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Posted by Vitani on Thu Aug 3rd at 11:07am 2006

Might wanna expand that to 2006?



PS. Why does the post composer use a black font on a black background (in Firefox)?



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Posted by Andrei on Thu Aug 3rd at 11:18am 2006

For spoilers and such. The black text becomes visible when you highlight it.
Observe: Invisible ink.




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Posted by French Toast on Thu Aug 3rd at 11:52am 2006

No, Andrei, it's because FireFox is screwed up with the site.

Vitani, go to your control panel and in your options disable Java from the site. That way it'll show up right.



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Posted by Andrei on Thu Aug 3rd at 12:40pm 2006

OH I though he meant why there was an option for black font color in the post composer.




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Posted by fishy on Thu Aug 3rd at 3:07pm 2006

if you can make a tfc medic pick up the solly rocket launcher, i'll tell you. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_wink.gif">


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Posted by midkay on Thu Aug 3rd at 3:46pm 2006

I was going to make a new topic last night concerning "tutorial checking", but maybe I'll just post here.

Does anyone here know how tutorials are "checked" thus verified they're ok and posted on the site? I understand why (could be spam, could be poorly done, etc..) but do the admins look them over, or a select few, or what? I submitted one a few days ago and although I don't mind that it's still not up it made me curious how this works. It also sparked a suggestion.. peer review?

What if users - with maybe a certain number of snarkmarks, or a certain number of tutorials submitted, etc. - could "check" tutorials to verify that they aren't spam? Maybe two or three votes could be required before making a decision about a tutorial, e.g. if a spammer makes his way in somehow and votes "yes" to have his tutorial - filled with spam links/ads - posted, three other snarkpit regulars would see that it was spam and reject it; likewise, nobody could reject a tutorial from a person they don't like for some reason, or just be malicious by rejecting every submitted tutorial.

It'd IMO give a better community-run feeling than having to wait for an admin to pop in. I'm quite sure that a lot of people around here would be glad to check over tutorials in order to get them posted quicker.

Just a suggestion/comment.. not sure how it would work, but I like the idea. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">


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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Thu Aug 3rd at 4:14pm 2006

As far as I know, admins have to approve tutorials before they get put up.

And while I like your idea, the site owner and creator, Leperous, hasn't been around in quite some time, so new features or changes to the site can't get done. It kind of sucks, I know.

I hope he comes back eventually... unlikely as that sounds. Additionally, there's a site suggestions/bugs thread stickied at the top. Although for aforementioned reasons, it's not of much use these days.





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Posted by Yak_Fighter on Thu Aug 3rd at 4:24pm 2006

There's no reason for Lep to come back. Mapping is dead. Modding is dead. The FPS genre is dead. Computer gaming is dead.





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Posted by Stadric on Thu Aug 3rd at 4:26pm 2006

Well there goes my sunny disposition!


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Posted by Nickelplate on Thu Aug 3rd at 5:57pm 2006

? quoting Yak_Fighter
There's no reason for Lep to come back. Mapping is dead. Modding is dead. The FPS genre is dead. Computer gaming is dead.

Actually for the most part, this is true... With the advent of the new "stupider" children, consoles have risen in popularity. Probably in part, because "homework" is done on computers, and they "didn't know you could put games on 'em." It's also possible that there really is no advertising base for PC games anymore now that every company makes a console.

The FPS sadly died with the bringing forth of MMORPGs and broadband.

Yak_Fighter. I'm sad to say it this time... You're right.

We just need to make kids that are not stupid consumer-media-whores...




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Posted by reaper47 on Thu Aug 3rd at 6:21pm 2006

? quote:
There's no reason for Lep to come back. Mapping is dead. Modding is dead. The FPS genre is dead. Computer gaming is dead.


Die!



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Posted by Pvt.Scythe on Thu Aug 3rd at 6:21pm 2006

? quote:
? quoting Yak_Fighter
There's no reason for Lep to come back. Mapping is dead. Modding is dead. The FPS genre is dead. Computer gaming is dead.

Actually for the most part, this is true... With the advent of the new "stupider" children, consoles have risen in popularity. Probably in part, because "homework" is done on computers, and they "didn't know you could put games on 'em." It's also possible that there really is no advertising base for PC games anymore now that every company makes a console.

The FPS sadly died with the bringing forth of MMORPGs and broadband.

Yak_Fighter. I'm sad to say it this time... You're right.

We just need to make kids that are not stupid consumer-media-whores...



Selective breeding sounds like a good idea. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">



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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Fri Aug 4th at 3:37am 2006

? quoting Nickelplate
・quoting Yak_Fighter
There's no reason for Lep to come back. Mapping is dead. Modding is dead. The FPS genre is dead. Computer gaming is dead.

Actually for the most part, this is true... With the advent of the new "stupider" children, consoles have risen in popularity. Probably in part, because "homework" is done on computers, and they "didn't know you could put games on 'em." It's also possible that there really is no advertising base for PC games anymore now that every company makes a console.

The FPS sadly died with the bringing forth of MMORPGs and broadband.

Yak_Fighter. I'm sad to say it this time... You're right.

We just need to make kids that are not stupid consumer-media-whores...

Eh, I disagree. PC Gaming isn't dead, and consoles aren't more popular.

? quoting nytimes.com

In fact, the world?s most popular game machine is the personal computer.

Source: nytimes





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Posted by Nickelplate on Fri Aug 4th at 10:38pm 2006

New York Times has many things going against it. Two of which is it is very Liberal-biased, the next is that it is based in the USA, which automatically makes any news in it fake.


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Posted by mazemaster on Sat Aug 5th at 3:21am 2006

Its not that the source isn't to be trusted (I imagine NYT wouldn't outright make up falsifiable lies), its just that the quote is ambiguous:
"In fact, the world?s most popular game machine is the personal computer."

Do they mean that more people play games on computers than consoles, or are they just stating the obvious - there are more personal computers than consoles in the world, and since you can play games on a PC, by definition they are the most popular game machine (regardless of whether people use them for games).


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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Sun Aug 6th at 7:06am 2006

I'm not sure what exactly went into that statement, but I know the author of the article mentioned that he considered the people who used their computer to play minesweeper or hearts were using their personal computers as a game machine.



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Posted by Vitani on Tue Feb 6th at 3:15pm 2007

It's should probably read 2007 now...

</post from the dead>


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Posted by Cassius on Sat Feb 10th at 7:47am 2007

? quoting Yak_Fighter
There's no reason for Lep to come back. Mapping is dead. Modding is dead. The FPS genre is dead. Computer gaming is dead.
YOU'RE DEAD.




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