Here in the Search nav, you can.... SEARCH. Start typing a game or gamer, it will autosuggest. Press one to go, or hit Enter to get the full search results.
Below the searchbox, you'll see recent games, gamers, clubs, events, and quests you've visited.
Below that is the full site map with all of the different pages on this platform. Most of these are accessible in the other navs too. But here they're all in one place, if you're into that sort of thing.
Jump in a virtual or IRL event, tournament, or league. Participate in a Quest (a gaming challenge that you can do any time). Channel 3 has something for all skill levels, including gaming-focused daily minigames.
Go to Events below to search for real-time tournaments or other events. Quests will show you offline challenges you can complete at any time.
You may have friends here already, or you may meet your next lifelong squadmate here. Either way, Channel 3 is most fun when you find your people and can have friendly competitions and participate in challenges together.
Below you can navigate all the gamers, clubs, and causes on Channel 3.
If you'd like to create and run a Club, submit an New Club Request.
Whether it's 1 to 2, or 99 to 100, leveling up is the best feeling in the world. On Channel 3, when you participate in quests, when your post gets 1Up'd, when you crush a daily minigame, you get XP. Get 1k XP, and you level up and unlock rewards. Rewards can be custom reaction GIFs, cool backgrounds, or prize wheel spins for IRL gaming gear or in game currency.
Turbo is an optional subscription for superusers. You don't need Turbo to enjoy Channel 3. Turbo users get early access to new features, and are able to unlock more levels in a season.
On Channel 3, seasons last 3 months. They will always run January 1 - April 1, April 1 - July 1, July 1 - October 1, and October 1 - January 1.
Open channel3.gg in Chrome. Click the Install icon in the right side of the address bar:
Click Install when you get this prompt.
After installation, you can pin to the Windows taskbar alongside your other favorite apps.
Open channel3.gg in Safari. It has to be Safari.
Tap the Share button in the middle of the footer.
Tap Add to Home Screen.
Tap Add on the prompt.
BOOM. You're done. iPhones try to act like it's "just a website bookmark" because they want everyone to go through the App Store but really it functions just like an app... Full screen, moveable icon on your home screen. All of it.
Enjoy.
Install the Channel 3 app from the Google Play Store.
Fabulous community for discussing video games. Everyone is friendly and accepting, with no toxicity. The site is clearly a labor of love and is amazing for the size, but it can be a little difficult to navigate on mobile.
My gripes on mobile (99% of my usage; I will get out the laptop for Ori target :))
I will see content on my feed, but not want to interact with it right away because I often like to read down further and sometimes play the minigames, then go back to home only to find the post is now gone, lost to the algorithm.
On mobile, trivia is rough. You really can't see the covers that well and the text is truncated. It may be necessary to drop the number of options in favor of being able to get a bit more text in so you're not squinting at the cover (especially when a series has extremely similar covers; looking at you Assassin's Creed).
Getting to lists on mobile is awkward (I'll attach a screenshot from my phone later). If I didn't *know* they were on the search page, I would never find them. Suggestion: reduce number of recent items.
And non-mobile specific, I still would like search to be better. I think I submitted this back on Discord but try searching for a Mario game.. is it mario bros (no period -- SMB2) or mario bros. (period -- many other titles), or is it just "Mario" generically (Odyssey, World, Galaxy, Sunshine...).
This is what search looks like on mobile. You have to scroll down to find lists, which is not intuitive. It may be that as the site grows, a new navigation structure is needed.
I do agree with the posts being lost when you navigate away. I have a bad attention span and sometimes want to jump over to my notifications or a mini game only to find the post I wanted to interact with now lost in the feed when I return.
