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Post by vishus on Apr 30, 2007 18:52:54 GMT -5
ScissorBreaker, your "I'm going to take my toys and go home" attitude is just a bit juvenile. If you truly want to go make your own Zoids forum, then best of luck to you. You'll find out how difficult it actually is. Heaven forbid, but you may even get a few Members who have nuclear meltdowns whenever you don't clear things with them first. It's all in the promotion people, with out this section we will start to lose interst in zoids and soon no one will buy zoids anymore and it will be gone forever, just like in the past. People, GET A GRIP! Believe me, the forum will continue to go on without the "OMG, EVERYBODY LOOK AT ME AND ALL MY SUPER SLICK ZOIDS" board. The Collections board is dead and buried, it's not coming back either, no matter how hard two or three of you kick and scream. The mods have given reasonable alternatives for those who want to continue to show off display their collections, so quit whining. Alte, Tilly, Colodie and the rest of the mods...I(and I'm sure many others) am very appreciative of all the blood, sweat and tears you guys put into this forum. You do an awesome job of keeping this place running, keep it up!
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Post by Raysetiger on Apr 30, 2007 19:12:25 GMT -5
so never, u mean, then i guess the sig thing is my only choice then. So, can i be a Member of ur forum when u start it.
Ummm, one more thing, uh - how does the sig thing work? and where do i go to get started on it?
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Post by omlet on Apr 30, 2007 19:43:56 GMT -5
Would it help if I made a basic template for a gallery page with commented out code that could be customized and uploaded to any free host, if we all have the same layout it will be like we're all part of a huge project and visitors can be referred back to this forum and such... very cool
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Post by commandliger on Apr 30, 2007 21:08:44 GMT -5
Alteka: I do not think what I said was selfish and immature at all. I loved to see everyone's collections! Yeah, there were times when I would think,"Man I wish I had his Zoid!", but at the same time I was happy that someone on the forum could give it a good home. I really think it would've been better if you admins would've given warning, not just Some changes are going to be made. Thanks in advance. Then the next morning WAMMO! Stuff has been changed, removed, etc. That was kinda a shock! I won't apologize for what I've said, because I've said everything I have felt, as did you. I thought the last time stuff was changed we had a week or two notice, not some over night stunt like this. Heck, I remember admiring your collection. I don't think it mattered if people had 10 or 100 Zoids, what brought people together was when they could show their collection, talk about the pride they had in their Zoids, have people comment on their collection...Then they could do the same to another person. Everyone deserves to show off their Zoids, if they love and care about them. I would've done so myself, but I have no digiatl camera.
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Post by Xehn on Apr 30, 2007 21:29:48 GMT -5
Commandliger, they're already given MANY suggestions on other ways to display our collections.
Oy, this is just one of those things we all need to drop. It's not coming back. Get over it. I'm a just little depressed about the whole thing, but they have a point. That sort of forum is bound for the bad sort of competition. Bragging. All those things that have been mentioned several times.
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Post by Crushader on Apr 30, 2007 23:40:47 GMT -5
This topic going wild...
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Post by Alteka on May 1, 2007 3:45:09 GMT -5
Ok chums, this is toppling a lot jenga-style between nice heartwarming stuff and sitcom quality drama. I like the former, but the latter needs to go. Now. Hold me forever as the face of the clawed hand that corrupted your will to collect Zoids, but continual whining with neither mention of solution or full reading any of any my previous posts is getting old. We're fluid on most things here, but the collection board is dead.
Make no further mention of bringing it back. That's final.
In solution-land, see Kaelin's collection there. Click on his link. Look at that plethora of easy to search photos complete with descriptions. You can click on any ol pic, and if that Genosaurer catches your eye, you can can click on the text tag and see all his pics of it. If you really liked his stuff you could click the rss feed on it and get instant updates one whenever he adds new pics! Think of how excruciatingly long that would've taken on bb code. He can use all that spare time now to build more Zoids or save the world or whatever he gets up to on rainy afternoons.
Now then, I want to hear on new features people might like to see on this forum. Fresh stuff. Nifty stuff. Handy Stuff. Toss any of it here since the more eyes to scour for stuff, the better.
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Post by Lionel on May 1, 2007 4:20:22 GMT -5
But there won't be any longer talk between us about our collections and new Zoids. I think that it is the main point, it is why some people didn't agree with that decision. Anyway, so long the member collection board.
Lionel
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Post by 尹 眞悟 on May 1, 2007 5:15:53 GMT -5
I can't really think of anything this forum could do with. The only thing I could suggest is the ability to have emoticons turned off by default xp
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Post by Vig on May 1, 2007 5:55:54 GMT -5
just read every word of this topic, took a while
anyway... my opinion straight from my head no bias:
a dying collectors forum is attempted to be made more alive by deleting a member collection thread..... something is wrong here
I enjoyed looking at fellow zoiders , Aussies in particular new zoids because chances are I may get to see them In real life and have previously this real life stuff kinda gets rid off the posting of fake zoids , who the hell would do that anyway I don't want to know....
I was introduced to crushader recently and others through this thread and seeing that they are real zoid collectors and seeing where they lie in types of zoids
Those who don't care can skip the thread alltogether ,, those who do care can visit
money wise.... for a while I had no job, and was spending all my money on fuel searching for work.... I honestly didn't feel offended seeing peoples ""expensive " collections...
now I have an ok collection I earned from backbreaking dollars
whatever , Im done, it's just less stuff to check out at the dying forum
I will still always be paying visits, because i am a fan of course
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Post by fuzzypanda on May 1, 2007 6:40:49 GMT -5
Well its nice to see some change to the forums to try give it a new lease of life, I haven't been a member long but from what I've heard this place used to be alot more active.
That said though I did enjoy the collection thread here. I marveled at the collections like Rantinan's, Vig's, Crushader's and the one with the zoids in the kitchen (sorry can't remember whos that was but I reMember the zoids well). Its because of that thread which made me look at my own collection and think "I need to knock it up a notch if I'm to get a decent collection like them", it gave me something to aspire too.
Its a shame to see it go but it looks like the authorities have spoken. Still I look forward to seeing what these flicker things will be like.
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Post by zed on May 1, 2007 6:57:35 GMT -5
Firstly, I'd like to see a new thread for Forum Ideas. This one is getting a bit long, and messy.
Somewhere earlier, I suggested a seperate Headline and Comments sections for News, so new news is easier to spot.
Personally, I'd love to see the ZRC brought up to date. With Pheno's main site gone, its nigh impossible to find decent images and info on later NJR Zoids and Ltd's, including the main fusions and CP's like Pheno's had. It would be cool to somehow connect this to the Reviews, though I'm not really sure how.
As well as posting a Link to their collection in their sig, people could also include a pic or two of their latest additions, so others can see if it interests them. And there is nothing stopping people from PMing each other to say: Hey, thats so cool, where did you find one of them ?
Peace to all - zed
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Post by Crushader on May 1, 2007 9:05:10 GMT -5
Everyone has their own opinion, this is hard to decide... but I sure do like to look at people collection, I admire people collections and really enjoy looking at them, it also a good way to kill time, I got lost in those photos alot of time, a photo can take me 5 minutes to get my eyes of it. Anyways, I would miss it if it not come back...
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Post by ShadowLiger on May 1, 2007 9:27:11 GMT -5
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't the slightest bit miffed that the Collection board is gone, especially since I'd not long started posting there myself, but I respect the Mods and Admins decision to remove it. I don't know what goes on within the moderator's board, but I'm willing to bet they all discussed the subject to death before carrying out the changes. Granted some warning would have been appreciated, but would the reaction really have been any different to this? They've all done a lot to keep this forum running smoothly, we should all give them some more credit. It's swings and roundabouts people!
That being said, I've noticed that the most major problem caused here is that most people will miss the fact that it was easier to search through peoples collections if they are all in one place, rather than search peoples signatures... In which case, how would people feel if I were to start up a new webpage, to link everyone's collections together so they're easier to find?
If everyone agrees then, the single page can either be linked through my sig, or - if the mods agree - from a sticky post.
Let me know what you think.
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Post by Phenotype on May 1, 2007 9:31:16 GMT -5
Alteka: I do not think what I said was selfish and immature at all. I loved to see everyone's collections! Yeah, there were times when I would think,"Man I wish I had his Zoid!", but at the same time I was happy that someone on the forum could give it a good home. I really think it would've been better if you admins would've given warning, not just Some changes are going to be made. Thanks in advance. Then the next morning WAMMO! Stuff has been changed, removed, etc. That was kinda a shock! I won't apologize for what I've said, because I've said everything I have felt, as did you. I totally disagree, I felt that what you said was extremely selfish and immature and for someone who's 17 years old (or claims to be) I would expect a bit more tact. Saying the changes were, "sneaky, shifty, and shady" is absurd, it's not like we're conducting back alley drug deals for crying out loud, we're making changed that we feel will benefit the forum. I'm sorry you don't agree with those changes but get off your high horse and stop acting like we're trying to pull one over on you guys. I don't know where you got this notion that we need to "check with you" first before we make changes but you're delusional. You joined this forum of your own free will, you don't pay anything to be a Member here and you don't have to do anything to maintin this place. That means we can change whatever we want whenever we want and you have no right to get all hopped up on entitlement acting like we owe you something. We don't. You attitude and comments are completely over the line so I suggest you drop it now. Remember, this is just a TOY FORUM, it's not the end of the world. Grow up. I can't really think of anything this forum could do with. The only thing I could suggest is the ability to have emoticons turned off by default xp There sort of is, when you start a new post or reply to someone there's a checkbox that says, "If this box is checked, smiley emoticons will be disabled in your message." I'm sure you've noticed that already, as for having the ability to have them turned off all the time, I don't think that's possible. just read every word of this topic, took a while So, you read every word, and then proceeded to write three paragraphs about the Member Collections board after Alteka said no more posting about it? That's rather rude I think. Firstly, I'd like to see a new thread for Forum Ideas. This one is getting a bit long, and messy. Agreed. The problem I have with that idea is it seems really redundant. People need to post NEW news in NEW topics, not adding to already created topics. To quote what you said earlier, "For example, maybe seperate headlines for: New Zoids Motor, First Pics of mini Gojulas, Better pics of ZED-1, etc. This would make new news & pics easier to spot, rather than being buried somewhere on page 7, etc." It needs to go: New Zoids Motor - New Thread First Pics of Mini Gojulas - New Thread Better Pics ofd ZED-1 - New Thread That way nothing's buried on page 7 because a new thread is being started each time. Wha-huh?! My site isn't gone, why do people keep saying that?! I don't know what goes on within the moderator's board, but I'm willing to bet they all discussed the subject to death before carrying out the changes. We did, like I stated before, it's not like this was something done on a whim and the new admins all had my approval. Not a bad idea, we'll discuss and get back to you.
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