BF2S Forums Moving Forward

kylef wrote:

OrangeHound wrote:

MAGUIRE93 wrote:

will trackr have karmaz?

See muh sig ...

And muh usertitle ...

I bet your both like part of teh secret dev team

Bull3t wrote:

Ugh! I love BF2s so much. It will be hard to break the addiction but I guess we must move on at some point right? Right!

So let's give this Trackr a shot and see what we can do.

trackr is being worked on by BF2s people ... none of us want to lose the community's feel, so hopefully it will be seamless.  Some things will work a little differently because of the new engine, but the new features you get with drupal really make it a great direction to go.

M.O.A.B wrote:

Can I make a request? Can we have a section for like machinima movies so its easier to recruit people to help pls?

As a member, you could create a machinima movies group if you want, and you determine who is in and how information is posted for your group.

Simon wrote:

Chuy, will there be something like a general 'review team' or just several teams each dedicated to a different game, bringing in the latest gossip/news etc - not necessarily done by mods or admins, but by members who are involved in the 'scene' for that game.

And yes, I read -  'Reviews & News
More specific than "[Current Event]" in a post title, this will let us put together presentable, themed reviews and news about the games we're rocking.'

But who exactly is us?

The way that the site runs, members can write and submit a game review, a game release, etc. much like a writer at a newspaper.   The article is then presented to the moderators for "publishing" should they choose to approve it for presentation on the site.  This would work similar to the way that a member could write on the BF2 forum, but it requires a moderator to move it over to the featured "Techniques, Strategies, and Guides" section.

I haven't seen a discussion about "who" could write.  If this isn't open to every member, then I'm assuming that a member could at least request access in order to be able to submit their work.

SamTheMan:D wrote:

Oh

What'll the avatar/sig rules be like?

Presently, avatars are a little larger (80x200) ... sigs are the same size.

Forum rules, overall, are the same.

GravyDan wrote:

I am greatly saddened by this news.  BF2S has been a standard stop of mine for over 2 years now, and BF2 is pretty much the only online game that I have played over that period.  Thanks to all the people who have put hours of effort in the making this site a success, especially Chuy.
Wow, I kinda feel like my dog just died.

It's not dying, it's merely grown up....

Or reincarnated, depending on what you believe. D:

cowami wrote:

GravyDan wrote:

I am greatly saddened by this news.  BF2S has been a standard stop of mine for over 2 years now, and BF2 is pretty much the only online game that I have played over that period.  Thanks to all the people who have put hours of effort in the making this site a success, especially Chuy.
Wow, I kinda feel like my dog just died.

It's not dying, it's merely grown up....

Or reincarnated, depending on what you believe. D:

More like moving from a cramped 1 bedroom apartment, and into a spacious new home with swimming pool, game room, bar, home gym, and 2 acre backyard where we can play paintball.

Master* wrote:

Will it look similar/exactly like this site?
Will Karma be gone?
Will I have to make a new account?
Will this site go down?

I honestly think this wont work, my 2 cents.

No, I think so, I hope not but oh well, and murk loar... the site will be up but posting and registering for BF2s forums will be disabled

Master* wrote:

Will it look similar/exactly like this site?
Will Karma be gone?
Will I have to make a new account?
Will this site go down?

I honestly think this wont work, my 2 cents.

OK ... we'll miss you. 

HurricaИe wrote:

Master* wrote:

Will it look similar/exactly like this site?
Will Karma be gone?
Will I have to make a new account?
Will this site go down?

I honestly think this wont work, my 2 cents.

No, I think so, I hope not but oh well, and murk loar... the site will be up but posting and registering for BF2s forums will be disabled

Maybe we should have a FAQ list?

Last edited by haffeysucks (2008-02-02 09:07:22)

When you decorate your home to make it look nicer, it's still your home.

It's just going to be strange after more than 2 years of this, I hope it feels the same 

I will be there though.

haffeysucks wrote:

jamesb wrote:

When you decorate your home to make it look nicer, it's still your home.

It's just going to be strange after more than 2 years of this, I hope it feels the same 

I will be there though.

I agree, I've grown to love the colors and PunBB layout, but I guess it's not the home, it's the inhabitants...right?

That is so true.
In a way i feel this might be bringing us together somehow??

Group hug <3

Whilst I think getting rid of karma is a good idea, I think a similar system should be in place (I posted this idea some time ago on these forums).

A respected user rating, where any member can respect any other member by adding them to their respected user list, if they feel they dont respect the user anymore, they remove them from their list.

As a result, the number of users respecting you will be shown as a number like karma. This also eliminates the idea of karma padding.

This system works very well on other forums I use.

Trackr looks great though, this is gonna be a great move.

Last edited by justice (2008-02-02 09:16:25)

Snake wrote:

Ahhh ha, the secret no longer has to be kept

I can say it now, a lot of us are working very hard on the website, layout and content, and getting information over.
The homepage is leet as you can see

This is definitly better in the long run, and the way that everything is unified is just simply brilliant. A lot of the hassles of bf2s will be a thing of the past. Chuy, and everyone else, has done an awesome job so far - and its only going to get better.

Ahah! That was the secret you couldnt tell me about