Why Don't I Post At Spaceempires5.com

Atrocities · #1 December 30th, 2006, 03:47 PM

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.

Tim_Ward · #2 December 30th, 2006, 04:21 PM

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

Hugh Manatee · #3 December 30th, 2006, 04:54 PM

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

President_Elect_Shang · #4 December 30th, 2006, 05:49 PM

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.

luke_slovakian · #5 December 30th, 2006, 06:45 PM

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.

capnq · #6 December 31st, 2006, 05:58 PM

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President_Elect_Shang said: 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*#&!

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.

Atrocities · #7 December 31st, 2006, 06:08 PM

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

President_Elect_Shang · #8 December 31st, 2006, 06:18 PM

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President_Elect_Shang said:
...Since then it has improved a lot...

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

capnq · #9 January 1st, 2007, 01:02 PM

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.

Atrocities · #10 December 30th, 2006, 09:12 PM

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

Yes I did. They are not blocked.