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Simply Sports

By the time I went on to the forum, I saw a very nice and simple lay out the forum has, it looks neat overall, it looks a bit sleek and looks very organized at your first view on the index which is nice, I liked the graphics too though it's kinda simple, well, I just find the background weird when I scroll to the middle portion of the index, it's changing when you scroll to the bottom or up so that's definitely weird a impression but I think it won't affect the guests that much, when I got to the middle index, I still got same words to say, it looks really organized and neat, I don't find any flaws there, however, for some reason, I felt that the atmosphere of the forum is a bit narrow, considering the width of the forum, and I also noticed that the index is a bit long, but nevertheless, I still had a good first impression. I just suggest you to maintain the organization of the index by not placing widgets or anything on the widget that can ruin the appearance, nice work!

Let's start with the major graphics of the forum, starting with the banner, I guess it looks fine as it is, it looks simple at the same way that it looks very fitting for the forum's layout/color scheme, so I say there's nothing wrong with it, the font may also look too simple but it definitely fits there so the banner is fine for me, the navigation bars are fine too, I find it neat and also fits for the forum's layout/color scheme, it also kinda look professional for me although the font may look a little bit blurry for me, still, it looks fine, ok, now for the minor graphics, the forums icons)new post, no new post & forum is locked) are all nice too, they look simple too and still they fit to the forum perfectly, so I guess that's fine, I just don't understand your 'Who is online?' icon, I guess it's the default icon, I must say that your 'who is online?' icon could have been better, but the current one's still perfect for the theme of the forum, so overall, the graphics are fine, and my opinion is 'Simplicity is better than complex ones' Nice work.
Ok, let's work out with the organization of the forums & categories, First of all, I really liked the set of forums & categories you have, they're all fine for me, no forum is there for no reason so that's cool, just some things that needs to be fixed that can improve the professionalism of the forum, first, Your 'news' forum should be located at the 2nd position or after the Rules forum of the 1st category, because 'news' forums are more important to be noticed by guests, than your 'help, feedback etc.' forum, in this way, guests would more prefer to read recent news on the forum, secondly, the 'other topics' category should be placed at the last portion of the index, or at the bottom, it doesn't relate anything to sports so it shouldn't be there, forums/categories that are more related to sports should be easily be noticed, so try to sort that up.
Ok, for the forum's layout/color scheme, as I'd mentioned earlier, I liked the simplicity of the lay out and colors(red, white & gray), it's perfect for a sports forum, but try to have a constant background though.

From the index view, I can really say that forum is really active, considering that there are new posts being made 'today' & 'yesterday' on most of the forums, that's cool, and it also looks good to see all of the forums having plenty amount of posts, I'm already seeing new posts were made while I'm reviewing the forum, so nice work, the total amount of posts(11149 messages) is considered brilliant achievement already for a forum having only 135 members, I say keep that up!
Ok, for the users activity, I guess it's also good here, I saw about 1-2 members being logged while I'm reviewing the forum, I also saw lots of members being logged in 99 hours, 27 users being the most online is quite good, so keep that up.

Starting with the sets of groups you have, including the 'Administrators' 'Global Moderators' 'Designers' & 'Official Blogger' , I'd say that's a perfect set of groups for now, all of the groups have important purpose although you can add some kind of 'Premium Users' group which can make the forum more interesting and so members would like to return and post more on the forum, nothing wrong with the positions & colors of the groups.
Ok, for the amount of staff, starting with the amount of admins, first of all, I think you're the only admin, the other one is your created account, well, I guess you should have a co-admin if you feel that the forum is getting hard to manage although it's your choice if you don't like because you have G-mods to assist you, although having co-admins would be able to assist you in times of your absences, 3 G-mods is fine for now, since the forum is not that too much populated, I'm seeing 3 designers, the other one is a mod, I guess that amount is fine too although I felt that you should add more since the other GFX designer doesn't have any post and that doesn't look good, it looks unprofessional to have a staff with no posts, I don't mind with the official blogger though.

I guess the originality of the forum is considered great, you had this simple graphics on your forum than other forums who has complex ones, but this forums stands out, I guess because of simplicity and at the same time neatness which is a good combination, other than that, I didn't find anymore unique things on the forum.

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[img]http://i37.servimg.com/u/f37/13/67/77/07/red12.png[/img] [size=16][b][color=#932222]First Impressions[/color][/b][/size] - ( 17 / 20 )
[list][font=Trebuchet MS]By the time I went on to the forum, I saw a very nice and simple lay out the forum has, it looks neat overall, it looks a bit sleek and looks very organized at your first view on the index which is nice, I liked the graphics too though it's kinda simple, well, I just find the background weird when I scroll to the middle portion of the index, it's changing when you scroll to the bottom or up so that's definitely weird a impression but I think it won't affect the guests that much, when I got to the middle index, I still got same words to say, it looks really organized and neat, I don't find any flaws there, however, for some reason, I felt that the atmosphere of the forum is a bit narrow, considering the width of the forum, and I also noticed that the index is a bit long, but nevertheless, I still had a good first impression. I just suggest you to maintain the organization of the index by not placing widgets or anything on the widget that can ruin the appearance, nice work![/font][/list]

[img]http://i37.servimg.com/u/f37/13/67/77/07/purple11.png[/img] [size=16][b][color=#9507c9]Graphics & Layout[/color][/b][/size] - ( 15 / 20 )
[list][font=Trebuchet MS]Let's start with the major graphics of the forum, starting with the banner, I guess it looks fine as it is, it looks simple at the same way that it looks very fitting for the forum's layout/color scheme, so I say there's nothing wrong with it, the font may also look too simple but it definitely fits there so the banner is fine for me, the navigation bars are fine too, I find it neat and also fits for the forum's layout/color scheme, it also kinda look professional for me although the font may look a little bit blurry for me, still, it looks fine, ok, now for the minor graphics, the forums icons)new post, no new post & forum is locked) are all nice too, they look simple too and still they fit to the forum perfectly, so I guess that's fine, I just don't understand your 'Who is online?' icon, I guess it's the default icon, I must say that your 'who is online?' icon could have been better, but the current one's still perfect for the theme of the forum, so overall, the graphics are fine, and my opinion is 'Simplicity is better than complex ones' Nice work.
Ok, let's work out with the organization of the forums & categories, First of all, I really liked the set of forums & categories you have, they're all fine for me, no forum is there for no reason so that's cool, just some things that needs to be fixed that can improve the professionalism of the forum, first, Your 'news' forum should be located at the 2nd position or after the Rules forum of the 1st category, because 'news' forums are more important to be noticed by guests, than your 'help, feedback etc.' forum, in this way, guests would more prefer to read recent news on the forum, secondly, the 'other topics' category should be placed at the last portion of the index, or at the bottom, it doesn't relate anything to sports so it shouldn't be there, forums/categories that are more related to sports should be easily be noticed, so try to sort that up.
Ok, for the forum's layout/color scheme, as I'd mentioned earlier, I liked the simplicity of the lay out and colors(red, white & gray), it's perfect for a sports forum, but try to have a constant background though.[/font][/list]

[img]http://i37.servimg.com/u/f37/13/67/77/07/orange12.png[/img] [size=16][b][color=#e2a718]Forum Activity[/color][/b][/size] - ( 19 / 20 )
[list][font=Trebuchet MS]From the index view, I can really say that forum is really active, considering that there are new posts being made 'today' & 'yesterday' on most of the forums, that's cool, and it also looks good to see all of the forums having plenty amount of posts, I'm already seeing new posts were made while I'm reviewing the forum, so nice work, the total amount of posts(11149 messages) is considered brilliant achievement already for a forum having only 135 members, I say keep that up!
Ok, for the users activity, I guess it's also good here, I saw about 1-2 members being logged while I'm reviewing the forum, I also saw lots of members being logged in 99 hours, 27 users being the most online is quite good, so keep that up.[/font][/list]

[img]http://i37.servimg.com/u/f37/13/67/77/07/blue11.png[/img] [size=16][b][color=#0f6ec7]Staff & Usergroups[/color][/b][/size] - ( 16 / 20 )
[list][font=Trebuchet MS]Starting with the sets of groups you have, including the 'Administrators' 'Global Moderators' 'Designers' & 'Official Blogger' , I'd say that's a perfect set of groups for now, all of the groups have important purpose although you can add some kind of 'Premium Users' group which can make the forum more interesting and so members would like to return and post more on the forum, nothing wrong with the positions & colors of the groups.
Ok, for the amount of staff, starting with the amount of admins, first of all, I think you're the only admin, the other one is your created account, well, I guess you should have a co-admin if you feel that the forum is getting hard to manage although it's your choice if you don't like because you have G-mods to assist you, although having co-admins would be able to assist you in times of your absences, 3 G-mods is fine for now, since the forum is not that too much populated, I'm seeing 3 designers, the other one is a mod, I guess that amount is fine too although I felt that you should add more since the other GFX designer doesn't have any post and that doesn't look good, it looks unprofessional to have a staff with no posts, I don't mind with the official blogger though.[/font][/list]

[img]http://i37.servimg.com/u/f37/13/67/77/07/green11.png[/img] [size=16][b][color=#3acd0d]Originality & Unique Quality[/color][/b][/size] - ( 18 / 20 )
[list][font=Trebuchet MS]I guess the originality of the forum is considered great, you had this simple graphics on your forum than other forums who has complex ones, but this forums stands out, I guess because of simplicity and at the same time neatness which is a good combination, other than that, I didn't find anymore unique things on the forum.[/font][/list]

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