New Board - Props and Slops - Page 15

JimMorrison · #**141** August 12th, 2008, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by lch

The "PLEASE READ RE: Site Conversion" sticky in the Shrapnel general forums can be replied to. That's the "official" place.

I was afraid someone might say that. That my head was being bitten off because of the need to "jump back and forth replying to both threads", when the other thread has 9 entire posts in it.

I am not overreacting. I'm not being rude or belligerent. I am voicing opinions, which seem to be largely agreed with. These posts could be made in that other thread, but it really does seem to be more used so far for bug response. These aren't software malfunctions, they're just human issues.

And Gandalf, I'm not saying that all requests to take a discussion private are bad. When they are largely an argument/debate/whatever between 2 people, then sometimes it's best done in private. When it's a matter of "public order", then requests to take it private are generally just the easy way out to squelch dissent. I don't think it's strange to want to use a "forum" as a venue for public discussion.

Now, if the Admins wish to openly state that they no longer want the format or regulation of the forum to be discussed publicly at all - well, again, I do not think that solves any problems, not in the long term.

vfb · #**142** August 12th, 2008, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by JimMorrison

Somehow I doubt that YOUR name is Richard. :P

I humbly request that I be able to say bee itch, if someone can call themselves a dick.

Can we please have the word 'B!tch' back? Otherwise we can't discuss Dominions unit number 401, among other legitimate uses. Case in point:

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Don't try this with a 15-hp ***** queen, something unlucky is bound to happen.

HoneyBadger · #**143** August 12th, 2008, 11:39 PM

At what point in the old forum setups were we having problems with Tourettes syndrome?

It's never the words we use, it's always the manner in which they're used that's harmful or beneful.

Dedas · #**144** August 13th, 2008, 02:58 AM

This new censorship (among other things) is extremely silly. If you at Shrapnelgames do not take us seriously, why on earth should we? This makes me angry.

llamabeast · #**145** August 13th, 2008, 03:58 AM

Jim man, probably best to chill for a bit. Shrapnel do care what we think, that has been made clear, and they're fixing things and making changes rapidly. The point was just that this thread is in danger of going round in ever-more-rabid circles, which does nothing but distract them from trying to make fixes. There probably isn't any point in continuing to discuss the forum changes until a few more days have passed and we can actually see where Shrapnel were heading. Sending them a PM with any specific issues is just a convenient way to make sure everything is on their list.

I suggest bringing up any remaining worries in a week or so, and in the meantime we can just go and hang out in the Dominions forum.

I am pleased to wake up this morning and find that the small-text-reply-box issue is fixed. I can read what I'm typing again!

Certainly though, it will be sad to no longer be allowed to talk about the ***** queen, that staple of any strategy discussion.

Ninave · #**146** August 13th, 2008, 04:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Mindi

Umm, we've posted for 3 weeks that the new avatar size is 80x80m and that no one CAN upload bigger avatars, so this is not an issue.

There is this thin blue box around the avatar that is of the maximum height (80) and avatar-width (Mozilla 3.0.1). It messes up the avatars that have transparent backgounds to blend in to forum and I think it looks silly with normal avatars as well. I would really like to see it gone (even tough my small pink blob seems quite funny bumping in to lines and turning back again and again).

Also the animated clapping hands... Urgh. Still there.

lch · #**147** August 13th, 2008, 05:14 AM

Default font size in non-WYSIWYG edit boxes is better now!

BadCompany · #**148** August 13th, 2008, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by JimMorrison

Somehow I doubt that YOUR name is Richard. :P

I humbly request that I be able to say bee itch, if someone can call themselves a dick.

LOL!

JimMorrison · #**149** August 13th, 2008, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by llamabeast

There probably isn't any point in continuing to discuss the forum changes until a few more days have passed and we can actually see where Shrapnel were heading.

I am pleased to wake up this morning and find that the small-text-reply-box issue is fixed. I can read what I'm typing again!

Llamas and Lizards can coexist peacefully!

I am a reasonable man, and I see the merit in giving the exhausted Shrapnel personnel some much needed rest. <3

lch · #**150** August 14th, 2008, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by JimMorrison

I was afraid someone might say that. That my head was being bitten off because of the need to "jump back and forth replying to both threads", when the other thread has 9 entire posts in it.

Now that I had the time to read through the entire thread I can tell you that it's even being linked to in the second page of this thread

but you're right that this discussion thread seems to have taken over that role and the official thread is more like just an announcement.