Forum
The forums are the hub of Glest activity, containing over 50,000 posts in over 3,000 topics, and thousands of registered users, plus more every day. It boasts the most up-to-date threads for Mod downloads, as well as is the official discussion place for Glest.
Link: Glest Forums
History
Created around the same time as the Glest webpage, the Glest forums, better known as the Glest Board is the meeting place for all glest information. Virtually all mods, maps, tilesets, Glest branches, etc are announced primarily on the Glest Board. Starting as a PHPBB Board under a custom theme designed by José Zanni, it was later converted to a generic SMF board due to troubles with the PHPBB version. The current Glest theme was created by Omega in early 2010. The current theme version is 2.4, and another version is planned for late 2010 to smooth out a few flaws and do a few changes.
Statistics
The Glest Board's popularity is difficult to determine due to accounts made by bots, and attempts to remove the bot accounts have been offset by version conflicts in scripts. As of 22:13, September 29, 2010 (UTC), there is:
- Over 7 000 accounts
- Over 52 000 total posts
- Over 3 500 topics
- An average of 9.5 new accounts per day
- An average of 61 posts per day
- An average of 3 new topics per day
Public Opinion
The Glest Boards are renown as the best place to ask any Glest related question, as well as the best place to post your own contributions or see others contributions (such as mods, maps, etc). It is well liked by its members, and is well moderated to prevent excessive spam. The boards are split into categories to further help the users, such as the Mods category for mods or the Off Topic category for general, non-glest related chat.
