FoxURA Posted December 4, 2007 Posted December 4, 2007 (edited) What is with the new forum lay out? It only has one or two posts showing and then a bunch of links to other postings instead of posts them selves. Is everyone having this problem or am I just the lucky one to have had my settings get randomly switched? Oh and that last part was sarcasm by the way. I hate the new lay out and find it difficult to navigate properly. Edited December 4, 2007 by FoxURA
SteveThaiBinh Posted December 4, 2007 Posted December 4, 2007 When you're looking at a thread, go to Options on the upper-right (under 'New Topic'), and choose 'Switch to Standard' from the display section. "An electric puddle is not what I need right now." (Nina Kalenkov)
Humodour Posted December 4, 2007 Posted December 4, 2007 The most annoying change they've made is removing our ability to edit our posts after a time period (seems like 10 mins or so). To me this is a frustrating removal of a basic forum right.
SteveThaiBinh Posted December 4, 2007 Posted December 4, 2007 The most annoying change they've made is removing our ability to edit our posts after a time period (seems like 10 mins or so). To me this is a frustrating removal of a basic forum right. I thought it was 60 minutes. "An electric puddle is not what I need right now." (Nina Kalenkov)
Humodour Posted December 4, 2007 Posted December 4, 2007 Really? Time's subjective at times, I guess, but I could've sworn it was shorter. Still, do you know the official line of reasoning for its existence?
SteveThaiBinh Posted December 4, 2007 Posted December 4, 2007 I wasn't a mod at the time when the change was made, so I don't know what discussions took place or what the reasons were for the final decision. I shall enquire, and get back to you. "An electric puddle is not what I need right now." (Nina Kalenkov)
Humodour Posted December 4, 2007 Posted December 4, 2007 Cheers mate. It just seems strange is all - it's not like there's ever been a problem with it on any forum been on.
SteveThaiBinh Posted December 4, 2007 Posted December 4, 2007 So what happened was, there were people misusing the edit function, posting flaming remarks to bait others, then editing those remarks out. That's the reason the policy was changed. "An electric puddle is not what I need right now." (Nina Kalenkov)
Walsingham Posted December 4, 2007 Posted December 4, 2007 If enough people want it back, we'd certainly talk it over. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
samm Posted December 5, 2007 Posted December 5, 2007 I'm used to only be able to edit my posts if they're the last ones in a thread, so... Editing is actually not restricted enough on this forum Citizen of a country with a racist, hypocritical majority
FoxURA Posted December 5, 2007 Author Posted December 5, 2007 This is the only forum that I frequent that even has rules about how long you have to edit a post and there has never been a problem with people abusing the function either.
Walsingham Posted December 5, 2007 Posted December 5, 2007 This is the only forum that I frequent that even has rules about how long you have to edit a post and there has never been a problem with people abusing the function either. I've had a chat to the veterans, and they explained that we had a period where abuse of the editing function to conduct flame wars got so bad that on one occasion Obs considered shutting the whole forum down. So, I guess in answer to your question, we have it because our members are so delightfully special. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
Humodour Posted December 5, 2007 Posted December 5, 2007 From memory that never happened on the BIS boards, nor did it happen when these boards were first created and I'm assuming it doesn't happen now - do we even have flame wars here? So is there any chance of repealing it now things are settled?
Guest The Architect Posted December 5, 2007 Posted December 5, 2007 (edited) Thing is things are good now, but what's good one day might not necessarily be good the next, so it's better to be safe than sorry and keep the current time limit rule on editing posts I reckon. And yes, flame wars do occur here, but from what I've seen, the mods are quick to jump in and resolve things aka lockdown. Edited December 5, 2007 by The Architect
Walsingham Posted December 5, 2007 Posted December 5, 2007 Things have been quiter since we uploaded those hypnagogic pain switches. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
Sand Posted December 5, 2007 Posted December 5, 2007 New layout? Murphy's Law of Computer Gaming: The listed minimum specifications written on the box by the publisher are not the minimum specifications of the game set by the developer. @\NightandtheShape/@ - "Because you're a bizzare strange deranged human?" Walsingham- "Sand - always rushing around, stirring up apathy." Joseph Bulock - "Another headache, courtesy of Sand"
Gorgon Posted December 5, 2007 Posted December 5, 2007 This is an outrage, or something. Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all.
Fenghuang Posted December 5, 2007 Posted December 5, 2007 From memory that never happened on the BIS boards, nor did it happen when these boards were first created and I'm assuming it doesn't happen now - do we even have flame wars here? So is there any chance of repealing it now things are settled? Oh, it happened. I was here and it was glorious. RIP
Humodour Posted December 5, 2007 Posted December 5, 2007 (edited) Ah, sure. I meant it didn't happen in 04 when these boards were created. Quite frankly I'm amused it happened at all. It would either have to be a bunch of KoTOR nerds arguing over who was a better Jedi, or an insufficient moderator population - and even then, it's uncharacteristic of a board like this. Unless it was something akin to what used to happen in YoP or WWOT. Haha! Edited December 5, 2007 by Krezack
Walsingham Posted December 5, 2007 Posted December 5, 2007 From memory that never happened on the BIS boards, nor did it happen when these boards were first created and I'm assuming it doesn't happen now - do we even have flame wars here? So is there any chance of repealing it now things are settled? Oh, it happened. I was here and it was glorious. When they make the film of these boards Feng gets played by Nick Cage. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
Shryke Posted December 6, 2007 Posted December 6, 2007 and i'd get played by some sort of stunt llama when your mind works against you - fight back with substance abuse!
Blank Posted December 6, 2007 Posted December 6, 2007 Ah, sure. I meant it didn't happen in 04 when these boards were created. Quite frankly I'm amused it happened at all. It would either have to be a bunch of KoTOR nerds arguing over who was a better Jedi, or an insufficient moderator population - and even then, it's uncharacteristic of a board like this. Unless it was something akin to what used to happen in YoP or WWOT. Haha! No, it happened when there weren't any new games or press releases, and the crewmates started getting leery-eyed and stir-crazy. It happens. And like Feng said, it was glorious. The edit function is a mere corollary of the great battle.
Humodour Posted December 6, 2007 Posted December 6, 2007 I think they should just hire Hypnotoad and then they wouldn't need moderators.
Deadly_Nightshade Posted December 6, 2007 Posted December 6, 2007 (edited) Edit: Damn, I thought this was the window with "What are you playing now" opened, sorry... Edited December 6, 2007 by Deadly_Nightshade "Geez. It's like we lost some sort of bet and ended up saddled with a bunch of terrible new posters on this forum." -Hurlshot
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