Feedback Thread
2 years ago
Germany

As the previous feedback thread got closed, I decided to open a new us for us all to discuss feedback with one another. This is in my opinion something that even with the inclusion of the new supporthub, shouldn't have been taken away from us.

Of course this is might not be recorgnized or read by elo, so any feedback you want to be guaranteed to be forwarded to elo should be submitted through: https://www.speedrun.com/support/tickets/new

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KEKW

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Perfect

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Nice! @Matse007

And with that, I'll go ahead and port over all of my ideas to this thread. Four years of ideas. All the good and the bad.

List of Oxknifer’s Feature Requests on Speedrun.com: Bolded ideas have been implemented

  1. Disqus Implementation: https://www.speedrun.com/post/ogk6d
  2. Run comments: https://www.speedrun.com/post/6cz8i
  3. WR Graph Click to Find Run: https://www.speedrun.com/post/0b8zc
  4. Sub-category Custom Level Count: https://www.speedrun.com/post/hhdmg
  5. WR Graph Multiple WRs in One Day: https://www.speedrun.com/post/didpg
  6. WR Graph All Categories Toggle: https://www.speedrun.com/post/7xwjd
  7. Latest Runs Based on When Verified: https://www.speedrun.com/post/srkxt
  8. Speedrun.com FAQ: https://www.speedrun.com/post/dvw4u
  9. Timestamps on Runs: https://www.speedrun.com/post/9g0fm
  10. Random Runs on Explore Page: https://www.speedrun.com/post/3u55y
  11. Re: Run Comments: https://www.speedrun.com/post/7by5z
  12. IL and IL Category Easy Switch: https://www.speedrun.com/post/vsh3f
  13. Marking Platforms as Primary: https://www.speedrun.com/post/ac5y4
  14. Automated IL Population / Searching Forum Posts: https://www.speedrun.com/post/mr2qq
  15. Subcategory Timer Ascending: https://www.speedrun.com/post/4lbsm
  16. Re: Subcategory Timer Ascending: https://www.speedrun.com/post/toy9f
  17. Re: WR Graph Click to Find Run: https://www.speedrun.com/post/wx4yo
  18. Run Rejection Update: https://www.speedrun.com/post/zoo0a
  19. Promotional Banner Mismatch: https://www.speedrun.com/post/zjp9w
  20. Watching Frame-by-frame in srcom: https://www.speedrun.com/post/wqbba
  21. Re: Re: WR Graph Click to Find Run: https://www.speedrun.com/post/n5mr2
  22. Dropping Likes on Runs / “And X Others”: https://www.speedrun.com/post/lw17j
  23. Viewing Rules on Run Pages: https://www.speedrun.com/post/fxpsg
  24. Submit Run Subcategory Syncing: https://www.speedrun.com/post/m0f3k
  25. Re: Automated IL Population: https://www.speedrun.com/post/8afel
  26. Hot Keys for Edit Game and Edit Theme: https://www.speedrun.com/post/i4j7u
  27. Default “Edit Game” Template Page / Autosave for First Window of Edit Game / Re: Viewing Rules on Run Pages / Viewing Rules on Submit Page / Custom Checkboxes for Submission: https://www.speedrun.com/post/2szjw
  28. Re: Searching Forum Posts / Game Search Results Sorted by Active Players: https://www.speedrun.com/post/5vcbt
  29. Custom Leaderboards beyond FG and IL: https://www.speedrun.com/post/7kko1
  30. Custom Badge Icons for Bounty Runs: https://www.speedrun.com/post/fcnd2
  31. Bounties on Leaderboards / Bounties in site navigation: https://www.speedrun.com/post/a6w75
  32. Re: Bounties on Leaderboards: https://www.speedrun.com/post/1nhrp
  33. Game Notability Added to Official Game Submission Rules / Automatic Game Rejection for Previously Rejected or Currently Pending Game Submissions: https://www.speedrun.com/post/t23vb
  34. Leaderboard Duplication / Re: Default “Edit Game” Template Page: https://www.speedrun.com/post/tn655
  35. Differing Icons for Videos, Picture, Link Submission: https://www.speedrun.com/post/29591
  36. Search Bar Removal of Etc.: https://www.speedrun.com/post/mqili
  37. Discord Dream Land for srcom / Re: Custom Leaderboards beyond FG and IL: https://www.speedrun.com/post/v9pjt
  38. Redirect After Navigation from Rejecting Run Instead of 500 Error: https://www.speedrun.com/post/wovgq
  39. Re: Viewing Rules on Submit Page / Re: Custom Checkboxes for Submission / Button to Copy Forum Post URLs: https://www.speedrun.com/post/9ced3
  40. Re: WR Graph All Categories Toggle: https://www.speedrun.com/post/w5o5r
  41. Giving regular mods access to audit logs: https://www.speedrun.com/post/88fwf
  42. Analyzing room for improvement on site with web.dev: https://www.speedrun.com/post/1kp6k
  43. Asking site mods to engage with the feedback thread more: https://www.speedrun.com/post/23yo7
  44. Button for mass reverification: https://www.speedrun.com/post/pdxed
  45. Making website progress accountable (regarding specific updates): https://www.speedrun.com/post/5zjwt
  46. Interactive list of all runs on a leaderboard: https://www.speedrun.com/post/ribm0
  47. Pause the Twitch stream on the home page: https://www.speedrun.com/post/09nq3
  48. Re: Re: Viewing Rules on Submit Page / Re: Re: Custom Checkboxes for Submission: https://www.speedrun.com/post/427od
  49. List of Rejected Game Requests: https://www.speedrun.com/post/mc4lp
  50. Optional comment for profile page: https://www.speedrun.com/post/7dnse
  51. Guide archiving / Guide categorizing / Sorting guides by date: https://www.speedrun.com/post/0ps09
  52. Game type thread locked: https://www.speedrun.com/post/j016n
  53. Notification collection / Searchable notification collection: https://www.speedrun.com/post/l9g1c
  54. Make srcom open-sourced / rewrite the code base: https://www.speedrun.com/post/1trpu
  55. Show clearer information in audit log to help with identifying runs: https://www.speedrun.com/post/vsnin
  56. Export audit log: https://www.speedrun.com/post/3vsgn
  57. Multiple Discord links on a leaderboard: https://www.speedrun.com/post/gya3l
  58. Re: WR Graph Multiple WRs in One Day / Re: WR Graph All Categories Toggle https://www.speedrun.com/post/hb9dq
  59. Ability to submit time of run: https://www.speedrun.com/post/46l0u
  60. Making Slush Puppy and Matt Braddock’s Retimers Official Speedrun.com Resources: https://www.speedrun.com/post/leqjl
  61. Edit run in the same page as the run video player: https://www.speedrun.com/post/ldqou
  62. Re: Edit run in the same page as the run video player / Retime runs on srcom: https://www.speedrun.com/post/lz86a
  63. Series Discord link: https://www.speedrun.com/post/tyti2
  64. Enhanced search/tag in text fields: https://www.speedrun.com/post/lduzz
  65. Re: Differing Icons for Videos, Picture, Link Submission / Re: Re: Searching Forum Posts / Re: Dropping Likes on Runs / Re: Show clearer information in audit log to help with identifying runs: https://www.speedrun.com/post/heerx
  66. Re: Re: Viewing rules on run pages / Re: Re: Viewing rules on submit page / Edit rules directly in rules modal / Don’t show or disable “Game Rules” tab if no rules are supplied / Don’t show or disable “Category Rules” if no rules are supplied / Create a tab called “Level Rules” / Don’t show or disable “Level Rules” if no rules are supplied / Disable “View Rules” button if no rules are supplied on any tab: https://www.speedrun.com/post/f1rt0
  67. Allow mods to add the same tool to multiple resource pages at once: https://www.speedrun.com/post/zria8
  68. Display a count in parens for guides, resources, forum posts, and subgames: https://www.speedrun.com/post/dyykz
  69. Drag and drop a png or jpg into srcom: https://www.speedrun.com/post/x59u4
  70. Re: Re: Bounties on Leaderboards / Re: Bounties in site navigation: https://www.speedrun.com/post/ob19t
  71. Reply to forum posts: https://www.speedrun.com/post/dyka6
  72. Thread Subscription: https://www.speedrun.com/post/bs0e9
  73. Thread Column Sorting: https://www.speedrun.com/post/ldk1r
  74. Make threads deletable by the user who posted them: https://www.speedrun.com/post/fvctd
  75. Mark all forum posts as read: https://www.speedrun.com/post/0epm2
  76. Re: Marking platforms as primary | Ordering platforms: https://www.speedrun.com/post/iv7dp
  77. Block a game, series, or platform from home page: https://www.speedrun.com/post/j8w0t
  78. Edit pending game requests: https://www.speedrun.com/post/oa3u6
  79. Re: Submit Run Subcategory Syncing: https://www.speedrun.com/post/davkv
  80. No GIF profile photos: https://www.speedrun.com/post/g4guo
  81. Add the changelog back: https://www.speedrun.com/post/p17xe
  82. Run rejection templates: https://www.speedrun.com/post/pcurr
  83. Remove Mixer as a profile icon: https://www.speedrun.com/post/ydimy
  84. Mark a forum post as a guide: https://www.speedrun.com/post/bc3qr
  85. Add a new verification stamp if a run verification is marked as a "reverification": https://www.speedrun.com/post/xjfpw
  86. Pin runs on your profile: https://www.speedrun.com/post/2bibj
  87. Hide runs without video proof on leaderboards | Re: Differing Icons for Videos, Picture, Link Submission: https://www.speedrun.com/post/w4s0l
  88. Strip Inactive Mods of Mod Status | Create a bank of mods to replace inactive mods: https://www.speedrun.com/post/bmjny
  89. Re: Run Rejection Update | Re: Redirect After Navigation from Rejecting Run Instead of 500 Error: https://www.speedrun.com/post/xau5o
  90. Tied WR notification: https://www.speedrun.com/post/xtly6 91: Link to Support Hub from Game Type: https://www.speedrun.com/post/2frwa 92: Scrap the main forum: https://www.speedrun.com/post/na3u3
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And just a small front-end update to suggest based on the new Support Hub.

From any leaderboard: Edit Games -> Game types Note: game types can only be set by content mods. Use this thread to request changes.

Should be changed to: Note: game types can only be set by content mods. Use the Support Hub to request changes.

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they'll delete it, you don't really think they plan to be transparent with us do you?

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the site is a good forum topic!

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Besides, the site mods are probably not going to see our suggestions.

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Gems in the feedback tread:

  • Leaderboard Features: -- Ability to not show platforms on the leaderboard in favor of custom variables -- Different icons for different kind of proofs (video, picture etc.) -- Timing Features: --- Option to sort by Custom variables first then Time --- Option to use RTA as IGT Tie Breaker --- Use 1/100 of a second instead of millisections as a option --- Custom timing method (ability to rename IGT / RTA w/o loads) -- better variable management: ---Assign variables to subcategories ---Assign variables to more than one category

  • Run Submission Features

  • ability to embed youtube playlists

  • Autofilling Zeros in milliseconds (to avoid confusion)

  • Forum features: -- Forum moderators -- maybe new Forum Software (other forums have way more capabilities) -- :code: as emoji code instead of just the code

  • Profile features: -- ability to highlight runs -- maybe some minor stats -- Github link as social link

  • IL Features: -- I wont even touch this, much to do and i dont know much of it because i wont bother to even try to use them currently (I hope somebody can post in depht about this)

  • Game/Series Moderator features: -- Sorting "Runs awaiting verification" by game -- moderator comments on runs (at best accessible without edit run)

I took a bit of time sorting and writing down some of the (in my opinion) best request i can remember by lurking the feedback forum regulary.

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@Sandstorm187 As a former site mod, I can say pretty confidently that someone reads these threads, even if things aren't formally acknowledged.

In any case, I reached out to ask for clarification on the future of this subforum, but I'd be very surprised if they were seriously planning to remove it entirely.

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The new support hub sucks, there is no true ticketing system your request is just tossed into a pile somewhere and you have no way to check back up on it like I did with the forum threads. Super annoying

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Im still hoping for advanced forum tools/updated forums. Custom flairs, editing thread titles, a better editor.... It is not hard to do that... It really isn't and it would improve quality of life so much. And especially about the custom flair or different pronoun options, we do have now an improved reporting system in the support hub.

I do not see any reason anymore to still deny people that.

Edit: Also yeah, subscribing to threads would be nice

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I'd be one to vote for scrapping the main forums altogether. I see more productive community-building happening in speedrunning Discords.

I might see an argument for keeping a tournaments/races/marathons thread to spread awareness of those things, but there's probably a better way to handle those.

Edit: Good points from all who responded. I'd be inclined to appreciate the forums a little more if ELO shows a future commitment to improving forum functionality.

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@Oxknifer I mean... why not both? There already is a Discord, throwing the forums away entirely just because "Discord better" would be a huge step backwards.

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@Oxknifer discord isnt sorted at all and a pain to document long term. i way more prefer a more modern forum with better moderation. also doing things over the forum is way more "official" than over the discord.

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I can just second this Liv. There is the common issue of people no longer agreeing on disagreeing in a discussion and sometimes it results in bans in discord communities/speedrunning discords.

I know the priority is super low on the forums, but it would just be nice and it would show that they do care about the community that is on here.

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With the inclusion of the support hub and an easy way to report people, one of the major reasonings behind not allowing a custom flair, perhaps in place of the current pronoun system or somehow else, is gone. (Refering to here: https://www.speedrun.com/knowledgebase/supporthub/report-user )

What are now the reasons as to why we cannot get custom flairs? Is it still the fear of a few individuals abusing it, which can now be easily reported? I might be missing something, but I do not see any major reasons that are preventing it from becoming a thing (except for maybe priorities on what is being added to the site)

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