Status on looking at site?

I'm working through the site as well, playing around with things, so will have some more detailed feedback soon...

So far, I agree with Gogolski that I prefer Plain as opposed to Threaded in the forums, though this may just take some getting used to, but it may be worth considering making Plain the default?

Made me a Userpage, and I think that will be useful, especially having multiple pages, though it would be nice to be able to link to each individual page through a table of contents. Maybe you can but I haven't worked it out yet.

I agree that it may take people a while to get used to the new system. The main advantage is that it really lets people tweak the forum to their liking and it gives each user their own individual space, which is all good. You may get a lot of 'how do I do this?' type questions come up from people wanting to know how to set things up for themselves, depending on how savvy they are, so be prepared for that...

The site is much more of a game designer workplace/desk which is nice, giving people a central place where they can keep notes and files on their games etc. One of the most interesting things for me from the current site is the Journals, and being able to read about other peoples games and current designs, and if this new site promotes that then all the better!

You will have to remember that most of the people are most used to the bgdf being promarily a forum, and it feels like the new site does not promote that so much. i.e. The listing on the left has 'Forums' way down the bottom. I would put that up higher, under Wiki, or at least make it more prominent or easier to access the Forums, as I imagine that the forums will remain the most used part of the site - or is the intention for the new site more as an information repository and for people to create their own individual space, rather than focussing on the forums?

Then again, there is also a link from the Home page, so it may be fine...

One other quick thing - sometimes there are extra lines in pages etc, so there are gaps of two lines instead of one. Not a biggie, but a bit strange, and can be a pain for fomatting things...

To follow up on this, I notice now that if you don't log in, the page has fewer options on it, which may make it easier for new users to find their way around.

I'd consider reordering the menu on the left. Articles, images and forums are going to be more important to most visitors than Wiki concepts like last changes or sandbox.