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Think of a nation who sends their U-squad or B-Team to the World Grand Champions Cup or Montreux because they don't care about it, but few to none of those players were at VNL that year. What would the NT profile roster look like? Don't get me wrong, I often look for, and want, a roster on an NT profile page and then think "Oh yeah, not here". It's a tough call but I think it makes sense the way it is

Go watch all the movies in "All movies and news" LOL

@Sherlock go to the video in the waiting room (if that's the culprit) and dismiss the "You Decide" thingy and that should make the red dot 1 go away. 

I like the bigger search box/results you get if you shrink the browser to less than ~1280p

I think he's working on that

I found it, but I can't get it work :) 

yes?

@Volleybox Yes I like Option 3. I edited in an "[I like]" after the fact because it wasn't clear. But I think "pin the wallpaper" is even better. Would like to see that with a dark theme across top. 

Options 1&2 are good for not burying as many things in submenus but the double row seems to call too much attention and take away space from beautiful wallpapers.

My suggestions for the top categories is based on what *I* want :) You have much better idea of what most users do here
 
That Rosters page is cool. It would solve my request for "batch" processing rosters.

Speaking of "batching" ... I'd love the ability to batch move appropriate players from a 2019-20 roster to a 2020-21 roster.

I was wondering why some players have a club listed along with their position and country in the Player Database. I figured out it's because at this time of year only those who are confirmed for 2020-21 have the Club listed.

I know it's different for different leagues/countries. Some players/teams may already be announcing 2020-21 rosters.

For Japan, I won't know anything until the V.League updates their website in the late summer or thereabouts. So, twenty teams, an average of 10-15 players per team, having to update 200-300 players individually is daunting. Maybe there is a way to do this I'm not aware of?

@Sherlock thanks!

How do I "Like" a post? LOL I can't figure it out :(

[Edit] I mean an original post, not a reply. 

Even though that wallpaper of Georg Grozer is about as cool as a wallpaper can be, there's something about the Michal Kubiak one that offers so much more :)

I love the gist of this. A column of 14 abstract icons is hard to swallow, but a row of words, no matter how many, is easily digested --regardless of what the experts say.

Visually:

[I like] Option #3. Icons are a waste of space and add nothing (Logged in icons, the right end clump, like Chat and Notifications are ok). 

Hard vote against options 1&2 with the double row banner. And a hard vote against a top banner that comes and goes when you scroll up and down on a page. I find that distracting and annoying, but it's trendy.

I would like to see what Option 3 looks like with the background of the top banner remaining light gray like the rest of the page, but that would be moot if you do the "pin the wallpaper" thing.

Explorably:

Where will the "News" submenu navigation sub-menu button take us to? Are you thinking of splitting off "News" posts from "Movies" posts? 

I'm not sure there's enough "News" here (speaking of women's side only) to be a category of its own but I would love to see a page (or whatever) dedicated to News posts people make (without all the fan movies and such) but I don't think there are very many news posts being posted. If you keep them intermingled I'd like to see them visually distinct from movie posts.

Maybe consider separate 'Top Level' categories of "Media" and "News"? Where "News" would have News posts, user comments, (chats?), and the Forum, while "Media" would have all the movie categories. Ditch  "Waiting Room" in favor of "Latest". 

"Scores" is the new "Matches"? Hmmm ... what about matches that aren't scored yet?

Userly:

People who land here from a google search while butt-stalking Saori Kimura versus active users here doing work and hoping or attempting to interact with other active users. I can hardly wrap my head around how different those two users are--and how you might structure the site to accommodate their different needs, goals.

For example: I saw the notification I had been @'d in a "topic"(?) 'new design of navigation'. I decided to see if I could find it instead of clicking on the notification link. I couldn't. But I did notice a few posts by @VitaliiLatysh that I missed because they had no comments (new user comments get flagged on the left hand side bar). 

I'd ditch the Forum altogether except for a "Help" section, essentially the Volleybox.net section. It's not a good look for the butt-stalkers and other google searchers who land here to check out a forum where the latest post is 4 years ago. But I digress ... :)

In term of design/navigation, 7 categories is a phone number; 10 categories is a phone number with area code (in the US). It's not that hard, or overwhelming (don't bury 'tournaments'):

(Search) - [[DATABASE^]] - [News^] - [Media^] - [[Tournaments]-[Scores]-[Predictions]-[Transfers]] - [Community^] - [Jobs^] ... 

... ("^" is the VITAL disclosure triangle, and I would slightly alter the background color of the leads with no disclosures (and DATABASE)--the ones I have in double brackets)

In terms of the VITAL red flags for new items, will they be at the top level of categories, or on their sub-menus? I think you need them on both: Top menu to notify and sub-menu to zero in.

BTW - what's up with the "Rosters 2020/21" thing? Is that new? How do we fill it out? What will it look like filled out? What's the purpose behind it?

I'm not sure why I can't figure out how to like a post --maybe I should make a post about that :) -- but yeah, that second popup is a drag

Athletes already qualified and quota places already assigned for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will remain unchanged. (Added a 'related link' to the IOC announcement). Exactly one year delay

I'll let @Volleybox speak to this as it's above my pay grade, but I think men, women, and beach are essentially (sort of like) three different web sites. It's just that MEN gets the default of being simply volleybox.net (no "men" in it's URL). So if you bookmark "volleybox.net" or type that into the Address Bar and login, you're logging into Men. If you bookmark "women.volleybox.net" or type that into your address bar and login, you're logging into women. Same for "beach.volleybox.net". 

I've been frustrated finding myself unexpectedly in the men's world, but if I bookmark women.volleybox.net (or my profile while in women) and start with that it's all good. Is that what you are hoping for @VitaliiLatysh ? One downside left now is when @Volleybox updates the backlog thread. If I follow a notification for it I end up in men. I assume that's because he created the thread in men. I adapt.

@Volleybox  here's a related problem to finding gender comfort: If I end up in men on my iPhone it's nearly imposible to get out :) :(  If I click the volleybox logo--thinking it's going to trigger the disclosure triangle drop-down where I can choose "women"--it just takes me to the Home Page. If I do get the dropdown to reveal itself, it's hard to choose 'women volleybox' because the search icons etc., overlap it and take precedence. 

It's official. Not happening this summer. 
Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee

Seems Montreux is a headache (without glory) for a lot of teams, but I like it. A chance to see new faces. I enjoy B-Team volleyball. I hope it comes back with a higher ceiling in the future :) but it's probably done for good

Tokyo Olympics: Canada, Australia won't send athletes to 2020 Games, instead push for postponement to 2021
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Postponement looks inevitable now