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January 1, 2004 5:32 AM from

There are many regular posters here at the messageboard. At some other sites acknowledgement is given to those based on their number of posts. I don't completely think that an idea like that would carry over correctly here, but I'd like to see something of that nature implemented. Perhaps a new title for those like kona, xaltec or I who frequent the forums, but have not attained the apprentice status. We might not be as helpful as say Yrag or are rooted here like WOM, but we try.

I wouldn't mind except all of the normal titles for a citizen just don't look good with my nick and I'd like to have something in front of my name to make me feel special. I have strange needs.

ps I know I haven't been here as long as a lot of you guys, but I like it here and intend to stay.

Some suggestions are:
"Idiot","Troll","Wincustomite","Boarder","Regular","Killer","Dawg", "Gorilla","Clown","Ugly",...you get the idea, just something to spice up my life.

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Reply #51 January 1, 2004 12:18 PM from

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Chooses the RIGHT skin for your COMPUTER and your PERSONALITY. Automatically too. NO user input REQUIRED.

You know thinking about it that wouldn't be such a good idea with 11 of us in here

Couldn't even begin to imagine the CPU hits

Reply #52 January 1, 2004 12:25 PM from

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I have more than that. 3 say go ahead, 4 are fantasising about a girl, 8 are hungry, 6.5 want to go run around outside yelling woot!, and the last 1.5 are the only sane ones. My nick is misleading

Reply #53 January 1, 2004 1:08 PM from

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We should make a new thread called MS Paint Outtakes (Masterpieces maybe!), or something like that, in which we all create crappy fun little things!

Reply #54 January 1, 2004 1:21 PM from

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My thread has been hijacked. Oh well I am mostly responsible for that.

and we don't need a single mspaint thread. lets subliminally get people addicted to our mspaint masterpieces of crap by posting them in threads were they at least make a little sense

Reply #55 January 1, 2004 1:26 PM from

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damn thread rustlers, dang nabit, What ya gunna do Mr Ricochet?

mm, we don't count fragments, don't have that many fingers and toes

Reply #56 January 1, 2004 1:29 PM from

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my fragments sure are loud though.

Reply #57 January 1, 2004 1:45 PM from

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Back on topic...

I think an Avatar thing would be cool...DeviantArt style...maybe just a 50x50 one that's next to yer name (optional, of course). That could set up an info bar with email, instant messaging buttons, and other similiar shiz. Maybe the WC Browser icon could go up there for subscribers, and someone could make cool ones for the Wizops, etc. Mayhaps a rank icon system would be in order...

Reply #58 January 1, 2004 1:46 PM from

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It wouldn't fit in with the rest of the site design. Where would you put the avatar?

Reply #59 January 1, 2004 1:49 PM from

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i'll make a crappy MS Paint thing for this, give me a few mins

Reply #60 January 1, 2004 1:50 PM from

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/me hopes it doesn't happen.

Its already taking more time to load a thread with all the cute pictures in the messages. Would take even longer with more pics to load. My 56k would be over burdened.

Reply #61 January 1, 2004 1:55 PM from

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Wom is on 56 K ?? Poor guy...
/me his ADSL will be doubled this month, reaching up to 200+ KB/S MUAHAHA

Reply #62 January 1, 2004 1:57 PM from

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muahahaha my dorm room connection is at 10 megb/s

but now I am at home with a 512 kb/s connection. It seems slow to me.

Reply #63 January 1, 2004 2:02 PM from

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My "56K" is more like a 22K. The last thing this site needs is more graphics. IT would look nice, sure, but it would take 10 minutes for me to load the site. Bad.

Woot!

All MSpaint things should be BANNED from WC. So maybe it's POSSIBLE to make a good grraphic in Paint, but do you REALLY want to? After all, you get PAIN when you try to use PAINt.

Woot! I call crazy.

Reply #64 January 1, 2004 2:02 PM from

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Sorry. Double-post.
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Reply #65 January 1, 2004 2:07 PM from

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Xendre, we're just messing around with the MS Paint crap...and i hope to god no one would submit a skin using it.

Reply #66 January 1, 2004 2:11 PM from

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Glad to hear that. Curse your high-speed Internet access, evil beings.

Xendre wants styl to beam him some bandwidth.

Reply #67 January 1, 2004 2:12 PM from

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Ok, I made this in like 5 mins. (In Photoshop, not MS Paint, nyeh!) Don't laugh.

I realize changing the layout of the message boards would mess up a lot of things. I like the layout for WC Browser, and I really think a forum instead of a message board could destroy that. But anyhows, I do think there should be a more user-oriented community feel to the site, rather than a cold profile that doesn't have a lot of contact info.

So here's my idea. It's prolly not practical, and I'm a stupid n00b, but here it goes anyway.

Well? Is this even possible? Any other ideas?

Reply #68 January 1, 2004 2:13 PM from

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it will be 1 MB in 4 secons... uploading will also be much easier

Reply #69 January 1, 2004 2:18 PM from

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I like how this site is different from most other forums. Think of it as a messageboard instead of a forum. People learn about you from your words, and not a picture or other little things to be more friendly. I personally find this site more friendly than any other. I don't want a major change in the layout. Don't mess with something that isn't broken.

I can't think straight anymore. Sory If my words make no sense

Reply #70 January 1, 2004 2:20 PM from

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That's a standard layout that many forums have. It's a good idea, and I particularly like the space for your own little user picture, but if you load a page with 20 posts, that is far too much data for dialup. Forums are the most effective when easy to use and most of all, fast and slick.

Reply #71 January 1, 2004 2:21 PM from

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Hum.

Reply #72 January 1, 2004 2:22 PM from

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Travis is right. Usually I do not abide by the "Dont fix it" rule, but it applies here. A while back T-man experimented with changing around the forums, and we decided we liked the older version better. This is a proven system of messaging, if slightly awkward. It works for me.

Reply #73 January 1, 2004 2:23 PM from

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Xendre, in my Invision Power Board you can put limits and whatnot on file sizes for avatars, and for pics. There's also member options which you can disable pics so they don't load for you at all.

Reply #74 January 1, 2004 2:29 PM from

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DoctorNick, it's a good idea, but the site isn't ready for such a switch. We're stil running on a smaller amount of servers than normal. Redoing the whole message board system would take an incredible amount of time and far too much resources. The current system is fine, and I see no reason why it should be changed. Yes, the avatar feature is neat, but it would still be more code in the forums and would thus slow everything down. A small decrease of speed is not noticable, but log a couple thousand users in and it begins to show.

Reply #75 January 1, 2004 2:31 PM from

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Well, I'm keepin the idea in the back of my mind then...I was just thinkin of some way to make it a pinch better.

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