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Posted by Leperous on Tue Apr 20th at 3:33pm 2004

As the title suggests.

You can keep a track on changes/updated made by viewing the changelog.





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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Apr 20th at 3:54pm 2004

you butthole where did my thread run off to

1st suggestion: imagine i have a PM i want sent, to 10 snarkpit members, all same message, all at once..

that would be nice... have a box much like the delete, where you check which members to send to..

anyways, if its possible it would be cool.

[addsig]



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Posted by ReNo on Tue Apr 20th at 3:59pm 2004

Pretty good idea, though a continuation of this idea might be better. There could be a private forum, in which a thread starter can enter the names of users who are allowed to view and post in that thread. Anyone can start a thread in that forum but can only read threads that they are authorised for. This would mean that for group projects like have happened here on a couple of occasions, things could be organised much better (there is only so much a group wants to discuss in a public forum afterall).

Dunno if thats asking a bit much though, probably much to much hassle to setup for the limited degree of use it would recieve. [addsig]



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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Apr 20th at 4:02pm 2004

? posted by ReNo
Pretty good idea, though a continuation of this idea might be better. There could be a private forum, in which a thread starter can enter the names of users who are allowed to view and post in that thread. Anyone can start a thread in that forum but can only read threads that they are authorised for. This would mean that for group projects like have happened here on a couple of occasions, things could be organised much better (there is only so much a group wants to discuss in a public forum afterall).

Dunno if thats asking a bit much though, probably much to much hassle to setup for the limited degree of use it would recieve.

GA had a private forum of sorts.. it left a bad taste in my mouth, cause it flaunts the idea of, "you aren't permitted"

PM's on the other hand leave you ignorant of any exchanges of messages..

i would vote NO to a private forum..

imagine a private forum title "Duncan Blair's map sucks ass" and you not allowed in..

/ 2 cents

[addsig]



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Posted by ReNo on Tue Apr 20th at 4:45pm 2004

Hehe, I guess you have a point there orph...

How about I'M always allowed in the threads? [addsig]



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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Apr 20th at 4:48pm 2004

i meant no offense duncan, truly.

i just abhor any system that bars members full access to express themselves.

i have been on the s**tty end of many a sticks around here, but no one has ever expressly forbade my right to be stupid.

private forums, are a form of discrimination, elitism, and censorship.

[addsig]



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Posted by ReNo on Tue Apr 20th at 4:52pm 2004

Since the other thread magically disappeared, I've no idea if you read my suggestion of how a user review system could possible work. So, did you? If so what are your thoughts? [addsig]



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Posted by Forceflow on Tue Apr 20th at 4:57pm 2004

Steam icon under post is not linked to something, I think.



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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Apr 20th at 5:02pm 2004

? posted by ReNo
Since the other thread magically disappeared, I've no idea if you read my suggestion of how a user review system could possible work. So, did you? If so what are your thoughts?

if i were skilled enuff, i would attempt a system that:

1) incorporates a pre-defined quantity of screenshots, optimized for 56k users..

2) uses an pre-approved template, with the appropriate blanks to be filled out for quality structure.

3) when submitted, was either directed to the recycle bin with a letter of denial accorded the submitter as to why or..

4) was forwarded to a secondary place to be decided if it warrants just user news status, or being made a permanent review with a full snarkpit endorsement.

5) if possible, we could implement a user rating system to add comments on:
a) the map itself, for those not gifted enuff to write a complete one of their own.
b) rate the reviewer, on his/her skills in comparison to other reviews.

if i had the skills, thats what i would do.

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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Apr 20th at 5:04pm 2004

suggestion #2

when you quote someone, the text automatically changes to something other than white.. to clearly seperate quote from reply.

[addsig]



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Posted by Forceflow on Tue Apr 20th at 5:05pm 2004

light grey or something ... or, even better, don't change the text color, but the text size.



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Posted by ReNo on Tue Apr 20th at 5:06pm 2004

What do you mean by an approved structure? If you mean something like...

[title]

[screenshot 1] [screenshot 2] [screenshot 3]

[review]

[score]

...sort of general outline, then yes I agree whole heartadly, but I don't think it should be the structure of the review itself, as that doesn't leave the writer much creative license. [addsig]



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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Apr 20th at 5:13pm 2004

? posted by ReNo
What do you mean by an approved structure?

i mean simply this master duncan, approved by mr. leperus.

since he is the one whom would be required to implement this, the task would be his alone to decide what exactly an approved template would look like.

something very much like you graphed above sir

[addsig]



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Posted by ReNo on Tue Apr 20th at 5:24pm 2004

Yeah I think that would definately be needed - something similar if not identical to the existing reviews would be great. I just wouldnt like it to be done so that the section of the template for the review was split up something like...

[brushwork]

[lighting]

[technical]

[playability]

...and so on. It wouldn't allow for a freeform writing style, and as games journalism is an area I'm becoming increasingly drawn towards, I'd like as much freedom as possible to create my own style. [addsig]



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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Apr 20th at 5:37pm 2004

this is the template i prefer, albeit with a few less screenshots.

lep has not approved, nor disapproved it.

something similar, or better would be nice as well.

[addsig]



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Posted by 7dk2h4md720ih on Tue Apr 20th at 6:06pm 2004

Rate each seperate thing out of 10 then divide by 5. It's silly only allowing 0-2 for something like architecture. [addsig]



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Posted by ReNo on Tue Apr 20th at 6:11pm 2004

God, its been so long since the snarkpit has had official reviews, that I can't even remember how marking worked [addsig]



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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Apr 20th at 6:15pm 2004

? posted by Alien_Sniper
Rate each separate thing out of 10 then divide by 5. It's silly only allowing 0-2 for something like architecture.

consider, you have 0, .5, 1, 1.5, and 2 ... that is 5 possible scores for each categories.. with a total end result of a map being rates 0/10 to 10/10

[addsig]



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Posted by ReNo on Tue Apr 20th at 6:19pm 2004

I think A_S's option sounds more sensible - just rate each section out of 10, then take the average...or skip out the marking for each part, and just give the overall map a grade. [addsig]



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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Apr 20th at 6:23pm 2004

? posted by ReNo
I think A_S's option sounds more sensible - just rate each section out of 10, then take the average...or skip out the marking for each part, and just give the overall map a grade.

i kinda like this too, but consider though.. a player minded mapper builds a fast furious piece of s**t to look at map.. it would rate high on one extreme, but low on the other.. with Dave's suggestion, the curve it produces would reduce the impact of each extreme.. i don't favor a system, that makes a poor map seem better through the law of averages

[addsig]




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