I suggest there not be any restrictions on off-topic posting, or double or n-tuple posting. The main purpose of this forum is just to chat it up with fellow AoS fans, it's not a freaking Parliament and doesn't need strict rules on discussion format.

Note the following:
If the topic in a thread is interesting, people will use that thread to discuss that topic. If not, then they wont.

Somebody with a lame thread who bumps it multiple times for attention will be ignored by people on the forum.

Fix the error where it says "Slow down, you move to fast."
It annoys me.

more features to the forums and maby a way to make your forums account a actual IGN username too. eg. you have to sign up on the forums in order to play AoS

@Rambo:
This thread is for forum feedback/suggestions, not game suggestions.

my idea is you can only break a cearain amount of blokc a presumed amount of time all setting can be fixed aranged chage by server owner or admin

its similar to a chain gun it has to cool off us that same inference ti the pic ax

tGM, yeah that's makes sense, more subforums = more unwanted clutter etc.

Zeke, the only reason somebody should double post is to bump a thread that has gone like, over 12 hours without a response. There's a fancy little button that lets you edit your posts though, it's very handy.

@Everyone, what's wrong with double posting?! I find if you do it because of certian reasons it's ok, for example:

Bumping

Trying to get attention

Un-related comment

That's usually why I double post. If you don't want it at all i'll stop..

@Kanye:
Yeah double posting is annoying, may warn people who don't listen to the admins when we say not to double post.

We tried subforums.. looks terrible on the main page since there's no way to hide it from normal view. Hence why we had new sections instead of sub-forums.

I don't see how it was off-topic, this is forum feedback/suggestions and I was simply giving feedback on kaede's suggestion. (telling her that if she wants to kill everyone on the forums, she must be suicidal because that includes her)

Suggestion: Can you put a sub-forum in the mods section for RELEASED mods? That way it will be a lot easier to find them without sifting through tons of suggestions and "I TAKE REQUESTS" threads. Not that it's too hard anyways, but it would make things nicer.

Another suggestion: Crack down harder on double posts just like you do with off-topic ones.

@Reuben, Kanye, Rambo:
That was off-topic.

We are, as a staff team, improving the way we moderate. Namely, we've found a different system that makes it easier for us to record little infringements to the rules. So 'little off-topic comments' that happen several times will count towards warnings and/or bans, as well as larger infringements.
We will likely leave a message whenever we are not pleased with a post, so bear the above in mind when you post.

Add a button to kill everyone in the forum.

I recondite having the a gun/png/wav download for all the guns.

1) They are needed alot

2) I need them xD

nice thumbtag Stack

I made a thread about topics already posted
http://ace-spades.com/forums/topic.php?id=6617#post-110527
May help a bit with organization in the suggestions area.

^Thanks! I think now, hopefully, finding maps and mods will be easier! I was searching through maps and found one I have never seen before. I think it was called "colors" :D

@Influx, Zeke:
Wish granted, categories split.
We'll slowly trawl through the modding category to move the maps across.
We've also added descriptions and simplified the General Guidelines (since it should now be obvious about thread placement).

WOOT My 'M.a.s.q.,m.a.s.a.' is the #5 thread in the entire forum!

Also, since it's 911 have you guys thought about maybe going on a server and playing a few?!

See if maybe you could gather 5-10 IRC members and just have a little match?

I had to be told where it was as well, so no worries xD

^Are you serious?! I have Literally never been told about that <_< Sorry for your time.

@Influx:
I'd generally agree, especially for future proofing this expanding place.

@Zeke:
http://ace-spades.com/forums/statistics.php
It's been there for ages - small link in the footer of the general page.

^ Im with Influx. I'm always at the maps and mods page. Maybe you could do that.

Also maybe having a "Most Popular" thread would be cool. For example threads with alot of post, yata yata. I find the one when you go onto the forums can have like a bump from like 4 months ago.

I don't know if this forum software allows sub-forums, but what do you think about splitting the Maps & Mods section into a Maps subforum and a Mods subforum?

Some of you may think it's redundant as the current set-up works, but the number of mods released (and frequency) far outweighs the number and frequency of maps, which can lead to them getting buried rather quickly.

How about a server section? Server owners could post server info there, and could be given suggestions/asked questions. Just make sure it doesn't turn into the spamfest that is the MC multiplayer forums.

The two ideas you've included are plenty good enough for the time being, if you guys can crack down on posters and take a bit of time to sort and/or separate the topics.

13+ includes 13 year olds bro.

Edit: Yeah I guess you're right about the nature of the game attracting a younger audience.

Well what about us 12 years old who kinda like it here?! Im 12 and well enjoy everything. I would hate to leave :(

Im with Stack. Lots of us 12 year olds like it here. Falcon and I would trade anything to keep playing this game!

@Enari, sure it's possible but would require a good bit of local testing beforehand. The database structures are completely different and both softwares require different information from users in order to be considered "registered", some might have to be added to make the accounts usable.

@Kanye, as with anywhere on the internet, it's nearly impossible to make something age restricted. There's no way to identify if somebody is older than 13 years of age. Adding something like "what is your birthday" could easily be spoofed. phpbb has something like that that can be put in place but provides no guarantees. Also, given the nature of the game, it naturally attracts younger users and wouldn't be fair to disallow them on the forums due to their age.

I suggest a 13+ age limit (if that's even possible with the current forum software). Even though it wouldn't do much to stop 12 year olds from coming here, at least there would be legit reasons to get rid of them.

@Enari:
The thought had crossed my mind also. It would just mean starting completely from scratch with the more useful stuff like released maps and mods.
Past useful discussion, I know it wouldn't be lost, would be harder to get to.

I think it should certainly be a consideration, but for now we just have to think of ways to improve what we have to work on.