1) Disable the music so that it has to be enabled manually, or somehow provide an option to disable it via the registered profile.
I'm using Google Chrome and generally cntrl + click links, or will just duplicate an existing tab and browse with that. So the result is that I might have open say 4-5 different browser tabs that are all pointing to this site. Having to scroll down and shut off the music after each new tab is made is annoying.
I could probably deal with it, except that randomly it will lock up my Chrome browser and I have to cntrl+alt+del and end process on all all instances / chrome processes. I've had it happen with only two tabs open, sometimes I've had up to 6 open. Anyway I'm 99% positive it is the music.
Chrome is 100% stable on other sites, and I can browse any other site fine, including other message boards / forums. The only thing out of the ordinary is the music that auto-plays.
2) Do something about the forum / site registration. It is almost absolutely ridiculous to sign up for an account. I haven't played the game for probably at least 10 years. And yet to register you are asking trivia questions about the game? I didn't know the answer to any of them, and had to keep F5 (Refreshing) the browser until I got a questions about DD which I somehow remembered was death darts.
The forum registration prevents any new users who have never played the game before from registering. You have to register to go to the download section.
I would suggest changing the registration questions to something much more user / human friendly. I've seen stuff like simple math questions, or a picture of an animal like a tiger and it asking what animal it is, to a very obvious history question that anyone could google like: "What was the first name of the person who won the 2000 US presidental election?"
Allowing easier registration for real humans would mean growing the community. Zaric said he wanted to run a youtube campaign. I fear it would basically be ineffective with the way the current forum registration is setup. Anyone who was interested would not be able to register because there is no way they could answer the trivia question to make sure they are not a bot.
3) Thanks for the site. I don't want to come off as a whiner - I just want to offer some genuine feedback / suggestions that I feel would benefit the community / future community.
I'm using Google Chrome and generally cntrl + click links, or will just duplicate an existing tab and browse with that. So the result is that I might have open say 4-5 different browser tabs that are all pointing to this site. Having to scroll down and shut off the music after each new tab is made is annoying.
I could probably deal with it, except that randomly it will lock up my Chrome browser and I have to cntrl+alt+del and end process on all all instances / chrome processes. I've had it happen with only two tabs open, sometimes I've had up to 6 open. Anyway I'm 99% positive it is the music.
Chrome is 100% stable on other sites, and I can browse any other site fine, including other message boards / forums. The only thing out of the ordinary is the music that auto-plays.
2) Do something about the forum / site registration. It is almost absolutely ridiculous to sign up for an account. I haven't played the game for probably at least 10 years. And yet to register you are asking trivia questions about the game? I didn't know the answer to any of them, and had to keep F5 (Refreshing) the browser until I got a questions about DD which I somehow remembered was death darts.
The forum registration prevents any new users who have never played the game before from registering. You have to register to go to the download section.
I would suggest changing the registration questions to something much more user / human friendly. I've seen stuff like simple math questions, or a picture of an animal like a tiger and it asking what animal it is, to a very obvious history question that anyone could google like: "What was the first name of the person who won the 2000 US presidental election?"
Allowing easier registration for real humans would mean growing the community. Zaric said he wanted to run a youtube campaign. I fear it would basically be ineffective with the way the current forum registration is setup. Anyone who was interested would not be able to register because there is no way they could answer the trivia question to make sure they are not a bot.
3) Thanks for the site. I don't want to come off as a whiner - I just want to offer some genuine feedback / suggestions that I feel would benefit the community / future community.