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Post by Phenotype on May 1, 2007 9:38:44 GMT -5
Since the other thread was getting derailed by a few people you can't accept change I thought I'd start a new one. Obviously you've all noticed the changes we've made, what other things do you think we can do to improve the forum? Comments and suggestions are welcome but DO NOT ask for the Collections board to be revived or we'll delete your post.
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Post by Alteka on May 1, 2007 12:58:11 GMT -5
..or reword it to fit the overmind's plan and politely install mind control devices where required . But yes, new stuff eh. Go to it, team.
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Post by Xehn on May 1, 2007 15:34:55 GMT -5
Is it just me or do admins outnumber mods now?
Responding to a few comments from the old thread: I agree with MystickSkye's comment about the Smileys. AWAY WITH THEM. D: But that's only if it's possible. Someone should get on that.
Responding to Alteka about my collection: WHEE. I WAS AN EXAMPLE. :D
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Post by adamassc on May 1, 2007 15:41:59 GMT -5
the ZRC could have been condensed into model kits like the review board. Past that, after the initial shock, I think ya'll did a great job as-is.
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Post by Phenotype on May 1, 2007 16:13:17 GMT -5
Is it just me or do admins outnumber mods now? Possibly, but keep in mind that Tyrann Fuhrer and jryu don't really post here anymore, I myself am not that active either. The 3 mods were given admin powers so that they could make top-level changes to the site, which isn't possible with Global Mod powers. I don't have the time to devote to this forum that I once did so I upgraded their powers so that they can take care of things around here. I don't understand why you guys don't want the emoticon images but you still use text emoticons. I don't think it would make sense to get rid of them entirely, I like them and I know a lot of other people do. There might be a way to get rid of them but I don't think we should, there's really no reason to. So I think you'll just have to keep checking that little box that says, "If this box is checked, smiley emoticons will be disabled in your message."
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Post by Xehn on May 1, 2007 16:20:46 GMT -5
It's because the text emoticons are much less annoying in my opinion, at least. They're easier to skim over, and generally the text emotes express things better than the images.
Like, bits can be mixed around. D:, :D, :3, :(, :), :o, >3, >o, etc. More options.
And the smiley emotes are ugly.
Perhaps if there was a set of graphical emotes that looked like the text emotes, then everything would work out.
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Post by Xehn on May 1, 2007 16:23:35 GMT -5
Sorry for the double post, but I can't do what I'm about to do, given my last post. The only one of the graphical ones I can stand it this one: I just... can't stand the other ones.
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Post by 尹 眞悟 on May 1, 2007 19:49:25 GMT -5
Actually I wanted an option between having smiley's on by default and off by default, NOT to do away with them as I'm sure there are people who like them and so doing away with them completely would be silly.
As said, it's not really something needed but for those who prefer the text based emoticons over the images it'd be a nice convenience. Say like, having an option in the board settings as to whether emoticons are on or off by default. I don't know if it's actually possible with proboards but you guys did ask for suggestions and it's the only thing I could think of that would make life nicer here xp
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Post by Xehn on May 1, 2007 20:49:18 GMT -5
...Well. Um. I may have been a bit... overexcited about the whole eliminating the smiley thing, but that's the sort of thing I'd be looking for, too.
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Post by zed on May 2, 2007 3:20:00 GMT -5
I like the smileys ! How else can you do the shocked eye ball thing ?
I must confess I don't like overly clever, multi-coloured, all-singing all-dancing smileys, but the ones here are nice and simple. Classic.
How about having Reviews as a sub-board in each section of the ZRC ? It would make it easier for people to find a review on a particular Zoid.
It would also be interesting (to me at least) to see if, between the lot of us, we actually own one of every Zoid ever created.
zed
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Post by Tilly on May 2, 2007 3:56:31 GMT -5
There doesn't seem to be an option for a global "disable smilies" that wouldn't kill them for all users, alas.
I think reviews is best as a subset of model kits for now, but once the main site is getting poked at, one of the ideas I favored was adding fan reviews to the kit pages. That's still in the maybe-later stage, mind...
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Post by Moshii on May 2, 2007 11:44:34 GMT -5
I lose connection for four days, and the whole place is changed!! GAAHH!! It'll be wierd for me to adjust to the new settings, but I'll get used to it in time. I don't mind the collection thread going, but it seems odd to me. But, ya know, gettin up at 5 every morning can do that to a guy.
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Post by ShadowLiger on May 2, 2007 12:11:28 GMT -5
uh, I've just had a thought... the majority of the forum is open for non-member to read too now isn't it? This includes the General board, in which the "Toy wave discount for all our members" post is a sticky...
Maybe that would be better moved to one of the shopping boards where it's still members only, otherwise non-members are going to be able to claim a phenotypes discount.
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Post by Hidocker on May 2, 2007 12:45:19 GMT -5
uh, I've just had a thought... the majority of the forum is open for non-member to read too now isn't it? This includes the General board, in which the "Toy wave discount for all our members" post is a sticky... Maybe that would be better moved to one of the shopping boards where it's still members only, otherwise non-members are going to be able to claim a phenotypes discount. Good idea, thanks! It's in the trading post now!
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Post by ShadowLiger on May 2, 2007 13:07:11 GMT -5
Cool. I suddenly thought of it and figured I'd better mention something
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