By most people's standard, working on something is not a cure for boredom, but working on something you love might do something for you.
If you're bored out of your skull, there's no relief like finding something you have a passion in, and trying to improve it or contribute to it. Here are some ideas (all Neoseeker related :P) that just might cure your boredom (or it might make it worse, but if you don't try you won't know ;) ).
Help the Wikis
Ever thought of writing a walkthrough for a game or documenting some information about your favourite game character? Did you know that Neoseeker has over 110 game specific Wikis that cover a range from Final Fantasy to Zelda, and many other series in between?
These wikis desperately need your help, and working on them is strangely soothing and addictive. Swing by
this list here and see if there are any that you might be able to help out with. Helping can be as involved as helping to write entire pages of information, or just browsing around and finding things to tweak.
Tag some images
Tagging images is also pretty fun once you get the hang of it. Here's the thread where we introduce image tagging:
https://www.neoseeker.com/forums/2/t1271145-neoseeker-introduces-image-tagging/You can tag concept art, screenshots, images in your gallery, and fanart, and when you click on a tag ALL images tagged will show up together.
Here's the
"Faith" tag I put together to showcase the main character in
Mirror's Edge, and the
Faith wiki page I've been working on (its a work in progress and nowhere as good as pages like
this one on Salvatore Leone from the GTA wiki).
Contribute to product profiles
This has been around for ages. Neoseeker needs your help in order to remain one of the best gaming and PC enthusiast sites on the web. If you didn't know, you can contribute anything from release dates, to screenshots, to entire descriptions of games.
Come take a look here to find things to contribute, there's LOTS there!
https://www.neoseeker.com/contribute/Game/popularity/I personally find that uploading screenshots and boxshots, and then tagging them, to be the more easy going of contributions. We have PLENTY of
missing boxshots that could use your help - you might have to view it on a per platform basis to really appreciate how much we need.
Browse the Member Galleries and Blogs
These two features are strangely addictive to visit. Check them out regularly, comment on gallery images and favourite blogs/galleries. Better yet, start your own Gallery and upload tons of interesting pictures. If you upload game related images PLEASE remember to tag them, and attach them to a game profile so other people can find them more easily!
Work on your NeoHome
Have you been here yet?
https://www.neoseeker.com/members/edit_profile.html?edit=neohomeIf not check out what others have done:
Artificer's NeoHome (NAMFox developer)
Ecto5's NeoHome (superb resource of tips and tricks on Neoseeker)
Michael Penance (FAQ author)
Harvest HunnyKamikazeCheck out the latest updated NeoHomes here:
https://www.neoseeker.com/members/directory.html?function=updates&homes=show
Tip of the iceberg
There's plenty more things to do on Neoseeker that I haven't covered, ranging from helping others to make banners for forum headers or member signatures, to
writing your own fan fiction, stories, and poems. There's alot more to Neoseeker than what most people realize and that variety makes for alot of things to see and do.
If you've got other ideas please do share them in the comments of this entry!
neoseeker related bored
Redemption blogged
But seriously, this way to set that up. Helps new people find out how to contribute to Neoseeker.
I love contributing to Neoseeker when it is rainy and there is nothing good on TV and nobody interesting to talk to on MSN ;p. I never realized how long of a list of things there were to do though!
Neo has lots of contests and telling your friends about it is awesomesauce.