   Highlight Page
  I've been using these forums for some time...  and I got to thinking that it would be awfully nice if there were a 'highlight' page that showed all the A+ material gdnet users have created over the years.  I know there are pages like the 'gd showcase' that show just about every game anyone has ever written.... and all sorts of articals/tutorials.... but I really think it would help the sites credibility in the game dev arena to have a page that displayed the cream of the crop.  That way, you can showcase all the projects anyone has ever submitted while confirming the expertise of the elite members through showcasing all the oustanding accomplishments.   
  Like boolean's  Help Portal?   ;  ... No, not really.  That link looks like it just lets you search for stuff.  As an example:  EDI put out Mourning's Wrath which took nearly 3 years and a full team to develop.  The guy who uses the nick EDI in the gamedev irc channel has been there for a while, has probably made a good number of contributions to the forums, yet other than a little ad that occasionally appears at the top of the screen.....  you don't see a big hop-la about their product.  As for another example:  I was reading through the forums the other night and found where a guy had written some sort of code in C++ that reduce computational time for some set of functions (and I'm not a C++ developer, so I really couldn't tell you exactly what it was about), and everyone who read is post in the forums seemed incredibly impressed....  yet, again, no hop-la.A third example:  Trash - Its an RTS that the developer has been working on for 5 years.  It looks fairly impressive, but its only gotten like 870 downloads probably because its hidden amongst all the other 'contributors'.  Why doesn't gamedev do these people a favor and put their work on a pedistal for all to see?  Not only that, but since these people (I believe) are all avid gamedev members... it would boost the site's image.   ;  So basically, you want a 'Featured X' section/page/whatever where X is each thing person can contribute to gamedev, such as a showcase entry, forum thread, etc..?Not a bad idea IMO, but who gets to decide what is worthy? As busy as the staff and mods are, it sounds like it would need to be run by a normal user (or users), but then there is the task of deciding who is trustworthy, has enough free time, and is willing to run such a thing.-Extrarius   ;  I wouldn't mind being the Judge :)  But yeah, that sounds pretty close to what I'm talking about.  And if something got posted to the highlight page that didn't belong for one reason or another...  you could just pull it from the listing.   