Post count changes

**Bobbi** · April 6th, 2002, 08:26

After reading a "certain" post yesterday which upset me a bit and reading some good comments and suggestions from other admins, I think it's about time now to change some stuff here.

First off, I think it's a good idea to let the stars indicate the support a user has given, not the more or less useless stuff he discussed about in off topic. Therefor, off topic posts should no more be added into the total postcount, and therefor don't affect the stars count any more - I can easily imagine some users posts count getting cut down by more than half by doing that. But as another plan is to hide the number of posts, I doubt this should really matter in any way.

Why you may ask ? Well, the stars will then indicate the posts in the "main" forums of this board, where the goal actually is to help people.

Further more, we'll soon (possibly already this weekend depending on how the test works out and the new vB upgrade works) introduce a so called "ban points" system. That means that really, really useless posts (many of us have a high tollerance, but there're tons of these here), illegal content, offending stuff, totally mis-placed posts etc. will recive a certain number of ban points. Once you reach 20, the forums will automaticly ban you for 30 days, and un-ban you again after that. The second time this happens to an user, it won't unban you though.
Don't worry though, ban points also expire after a certain amount of days (not sure yet how many), that means you'll need to be on a spam trip during one week to actually reach 20 points.

Comments are welcome, more changes will be added to this post later on.

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Prafull · April 6th, 2002, 10:18

I think its a step in correct direction and I hope it becomes successful.In the past there have been a lot of discussion about offtopic posts and there validity but no hard step was ever implemented.Some people will say that they are here for fun but if thats the matter they shouldnt be worried about the post counts.

As far as me concerned I am here to help people and let the emulation scene grow more and more.

That ban system really sounds interesting though.

So Good luck Bobbi.

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JAZ · April 6th, 2002, 10:53

Sounds like a good idea to me

Nezzar · April 6th, 2002, 10:55

So my post count is down to...err...50? j/k
One question about this new ban system: Is it still possible to ban people permanently?
I think it's a good step: Some people will be upset about it (just look at the thread about the postcounts in site feedback forum) but if they need their posts that badly...

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**Shiori** · April 6th, 2002, 11:14

poor K.I.L.E.R.

'tis a BAD time to be a L.A.M.E.R. now.

Anyway, how about instead of postcounts, the "stars" would change colours/appearance every 500 or so posts when you reach the max of 7 stars instead... more interesting than a postcount IMO.

Of course, this is still assuming posts in off-topic won't be counted FROM NOW ON.... or is this going to be applied retroactively? :confused:

...and if it's not much of a bother, how about a revival of the "location" info below the register date?

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fluffy · April 6th, 2002, 14:01

Nezzar: It will still be possible to ban people permanently. As Bobbi stated, that via the use of the new script the ban will be permanent after the second time.
Outside of that, we will still moderate the forums in a somewhat simillar way to that which we are now.
ie. If you do something bad enough, intentionally, or repetitively. It will obviously result in a Perm Ban straight up.
The new script is mainly a ploy to remove the useless and annoying posts/posters.

On the bright side (If you don't think this already Is :P) if everyone posts in a reasonable manner, everything will be just dandy. The way it should be.

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**Kellicros** · April 6th, 2002, 14:03

Is that new Postcount system activated? I'm still increasing post counts in off-topic forum. :confused:

And the new ban system sounds great, looking forward to it!

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April 6th, 2002, 14:30

Yeah , the new post system is welcomed , but i dont think that
Hiding the post count is nessecery ...
The ban system is also a good idea . Maybe you admins and mods
should look into shiori's idea - the location info .

**Raziel** · April 6th, 2002, 17:28

mmm,if the posts in off topic discussion gets erased of the total postcounts,Shiori,Xev,and Ryos will suffer quite a fall in their postcounts

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**Shiori** · April 6th, 2002, 17:37

Not really, as I invested in other sections of the boards as well.

Ryos will see about, oh say 4000 posts chopped off?

...he can restore it at any time anyway, being the powers that be around here.

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**Raziel** · April 6th, 2002, 17:41

Poor Ryos

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**Kane** · April 6th, 2002, 17:50

I'd probs loose about 2k of mine

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Ultragunner · April 6th, 2002, 17:55

Quote:

Originally posted by prafull
As far as me concerned I am here to help people and let the emulation scene grow more and more.

well said prafull, that's the main idea we are here.

Bobbi, admins, and mods, good work about changing the rules as i also see that the board has more off-topic posts nowadays and many here just register to for fun (no emulation related posts).

hope this is implemented really soon.

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April 6th, 2002, 17:57

while this post isnt being helpfull (

) , i totaly agree with
ultragunner and prafull !

Ultragunner · April 6th, 2002, 18:07

now i have this idea: instead if banning the poster for 30 days, why not let the poster have a trip at the test/spam forum for 30 days. i mean they could only reply if the post is in the test/spam. they could also post but in the spam forums only. they can view all posts but, they can't reply to it.

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**Betamax** · April 6th, 2002, 18:17

Actually the no. of posts you lose will be completely irrelavent, after all they will no longer be visable. And the stars that remain will be a clear guide as to the more experienced members.

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**Betamax** · April 6th, 2002, 18:22

Quote:

Originally posted by Ultragunner
now i have this idea: instead if banning the poster for 30 days, why not let the poster have a trip at the test/spam forum for 30 days. i mean they could only reply if the post is in the test/spam. they could also post but in the spam forums only. they can view all posts but, they can't reply to it.

I think you missed the point. One of the reasons for this action is help cut down the high amount of spam present.

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Mr Urt · April 6th, 2002, 20:11

are u still gonna keep the custom status at 700 posts¿ that's seems a tad high w/o off topic...

(o well, at least I can still change my avatar to whatever I want

)

Strider · April 6th, 2002, 22:37

if somebody gets banned and tries to post when they dont even know theyre banned will a "you have been banned for 30 days message, come back in 29 days and 23 hours" message appear?

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Archlyn · April 6th, 2002, 22:52

Maybe I'm dense and missed it... but how will tit be detemend which posts are helpful or not? Will it be like ZSNES's Karma system whereby a user can applaud or smite another user?

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April 6th, 2002, 08:26	#1
Bobbi Totally crazy Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 2,381	Post count changes After reading a "certain" post yesterday which upset me a bit and reading some good comments and suggestions from other admins, I think it's about time now to change some stuff here. First off, I think it's a good idea to let the stars indicate the support a user has given, not the more or less useless stuff he discussed about in off topic. Therefor, off topic posts should no more be added into the total postcount, and therefor don't affect the stars count any more - I can easily imagine some users posts count getting cut down by more than half by doing that. But as another plan is to hide the number of posts, I doubt this should really matter in any way. Why you may ask ? Well, the stars will then indicate the posts in the "main" forums of this board, where the goal actually is to help people. Further more, we'll soon (possibly already this weekend depending on how the test works out and the new vB upgrade works) introduce a so called "ban points" system. That means that really, really useless posts (many of us have a high tollerance, but there're tons of these here), illegal content, offending stuff, totally mis-placed posts etc. will recive a certain number of ban points. Once you reach 20, the forums will automaticly ban you for 30 days, and un-ban you again after that. The second time this happens to an user, it won't unban you though. Don't worry though, ban points also expire after a certain amount of days (not sure yet how many), that means you'll need to be on a spam trip during one week to actually reach 20 points. Comments are welcome, more changes will be added to this post later on. __________________ Specs: AMD Athlon 64 4000+ • 2048 MB PC400 RAM • Nvidia GeForce 7600 GT PCI-E • WinXP Pro

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April 6th, 2002, 10:18	#2
Prafull Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: India Posts: 5,430	I think its a step in correct direction and I hope it becomes successful.In the past there have been a lot of discussion about offtopic posts and there validity but no hard step was ever implemented.Some people will say that they are here for fun but if thats the matter they shouldnt be worried about the post counts. As far as me concerned I am here to help people and let the emulation scene grow more and more. That ban system really sounds interesting though. So Good luck Bobbi. __________________

April 6th, 2002, 10:53	#3
JAZ Nintendo Zealot Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: UK Posts: 1,425	Sounds like a good idea to me

April 6th, 2002, 10:55	#4
Nezzar NSBQ nut Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: .de Posts: 1,208	So my post count is down to...err...50? j/k One question about this new ban system: Is it still possible to ban people permanently? I think it's a good step: Some people will be upset about it (just look at the thread about the postcounts in site feedback forum) but if they need their posts that badly... __________________ Bred for its skills in magic

April 6th, 2002, 11:14	#5
Shiori :3 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Seoul, South Korea Posts: 10,128	poor K.I.L.E.R. 'tis a BAD time to be a L.A.M.E.R. now. Anyway, how about instead of postcounts, the "stars" would change colours/appearance every 500 or so posts when you reach the max of 7 stars instead... more interesting than a postcount IMO. Of course, this is still assuming posts in off-topic won't be counted FROM NOW ON.... or is this going to be applied retroactively? :confused: ...and if it's not much of a bother, how about a revival of the "location" info below the register date? __________________ My PC specs: AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.1 Ghz, ECS Elitegroup K7S5A, 256MB PC133 SDRAM, Geforce2 MX200 32MB, 20GB Seagate, Windows XP Pro. Ok, what else... Shiori figurine on top of case, assorted anime stickers on the side, lazy tabby cat on top of monitor.

April 6th, 2002, 14:01	#6
fluffy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 154	Nezzar: It will still be possible to ban people permanently. As Bobbi stated, that via the use of the new script the ban will be permanent after the second time. Outside of that, we will still moderate the forums in a somewhat simillar way to that which we are now. ie. If you do something bad enough, intentionally, or repetitively. It will obviously result in a Perm Ban straight up. The new script is mainly a ploy to remove the useless and annoying posts/posters. On the bright side (If you don't think this already Is :P) if everyone posts in a reasonable manner, everything will be just dandy. The way it should be. ~fluffy~ __________________ Fun Fun Fun.

April 6th, 2002, 14:03	#7
Kellicros Administrator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Posts: 7,719	Is that new Postcount system activated? I'm still increasing post counts in off-topic forum. :confused: And the new ban system sounds great, looking forward to it! __________________ Kellicros' DeviantArt Last edited by Evil Squall; April 6th, 2002 at 14:29..

April 6th, 2002, 14:30	#8
chaosblade Guest Posts: n/a	Yeah , the new post system is welcomed , but i dont think that Hiding the post count is nessecery ... The ban system is also a good idea . Maybe you admins and mods should look into shiori's idea - the location info .

April 6th, 2002, 17:28	#9
Raziel Beta Administrator Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Nantes, France Posts: 6,272	mmm,if the posts in off topic discussion gets erased of the total postcounts,Shiori,Xev,and Ryos will suffer quite a fall in their postcounts . __________________ System Specs: OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Edition CPU: Intel Core i7 2600k @ 4.5GHz Video Card: PNY GeForce GTX480 Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe RAM: 8GB OCZ XMS3 PC16000

April 6th, 2002, 17:37	#10
Shiori :3 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Seoul, South Korea Posts: 10,128	Not really, as I invested in other sections of the boards as well. Ryos will see about, oh say 4000 posts chopped off? ...he can restore it at any time anyway, being the powers that be around here. __________________ My PC specs: AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.1 Ghz, ECS Elitegroup K7S5A, 256MB PC133 SDRAM, Geforce2 MX200 32MB, 20GB Seagate, Windows XP Pro. Ok, what else... Shiori figurine on top of case, assorted anime stickers on the side, lazy tabby cat on top of monitor.

April 6th, 2002, 17:41	#11
Raziel Beta Administrator Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Nantes, France Posts: 6,272	Poor Ryos . __________________ System Specs: OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Edition CPU: Intel Core i7 2600k @ 4.5GHz Video Card: PNY GeForce GTX480 Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe RAM: 8GB OCZ XMS3 PC16000

April 6th, 2002, 17:50	#12
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,303	I'd probs loose about 2k of mine __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Phenom II X4, 4Gb DDR2, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 32Gb OCZ Vertex SSD, 500Gb RAID HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium Erika: (MCPC) Revo3610, Windows 7 Home Premium Kimiko: (Craptop) HP Mini 210

April 6th, 2002, 17:57	#14
chaosblade Guest Posts: n/a	while this post isnt being helpfull ( ) , i totaly agree with ultragunner and prafull !

April 6th, 2002, 18:07	#15
Ultragunner Trans-Am Mode Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: 127.0.0.1 Posts: 998	now i have this idea: instead if banning the poster for 30 days, why not let the poster have a trip at the test/spam forum for 30 days. i mean they could only reply if the post is in the test/spam. they could also post but in the spam forums only. they can view all posts but, they can't reply to it. __________________ PC Specs:

April 6th, 2002, 18:17	#16
Betamax Resident Movie Critic Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 9,506	Actually the no. of posts you lose will be completely irrelavent, after all they will no longer be visable. And the stars that remain will be a clear guide as to the more experienced members. __________________ Superior marketing of an inferior product will always win over inferior marketing of a superior product. Last edited by Betamax; April 6th, 2002 at 18:23..

April 6th, 2002, 20:11	#18
Mr Urt gone postal Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,569	are u still gonna keep the custom status at 700 posts¿ that's seems a tad high w/o off topic... (o well, at least I can still change my avatar to whatever I want )

April 6th, 2002, 22:37	#19
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April 6th, 2002, 22:52	#20
Archlyn Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: The land of Insanity Posts: 573	Maybe I'm dense and missed it... but how will tit be detemend which posts are helpful or not? Will it be like ZSNES's Karma system whereby a user can applaud or smite another user? __________________ Computer Specs: ASUS A8N SLI Deluxe (nForce4) \| AMD Athlon X2 3800 @ 2.0ghz \| 2x1.0GB OCZ Platinum DDR400 RAM (128-bit DDR mode) \| GeForce 7600 w/ 256mb VRAM \| Onboard Sound - for now OS1 : Windows XP / SP2 \| Direct X 9 OS2 : Gentoo Linux 2006.0 OS3 : Windows Vista Beta 2 ePSXe config: Pete's OpenGL 2.0 \| Eternal SPU 1.4 \| ePSXe Internal CD core (W2K) Project 64 config Jabo's D3D7 1.5 \| Jabo's DSound 1.5 \| Jabo's DInput 1.5