Regulars

Published on January 1, 2004 By kongit In WinCustomize Talk

There are many regular posters here at the messageboard. At some other sites acknowledgement is given to those based on their number of posts. I don't completely think that an idea like that would carry over correctly here, but I'd like to see something of that nature implemented. Perhaps a new title for those like kona, xaltec or I who frequent the forums, but have not attained the apprentice status. We might not be as helpful as say Yrag or are rooted here like WOM, but we try.

I wouldn't mind except all of the normal titles for a citizen just don't look good with my nick and I'd like to have something in front of my name to make me feel special. I have strange needs.

ps I know I haven't been here as long as a lot of you guys, but I like it here and intend to stay.

Some suggestions are:
"Idiot","Troll","Wincustomite","Boarder","Regular","Killer","Dawg", "Gorilla","Clown","Ugly",...you get the idea, just something to spice up my life.

Comments (Page 5)

Styl-X Design

on Jan 01, 2004

Wom is on 56 K ?? Poor guy...
Styl-X Design his ADSL will be doubled this month, reaching up to 200+ KB/S MUAHAHA

kongit

on Jan 01, 2004

muahahaha my dorm room connection is at 10 megb/s

but now I am at home with a 512 kb/s connection. It seems slow to me.

azdruid

on Jan 01, 2004

My "56K" is more like a 22K. The last thing this site needs is more graphics. IT would look nice, sure, but it would take 10 minutes for me to load the site. Bad.

Woot!

All MSpaint things should be BANNED from WC. So maybe it's POSSIBLE to make a good grraphic in Paint, but do you REALLY want to? After all, you get PAIN when you try to use PAINt.

Woot! I call crazy.

azdruid

on Jan 01, 2004

Sorry. Double-post.
[Message Edited]

qrush

on Jan 01, 2004

Xendre, we're just messing around with the MS Paint crap...and i hope to god no one would submit a skin using it.

azdruid

on Jan 01, 2004

Glad to hear that. Curse your high-speed Internet access, evil beings.

Xendre wants styl to beam him some bandwidth.

qrush

on Jan 01, 2004

Ok, I made this in like 5 mins. (In Photoshop, not MS Paint, nyeh!) Don't laugh.

I realize changing the layout of the message boards would mess up a lot of things. I like the layout for WC Browser, and I really think a forum instead of a message board could destroy that. But anyhows, I do think there should be a more user-oriented community feel to the site, rather than a cold profile that doesn't have a lot of contact info.

So here's my idea. It's prolly not practical, and I'm a stupid n00b, but here it goes anyway.

Well? Is this even possible? Any other ideas?

Styl-X Design

on Jan 01, 2004

it will be 1 MB in 4 secons... uploading will also be much easier

kongit

on Jan 01, 2004

I like how this site is different from most other forums. Think of it as a messageboard instead of a forum. People learn about you from your words, and not a picture or other little things to be more friendly. I personally find this site more friendly than any other. I don't want a major change in the layout. Don't mess with something that isn't broken.

I can't think straight anymore. Sory If my words make no sense

azdruid

on Jan 01, 2004

That's a standard layout that many forums have. It's a good idea, and I particularly like the space for your own little user picture, but if you load a page with 20 posts, that is far too much data for dialup. Forums are the most effective when easy to use and most of all, fast and slick.

WOM

on Jan 01, 2004

Hum.

azdruid

on Jan 01, 2004

Travis is right. Usually I do not abide by the "Dont fix it" rule, but it applies here. A while back T-man experimented with changing around the forums, and we decided we liked the older version better. This is a proven system of messaging, if slightly awkward. It works for me.

qrush

on Jan 01, 2004

Xendre, in my Invision Power Board you can put limits and whatnot on file sizes for avatars, and for pics. There's also member options which you can disable pics so they don't load for you at all.

azdruid

on Jan 01, 2004

DoctorNick, it's a good idea, but the site isn't ready for such a switch. We're stil running on a smaller amount of servers than normal. Redoing the whole message board system would take an incredible amount of time and far too much resources. The current system is fine, and I see no reason why it should be changed. Yes, the avatar feature is neat, but it would still be more code in the forums and would thus slow everything down. A small decrease of speed is not noticable, but log a couple thousand users in and it begins to show.

qrush

on Jan 01, 2004

Well, I'm keepin the idea in the back of my mind then...I was just thinkin of some way to make it a pinch better.

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