Team17 Forum comments / suggestions

[APJ]

yes, but i thought you were still discussing numbers. guess its 30/300 then?

[UnKnown X]

Yeah, that'd be the best.

[HellSheep]

We've decided this several posts ago, remember?
I think 30 replies/ 300 views is the best choice
I agree.
I don't mind what the figure is set to.
I guess the final decision is up to APJ
:rolleyes:

[APJ]

3 people don't make a decision. I was expecting a bigger response.

[HellSheep]

As you may have noticed, once we've suggested 30/300 the thread gone silent. This shows, that the people who visited this thread afterwards(Apocalypse, S2K) simply don't care what the figure will be set to:-/

[Squirminator2k]

I'll be honest- the Hot Thread thing doesn't really interest me. I mean 30 to 300 sounds reasonable, no complaints from me etc. etc., but it's not something I've been losing sleep over.

[APJ]

its been altered anyhow to 30/300 to allow those loosing sleep over it a peaceful night.

[Squirminator2k]

I'm sure that Hellsheep will sleep easy tonight... :o

[HellSheep]

My sleep depends on what i eat for supper, not on what happens in the internet. Besides, i'm not the one who started this stuff:rolleyes:
thomasp suggeted to change the number of views/replies required to make the topic hot only to bring the thread back ontopic. I've suggested a number, people agreed. Now i just reminded you that you need to change it:)

[Squirminator2k]

True, but did you bring it back up again... do you recognise this voice?Hmmm, APj, it doesn't look like that the hot topic settings have been changed.

[HellSheep]

I was editing my post above at the same time you were typing yours

[Squirminator2k]

Let's not drag this thread down, shall we? We should get back to what matters - making this forum a better place to visit.

[Run]

I didn't realise the hot-topic feature was ever used anyway. Do people seriously find it useful?

Personally, i judge a hot-topic by the number of posts it has. I can work that out quite quickly with the number. If it becomes 'hot' as a result of views, then that's more of a "misleading title" topic.

[Keeper]

in the first few pages of this thread a chat room was discused in the W:A forum one was mentioned there too. Is there ever going to be a chat room at team 17 or is that gonna stay only on wormnet?

[realfoe]

is there any chance
of getting the links at the top
put at the bottom of the thread as well im a lazy scroller ya see and some threads are very long or could be

eg.

Team17 Forum > Community > Online Orgy > team17 forum comments / suggestions <(just an example its not the link i want for any that might post saying so u want blar blar put at... )

[thomasp]

is there any chance
of getting the links at the top
put at the bottom of the thread as well im a lazy scroller ya see and some threads are very long or could be

eg.

Team17 Forum > Community > Online Orgy > team17 forum comments / suggestions <(just an example its not the link i want for any that might post saying so u want blar blar put at... )

Down the bottom of most of the pages, there is a popup menu which lists all of the forums.

[tundraH]

- Add forum jump to member.php.

- Add ">members" to the navbar.

- Show the sig limits on the Edit Profile screen. Have a php or javascript checker if possible.

- Make the WA Beta Support forums into proper visible forums, so that they appear on the forum jump, and so that it's actually possible to search them.

I was going to suggest PMs and vB3, but I won't for now. Even though the pop-down search thingies are super-cool.

[thomasp]

vB3

I think the final gold version isn't far away, and I seem to remember that APJ said he wouldn't upgrade the forum until the final version of vB3 (rather than release candidate versions) was released.

However, I reckon APJ will have left before the stable, final version of vB3 is released.

[realfoe]

yeah but more scrollege see. me very lazy see. just a link to the main team17 forum menu would be nice no scroll just click and go. when ya on dial up things do seem a little more anoying i supose.if it cant be done then its ok .

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
please at caps where they aply in your head also any bad spelling correct for me.

[PsyDome]

make a separate forum for forum suggestions ;)

[PsyDome]

finally vb3! good job

i don't know what apj meant when he said the forum loads slower... it seems to me it loads tons faster...

just keep everything the way it is (just add smileyimages), cause i like it this way :)

[xXSpIDerXx]

finally vb3! good job

i don't know what apj meant when he said the forum loads slower... it seems to me it loads tons faster...

just keep everything the way it is (just add smileyimages), cause i like it this way :)
Well, it really ain't bad, however, the buttons are quite boring and you can't use custom avatars....

[PsyDome]

Well, it really ain't bad, however, the buttons are quite boring and you can't use custom avatars....what buttons...? and you already have a custom avatar

[xXSpIDerXx]

what buttons...? and you already have a custom avatar
I can't change it, tho'.......
And if you look a little above your text while you are typing your post, you will see lame, boring, basic buttons such as the Wrap PhP tags, quote, hyperlink, etc.....I really don't like em....

[MrBunsy]

Is it possible to put an uploding option back in for avitars, I'd just made a new one and now I can't upload it!! :mad:

[PsyDome]

if you look a little above your text while you are typing your post, you will see lame, boring, basic buttons such as the Wrap PhP tags, quote, hyperlink, etc.....I really don't like em....
it was like that before too, though...

[xXSpIDerXx]

it was like that before too, though...
Well, not exactly....

[thomasp]

Just a suggestion, APJ, but perhaps you could create a 'Forum bugs and suggestions' forum, so as any bug reports regarding the upgrade can be kept in one place. (Psydome suggested having a suggestions forum).

I think if a suggestions and bugs forum was added (as one subforum), then it would make life easier for the mods and administrators, as they would be able to pick out what needs attention, rather than having to wade through the oline orgy spam.

[SargeMcCluck]

I can't change it, tho'.......
And if you look a little above your text while you are typing your post, you will see lame, boring, basic buttons such as the Wrap PhP tags, quote, hyperlink, etc.....I really don't like em....

Boring? It's a forum, not a console game (hehe... button mashing).

They're there because they are useful.

[xXSpIDerXx]

Boring? It's a forum, not a console game (hehe... button mashing).

They're there because they are useful.
The buttons of the previous skin were also usefull, however, they looked alot better, didn't they?:)

[SargeMcCluck]

The buttons of the previous skin were also usefull, however, they looked alot better, didn't they?:)


Aah, you mean graphically. I just thought you mean the buttons as a whole. :p

[xXSpIDerXx]

Aah, you mean graphically. I just thought you mean the buttons as a whole. :p
I didn't explain myself properly there, sorry:o I meant only the graphics, because the buttons are the same as in vB2(except for the quote button, it was much more comfortable back then):)

[Madmaxquinn]

Forum is a tad quicker, although on my 56k connection some of the images (T17 supplied avatars in particular) don't load. Also still can't subscribe to forum announcement threads.

[SargeMcCluck]

Forum is a tad quicker, although on my 56k connection some of the images (T17 supplied avatars in particular) don't load. Also still can't subscribe to forum announcement threads.

Those images (and the smilies) don't appear for most people.

[Madmaxquinn]

Hmmm, the "edit" button leaves a lot to be desired, hence the extra post.

Anyways, I was gonna say I like the mouseovers.

[Johnnynet]

same thing different gadgets thats what i say absolutly spiffy! :cool: :p

[KamikazeBananze]

I can't see smileys, some avatars or any change when someone uses the [FONT=] or [COLOUR=]. Unfortunately.

[tundraH]

1
I was trying to view http://forum.team17.co.uk/search.php?searchid=154&page=2 and I got this error:
Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 128 bytes) in /var/www/forum/includes/init.php on line 526
It worked the second time.

2
I can't see any clickable smilies on the right as I'm typing this. Just blank space. I could see them before. :(

3
http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?p=226618#post226618
Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 7 bytes) in /var/www/forum/showthread.php(1626) : eval()'d code on line 465
Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 15 bytes) in Unknown on line 0

Let me guess, optimization is in the next RC?

[xXSpIDerXx]

1
I was trying to view http://forum.team17.co.uk/search.php?searchid=154&page=2 and I got this error:
Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 128 bytes) in /var/www/forum/includes/init.php on line 526
It worked the second time.

I've got the same prob while trying to view a few attachements in separate windows. All of the windows opened with this error instead of attachemet, and the forums asked me to login when i refreshed the page....
I can't see any clickable smilies on the right as I'm typing this. Just blank space. I could see them before
Also, the command bar above the text window is also gone with the smilies. And i see red crosses instead of smilies ever since the forum update...

[Johnnynet]

this place is a newborn baby be gentle and wait.

[MonkeyforaHead]

*walks in* *clears throat* *raises finger*
THE NEW LAYOUT SUCKS.
Thank you for your attention.
*walks out*

[SupSuper]

it's all gone bzoink!!!!!!!!

[Seven^3]

Can you please bring back the underline for links within posts, or do anything in that vein (say make them a different colour)? They're too hard to spot as they are.

[xXSpIDerXx]

Can you please bring back the underline for links within posts, or do anything in that vein (say make them a different colour)? They're too hard to spot as they are.
Hey Seven! We're making a suggestion list in this thread(http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=16767), and i already added your suggestion yesterday:) Can you help us continue that list?...

[Paul.Power]

Make .MID a valid file extension in the attatchment field! It's annoying having to zip up any midis I post to the forums. Midis are tiny files that are hardly worth zipping, and it would make life easier for anyone both putting midis up and downloading them if they could go up without the bother of zipping.

[xXSpIDerXx]

I always wondered, why is the Online list sometimes displayed incorrectly - it doesn't say what thread exactly is the user viewing/replying to. It ain't a bug, however, why is it happening all of the time?

[Star Worms]

doesn't happen with me. It shows the name of the thread the person is viewing.

[xXSpIDerXx]

{OFFTOPIC-NESS-NESS-NESS}
Today a miracle happened! I was THE ONLY MEMBER ONLINE!!!! Woohoo!!!

[UnKnown X]

"1 user AND 37 GUESTS"

I remember when I was the only person online here. No guests, only me.


"I always wondered, why is the Online list sometimes displayed incorrectly - it doesn't say what thread exactly is the user viewing/replying to. It ain't a bug, however, why is it happening all of the time?"

I'm not really sure. This might just be a bug/glitch with the forum. It used to happen all the time on my PC, but now it rarely happens.

[KamikazeBananze]

In reply to xXSpiderXx:

1) Doesn't happen to me either.

2) Nice. Happened to me once as well... not counting guests...

[xXSpIDerXx]

"1 user AND 37 GUESTS"

I remember when I was the only person online here. No guests, only me.
.
This happened yesterday, in the middle of the day. The forum crashed and everybody logged out. I came and logged in first, while the other users were still as guests.

[UnKnown X]

I seriously think this forum is broken:

[xXSpIDerXx]

I seriously think this forum is broken:
Simply too obvious spam

[Star Worms]

I seriously think this forum is broken:
LOL @ the names and 'The 100% off topic thread"

[UnKnown X]

'The 100% off topic thread'Yeah, I'd love one of those, but that would rack up everybody's post count a bit too much... I think a 100% offtopic thread would eventually become the biggest on the forum because of the desire of off-topic-ness in this forum.

[xXSpIDerXx]

Yeah, I'd love one of those, but that would rack up everybody's post count a bit too much... I think a 100% offtopic thread would eventually become the biggest on the forum because of the desire of off-topic-ness in this forum.
Well, if we'll get enough demand we can make it ourselves. It will still be T17 related, because the offtopic also *might* be T17 related(at least that is what we'll say to the mods). If more people will join on this the thread will live, and it won't affect our postcount(posts in the Online Orgy don't count)

[Star Worms]

Posts in online orgy do count. Posts in Avatar Absurdity don't. I don't think an offtopic thread is needed, most people do it anyway:rolleyes:

[xXSpIDerXx]

Posts in online orgy do count. Posts in Avatar Absurdity don't. I don't think an offtopic thread is needed, most people do it anyway:rolleyes:
You have a solid steel point there. However, a thread with ABSOLUTELY NO TOPIC would still be one helluva fun, wouldn't it?

[PsyDome]

However, a thread with ABSOLUTELY NO TOPIC would still be one helluva fun, wouldn't it?no. no it wouldn't

[xXSpIDerXx]

no. no it wouldn't
Nothing is ever fun to you

[Paul.Power]

Yeah, I'd love one of those, but that would rack up everybody's post count a bit too much... I think a 100% offtopic thread would eventually become the biggest on the forum because of the desire of off-topic-ness in this forum.Ooh, sounds fun! I'd make one, but it would probably end up distorting the entire forums into a black hole with its huge gravitational mass.

[UnKnown X]

To Spider: PsyDome's right actually. I remember an off topic thread from some forum. It ended with a nice big number of people getting the status BANNED.

[xXSpIDerXx]

To Spider: PsyDome's right actually. I remember an off topic thread from some forum. It ended with a nice big number of people getting the status BANNED.
Ah well....

We already have one similar thread, tho' - http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?p=232925. Luther opened the spamming season there, so it's legal. He will delete the spam sooner or later, so it won't hurt the thread...

[Madmaxquinn]

It was demonstated early on that the off topic thread was totally pointless as it was entirely on topic by being completly off topic which defeated the whole point of having an off topic thread in the first place... (now breathe)

Can we get THIS thread back on topic now?

[xXSpIDerXx]

It was demonstated early on that the off topic thread was totally pointless as it was entirely on topic by being completly off topic which defeated the whole point of having an off topic thread in the first place... (now breathe)

Can we get THIS thread back on topic now?
It has never gone offtopic. The offtopic thread idea was a suggestion for this forum, so it was ontopic:)

[Sn!perWorm]

{OFFTOPIC-NESS-NESS-NESS}
Today a miracle happened! I was THE ONLY MEMBER ONLINE!!!! Woohoo!!!
When I'm online,don't be surprised if 5 thread on the top have this text:last post by Sn!perWorm:D.And TundraH problems with displaying attachments-I sometimes have similar text when opening threads.Sometimes when I refresh,thread opens,sometimes not.I don't know why.



My suggestions?Pleeeeeeeeeeeeease,make the smiley limit bigger.When I post a looooooooooooooooooong reply in Make-A-Weapon thread and I use smilies,I must edit post few times,because I have too many smilies(I learned to copy my post to clipboard before clicking'Submit Reply' because few times loooooooong post disappeared becuase I used too many smilies and forum doesn't llet you go back...and using"back" button in the explorer makes whole post disappear...).


*selects whole post* *presses CTRL+C*:D

EDIT:Is it possbile to make times shorter in this"administrator has disabled posting before 30 seconds will gone"?Now I waited because I get out from this thread,selected other and tried to post.
SECOND EDIT:Maybe placing images in particular places of the post?It will be useful when you want to say,for example,"This is my previous avatar[image],this in my first[image]"?

[xXSpIDerXx]

EDIT:Is it possbile to make times shorter in this"administrator has disabled posting before 30 seconds will gone"?Now I waited because I get out from this thread,selected other and tried to post.

This prevents users from posting the same message twice because of pushing the Submit reply button several times. It should be left as it is

[tundraH]

Actually, that is protection against spamming in different places rapidly or using a bot to flood the forum. There's a seperate filter which says something like "This post is a duplicate of a post you made in the last 5 minutes". But I agree, both should still be kept.

I disagree with all of Sn!perWorm's ideas.

[xXSpIDerXx]

Well, since i am not a spam bot i always thought that thing is to prevent accidents. At least, it REALLY helps me, because i always have to push the SR button ten thousand times for my browser to send the post....

[Akdor 1154]

Please, please pease please please PLEASE, Sel, put a Quick Reply box down at the bottom of threads! It is an absolute LIFESAVER for us 28.8 kbps users. It doesn't have any buttons, so it loads in about half a second, and since the attatchment options are now on a pop-up window, they wouldn't take up space... *takes a deep breath in*... it is REALLY helpful.
I mean, half the people on this forum use the tags instead of the buttons, so there really is no point having a whole new page for a single reply...

Do others support this idea?

[tundraH]

Yes, I'd agree. It would only need the text area and a submit button though - all other options should be kept to the full reply page in my opinion.

[xXSpIDerXx]

All of the forum regulars know the tags and smiles, so a simple text box at the bottom with only two buttons - reply and attach - would be great. In fact, my "broadband" is so unstable that sometimes I feel like a cheap dial-up user, so it would help me a lot too

[thomasp]

Another vB3 forum I visit has the quick reply enabled.

And to be honest, it is a lifesaver on my 64K connection, because it's one less page to load when I want to post a reply.

If someone wants to add an attachment, then you just reply in the standard way.


I'm pretty sure the quick reply is a standard feature of vB3

[tundraH]

Indeed it is... http://worms.rdmsoft.com/temp/vBqreply.png

The quick reply itself is quite nice - it has a checkbox to quote the post you're replying to, and a "Go Advanced" button which sends you to the normal posting screen. I like it.

[Sn!perWorm]

Yes,that will be great,especially if you don't have time.

And why do you disagree with*all* ideas?And with this between-post time limit,I thought about litle reducing,for example to 25 seconds.If you post 2 short post in a row(but normal,not spams) it is a bit annoying.

[xXSpIDerXx]

It'd be nice if the attachement size limit would be 124 KB, like before the vB2>vB3 upgrade. It's simply impossible to post W:A maps, for example, since even when zipped they are over 100 kb

[UnKnown X]

It was 102 kB in vB2.

But yeah, I'd like an increased attachment limit.

[Wishmaster]

id quite like the quick reply box.

Most other forums have them, and they are used.

[realfoe]

It'd be nice if the attachement size limit would be 124 KB, like before the vB2>vB3 upgrade. It's simply impossible to post W:A maps, for example, since even when zipped they are over 100 kb


The replays have maps and schemes that can be extracted by right clicking them and people post them on this forum.

[AndrewTaylor]

It'd be nice if the attachement size limit would be 124 KB, like before the vB2>vB3 upgrade. It's simply impossible to post W:A maps, for example, since even when zipped they are over 100 kb
I'm willing to bet that most 64-colour GIFs (which is the colour depth W:A will convert them to anyway), zipped up fully, would fit into almost any filesize limit you care to name, especially fairly open maps. (Complex ones like colour roperace maps would take up more space.)

[svenneundulat]

The replays have maps and schemes that can be extracted by right clicking them and people post them on this forum.It would have to be a very long replay if you would be able to get it higher then the size limit here. But then again who would like to see such a long one. The ones that I have saved where never higher then 50 kb's, but maybe I don't play so long round's.

[xXSpIDerXx]

I'm willing to bet that most 64-colour GIFs (which is the colour depth W:A will convert them to anyway), zipped up fully, would fit into almost any filesize limit you care to name, especially fairly open maps. (Complex ones like colour roperace maps would take up more space.)
Gifs work too? I thought that only colour bmps and pngs work...
It seems that i'm waaaaayyy behind civilisation.....

[AndrewTaylor]

I don't know what W:A can read, but GIF is a good lossless compression format for things like W:A maps, and you can convert it to a bitmap using Internet Explorer at the same time as downloading it, so it shouldn't be a major inconvenience.

[Tsunami]

Well, what is, couldn't you just use JPEG?

[Star Worms]

If you import .jpg images then around the edge of the landscape you will get many little pixels. Very annoying. The land will be far far from smooth and how you want it.

[xXSpIDerXx]

Just as a notice:

While staring on the online list for a few minutes i spotted this. How on Earth can i be subscribed to the forum index?

[Sn!perWorm]

Well, what is, couldn't you just use JPEG?
Things which someone said,and,colors may change a bit and background may become not total black...so it won't be a background:p.

Spider,some time ago I also subscribed to the forums,but I dunno how to do it now.

[Star Worms]

Things which someone said,and,colors may change a bit and background may become not total black...so it won't be a background:p.I already said that in my post but I explained what exactly would happen.
Spider,some time ago I also subscribed to the forums,but I dunno how to do it now.I don't think it's possible in this new VB version (by that I mean you probably can but it's not a default setting).

[Madmaxquinn]

I think you'll find what you are looking for under "Forum Tool" for forum subscriptions and "Thread Tools" for thread subscriptions. I think you have to be in the forum/thread you want to subscribe to, to get the options, and I think you need to be logged in too.

[tundraH]

Sel, if you're reading, http://www.team17.co.uk/ points straight to the forum, not sure if it's meant to...

[Star Worms]

hmm - how strange... www.team17.com goes to the right place:-/...

[UnKnown X]

Add [this (http://forums.wtf.com/images/smilies/blahblah.gif)] smily to the forum!

[BetongÅsna]

Add [this (http://forums.wtf.com/images/smilies/blahblah.gif)] smily to the forum!
I second that motion!

[Squirminator2k]

...Why?

And so on and so on and so on.

[BetongÅsna]

...Why?

And so on and so on and so on.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why this thread was doomed from the beginning.

[Johnnynet]

has anyone noticed that half of the users that never turn up except every new moon and they take up lots of bandwith and i think team 17 could send a letter saying that within so much time they will be deleted and and have a site where they can renew thier account.

[tundraH]

Amount of bandwidth taken up by users who never visit = ?

[xXSpIDerXx]

The only thing such users take up is good usernames, because they don't use them, and nobody else can register them. However, the campaign for deletion of old unused accounts failed, so there is no point in starting this up again

[kikumbob]

Add [this (http://forums.wtf.com/images/smilies/blahblah.gif)] smily to the forum! It dosnt match with the other smilies.

[UnKnown X]

What about [this (http://forum.team17.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=16363&stc=1)]?

double post edit:

The only thing such users take up is good usernames, because they don't use them, and nobody else can register them. However, the campaign for deletion of old unused accounts failed, so there is no point in starting this up again
How many times do we have to say this:

OLD, UNUSED USER ACCOUNTS GET DELETED!

[xXSpIDerXx]

They do NOT get deleted - the registered names are still present in the database. Try registering a name which is occupied by a person who joined two-three years ago and didn't even visit the forum after joining. The forum will say that the user with such name exists, despite the fact that his profile and posts do not. Removing such users from the database completely to free up nicknames for new users to take was the actual point of that campaign, if my memory serves me right.

Next time, get your facts right before shouting at someone

[thomasp]

They do NOT get deleted - the registered names are still present in the database. Try registering a name which is occupied by a person who joined two-three years ago and didn't even visit the forum after joining. The forum will say that the user with such name exists, despite the fact that his profile and posts do not. Removing such users from the database completely to free up nicknames for new users to take was the actual point of that campaign, if my memory serves me right.

Next time, get your facts right before shouting at someone

Yes, they did get deleted.

Just before he left, APJ deleted a thousand or so unused accounts where people had been registered for more than a couple of months and had made no posts.


The only way a search does not turn up a result for a user (if you cannot register that name) is if they have been banned. Banned users remain on the database, but their names do not show up in searches, nor can you re-register that name (obviously)

[xXSpIDerXx]

I judge by what is happening while i'm here - and i started visiting this forum when i had probs with W:A just before Christmas. I never seen the member count decrease while i was around, so this leaves me to think that no user deletion has been done during my activity on the forum, and that's over 6 months.

Also, the number of completely inactive users has only increased. Just make a search thru the memberlist with sorting by post count on ascending. A lot of users have registered in a few months after the forum being created and never even visited it after registration, and they are still present in the database. This is my point. These users do not get deleted for over three years now. They and others like them are the ones i speak about, and the ones UX shouts about without knowing

[BetongÅsna]

I judge by what is happening while i'm here - and i started visiting this forum when i had probs with W:A just before Christmas. I never seen the member count decrease while i was around, so this leaves me to think that no user deletion has been done during my activity on the forum, and that's over 6 months.

Also, the number of completely inactive users has only increased. Just make a search thru the memberlist with sorting by post count on ascending. A lot of users have registered in a few months after the forum being created and never even visited it after registration, and they are still present in the database. This is my point. These users do not get deleted for over three years now. They and others like them are the ones i speak about, and the ones UX shouts about without knowing
What, so Sel should spend the best part of an hour of his time deleting a load of old users, just because SpIDer without the Xs was taken?

[xXSpIDerXx]

I don't care a bit that the account name i wanted to register first was taken. I'm not that newbish

I wasn't the one who originally started complaining about good usernames being occupied. I'm just supporting the idea

[Swed Simon]

Offcourse it would be great for the most, no doubt. The question is how much we will care trying to convince Sel.

[Squirminator2k]

The problem with that particularly nasty idea is that more often than not people will register to the forum to post about a technical problem with a game, and once they get the answeer they don't usually stick around. Well what happens if that person has another problem? Or if he wants to reply to a different thread, or become part of the communtiy somewhere down the line? If they come back to log in after Worms Forts goes all purple on them for No Apparent Reason, how will they react to find the username they were using now 6 to 8 months ago no longer functions?

And what about people who "dip" in and out of the forum, such as RastaMahata who usually materialises every now and then to make a few posts and then dissappears? If their accounts are deleted they may never come back - which is a shame especially in Rasta's case, as he's one of those group who actually make sense and is worth having around.

[Swed Simon]

The problem with that particularly nasty idea is that more often than not people will register to the forum to post about a technical problem with a game, and once they get the answeer they don't usually stick around. Well what happens if that person has another problem? Or if he wants to reply to a different thread, or become part of the communtiy somewhere down the line? If they come back to log in after Worms Forts goes all purple on them for No Apparent Reason, how will they react to find the username they were using now 6 to 8 months ago no longer functions?

And what about people who "dip" in and out of the forum, such as RastaMahata who usually materialises every now and then to make a few posts and then dissappears? If their accounts are deleted they may never come back - which is a shame especially in Rasta's case, as he's one of those group who actually make sense and is worth having around.
Support technical could be an open room for guests then. That would sault many problems without people taking good names, and we didn't haft to remove accounts either.

[thomasp]

Support technical could be an open room for guests then. That would sault many problems without people taking good names, and we didn't haft to remove accounts either.

And think of the amount of abuse that would get? If someone is banned from the rest of the forum, they would go to the support boards and flood the place with useless spam, and the only way they could be stopped is to restrict posting to registered members.

[UnKnown X]

When you get banned you get IP banned, so you can't flood as a guest.

[xXSpIDerXx]

What if the person is on a dynamic IP or just uses a proxy? :p You can't ban his ISP's IP range, since it'll ban some completely unrelated to spamming people aswell

double post edit:

The problem with that particularly nasty idea is that more often than not people will register to the forum to post about a technical problem with a game, and once they get the answeer they don't usually stick around. Well what happens if that person has another problem? Or if he wants to reply to a different thread, or become part of the communtiy somewhere down the line? If they come back to log in after Worms Forts goes all purple on them for No Apparent Reason, how will they react to find the username they were using now 6 to 8 months ago no longer functions?

And what about people who "dip" in and out of the forum, such as RastaMahata who usually materialises every now and then to make a few posts and then dissappears? If their accounts are deleted they may never come back - which is a shame especially in Rasta's case, as he's one of those group who actually make sense and is worth having around.
We were talking about people who haven't logged in in a while and have less than 10 posts. RastaMahata logs in at least once a month, and he has over 180 posts....

[MrBunsy]

there are somne people who madea acounts for a bug in, say, WA made a few posts, and didn't came back until a bug in, say, worms 3D. The account is ussed not very oftent and has few posts, but they still expect their account to still be there if they ever have any more questions/problems with other worms

[realfoe]

Could the forum be made so that some threads can be accessed through both wa and wwp part of the forum, so say if the poster wishes the link to the thread appears in both wa and wwp.

[UnKnown X]

Could some of the experienced forum hackers in T17 add a hack enabling two websites in the profile? I was kind enough to make a picture of what I mean!

[Paul.Power]

Further to my post in some thread or other, I still think a forum for introductions and the like as a subforum of OO (with post count turned off) would clear a bit of space in OO, and might stop random introduction threads popping up all over the place. It might also give some of our new users a proper chance to introduce themselves without coming over like... welll, y'know.

[Swed Simon]

Further to my post in some thread or other, I still think a forum for introductions and the like as a subforum of OO (with post count turned off) would clear a bit of space in OO, and might stop random introduction threads popping up all over the place. It might also give some of our new users a proper chance to introduce themselves without coming over like... welll, y'know.
Or they can just say that they're females, then they will get three pages of:

Hello (name) and welcome to the forum, it's allways nice to see newcomers :) If you wonder anything you can always feel free to ask me :) Very nice avatar you got there btw ;) I'll give you my phonenumber over PM

If they now have to admit that they're are males, however, then I fear for there physical and mental health unless we give them a special board for introductions.

[Run]

Somebody's probably already said it, but that doesn't work for me on Firefox anyway. Holding the cursor over the username doesn't produce a box, I have to click on it to get it. But doing that takes me to their profile!

Not that it bothers me, but there we go.

[Paul.Power]

Somebody's probably already said it, but that doesn't work for me on Firefox anyway. Holding the cursor over the username doesn't produce a box, I have to click on it to get it. But doing that takes me to their profile!

Not that it bothers me, but there we go.That's odd, it works okay for me, and I have Firefox. Make sure you left click (rather than middle click) the name, and then middle click the thing you want to go to.

[SargeMcCluck]

Run - Wait for the page to actually finish loading totally (all the images and everything - Once it's actually totally loaded), and THEN if you left click the username you shall get the box.

[thomasp]

Nintendo: I think you may be following your friend. if you're going to flame someone, don't flame the webmaster

*Offending posts removed*

Also, people only get banned if they badly spam (I mean very badly), badly flame a mod/admin/Team17 staff, or if they try to evade a Being Watched status by registering one or more new accounts.

[SargeMcCluck]

Nintendo: I think you may be following your friend. if you're going to flame someone, don't flame the webmaster

*Offending posts removed*

Also, people only get banned if they badly spam (I mean very badly), badly flame a mod/admin/Team17 staff, or if they try to evade a Being Watched status by registering one or more new accounts.

Could you restore my post and remove the bit to Nintendo? I had a comment to Run that was actually useful and not flaming in any way as part of my post.

Cheers :)

[thomasp]

Could you restore my post and remove the bit to Nintendo? I had a comment to Run that was actually useful and not flaming in any way as part of my post.

Cheers :)

Done :) I forgot to edit your post at first, I instead deleted it :o

[SargeMcCluck]

Done :) I forgot to edit your post at first, I instead deleted it :o

I assumed that was it - I assumed you just did a mass post delete and ticked all the posts talking to/by Nintendo. Which is fair enough.

Cheers for restoring it. :)

[Slick]

Im not reading through 22 pages...soooo Im just going to say it.
We should add...get this...WORM smilies to our awesome collection we already have...or just replace them.
But it would sad to get rid of the :p and the :-/ and the :rolleyes: ones.The other ones can go die for all i care.

yeah...just throwing this out there.

[pinoocho]

Im not reading through 22 pages...soooo Im just going to say it.
We should add...get this...WORM smilies to our awesome collection we already have...or just replace them.
But it would sad to get rid of the :p and the :-/ and the :rolleyes: ones.The other ones can go die for all i care.

yeah...just throwing this out there.
Yeah, I agree, that be should have worms smilies in a worm forum :rolleyes: . Or at least more smilies. It would be cool.

[Johnnynet]

ain't quite possible I think Sel wants to save bandwith.. unless I'm wrong...

[Cyclaws]

ain't quite possible I think Sel wants to save bandwith.. unless I'm wrong...
Uploading more smilies or chaning the ones we have won't do anything to the bandwidth levels.

[Johnnynet]

well memory actually.. because there is only a certain amount on how you can get....

[pinoocho]

well memory actually.. because there is only a certain amount on how you can get....
I think, that that wouldnt be a problem too. Its taking a smilie and making it a worm smilie. It will be like replaicing, nothing in the memory and the bandwith will change.

[Johnnynet]

meh, I still think it'll take memory

[Cyclaws]

meh, I still think it'll take memory
It'll take so little memory that it would be hardly noticable.

[yappydog]

I expect that the thread-generator they have running won't allow Team 17 (or won't easily allow Team 17) to edit the smilies. I expect they're a set package: ON or OFF, but not customisable.
I could be wrong, though.

[Cyclaws]

I expect that the thread-generator they have running won't allow Team 17 (or won't easily allow Team 17) to edit the smilies. I expect they're a set package: ON or OFF, but not customisable.
I could be wrong, though.
VB forums do allow the changing of smilies to the preference of the owner.

[Squirminator2k]

Drop the "Worms 3D Demo 2" and "WF:US Demo" forums, as they are now pretty much pointless.

[thomasp]

Drop the "Worms 3D Demo 2" and "WF:US Demo" forums, as they are now pretty much pointless.

Or, rather than dump them, move them into the W3D Game and WFUS Game forums as subforums - that'd save a bit of space on the front page as well, and make way for Worms4 support forums.

[Cisken1]

This probably has been said about a billion times but I'm too lazy to search trough the whole topic:

Worms smileys, they are pretty easy to make if you ask me...

[pinoocho]

It has been already discussed. Just go to the page 22 of this thread :p (I want them too)

[Cyclaws]

It has been already discussed. Just go to the page 22 of this thread :p (I want them too)
Page 22? To me, this thread only has 17 pages. It's hard to tell people what page to go to, because people have different settings chosen. I suggest you link to the post you mean.

[pinoocho]

Page 22? To me, this thread only has 17 pages. It's hard to tell people what page to go to, because people have different settings chosen. I suggest you link to the post you mean.
OK. We are now in the page 23. He needs to go to the page 22 :p . Whatever. Here is the POST (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=398762&postcount=651). Post 651 in this thread.

[Cisken1]

This probably has been said about a billion times but I'm too lazy to search trough the whole topic:

:rolleyes:

Someone voulenteering to make them?

[cips]

My Suggestion

I think post counter would be cool!

[philby4000]

Trust me, that's never going to happen again. :p

And Cyclaws, there's a little box at the top labeled "search this thread"

[Cyclaws]

And Cyclaws, there's a little box at the top labeled "search this thread"
Yes, I've seen and used it. What about it, though?

It's useful for people to know that they can't always direct people to a page.

[cips]

Trust me, that's never going to happen again. :p


Why ''that's never going to happen again. :p '' ?
And ''again''?

[thomasp]

Why ''that's never going to happen again. :p '' ?
And ''again''?

Sel removed the post counts for a reason (have a look through the News and Announcements forums), and unless a new webmaster takes over (which is quite unlikely in the forseeable future), Sel won't go back on his decision.

[Xinos]

I know it's been mentioned before, but I really want IMG tags.

1. They don't kill this sites bandwidth because they load from another site.

2. Your not stuck with the size and quality reduction, as you are with attachments.

3. Slow loadtime for images is a really really poor excuse against this, since that stopped being an issue about 6 years ago.

4. Spaming does not need to be tollerated.

[Liketyspli]

I know it's been mentioned before, but I really want IMG tags.

1. They don't kill this sites bandwidth because they load from another site.

2. Your not stuck with the size and quality reduction, as you are with attachments.

3. Slow loadtime for images is a really really poor excuse against this, since that stopped being an issue about 6 years ago.

4. Spaming does not need to be tollerated.
i would not mind that only NOT IN SIGNATURES!

[wormthingy]

I know it's been mentioned before, but I really want IMG tags.

1. They don't kill this sites bandwidth because they load from another site.

2. Your not stuck with the size and quality reduction, as you are with attachments.

3. Slow loadtime for images is a really really poor excuse against this, since that stopped being an issue about 6 years ago.

4. Spaming does not need to be tollerated.
there are still "people" out there with a dialup modem *shrug* :(
so...


let's take out the shotguns!

[Sel]

I know it's been mentioned before, but I really want IMG tags.

1. They don't kill this sites bandwidth because they load from another site.

2. Your not stuck with the size and quality reduction, as you are with attachments.

3. Slow loadtime for images is a really really poor excuse against this, since that stopped being an issue about 6 years ago.

4. Spaming does not need to be tollerated.
I was thinking about this last week and nearly enabled IMG tags, I decided to hold fire for now though.

vBulletin 3.6 is coming out soon, so I may give the IMG tag a go when I upgrade the forum and see how things go.
i would not mind that only NOT IN SIGNATURES!
Don't worry, sigs will be staying as they are! ;)

[bonz]

Don't worry, sigs will be staying as they are! ;)
I wouldn't mind reducing the signature length even further.
To a single line.

[wormthingy]

I wouldn't mind reducing the signature length even further.
To a single line.
OOH! you evil person!

[thomasp]

I wouldn't mind reducing the signature length even further.
To a single line.
5 lines is reasonable, I think :) I can probably cut mine down further :D


Also, for those interested in vB3.6 development, see this thread on the vBulletin forums: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=186803 - it lists some of the new changes (mainly admin features though), but there are some useful user-features, like multi-quoting, where you can quote more than one user in a post.

Some things hopefully won't be implemented here, like the signature image and the improved reputation system (already a feature in vB3.5) - while reputation may be a nice feature to have, it would bring back more problems of elitism. I also like the look of the infraction/warning system :evil smilie:

The PM Quota warning thingy could also be useful...

[wormthingy]

nice-ness!

[evilworm2]

Since the [color]-tag has been disabled, it would be nice if one could choose his/her preferred [highlight]-tag color. I don`t like the red one.

[philby4000]

Personaly I think the higlight tag should be removed entirely.

We've got bold, italic and underline for emphasis, red text is uneccisary.

Plus when I see it I imediately wonder when I searched for the highlited word.:p

[HellStrike]

We should have a forum games section. Everyone loves forum games! :p

[thomasp]

We should have a forum games section. Everyone loves forum games! :p
There's quite a good reason we don't have one - because they're so hard to control and keep on top of spam-wise.

If you want to play forum games, I'm sure there are plenty of forums out there on the interweb that are specially dedicated to that purpose. Or, failing that, create your own forum. :)

[HellStrike]

There's quite a good reason we don't have one - because they're so hard to control and keep on top of spam-wise.

If you want to play forum games, I'm sure there are plenty of forums out there on the interweb that are specially dedicated to that purpose. Or, failing that, create your own forum. :)

Well i would create my own forum but last time i tried i failed horribly.

[SupSuper]

Tried www.invisionfree.com ?

We should have a forum games section. Everyone loves forum games! :pYes, the mods would love to play the "Who gets to lock this first?" game.

[Vader]

I have a suggestion.

It would be nice if the Team17 logo at the top of the page took you back to the root of the forum. It looks like a nice big button as it is :)

[Sel]

I have a suggestion.

It would be nice if the Team17 logo at the top of the page took you back to the root of the forum. It looks like a nice big button as it is :)
Added this, click away! :)

[Vader]

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

That's much better :)

[Cyclaws]

Added this, click away! :)

Nice one.

(That avatar's great.)

[Sel]

Nice one.

(That avatar's great.)
Cheers, created by Vader.

[Liketyspli]

ohhhhhhhh.... big shiny button....

good idea Vader.

[WormOfFire]

Hmm...i'd like a bit more emoticons.

[WormOfFire]

Sorry for double posting,but i'm uploading more...

[Plasma]

Why do half of them have a chin, and the other half doesn't?

[Liketyspli]

well, if we would have worms emoticons then it arent gonna be yours, i guess it will be the worms 2 worms then...

[Slick]

To tell you the truth, I would rather keep the good ol' smileys.
:p :mad: :-/ :confused: Are way to awesome to get rid of.

[Plasma]

Hmm...i'd like a bit more emoticons.
You do know that you don't have to have them in that smiley list to use them, right?

[Sel]

Hmm...i'd like a bit more emoticons.
I won't be adding any more, but you can just use the tag to display your own...

[IMG]http://wormsarmageddon.team17.com/images/guides/weap_aqua.gif

[WormOfFire]

Why do half of them have a chin, and the other half doesn't?

Changed the style...

well, if we would have worms emoticons then it arent gonna be yours, i guess it will be the worms 2 worms then...

I know that...just made examples

You do know that you don't have to have them in that smiley list to use them, right?

Know that too...http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/6123/meh6oo7.png (http://imageshack.us)

[KamikazeBananze]

Hey WoF: Those are pretty good. But why are they staring to the right?

[WormOfFire]

Hey WoF: Those are pretty good. But why are they staring to the right?

Where should they stare?http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/6968/meh2vj5.png (http://imageshack.us)

[BuffaloKid]

You should also change the background colour to suit one of the forum styles.

[thomasp]

You should also change the background colour to suit one of the forum styles.
Or even better, make it transparent to suit all of the forum styles. Really stands out on the Retro style...

[evilworm2]

The [code] tag should automatically include the [noparse] tag.

[Star Worms]

I agree but we have no webmaster at the moment.

[KamikazeBananze]

Where should they stare?http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/6968/meh2vj5.png (http://imageshack.us)

I MEANT why are they all facing right? Any particular reason?

Left-handers might get offended. As would left-wing politicians.

I think. I'm trying to justify myself for an aesthetic question.

[Xinos]

As long as they arn't facing away it shouldn't matter :p

[philby4000]

If we were to have worms emotocons, wouldn't it make sence to have the sprites from worms2/armaggedon/worldparty?

You know, rather than the monstrosities on show here.

[Star Worms]

If we were to have worms emotocons, wouldn't it make sence to have the sprites from worms2/armaggedon/worldparty?

You know, rather than the monstrosities on show here.You fail to see WOF's attempt to make something so he can say to all his friends "I made the T17 forum emoticons, I rock!".

[bonz]

If we were to have worms emotocons, wouldn't it make sence to have the sprites from worms2/armaggedon/worldparty?
Because T17 made many more games without worms in them.

[Star Worms]

Because T17 made many more games without worms in them.
If we were to have worms emotocons, wouldn't it make sence to have the sprites from worms2/armaggedon/worldparty?:-/ .

[bonz]

:-/ .
Because you feel ambivalent.

[wormthingy]

*Points up to sels post*
http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=527580&postcount=699
28772
A.K.A we can us the img tag for our costum emotes,
oooh, we could make emote packs and stuff and .....
that'd be so cool 28771

[xWaZaxViCe]

Hi! , Can I create a Hispanic W:A and WWP Thread???

[Preasure]

Hi! , Can I create a Hispanic W:A and WWP Thread???
Yes, in the International section.

[Run]

Is it just me or is the "New Posts" button broken? When I click it, firefox asks me to download search.php, and if I choose to open that file in firefox, it presents a page of jibberish.

It works in IE though, so I reckon it's firefox's fault. I recently upgraded to version 2, but that was a while ago and the search button still worked immediately after.

Anyway I'm just wondering if anyone else has a similar problem.

[bonz]

Is it just me or is the "New Posts" button broken? When I click it, firefox asks me to download search.php, and if I choose to open that file in firefox, it presents a page of jibberish.

It works in IE though, so I reckon it's firefox's fault. I recently upgraded to version 2, but that was a while ago and the search button still worked immediately after.

Anyway I'm just wondering if anyone else has a similar problem.
Works fine for me in FF2.0.

[Run]

Odd. Maybe it's an addon i installed. Well no matter, I can live without it for the time being.

[bonz]

Maybe it's an addon i installed.
Addons I have installed:

Click2Tab 0.9.7
Extended status bar 1.2.5
Image Shack toolbar 1.0.0.26
Open Box 0.3.3
Show IP 0.8.05
Tab Clicking Options 0.6.8
Tabbrowser Preferences 1.3.0

Plus the theme minifoxflat 0.3.4.

[Apocalypse]

Poor me is still stuck with FF1.0.6

Btw, if you want to save up space, check the list of "registered, but 0 posts" list... It's endless >_<
People who don't post within x months, should be removed. If they want to look something up, they should re-register.

Please bring back the "guest" mode back, people can check out, but not post in the forums. Saves space and keeps the place clean. :)

[KamikazeBananze]

I agree. Dispose of anyone who doesn't make a post within six months.

If they have over... 10 posts, then they can hang around. However, if they have posts <= 9 and don't make another within 6 months, BALEET!

[Preasure]

Make it inactive (not logging on) for 6 months, and with an email that asks if they want it deleting. If they say no - leave it. If they don't reply within a set time, they're gone.

[Apocalypse]

"Inactive" sounds good.. now for the hard bit: When is this "rule-to-be" activated? And if there are already people who haven't logged in for 6 months. Would they get an immediate e-mail, or after another 6 months?

How do the stand-in webmaster(s) look at this?

[Star Worms]

As far as I know, there is no stand in webmaster. All that needs to be done is update the news on their site, they have their proper job to do. This isn't important.

[wormthingy]

As far as I know, there is no stand in webmaster. All that needs to be done is update the news on their site, they have their proper job to do. This isn't important.

sel did say that the mods would pass webmaster stuff on to the appropiate person :-/

[thomasp]

Yes, but that person doesn't have the time to go deleting thousands of user accounts for very little gain in available storage space. Yes, I am aware that vB would do it automatically, but you still need to tell vB what to delete.

Also, it would cause havoc deleting users who have already posted - either their posts would get removed (which would screw up thread continuity - even for archival purposes), or they would all be set to "guest", so a lot of early threads would have nothing but guest users contributing.

More effort than it's worth, I think

[Apocalypse]

Then remove only the people who didn't log in for 6 months, never posted, (so there's no break in continueum (sp?) of the forums) and.... routinely remove those people...:confused:

[Star Worms]

Then remove only the people who didn't log in for 6 months, never posted, (so there's no break in continueum (sp?) of the forums) and.... routinely remove those people...:confused:And who do you expect to do this? Just because there's someone updating the website every now and then, it doesn't mean they have to do things like this - they have their own job to do. What is the harm in there being so many 0 post people? Clearly it's not slowing down the website. It's just a complete waste of time.

[SupSuper]

Personally, I wish they would do it just so we'd stop getting the same old suggestion over and over and over ever since the forum started. :mad:

[Apocalypse]

new suggestion:
Remove attachment ability. :eek:

Why? Those pics take up MORE space than users with 0 posts. If people want to show pictures, they can use ImageShack for free. :)

[Plasma]

new suggestion:
Remove attachment ability. :eek:

Why? Those pics take up MORE space than users with 0 posts. If people want to show pictures, they can use ImageShack for free. :)
What's the difference between usign an attachment pic and using the IMG tag?

[wormthingy]

new suggestion:
Remove attachment ability. :eek:

Why? Those pics take up MORE space than users with 0 posts. If people want to show pictures, they can use ImageShack for free. :)

what do you mean, removing the abillity to have attachments OR removing attachments from a post.. if its the second one :
its already on the forum.. when you're in advanced view theres a paperclip icon, you can remove/add attachments using the dialog that pops-up

What's the difference between usign an attachment pic and using the IMG tag?

attachment :
on the team17 server --> takes up space.
maximum size 486x468 100kb.

img tag:
on what ever server you want --> does not take T17 server bytes, that we oh-so greatly need
maximum size = none

[thomasp]

new suggestion:
Remove attachment ability. :eek:

Why? Those pics take up MORE space than users with 0 posts. If people want to show pictures, they can use ImageShack for free. :)
Then how would you attach ZIPs, WAGames, etc, etc, etc?

Leave the attachment system as it is - too much of a kerfuffle to remove it.

[Star Worms]

Is there a problem loading anything on the Team17 website? No.
Is there anyone to change anything on the forum at the moment? No.

It's completely tactless to suggest something when there's no-one to do it, when there's no problem with space on the Team17 server. Attachments are valuable - it's not as easy to upload a zip or wagame file. They don't take up much space. They are deleted every 6 months or so. Why have you suddenly decided that Team17 needs to get rid of stuff to free up some space? They have plenty - it's been like that since the hype over W3D.

[bonz]

Hell no! :eek:
I have attached my screenshots of Kenny-pår-ett-rep on the T17 forum to always have it handy if some wanna-be Worms fan gets cheeky.

[Liketyspli]

You can just upload them to Photobucket or something!?

[wormthingy]

Is there a problem loading anything on the Team17 website? No.
Is there anyone to change anything on the forum at the moment? No.

It's completely tactless to suggest something when there's no-one to do it, when there's no problem with space on the Team17 server. Attachments are valuable - it's not as easy to upload a zip or wagame file. They don't take up much space. They are deleted every 6 months or so. Why have you suddenly decided that Team17 needs to get rid of stuff to free up some space? They have plenty - it's been like that since the hype over W3D.

*sigh* there IS an administrator..
volcadmin, if you've read sel's message he said that the mods would pass all admin related stuff on to the right person.
http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=542647&postcount=4

[thomasp]

*sigh* there IS an administrator..
volcadmin, if you've read sel's message he said that the mods would pass all admin related stuff on to the right person.
http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=542647&postcount=4
But volc isn't a webmaster - he's a network administrator and has quite a lot on his plate keeping the servers, etc, up and running.

Unlike Sel, volcadmin isn't specifically in charge of the forum, as far as I'm aware, so he doesn't spend as much time on it.


The only thing that's wrong with the attachment system is when people fill it up with useless attachments when [IMG] code would suffice

*looks towards the fanart forum suspiciously...*

[Star Worms]

*sigh* there IS an administrator..
volcadmin, if you've read sel's message he said that the mods would pass all admin related stuff on to the right person.
http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=542647&postcount=4volcadmin isn't supposed to run the forum (I presume), and he especially isn't meant to add unnecessary changes to the forum. Everyone in a company has their own job. That's how companies work. Volcadmin isn't a webmaster. Webmasters do all the editing of the website stuff. Team17 has no webmaster at the moment. I presume what volcadmin is doing is editing any news on the main site and just generally keeping an eye on things that Sel would do rather than taking on Sel's old job as well as his existing one, which just wouldn't work in terms of the workload - that would be why they are 2 separate jobs rather than 1. Obviously though I don't know how Team17 runs it or anything but as Sel isn't here and as he was the only webmaster, it's not the right time to ask for features to add to the forum.

[wormthingy]

new suggestion:

could we have the "custom status"-function back?

[thomasp]

new suggestion:

could we have the "custom status"-function back?
Too much like hard work for the non-webmaster forum admin.

Anyway, I think this place is nicer without them :)

[Liketyspli]

But if you just cant attach images, you still can attach Zips and stuff, but no images. i think it would save lots o space. Oh and people can upload stuff to www.savefile.com and that kind of sites cant they?

[philby4000]

I sugest a Webmaster.

[kikumbob]

We already have one...

[Plasma]

I say we keep the image attachment ability. I find it a good way to get to important posts in the forum via the User CP. Especially for the sigworm topic.

[thomasp]

We already have one...
Not really. Or at least not a permanent webmaster like Sel was.

I say we just leave the forum as it is. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"

[Plasma]

I say we just leave the forum as it is. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"
Well, considering how many of us are engeneering-type people, It's:
"If it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet."

[Star Worms]

But if you just cant attach images, you still can attach Zips and stuff, but no images. i think it would save lots o space. Oh and people can upload stuff to www.savefile.com and that kind of sites cant they?Why is it suddenly important to save on space? Attachments are deleted every 6 months and there's no problem at all with loading the Team17 websites.

[Apocalypse]

Why is it suddenly important to save on space? Attachments are deleted every 6 months and there's no problem at all with loading the Team17 websites.*ahemtwentycoughkbhmhmmavscoughcough* :p

[Star Worms]

*ahemtwentycoughkbhmhmmavscoughcough* :p

What is that supposed to mean in English?

[kikumbob]

It means he appears to have a problem with the fact that you can only upload avs with a maximum of twenty kb and its highly possible that he is routing for a higher size limit.

I think the limit is fine. It was already upgraded from 10kb a year or so ago.

[Plasma]

It means he appears to have a problem with the fact that you can only upload avs with a maximum of twenty kb and its highly possible that he is routing for a higher size limit.

I think the limit is fine. It was already upgraded from 10kb a year or so ago.
Wow, you HAVE been gone a long time while Apoc was away!
:pv

[kikumbob]

Oh. Please do enlighten me.

EDIT: Thinking the last few posts through logically, it appears that we still have the same upload limit and only the aspect size of the avs have changed. This means that Apoc wants the size to be upgraded to the 20kb.

How many stars do I get?

[MrBunsy]

Well, considering how many of us are engeneering-type people, It's:
"If it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet."Hah! I'll remember that one.

[Star Worms]

Might as well post this before I forget:

tags to do superscript text
tags to do subscript text

[Apocalypse]

When do you need those? It's not like we post formulas every day..

[Paul.Power]

I say we keep the image attachment ability. I find it a good way to get to important posts in the forum via the User CP. Especially for the sigworm topic.And personally I like it because it means I don't have to fiddle around with ImageShack to do stuff.

That and I can attach MIDIs.

[bonz]

And personally I like it because it means I don't have to fiddle around with ImageShack to do stuff.
The ImageShack toolbar (for FF2 too) is a bliss.

[Paul.Power]

The ImageShack toolbar (for FF2 too) is a bliss.Yes, but if I put on all the toolbars that everyone recommends, I won't have any room left for actually seeing webpages.

Besides, the server here tends to be more reliable than ImageShack's...

[bonz]

Yes, but if I put on all the toolbars that everyone recommends, I won't have any room left for actually seeing webpages.
That's why I use the miniFoxFlat skin, which reduces all buttons and borders to a minimum.
Besides, the server here tends to be more reliable than ImageShack's...
That's true.

[pieman280]

How about a section made for just random conversations were people can talk about sports, things they did today, and... well... anything I'd love to visit that section

[GrimOswald]

How about a section made for just random conversations were people can talk about sports, things they did today, and... well... anything I'd love to visit that section

It's called Online Orgy. :p

EDIT: Wait, I just realized I'm telling you to treat this place like MSN. Please don't. Treat MSN like MSN. :p

[FutureWorm]

How about a section made for just random conversations were people can talk about sports, things they did today, and... well... anything I'd love to visit that section
There used to be an "Open Discussion" forum back in the old days, but Team17 got rid of it in like 2002 or something. They haven't brought it back, and it's unlikely they'll do so. OO has mostly taken its place anyway.

[thomasp]

How about a section made for just random conversations were people can talk about sports, things they did today, and... well... anything I'd love to visit that section
As Team17 have to pay the bandwidth and server bills for the forum, it's their say as to what goes on here. And, as Futureworm mentioned above, as the community has grown, they felt it was better to just have everything on here sort of related to T17 stuff. Probably best to create your own forum for that, or to find another one using that wonderful resource known as Google.

[pieman280]

I just had another idea, how about... PRIVATE THREADS! (as if that will ever happen) it's were you get an option to make a thread were only certain people, that you would select ,can see and post in that thread. it's like a PM but you can talk to multiple people.

Now you may be thinking "Did pieman's head just explode with stupidity" well think of it like this: if we had private threads we could have less flaming because the thread creator could leave out people that make him/her mad. just think about it.

Now this could be either a good idea or I could just be going insane:p

[Squirminator2k]

Or, the thread creator could just ignore people he doesn't like. A feature like that, some kind of Ignore functionality with a list of people you oculd ignore, would probably be great.

[thomasp]

I just had another idea, how about... PRIVATE THREADS! (as if that will ever happen) it's were you get an option to make a thread were only certain people, that you would select ,can see and post in that thread. it's like a PM but you can talk to multiple people.

Now you may be thinking "Did pieman's head just explode with stupidity" well think of it like this: if we had private threads we could have less flaming because the thread creator could leave out people that make him/her mad. just think about it.

Now this could be either a good idea or I could just be going insane:p
Yes, you create your own forum and only invite those who you want to invite.


Not really possible on vBulletin though.

[SomePerson]

Can we please make it an offense to say "omg im gonna put some art in this thread" in fanart? There's no reason to announce that you're going to submit something - tell us when you actually make it... It kind of goes with the "don't post a thread without art in the first post" in my opinion...

[AndrewTaylor]

Can we please make it an offense to say "omg im gonna put some art in this thread" in fanart? There's no reason to announce that you're going to submit something - tell us when you actually make it... It kind of goes with the "don't post a thread without art in the first post" in my opinion...

I'd considered that, but not in time to include it. It's like a kind of replying version of no-art-in-first-post, isn't it? What do people think?

Also I'd wondered about the backseat modding thing. I don't like people posting "this breaks the rules" all over the place because I'd like to use discretion and not just blindly apply mechanical rules to the forum, and having people pointing these things out where everyone can see them makes that hard, as well as generally generating a lot of useless replies, often overpowering the thread. But then, it also makes it seem a bit like I just don't want a papertrail of public posts everywhere pointing out where I do and do not choose to moderate.

Not that it makes much difference, since lately I've found myself infracting threads without deleting them, or deleting posts without infracting them, so really nobody can see what we do either way.

[Plasma]

It's like a kind of replying version of no-art-in-first-post, isn't it?
Speaking of which, I do wish you'd make that part of the rules more noticable. I've noticed it doesn't get as much attention as it should.

[tal05]

How about a little notification box in your control panel that tells you how many infraction points you need to be banned or "being watched" and if your already "being watched" a notification box telling you when you will be a normal member again, because the expiry date for some infractions aren't always the end dates of the "being watched" status.

[thomasp]

How about a little notification box in your control panel that tells you how many infraction points you need to be banned or "being watched" and if your already "being watched" a notification box telling you when you will be a normal member again, because the expiry date for some infractions aren't always the end dates of the "being watched" status.

If you view your user profile page ( http://forum.team17.co.uk/member.php?u=66750 for tal05) it shows you when your infraction points expire. And, as I stated in the fanart rules thread, 10 points are needed for a Being watched status and 20 are needed to be banned. It's then just a simple case of working out when your points expire and how many you'll have left at that time - primary school maths. If when your latest infraction expires, you still have 10 points left, you know you'll have to wait for another infraction to expire to remove the BW status.

[tal05]

If you view your user profile page ( http://forum.team17.co.uk/member.php?u=66750 for tal05) it shows you when your infraction points expire. And, as I stated in the fanart rules thread, 10 points are needed for a Being watched status and 20 are needed to be banned. It's then just a simple case of working out when your points expire and how many you'll have left at that time - primary school maths. If when your latest infraction expires, you still have 10 points left, you know you'll have to wait for another infraction to expire to remove the BW status.

ah gotcha

thanks for that

[thomasp]

And before anyone else asks how to find their user profile... go to the top of any forum page, choose "Quick Links", then "My Profile" from that menu.

[MtlAngelus]

Or click on your name:
<------Here, and choose "View Public Profile". :p

[SupSuper]

Or just click on your avatar. :p