[News] Changing the gaming forums

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.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I like the icons, they're quite flashy. Almost seem a LITTLE big though, would it be possible to have the option for a reduced size or even text tag in their place? I thought they'd be in a column the size of thread status row when I first heard the idea.

Oh, and this is a total nitpick, but shouldn't Twilight Princess have the Multi tag since it's on both Gamecube and Wii?

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Originally Posted by Solis

Oh, and this is a total nitpick, but shouldn't Twilight Princess have the Multi tag since it's on both Gamecube and Wii?

Ha, that's an interesting point considering its Nintendo Multiplatform.

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I'm flattered you Blah actually USED my icons. <3

Anyway, here's a couple more for the prefixes I didn't do because I was too busy making Wonderswan and N-Gage icons.







I also cleaned up that Multi-system icon because it looked fucking indecipherable, at least now it has a bit of offset depth to it.



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Originally Posted by Solis

Oh, and this is a total nitpick, but shouldn't Twilight Princess have the Multi tag since it's on both Gamecube and Wii?

Along the same line, the Guilty Gear XX AC thread should also be tagged Multi. Except we're allowing specific console threads for multiplatform titles.

Maybe there should be a clarification or guideline of sorts (if there isn't one already).

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Hmm, maybe we can figure something out. Putting a "multi" on a game that's just on different Nintendo platforms doesn't seem right.

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

And...the controversies with the tagging starts.

Mark it!

Was so easy to just dump them in the general forum before =P

(Ok ok, low blow. I'm just posting this for fun anyway.)

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Unlike you, Guru, I doubt anyone's going to make a big stink about something as small as this. We'll get through it I imagine!

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I just have a suggestion that might make 360 Gamertags, PS3 Network IDs, and Wii Codes easier.

I know that on some other forums that I’ve been to, they have a section in the profile setup where users can enter their ID for each specific console they may have, and it will automatically add them to a list showing everybodys IDs.

While I think that the system that we have in place right now is just fine, I think that it may be easier for whoever may be in charge of gathering each individual members system ID and adding them to the list. It may also even encourage more/new users to sign up who may have missed the designated stickied thread.

I don’t know. Just thought it was a nice little feature that I’ve seen before.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

That sounds interesting. Like an automated usergroup for convenience. I kinda lost track of what your point was though. Like, does someone adding their ID to this thing for each specific console he owns enable them to see the relevant threads or what?

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I think what he's describing is a thread/place where you can see a list of all the people who filled in those "online console codes" things in their profile, which is updated automatically as new people add it to their profile. It sounds like a good idea to me, perhaps there could even be a link to the complete list from the profile page?

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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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Maybe a checkbox for whether you want a link to the GFWiki Friend Code page in your profile? I wouldn't mind having a fast link like that anyway.

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Well, here. I don’t think I explained it very well. I’ll use EvilAvatar as one of the examples where I have seen it:

LOL it's part of the Edit Profile page for BlueBomber at EvAv:


...aaaannnnd The resulting PSN ID page!:


I guess all this really accomplishes is neater/easier organization and maintenance of the Online ID’s for forum members. I think it may also attract more people to share their ID’s as well, especially if they see a section for it when they initially set up their profile. I don’t know how the whole Friend Code thing works for the Wii, as I have yet to see one in a store .

Anyways, it’s still just a suggestion, and I have no idea how hard it would be to actually implement, or if anybody would even want to implement it for that matter.

EDIT:
Yeah. Surasshu pretty much got it. Didn't see that earlier.

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

Originally Posted by AcerBandit

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.

With the DS we do get a code per game (which is super, super lame), but isn't the Wii friend code universal? Then again I've never played an online game on the Wii. For some reason. =D

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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.

I was speaking idiomatically.

What the hell are these friend code things? Don't tell me that it's the code for EACH INDIVIDUAL WII GAME people play!?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

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

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Good God.

Okay, so what's going on here concerning this? Are you trying to figure out a way to have all this information available for viewing and where to put all this info? What else will you do with the codes?

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Originally Posted by Omi-Cron Kenobi

What the hell are these friend code things? Don't tell me that it's the code for EACH INDIVIDUAL WII GAME people play!?

I guess so! I just found that out but! Yeah! This is pretty terrible news!

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You'll have to excuse me for my SHOCK. You see, I'm lucky if I get the chance to play with an N64 in this fucking country. Forget Wii.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

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.

Just wanted to say that the video game forums look a lot better now with the new console specific icons. The old one's were, frankly, crap, so seing that you guys pulled this off in the end makes it all good. Keep up the good work!

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

But yeah Paco's a great graphic designer.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by AcerBandit

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

But yeah Paco's a great graphic designer.

Ok, I just gave you guys a compliment and you get grumpy. Wow.

How ya doing, buddy?