Website and Forums

[falconeer]

Yeah Tembest, I've continually said that My pubs, or any new death-star map will always be a theme or an event unless the community decides otherwise. As a theme it can be uploaded Friday to Sunday typically. The reason for this is to change things up in the zone. Two benefits, people might like the new map and play more. Or they might dislike it which is also a good thing, because they will miss the classic map. As such when the Classic map returns Monday they will also play more. The reason themes are also good is because maps can be tested, and them improved upon. There is nothing inherently bad about testing a new map for three days. So believe me I'm not putting my ideas ABOVE the community. But I do value my ideas and think they have merit, and I do believe they have a place in DSB, and could even be loved by the community if they are developed right and so long as I accept community input, which I always do. Currently I am not accepting community input because for one the map can't even be uploaded due to size limits, and two, it's not done yet. I usually alter maps after I have something to show.

As for the forums, I really just need access for a week to make the templates. It's so much easier for me. I'm also willing to pay for forum features for the year at least (depending on the price). So If I could get into the admin panel and do that through my Paypal account it would be good. I understand asking for admin requires trust, but really I've been here 15 years. I never physically harmed a zone, maybe I am just brusque with words but that doesn't mean I'm out to destroy dsb, or get ip addresses etc. I've had access to over 100 Ips, both from my squad forums, and league.nu. And nothing bad ever happened to anyone.

Here is an example of what I can do
http://deathstarbattle.heavenforum.org/

So I can likely make something even nicer with these forums. It depends on the service. But all icons, buttons, background, logos, are from me. The color scheme is something we can easily coordinate together to look nice. You can edit my templates colors, until we have a desired effect. But basically I want a dark theme, with blue (for the empire) as the main color, and a little bit of reds. (Not overly red).

I also want to add all those subforums, as they are the exact sub forums from DSBs old forums, and from entropys old forums.

[Tembest]

So I can likely make something even nicer with these forums. It depends on the service. But all icons, buttons, background, logos, are from me. The color scheme is something we can easily coordinate together to look nice. You can edit my templates colors, until we have a desired effect. But basically I want a dark theme, with blue (for the empire) as the main color, and a little bit of reds. (Not overly red).

I also want to add all those subforums, as they are the exact sub forums from DSBs old forums, and from entropys old forums.

Even though I manage the forums, it is not completely up to me what kind of an access I allow to you. I want you to help but I will not
grant you full access blindly.

Luckily, the forums allow me to give you a limited access that will only allow you to access "Styles", which should be enough to create
a new template?

When it comes to the Subforums, they were removed by public request, and will not be brought back until activity on forums clearly
increases. People found it stupid all posts ended up on Main Board regardless of the topic, then mods had to move those around to
sections which nobody read. So, unless the users of the forums actually want to move back to the old format, we won't.

[falconeer]

We'll see, though I don't get the big deal to giving me full access to a forum. If this was your steam account or personal e-mail then it actually matters. You guys don't even trust me to access a forum rofl.

The sub forums aren't stupid.

Puffs, and If I only had a brain and Zone Suggestions should be brought back.

Same with a forum for Sector League and Babl league. Beer will post in the appropriate forum, and anyone who wants to reply to him will to.

If you want someone to move posts, I can do that. It's no problem for me.

Half the reason this zone is dying is because people are helping it. Cutting back to match the small population doesn't help no one. You will end up cutting back to 1 subforum, and them no forums at all. rofl.

[Tembest]

We'll see, though I don't get the big deal to giving me full access to a forum. If this was your steam account or personal e-mail then it actually matters. You guys don't even trust me to access a forum rofl.

The sub forums aren't stupid.

Puffs, and If I only had a brain and Zone Suggestions should be brought back.

Same with a forum for Sector League and Babl league. Beer will post in the appropriate forum, and anyone who wants to reply to him will to.

If you want someone to move posts, I can do that. It's no problem for me.

Half the reason this zone is dying is because people are helping it. Cutting back to match the small population doesn't help no one. You will end up cutting back to 1 subforum, and them no forums at all. rofl.

Statistics showed that posts on average had more readers and replies when we cut down the Sub forums. I don't know how to argue with that.
I get your point "thinking big" but it simply does not apply in this case.

I guess the question is that if access to only Styles is enough, why should you have a full access? Using the same logic I should give every user of the
forums an admin access just for the sake of it. I even fully trust some of them. I just don't understand why should you have an admin access...
Exactly this kind of actions and requests make people question your trustworthiness. Why would you insist getting an access you don't need?

And actually, if it was my personal account I wouldn't mind. But giving you full access would allow you access to every forums user's information, including
the people who don't want you to have access to their information.

We can consider reviewing the Sub forums some day and try if adding a couple would make it clearer. Let's just sit down to discuss which we actually need.

[falconeer]

Full access is good because you will understand you can trust me. There is no basis for a lack of trust. Generally you need to trust someone first and if they screw up, then you know you cant trust them. Your paranoid delusions really aren't my problem and have nothing to do with me. This is the internet, not some political game from when we were 14. Can you guys grow up already? And I never insisted anything I just find your reasoning illogical. I actually said "we'll see" Which means if I can do the job with only access to styles then sure. Obviously I don't know what type of access this gives me and how well it will enable me or hinder me to make the necessary changes. IE WE'LL SEE.

Really you idiots couldn't even update league standings on the main website, but you had time to run a statistical analysis? Interesting.

You could have had a bad month, and people logged in less. Those statistics can mean anything. You need to prove they are linked to the forum layout. You can't just assume that when you got rid of more sub-forums and the post count went up, it was because of that reason. It could mean the forums were just starting out, so of course post count will increase as more people sign up over time. A better way to test this is to go from 3 subforums, to 7 subforums. And see if the post count decreases dramatically. (As opposed to 7 subforums to 3 and seeing if the post count increases). I doubt it will have any effect at all on how often people post. Instead of clicking Main, I'd just click Zone Comments and Suggestions? Where is the loss of my time? What exactly is the problem?

[falconeer]

Access to information? You think I want you guys in DSB or any game to know my IP and E-mail address? When I agreed to play I agreed to make that available to you. Whoever doesn't want me to have access to their information should worry about how their information is all over the internet in the hands of governments and being logged by private corporations that are a lot worse than one individual living in Canada who has better things to do with his time than care about your information. Sure I "might" see your information. Do you actually believe I would write it down and save it in a Word Document? I bet Beer Hunter did that but then again he is still a kid, and needs to grow up.

Here is my information, you can all hack me, or send it to the FBI, or do whatever crazy things you think I would do with your information. Send me porn ads, find out where I live and murder me. When you are done maybe you can stop being an idiot.

74.14.109.37
michaelpaulx22@gmail.com

[jim the chin]

Well, when you learnt my real name Falc, you decided to announce it to everyone in the dsb chat and make fun of it. That was only about a month ago. I didn't reply then, or hold it against you afterwards, because it doesn't bother me (I like my name!), but Temb's argument reminded me that I can't trust you with personal details anymore.

[falconeer]

Learned your real name? I always called you sever.

I made fun of sainths real name. Jerome, by calling him a jew in rome. But everyone already knew his real name pretty much.

First names don't even matter. Are you saying I said your last name all over subspace? It doesn't matter anyway you have a link on ssforums to your BLOG, which says your real name and more. So I knew it wasn't a big deal already.



As you can see. This why I did it. Your name was already public, AND not just facebook, or an obscure BLOG, but made deliberately public to the Subspace community.

[falconeer]

Are you delusional too?

I knew your real name since 2011. Your e-mail displays your real name, and I have the first e-mails we exchanged from 2011.

When I made fun of your name DEFINITELY WASN'T A MONTH AGO. It wasn't anytime after my 1 year ban ended.

It was In fact sometime between Jan and March. Again because I e-mailed you on Jan 6th after discovering your BLOG. Which means it had to have been after January. Maybe even a week after who knows.

[falconeer]

See I never put my last name on facebook, google e-mail, yahoo e-mail, forums, games. And it's been that way for 17 years. Recently because I purchase things online, my last name went online for my amazon account, steam account and not much else. My last name doesn't exist on the internet pretty much. I use my middle name in place of my last name. So many people assume my last name is michael paul. Everyone already knows my first name, because some people in my squads discovered it when they added me to skype, before that MSN. It's not a big deal because I already protected my privacy to some extent. As for where I live, I don't really care. You can come and waste money to see me. Even attack me. I've never been afraid of humans. I'd be scared of a Lion, or drowning, or forces of nature. But humanity, never happened.