very confused............

i don't understand where i can go to see all forums available. there are a bunch of popular boards on the left but what happens if one of those boards (mario world, for example) is no longer considered popular, how would i access it?

Go to search and type a place...there should be a forum

search mario world go to the game and click forum

every game, location, concept has a forum

You can access the smaller boards from their wiki pages which you can find by searching the game in the main search bar.

You can browse the games. Go to the top of the page and click "games" look for it there. Or you can use the search engine at the top right.

yeah i just read the faq. i get the concept of how this site is built around the search function, but i often like to lurk boards, see what people are saying and post stuff if i have something to say. is there no way to do that?

Well on the main forum page every recent post from any board is posted, so you can see what people are saying about anything at all from there.

lurk forums eh...creepy

"Well on the main forum page every recent post from any board is posted, so you can see what people are saying about anything at all from there.
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LOL - after reading all this, the answer is that there is no easy way to get a full listing of the forums... :P

But it's the future now and lists are so last week, make use of the search bar (top right), it's your friend and sometimes a little more. ;)

I like the layout of these forums better than most others. Each game has a specific forum - I mean how cool is that?

"I like the layout of these forums better than most others. Each game has a specific forum - I mean how cool is that?
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The search bar is your best friends.

"I like the layout of these forums better than most others. Each game has a specific forum - I mean how cool is that? "

I doubt you'd want a page that shows every available forum. Given that every character, location, person and concept has it's own forum, you'd be sifting though thousands of boards trying to find the one you want. The best thing to is to search for whatever forum it is you're looking for.