VB-World Network Changes - Feedback?

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Apr 6th, 2002, 08:59 PM
parksie

Shouldn't you be asleep somewhere? :D

But anyway, on to business....

What's the situation going to be with submitting code/articles? Is it going to be moderated in some form to prevent it getting like PlanetSourceCode (which has had some really dodgy, or just plain crap stuff posted)?
Apr 6th, 2002, 09:01 PM
chrisjk

hmm, gold membership...does this mean coughing up?

Is vbf still going to use vBulletin?
Apr 6th, 2002, 09:03 PM
Armatendo

If it costs for a gold membership, how much would it be?
Apr 6th, 2002, 09:04 PM
JungleMan

Re: VB-World Network Changes - Feedback?
Quote:
Originally posted by KarlMoore
Dear Friends,

I hope you are satisfied with my decision as the new owner to this site, to promote our smartest member and biggest contributor, Jpbtennisman, to the position of Administrator. His system r0x0rz j00r b0x0rz and he is so leet. I wish I was more like him.

Anyways, I now announce my decision to ban every member of this site who does not speak leet. I am teh mast3r 1337 sp3ak3r! I r0x0r j00b!

Also anyone who owns an eMachine will be shot in the head 5 times.

I'd also like to announce that VB-World will become OC-World, and we will have the following forums:

Overclocking
More overclocking
Even More Overclocking
Chit Chat

I got bored with programming, I think it's stupid. Let overclocking and ubar-tweaking live on! Now wait as I fire up my Abit board and watercooler and I pwn j00r Quake 3 framerates, n00b!

Goodnight,

Karl

Senior Editor, OC-World Network
All in the tradition of misquoting people on VB-World ;)

In all seriousness, I think these changes sound great! :)
Apr 6th, 2002, 09:06 PM
crptcblade

Have you been drinking paint again Justin?

:)
Apr 6th, 2002, 09:06 PM

I say we have naked squirrel avatars as default, and not changeable!!!! :D
Apr 6th, 2002, 09:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by chrisjk
hmm, gold membership...does this mean coughing up?

Is vbf still going to use vBulletin?

forums are gonna be the same as he said :p

im sure Karl will get free vbf from John :p
Apr 6th, 2002, 09:09 PM
Nightwalker83

Quote:

Originally posted by parksie
Shouldn't you be asleep somewhere? :D

But anyway, on to business....

What's the situation going to be with submitting code/articles? Is it going to be moderated in some form to prevent it getting like PlanetSourceCode (which has had some really dodgy, or just plain crap stuff posted)?

PSC is really complete mess. I bet half that code doesn't even work.
Apr 6th, 2002, 09:11 PM
JungleMan

Oh yeah. Pleeeease keep the General PC forum! Pleeease! I love that forum ;)
Apr 6th, 2002, 09:11 PM
chrisjk

Quote:

Originally posted by chenko

forums are gonna be the same as he said :p

he said essentially the same. Usually that means something is going to change
Apr 6th, 2002, 09:12 PM
crptcblade

Quote:

Originally posted by chrisjk
he said essentially the same. Usually that means something is going to change

Probably going to issue special hats that we'll have to wear.

;)
Apr 6th, 2002, 09:12 PM
markman

Quote:

PSC is really complete mess. I bet half that code doesn't even work.

I started looking at them once just to see if they were worth anything. I d/l five from each level (bgnr, intermediate, adv.) and saw if they worked/quality/speed. The advanced ones were nice, the beginner was ok, and the intermediate onces were basically crap.

All the beginner/advanced things i d/ld worked. one intermediate one didnt
Apr 6th, 2002, 09:13 PM
filburt1

PLEASE KILL THE ABOUT.COM SPONSORSHIP!

http://www.vbforums.com/
Apr 6th, 2002, 09:13 PM
chrisjk

Quote:

Originally posted by crptcblade

Probably going to issue special hats that we'll have to wear.

;)

cooooooooool!

Where do I sign up?!
Apr 6th, 2002, 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by filburt1
PLEASE KILL THE ABOUT.COM SPONSORSHIP!

[img]http://www.turtletips.com/avatars/logos/diesprinks.jpg/[img]

busted ******
Apr 6th, 2002, 09:17 PM
thinktank2

Quote:

Originally posted by parksie
Shouldn't you be asleep somewhere? :D

But anyway, on to business....

What's the situation going to be with submitting code/articles? Is it going to be moderated in some form to prevent it getting like PlanetSourceCode (which has had some really dodgy, or just plain crap stuff posted)?

How about this Idea ?

All posted code rests separately in a section called "newly posted"

Other members have to vote for the code to stay. A minimum of 10 votes places the code in "moderately useful" section. A code
that earns more than 100 --> "Very useful" , code that earns more than 1000 --> "Extremely useful"

??
Apr 6th, 2002, 09:19 PM
parksie

Quote:

Originally posted by thinktank2
How about this Idea ?

All posted code rests separately in a section called "newly posted"

Other members have to vote for the code to stay. A minimum of 10 votes places the code in "moderately useful" section. A code
that earns more than 100 --> "Very useful" , code that earns more than 1000 --> "Extremely useful"

??

I'll agree with that one.

Come on, 9 more people and tt2's suggestion goes into Moderately Useful....... ;)
Apr 6th, 2002, 09:20 PM
chrisjk

dunno about anyone else but I really couldn't be arsed with that
Apr 6th, 2002, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by parksie
I'll agree with that one.

Come on, 9 more people and tt2's suggestion goes into Moderately Useful....... ;)

i put 4 in, odds 1:13 :D:D
Apr 6th, 2002, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by chrisjk
dunno about anyone else but I really couldn't be arsed with that

well if you couldnt be arsed to vote for someone elses code, then dont use it :p
Apr 6th, 2002, 09:23 PM
crptcblade

Could you add an 'arse' button to the forum? I'm not sure what it would do, exactly, but I imagine it would be cool.

:)
Apr 6th, 2002, 09:23 PM
JungleMan

Quote:

Originally posted by crptcblade
Could you add an 'arse' button to the forum? I'm not sure what it would do, exactly, but I imagine it would be cool.

:)

We know how much you like it...:D
Apr 6th, 2002, 09:24 PM
filburt1

Quote:

Originally posted by jpbtennisman
I know how much I like it...:D
Apr 6th, 2002, 09:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by crptcblade
Could you add an 'arse' button to the forum? I'm not sure what it would do, exactly, but I imagine it would be cool.

:)

and one that says "ass" which pops up "its arse you stupid git just frickin click arse!!! argg!!!"
Apr 6th, 2002, 09:41 PM
DragonFly

One thing I think would be cool here as well....

at TT Chrisjk came up with a very good hack which displays the
local time for each member, with this virtual community being
truly global, it helps to get a handle on what times people are
most active on the forums.

:)

love that Chris.... well done;)
Apr 6th, 2002, 09:43 PM
chrisjk

Quote:

Originally posted by DragonFly
love that Chris.... well done;)

*bows graceously conveniently forgetting filburt did half the work on that ;)*
Apr 6th, 2002, 09:45 PM
parksie

Quote:

Originally posted by chrisjk
*bows graceously conveniently forgetting filburt doing some work on his arse ;)*

:eek:
Apr 6th, 2002, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by chrisjk
*bows to give filburt a clean enterace*
Apr 7th, 2002, 08:28 AM

Yup ;)

Thanks for the feedback so far!

To clarify: gold membership *may* cost something or be issued free to "special" contributors, all source code submissions will be moderated, plus About.com ads *will* be scrapped.

The VBF may move away from the current setup simply due to compatibility issues and to merge with the new system, however will be made as similar as possible.

LOL, and jpbtennisman - new boss? I think not. Just the same ed that nobody can get rid of :)

~ Karlos

ps. the girl next to me thinks ur cute. Oh boy... :)
Apr 7th, 2002, 08:37 AM
Pix

Re: Yup ;)

Quote:

Originally posted by KarlMoore
T

ps. the girl next to me thinks ur cute. Oh boy... :)

Lol
Apr 7th, 2002, 11:10 AM
Skitchen8

all the changes sound really good to me...
Apr 7th, 2002, 11:20 AM
filburt1

Re: Yup ;)

Quote:

Originally posted by KarlMoore
The VBF may move away from the current setup simply due to compatibility issues and to merge with the new system, however will be made as similar as possible.

I thought John uses this site as a vBulletin test bed...we're not going to change from it to something like *shudder* UBB, are we?

BTW, good news about About.com ;)
Apr 7th, 2002, 12:22 PM
markman

how about the admins dont suddenly dissapear as in here now (john) and psc (Ian)
Apr 7th, 2002, 07:10 PM
beachbum

Call me a confused economist but with no advertising, free forums etc etc how do the powers that be make anything out of this? Are u planning some sort of mind control where we kindly offer donations of money or body parts? Maybe the large user base is attractive to advertisers but let's face it 99% of us are dropkicks and poor in that order!! :D
Apr 7th, 2002, 07:11 PM
markman

I would pay to stay at this site i think. I dont know how much I would go up to, but under $10 definately.
Apr 7th, 2002, 07:14 PM
JungleMan

Re: Yup ;)

Quote:

Originally posted by KarlMoore
ps. the girl next to me thinks ur cute. Oh boy... :)

Tell her it's not me it's the most annoying guy on US commercials :p
Apr 7th, 2002, 07:17 PM
beachbum

Quote:

Originally posted by markman
I would pay to stay at this site i think. I dont know how much I would go up to, but under $10 definately.

I can see karl's eyes lighting up now!!! I'm a gonna make hundreds on this deal!! :D
Apr 7th, 2002, 07:56 PM
Gandalf_Grey_

the new changes sound great, i like the fact that the code base will be moderated, PScode is sometimes useful (stress SOMETIMES). Anyways i like the idea about no ads (not that i really care cause i got a program the blocks them anyways) but i agree with BeachBum. Why do the admins always have so few post counts, well except megatron, but karl registered april 99 and only has 32 posts :p oh well.

The changes sound great! :)
Apr 7th, 2002, 08:05 PM

Re: Yup ;)

Quote:

Originally posted by KarlMoore
Thanks for the feedback so far!

To clarify: gold membership *may* cost something or be issued free to "special" contributors, all source code submissions will be moderated, plus About.com ads *will* be scrapped.

Woo hoo sprinks sux........

And thanks for the offer Karl, but am currently too busy to be an admin...... did you score John's wine cellar in the buy out, if so when are we over your place for a BBQ...

Can we have post counts for chit chat?:rolleyes:
Apr 7th, 2002, 08:07 PM
JungleMan

Re: Re: Yup ;)

Quote:

Originally posted by Jethro

Woo hoo sprinks sux........

And thanks for the offer Karl, but am currently too busy to be an admin...... did you score John's wine cellar in the buy out, if so when are we over your place for a BBQ...

Can we have post counts for chit chat?:rolleyes:

I'll have custom status ;) wheee
Apr 7th, 2002, 08:08 PM
Gimlin

how many posts do u need to have to get custom?
Apr 7th, 2002, 08:08 PM
sail3005

CC post counts = good idea

every other site has them
Apr 7th, 2002, 08:11 PM

So will half the chit chat posters Justin, have been thinking about this and it is illogical. Post Count = number of posts, not which forum it was posted in. Have a look around some of the "count" forums to work out exactly how ppl are running up their counts.

I think this shows a certain bias towards members who think this is some programming site ... lets face facts here, cut Chit Chat out and Karl would lose a significant percentage of postings per day.......

Of course this doesn't apply at www.turtletips.com where all posts count....

Karl go to bed so we can really get stuck in;) And can we have a pic of the chick sitting next to you:rolleyes:
Apr 7th, 2002, 08:24 PM
JungleMan

Quote:

Originally posted by Jethro
I think this shows a certain bias towards members who think this is some programming site ... lets face facts here, cut Chit Chat out and Karl would lose a significant percentage of postings per day.......

This is a programming site?

I thought it was a general PC site to talk about leet video cards :confused:
Apr 7th, 2002, 08:37 PM

LOL:D @ Justin......

Thank you Sail, the anal retentive crew got in John's ear about cc post counts, typical...they should all piss off back to the General forum where they belong....

So karl baby, cc post counts .... lets get it happening....
Apr 7th, 2002, 08:41 PM
Beacon

Karl:

G'day matie!
The changes to vb-forums what will they be?
So it's basically going to be PSC but with better forums??
Apr 7th, 2002, 08:47 PM
rjlohan

Sounds luverly - so long as we don't have to pay to post and what not. I love the fact this forum is free. Best online resource there is. :D
Apr 7th, 2002, 09:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by rjlohan
Sounds luverly - so long as we don't have to pay to post and what not. I love the fact this forum is free. Best online resource there is. :D

Can some one pass rj a hankie to wipe his nose...
Jan 4th, 2003, 07:12 PM
VB_ChickenPower

:D
Jan 5th, 2003, 03:52 AM
Pc_Madness

You have been condemned for raising the dead thread!!
Jan 5th, 2003, 04:58 AM
beachbum

psst was $#&@'s post removed Orwellian style? :eek:
Jan 5th, 2003, 05:12 AM
Wally Pipp

aaaaaaaaaah, preston is back !

/runs off

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