Well that certainly didn’t take long! Thank you to all those that have emailed in with regards to joining the closed focus group. Your enthusiasm and willingness to help out the Nexus is amazing and as I keep repeating, I’m glad to be working with such an awesome community.
I’ll be sending those that will be involved an email this week with information on what is going to happen next and how to get involved with the discussion. If after reading through, you still feel that you want to be a part then just respond following the instructions and we’ll get started.
To those that haven’t made it in this time, there will be plenty more opportunity to have your say and to see what’s happening. I’m going to try and keep posts coming on a regular basis with an update on current proceedings, where we are at and what is upcoming. I always welcome feedback no matter what the subject, so please feel free to PM or email me with anything that you have
Thanks again
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A moderator has closed this comment topic for the time beingIf one is lazy about simple things when using the written word to communicate, others tend to think one is lazy about everything. Like spending the time to understand and address complex issues.
Your post (even stripped of the ellipses) demonstrates such laziness. You have been a member here for less than 10 months. Dark0ne has been running the Nexus for over 15 years. Nothing in your post gives any credibility to the notion that you know better than the site owner whether or not it is a good idea to solicit feedback from a small group of users as a step toward determining possible design changes.
Good catch though,deducing what was openly admitted.
The Issue of choosing a focus group is fairly simple... Base selection on what you hope to gain from the group and what combination of people/experience would best accomplish that goal...state the qualifiers you value and choose from the respondents...
Nothing I said was meant to, nor should it have been inferred to mean that Robin had anything to do with the Focus group selection...Paul was chosen to manage aspects of the Nexus operation so Robin would then be free'd up to actually have a life and opportunity for Holiday with his mates instead of minding the fallout from Gabe/VALVE's next misadventure and misjudgement.
This is not Robin who posted here....Paul is who I offered response to and it is HE who I essentially said...' What do you need a focus group for anyway...trust your judgement.' But Maybe you're privy to more of the decision making process...of who's choice it was to establish a focus group...who chose the group...maybe that is where and why you perceive criticism of Robin when none was given.
As for the membership...I have more than 1...but assuming I've only been around for 10 months is reasonable...how could you know...and why would you bother to consider something outside your field of vision...
Following the great Pay-mod fiasco...both user and modder have moved on...This is not a Community...people will move to new games...to different life involvements...some will cease to exist in the context of gaming altogether...
Robin has injected some life into nexus by delegating aspects of the site to those with a passion...but establishing focus groups and such tends to complicate the decision making process...use your judgement...take ownership...and when change occurs by your hand...the feedback will come...do you really believe that there is a chance that you would fail to make the changes needed...or that the ones you do make will be off the mark?...
I'd say when Skywind hits people will come back to mod it.
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Ellipsis (plural ellipses; from the Ancient Greek: ????????, élleipsis, "omission" or "falling short") is a series of dots (typically three, such as "…") that usually indicates an intentional omission of a word, sentence, or whole section from a text without altering its original meaning.
Given that the purpose of ellipses is to mark an omission...or to imply a pause for emphasis...It then is used most appropriately for one who is too lazy to punctuate and spell correctly. My excess is proof that I am far more lazy than most.
Pointing to it over the content of my comment though exposes a desire to ignore everything except the ellipses.
I feel that it is better that way. For the people that sent messages pertaining the Focus Group, they have shown that they have a perceptive eye for detail and are willing to take the time to do so. Testing isn't just about using something until it breaks, it means being able to help pinpoint a problem with the devs. Even better if the tester is willing to go out of the way to help try different scenarios and test cases in order to see what works and what doesn't.
Regardless, this 25-person Focus Group is only an initial phase. From Paul's post about the redesign, the Focus Group will probably get bigger later on to allow more people to test.
As reiterated, hope this redesign isn't bad with Fallout 4 around the corner.
Edit: While I would welcome a wider width on the body, please don't throw in unnecessary columns to fill space. They're a common error in broken design costing an average portal CMS +$15k quotes to resolve. Keep streamlined top down.