Future for the forum?

[Adi]

I think we need to refocus the homepage.  I'm working with Yen to setup a new homepage for BF... it will be more video focused.  We will work on driving more traffic to the website and hopefully the forum picks up.  We might just use comments on the videos on the homepage and communicate that way for the majority of it.

I might remove some categories here on the forum so we don't distribute the few threads across so many sections. We can do Freestyle Chat, Freestyle Videos, Soccer Forum, and General Chat.  That's all that's needed.

[Adi]

As far as the homepage goes, what would you like to see?

We are looking into two options right now:

1) Site similar to Youtube but focused solely on freestyle videos.  We will upload videos and users will be able to do the same.  Instead of looking all through Youtube, we will have all freestyle videos and will include categories to show off the legendary videos, old school stuff, top new vids, etc.  It will just be easier to find it all in one place instead of browsing through Youtube.

• Example design: http://demo.dedepress.com/detube/

2) A showcase site that displays the best HQ videos.  Users can't upload videos; we'll just upload the best and sexiest videos out.

• Example design: http://themeforest.net/item/this-way-wp-full-videoimage-background-with-audio/full_screen_preview/943634

[Knnthh]

1.I think you may be one of the problems. How about your broaden your horizons? 2.Or are you really just that boring of a person?

You did realize I meant to make both interesting freestyle topics and non-freestyle topics right? I'm sorry, but I don't think any forum can survive with 100% of it's talk being purely on the main topic. Every other forum I've ever looked at or posted on has had very popular general chat boards. In fact, there are large bases of the forum that mainly post in those sections. They originally joined for the main topic, but they find they enjoy talking about other things more. Most forums embrace this. Only Beyond Football has stuck it's nose up at it. That has to change.

We are all here, because we like freestyle. We all know that. Some people would just like more than only freestyle. Also, I mentioned that as a small thing we can do on here. Yen creating a topic like this is a start, because we are talking.

1. Yeah, I must be the problem of BF not being active for the last 1 and a half years.
2. The forum is boring, I don't have anything to do with it :D

[redsforlife]

1. Yeah, I must be the problem of BF not being active for the last 1 and a half years.
2. The forum is boring, I don't have anything to do with it :D

I think you proved my point. You are incapable of having intelligent or entertaining discussions, so yes, you are boring. Thanks for coming.

[redsforlife]

As far as the homepage goes, what would you like to see?

We are looking into two options right now:

1) Site similar to Youtube but focused solely on freestyle videos.  We will upload videos and users will be able to do the same.  Instead of looking all through Youtube, we will have all freestyle videos and will include categories to show off the legendary videos, old school stuff, top new vids, etc.  It will just be easier to find it all in one place instead of browsing through Youtube.

• Example design: http://demo.dedepress.com/detube/

2) A showcase site that displays the best HQ videos.  Users can't upload videos; we'll just upload the best and sexiest videos out.

• Example design: http://themeforest.net/item/this-way-wp-full-videoimage-background-with-audio/full_screen_preview/943634

I say we keep most of the videos inside the forum. Taking them out of the forum may take away our one fairly active forum at the moment. Now, maybe a video of the week type thing would be cool to showcase on the main page.

[Knnthh]

I think you proved my point. You are incapable of having intelligent or entertaining discussions, so yes, you are boring. Thanks for coming.

None of your posts on this forum were entertaining.
Kthxbai, goodluck with saving this forum! I really believe in you!

[redsforlife]

None of your posts on this forum were entertaining.
Kthxbai, goodluck with saving this forum! I really believe in you!

Of course my posts are boring to you. You are boring. 

[Knnthh]

Of course my posts are boring to you. You are boring. 

Lets keep doing a shitty discussion like this, the highest peak of BF's activity is reached since months! 

[dunnowhois]

L2F is exhausted. We need to resurrect BF, especially here are the most amazing topics of al freestyle football history.

[Adi]

There was never a point of having two freestyle forums.

It should always have stayed here.  I doubt Macca would be interested, but it'd be a good idea to merge the two and drive people to one place.

[dunnowhois]

Adi, Macca doesn't even agree with officialy placing info about online-competitions on his foru, what to say about this. As he said "I spend too much time to make it not like I want". L2f forum dies and only main page keeps updated day by day.

[Jimmy]

I remember back in the day when this forum and the NAS forum were buzzing, there was so many topics daily and so many people chatting  about everything. The days of Lindroth, Palle, Timo, Legend all being on the forums and interacting with people are long gone in my opinion. I've just looked on this site and videos barely even get a response from people.

The problem is people just use social networks to chat, everyone has Facebook, Twitter etc on their phones to talk to people. Gone are the days when people didn't have those choices and all they had was this place. It is sad to see that this place that housed the birth of football freestyle for many people to be dead, but I don't see people changing their ways. If a freestyler can post a video on Facebook where they have hundreds of freestylers as their friend to watch it and receive feedback that way...then forums aren't coming back.