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Postby admin » Wed Feb 20, 2013 12:40 am

I did some housecleaning of the BBCode tags, now it only displays the main ones although the alternative ones are active.

for example it only displays the [card] tags now although the shortcut is active and the [card=] too. They are listed in the faq.

I've also replaced the [spoilernest] and[spoilernestnest] tags by [spoiler2] and [spoiler3] tags and removed their visibility.

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Postby Pendulum » Wed Apr 03, 2013 5:04 pm

The Deck Brew thread in clans makes me think we should have a clans mod just in case they need any help moving anything around or what-have-you. redthirst seems most likely to go off on a powertrip and ban everyone, I nominate him.
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Postby redthirst » Wed Apr 03, 2013 5:10 pm

BOW BEFORE YOUR NEW GOD!
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Originally posted by Dechs Kaison on MTGS
redthirst is redthirst, fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse. He was the leader of the Fires of Salvation, the only clan I'm aware of to get modded off the forums so hard they made their own forums.

Degenerate? Sure. Loudmouth? You bet. Law abiding? No ****ing way.

Great guy to have around? Hell yes.
I love the D...

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Postby Pendulum » Wed Apr 03, 2013 5:29 pm

Solid post, but you should also sprinkle in some insulting slurs towards your new serfs to properly lower their morale, sir my lord.
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Postby redthirst » Wed Apr 03, 2013 5:33 pm

Good point... don't want the peasants revolting.
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Originally posted by Dechs Kaison on MTGS
redthirst is redthirst, fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse. He was the leader of the Fires of Salvation, the only clan I'm aware of to get modded off the forums so hard they made their own forums.

Degenerate? Sure. Loudmouth? You bet. Law abiding? No ****ing way.

Great guy to have around? Hell yes.
I love the D...

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Postby Pendulum » Wed Apr 03, 2013 5:36 pm

They certainly are.
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Postby redthirst » Wed Apr 03, 2013 5:38 pm

They certainly are.
Top drawer my good man!

Top.
Drawer.
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Originally posted by Dechs Kaison on MTGS
redthirst is redthirst, fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse. He was the leader of the Fires of Salvation, the only clan I'm aware of to get modded off the forums so hard they made their own forums.

Degenerate? Sure. Loudmouth? You bet. Law abiding? No ****ing way.

Great guy to have around? Hell yes.
I love the D...

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Postby admin » Wed Apr 03, 2013 5:53 pm

btw this reminded me that post deletion was still off because of that guy who loved deleting his posts :B I've put post deletion back to normal.

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Postby Dane » Wed Apr 03, 2013 6:03 pm

Good point... don't want the peasants revolting.
We're already revolting enough as it is.

I'd like to formally request a transfer from the "peasants" group to the "riff-raff" though.

Also, more on topic, has any thought been given to making MTG discussion more front and center? I'm not criticizing, but I'd personally think moving the chunk of Magic specific forums higher on the forum list might make it slightly more accessible. Sometimes people are too lazy to scroll. And yes...I'm being 100% serious. This is something we used to talk about a lot when we were working on our website at my old job. Metrics suggested that a fairly large number of people left our site without ever scrolling down, so we had to make
sure there were "hooks" visible from the start.

Edit: After looking at the forum again...I have no clue how the FUCK you could lay it out better. I'll leave the suggestions on site design to people who know what they're doing.
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Postby Manders » Thu Apr 04, 2013 2:52 pm

Good point... don't want the peasants revolting.
We're already revolting enough as it is.

I'd like to formally request a transfer from the "peasants" group to the "riff-raff" though.

Also, more on topic, has any thought been given to making MTG discussion more front and center? I'm not criticizing, but I'd personally think moving the chunk of Magic specific forums higher on the forum list might make it slightly more accessible. Sometimes people are too lazy to scroll. And yes...I'm being 100% serious. This is something we used to talk about a lot when
we were working on our website at my old job. Metrics suggested that a fairly large number of people left our site without ever scrolling down, so we had to make sure there were "hooks" visible from the start.

Edit: After looking at the forum again...I have no clue how the FUCK you could lay it out better. I'll leave the suggestions on site design to people who know what they're doing.
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Postby Second Harkius » Thu Apr 04, 2013 5:57 pm

don't tempt him

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Postby NoHomers » Thu Apr 04, 2013 6:11 pm

I haven't read the other posts, but something I've always wanted was a private area. Say you have a test group that is very competitive. Most people use Facebook or something similar to organize, but that can be clunky and doesn't link card texts. Would you ever consider adding private sections for teams? With team leader given local mod access or something?

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Postby admin » Thu Apr 04, 2013 6:14 pm

we've been adding private areas for people who ask them, and we have quite some few already. All there is required is to have a critical mass of members, because there's no point in doing a private area for one to three users. So yeah, totally feasible as long as you bring enough people to the table.

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Postby Thrillho » Thu Apr 04, 2013 6:21 pm

i haven't tinkered with permissions, but it may be a reasonable idea to make testing areas public-private, so that they are visible and people can ask for permission to join them (or make it so the group creator can request one mode or the other for their group... like, make membership open or closed basically). i am pretty sure this is already something we can do, but currently i haven't tried to make any new subsections and couldn't tell you.

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Postby admin » Thu Apr 04, 2013 6:46 pm

i haven't tinkered with permissions, but it may be a reasonable idea to make testing areas public-private, so that they are visible and people can ask for permission to join them (or make it so the group creator can request one mode or the other for their group... like, make membership open or closed basically). i am pretty sure this is already something we can do, but currently i haven't tried to make any new subsections and couldn't tell you.
well that's what we did in clans in which we made hidden and visible/read-only sections. The trick software-wise is to make a new group and then give read/post permissions to this group. Its easy to do with this software.

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Postby Pendulum » Thu Apr 04, 2013 11:13 pm

Alright, word on the grapevine is that redthirst is gone for the weekend. Let's get the domain switched over and mod him so he doesn't know what's going on when he comes back!
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Postby Kaitscralt » Fri Apr 05, 2013 1:55 pm

If only.
Standard hobos who play budget garbage should be looked upon with suspicion.

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Postby Dane » Fri Apr 05, 2013 6:38 pm

You REALLY want to blow his mind? Mod me.

(Don't do it. I'd be a terror to make Teia pale in comparison.)
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Postby Pendulum » Fri Apr 05, 2013 6:40 pm

Seconded.
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Postby Kaitscralt » Fri Apr 05, 2013 6:55 pm

Mod Harkius
Standard hobos who play budget garbage should be looked upon with suspicion.

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Postby Michel Chasse-Fleurs » Fri Apr 05, 2013 7:02 pm

we can't, he's banned

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Postby Tom Servo » Fri Apr 05, 2013 7:04 pm

we can't, he's banned
They tend to be trailblazers here.
Eric, Ren and Jensen were activists
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Shared the same left wing politics
Liked the same music, they were part of the protest movement
Now, Anna presented herself as a feminist
Studied the way they talked and dressed
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He didn't know it but Anna was an FBI informant

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Postby Tom Servo » Fri Apr 05, 2013 7:08 pm

this mod talk got me thinking. Maybe you should consider only hiring mods if they have unanimous support from other staff. You might pass up a good mod here and there, but you would pass up Onar type mods a lot more.
Eric, Ren and Jensen were activists
Heads loaded with theory, their hearts are filled with passion
Shared the same left wing politics
Liked the same music, they were part of the protest movement
Now, Anna presented herself as a feminist
Studied the way they talked and dressed
Fashioned herself an anarchist
Eric fell in love with Anna at the meeting of the crime think conference
He didn't know it but Anna was an FBI informant

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Postby Manders » Fri Apr 05, 2013 7:22 pm

Unanimous is a bit much, but discussion does go into the decisions when the discussion does come up.
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Postby Manders » Fri Apr 05, 2013 7:22 pm

I think we're good mod-wise for now, though.
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Postby Kaitscralt » Fri Apr 05, 2013 7:23 pm

we can't, he's banned
Or is he?

*corrupt admin*
Standard hobos who play budget garbage should be looked upon with suspicion.

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Postby ExarionUniverse1 » Fri Apr 05, 2013 7:24 pm

You REALLY want to blow his mind? Mod me.

(Don't do it. I'd be a terror to make Teia pale in comparison.)
I know my opinion is worth naught but I agree with Dane.

and Manders and Tom Servo he is definitely not anything like my type. I failed, while he has yet to show his ablities.
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Postby Blackhound » Fri Apr 05, 2013 7:28 pm

I think we're good mod-wise for now, though.

If I had to choose between Az, GR, Scumbag and Thrillio or roughly 3 quarter of the mods on that other place to run a site. I would choose the former every bloody time.

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Postby Blackhound » Fri Apr 05, 2013 7:32 pm

Also, stating the obvious here but maybe create sub-forums for the likes of Modern and Vintage forums like you have done with the Standard forum.

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Postby Manders » Fri Apr 05, 2013 8:01 pm

I think we're good mod-wise for now, though.

If I had to choose between Az, GR, Scumbag and Thrillio or roughly 3 quarter of the mods on that other place to run a site. I would choose the former every bloody time.
Az is a mod here, so what are you saying?
Also, stating the obvious here but maybe create sub-forums for the likes of Modern and Vintage forums like you have done with the
Standard forum.
I believe this is already on the itinerary, but I'll check.

Edit: Ok, there was no mention of it, so I put it out there for you.
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Postby imopen2 » Fri Apr 05, 2013 8:36 pm

I think we're good mod-wise for now, though.

If I had to choose between Az, GR, Scumbag and Thrillio or roughly 3 quarter of the mods on that other place to run a site. I would choose the former every bloody time.
Az is a mod here, so what are you saying?
Also, stating the obvious here but maybe create sub-forums for the likes of Modern and Vintage forums like you have done with the Standard forum.
I believe this is already on the itinerary, but I'll check.

Edit: Ok, there was no mention of it, so I put it out there for you.
I think it was one of those compliment things
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Postby Pendulum » Fri Apr 05, 2013 8:40 pm

This is all fine but I want to clarify I was joking about the infractions and all that, just that giving people the ability to move posts around the subforum and delete spambots would be okay in my book. Scumbag has a lot on his plate right now and so does everyone else I'm sure.
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Postby Kaitscralt » Fri Apr 05, 2013 8:41 pm

I've got my eye on you
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Postby Dane » Fri Apr 05, 2013 8:48 pm

This is all fine but I want to clarify I was joking about the infractions and all that, just that giving people the ability to move posts around the subforum and delete spambots would be okay in my book. Scumbag has a lot on his plate right now and so does everyone else I'm sure.
Lick my sweaty balls.

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Postby Pendulum » Fri Apr 05, 2013 8:51 pm

Depends on a lot of factors, really.
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Postby Dane » Fri Apr 05, 2013 8:56 pm

Like what? Sweatiness? I haven't showered in weeks either.

C'mon...you know you want to slap me on the nose with the forum version of a rolled up magazine...
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Postby Tom Servo » Sat Apr 06, 2013 1:54 am

Unanimous is a bit much, but discussion does go into the decisions when the discussion does come up.
It's actually not. There are a few sites that operate that way and it seems to work wonders. One is a Sallly sized (actually, bigger) conspiracy site that is never short on drama if you're looking for it, but it's never something about mods. Every once in awhile they get accused of being cointelpro, but hey, it's a conspiracy site.

It will save more headaches than it causes, I can guarantee that. But it's just a suggestion.
Eric, Ren and Jensen were activists
Heads loaded with theory, their hearts are filled with passion
Shared the same left wing politics
Liked the same music, they were part of the protest movement
Now, Anna presented herself as a feminist
Studied the way they talked and dressed
Fashioned herself an anarchist
Eric fell in love with Anna at the meeting of the crime think conference
He didn't know it but Anna was an FBI informant

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Postby Tom Servo » Sat Apr 06, 2013 1:55 am

And it doesn't stop any discussion from going on either
Eric, Ren and Jensen were activists
Heads loaded with theory, their hearts are filled with passion
Shared the same left wing politics
Liked the same music, they were part of the protest movement
Now, Anna presented herself as a feminist
Studied the way they talked and dressed
Fashioned herself an anarchist
Eric fell in love with Anna at the meeting of the crime think conference
He didn't know it but Anna was an FBI informant

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Postby Blackhound » Sun Apr 07, 2013 5:38 pm

Also, stating the obvious here but maybe create sub-forums for the likes of Modern and Vintage forums like you have done with the Standard forum.
For what its worth I have made a list of established modern decks here for if/when you get round to it.

http://community.ist.utl.pt/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=684

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Postby admin » Wed Apr 10, 2013 12:34 am

I have updated the FAQ with a much needed tutorial on how to use the card tags (at least while we don't improve them).

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