[News] Changing the gaming forums

They're temporary tags, dude. =/

Jam it back in, in the dark.

This is you guys:



There's nowhere I can't reach.

The filters do work. Click on one of the prefixes. They aren't as fully featured as they will be but they do work. Text works just as well as temp icons for the moment. Blah more than likely tests everything in Firefox first but IE will probably work fine once everything is in place. Also, IE sucks yadda yadda.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Tritoch

No no, that's not what I mean about the filters not being ready. Originally I thought it was planned to have the filter tags up at the top to easily click on too, or a way to set custom filters.

IE does suck, but I hate dealing with Firefox.

I'm fairly sure that we'll be having a filter system similar to SA.

Check out their gaming forum and filter system:
http://forums.somethingawful.com/for...php?forumid=44

Originally Posted by Slayer X

Question
So what will happen to the once forum specific Sticky threads? Are these just simply going to get lost, buried amongst all the other threads or what's going to be done?

If they don't apply any more or aren't important then they have been unstickyed or rewritten or planned to be rewritten.

Are there any stickies that you see needing to come back that aren't there? Please tell me.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

It would be Fark and you are retarded and yes I know you're exaggerating.

I was speaking idiomatically.

o guru, so silly

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It would be interesting to have an ignore function. That way any threads that are specifically Sony or Microsoft system tags can be ignored leaving everything else that Guru desires. More than likely we'll have a filtering system like that in addition to the SA-type filter list.

FELIPE NO

I'm going to do this is size 4 bolded Tahoma font so hopefully my point that was made abundantly clear by the PARDON OUR DUST messages we have been giving you guys will be driven into your thick skulls.

1. Icon images are not complete. In the meantime we have a few temporary ones and text. The final icon images will be made by ElectricSheep who will have designed a good amount of them and a general icon template so that we the community can create future icons in the future when we need to or want to.
   
2. The filter system is not complete in the least. Right now we have a make-shift filter system through the prefix icon images and text. That's only a small part. Blah has the final say in how this will work but from what I understand we will also have a SA-style filtering system at the top along with the ability to ignore certain tags or something to that effect.
   
3. The gaming forums are fucking final in what they are and what subforums they will have. We have put weeks of thought into this and run several scenarios by each other and this works the best. With the current layout and final filtering system you will really have nothing to complain about.
   
4. Prefix tags are still not complete. We believe we have gotten most of them that are forum specific. However, the more general tags like Amusing, Interesting, Weird, Scary, etc. haven't been planned out. Visit Fark or Something Awful's public viewable forums to see more of what I'm talking about. The prefix tags are something we really want to make this system strong.
   
5. As you can see by the new Entertainment section Animespot and Media Centre are making the transformation as well. There is room for change in Media Centre for a sports subforum and perhaps a comics subforum but their tags have not been completely planned yet (we are open for suggestions there). What I'm trying to get at is that the gaming forums are only a start. We have an overarching plan to implement the filtering system and change the structure of the forums for the better. The heaviest consolidation in this plan has already been done with the gaming forums. From here we will do some easier consolidation and even the creation of a few new forums. However, until we have the filtering system in place and general tags worked out we will concentrating our efforts to the Entertainment section to give you guys a big taste of things to come. We've already tagged 30 plus pages of old threads. This is hard work and we wouldn't have put so much effort into something that requires such work if we didn't think it was a good solid plan.

So in the meantime PARDON OUR DUST.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

No, it was your imagination, Mikey. Go back to sleep.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Yeah, I hear ya, Blah. Your plate is filled up with real life stuffs in addition to the various filter system crap, new board layout, the frontpage, and any other miscellanious forum junk. Do what you can. I'm just trying to tell these guys to keep their pants on. EVERTHING MUST HAPPEN RIGHT NOW OR I'M NOT HAPPY. WAAAAH. Give Blah and the rest of the crew that is working on this a break is all I'm asking here. We'll listen to some of your suggestions like perhaps how you'd like a sports or comic subforum set up or any additional tags you feel are needed or any generic tags that you think would be good. Try adding to this idea instead of resisting it. I guarantee you'll be having a lot more fun, not to say it's easy or 100% enjoyable because it isn't but it is something to pass the time with and helps the community move forward even if just a bit.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Guru

Tails, your posts would actually mean something if I agreed that this was actually helping anything. But there lies the point of contention.!

Uh, if it's certainly not an unimprovement and it allows us to consolidate forums and allow for better organization than before then what do you call it, Guru? You call that "not helping anything"? I don't even see what you're arguing against anymore, man.

How ya doing, buddy?

Yeah, but I've already said pretty plainly in huge text that we plan to have a feature that allows you to ignore certain tags just like you have an ignore list for users you don't want to see. Bam, no more Microsoft and Sony system tagged threads for Guru if he sets them to ignore. Instead of acknowledging that he still goes on resisting this whole shebang for god-knows what reason. I'm highly confused.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Guru

but i don't like that way of doing things.

do you understand me now?

You liked Mario's Warp Room, right? I ran that place. I should know what it looks like. It had Nintendo DS threads, Nintendo Wii threads, and other misc. Nintendo-related discussion. It generally didn't have any RPG threads in there even if the game was on a Nintendo system so those would be in RPG Forum or sent to RPG Forum.

So yeah, picture Mario's Warp Room but merged with General Videogame Discussion which had multiplatform games (some of these multiplatform games were on a Nintendo system! =D) and some general discussion and little fun crap like guessing screenshots from videogames that could pertain to any videogame system (including Nintendo videogame systems! =D). Plus the benefit of tags to help things to be easily organized and filtered on demand with those icky Microsoft and Sony system tags put on ignore that's pretty much what Mario's Warp Pipe would be like but now with the added benefit of all the fun from General Videogame Discussion.

It would look a good something like this. =)

Spoiler:

Oops! My bad. I forgot to get rid of the PC marked ones too. I didn't exactly specify that I'd be putting them on ignore as well though. Well, I'm too lazy to go back into Dreamweaver and then ImageReady to poop out another image for you, but I'm sure you get the idea. Maybe you'd want PC tagged threads after all. =o

So how does that sound? =)

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Guru

Acer, I know how tags and filters work, and I know they can be formatted to fit my preferred browsing preferences. I just think that it's too much work to change them if I decide sometime that "hey, maybe I want to see what's going on with the PS3."

Making conveniences for your inconvenience is inconvenient. Noted! =D

Originally Posted by Guru

I had a system. I clicked the dropdown menu, select the SonyScape forum, and I was there. I liked the way it was easy before, and I was used to it.

And that's why I'm trying to compromise so that even someone like you who isn't so hot on the initial phase of the idea will like it when it's more fleshed out. How can I do that? I'm trying. I've tried real hard so far! =D

Originally Posted by Guru

I'll get used to filters too, I imagine. I'd be fine with them, actually, if it didn't require me to run a forum search to change things up. That's extra clicking and extra menus to go through, more than I'd like.

That's only the baby steps of the filter system that you are seeing! =D

Originally Posted by Guru

But Blah said he's going to put some buttons up at the top or something to make it fast and easy, and that should be cool enough.

I did mention that before! Several times in fact! =D

Originally Posted by Guru

Maybe if someone didn't come along every so often and throw out some underhanded comment because they're annoyed by my opinion. I'm not even defending my idea anymore, I'm just tired of the other things people are trying to imply about me because we don't see eye to eye.

Opinions are great! Ideas to help us help you are even better! =D

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Yeah, those were made by Paco for the frontpage reviews. They're pretty much temps until we see what Electric Sheep comes up with. The "General" tag is a temp tag made by JazzFlight.

FELIPE NO

While that might work great for 360 and PS3 it's worthless for Wii and DS b/c Nintendo is an idiot at online gaming and we just can't put up Friend Code sections for every game in your profile. Or can we? Still, it seems dumb. I dunno.

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So far it's the same bullshit Friend Code crap for the Wii as well. Pokemon Stadium 47 and Mario Extreme Kick the Ball At Your Face Hey We're All On Fire both use individual Friend Codes. Nintendo is so inept.

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Each individual Wii or DS game that goes online so far, yes.

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See, the huge problem with Friend Codes is you can put them whereever you like but unlike the Microsoft and Sony solutions you really have no way of confirming anyone has you in their list except through external communication or by accident. Actually that's not quite true. The Wii system code has a sort of confirmation to it but no word if Wii game Friend Codes act the same. More than likely they act just like DS Friend Codes. Shitty.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Frankly, they were temp icons because, get this, they were temp icons. =/

But yeah Paco's a great graphic designer.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Yes, because everyone is so demanding. It all has to be perfect the first time. ROAR! >=U

How ya doing, buddy?

They're normal on every machine I've seen them from, Rab. What the hell did you do to your computer to achieve such squished images?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I imagine once things are worked out those that use lite theme won't have images there at all. I'm pretty sure that was the whole point of lite theme. So yeah worry not your little head about those icons, Rab.

FELIPE NO

The point of lite set is to load less of everything and make things more compact. Most people who use lite set also turn off sigs or images as well. It would make sense to turn off icon images but leave text there. The tags are used for the filtering system.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Having a bit of text in the icon image is logical, Rab. We won't be just having icons in the gaming forums. We will eventually be spreading icons throughout the board. A good deal of icons can't speak for themselves or aren't specific enough. It's a lot more than just console and pc pixel art.

Blah just hasn't really worked on the lite set version of the icons I imagine. When he gets around to it they'll be more than likely made to output text. It makes the most sense for lite set. I mean thanks for pointing out that he hasn't gotten around to it and all but no reason to cry foul.

Jam it back in, in the dark.