Some Forum Feedback

[venn177]

Just some questions, concerns, and etc. that can all probably be answered with a yes or no, or "the forum is still being set up."

Will avatars be allowed? DONE
Quoting doesn't work right now, I assume that'll be fixed in the near future, though? DONE
Will there eventually be more forums?
Posts aren't being counted towards postcounts?
Second and third categories don't have titles, yet.
URLs don't turn into links automatically, no tags. DONE

I just realized, I complain a lot.

I'm new to these forums, reading the post being the first recognition that they even exist, so forgive me if this thread is in bad taste or anything of the like.

[mtrc]

This is incredibly sexy, thanks to RPS for doing this. Proper forums ho!

[Gap Gen]

This is incredibly sexy, thanks to RPS for doing this. Proper forums ho!

Does it work on xand?

EDIT: Oh, OK, it looks like QUOTE doesn't work properly?

[venn177]

This is incredibly sexy, thanks to RPS for doing this. Proper forums ho!

Yeah, looking back at the old ones, this is definitely a step in the right direction.

Be cool to see double posts from one person automerge, though. Seems like they weren't finished with this when they put it up, though, so we'll see what else gets added.

[mtrc]

Does it work on xand?

EDIT: Oh, OK, it looks like QUOTE doesn't work properly?

Well, you don't have such high quality of adminning everywhere. You know how it is.

[Rossignol]

Well, you don't have such high quality of adminning everywhere. You know how it is.

Hmm, that is weird. Ah, it works now.

[Shakermaker]

A proper forum, finarry!

[Plankton]

I really disliked the old forum where I never posted, but this looks much more welcoming. Just want to say that I would also like avatars, even if they are just little tiny ones. Great job guys!

[Rossignol]

Avatars are working, I think.

[venn177]

Hmm, that is weird. Ah, it works now.

That gives us quotes and avatars, will you be adding strikethrough along with bold/italic/underline, so I can cross everything off the list?

[jackspade]

Ditto on the post-counts thing. They didn't work properly in the old forum either :p.

EDIT: and let's have some smilies!!!!

[venn177]

No such luck on avatars. Just profile pictures, so far.

[Jams O'Donnell]

It feels like there are too few replies per page.

[venn177]

Heh, I was just thinking that. The default is something like ten, but in Settings -> General Settings, there's an option to change it.

[Jp1138]

Testing...testing...testing...testing

Welcome to the modern internet!!!

:)

[MrFwar]

Seems pretty swanky. Now where are the forum rpg's?

[Berlin]

Damn, my beloved vBulletin?! I love this engine so there's nothing I could possibly complain about here. Maybe this whole reputation system could be a nice add-on, but it's not really anything important.

[sk2k]

Nice forum now. :) I do not need any post counts. Just hide them completely and all will be fine. :)

[Schaulustiger]

No working post count: it's not a bug, it's a feature!

I miss the default Gravatars, though.

Edit: Meh, I seem to be too dumb to get my avatar displayed.

[Tikey]

There was a nice plugin for vbulletin that placed a notification right where the unread posts started. That would be a nice addition.

[man-eater chimp]

The Thanks button!

[Alez]

Can we have something where you vote a post with + or - 1? I saw that on the Word of Tanks forum and i love it. You can easily ignore stupid posts and you can see the popular ideas.
I don't mean the user reputation, that's something else. I mean each individual post to be voted up or down.

[Simon]

enabled post counts, i need to spam like a mother to enlarge my epenis

[Rossignol]

OK, try uploading avatars now.

[Wizlah]

won't let me link through to my gravatar. says the jpeg doesn't have the correct file extension (and it'd be right, in so far as the file is a .png, but hown'ever).

[Malawi Frontier Guard]

Maybe you should just download your gravatar and upload it here. It's not like it's going to change.

[solipsistnation]

Hey, let's see if avatars and signatures and all that stuff is working.

Back to the old name again, I guess...

[Ian]

I agree about needing more posts per page.

[Jams O'Donnell]

I agree about needing more posts per page.

You can do this yourself, it seems. Go to Settings > General Settings, and look for "Number of Posts to Show Per Page," roughtly 2/3 down the page.

[Wizlah]

Aye, you're right.

[Wizlah]

reply fail!

[Schaulustiger]

Is my avatar now working?

Edit: Nah, it's not. What am I doing wrong?

[Malawi Frontier Guard]

You set a profile picture, not an avatar. It's a separate thing.

[venn177]

So the big question now, is: Obscure Node for a title? What?

[Jams O'Donnell]

Maybe it's a judgement, not a title. ;)

[rsherhod]

Can we please be allowed to choose a screen name, rather than display our user name?

...or am I missing something?

[venn177]

Maybe it's a judgement, not a title. ;)

Now that's just cruel, messing with us like this.



Can we please be allowed to choose a screen name, rather than display our user name?

...or am I missing something?

There are forums that do this?

[Alaric]

Could I have my login name changed?
Specifically I should very much like if the first letter was capitalized.

O, mighty forum zods, hear my prayer!

Edit: Thank you! =) That was fast!

[ChainsawHands]

Can we have RSS feeds for subscribing to threads? That was handy for following the Blood Bowl threads without filling my inbox with notifications.

[ChainsawHands]

"Junior Member"? Huh. Is that better than "Obscure Node"? I'm going to say yes!

[rsherhod]

There are forums that do this?

The RPS one did.

[Rii]

Are all these forms of social hierarchy really necessary?

[Shakermaker]

edit

Wrong thread, sorry.

[groovychainsaw]

I second the RSS feeds for individual threads (especially our blood bowl league ;-)). The forum can move pretty fast when everyone posts at once and made the RSS feed a pretty essential feature for me in the old forum. Maybe its hidden somewhere? If not, it will be very useful if it can be added!

[mrchinchin25]

I second the RSS feeds for individual threads (especially our blood bowl league ;-)). The forum can move pretty fast when everyone posts at once and made the RSS feed a pretty essential feature for me in the old forum. Maybe its hidden somewhere? If not, it will be very useful if it can be added!

I'd third this

[solipsistnation]

Hey post counts are not working

ETA: Wait, what? I posted in all caps and it made it properly capitalized when I posted! CLEARLY THIS IS A BUG!!! (that should be in all caps. Let's see...)

[solipsistnation]

TESTING TEST TEST

let's see if i can trick it.

[Tei]

Are all these forms of social hierarchy really necessary?

I think all the spammers will be "Obscure Node", that may help some people detect a spammer early. So it helps, at least having 2 or 3 ranks. Anyway, the ones we have get seems created based on nerd humours, so if you are a nerd, you may get some enjoyement from then (I do).

[man-eater chimp]

Hey post counts are not working

ETA: Wait, what? I posted in all caps and it made it properly capitalized when I posted! CLEARLY THIS IS A BUG!!! (that should be in all caps. Let's see...)

I think it it's an entire post or title (of a thread) posted in all caps it changes it.

[Berlin]

I'd love to see some distinction in the PC Gaming forums, like a... you know, a place for games and a place for general discussion, sub-forums, the way it looks like now it's going to turn into a total mess in no time.

[Nullkigan]

Some light searching suggests that RSS notifications from threads is possible, but requires some work by the powers that be:

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php/214581-External-RSS-Feed-From-VB-Thread

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php/158916-HowTo-Display-your-latest-threads-on-an-external-page-using-an-RSS-feed

Now if I could just figure out how to have the board take me to the last post I read in a thread, we'd be golden. Assuming that a variable width skin is inevitable.

[winterwolves]

I don't know if is just me, but I see everyone with Posts at 0 ?

[The Pink Ninja]

Testing testing hello?

[The Pink Ninja]

When I try to post in the GoG review thread:


The following errors occurred with your submission



The text that you have entered is too long (18554 characters). Please shorten it to 10000 characters long.



Why? :(

[Nullkigan]

Now if I could just figure out how to have the board take me to the last post I read in a thread, we'd be golden.

This seems to actually work automagically if I go through the What's New link. Huzzah!

I would expect post counts are disabled because, like review scores, they are a nigh-meaningless statistic. They may well disappear altogether at some point.

[Tikey]

Now if I could just figure out how to have the board take me to the last post I read in a thread, we'd be golden. Assuming that a variable width skin is inevitable.

When you go to the "what's new" button, there is a small blue circle before the topic title, click on it to go to the first new post in the thread.

[TheTourist314]

Cheers to RPS for excellent new forums!

[Schaulustiger]

You set a profile picture, not an avatar. It's a separate thing.
Ah, thank you, good sir.

[LockeTribal]

All this trouble for some flashy new forums and the post counter still doesn't work :)

[somini]

Why no more RSS feeds of individual threads? Only mail subscriptions? Is this a vBulletin "feature"?

[ASX]

Other people have asked for sub-forums, but I'd like to ask specifically for a dev forum for those looking for feedback on their games, etc. Maybe move that TBS strategy design thread in there as well, keep it easier to find rather than having it a mess in the bigger boards.

[Wizlah]

I would like to give the following feedback.

The new forum makes people post more. I deem it a fine success.

[Lambchops]

I think the return of the Writer's Hive sub forum would be a welcome addition to the new forums, there was some excellent stuff in there from time to time.

[Simon]

how about a theme? Like we could all have gangster avatars and pretend we are in the mob and paint the forum blue and start selling second rate hardware. it could be well cool1

[moth bones]

Now if I could just figure out how to have the board take me to the last post I read in a thread, we'd be golden.

Yes, this is something I'm used to in forums (and, I think, something that happened on the old forum). Is it possible?

[HughTower]

I'd third this

I'll fourth this (RSS feeds).

Really important to my life...

Well, okay, mildly important then.

[DarkNoghri]

This would be cool:
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/darknoghri/steam.jpg

Optional Steam integration in the forums.

[Buzko]

I have an issue with the search function. It appears that when I search for a word (like "Terraria"), the results tell me which thread the word is in, but don't allow me to go directly to the first post in which it appears. With threads potentially being long and variable in their topic-stickiness, this would be useful.

While tinkering I've found that displaying 40 posts per page, firefox's in-page search and each individual thread's "search thread" function have helped.

It's also quite possible that I'm Doing It Wrong. Happy to be guided.

[DarkNoghri]

I have an issue with the search function. It appears that when I search for a word (like "Terraria"), the results tell me which thread the word is in, but don't allow me to go directly to the first post in which it appears. With threads potentially being long and variable in their topic-stickiness, this would be useful.

Well, my only suggestion is that after you find the thread, you can actually use the "search this thread" button to find the posts.

[venn177]

This would be cool:
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/darknoghri/steam.jpg

Optional Steam integration in the forums.

Ooh, this is something I'd like to see. Not even that elaborate, but just something like they did with skype and everything, a little icon that links to your Steam profile.

[darkweeble]

Well I tried to search for "rss" to see if it was mentioned in this seven page thread, but apparently that term was excluded because it's too short. I know RSS feeds can be enabled in vBulletin but for the life of me I can't find one on this forum. It would be really helpful for threads like the Blood Bowl leagues, which sometimes get 40 posts a day. If the feature is already in and I'm an idiot, feel free to tell me so AFTER you point me in the right direction.

[Vague-rant]

Liking the new look in general, and the new Ignore function. I do miss the old Gravatars though. I haven't decided how much effort I can be bothered to get it back yet though.

[Ansob]

The ability to have our real names show up somewhere on our posts would be nice.

edit: also, remove postcounts from the bit to the left of posts, and let us set our own titles (so I never lose the "Obscure Node" one, for it is good).

edit 2: can someone please take mercy on us all and change the title of the Game Clubs forum to "Game Clubs And General Sociability OK" before that lower case K drives us all insane.

[Kadayi]

This would be cool:
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/darknoghri/steam.jpg

Optional Steam integration in the forums.

Yeah I'd like to see that for sure.

[ColOfNature]

...also, remove postcounts from the bit to the left of posts...

...please take mercy on us all and change the title of the Game Clubs forum to "Game Clubs And General Sociability OK" before that lower case K drives us all insane.
This. Or at least make the post counts actually work.



This would be cool:
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/darknoghri/steam.jpg

Optional Steam integration in the forums.
Also this.



I would like to give the following feedback.

The new forum makes people post more. I deem it a fine success.
And this.

[vinraith]

We have a "block" function on the front page now, I don't suppose there are any plans to extend that functionality to the forums as well? We seem to have a huge volume of new posters back here, and most of them seem lovely, but a few... well it's always nice to have options, no?

[ColOfNature]

vinraith - click on the offensive party's name and choose "View Profile", then "Add To Ignore List". You need never hear from me again :)

I wonder, are you told when someone ignores you? You could start libelling them with every post and they'd never know.

[vinraith]

Bah, I poked around the interface a bit but totally missed that. Thank you!


vinraith - click on the offensive party's name and choose "View Profile", then "Add To Ignore List". You need never hear from me again :)

I wonder, are you told when someone ignores you? You could start libelling them with every post and they'd never know.

[mlaskus]

@vinraith
What happened to Professor Farnsworth? Your posts are just not the same when I don't subconsciously read them in his voice.

[Kadayi]

We could probably do with a retro gamers forum for all of those people who want to tell us how great the old days were (and how terrible the new games are).

[vinraith]

@vinraith
What happened to Professor Farnsworth? Your posts are just not the same when I don't subconsciously read them in his voice.

Changed, just for you. :D

[sinomatic]

Is there any way to extend the amount of time it takes before it logs you out? I have a tendency to keep this open in the background and seem to be spending as much time logging back in as I do reading posts.

[Vexing Vision]

Is there any way to extend the amount of time it takes before it logs you out? I have a tendency to keep this open in the background and seem to be spending as much time logging back in as I do reading posts.

Seconded... I'm too lazy to log in all the time to all my forums, social networks, websites. The reason I allow Cookies is that I allow Cookies, so can I just stay logged in indefinitely if I choose so?

[ColOfNature]

...The reason I allow Cookies is that I allow Cookies...

Circular reasoning is circular :)

[Khryses]

Descartes would love that ;)

[Vexing Vision]

Circular reasoning is circular :)

Well, usually the reason why people allow Cookies is that they don't know any better. I figured it's a good argument! :)

[Rond]

Can we have the old Orkish (Orkesque?) user titles? Like Snotling instead of Obscure Node.

[sinomatic]

Can we have the old Orkish (Orkesque?) user titles? Like Snotling instead of Obscure Node.

I quite like being an obscure node.

[Rond]

Almost forgot, it seems the new forum doesn't support RSS, and I used to be subscribed to a couple of topics before.

[duff]

This would be cool:
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/darknoghri/steam.jpg

Optional Steam integration in the forums.

This would be fantastic for organising games in our blood bowl leagues.

[groovychainsaw]

Yeah, along with moaning about no RSS feeds, a steam profile button (or display like that shown) would be most excellent, as I'm confident most folks use steam, whereas skype etc. are probably less widely used/less gamery...

[Where Is My Halftime Pie?]

I'd love a rep system that is based around biscuits. Because whenever I see a post I think "YES! You deserve a biscuit". So if every post had a "Give Biscuit" button at the bottom, that'd be great.

[ColOfNature]

I'd love a rep system that is based around biscuits. Because whenever I see a post I think "YES! You deserve a biscuit". So if every post had a "Give Biscuit" button at the bottom, that'd be great.

Give this man a biscuit!

[Nullkigan]

To go along with the rules thread and general breaking in of the forums, an announcement reminding people to turn on e-mail notification for PMs, up their posts per page and otherwise do settings housecleaning that wasn't even an option on the old forums might be worthwhile?

[imirk]

Just to let you know I'm taking the What's New button and pondering it as an existential question:
"What is new?"

[potatoedoughnut]

I'll throw my complaint/wish for RSS into the thread too :)

[solipsistnation]

I like that there's a "Report post as spam" button on each post. That's useful.

There does seem to be more spam than there was recently on the old forum, though.

[baboonanza]

To go along with the rules thread and general breaking in of the forums, an announcement reminding people to turn on e-mail notification for PMs, up their posts per page and otherwise do settings housecleaning that wasn't even an option on the old forums might be worthwhile?
Shit, you have to turn notifications ON? Cheers for the heads up.

[Anthile]

I can't hear it anymore. Okay, you guys don't like consoles, I get it, but please stop throwing words like "consolization" or "dumbed down" around like it they actually mean something. The sheer amount of this makes the forums almost unreadable to me. I guess some anti-console bias is to be expected from a PC-gaming community but the amount of smug patronization has become intolerable. Just because I have a couple of consoles and enjoy playing with them doesn't mean I'm mentally retarded or some form of subhuman, thank you very much. Bah.

[Rii]

I can't hear it anymore. Okay, you guys don't like consoles, I get it, but please stop throwing words like "consolization" or "dumbed down" around like it they actually mean something. The sheer amount of this makes the forums almost unreadable to me. I guess some anti-console bias is to be expected from a PC-gaming community but the amount of smug patronization has become intolerable. Just because I have a couple of consoles and enjoy playing with them doesn't mean I'm mentally retarded or some form of subhuman, thank you very much. Bah.

I wouldn't worry about it too much. The current wave of hatred is merely the result of an unfortunate conjunction of circumstances - most notably E3 - lending themselves to such passions. It'll pass.

[òscar.]

To sum it up:

- Enable post count or remove it completely.
- Why not allowing users to set up their own custom titles? That'd be cool!
- The steam button thing.
- The button that takes us to our last read post in a thread.

I would be happy to see all of this.

And btw, congrats on the forums. Lately I had been looking for a forum to join and participate in, and this one just appeared!

[ColOfNature]

Certainly 1 and 3. I like being an Obscure Node, and I'm intrigued as to what I'll be next. And there's already a button to jump to unread posts. But do something about the post count, and allow BBCode tags in signatures so we can link to steamprofile.com (http://steamprofile.com/):

[IMG]http://badges.steamprofile.com/profile/extended/steam/76561197970859202.png (http://steamprofile.com)

[Nullkigan]

- The button that takes us to our last read post in a thread.


The 'What's New' button up top will take you to the last post since you last visited the forum, regardless of whether or not you read that post.

Alternatively, go to a thread, click 'Thread Tools' at the top and select 'Subscribe to Thread'. You'll then be able to go to 'Quick Links' (at the very top) -> 'Subscribed Threads'. Clicking the small blue icon next to a thread title SEEMS to take me to the last post I read in the thread, but I haven't tried it very much. I need to test further!

[sinomatic]

But do something about the post count, and allow BBCode tags in signatures so we can link to steamprofile.com (http://steamprofile.com/):

[IMG]http://badges.steamprofile.com/profile/extended/steam/76561197970859202.png (http://steamprofile.com)

I like that this forum isn't littered with signature images. What's wrong with putting a plain old text link to your steam/other gaming site profile, should you wish?

[ColOfNature]

There's an option in your settings to turn off displaying images or signatures.

I'm not saying I'd have that in my sig, by the way - it is a bit ostentatious, isn't it? Maybe something smaller.

[NecroKnight]

We could use bigger avatar pictures, there is so much unused space. Seriously, they could be much bigger.

[laneford]

Why would we want bigger pictures / sigs exactly?

[thegooseking]

Don't know if anyone's said this yet, but the forum isn't very colour-blind friendly. In particular, I have a very hard time seeing when something is a link.

I'll fix it myself with Stylish, I guess.

[ColOfNature]

Links aren't always obvious anyway - there's not a great deal of contrast.

My advice is to apply the blink tag to links.

[NecroKnight]

Why would we want bigger pictures / sigs exactly?

Why not? It will look cooler and you will be able to see more detail. Besides I said bigger pictures, not signatures.

[potatoedoughnut]

Just found out there is a limit of 4 images per post, can we raise this? In particular images make the Blood Bowl match report threads much livelier, and I'm sure it would be nice not to be so limited elsewhere on the forums too :)

[squareking]

If the Hivemind would require another moderator type person to sticky threads, delete spam, vaporize trespassers, etc I'd be willing to do it.

[sinomatic]

If the Hivemind would require another moderator type person to sticky threads, delete spam, vaporize trespassers, etc I'd be willing to do it.

I was going to offer to be a human spam filter too. Not to deal with stickies/trolls and such, but literally just to remove the obvious spam threads. They bug me.

[Peter Radiator Full Pig]

Go to last post displays a single post only. Id like it to go to that post, but show the ones before it as well.
Also, the date is American style, very illogical and annoying for a british site.

[imirk]

I was going to offer to be a human spam filter too. Not to deal with stickies/trolls and such, but literally just to remove the obvious spam threads. They bug me.
Right! Deputize the community to hunt the dreaded spammerz

[sinomatic]

Right! Deputize the community to hunt the dreaded spammerz

Indeed. I offer my services as an RPS 'digital refuse collector'.

[solipsistnation]

Right! Deputize the community to hunt the dreaded spammerz

It worked pretty well on the old forums, if I do say so myself.

Plus it's massively satisfying to be able to just go ahead and delete spam.

[solipsistnation]

Hang on, my post count incremented?

[DarkNoghri]

Hang on, my post count incremented?

It totally did. This may or may not be a test.

Edit: I'm not sure whether I should be thrilled or disappointed.

[Townroe]

I'd like to see maybe the last 5 posted in threads on the forum front page. Than its just a refresh away to keep track. it can be a little tedious perusing the forums as is. I thought every one having a 0 post count was a great statement for the forums to make, correct me if I'm wrong but post counts seem to be incentive for some people to post garble.

[sinomatic]

Surely the 'what's new' page fulfils that role?

And I agree on the post count. Not sure why its started up again but I don't see the need/desire for it.

[Ansob]

Right! Deputize the community to hunt the dreaded spammerz

You mean, like we did on the last set of forums?

Also, yes, definitely get rid of the postcounts. I want to stay an Obscure Node forever, it's delightfully Frozen-Synapse-ish.

[Alex Bakke]

Also - Why do we have two 'RPS forum feedback' threads?

[Jams O'Donnell]

Also - Why do we have two 'RPS forum feedback' threads?
Are there two of these? I see one specifically for the forum and one for RPS generally.

[Kadayi]

Yeah definitely lose the post counts again (in fact lost the whole 'Posts 0'). It just encourages user spam as people equate post count to meaningfulness.

Also yes the spam is epidemic at times. Registered accounts need to be email verified (if they aren't already), and I'd recommend appointing some people to deal with the spam, though I suggest refraining from giving them titles that might lead to delusions of grandeur as to what their role is.

[Alex Bakke]

Are there two of these? I see one specifically for the forum and one for RPS generally.

Ah, you're right - My apologies.

[duff]

Also - Why do we have two 'RPS forum feedback' threads? So we get double the feedback of course.

[JayTee]

Not a fan of post counts in general, never really seen the point in them to be honest. Chalk me up as another who'd like to see them go away again.

[mrpier]

Do the post-counts work now?

(+1)

Edit: Looks like it, not sure if want :-/

[sockeatsock]

I know this is an obvious complaint but the buyhandbag threads are getting out of control... Do we perhaps need more forum police or is someone working on making the site more secure?

In regards to the forum police (forpol), maybe it's due to my being in Australia, hence all the UK based forpol are asleep? We should get a forpol for all time zones!

[darkweeble]

Still no RSS makes me a sad panda.

EDIT: Also, how did my name end up in lowercase? I don't remember signing up like that.

[deano2099]

We could use bigger avatar pictures, there is so much unused space. Seriously, they could be much bigger.

The only unused space I see on your post is the white space under the one line you wrote, which needs to leave enough room for your avatar on the left. Not saying you're wrong to want bigger ones, just not seeing where this unused space is.

Also I'm assuming post-counts are being turned on for a random period of time, before they go off again, so we can all have random post-counts like in the old forum.

[Malawi Frontier Guard]

I like the forum layout exactly how it is right now.

Did you make the link color more visible? That was pretty much the only gripe I had.

[ColOfNature]

Also I'm assuming post-counts are being turned on for a random period of time, before they go off again, so we can all have random post-counts like in the old forum.

Alternatively just have entirely random, constantly changing post counts.

[Comrade Commissar]

I would very much appreciate if images would work in signatures.
Then I could finally use this:
http://badges.steamprofile.com/profile/extended/steam/76561198005064756.png (http://steamprofile.com)

[Liqourish]

I'd prefer a random number assigned to us by the system, permanent, until perhaps the AI that controls us all thinks something new of us. We could all speculate what the great AI wanted us to think when we were assigned the number we had, but to no avail. The mind of the forum-ai is unfathomable.

[Liqourish]

Gah! The post count keeps going up! Stop this madness now before it is too late and people think that posting nothingness will make them more respected as a member because they have a larger number beneath their name!

[JohnnyK]

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/forums/showthread.php?63-The-RPS-Kindness-Club-Rides-Again&p=7938&viewfull=1#post7938

I suggest renaming the button to "Wot's New?".

[Edawan]

Could we have the option to change the date and time display ?

I'd like to have the dates as day-month-year (you know, the european way) and the time in 24h format.

[somini]

Why did this post broke the layout?
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/forums/showthread.php?21-PC-Bargains&p=9845#post9845
And sorry if this is the wrong place...

[Jacques]

Why did this post broke the layout?
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/forums/showthread.php?21-PC-Bargains&p=9845#post9845
And sorry if this is the wrong place...

Did your post contain any weird HTML?

[somini]

Did your post contain any weird HTML?
I just replied with a quote. let's see if it breaks here too...

EDIT:No, just there. Hmm...

[Sp4rkR4t]

Nice job on the forum, I was a bit of an idiot and couldn't see the massive what's new button but now I have woken up all is good.

[Rii]

Heads-up: the rules have gone missing.

[The JG Man]

Dunno if it's been posted elsewhere, but threads with enough pages that have tags and attachments cause problems clicking on page numbers. It takes quite a bit of fine tuning to be able to click on a specific page, instead of the tag or attachment.

[darkweeble]

I'm still dying for RSS support. Help a Blood Bowl player out!

[Shark]

Regarding post counts: what spoke against the Ork-names for ranks?
(On a more serious note, the background image fails to load and leaves me with a blank white background (Opera 11.50).) EDIT: turns out my browser blocked it (had to block the flash ads due to a shockwave error)

[Rii]

So, umm, given that the rules are still missing from the rules forum I'm not sure how productive entering a post here is going to be, but whatever:

"Tech Help" -> "Tech Help & Discussion"
"Other Stuff" -> "Other Gaming"

New forum: General Discussion

Or alternatively just rebrand/clarify "Other Stuff" as "General Discussion".

Rationale behind each suggestion should be fairly self-evident.

[Vexing Vision]

Is there any chance of increasing the limit of PMs to 500 or something? 50 is rather limited, considering how many diplomacy-heavy games I am currently involved in with other fine gents of this particular clan of PC Gamers.

[WombatDeath]

The PM notification link (in the horizontal menu at the top of the screen) is very unobtrusive and easy to miss, which can make it hard to contact people who don't regularly check for the notification. This causes a bit of a problem when running RPS gaming events. Can we have a pop-up or something to make it stand out more, please?

[Jams O'Donnell]

The PM notification link (in the horizontal menu at the top of the screen) is very unobtrusive and easy to miss, which can make it hard to contact people who don't regularly check for the notification. This causes a bit of a problem when running RPS gaming events. Can we have a pop-up or something to make it stand out more, please?

I get popups -- I thought they were enabled by default, but perhaps I'm wrong. Go to the "settings" page (this link should do it if you're logged in: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/forums/profile.php?do=editoptions ), and in the "private messaging" section there's an option to show popups when you get PMs.

[WombatDeath]

I get popups -- I thought they were enabled by default, but perhaps I'm wrong. Go to the "settings" page (this link should do it if you're logged in: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/forums/profile.php?do=editoptions ), and in the "private messaging" section there's an option to show popups when you get PMs.
Right you are! I stand corrected, thank you.

[Anthile]

Can we have a sticky thread in which indie developers can present (advertise) their games? I think I do not only speak for myself when I say that I'm tired of people with one post going all "Have you seen this awesome new game I am most definitely not affiliated with?".

[Althea]

Agreed. And perhaps there should be something done about those who constantly advertise them.

[TailSwallower]

Indeed. I suggested this very thing, but I did it in a thread (one that was talking about an upcoming Indie game, IIRC), so there's every chance that it was missed by the mods.

[Vexing Vision]

I don't mind the advertisement, but I'd appreciate if more indie-devs would just own up to actually advertising their own products. This "I'm just a fan, really, who wants to tell you about this super awesome game" is not helping the game at all.

An official subforum might solve that for everyone.



Also, more PMs please? :)

[TillEulenspiegel]

This "I'm just a fan, really, who wants to tell you about this super awesome game" is not helping the game at all.
Sockpuppet advertising is pretty weird. I'd much rather talk to the creator than some random guy I don't know. Either your game's good, or it isn't - focus on explaining it clearly and concisely.

[Alex Bakke]

There's a flash advert for WOW/Anno 2070 that seems to be breaking the forums layout.

http://i40.tinypic.com/162918n.png

[Jams O'Donnell]

Mr Bakke, that should already be fixed :)

[westyfield]

Here's something that's been bugging me for a while - often when I visit these fine forums, loads of threads will have bold titles. "Great!", I think, "Lots of lovely people talking about lovely PC games, or the correct usage of the word rape." But then I click the link and the most recent post is one I've already read. Sometimes it'll even be one of mine (which I've definitely read).
So, yeah. It doesn't seem to be correctly tracking which posts are new and which are not. I do go through the entire forum and open anything I want to read in a new tab, then read through them one by one - could that have something to do with it?

[Vexing Vision]

The forum seems to track SOME (not all, apparently, which is confusing me) your thread positions via Cookies. So if you open it in another session, it'll place another Cookie.

[Althea]

Yeah, I've noticed that sometimes I can close the forum and come back, and it'll flag up topics - with my own post being the last one - as unread. I've often found myself reading posts marked as "unread" that I'd seen an hour or two before.

[thegooseking]

kokosina.in has been attacking vBulletin forums, and has apparently hit this one, now.

Haven't heard about a proper fix for it, yet, but here's a thread about it on the vB forums: https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php/392637-Kokosina-in-Anyone-Else-Getting-This

Avast blocks malware every time I open a page on the forum.

[DigitalSignalX]

Can you guys enable strikethrough or strikeout codes please? It's default off for some reason in vbulletin and needs to be switched on if you so desire.

test

test

From a google search:

1. In AdminCP, go to Custom BB Codes and click Add New BB Code
2. Enter the following info in the appropriate fields:
Title: Strikethrough
Tag: Strike
Replacement: <strike>{param}</strike>
Complete the rest of the fields as you like (to be honest, I believe the only field that you "must" set up as I've described is the "Replacement" one, as that's the one that tells vBulletin what html code you want to use for this bb code)

[TailSwallower]

For some odd reason the arrow keys on my netbook keyboard aren't working on the forum site - fine in other browser tabs, it's just here. Arrow keys move the page, not the typing cursor, which can be a right pain when I need to go back and fix things.

Anyone else having the same issue? And what might be the cause?

[Wooly Wugga Wugga]

For some odd reason the arrow keys on my netbook keyboard aren't working on the forum site - fine in other browser tabs, it's just here. Arrow keys move the page, not the typing cursor, which can be a right pain when I need to go back and fix things.

Anyone else having the same issue? And what might be the cause?

Yep, I have the same issue on my netbook.

[khaz]

Are the forum and article comments login meant to be different? I had to ask for a password reminder when making a comment (And using that currently) but my original registration still works here.

Either I borked somewhere or is this a bug? Halp!

[Wooly Wugga Wugga]

Are the forum and article comments login meant to be different?

Yep, two different accounts are required. A Wordpress one for the main site comments and a vBulletin one for the forums.

Welcome to the community!

[khaz]

Oh good, I didn't bork then. Thanks. :)

And it's good to be here after a long time lurking/reading.

[Townroe]

I feel a select few have been getting a little carried away on these forums, I've read RPS and the forums for a long long time you see from my post count i rarely post. It seems though genuine argument and conversation which are RPS mainstays are being steered unintentionally by the few who post the most/loudest. Its not uncommon to see little known voices with great points brushed aside in favor of a few fleshing out there own points to no end. I only mention this cause it seems more people have been getting on the whats wrong with rps bandwagon and i don't think its hard to see how the community can shelf some of that blame. RPS really used to be one of the most welcoming communities out there in the interwebs, i don't think it would hurt to remember that.

While I'm at it. Quoting people in your signatures to score a few cheap points at there expense is pathetic.

[sockeatsock]

I feel a select few have been getting a little carried away on these forums, I've read RPS and the forums for a long long time you see from my post count i rarely post. It seems though genuine argument and conversation which are RPS mainstays are being steered unintentionally by the few who post the most/loudest. Its not uncommon to see little known voices with great points brushed aside in favor of a few fleshing out there own points to no end. I only mention this cause it seems more people have been getting on the whats wrong with rps bandwagon and i don't think its hard to see how the community can shelf some of that blame. RPS really used to be one of the most welcoming communities out there in the interwebs, i don't think it would hurt to remember that.

While I'm at it. Quoting people in your signatures to score a few cheap points at there expense is pathetic.


This sums up my thoughts entirely. RPS is still a very solid community but it could do with a friendly reminder to keep on track.

I also am sick of the Wizardry witch hunt. Wizardry is no more or less brash than those that attack him. Give it a break.

[Althea]

I also am sick of the Wizardry witch hunt. Wizardry is no more or less brash than those that attack him. Give it a break.
I think the "Wizardry witch hunt" has largely been non-existent as of late, and when it is, it's generally his own fault for posting something quite clearly intended to spark it.

It's no different for anyone else here. I've been a part of both sides of the coin, as have many of those who post regularly.

[Roufuss]

The King Arthur II ad doesn't really work well with the site, imo.

The "Search" and "Read our Finest Words" boxes block the logo of the game, making it difficult to tell what game it is unless you are already a fan (and thus, don't really need the ad.)

[ColOfNature]

When I go to this thread (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/forums/showthread.php?1249-GamingAnchor-looking-for-suggestions-and-feedback) I'm shown as not logged in, and logging in at the top of the page redirects back to the same thread, still not logged in. As soon as I go to anything else on the forum I'm logged in again, without the logging in redirect, even with the offending thread open in another tab. Weird, huh?

[Althea]

Found a little problem - Those little icons which mention tags/attachments? They can cover up the page numbers for moderate to longer topics in search results, meaning it's very hard to go straight to the last page or even see what the last page number is:
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/4043/rpsproblem.jpg

Obviously, there's a few workarounds for it (go to the latest post, click the title and then go to the last page, etc.), but I just thought I'd point it out.

[Althea]

I wasn't sure where to put this, but I think here's as good a place as any.

I think the forums could possibly benefit from a front-line, visible moderating team. I think it'd be great for many reasons - Firstly, if members have a problem they'll know who to go to. Secondly, if they tell people to stop being dicks, it'll be more visible and (arguably) carry more weight. Thirdly, it looks a little "better".

There's been a number of arguments, hostile discussions and so forth lately (and no, I'm not going to state I had no part in it), and I'd say a more prominent and larger mod team would hopefully help reduce the frequency of such events as well as their length(s).

[ntw]

Since the update to to forum, I am unable to post from my moby (HTC Desire). I can read fine, and the textboxes highlight nicely, but it simply won't allow me to enter text...

[rsherhod]

Same problem, but with Chrome on a desktop Windows 7 machine.
The white box I'm currently typing in (on Firefox) is grey in Chrome and can't be edited.

Also, when I close the tab or click to go somewhere else I get a dialogue that says "Changes made to the editor will be lost. Do you want to save changes?".

[rsherhod]

Ah, never mind. It was part of my multi-layered add defences that was messing it up.

[Kodeen]

We just had a daylight savings time switch over here in the States, but the forum didn't update automatically, which is the option I had it on. Changing it to "Always use DST" displayed the correct time, and then changing it back to "Detect DST automatically" also displayed the correct time. So the latter option is able to tell when DST is in effect, it just didn't display the changes without a 'reminder'.

[skitfarlig]

The forum needs to expand. More sub-forums, categories or whatever you want to call it.

[Smashbox]

I would like to see fewer solicitations. How do the rest of you feel about the first time poster thread starting? Is it a problem in your minds? Can it be combated somehow?

[Althea]

I would like to see fewer solicitations. How do the rest of you feel about the first time poster thread starting? Is it a problem in your minds? Can it be combated somehow?
It's a problem, but it's a case of where do we draw the line?

If there is a facility to randomly force a Captcha, we might escape some of them, but not all.

The other option I can think of is account verification, but that seems very, very inefficient.

[Nalano]

I would like to see fewer solicitations. How do the rest of you feel about the first time poster thread starting? Is it a problem in your minds? Can it be combated somehow?

Well, there is the nagging problem that if someone showed up out of the blue, it doesn't matter if they're affiliated with whatever product they're hawking - everybody assumes that already, and then attacks them for being shills.

Saying "you need X number of posts before you can talk about the game you really, really like in a new thread," however, will just limit the number of new members to the forum, and effectively turn it into the same two dozen grognards dominating every discussion.

Personally, I'd err on the side of inclusion and let folks shill, because ignoring one thread a day is far less destructive than scaring off potential new posters.

[Althea]

and effectively turn it into the same two dozen grognards dominating every discussion.
Which happens now, does it not?

[Nalano]

Which happens now, does it not?

Only serving to drive home the point. :P

[Diesel-]

how should i make threads?

in bottom it say bb code is on and
You may not
post new threads

[potatoedoughnut]

There is probably a minimum post count required before new members can post new threads (as spam control method).

[Rii]

Reiterating request to have 'tech help' renamed to 'tech help & discussion' or somesuch.

[darkweeble]

"View First Unread" now always seems to put me at the most recent post no matter what. It's a bit of a problem in the Blood Bowl forum. Losing RSS made thing pretty hard to follow to begin with.

[Proctor Eldritch]

There is probably a minimum post count required before new members can post new threads (as spam control method).

Any idea what the minimum is? I'm looking to upgrade my rig fairly soon and I'd like some feedback about which hardware to pick up.

[Feldspar]

Any idea what the minimum is? I'm looking to upgrade my rig fairly soon and I'd like some feedback about which hardware to pick up.
Just have a look at existing threads, people do this often, an i5 2500(k), compatible memory and motherboard, power supply to match, an argument over which graphics card is the better value and then endorsements over buying an SSD and how much better it makes your like, iirc :) Seriously, you'll find several recent threads, just add to one of those and sooner or later you'll end up with the required post count anyway.

[squirrelfanatic]

Not sure if this belongs in here, but here goes: Who do I need to to wink at in a sexy way to get a subforum for Guild Wars 2?

We've got a couple (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/forums/showthread.php?3854-RPS-Guild-for-Guild-Wars-2) of threads (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/forums/showthread.php?5669-Guild-Wars-2-Guild-Server-Choice-%28EU%29) going already, we've got a guild, a Steam group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/rockpapersignet), some of the guys have provided a mumble server, and it will all only get bigger, faster, stronger after release. People are very enthusiastic about the game, so pretty please, give us new-age MMO hipsters a Guild Hall.

[Jams O'Donnell]

Not sure if this belongs in here, but here goes: Who do I need to to wink at in a sexy way to get a subforum for Guild Wars 2?Rossignol (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/forums/member.php?1) should be the recipient of all sexy winks, I believe.

[squirrelfanatic]

Man(l)y thanks!

[Timofee]

Not sure if this belongs in here, but here goes: Who do I need to to wink at in a sexy way to get a subforum for Guild Wars 2?

We've got a couple (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/forums/showthread.php?3854-RPS-Guild-for-Guild-Wars-2) of threads (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/forums/showthread.php?5669-Guild-Wars-2-Guild-Server-Choice-%28EU%29) going already, we've got a guild, a Steam group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/rockpapersignet), some of the guys have provided a mumble server, and it will all only get bigger, faster, stronger after release. People are very enthusiastic about the game, so pretty please, give us new-age MMO hipsters a Guild Hall.

Thanks for posting this.

My sexy winks have thus far gone unanswered. Maybe I should stop doing them while wearing no clothes, its probably giving the wrong impression.

[squirrelfanatic]

Jim's PM folder is full, I've sent him an email.

[Rossignol]

I do not check PMs on here. The last time I looked they were about people complaining that I had curtailed their freedom of speech. There is no freedom of speech here. This is my forum, and threads will be closed and users banned as I see fit.

Re Guild Wars, I will redo the subfolders later today. I have a couple of ideas for other sections we need.

[squirrelfanatic]

I do not check PMs on here. The last time I looked they were about people complaining that I had curtailed their freedom of speech. There is no freedom of speech here. This is my forum, and threads will be closed and users banned as I see fit. Re Guild Wars, I will redo the subfolders later today. I have a couple of ideas for other sections we need.That's great, thanks! If all future requests are handled this quickly, I am fine with handing over my freedom of speech at the front gate of Castle Shotgun.

[Timofee]

Thank you kind sir!

[Scumbag]

Thanks to lord Jim of Rossignol for adding the Tribes subforum. Much appreciated from the Shazboters around here!

...now how the hell do we use this?

[Kadayi]

I do not check PMs on here. The last time I looked they were about people complaining that I had curtailed their freedom of speech. There is no freedom of speech here. This is my forum, and threads will be closed and users banned as I see fit.

*chortles*

Maybe an MMOs sub forum would be a good idea

[somanyrobots]

No idea if this has been discussed in the past, but could we get user profiles to not be indexed by search engines? I.E., RPS forum profiles wouldn't show up in search results. This may be a major change for some users (ideally vbulletin would allow it as a per-user configurable setting, but oh well), but I for one would greatly prefer it. Linked below, a quick discussion of doing this with vbulletin.

https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-390056.html

[AgamemnonV1]

What's up with not being able to make a thread?

[Splynter]

You need to make a certain number of posts (10, I think) before you'll be allowed to start a new thread. Nothing personal, but there have been some problems- to put it lightly- with spammers in the past.

[I am Grand]

Saying "you need X number of posts before you can talk about the game you really, really like in a new thread," however, will just limit the number of new members to the forum, and effectively turn it into the same two dozen grognards dominating every discussion.

Personally, I'd err on the side of inclusion and let folks shill, because ignoring one thread a day is far less destructive than scaring off potential new posters.

Hi, I'm new and joined to talk about a specific game but I can't start the thread to do it and I didn't notice anything telling me that there was a post limit, I just assumed. Hoping this will count towards my total and I can one day add something new.

[Nalano]

Hi, I'm new and joined to talk about a specific game but I can't start the thread to do it and I didn't notice anything telling me that there was a post limit, I just assumed. Hoping this will count towards my total and I can one day add something new.

What game?

[I am Grand]

Well, that's my secret until I can gather enough posts to start a thread on it :p

BTW, this is totally not spam or anything, but does anybody want to buy some cheap Viagra? Guaranteed legit!*



* Not guaranteed.

[AgamemnonV1]

You need to make a certain number of posts (10, I think) before you'll be allowed to start a new thread. Nothing personal, but there have been some problems- to put it lightly- with spammers in the past.
So to combat spam you encourage people to spam first before they can talk about what they want to talk about. Interesting.

[Grizzly]

So to combat spam you encourage people to spam first before they can talk about what they want to talk about. Interesting.

Yeah well, it is better then your topic being drowned out by the 50+ spam topics that take up the first two pages.

[rider]

You need to make a certain number of posts (10, I think) before you'll be allowed to start a new thread. Nothing personal, but there have been some problems- to put it lightly- with spammers in the past.

I guessed as much but there could be something up in the Main Rules fora that would say something to this effect, maybe? Otherwise it is just a bit confusing, because nothing indicates what actually needs to be done. :)

[rider]

Also, quite possibly there could be a generic sticky topic in the Tech Area for small questions that are not meant to develop into a full discussion but rather should have a short answer? Seems like it could stop a number of "small" topics coming up probably every now and then (say is A better than B if I have £x to spend).

[Big_Z]

So to combat spam you encourage people to spam first before they can talk about what they want to talk about. Interesting.


+1000 for truthiness!

[Nalano]

So to combat spam you encourage people to spam first before they can talk about what they want to talk about. Interesting.

Or, y'know, they expect fans of computer games to have interests in things beyond the sole item they want to post a new thread about.

[rider]

Unfortunately I find that the majority of my favourite games are not well represented here (SOASE and TW series)...

[NathanH]

You can easily get 10 posts in a few minutes arguing about RPGs with us. Try it. We like new blood.

[SectoidBro]

The ten post thing is really annoying, I think. But I don't have ten posts yet.

[Feldspar]

You can easily get 10 posts in a few minutes arguing about RPGs with us. Try it. We like new blood.
We just like blood. If you want to keep people happy never say that a game is an RPG, just say it has RPG-like elements. And then downplay it.

[SectoidBro]

We just like blood. If you want to keep people happy never say that a game is an RPG, just say it has RPG-like elements. And then downplay it.

... Is Borderlands well known for having RPG-like elements (in the random gun loot dropper)?

Ho ho ho ha ha ha RPG-as-rocket-propelled-grenade pun!

[BubuIIC]

I've been wondering, are the old RPS forums still accessible? The first time I came here I could still view the contents, in the other Feedback thread someone mentioned http://rockpapershotgun.com/rpsforum/, but this generates a 404 error now... Are they gone for good? Or viewable somewhere else?

I'm not really looking for something specific, it's just the "Internet history, must be archived... cannot be lost!" kind of feel... ;-)

[squirrelfanatic]

I've been wondering, are the old RPS forums still accessible? The first time I came here I could still view the contents, in the other Feedback thread someone mentioned http://rockpapershotgun.com/rpsforum/, but this generates a 404 error now... Are they gone for good? Or viewable somewhere else?

I'm not really looking for something specific, it's just the "Internet history, must be archived... cannot be lost!" kind of feel... ;-)Have you tried accessing the old pages via Google's web cache (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_cache)? It's not the same as the old forums, but if you are looking for something specific, it might still be there.

[Razza]

Newbie question, forgive me if this is obvious, but is there a reason I can't post new threads and only can post comments? Sorry if this is the wrong section! Is there a forum probation period? Thanks :)

[Pirate]

The invasion of spambots is getting annoying lately.

[Jesus_Phish]

Newbie question, forgive me if this is obvious, but is there a reason I can't post new threads and only can post comments? Sorry if this is the wrong section! Is there a forum probation period? Thanks :)

I believe there's a ten post quota before you can make your own threads.



The invasion of spambots is getting annoying lately.

Agreed. They're spamming more and more threads now.

[Sparkasaurusmex]

I have never spent so much time on a 404 page as just now when RPS got "wobbly"

sorry, 503

[Strazz]

Where do we find a list of moderators? I've got a post that's been stuck in approval, and I'm curious why.

[Kodeen]

Automatically updating timestamps for DST seems to still be broken. I had to toggle DST from auto to off, back to auto again.

[The JG Man]

Whilst probably a lower priority thing, would it be possible to look into actual spoiler tags? Thanks!

[Jesus_Phish]

Would it be possible to update either the Rules or add in some sort of FAQ thread to highlight the minimum number of posts people need in order to make a thread?

Although it's been mentioned here several times over, new users are still going into other threads, even necro'ing long silent threads in order to ask why they can't make a thread yet and why they can't find anything about it.

I've no problem with the current implementation or restrictions, but it's almost as tiresome answering these questions as seeing the spambots.

[Velko]

Would it be possible to update either the Rules or add in some sort of FAQ thread to highlight the minimum number of posts people need in order to make a thread?

Although it's been mentioned here several times over, new users are still going into other threads, even necro'ing long silent threads in order to ask why they can't make a thread yet and why they can't find anything about it.

I've no problem with the current implementation or restrictions, but it's almost as tiresome answering these questions as seeing the spambots.

Rule #1: Nobody ever reads the FAQ.
Rule #2: Nobody ever reads the Rules (including these two rules, when they are mentioned).
Rule #3: There is NO rule #3.

[Yello Rambo]

Just a random question that I am not sure where to post: when does one get the marvellous ability to make their own threads? I couldn't find that in the forum rules and I was going to put up my XCOM-retelling literary effort for some well-deserved public criticism. :) (Apologies if the answer is blindingly obvious, I apparently have not been blinded yet.)

[EDIT: Nevermind, it seems like I failed to read the posts just above mine. Consider it obsolete. :D)

[Sketch]

In the locked thread about getting article banned why did Alec's reasoning for locking it disappear?

[Yello Rambo]

How long does it take in general to get a new thread approved? Do you get any feedback if it doesn't get approved?

[Feldspar]

How long does it take in general to get a new thread approved? Do you get any feedback if it doesn't get approved?

You'll have to be patient at the moment, it being a) the holiday period and b) the weekend, sorry, this forum is powered by good will and scotch eggs, not by a fanatical devotion to the pope. I'm not sure about feedback, but you could certainly ask for it if your thread does not get approved.

[Yello Rambo]

That makes sense. I'll continue my XCOM story in the fabled Google Docs for the time being, then.

[alms]

I'm seeing an influx of reply notifications in my inbox coming from the past. Haven't checked them all, but a couple were from April 2012, one from last December.

e.g.


Dear alms,

Dubbill has just replied to a thread you have subscribed to entitled - Food Thread! - in the Other Stuff forum of The Rock, Paper, Shotgun Forums.

This thread is located at:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/forums/showthread.php?4292-Food-Thread!&goto=newpost

Here is the message that has just been posted:
***************
The most success I've had with poached eggs was using Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's method. They came out perfectly.

"Crack the eggs into a saucer. Get a pan of water boiling, add a few drops of white wine vinegar and stir the water to create a whirlpool. Tip the eggs into the eddy, lower the heat and poach for three minutes, until the whites are set. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on kitchen paper."

Bonus points for any recipe that involves an eddy.

This restaurant technique (http://newyork.seriouseats.com/2010/10/how-to-poach-an-egg-perfectly-nick-anderer-maialino-new-york-technique.html) sounds like it would work. It isn't really practical for less than 25 covers but might be worth a try if there's someone you really want to impress with an egg.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/forums/showthread.php?4292-Food-Thread!&p=120048&viewfull=1#post120048

edit: mail headers

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Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:56:57 +0000 (GMT)

[Jams O'Donnell]

Don't panic -- I just blitzed the moderation queue on the forum. I didn't realise some of the posts were so old!

[alms]

No panic :P just thought I'd bring it up since there was no mention of it yet. The post I received notifications about, however, weren't seemingly being hold up in the moderation queue, in fact I remember reading a few of them at the time.

[StrigopStudios]

Hey guys, quick question. In the welcome email I received, it says, "In an effort to prevent spam, you will not be able to create topics until you have created ten posts in other topics. This restriction does not apply to topics in the "For The Promotion Of PC Game-Making Projects And Things Like That" subforum."

I am not ready to promote my game yet, but I did want to comment on other people's games and give feedback. I don't seem to have posting permissions in that section at all though. I can't even reply to posts. At the bottom of the page it says,
"You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments"

Is there a requirement I am missing? Thanks!

[Nalano]

The "For the promotion of blah blah" subforum is temporarily closed because SPAM SPAM SPAMMITY SPAM

[StrigopStudios]

The "For the promotion of blah blah" subforum is temporarily closed because SPAM SPAM SPAMMITY SPAM

Oh ok gotcha, thanks for the heads up!

[asskicker]

Could we get an Tapatalk integrated? I like browsing forums on my tablet, and tapatalk makes it so much better! (+ it takes likes 5 minutes to activate it on the forums)

http://www.tapatalk.com/activate_tapatalk.php

[Novel]

Could a approximation of thread approval times be made for newbies?

[thegooseking]

Sometimes when people post to game-specific forums it isn't always clear that it's a game-specific thread on the What's New page. I mean, it does tell you right there on the page which subforum the thread came from, but it's all the way over there on the right of the screen, and I never look at that. You could say that's my fault, but the design of the page implies that it's less important than the number of views/replies and who posted last and when, since it puts it after them. Neither of these are important: we can estimate the number of replies from the number of pages the thread has, and if we're looking at the What's New page, we can assume the last post was recent. So we have these important and associated pieces of information separated by unimportant stuff, when good usability practice would be to put them together.

So... Any possibility of having that subforum indication somewhere at the left, next to the thread title, rather than relegated to the end of the line after the unimportant stuff?

[Sparkasaurusmex]

Could we get an Tapatalk integrated? I like browsing forums on my tablet, and tapatalk makes it so much better! (+ it takes likes 5 minutes to activate it on the forums)

http://www.tapatalk.com/activate_tapatalk.php
Yes please!

[Perry Groves]

I've only just joined, but this would be great.

Please.

Thanks.

[Kadayi]

What utter nonsense - you remember no such thing, since I'd never say anything so overtly idiotic!

The majority of the posts I write are positive, about games I'm enjoying.

Head in sand....

[Jams O'Donnell]

Head in sand....
This is a thread for forum feedback, not for having another word in a topic when the topic is closed. However, a quick look at the first page of the John Walker index shows the following:

Two neutral (or purely informational) articles
Two negative articles
Six positive articles

I think that meets the "majority of the posts I write are positive" condition, though I acknowledge my sample size is small.

[c-Row]

I got a strange problem here - I can open and reply to every thread except for this one (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/forums/showthread.php?10283-Can-we-get-a-new-Top-Stories-category-and-feed) which claims I am not logged in even after entering my information.

[Kaira-]

I got a strange problem here - I can open and reply to every thread except for this one (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/forums/showthread.php?10283-Can-we-get-a-new-Top-Stories-category-and-feed) which claims I am not logged in even after entering my information.

Ah, I was wondering if it was just me. So yeah, same problem here.