) it still lists that filter.

This can be extremely annoying if there is a filter that applies to all categories except one or two, A because you have to create that same filter multiple times and B, because then you get all the filters listed for each of those individual categories even if they are technically the "same" filter like I have a Warp filter for both 120 Signs and Any% All Guns but have to set them up as a separate filters because Warp doesn't apply to some other categories.

Instead of a dropdown to select which category (singular) any particular filter applies to, it should have tickboxes for all your current categories and sub-categories so you can have the same filter on multiple but not all categories without it listing the "same" filter in the filters list for other categories.

Ideally, you would be able to have filters set for specific sub-categories as well. For example, if you can't press Esc to go back to the menu in a specific category, then there is no need to have a filter for a glitch that uses hitting Esc and going to the menu; however, that filter would apply to all the other sub-categories.

Edit: Also as a bit of an aside... Why isn't "Windows" listed? It's just PC/Mac/Linux, which IMO always sounds ridiculous since Mac and Linux are also PCs. I really wish we could just manually type in the platforms. That way we could even have different versions of PC OSs listed.

For the Filter problem a full mod should probably check that for you.

[quote=Californ1a]Edit: Also as a bit of an aside... Why isn't "Windows" listed? It's just PC/Mac/Linux, which IMO always sounds ridiculous since Mac and Linux are also PCs. I really wish we could just manually type in the platforms. That way we could even have different versions of PC OSs listed.[/quote] Dunno why there's a distinction like this - but manaually typing in the platforms is a no-go. Just look at the all games page, specifically the genre part of that page - people fail to write it correctly or make up their own non-existant ones

[quote=HowDenKing]For the Filter problem a full mod should probably check that for you.[/quote] I am for the board I'm talking about - http://www.speedrun.com/Antichamber

I'm saying that creating filters individually instead of using the "All Categories" selection makes all those individual filters show up regardless of which category page you're currently looking at. This means if I have a "Warp" filter for both "120 Signs" and "Any% All Guns" then "Warp" is listed twice in the Filters list on all category pages, even categories where it doesn't apply at all, like "Any% No Esc" where you aren't allowed to hit Esc (and Warp requires hitting Esc).

To get around this currently, I've had to set the Warp filter on some categories as sub-categories instead of as filters, so it isn't listed many multiple times.

[quote=HowDenKing]Just look at the all games page, specifically the genre part of that page - people fail to write it correctly or make up their own non-existant ones[/quote] So? More ability to customize for the specific game isn't a bad thing. It's extremely limiting right now. If people want to use that Platform column for different things or type the name of the platform slightly differently, they should be able to.

[quote]More ability to customize for the specific game isn't a bad thing[/quote] It is a bad thing when people are too stupid to check up on how to write something and mess up completely. The Genre list is a complete mess at this point - you can't find jack because people don't bother to do it right.

Personally, I think that's a server-side issue for consolidating that list by combining similarly named genres, not a user issue. If people want to use those alternative spellings or slightly different genre names for their specific game I think they should be able to.

However, that was just an aside to the main point of the thread. There is no way to apply a filter to all categories except one without that filter showing up multiple times in the filters drop-down (and on every category page, even ones where the filter doesn't apply). It's also not possible to have filters for only certain specific sub-categories - The example being Any% where "Any% No Esc" would be a sub-category and a "Warp" filter for a glitch that requires pressing Esc would apply to all other Any% sub-categories, but not that one category where you can't hit Esc. The workaround I'm having to do right now is setting all of the Any% sub-categories as full misc categories (which means they can't be shown on the same board) and using Warp as sub-categories so it doesn't get listed multiple times in the drop-down. This is just hacky and non-intuitive.