Like the other mockups in this review roundup, Mockup 4 doesn't stray too far from the design of Mockup 2. Due to the assumed tight integration with Hackystat, the registration page and password recovery page should have probably been removed. The same goes for the create team page since team data can be pulled from Hackystat. Being able to change email and password in the Edit My Profile page should be removed for the same reason.
On the My Profile page in the gamer card Chimp should have been the rank and the level should have been a number. There also needs to be more information on how the leveling works and a link to that information should be in the FAQ. In my opinion the only time that a Show/Hide scheme should be used is when data is cluttering up the page. For example rather than using Show/Hide for My Teams on the My Profile page it should have instead been used for My Comments. If a sidebar for Inbox and Action is used, it calls into question what will be on the Home Page since both of them share much of the same function. It probably should be either one or the other and not both. The My Teams table shows only 1 project even though a team can easily have more than 1.
A link to the Achievements page should be in the dropdown menu. I disagree with their approach of having uncompleted achievements be hidden. It would either drive a player insane trying to figure out how to complete them or diminish the role of achievements to such an extent that players will barely know they exist.
On the Team profile page I want to see how it would look if a team was working on more than 1 project. In such a situation a show/hide for the project description or a link to another page with the project description would be a good idea. There should be a link from a team member's name to his profile. They could also add some sort of banner to the team page.
On the My Matches page a link to the corresponding team page should be in there. The capability to show/hide the number of points each member earned for each event is a good idea. It prevents the stats from cluttering the page. There are 2 links to My Matches in the drop down menu. One of them should be removed.
The Gallery page is another place where either show/hide or a link to another page describing the match should be implemented. In the Hall of Fame a link should be made to the corresponding profile pages.
The strongest feature of this mockup is the implementation of show/hide. The Inbox is a interesting feature and the messages could be located on site or point to another location. The sidebar for it along with Actions might be useful. The weakest part of this mockup is redundant links. Another weakness are links that should exist but don't. Their achievement implementation also has issues.
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