I know that a revamp of the home page would take a lot of work, and may not make it very high on The List but i think it would help new and old players find the games that suit their timer needs.
I like the look of a 2DT, 4DT, 8DT but that's not up to me. -> Post 118 http://www.wargear.net/forum/showthread/1062/Do_away_with_vacation
Here's a thought. Why not sub-divide the Home Page? You could have it like:
Left Side:
Your turn in these games:
-Lightning Games Oldest to Newest
-2DT Games Oldest to Newest
-3DT Games Oldest to Newest
-7DT Games Oldest to Newest
Open Games
-Lightning Games Oldest to Newest
-2DT Games Oldest to Newest
-3DT Games Oldest to Newest
-7DT Games Oldest to Newest
Open Tournaments
-2DT Games Oldest to Newest
-3DT Games Oldest to Newest
-7DT Games Oldest to Newest
Right Side:
WarGear Profile In this you could have a few counters like: # Players, # Games played, # Forum posts, # of cheaters caught basically a bunch of site stats.
User Profile Same info that's already there.
Top Ranked Players Id like to see Top 25 but Top 10 is good.
Board Designs
-Featured Boards. -Board that is on the most Favorite list
-Highest rated board
-New Releases Top 3-5
i don't really care to see the 2/3/7 day things broken up. i guess i woulnd't mind seeing the lightning ones separated off, but i don't necessarily think that if we get the pushed lightning invite (similar to DEV) that was suggested that lightning games will be as much of a nuissance. especially if the hosts start deleting their games if noone joins.
Along those lines though, I would like to see the default sort on the home page and the My Turn page be by "time until skipped" meaning "turn limit - turn timer"
yeah that might not be a bad option now with the 2/3 day timers. i've got mine set to sort by turn time, and that's helpful when i only have time for a couple moves i start with the longest ones trying to stay under the boot limit.