The issue of spam and other irregularities.

[Lemminkäinen]

I do agree with you, Cassarus. The forums of a game are often the first place I look when considering something new (mostly the creative side, though, since seeing minis painted in other schemes and styles from the official ones is a lot of fun) and spam threads do leave a bitter taste.

I do love the fact that official presence is so prevalent here and I do like the general layout of the forums. As for critique, the system of subforums is a bit strange and deep and it can be a bit difficult to see where a thread should go. With the current amount of traffic, a far less deep system would work, I think. Something like News, Rules, Tactics (including lists and after action reports), Miniatures Workshop, and Terrain Workshop. Oh, and the smileys could use a tune up (they have white borders which doesn't work on a grey background).

I feel that the forums are vital these days and serve a very real need and even though these are kinda quiet currently, all it really takes is a couple of enthusiastic people talking about stuff to make things likely.

I would be willing to help as well if needed, I do check the forums regularly. I have some experience with moderating but here it would be basically just hunting spam since there is no real "peacekeeping" stuff necessary. In other words, easy but somewhat time consuming.

Edit: I also agree with Sashgo!