[GaxyGroordrep]

That comment just makes it seem like you only come here to stir up trouble. This should be a place you would welcome your friends to join you in civil conversations on things regarding Futuremark and gaming. If you want to go on about other subjects there are many other sites that are geared just for that.. To many to count for that matter.

All that we the staff want is to provide a place were all feel welcome whether they have been here 10 years or a day.. you included.. We are going to great lengths to improve the site with this upgrade as well as the integration of the social tools to accomplish that goal. There is more to come like I said and I do hope you will be an active part of it like the rest of us.

If only this were sincere.

There are plenty of overtly sexist comments on these forums for example, and always have been, not to mention homophobic and other bigoted views, freely expressed with no consequence. For those reasons, I would not choose to share what goes on here with other aspects of my life. I admit I'll tolerate (to an extent) the adolescent comments here because I realize that I share an interest (gaming and technology) with a group that is largely made up of young males where this behavior is 'normal'.

Now maybe this says more about my duplicity than anything; my wife has always had a problem with my gaming interest because of the underlying attitude that goes with it. But if Futuremark is sincere about changing these boards, to make them welcoming for all, you need to do a lot more.