Forum upgrade

by **soundout9** on Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:36 pm

DiM wrote:this is getting pretty silly. there are 2 possible scenarios.

1. wicked is bullshiting everybody and people are so gullible they believe her every word and then start a mass panic.

2. wickrybed is bullshiting eveody and people know it but keep playing along pretending to panic, in which case this is just spam and has nothing to do with the forum upgrade.

further more if #2 is the right scenario then wicked as a mod should move this to the clubhouse.

anyway just in case it's #1 please not the bullshiting part. there will be no AI no autodetect spam, no posts will be lost and no avatars sigs or any attachements will be gone either. the database will simply be converted and we'll have the same forum as before just nicer and with more facilities.

btw wicked if what you say is true (even if we know it's not) maybe you should stop spamming now, just to get used to the idea of a spam free forum.

by **The Nile 24** on Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:36 pm

jnd94 wrote:My My games page just said I was in no games, and when I came to the forums I got logged out. WTF are you doing Lack???

yeah happened to me too.

by **owenshooter** on Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:37 pm

jnd94 wrote:My My games page just said I was in no games, and when I came to the forums I got logged out. WTF are you doing Lack???

right? i saw him post, then i started a turn in a trips i'm in with blitz, and some code came up, and my first thought was, "blitz is going to kick my ass, because i didn't give him all my armies before CC shut down..." HA!!! blitz, you know you are laughing! so, got back in, finished my turn, came here to look around, and had to log back in... i'm done for the night!!! all my turns are over!! see you when the new forum has sprung forth from lack's shell!!! birth your baby, lack!! make it a good one!!!-0

by **soundout9** on Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:37 pm

I tried posting and it came up with a wierd screen saying it was a bug....o well. We know lack is tinkering with something

by **InkL0sed** on Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:39 pm

You mean this?

by **timmytuttut88** on Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:39 pm

The Nile 24 wrote:
jnd94 wrote:My My games page just said I was in no games, and when I came to the forums I got logged out. WTF are you doing Lack???

yeah happened to me too.

same here. How bout we make a million threads of this in the suggestion and bugs report pages?

by **soundout9** on Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:41 pm

InkL0sed wrote:You mean this?

yup that's the screen

by **owenshooter** on Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:42 pm

timmytuttut88 wrote:same here. How bout we make a million threads of this in the suggestion and bugs report pages?

that may be considered spamming.-0

by **soundout9** on Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:44 pm

What's possible?
1) everything she says is 100% true and the forums are no longer fun or full of personality. Most stuff gets deleted and it's bassicly a brand new site again. Except you all still hate me

2) post counts get re-set, I can see this happening because it's a new version of something (just like halo 3 is a new version of halo 2 and 1) so all your stats get wiped but you still have the skill (in this case personality)

3) she is bullshitting us and causing commotion and as um who was it said that thread should get moved because it is spam (partly me)

what is not true?
1) auto ban for spam. There is no way to do this unless you program it to ban your for making a post that just says lol, stfu, or a smiley face. But sometimes posting like this is not spam so lot's of people would be getting banned for no reason.

by **Sir. Ricco** on Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:45 pm

Does anybody know what they are going to upgrade. I havn't heard anything about this until that message poped up.

by **timmytuttut88** on Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:47 pm

owenshooter wrote:
timmytuttut88 wrote:same here. How bout we make a million threads of this in the suggestion and bugs report pages?

that may be considered spamming.-0

NO WAY!

by **wicked** on Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:57 pm

You know how you have to type a certain amount for feedback? It'll be the same thing, plus a few more restrictions for the spam auto-kick. So one word posts are out, things like that, which obviously don't contribute to the convo. For the first week or so, you'll just get an automated warning... we're not that cruel to change it all at once!

All the significant threads will be kept, including mafia games and all clan stuff, so don't worry. The rest will be archived, so we can still access them if needbe, or requested.

by **wcaclimbing** on Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:58 pm

what about the usergroups and Ad-hoc groups?

And spamalot. that thread is an "important thread". it needs to be saved also.

/just in case stuff actually gets deleted.

by **timmytuttut88** on Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:59 pm

wicked wrote:You know how you have to type a certain amount for feedback? It'll be the same thing, plus a few more restrictions for the spam auto-kick. So one word posts are out, things like that, which obviously don't contribute to the convo. For the first week or so, you'll just get an automated warning... we're not that cruel to change it all at once!

All the significant threads will be kept, including mafia games and all clan stuff, so don't worry. The rest will be archived, so we can still access them if needbe, or requested.

what about the noobies who dont know this stuff and wil get kicked for 12 hours for just typing lol or ya or something

by **wicked** on Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:59 pm

clan stuff will be kept, no worries.

by **timmytuttut88** on Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:00 pm

timmytuttut88 wrote:
wicked wrote:You know how you have to type a certain amount for feedback? It'll be the same thing, plus a few more restrictions for the spam auto-kick. So one word posts are out, things like that, which obviously don't contribute to the convo. For the first week or so, you'll just get an automated warning... we're not that cruel to change it all at once!

All the significant threads will be kept, including mafia games and all clan stuff, so don't worry. The rest will be archived, so we can still access them if needbe, or requested.

what about the noobies who dont know this stuff and wil get kicked for 12 hours for just typing lol or ya or something

and what about the people typing QFT

by **Iliad** on Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:00 pm

Wicked you better be bullshiting

by **wicked** on Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:00 pm

timmytuttut88 wrote:what about the noobies who dont know this stuff and wil get kicked for 12 hours for just typing lol or ya or something

The automated message will explain everything in detail. Just like when you get kicked now manually.

by **wicked** on Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:00 pm

timmytuttut88 wrote:and what about the people typing QFT

That'd be spam.

by **DiM** on Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:01 pm

wicked wrote:You know how you have to type a certain amount for feedback? It'll be the same thing, plus a few more restrictions for the spam auto-kick. So one word posts are out, things like that, which obviously don't contribute to the convo. For the first week or so, you'll just get an automated warning... we're not that cruel to change it all at once!

All the significant threads will be kept, including mafia games. The rest will be archived, so we can still access them if needbe, or requested.

wicked, the minimum character limit can solve spam by not allowing "lol" type posts. but there's no way to automatically stop spam. it's just a matter finding than limit (let's say 5 characters) and making sure you pass it. like instead of "lol" you post "mega lol"

AI that analyzes posts and stuff like that is impossible (unfortunatelly). stop scaring the kids.

by **Snorri1234** on Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:01 pm

wicked wrote:You know how you have to type a certain amount for feedback? It'll be the same thing, plus a few more restrictions for the spam auto-kick. So one word posts are out, things like that, which obviously don't contribute to the convo. For the first week or so, you'll just get an automated warning... we're not that cruel to change it all at once!

All the significant threads will be kept, including mafia games and all clan stuff, so don't worry. The rest will be archived, so we can still access them if needbe, or requested.

So if I just randomly cluttered the forum up with Bell-airing it would be okay?

by **timmytuttut88** on Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:01 pm

wicked wrote:
timmytuttut88 wrote:what about the noobies who dont know this stuff and wil get kicked for 12 hours for just typing lol or ya or something

The automated message will explain everything in detail. Just like when you get kicked now manually.

what about noobies who join after the week of getting the message?

by **soundout9** on Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:03 pm

timmytuttut88 wrote:
wicked wrote:
timmytuttut88 wrote:what about the noobies who dont know this stuff and wil get kicked for 12 hours for just typing lol or ya or something

The automated message will explain everything in detail. Just like when you get kicked now manually.

what about noobies who join after the week of getting the message?

Sucks for you....j/k im sure they'll give everyone a week of getting used to the system once you sign up. if you visit the forums after that week well then i say again sucks for you