Just spit balling here but what if there were a DJTT school...

[mdcdesign]

This remark is spot on.

And it is what usually comes back every cycle of time. (Average of 2 to 3 years)

We have been talking about it behind the scenes every now and then, but we always come to the conclusion that we will try to make do with the way the forum is now.

To be honest, that's not necessarily a bad thing.

There are a LOT of "experienced" members (ie, those with the post counts in the hundreds or thousands) who don't tend to actually help people at all, just give their own extreme opinions without taking into consideration what the OP of a topic actually WANTS. Personally, I quite like helping beginners but the way things are at the moment, with everyone asking for help in general which is where EVERYONE spends most of their time, it's basically like pissing into the wind.

[keithace]

I think it should be nothing but video tutorials and articles to read. With ONE heavily moderated questions only sub forum.

[tekki]

That's a real shame. I think a beginners forum would stop some of the flame wars and ass hole comments that pop up when somebody new wants an answer. With a beginner forum, it might be easier for a newb to find the answer to his "what controller should I buy" if there was a quick and easy place to check.

Newbs will just post their question, be it on a newb or non newb forum.
I have even found these things in the strangest forums, e.g. 'Site Question and Feedback'. They will be posting cause "it is quicker to post, than to search".

There doesn't need to be a lot of regulars attention to the forum either, only those that are wanting to help out. I've seen threads past in regards to a beginners forum, and as you said tekki, it always ends up with keeping it the way it is. Maybe the fact that it keeps coming up should be an indicator that it's wanted by the community. It would sure keep general discussion cleaner than it is now.

Sorry I don't see the need to create it increase. People sometimes have great difficulty finding the proper forum to post to already, so we don't want to make it even more difficult.

Either way, the you mods do a good job here, and the community's is generally helpful, I just think it would help out some.

/rant.

Thanks and even though I am not agreeing with you on this one, your feedback is much appreciated!

[ReggieUK]

As a new forum user I feel I'm in a unique position to give a perspective here and now, it's quite difficult to just follow threads on the forums, there are a lot of dead links to forum posts in the older posts, the posts exist just the numbers are wrong, and only really helpful if the post title was posted along with the link so you've got something to search for.

I'm sure there is a load more good information on here but who wants to trawl through dead links and the search facility to find the information they need?

clearly me :-D But how many others will just ask the same questions in a new post?

[dripstep]

Tekki, totally understandable, thanks for your ear. We can chat about this next year when it comes up again

Thanks again.

[guiltyblade]

I think it should be nothing but video tutorials and articles to read. With ONE heavily moderated questions only sub forum.

This would even help. Perhaps I can do it in a thread that gets stickied. But DJTT ALREADY has a ton of videos with no easy library to even look at this. You have to use the search feature on the blog to find it, and even then you need to know what you are searching for. Sure a forum would be nice, then they can ask all the noob questions they want. But that can remain in general for now. I'm talking about ALL the content that DJTT makes should at the very least be archived, categorized, and easily accessible. A sticky is I suppose the bare minimum, but it should be its own section on DJTT to be honest.

If you look under the blog tab it is there hidden under the stuff, but the post aren't even categorized well or easily visible. It really needs to be expanded upon much more.

I would hope ultimately it could turn into the same forum as the midimaps with content and voting.

[keithace]

This would even help. Perhaps I can do it in a thread that gets stickied. But DJTT ALREADY has a ton of videos with no easy library to even look at this. You have to use the search feature on the blog to find it, and even then you need to know what you are searching for. Sure a forum would be nice, then they can ask all the noob questions they want. But that can remain in general for now. I'm talking about ALL the content that DJTT makes should at the very least be archived, categorized, and easily accessible. A sticky is I suppose the bare minimum, but it should be its own section on DJTT to be honest.

If you look under the blog tab it is there hidden under the stuff, but the post aren't even categorized well or easily visible. It really needs to be expanded upon much more.

I would hope ultimately it could turn into the same forum as the midimaps with content and voting.

a sticky can't be organized like a sub forum with multiple stickies and threads...

this has me motivated to make a video tutorial about something...

[Polygon]

If DJTT starts a DJ school, I'll give classes on how to either win or bring arguments to a stalemate on internet forums.

i love you.

[tekki]

Tekki, totally understandable, thanks for your ear. We can chat about this next year when it comes up again

Thanks again.

Next year?! I was thinking next month?

[dripstep]

Could be next week