View Full Version : [Forums] Suggestions on Improving HHN Forums
Zidane007nl
11-10-2005, 19:35
I need suggestions for you, fellow members, on what should be changed or added. This way I can improve the forums and make it a fine looking community. Just post your ideas and thoughts.
How about a christmas theme for christmas time :D
yeah that would be pretty funny, but how about changing how much gil is earned per post, since alot of the stuff in the RPG is kinda pricey. maybe also a few more skins. the skins are pretty hard to do with limited VB coding experience though
TriggerHappi:D
11-10-2005, 23:23
Ya, I think a new skin would be a really good idea. I don't know about other people, but when I look for a forums site, I tend to register onto the one's with the cool skins, unlike the sites that are plain-looking. And no offense Zid, but this skin's got a lot of white on it. Just a suggestion. A new skin-layer thingy might attract new members.
Increase the max amount of smilies allowed per post.
vBulletin Options -> Message Posting and Editing Options -> Maximum Images Per Post/Signature
It seems like that is set to 4 on this forum, which I feel is too little when quoting and replying to a large post.
The drawback is the fact that this would open up some users having sigs with many images, but this could be handled by staff instead. I mean, issuing warnings and stuff.
Trigani-Maru-Suke
11-10-2005, 23:35
only thing I can think of is allowing html back into the sigs so the little drop down box can be used again.
Hell NO! I know Zidane would never enable HTML again, but to put it this way: Enabling HTML = inviting script kiddies (newbie hackers) in for a nice cup of coffee and admincp cookie access.
And we wouldn't want that, would we.
Trigani-Maru-Suke
11-10-2005, 23:38
no we wouldn't, alright, forget that sugesstion then, no html for sigs ^^
TriggerHappi:D
11-10-2005, 23:41
Uh...maybe. I only understood like, half of that sentence anyway. And I second that images thing. I'm the kind of person that tends to overuse this little guy. --->:D So yeah, I'd kinda' like it fi I could use him more.
He wanted suggestion to make the site more attractive to members though, and I dont see how..increasing gil per post would help that, same with html in sigs..wouldnt actually help. Only thing increasing gil per post would do, is attract n00bs i,e, spammers and stuff
I need suggestions for you, fellow members, on what should be changed or added. This way I can improve the forums and make it a fine looking community. Just post your ideas and thoughts.
where did it say anything about attracting new members? if you have no suggestions of your own, shut up because you made an idiot of your self kaede
where did it say anything about attracting new members? if you have no suggestions of your own, shut up because you made an idiot of your self kaede
He isnt going to do it for the small selection of members that we have now, you moron, jesus get a fricken' life.
He's obviously doing it so that we can attract more new *ACTIVE* members. I'd rather not post a suggestion, then humaliate myself as you did, whoopsie nothing new for you.
Im tired of reading your pathetic, childish posts, get a life.
Trigani-Maru-Suke
11-10-2005, 23:52
no offense arcana but i don't see how she made an idiot of herself since really she did make her suggestion, just on the suggestions that others made. You saying that is making more an idiot of yourself than she did.
its all good if you can attract new members, but even if you do theres no guarantee that they will stick around. the truth of the fact is you probably dont even have half a brain to think up of an idea, so you can go spam your crap somewhere else.
its all good if you can attract new members, but even if you do theres no guarantee that they will stick around. the truth of the fact is you probably dont even have half a brain to think up of an idea, so you can go spam your crap somewhere else.
My suggestion is, getting rid of people like this, the people who hardly ever visit and when they do its either spam or stirring shit up. Arcana, you really need to act your age, you really are just so stupid the only insult you can come out with is insulting someone elses intelligence, when really you dont have any yourself.
My other suggestions? there really isnt anything else to suggest, pretty much the people that do stay here stay here because of the members and cause they know this place better then say newer members. Attracting the more active members like the other square-enix/FF/etc sites get, is basically just making this forum look more like an FF forum that anything else.
sooo, Zidi it looks like the Skins win this round XD
alexanderpas
12-10-2005, 00:34
only thing I can think of is allowing html back into the sigs so the little drop down box can be used again.Hell NO! I know Zidane would never enable HTML again, but to put it this way: Enabling HTML = inviting script kiddies (newbie hackers) in for a nice cup of coffee and admincp cookie access.
And we wouldn't want that, would we.but the thing we can do is making an custom bb-code
And Guess WhatIt Has Been Returned
Trigani-Maru-Suke
12-10-2005, 02:16
awsome-ness :D
TriggerHappi:D
12-10-2005, 02:29
Cool! So I can put one of those in my sig and I can actually fit more than 500 letters?
Trigani-Maru-Suke
12-10-2005, 02:30
i dont' know if you can fit more than 500 letters, but it saves space in your sig
TriggerHappi:D
12-10-2005, 02:31
Allright, can someone tell me how to do that? :D
Trigani-Maru-Suke
12-10-2005, 02:38
http://forums.hellandheavennet.com/misc.php?do=bbcode
Zidane007nl
14-10-2005, 12:43
Thanks alexanderpas for returning that feature. :)
I still need to complete the Forum Rules (the signature rules for example)...
TriggerHappi:D
14-10-2005, 12:52
So the max. number of characters allowed might change? :) Or is that set to stay? :(
Zidane007nl
14-10-2005, 12:56
Thanks alexanderpas for returning that feature. :)
I still need to complete the Forum Rules (the signature rules for example)...
A Chrismas style? Isn't that a little bit too early? I've made one last year for the site, maybe a Christmas forum style this year then.
But what about styles? Should I get paid styles (like from extremepixels.com (http://www.extremepixels.com)) or made one myself (with my lack of vB styling)? Need suggestions on that.
alexanderpas
14-10-2005, 17:50
A Chrismas style? Isn't that a little bit too early? I've made one last year for the site, maybe a Christmas forum style this year then.
But what about styles? Should I get paid styles (like from extremepixels.com (http://www.extremepixels.com)) or made one myself (with my lack of vB styling)? Need suggestions on that.You'll be able to make one yourself, i know that for sure :D;) the only thing that you should be questioning yourself is, will i take the time that is required for it?
Zidane007nl
16-10-2005, 17:13
Thanks, I'll try to make one then. I got holiday this week, so maybe I can spend time making a new style.
What about smilies? I think the default vB smilies need to be replaced by better smilies, but which one?
Tharrick
16-10-2005, 19:00
I quite liked the smilies we had on old HHN. At least :O didn't look sexually relieved:P
TriggerHappi:D
16-10-2005, 20:13
Ya, return the smilies! And bring back the one that dances! :D
Dale Anthony
16-10-2005, 21:11
Yeah...the old smilies had a "I WORK" kinda thing to them...these ones are more...as Tharrick says, sexually relieved? lol.
Yeah I like the old smiles, they were cool and it's rather easy to edit them do so you can add "other" faces like I did and Grae (and someone else too). Like I think it was Grae who made that dancing one - that was awesome, xD. These ones are just.... eh.... too I dunno, but they don't look nice - the others were simply and well yeah nice. And rofl, Tharrick's right, it does kind of look like "sexually relieved" lol.
We should have a smilie making competition...
Orrrrrr we could have a surreal competition, make the most surreal creation you can photograph it (or just save it if its done on the computer) and then just upload it.
TriggerHappi:D
19-10-2005, 03:23
Wait, what do you mean?
Ooo how about we bring back the private rooms for the lads and lasses?
Dale Anthony
19-10-2005, 21:34
Hender! You are a genius...although they were rarely used last time, although...I can imagine there's A LOT we could talk about in the lads room! I agree with Hide, Ziddy. Whatdya say?
Hender! You are a genius...although they were rarely used last time, although...I can imagine there's A LOT we could talk about in the lads room! I agree with Hide, Ziddy. Whatdya say?
Honestly I don't think it would help putting that back up, as even you said it wasn't used much before.
I think the skin idea is good but apart from that the only improvments should be made on the members side, not admin.
(Less spam, more active members and topics)
what about letting us use iFrames in our sigs?
Dr. Aeyze
20-10-2005, 17:44
Ooo how about we bring back the private rooms for the lads and lasses?
Wouldn't count on those coming back. I hated them. -_-;; So much more hastle then they were worth and nobody ever used them.
allowing html in our sigs would be nice, give us a bit more freedom.
allowing html in our sigs would be nice, give us a bit more freedom.
But thats already been said and apparently it be bad.
Originally Posted by NeoRevan
Hell NO! I know Zidane would never enable HTML again, but to put it this way: Enabling HTML = inviting script kiddies (newbie hackers) in for a nice cup of coffee and admincp cookie access.
And we wouldn't want that, would we.
I would say maybe look over the current forum sections and see if there are any we could add.
Adding html to sigs can really mess up the boards...
yeah, if you add regulations to it... like restrict certain html tags...
Zidane007nl
25-10-2005, 17:45
yeah, too bad this forum doesn't have that feature or I can't find it... :(
The Guestbook do has this feature, like bold and underlined...
its a forum you pay for and it doesn't have that feature? thats kinda... bit of a downer really...
Not really, because every single HTML tag has the option to have malicious JavaScript inserted into it.
<a href="http://www.vbulletin.org" onmouseover="do_McNasty_script();">Click here to visit vBulletin.org!</a>
yeah, but you'd have to know html to do that, and all I want are iframes! *Cries*
When it comes to security, u have to think the users know it all.
TriggerHappi:D
26-10-2005, 02:28
...What's an iframe?
Zidane007nl
26-10-2005, 08:50
...What's an iframe?
An iframe is a window on a page where you can load another page in. A Shoutbox use an iframe for example.
But can we stick to the topic please. Enabling HTML is out of the question!
TriggerHappi:D
27-10-2005, 05:36
Oh, I see what you mean, now. But yeah, if it's gonna' be dangerous to HHN, then I don't think it's a good idea. It happened before, it'll happen now.
Zidane007nl
27-10-2005, 14:44
Indeed.
But the forums needs changing for sure. A new style will be made, but I dunno which color. If someone finds a good style, please note me of it.
The forum is getting inactive again also. The last 5 days we had around 100 posts a day, and that's not much for a forum like this... :(
Indeed.
But the forums needs changing for sure. A new style will be made, but I dunno which color. If someone finds a good style, please note me of it.
The forum is getting inactive again also. The last 5 days we had around 100 posts a day, and that's not much for a forum like this... :(
A nice light colour, maybe blue, that always rocks!
Its probably just people are busy, thats why its been inactive the past 5 days.
Nothing that wont change, eh? :P
Dale Anthony
28-10-2005, 14:15
Don't worry about the forum being inactive Zidane, I practically monitor how active this place is as people will know from past posts lol.
By what I've seen, towards the middle of every month, people seem most inactive. I'm guessing every month you're gonna feel like the place is going downhill, but it's not, it's just a...regular burst of member downtime lol.
I'm betting it'll become active again over the next few days. :P
Yeah, maybe it's just because most of those 5 days were weekdays and I don't think alot of people are active around then, such as me. I only go like maybe 2 - 4 times during the weekdays on HHN and other forums I visit (though some days I just play Renegade when I AM on the comp. and don't bother with the net, xP).
So I don't think we should worry too much about this place getting unactive, it won't die or anything people are still around and about posting. Just some times people are busy and then some times they aren't and the place will be full of posts again lol.
Zidane007nl
29-10-2005, 14:30
Okay, thanks for letting me know that, I hate inactiveness...
What's actually wrong with the RPG system? I see hardly no one is using it (like the battle system). Is it because of the bug in the bank, or something else?
There's a bug in the bank? Well whatever. I just don't play it that much because i'm usually too busy doing other things, but it IS fun though. Also, i'm waiting until I have alot of gil so then I can some powerful items, etc =/ But it's still fun, just get's boring after you play it a fair bit (which I did for like a few days, ages ago lol).
Dale Anthony
31-10-2005, 12:03
I've noticed people seem to be viewing pages but not neccessarily posting anything. I know it's usually because of the topic, but do you think there's any other way besides a Topic Name or something we can make Threads really like...stand out to grab users attention?
If all of that sounds like a complete load of balls, feel free to slap me.
Akabane-X
01-11-2005, 07:03
They're not posting 'cause they dunno what to post and they don't have something for
them to reply to, just like me. Topic Description would grab their attention, I think.
I've noticed that one, there's no field for the Topic Description when creating a new
thread. The Game Help Section has been removed, maybe we should get
it back. All inactive threads must be closed/deleted. The Tournaments/Competitions should be brought back also.
Dr. Aeyze
01-11-2005, 11:27
QUESTION:
If I started running weekly "Banner of the week" and perhaps monthly art competitions, would people enter? I've been thinking about this for ages, but I remember an art competition back on FFArena I entered, I won it in the end, but there were only about 2 other entrants, which sorta sucked.
EDIT: Gonna post this in other forum areas too ~ They get more traffic then this thread I'm sure.
Akabane-X
01-11-2005, 11:33
In FFA, there were also GFX Competitions, I won there 2nd place. There were
many entrants. But here, I'm really sure that there would be few entrants
'cause there are only few good GFX makers/designers here. SotW's are
cool, but I believe that the same members will enter it every SotW.
I started GFX Competitions here twice and SotW once but no one entered.
Idea for avatars - this works quite nicely on another forum I'm at (Darkzero) and makes the forums look quite interesting.
Instead of having square avatars of what... 150x150 px? Avatars that are 150px wide and 300px down can have interesting results, and give people a bit more freedom in what to put in them. And it looks different to other forums, because its not just a boring square image, its something more interesting.
Idea for avatars - this works quite nicely on another forum I'm at (Darkzero) and makes the forums look quite interesting.
Instead of having square avatars of what... 150x150 px? Avatars that are 150px wide and 300px down can have interesting results, and give people a bit more freedom in what to put in them. And it looks different to other forums, because its not just a boring square image, its something more interesting.
but that would also make posts look longer and not everyone will like it
TriggerHappi:D
10-11-2005, 18:19
Well, that depends on what you're writing in the first place. If you went on abou something for like, hours and their post is huge, then the avatar wouldn't really make it bigger. I think it's a good idea, plus I don't think everyone'll have a huge avatar, some people might stick to the small old 150x150.
I certainly like the new Avatar idea!! ^_^ It'd make it a lot different!
TriggerHappi:D
10-11-2005, 19:15
Ya, we could actually have pics of like, whole people! If enough people agree, then we could probably to Zidane to do it.
EDIT: Hey Chris, could you send me a link to this darkzero place? I want to see how the avvy's look there.
Dr. Aeyze
10-11-2005, 19:38
Size constraints (as in bandwidth, rather then dimensios) are the main problem, Bigger avatars = lower quality. Meh, balances out either way. I find 150x150 very reasonable, as my normal size ones are 100x100 and even then I find I can't save them as high quality .jpg (not that it bothers me all that much, I usually upload my avtars as .gif's to lower the bandwidth) ooo, off topic ness. I'm sure noone cares about my avatars.
I'm not 100% sure, but doubling the height of the avatars might mean altering the layout (slightly) to compensate for larger avatars (only the profile/data section on the left hand side of posts) so that posts aren't extended all that much with larger avatars. Seeing as I have absolutely nothing to do with the forums hard coding & dimensions, I couldn't say for sure.
Theres this thing I saw on a couple of other forums, where when you go to their profile the member could have a "profile picture." Of them, or whatever. Just a suggestion, I think it's good. ^^
EDIT: And a staff page....
.......
....And a gallery of some sort, if we can. I've got more ideas, but they're on the tip of my tongue!
That would be quite intresting, and I like the avatar idea, most forums im on use that size, well my size is usually 150x200 ^_^ the member pic is a good idea to maybe, providing people don't abuse it and start editing peoples pics and posting em up, that kinda stuff, but I trust you :)
Well if it was on people's profile, it would be something only that member could edit. Although obviously there would be the rule about certain kinds of pictures and stuff. *Shrugs*
an extra 150px is really not gonna affect the bandwidth much at all, considering people on HHN have absolutely MASSIVE signature images its gonna be negligable.
And, they won't stretch posts out to be longer, 'cause people's sigs are normally about 2x as long as the post anyways :)
www.darkzero.co.uk/forum is the place where I got the idea from.
But yeah, would mean we can have whole people in our sigs with maybe text up the side or something, instead of just a face, or really small person. And it'll look more interesting as a whole.
TriggerHappi:D
10-11-2005, 21:35
Ya, that's what I mean. I think that Lei thinks they'll be longer, stretching them out, but I just want them to be taller...Hmmm, I'm not good with words. XD
No! I meant taller! I want them so they stretch down the side, so they're like a rectangle...
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Yeah, thats the best kinda example I could do. :\
I was just talking about profile pictures and other stuff too! ^_^
EDIT : AND IT MESSED UP. xD >.<
Dr. Aeyze
10-11-2005, 22:12
I'm re-doing staff!
Wheeee!
It's not really that fun at all, but I can prtend.
(No offense, ye moderators of oldde, but if you ever read this, you have the forum life of a potato)
TriggerHappi:D
10-11-2005, 22:23
What do you mean re-doing stuff? I don't get it...actually, I don't get many your posts...
Dr. Aeyze
10-11-2005, 22:27
Staff, Trigger, staff, not stuff. I'm re-doing moderators. Removing totally inactive ones and hunting around for replacements.
P.S. please.don't.anyone.PM.me.saying.Iwannabeamoderato r.because.I.will.ignore.you.
TriggerHappi:D
10-11-2005, 22:36
Oooh...I see. Allright, then. I'll leave you to your work...I would never disrupt the duties of an admin....:D
Chris, signature don't actually affect the forums bandwidth seeing as they signatures are not loaded onto the actual server whereas many people upload their avatars to the forums, using bandwidth etc, it may not use alot more but it still affect it about and think about everyone using those type of avatars, not very good..I don't think. But, I know theres a bit were you can put in a link and do it that way, but I dont really wanna find a host..if you get me >__>
A good idea would be to set uploadable avatars a special size and the linked ones the -increased- size, that way we all win >__>
*looks at the spam* tsk tsk >__>
Yes, Kaede, I KNOW what bandwidth is.
Dale Anthony
11-11-2005, 19:09
*looks at the spam* tsk tsk >__>
You should complain less about spam. It's almost as bad as spamming.
I've been hearing alot about this reputation thing we have through using the Thief option etc. I was wondering if there's anyway that we can view other people's reputation? I know you've been trying to get that RPG Stat thing back up too, I liked that idea. It would make it easier to choose who to fight in the RP lol.
TriggerHappi:D
11-11-2005, 20:16
Ya, instead of making a thread or something for a battle request you can just pm someone, or just send them the battle invitation from the start. So uh...yeah.
Dale, what do you mean about the theif reputation thing?
Dale Anthony
11-11-2005, 20:23
Well...when you steal from someone, if it's unsuccessful, it says you lose reputation. But I've kinda lost count the amount of times I've failed and have no idea what my reputation is lol.
I Have a suggestion, Less Moderators.
Most of them dont do anything anyway, so why have more than 2 or 4, currently theres around 6-8.
Dale Anthony
11-11-2005, 20:25
Actually...there's only four now Arcana. The rest have been removed.
Tharrick
11-11-2005, 20:42
So here's an idea. Rather than promoting the people who get complained about, why not actually mod someone who would know what they're doing?
Dale Anthony
11-11-2005, 20:53
I agree with Tharrick. It's all very well giving someone a moderator position but they've gotta at least know what the hell they're doing and at least be someone you'd know we'd vote for.
Zidane007nl
19-12-2005, 22:58
Okay, the Christmas style is installed now and the staff has been look into.
But still inactivity is lacking up... :(
I need good suggestions or feedback.
Okay, so I've got some ideas, may help, may not. Thought I'd put them forward anyway.
~The avatar one, has that been looked into? Well yeah, I really liked that idea... Gives people enough space, but they go LONGWARDS not horizontal, because then it doesnt stretch the page and make it look icky! Plus, it's not gonna stretch posts because of sigs anyways... I'm gonna use examples/screenshots cause I'm not too good with words today.
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/9565/avatarsize0rj.th.png (http://img371.imageshack.us/my.php?image=avatarsize0rj.png)
So that's that >_>
Does that make any more sense? As for the bandwidth like mentioned somewhere (I'm like, too lazy to look) above, yeah we could have the larger avatars like pictured as links, and the uploadable ones average size...Or whatever. I'm just saying, allowing people to have *slightly* bigger avatars might be worth considering ^.^
~Profile picture. Not like a gallery, but on your profile you can upload a picture of yourself OR some sort of picture or whatever, obviously bigger than avatar size. Yeah, you've got to click each member to see him/her but it's kinda funky. Then again, where it would probably go would be opposite the avatar in the profile, so that would possibly take up a little too much room. Not sure, haven't thought into that enough.
~Spoiler tags. Not sure if this is a good idea, but it might be worth thinking about. Yah, we're got spoiler tags now, but there a little different to the ones I mean. The ones I'm talking about have a "show" option, you click and it reveals, then you can "hide" it again. Ive seen it used for signatures, so you can for example, have a larger signature without it taking up too much room. Not sure what this would do for bandwidth, and people may abuse it, so i don't know.... But I think it's dandy...>_>
~ Urrrm...Advertising? Do we advertise HHN much? That's not really under improvements but then again, advertising is uber important me thinks.
What about fanclubs? Some places these seem to work, others they don't. So I don't know. Nothing needs to be done with staff or anything, they're great now, if anything it's just the way it looks..But it looks fine, so i don't understand why its so inactive...ehh....
OHOHOHOH, Something else! There was this thing on this forum I want, where just down under the avatar there were these little blocks. Depending on the posts made, other people could give them "reps" or whatever they were (and give a valid reason) then it would go up, or they could give them whatever the negative ones are and it would go down. I found it quite fun and interesting, so long as that's not abused either... But so long as there was rules above all of the above, I don't see why they would be abused, y'see...
I'm pretty sure I'm repeating myself, but I'm only trying to help.
I think the rules for signature banners should be changed ... >.>
The size and amount that some people have right nows just over the top, really ...
(Keep in mind thats just me, so no bitching back at me please)
Yeah, but if we had the spoiler tags they wouldn't need to be long...So people could have what they wanted, and it wouldn't be really extreme like some (>_>) are now. Heh, makes sense in my head. =X
Yeah, but if we had the spoiler tags they wouldn't need to be long...So people could have what they wanted, and it wouldn't be really extreme like some (>_>) are now. Heh, makes sense in my head. =X
Oh sorry, I wasn't really sure what spoiler tags were ... o.o
My bad. I agreeeees with the Lei in that case! ^_^
^_^ Thanks, I wasn't sure I was making sense myself, lol. I'm still in two minds about that kind of spoiler tags, because I've seen them be used to be annoying...So yeah, strict rules if they were, I guess...
I also had this other idea, which could be something an admin or staff member into Graphics could take control of. Maybe a competition to design/make a banner for the top? Or does the banner come seperatly to the skin...? I don't know...>.>
Dale Anthony
20-12-2005, 15:44
OHOHOHOH, Something else! There was this thing on this forum I want, where just down under the avatar there were these little blocks. Depending on the posts made, other people could give them "reps" or whatever they were (and give a valid reason) then it would go up, or they could give them whatever the negative ones are and it would go down. I found it quite fun and interesting, so long as that's not abused either... But so long as there was rules above all of the above, I don't see why they would be abused, y'see...
I'm pretty sure I'm repeating myself, but I'm only trying to help.
LEI! Are you kidding!? I'm all for EVERYTHING else you've put but this one thing about "reps"...I know for certain I'll have negative reps the whole time I'm here...which in time is a bad thing cause it makes people think you're doing something bad. ¬_¬
Not necessarily. You make a bad post, you get bad reps. You make a good, interesting, reputatable (Okay, so that's not a word) post and you get good reps. Just a suggestion, I've seen it work elsewhere.
Dale Anthony
20-12-2005, 15:55
Not necessarily. You make a bad post, you get bad reps. You make a good, interesting, reputatable (Okay, so that's not a word) post and you get good reps. Just a suggestion, I've seen it work elsewhere.
Yeah but you know what people are like here, especially with me. If they had a system like that, they'd class all my posts as spam whether they had any meaning to them or not. You know how it is...¬_¬
I agree with what Lei, and Dale think before you post then i dont see why a feature should be stopped because you will get bad reputation for spam posts.
TriggerHappi:D
20-12-2005, 23:13
Heh? I don't....get....it....<.< >.>
Anyway, Lei, I think your suggestions are awesome. All of the stuff you said would really help to 'modernize' HHN, and it'd kinda' stand out from the average forums site. But yeah, I kinda' don't understand the "reps" thing...XD But everything is really awesome, and yeah, I kinda' have been wanting to know if that avatar size thing is okay...
ANOTHER THING...
I'm generally a cranky person, and I like to talk on the shoutbox..because its great. Anyway, is it possible to have the shoutbox at the bottem of EVERY page/thread/whatever? Just because it means you can post and still look at it it and like me you don't get frustrated when you're trying to do both!
Now I know that *must* be possible. ^_^ Again, just trying to help >.> <.<
ANOTHER THING...
I'm generally a cranky person, and I like to talk on the shoutbox..because its great. Anyway, is it possible to have the shoutbox at the bottem of EVERY page/thread/whatever? Just because it means you can post and still look at it it and like me you don't get frustrated when you're trying to do both!
Now I know that *must* be possible. ^_^ Again, just trying to help >.> <.<
That wouldnt be a very bandwidth friendly, though.
Dr. Aeyze
21-12-2005, 00:40
Yeah but you know what people are like here, especially with me. If they had a system like that, they'd class all my posts as spam whether they had any meaning to them or not. You know how it is...¬_¬
About the rep thing, there actually are rep's, you just can't see them. I have no idea how they're determined. And on a totally off topic note. Dale, you think ypu'd get a bad rep? You should see mine! It got karma bombed down into the negatives. Haha, I'd love to work out how they're calculated, everytime I reset mine to 10 (the starting number) the next time I check it's back down in negatives xD
That's my source of amusement I think, how sad of me. Oh yah, and PS. I can't be bothered to tell people what their reupation ratings are. Lifes too short (as well as my attention span) to bother doing that.
Shoutbox, yeah, not terribly bandwidth friendly having it at the bottom of everything. What might be a possibility would be having it seperate from the forums in a popup window. But that would take it out as a hack for the forums and make it a completely seperate addition, so you wouldn't be able to count shout numbers or stuff like that. That's only what I think btw, don't take my word on it, I have no idea o_o Failing that for ease of use just have the forums running in two windows. Have the main page open in one for the shoutbox and refresh everynow and then and browse over the differnt forums in the other window. Simple as pie =D.
I also had this other idea, which could be something an admin or staff member into Graphics could take control of. Maybe a competition to design/make a banner for the top? Or does the banner come seperatly to the skin...? I don't know...>.>
I've thought about that so many times o_o I'm sure there must be a way of doing that. I'm sure if I could find a tutorial for coding forum layouts I might be able to get a feel for it and edit an existing one to customize it, so that way you mightbe able to fit in random peoples banners. Another nice thing might be having a piece of code that gives a different banner (within reason) everytime the page is refreshed, I'm sure you can do stuff like that, not sure what mad skillz it'd require though. I'll look into it some time. I'm sure there must be some stuff on some of those spiffy webmaster places you can find on the internet. I tried making a banner of the week competition but nobody ever replied, I dunno about how popular it might be. I'm always up for making a banner for the forums myself (as soon as I can figure out dimensions) I mean... my graphics aren't too bad, are they? xD But yaknow you'd end up with a blue or white colour scheme 'cause I'm totally addicted to blue and silver at the moment. *cry*
Wooo, it's half eleven and I need to go make myself a mug od herbal tea before I go to sleep. Herbal tea ftw!
EDIT: My typing is bull**** but I can't be bothered to edit it. My post is too long for me to comb through with a tooth pick.
EDIT2: I had to edit my edit, how gay. Can you tell it's late and I'm half asleep?
Dale Anthony
21-12-2005, 02:46
About the rep thing, there actually are rep's, you just can't see them. I have no idea how they're determined. And on a totally off topic note. Dale, you think ypu'd get a bad rep? You should see mine! It got karma bombed down into the negatives. Haha, I'd love to work out how they're calculated, everytime I reset mine to 10 (the starting number) the next time I check it's back down in negatives xD
That's my source of amusement I think, how sad of me. Oh yah, and PS. I can't be bothered to tell people what their reupation ratings are. Lifes too short (as well as my attention span) to bother doing that.
I dunno how the hell you've got a bad rep Alice. You've told me that before yet you're better than ALOT of people here so it would screw for you to have a bad rep. Damn it honey...it's lieing to you lol. Never trust computers...:p
*huggles teh Alice*
There's this site (I forgot the link though) where you can enter the images you want and then you could use the link you'd receive (after entering all your images) as a normal link to an image (eg. linkhere) and every time you'd refresh the page or something the image would change. And I think you can choose the order too. Yeah something like that, xD.
And I don't really like the the whole rep idea thing =/ At first when I saw you saw rep I thought you meant like rep groups or something, kinda like The Urbz - Sims in the City lol. And if we DO have rep points but can't see it (talking to you Aeyze) then what's the point of it? lol And how does it even change or anything O.o And yeah again not too fond of the rep idea, for similar reasons as Dale. Anyone could say anything. And it'd well... kinda give alot of people a bad image (to those who have a low rep.) or like you know, make them look bad.
Yeah, but the point is you can't give ANY points unless they are deserving, so you can't say "OMG I HATE HIM!!" And just give them loads. If you spam, you get bad reps, but if its NOT spam, then..it can't be reported, or the reported would be found out, becacuse I'm sure teh mods can see it or something. Yeah, ive confused myself and I can't spellt oday..
Dale Anthony
21-12-2005, 12:25
Yeah, but the point is you can't give ANY points unless they are deserving, so you can't say "OMG I HATE HIM!!" And just give them loads. If you spam, you get bad reps, but if its NOT spam, then..it can't be reported, or the reported would be found out, becacuse I'm sure teh mods can see it or something. Yeah, ive confused myself and I can't spellt oday..
It seems a fair idea but anybody could just as easily say someone was spamming. A valid reason could simply be "It's spam" and people wouldn't think twice about checking it. Alot of people here say things are spam but won't back it up.
That rep thing is already here anyway and it's invisible. I'd kinda prefer not knowing what mine was and I don't think Alice is too fond of making her's visible. I'm grateful Auron knows what I mean with the reasons and things and backing up his point, if a newbie saw Aeyze with the rating she has on that rep thing, they'd automatically think she was bad. Not a good image for an admin.
Dr. Aeyze
21-12-2005, 12:39
Oh no, I'm totally neutral in the rep thing. Besides, I'm not sure if the reps on my admin Control panel and the ones displayed on any hack we install would be the same. I don't mind either way. If someone could find a reputation-rating-thing hack and post a link I'm sure Zidane could give it a look over ~ I'm a bit clueless about them x_x
Dale Anthony
21-12-2005, 12:43
Fair enough but I'm still thinking it'll discourage people from posting and not just me cause alot of people could be given bed reps. Ah well...I ain't gonna stop the idea from going forward so we're probably best off settling it with a vote of some kind. That way we'll see what people think then we'll put it forward, if it's successful.
I don't think you understand what I mean...=/ Cause it's NOT the rep thing we have now. I'll post again this afternoon (WHEN IM BACK FROM SEEING KING KONG \o/) and explain/see if I can find a hack, because no mater how hard I try to explain it it's not coming out properly, and I want you to understand, heh
Dale Anthony
21-12-2005, 12:51
What is the thing we currently have anyway? I've never seen anyone ask that yet lol. I'm guessing if the rep thing is successful it could prevent spam anyway, so I guess it's Improving HHN that way. What we really need is a real...attention gaining thing. Some way in which more people will join HHN and post rather than sign up and never come back, like alot of people are doing.
Zidane007nl
21-12-2005, 15:50
The reputation system is part of vBulletin. It's currently not active, cause I dunno if it's a good idea. Users who hate can bad rate you that will cause a bad rating, like what happens on topsites.
The big avatars is a good idea, but problem is that we still should mind that we stil have 56k users and not use to big avatars or/and signatures. And signatures should be smaller, cause sometimes I see signatures that covers my whole screen! :O
The current rep. thing I believe concerns the RPG Hack. I'm not 100% sure on this but I think it's got something to do with the Thief option. But I could be wrong, I think I read someone saying that O.o Or maybe it was a suggestion, xD. I dunno, maybe we should just wait for someone like Aeyze to answer our questions xP. And I dunno, i'm still not entirely sure on the rep. idea (I get what you mean, but there are flaws).
The reputation system is part of vBulletin. It's currently not active, cause I dunno if it's a good idea. Users who hate can bad rate you that will cause a bad rating, like what happens on topsites.
The big avatars is a good idea, but problem is that we still should mind that we stil have 56k users and not use to big avatars or/and signatures. And signatures should be smaller, cause sometimes I see signatures that covers my whole screen! :O
Yeah, it just seems reputations would be inaccurate and pointless to use then. >.>
It's good to see someone agrees with me on the signatures though, covers most of my screen too actually.
Dale Anthony
21-12-2005, 17:24
Speaking of the reputation thing though at the last place I went to, someone was getting a lot of slack from somebody else they didn't get on with and their reputation forced them off of the board because people mistook him for some guy who was spamming the place up. So he got a lot of hell for it.
Though Lei wants reputation thing where you have to give a valid reason if you give someone a good OR bad rep. and then maybe a mod or admin might review or something. But that would take alot of time and some people may be biased about some things. And yeah there are a few other flaws about it =/ I'm still not all for it.
Dr. Aeyze
22-12-2005, 15:25
Hey Zidane, do you have any idea how rep through the AdminCP is calculated? Just curious, 'cause since posting about it in here mines taken a dive bomb xD -40 w00t! @ Auron, I don't believe it's anything to do with the Thief command, I never used it at all and I'll wager nearly everyone on the forums has a higher rep then me xD
Reps that need admin/mod approval? No thanks, seriously. Life's too short to have to authenticate every rep down or up that there's gonna be x_x
[that's just my opinion btw, other staff may have different thoughts on the matter]
Zidane007nl
23-12-2005, 15:56
The default setting is that your reputation goes down with 5 when Thievery was succesful, and it goes down with 50 if Thievery failed. That's proberly why your repulation is in minus.
Here are the default settings and what the reputation setting can do.
TriggerHappi:D
23-12-2005, 19:55
So wait, I guess that's what Lei was talking about?
Is there anyway to fix it so that it's open to public view?
And how do you 'gain' rep(s)?
^ No that wasn't Lei's idea, this is something that's already part of the forum. Lei's idea was that you have some meter displaying your current rep. level. People could give you a bad or good rep for a certain post you made and you would have to give a valid reason and a mod or admin would check it and then accept it.
But I guess I was right. I said earlier that I THINK this is what the current system is since I think that's what I saw someone said earlier in the thread, xP. And yeah i'm quite curious as to how you get it up? And I think maybe my rep. my be a little bad lol. I've tried "Thief" like 3 or 4 times and failed lol so it's probably -15 to -20 lol.
TriggerHappi:D
24-12-2005, 05:08
Lol, yeah. I've tried thieving a lot, most of the times were successful. XD
But yeah, now I get what Lei was talking about? So any chance her suggestions'll even be put to work?
Well when Aeyze gave her opinon she said he'd take forever to review the reasons and everything. I for one am not too fond of her idea, it is somewhat good but still - there are flaws. Like when someone hates someone they might give them a bad rep. point and of course it may SEEM like it was a good reason but in the end it might not be =/ And yeah if you had alot of bad rep points it could make you look liek a bad person when you might not be.
First of all, the Reputation system integrated in vBulletin would do everything Lei suggested.
Secondly, nobody would ever bother reporting GOOD reputation, right? So all the administration would have to do would be to investigate the reports of BAD reputation. If someone gives bad rep for a post and gives the reason "This post was off topic, and the poster didn't give reasons for his point of view", we have already reduced the amount of reports. If they report that, all the administration would have to do would be to click the link pointing to the post, read it, see that the reason is valid then dismiss the report.
I think, if the reason this feature would not be enabled on these boards is that the administration is lazy, then that is bollocks. I just checked the vB3.5 ModCP and they don't have access to checking reputation comments, but I'd be willing to code this modification for HHN once you move to vB3.5 if the problem is too few administrators.
As for using the reputation system to slander people, that should be a warnable and in short time bannable offense. By common sense, misusing the Reputation system is equal to trolling and should be punishable as such.
Rusty2006
08-04-2006, 05:29
Well personally, this site is already great, however mayble if some admin or mod invents some animals possibly?
What do you mean, invent some animals?
Tharrick
09-04-2006, 19:00
I know some forums have a 'pet' system where you can buy a critter tamagochi-style, but it wasn't very good
Zidane007nl
10-04-2006, 14:14
I've found a 'pet' system for vBulletin called P3tz Lite (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=107973). I never had any Pet system installed before, so I have no experience with it. I could install it, but we already have a RPG, Arcade and Triple Triad (soon).
Rusty2006
10-04-2006, 16:27
Damn, I did not think you'd actually reply back about it. Actually, don't mind me, I nobody compaired to the higher ups here.
alexanderpas
18-04-2006, 01:10
you might find yourself nobody, but everyone is equal here... there are just some (staff members) more equal than others... ;)
One Winged Angel
18-04-2006, 03:03
yeah but that like saying were avg. people and you are the dicators and we have little power while you have all power. (Just example not saying you are.)
Rusty2006
18-04-2006, 03:04
Thanks Mr. Alexanderpass. Also, you got a point there. However considering no one EVER listens to my options its freaking odd that now they do. No one gave a damn when I tried to level up my avatar in the begining, so I figured I meant jack to everyone else.
Also, would any of you kind, smart, beyond genius, did I say extremly kind admins or staff mind taking off this warning? It looks kind of stupid, and frankly, since you all are kind, I figured, one disapearence won't hurt, ezspecially if I'll NEVER do it again? Consider it please, thanks.
Dr. Aeyze
19-04-2006, 14:42
Thanks Mr. Alexanderpass. Also, you got a point there. However considering no one EVER listens to my options its freaking odd that now they do. No one gave a damn when I tried to level up my avatar in the begining, so I figured I meant jack to everyone else.
Also, would any of you kind, smart, beyond genius, did I say extremly kind admins or staff mind taking off this warning? It looks kind of stupid, and frankly, since you all are kind, I figured, one disapearence won't hurt, ezspecially if I'll NEVER do it again? Consider it please, thanks.
Sorry, but I think you'll find we tend to keep warnings in place for the most part, if you really have a problem with it and believe it unjustified then PM Zidane007nl, I believe he's the one that issued it to you.
Zidane007nl
19-04-2006, 22:44
Also, would any of you kind, smart, beyond genius, did I say extremly kind admins or staff mind taking off this warning? It looks kind of stupid, and frankly, since you all are kind, I figured, one disapearence won't hurt, ezspecially if I'll NEVER do it again? Consider it please, thanks.I'm sorry, but a warning is a warning. And why for 99999 days, cause there's no option to make the warning stay forever.
But this isn't the place to talk about that.
Rusty2006
21-04-2006, 01:59
Pssh, I knew it, anyway, but suggestion is you shorten the the warning days, make it 100 days, insteed of 20 plus years, I mean that does seem way too long. I mean, I'll never spam again, but hey none of you belive me anyway. Just a suggestion, and I know none of will read it.
Warnings are made to stick, the remove warnings system is for people who haven't deserved it, but a staff member thought they did.
I'm sure, and this goes for everyone that warnings probably will be removed when you redeemed yourself but just saying "I will never spam" doesn't really cut it, about 99.9% of the people say they will never do what they got warned for.
You just have to hope the admins, see that you have redeemed yourself and consider removing it.
Rusty2006
22-04-2006, 05:00
Warnings are made to stick, the remove warnings system is for people who haven't deserved it, but a staff member thought they did.
I'm sure, and this goes for everyone that warnings probably will be removed when you redeemed yourself but just saying "I will never spam" doesn't really cut it, about 99.9% of the people say they will never do what they got warned for.
You just have to hope the admins, see that you have redeemed yourself and consider removing it.
I was just hoping you'd take my suggestion, but oh well, not my problem. Also, it looks like this warning will stay on forever, since I know for a fact, every one here would not do empty favors for a know nothing dude like me. If you want another suggestion, then maybe you should a verbel warning before you actually give a person a warning forever, just a simple thought, since some, but not all the members may be able to read the rules. I am just saying a suggestion, so don't be mad at me for that.
Tharrick
22-04-2006, 11:13
not all the members may be able to read the rules.
The rules are at the top of every forum on this site. If you don't read them and then get warned for breaking them, it's your own fault.
Also, it looks like this warning will stay on forever, since I know for a fact, every one here would not do empty favors for a know nothing dude like me.Dude, seriously. Stop this "Im so worthless" bullshit, it's getting annoying. Yes the staff are higher than regular players, but then again it's not the job of the staff to do "empty favours" for members. They are here to enforce the rules. Saying not everybody is able to read the rules and that there should be verbal warnings first is like saying not everybody is able to know the law and there should be verbal warnings that committing crimes is bad. Everybody with a bit of common sense can see the absurdity of such an event.
Also, loosen the **** up, its one warning. It won't get you banned, but it will serve as a reminder of what you did and that that was bad. That's it. Nobody outside the staff would have known about your warning if you hadn't gone and made a scene. In real life, not everybody knows about your encounter with the cops unless a) you tell them or b) they enquire with the police. In real life, if you steal something, that spot on your permanent (!) record doesn't go away with time. See where I'm going with this?
Tharrick
22-04-2006, 13:39
Looks to me like other people can see the warnings though
Well, only in the postbit. Eventually, that thread will die. There's no reason to make like it's the end of the world...
Some people get verbal warnings, some don't. It depends on how the moderator/admin works, some are more 'forgiving' than others. Some want you to learn, because from experience they know 'verbal' warnings do nothing.
I give verbal warnings, particulary if it's for a forum i'm not a moderator of. I will send the user a PM, asknig them to add more detail to their post, that's for exmaple it depends on the offence.
I know I wouldn't let a warning bother me, I would learn from my mistakes and redeem myself. I'm sure if you just don't cause the same offence or any more that the warning may-be removed, you never know.
Zidane007nl
26-06-2006, 00:31
Let's continue this thread.
Due to the lack of inactivity I need some suggestions again on improving the forums. So if you have any, spread the words here.
Believe it or not, I think a new forum default style might help, we've had this one for a while now. It doesn't bother me personally (I like this style), but a change can't hurt~ Maybe in a colour scheme similar to the main site?
Might want to consider some people may be on summer holidays around this time as well. ^^;
Zidane007nl
26-06-2006, 22:55
Believe it or not, I think a new forum default style might help, we've had this one for a while now. It doesn't bother me personally (I like this style), but a change can't hurt~
I was thinking (again) of buying a style at extremepixels.com or vbstyles.com. Money isn't really a problem atm.
Maybe in a colour scheme similar to the main site?
I've tried making a style that looks like the site, but I don't like the look of it currently...
Edit: Trying to change the style.
i have a samll suggestion more avatar memory that's all.
exat length on how long warnings last 27 years and some matter of day's.lol ill be at least 38 when my warns gone.
Zidane007nl
05-07-2006, 22:56
i have a samll suggestion more avatar memory that's all.
I increased the max avatar file size to 100 KB. That allows you to use animated avatars.
exat length on how long warnings last 27 years and some matter of day's.lol ill be at least 38 when my warns gone.
lol.
Warnings will stay there forever, we couldn't find an option to set it to forever.
alexanderpas
05-07-2006, 23:41
exat length on how long warnings last 27 years and some matter of day's.lol ill be at least 38 when my warns gone.actually it's: 273 years, 287 days, 21 hours, 6 minutes, 44 seconds 611 milliseconds and 200 microseconds (scientific correct! proof! (http://www.google.com/search?q=273+years%2C+287+days%2C+21+hours%2C+6+mi nutes%2C+44+seconds+611+milliseconds+200+microseco nds+to+days) thanks google ;)) so stop whining about it... you won't survive it ;)
vB 3.6 will have an Infraction system with a "proper" forever setting.
AngelofDestiny
09-07-2006, 17:11
There is one thing I would suggest. Try to improve the RP section! This is not necessarily aimed at the admins and mods, just the members. Attempt to be more active. I have noticed little activity there since I first joined.
Dr. Aeyze
10-07-2006, 13:37
There is one thing I would suggest. Try to improve the RP section! This is not necessarily aimed at the admins and mods, just the members. Attempt to be more active. I have noticed little activity there since I first joined.
I'm sure if there were more people interested in starting up their own RP's it'd be a lot more active xD as it stands there's not much in the way of new threads popping up in there and as such that section doesn't get much attention. (which is a shame, it pretty much self moderates itself which is nice ^^ )
another suggestion take away the gil pay for monster battles it's crap. also can you add a small amount of gil(point's) for a reward.
also fix that no animated images thing
Dr. Aeyze
12-07-2006, 09:18
What do you mean by "No animated images"?
every time i try to upload an animated image it says animated images are not allowed
Dr. Aeyze
12-07-2006, 22:56
There are limits on the sizes of files able to be uploaded, if you check the sizes of your files you're trying to upload you'll find that animated ones are a lot bigger then regular image files, hencforth taking more bandwidth.
If you need a reliable image host then try imageshack.us or photobucket.
I have a suggestion for how to improve the RP section:
Make a Bio forum with a sub-forum for RP specific bios. You would then post a link to the bio of your choice when signing up for an RP, and have the RP creator edit in said link into the first post.
A central location for storing your bios sounds like a sensible option to me, as it would avoid RPers constantly having to search the first 5 pages of the thread to find a specific character's bio, as well as avoiding having to go back and edit posts should you wish to change something in your bio (even though I can imagine changing too much in a bio mid-RP could be frowned upon).
There are limits on the sizes of files able to be uploaded, if you check the sizes of your files you're trying to upload you'll find that animated ones are a lot bigger then regular image files, hencforth taking more bandwidth.
If you need a reliable image host then try imageshack.us or photobucket.
i have an animated image thats only 80.2 kb and the demoniesions are 80by80.and yet it still say's animated images are not allowed.
Zidane007nl
29-07-2006, 11:25
i have an animated image thats only 80.2 kb and the demoniesions are 80by80.and yet it still say's animated images are not allowed.
Please try uploading it again. Animated avatars are allowed now.
When I come on here. It's not really that active. Maybe try something to boost activity a bit more?
Zidane007nl
29-07-2006, 22:50
When I come on here. It's not really that active. Maybe try something to boost activity a bit more?
That's why I made this thread. To make suggestions on how to improve the forums and the activity here.
If it's possible I think people should be able to post comments in each other's profiles. What do you think?
Zidane007nl
22-08-2006, 00:05
If it's possible I think people should be able to post comments in each other's profiles. What do you think?
It's possible, but I dunno if it will lead to more activity on the forums.
Inactivity is acting up again. What should we, the staff, do about it? Hire more staff, change style, change forums??
Dark Sephiroth
22-08-2006, 01:21
maybe you can edit the amount of intrest earned from the bank like rise it because people love to spend, right. :)
Zidane007nl
20-09-2006, 22:02
I don't think altering the interest will help. Back on our old forums we had 5% interest, but it was too much. 2% is just right.
What about new features? Should a journal come in handy?
I don't think altering the interest will help. Back on our old forums we had 5% interest, but it was too much. 2% is just right.
What about new features? Should a journal come in handy?
I think that would be great, I remember on a forum I went to (by blazes I forgot the name... I think it was Zelda Central HQ or Spira Online) they had the ability to leave comments on one another's profile (and members could make their own Profile image with personal details on it if they wanted to), and they had journals available, etc, the options buyable through gil. I think that would be nifty, although there's always a possibility that some people will spam to get their gil/post count up (I hate to say it, and this is not to stab at anyone :x, but the 25 post requirement for downloading ROMs I think is influencing a lot of people to sign up and spam useless, short posts just to get the 25 mark) -_-;
It's worth a shot though, I think.
what about allowing people to purchase a journal after like say 50-100 posts, and each blog entry costs gil
Zidane007nl
11-01-2007, 00:29
The thread has become a little inactive. I haven't added a journal yet, but maybe soon. I like your ideas, Grae and Mirae.
What should I do with the Arcade? Should I reset all the game highscores? Since it's been a while since its installed. Or shall I just add more games?
*Death_Line*
11-01-2007, 00:37
I really like Mirae's idea!
I think the arcade has enough games...a bit more and it would kinda be a waste dont you think? Reseting all the games highscores is a good idea though.
yeah can we have new music for the battle arena
Resetting the high scores is a great idea because some have be around for 2 years i think we should start a fresh
The thread has become a little inactive. I haven't added a journal yet, but maybe soon. I like your ideas, Grae and Mirae.
What should I do with the Arcade? Should I reset all the game highscores? Since it's been a while since its installed. Or shall I just add more games?
Thats not a bad idea, even though it resets peoples previous great records lol. But yeah, Mirae and grae had some awesome ideas, if you can implement those that'd be pretty good =P Should boost it up a bit I think :P
Kai Hiwatari
24-01-2007, 22:31
I think the front pages of the hellandheavennet site need a little updating....if you dont mind me saying....
it still says i'm a moderator....nii~...i dont think so XD
http://www.hellandheavennet.com/staff.php
aaaand it says im 16....>_>...<_<...>_>...
Zidane007nl
24-01-2007, 22:46
I've removed you from the list. Sorry, I didn't update that page for quite a while...
Kai Hiwatari
24-01-2007, 22:53
Cheers...
I understand that its hard to keep EVRYTHING up to daye...so well done for whatcha done so far!!!
Maybe remove the level requirements. They're too constricting in my opinion. >.>
EDIT: I meant the RPG. Also, increase the expereince and remove the cost to battle monsters. Or, at least make it so they get about 50% of the gil they spent battling the monsters as a reward.
EDIT2: Level gaps of 3 or maybe 4 levels are ok, but 7 level gaps are very annoying unless you increase the experience to compensate for it. Otherwise, I would just completely do away with the gaps.
Zidane007nl
25-01-2007, 23:24
The level requirements for the Monster Arena are there from the beginning (when the Monster Arena hack was released for Burning Board). They will undergone a change soon.
Not the monster arena. For things in the itemshop. Those level requirements are quite annoying and it seems that some of them aren't even working properly since the highest level character on the site is level 40 something, yet three of the artifacts have already been bought.
As for the monster arena, I would say to increase the experience on those certain monsters to compensate for the level gaps or add more monsters so that the huge level gaps don't exist at all.
Super_Samurai
26-01-2007, 03:11
Maybe you could reduce the amount of posts it takes to access the RPG?
Dale Anthony
26-01-2007, 12:56
Maybe you could reduce the amount of posts it takes to access the RPG?
There's already a thread on that, read the replies in there. Just for the record, I believe it's fine as it is.
I've removed you from the list. Sorry, I didn't update that page for quite a while...
Yeah by the way, I just read the staff page. What is the point in adding info for an inactive moderator? Midisama comes online every so often and doesn't post. Why is she still a moderator? I think it's unfair, how you've let her keep such a position for so long and I think it should be contested and for the record, I'm not saying that to "take" the position from her, I'm saying that so you put someone who's bloody online in place of her. It's outrageous.
Zidane007nl
26-01-2007, 16:47
Not the monster arena. For things in the itemshop. Those level requirements are quite annoying and it seems that some of them aren't even working properly since the highest level character on the site is level 40 something, yet three of the artifacts have already been bought.
And have new members buy extremely powerful swords or armor? Like I said in the thread about the post requirement, you have to earn something to buy powerful swords/armor.
Yeah by the way, I just read the staff page. What is the point in adding info for an inactive moderator? Midisama comes online every so often and doesn't post. Why is she still a moderator? I think it's unfair, how you've let her keep such a position for so long and I think it should be contested and for the record, I'm not saying that to "take" the position from her, I'm saying that so you put someone who's bloody online in place of her. It's outrageous.
I haven't looked at the activity of the staff members for quite a while, because I'm busy with school. But I'll have a talk with her if she still wants to be part of the staff or not.
And have new members buy extremely powerful swords or armor? Like I said in the thread about the post requirement, you have to earn something to buy powerful swords/armor.
Seems to me like just getting that much gil would be quite hard for new members since you have to post to get gil and you don't win any gil from the monsters. They would have to post quite a bit to get the money for those weapons and even then they are training their RPG character without actally battling since you gain experience for your RPG character when you post.
Uh, could you please add up more FMV images / screenshots in FFXII and FFX?
Zidane007nl
16-02-2007, 11:16
I will try after the server move is complete. Next time please make a new thread since this is a suggestion for the website.
I will try after the server move is complete. Next time please make a new thread since this is a suggestion for the website.
Uh, sorry `bout that, sir. I'll think before I act next time...
we could make the RPG more of a adventure like doing quest or something like that.
Zidane007nl
06-09-2007, 22:38
I'm in need of some new suggestion for the forums, since lately it has been very inactive and I want to bring it back to how it was before.
So please, share your suggestions or feedback with me.
you could have a little award ceremony were members get to vote for diffrent members like best new comer,best user name,most on line,funnist member, most usefull member,wisest member,most creative member,chattiest member
a Review section - where people give reviews of games!
Metalgear solid forum -(love snake)
Zidane007nl
20-04-2008, 22:57
We held the HHN Awards a couple of times before and maybe its time. It's been a while since we held one.
If there is more demand for a review forum, I'll create it. :)
Nah, no Metal Gear Solid forum sorry, we are a RPG community.
"HHN awards that sounds awesome!"
review section -cool
Metal gear -..........sigh oh well!
Shad Hoe
22-04-2008, 17:32
I'm all for Penel's suggestions
RuneRifle
23-04-2008, 16:35
You should make a MMORPG forum with an MMORPG list :)
that would be nice :D
Shad Hoe
23-04-2008, 17:34
That's also a good idea IMO
RuneRifle
23-04-2008, 18:46
hehe, sometimes i have good ideas :D
btw, i can make the list too^^
Shad Hoe
24-04-2008, 01:53
Go ahead =]
that would be cool.....but I seem to get bored of any MMORPG i start playing...maybe conquer was the only one i spent time on..i got 1st rebirth got to level 110 as an Archer/Taoist and then quit
Zidane007nl
24-04-2008, 15:37
We've had a thread before with members that were playing a MMORPG, click. But the thread kinda died and the member who maintained it isn't active anymore. :(
I can make a new thread and list members which MMORPG they are playing. I think there is no need for a complete MMORPG forum, since they're not many members playing one and the Other RPGs forum is a good place for it too.
RuneRifle
24-04-2008, 20:41
oki :P thats good for me too^^
guys, you sould play more MMORPG's! :D
I play KalOnline (www.kalonline.com (http://www.kalonline.com))
Shad Hoe
26-04-2008, 09:56
I used to play loads, daily
Now i just play
Kicks online, monthly (Football game(soccer))
RuneRifle
26-04-2008, 11:07
omg not soccer -.-' lol
Zidane007nl
27-04-2008, 00:05
Please don't go off-topic in here. This is about suggestions for the forum, not games.
RuneRifle
27-04-2008, 18:34
ok srry Zidane...
What about a forum for .Hack players? :D
Zidane007nl
27-04-2008, 19:00
If you know that were a Final Fantasy / Square Enix community we don't cover the .hack series. This won't improve the forums...
RuneRifle
28-04-2008, 12:23
ok zidane^^ and if i want to make a topic for .hack i'll put it in the general gaming^^
RedOctober
05-05-2008, 23:21
i read in the last page or two that you might hold a awards thing......if you do what will that be like and when?
Zidane007nl
06-05-2008, 22:52
There will be awards for all kind of categories. Grae wanted to organize the HHN awards a year back, but he postponed it due to lack of interest. Look at this post what kind of categories an award could be won with.
Actually sometime late last year Kai wanted to do the awards with Hideto, I told them they could but I havent heard anything back on it and Kai dissappeared, so I don't know what's happening there.
Also I think we need a richer roleplay community, i miss all the roleplays we used to do.
Is there anyway of having it default to the first unread post when you click a thread?
Zidane007nl
11-08-2008, 23:47
You mean on the forum display page? It's default on the main page, but it's not possible on the forum display page. That would use a lot of resources.
I mean like when you click a thread. You don't then have to click "LAST" to get to the last page of the thing posted.
Zidane007nl
14-08-2008, 23:17
Like when you click on a thread and you're on page 10 while 12 is the latest? That's a cookie problem.
You can go into the forum and click on the thread or the page numbers next to them if available.
Not even page 10, which I guess would be my Last Unread. It always shoves me all the way back to the start. Just means I need to make an extra click or so. For example when I clicked this thread it sent me to the 1st Page
Zidane007nl
17-08-2008, 00:46
What's the problem with the extra click? You just have to click on the forum and then on the last page of the thread. If the last post feature on the main page doesn't work properly for you, your have a problem with cookies not saving right.
Ahh my bad, didn't see that the little arrows meant the last post :P All's good.
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