Why Don\'t I Post At Spaceempires5.com
 

Well I don't post there because the site is broken. I registered within a few days of it opening and ever since then have never been able to log back on.

I request a new password but ONE NEVER COMES, despite the polite "in red" message that additional information has been emailed to me. Well IT HASN'T.

Why any one would want to waste their time posting on a broken site is beyond me, but hey, they do it.

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The forum software is also a shuddering, Lovecraftian abomination. What's wrong with phpBB, for crying out loud?

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My new pass request gets blocked by the spam filter, did you check there?

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That may be the source of your problem. Within a few weeks of opening, they had a major database crash. Almost everyone had to create a new account from scratch.

It's still the worst BBS software I've ever encountered, though.

I don't post much there for the same reason I don't post much here: I haven't got all that much to say. Plus, I still don't own a computer that can run SE V. The SE IV forum over there is pretty barren.

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When I first heard about the site I went over to take a look. The forum structure was confusing, colors so dark my eyes were getting sore straining to read, I couldn't make out what was superfluous crap and meaningful information all of which seemed to swirl around the freaking edges of the screen in an ever meaningless madhouse of headache induce s*#&! Since then it has improved a lot; however, I noticed an attack by one member that any of you moderators here would have put a stop to. Instead nothing happened and the poor target of the attack wasn't even in the wrong, the attacker was the one off topic! I will stay here "where everyone knows your name and their always glad you came." Did I misquote that?

OT: Look a flaw in the forum spell checker... i when it should be I.

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In truth i didnt check out that forum and do not plan on it. everyone here is rather fine, i find two forums the best that i've ever found. First one being here and second pelicanparts, its a porsche forum so i can fix up my baby:-). But yes this forum has nice colours and is easy to follow, much better than the other ones.

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Yes I did. They are not blocked.

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Not the case, both the name Atrocities and my email address have been used. So I am registered. My password is no good and their system seems to be incapable of sending me a new one.

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However, this latest attempt has proven succesful. I have a new password and can now log on to spaceeempires5.com

I really wish they would have gone with a better forum program.

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The "titles on every post" thing is what bugs me. It makes it impossible to just scan the front page for interesting topics. Yes, I'm lazy.

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The forum over there reminds me of a badly formatted blog site.

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"The "titles on every post" thing is what bugs me. It makes it impossible to just scan the front page for interesting topics. Yes, I'm lazy. "

No, you're spot on. The title per post means there's a list of recent forum posts which looks like there's a lively discussion going on but are actually 3 or 4 comments on the same thread. There is probably a good reason for choosing the forum software and I bet it has to do with ease of deleting threads they don't like. And I don't mean personal attacks (you big baby. Would be an example of just such an attack. Wimp. Would be another.) I mean threads attacking SFI. Not that there haven't been any but obviously not enough for it to matter. Or they don't care enough to look. Hey, you think there's another solid reason to use this forum software then let me know.

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Well it matters not what we think, people like the site and post there so more power to them. They simply don't know what they are missing, as ignorence is often bliss.

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Kwok and Phoenix D seem to particularly like it.

There's also http://www.spaceempires.net/home/forums.html where Fyron still seems to hang. NTYSLTPYO.

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Why does that not surprise me?

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I don't care much for the site's design and navigation, but the site is not bad for picking up some info you might not get elsewhere.

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I don't like, it, I just post a lot to keep the newbie cirus straight. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

I think I have about 50 posts worth of "How do you scrap a facility?" over there..)

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You know, with all the web talent associated with Space Empires, I bet if you guys put your minds together, you could create one hell of a nice web site for Space Empires - V - Galaxy At War.

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What is NTYSLTPYO? And you do know who the owner of that website is right?

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Spaceempires is the only other site that I tend to visit on a daily basis asided from this one. It really is a wonderful Space Empires site.

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In fairness, you can go into your account preferences and turn off most of the useless stuff.

I think S1st took the path of least resistance in setting up the site. The color scheme is similar to PBW, the forum names were copied from here pretty much verbatim, etc.

I don't think the moderator(s?) there pays all that much attention to the content. I haven't noticed any thread ever being deleted, though a few have been moved.

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I don't understand why they just didn't carry the old SFI SE forum over to the new site?

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The rest of what I said capnq. The way you quoted me it sounds like I am attacking them; I am not.

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Shrug. I only quote the parts I intend to comment on.

I don't agree that their site has improved a lot; AFAICT it has barely changed at all since it first came online.

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SpaceEmpires5.com is still waiting filled with information, stories, and people needing wisdom from emperors such as all of you. Stop in more often and lend a Depleted Uranium Cannon to future allies.

-Wade

(Oops. I meant this to be in the ['Space Empires Universe' (spaceempires5.com) News] thread. Hehe.

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Yes the site has improved greatly. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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Now that the "Oh noes! It's the next MoO3!!1eleven!" posts have faded away, the site is almost tolerable. The reason I don't post there much is because most of the time Kwok's beaten me to the punch. That, and there just doesn't seem to be the same level of acceptence of my nonsensical ramblings over there.

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As I visit the site now, I can see they've changed it -- but now it looks like a bit toy-like, as if it's trying to appeal to pokemon kids, instead of the gaming community. It's not something I care for and I think it hurts the site's overall value in apperance, but if others like it, that's good for them.

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IMO the graphics tweaks they did recently are mostly improvements, and they finally changed the settings so that replies default to "re: < topic >" rather than requiring you to type in a subject header every time.

I still prefer this forum (especially the BBS interface), but I don't understand why so many folks around here seem actively hostile to that site.

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Azselendor said:
"...but now it looks like a bit toy-like, as if it's trying to appeal to pokemon kids, instead of the gaming community."

You mean like SE5?

The colors and images used in the new theme were somewhat based on SE5.

capnq said:
"I still prefer this forum (especially the BBS interface), but I don't understand why so many folks around here seem actively hostile to that site."

A lot of people seem to be quite reactionary when it comes to publishers...

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I main reason I don't use the other site, is the colour scheme. I find that after reading thru some items, I'm squinting when I flick to another application.
Yes it is changed now, but I still have the same problem.

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It's no secret I dislike the graphics in SE5 too, and I understand they tried to connect the site to the game, I feel it wasn't a necessary thing to do and makes the site look somewhat unprofessional.

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At least we have that Dark UI pack for SE5... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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I have half a mind to create a vista style skin for SE5.

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Heh, I prefer this forum probably because I technically don't play SEV...

Checking it out again, it does seem nicer than when I first went there (when it looked like nothing more than a badly configured free webboard, pre-release). But unbearably slow. Maybe their server is just having a bad day...

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I heartily endorse this product or service.