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To give the Moderators and the community a hand, I thought I would take the liberty of doing an up-to-date Escapist Community and Forum Codex/Map with everything detailed from guides to user groups to help make your navigation, for users both new and old, and use of the forums that much better and easier. It is also to help prevent people's hard work towards supporting the community going unnoticed.
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Zero Punctuation Zero Punctuation is The Escapist's groundbreaking video review series starring Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw. Every Wednesday Zero Punctuation picks apart the games so you don't have to. Called "hilariously cutting ... first legitimate breakout hit from the gaming community in recent memory" by Boing Boing, see why gamers love it and developers fear it.
Unskippable Unskippable makes fun of bad game cinematics so you don't have to.
A Good Knight's Quest Every gamer guy's fantasy come true: the princess has come to life and needs Dorian's help, thrusting him into an epic suburban adventure that will lead him from his couch to the edge of reality. New episodes every Friday, only at The Escapist.
ENN: Escapist New's Network Join some of the people from LoadingReadyRun every Wednesday for the latest, breaking, 100% accurate we promise* videogame news. *(not an actual promise)
I Hit it With My Axe Featuring adult film performers Kimberly Kane, Zak Sabbath, Mandy Morbid, and Satine Phoenix, with a stripper named Connie, and a hairdresser named Frankie comes a reality web video series chronicling the adventures of a dungeon master and his stripper and porn star friends playing old school D&D.
Kung-fu Grip Kung Fu Grip is action-packed! Can your videogame action figure make the Adventure Team? You can find out at The Escapist. This is a job for Kung Fu Grip!
Unforgotten Realms The epic tale of Sir Schmoopy of Awesometon, the dual nunchuk-wielding sorcerer and Eluamous Nailo, Master Wizard in training (AKA Rob and Mike) and their animated adventures in the Unforgotten Realms (AKA, Mike's homebrew role playing game).
There Will be Brawl There Will be Brawl, the internet sensation, is a darkly humorous mini-series satirizing the classic game heroes you thought you knew and loved.
The Escapist Show The Escapist Show is our groundbreaking information and variety show, where we will discuss a new video game or industry issue each week, followed by exclusive entertainment content produced by some of the most talented web video creators today.
De-rez de-rez is the video series where the game world and the real world collide. Starring Chris Slack, de-rez irreverently takes you inside your favorite games for a taste of their reality, and brings its characters to you for a taste of yours. Shenanigans ensue.
Drawn by Pain "Drawn by Pain" is the Webby Award-winning, mixed live-action/animated series in twelve parts, chronicling the life of a young woman battling the demons both in her mind and in the real world, searching for salvation as her animated madness fights for her sanity in the real world.
The Escapist 2nd Annual Film Festival Presenting the 2nd Annual The Escapist Film Festival, showcasing the best amateur and user-created videos on the web. This year's winners will receive exclusive video contracts with The Escapist, and our Honorable Mention winners will appear on a future episode of The Escapist Show.
The Escapist 3nd Annual Film Festival Presenting the 3nd Annual The Escapist Film Festival, showcasing the best amateur and user-created videos on the web. This year's winners will receive exclusive video contracts with The Escapist.
Info for the Escapist's TF2 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
I can see the usefulness in this, but couldn't people just look up these things on the individual pages for each thing? (e.g. On the individual forum front pages, or the video index, etc.)
SeanTheSheep: I can see the usefulness in this, but couldn't people just look up these things on the individual pages for each thing? (e.g. On the individual forum front pages, or the video index, etc.)
Lmao You are seeing a very early version - if you check it every few minutes you can watch me as I build it up slowly - I plan to have EVERYTHING and it in detail. It will solve alot of problems hopefully :P
SeanTheSheep: I can see the usefulness in this, but couldn't people just look up these things on the individual forum pages?
They could, but you forget, people are lazy.
So it's less effort to go to: (For this example let's say this gets stickied) Main page --> Forums --> Off Topic Discussion --> Escapist Community and Forums Codex --> Zero Punctuation Than: Main page --> Videos --> Zero Punctuation
Or even: Main page --> Forums --> Off Topic Discussion --> Escapist Community and Forums Codex --> Role Playing Thread Guidelines Is easier than: Main page --> Forums --> Forum Games & RP --> Role Playing Thread Guidelines
Or things that could be found with a quick search of the individual websites.
N.B. Just to make this clear: I think this would be very useful, but only if there weren't stickies or indexes already. As it is, it's not hugely useful unless you're very new and want to know other places where escapists gather.
So it's less effort to go to: (For this example let's say this gets stickied) Main page --> Forums --> Off Topic Discussion --> Escapist Community and Forums Codex --> Zero Punctuation Than: Main page --> Videos --> Zero Punctuation
Or even: Main page --> Forums --> Off Topic Discussion --> Escapist Community and Forums Codex --> Role Playing Thread Guidelines Is easier than: Main page --> Forums --> Forum Games & RP --> Role Playing Thread Guidelines
I was working on the assumption that this is going to have info on every forum section, so it's easier going to this one than each section for its own info thread.
1 (stickied) thread or 1 per forum section, which would the average newcomer read if they want to find their way around?
SeanTheSheep: I can see the usefulness in this, but couldn't people just look up these things on the individual forum pages?
They could, but you forget, people are lazy.
So it's less effort to go to: (For this example let's say this gets stickied) Main page --> Forums --> Off Topic Discussion --> Escapist Community and Forums Codex --> Zero Punctuation Than: Main page --> Videos --> Zero Punctuation
Or even: Main page --> Forums --> Off Topic Discussion --> Escapist Community and Forums Codex --> Role Playing Thread Guidelines Is easier than: Main page --> Forums --> Forum Games & RP --> Role Playing Thread Guidelines
Part of it is for new members and for those who want detailed descriptions in one area. Plus its designed to replace the current community map - It will have information on EVERYTHING on all the different areas when it is completed.
Quaxar: I see... someone wants a second "Thanks"-badge! Just joking, nice work for now. Making an Escapist-index sounds like lot of work.
2 thanks badges hmmmmmmmmmm The idea has possibilities!
*goes and gets large bag of cookies and looks for postal address of all moderates on escapists. Pens a few suggestive comments and mails them with cookies :P*
I saw another one of these, though i dont think it was so vast as yours, they have a trouble of falling into the dark deep forgotten areas of the Forum if there not stickied, so try and get it stickied, in any case i've put this on my Web browser task bar along with that thread on the things you type to do spoilers and to use Bold ecetera and the Relations thread
I am was rather proud of the aesthetic presentation of it :P particularly the title.
I should have it done by next Sunday - have other commitments atm so I haven't included about 2/3rds of the information and links plus pretty pictures ^&
Since you asked for my opinion in another thread, my opinion thou shalt get. I'm breaking your post up into chunks so that I can offer criticism to the specific points and it doesn't seem too confusing, but be warned that this will be large.
Specific criticism (Big post is big)<blockquote><p><a href='/forums/jump/18.199825.6552729'><strong>claymorez:</strong><br /></a>Title snip</p></blockquote>
<p>If you're going to insist on having the title in H1 format, then you may want to put it as this:</p>
<p><div class='spoiler hidden' onClick="$jq(this).hide(); $jq(this).after('<div class=\'spoiler visible\'>' + Base64.decode($jq('#spoiler_ee8cf0fd236221921b8dfcfea4f0d24e').html()) + '</div>'); $jq('#spoiler_ee8cf0fd236221921b8dfcfea4f0d24e').remove(); $jq(this).remove();"></p>
<p>Spoiler: Click to View<span id='spoiler_ee8cf0fd236221921b8dfcfea4f0d24e' style='display:none'>PHA+W2xlZnRdW2ltZ11odHRwOi8vd3d3LnRoZW1pcy1tZWRpYS5jb20vbWVkaWEvaW1hZ2VzL3NpdGVpbWdzL0VTQy5wbmdbL2ltZ11bL2xlZnRdICBbcmlnaHRdW2gxXUNvbW11bml0eSBhbmQgRm9ydW1zIENvZGV4ICYgSW5kZXhbL2gxXVsvcmlnaHRdPC9wPg==</span></div></p>
<p>Otherwise you get a line going through the site logo. It's petty, I know, but I like nitpicking.</p>
<blockquote><ul><li><a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.198114-Escapist-User-Guide-to-Posting-Commands-updated" title="" target="_blank">A Guide to posting commands </a></li></ul></blockquote>
<p>I'm killing two birds with one very large paving slab by posting criticism of that thread here. This is a very good guide, possibly the best BBCode guides I've seen on this site including the official forum markup.</p>
<p>There is a <em>loooong</em> list of symbols you can choose to add in or not if you wish which are displayed <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.108989-Guide-to-Forum-Typing-Tricks-UPDATED-4-24-09" title="" target="_blank">here</a>. Also, there are other video embedding styles you can use, such as Vimeo and GameTrailers, examples of which can be found <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.193717-iPad-Gets-Modded-Into-a-High-Tech-Skateboard" title="" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.179832-Hey-Everybody-Its-the-God-of-War-III-Sex-Scene-NSFW" title="" target="_blank">here</a> respectively. You can also embed sound like <em>BlueInkAlchemist</em> does with his Netflix series <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/326.199535-IT-CAME-FROM-NETFLIX-Dark-City" title="" target="_blank">here</a>. Quote any of those OPs to see how to embed videos and sound like that.</p>
<p>There's also a range of div classes as well which allow us to do stuff like this:</p>
<p><div class="ban_reason">User was banned for: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR4y0KhdcNY" title="" target="_self">Saying "Dude" waaay too many times.</a> (Permanent)</div></p>
<p>There are other ones as well but I can't remember them and don't feel like dragging myself through this site's source code looking them up, considering how irrelevant some of them are to the forums.</p>
<p>You can also make the link not open up a new window by adding target=_self onto the end of the url tag, so you get [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR4y0KhdcNY target=_self]Saying "Dude" waaay too many times.[/url]</p>
<p>And finally, three more points. Firstly, there is an easier way to post pictures with captions. <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/326.184949-NewClassic-Reviews-Twilight-With-Pictures#5569091" title="" target="_blank">Here</a>'s an example. And you can also link to a user's profile by saying [user=insertnamehere]*text*[/user], so it comes out like <a href='/profiles/view/claymorez'>this</a>. To finish off with, with the [hr] tag, you don't need the [/hr], it will work just as fine on its own:</p>
<p><hr/></p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/quizzes/" title="" target="_blank">Why not try and earn some badges or test your knowledge by trying one or more of the Escapists many quizzes </a></p></blockquote>
<p>*twitches* I feel like there should be a question mark at the end of this point.</p>
<p>I'm the son of an English teacher, don't hurt me for that.</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/rp-digest/6901-RP-Digest" title="" target="_blank">Catch up here on the events you may have missed in your favourite Escapist RPs</a></p></blockquote>
<p>That's been discontinued and is no longer running. Again.</p>
<blockquote><h3><font color="purple">User Reviews</font> </h3></blockquote>
<p>You could feature NewClassic's Indie Tournament or pimpeter2's Review Wars threads here or in the contests section of your post if you wanted to, the choice is yours where you put them if you decide to include them. I've also reiterated this in response to your contests section being empty.</p>
<blockquote><h3><font color="brown">Religion and Politics</font> </h3></blockquote>
<p>Some users have made a few guides to both <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/528.162724-A-Guide-to-Tolerance" title="" target="_blank">tolerating views on that forum</a> and <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/528.166303-Posting-in-this-forum-some-suggestions-for-us-all" title="" target="_blank">general posting suggestions on that forum</a> which you could add if you wanted to.</p>
<blockquote><p>Written Features</p></blockquote>
<p>I feel a bit cheated that you only feature the works of Shamus Young in the written features, considering <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns" title="" target="_blank">how many columns we have</a>, <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/apps/features/" title="" target="_blank">our weekly magazine</a>, <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/tag/critical+miss" title="" target="_blank">our new webcomic series</a> and <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/100956-More-Sunday-Funnies-Comin-At-Ya" title="" target="_blank">The Sunday Funnies</a> and especially considering the level of detail you went into for the video features.</p>
<p>Possible mention of the news room as well, maybe? Not sure what you could write about it, though.</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.79475#1014221" title="" target="_blank">Suggestions/complaints thread </a></p></blockquote>
<p>This was the main reason why I contacted <a href='/profiles/view/wilsonscrazybed'>wilson</a> over updating the original map in the first place. That thread was locked and deleted almost a year ago now because its job was deemed redundant. If you want to make suggestions or complaints then use the <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/Tech-Team" title="" target="_blank"><em>Tech Team</em></a> usergroup.</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.112832?page=1" title="" target="_blank">Community moderation discussion</a></p></blockquote>
<p>You may also benefit to mention the <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/Moderation-Team" title="" target="_blank"><em>Moderation Team</em></a> usergroup here.</p>
<blockquote><h3>Regular game events</h3></blockquote>
<p>To my knowledge, neither of those events run in those threads anymore. I have a suspicion that they may run in the <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/Escapist-PC-Gamers" title="" target="_blank"><em>PC Gamers</em></a> usergroup, but you would need to contact <a href='/profiles/view/Danny%20Ocean'>Danny Ocean</a> and <a href='/profiles/view/Caliostro'>Caliostro</a> accordingly to ask them what's happening with either of those events.</p>
<blockquote><p>Point of contact:Unknown (pm me if you know)</p></blockquote>
<p>It may be <a href='/profiles/view/Virgil'>Virgil</a>, but I'm only guessing as he's the only name I recognise from the members of the LastFm page.</p>
<blockquote><p>Community Contests.</p></blockquote>
<p>If you feel like updating this regularly you may want to see if you can add pimpeter2's Review Wars threads or any rounds of NewClassic's Indie Tournament to this when the new threads for both of those get made eventually.</p>
<p>Otherwise I don't think that there are any contests for a while.</p>
General criticism (not so big post is not so big)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
Hope you found all that useful. I've been working on that criticism for a good few hours by this point, I think.
Also, being the TMIF Councilman for Best Thread, I may throw this one in for nomination if people don't suggest it anyway. I think it deserves at least an honourable mention for the effort you've put into both this thread and the BBCode advice thread.
SeanTheSheep: I can see the usefulness in this, but couldn't people just look up these things on the individual pages for each thing? (e.g. On the individual forum front pages, or the video index, etc.)
I'll use the same argument that Nomad used when he made Hitchhiker's Guide to the Escapist and that the staff used when they added the content badges: Yes looking it up themselves would be easier, but the issue is that a lot of people don't actually know about the existence of some of this site's content. Having a big list of it all in one area is a very convenient way of discovering new things.
I may have not spelled everything right and some BBCode may not work properly in this comment. It's half past midnight and I need to stay up to do Physics revision which at this rate will be ending at 2a.m., joy of joys. So all apologies if some links are broken or whatever.
Zombie_Fish: Since you asked for my opinion in another thread, my opinion thou shalt get. I'm breaking your post up into chunks so that I can offer criticism to the specific points and it doesn't seem too confusing, but be warned that this will be large.
Specific criticism (Big post is big)<blockquote><p><a href='/forums/jump/18.199825.6552729'><strong>claymorez:</strong><br /></a>Title snip</p></blockquote>
<p>If you're going to insist on having the title in H1 format, then you may want to put it as this:</p>
<p><div class='spoiler hidden' onClick="$jq(this).hide(); $jq(this).after('<div class=\'spoiler visible\'>' + Base64.decode($jq('#spoiler_ee8cf0fd236221921b8dfcfea4f0d24e').html()) + '</div>'); $jq('#spoiler_ee8cf0fd236221921b8dfcfea4f0d24e').remove(); $jq(this).remove();"></p>
<p>Spoiler: Click to View<span id='spoiler_ee8cf0fd236221921b8dfcfea4f0d24e' style='display:none'>PHA+W2xlZnRdW2ltZ11odHRwOi8vd3d3LnRoZW1pcy1tZWRpYS5jb20vbWVkaWEvaW1hZ2VzL3NpdGVpbWdzL0VTQy5wbmdbL2ltZ11bL2xlZnRdICBbcmlnaHRdW2gxXUNvbW11bml0eSBhbmQgRm9ydW1zIENvZGV4ICYgSW5kZXhbL2gxXVsvcmlnaHRdPC9wPg==</span></div></p>
<p>Otherwise you get a line going through the site logo. It's petty, I know, but I like nitpicking.</p>
<blockquote><ul><li><a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.198114-Escapist-User-Guide-to-Posting-Commands-updated" title="" target="_blank">A Guide to posting commands </a></li></ul></blockquote>
<p>I'm killing two birds with one very large paving slab by posting criticism of that thread here. This is a very good guide, possibly the best BBCode guides I've seen on this site including the official forum markup.</p>
<p>There is a <em>loooong</em> list of symbols you can choose to add in or not if you wish which are displayed <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.108989-Guide-to-Forum-Typing-Tricks-UPDATED-4-24-09" title="" target="_blank">here</a>. Also, there are other video embedding styles you can use, such as Vimeo and GameTrailers, examples of which can be found <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.193717-iPad-Gets-Modded-Into-a-High-Tech-Skateboard" title="" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.179832-Hey-Everybody-Its-the-God-of-War-III-Sex-Scene-NSFW" title="" target="_blank">here</a> respectively. You can also embed sound like <em>BlueInkAlchemist</em> does with his Netflix series <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/326.199535-IT-CAME-FROM-NETFLIX-Dark-City" title="" target="_blank">here</a>. Quote any of those OPs to see how to embed videos and sound like that.</p>
<p>There's also a range of div classes as well which allow us to do stuff like this:</p>
<p><div class="ban_reason">User was banned for: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR4y0KhdcNY" title="" target="_self">Saying "Dude" waaay too many times.</a> (Permanent)</div></p>
<p>There are other ones as well but I can't remember them and don't feel like dragging myself through this site's source code looking them up, considering how irrelevant some of them are to the forums.</p>
<p>You can also make the link not open up a new window by adding target=_self onto the end of the url tag, so you get [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR4y0KhdcNY target=_self]Saying "Dude" waaay too many times.[/url]</p>
<p>And finally, three more points. Firstly, there is an easier way to post pictures with captions. <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/326.184949-NewClassic-Reviews-Twilight-With-Pictures#5569091" title="" target="_blank">Here</a>'s an example. And you can also link to a user's profile by saying [user=insertnamehere]*text*[/user], so it comes out like <a href='/profiles/view/claymorez'>this</a>. To finish off with, with the [hr] tag, you don't need the [/hr], it will work just as fine on its own:</p>
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<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/quizzes/" title="" target="_blank">Why not try and earn some badges or test your knowledge by trying one or more of the Escapists many quizzes </a></p></blockquote>
<p>*twitches* I feel like there should be a question mark at the end of this point.</p>
<p>I'm the son of an English teacher, don't hurt me for that.</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/rp-digest/6901-RP-Digest" title="" target="_blank">Catch up here on the events you may have missed in your favourite Escapist RPs</a></p></blockquote>
<p>That's been discontinued and is no longer running. Again.</p>
<blockquote><h3><font color="purple">User Reviews</font> </h3></blockquote>
<p>You could feature NewClassic's Indie Tournament or pimpeter2's Review Wars threads here or in the contests section of your post if you wanted to, the choice is yours where you put them if you decide to include them. I've also reiterated this in response to your contests section being empty.</p>
<blockquote><h3><font color="brown">Religion and Politics</font> </h3></blockquote>
<p>Some users have made a few guides to both <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/528.162724-A-Guide-to-Tolerance" title="" target="_blank">tolerating views on that forum</a> and <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/528.166303-Posting-in-this-forum-some-suggestions-for-us-all" title="" target="_blank">general posting suggestions on that forum</a> which you could add if you wanted to.</p>
<blockquote><p>Written Features</p></blockquote>
<p>I feel a bit cheated that you only feature the works of Shamus Young in the written features, considering <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns" title="" target="_blank">how many columns we have</a>, <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/apps/features/" title="" target="_blank">our weekly magazine</a>, <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/tag/critical+miss" title="" target="_blank">our new webcomic series</a> and <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/100956-More-Sunday-Funnies-Comin-At-Ya" title="" target="_blank">The Sunday Funnies</a> and especially considering the level of detail you went into for the video features.</p>
<p>Possible mention of the news room as well, maybe? Not sure what you could write about it, though.</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.79475#1014221" title="" target="_blank">Suggestions/complaints thread </a></p></blockquote>
<p>This was the main reason why I contacted <a href='/profiles/view/wilsonscrazybed'>wilson</a> over updating the original map in the first place. That thread was locked and deleted almost a year ago now because its job was deemed redundant. If you want to make suggestions or complaints then use the <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/Tech-Team" title="" target="_blank"><em>Tech Team</em></a> usergroup.</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.112832?page=1" title="" target="_blank">Community moderation discussion</a></p></blockquote>
<p>You may also benefit to mention the <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/Moderation-Team" title="" target="_blank"><em>Moderation Team</em></a> usergroup here.</p>
<blockquote><h3>Regular game events</h3></blockquote>
<p>To my knowledge, neither of those events run in those threads anymore. I have a suspicion that they may run in the <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/Escapist-PC-Gamers" title="" target="_blank"><em>PC Gamers</em></a> usergroup, but you would need to contact <a href='/profiles/view/Danny%20Ocean'>Danny Ocean</a> and <a href='/profiles/view/Caliostro'>Caliostro</a> accordingly to ask them what's happening with either of those events.</p>
<blockquote><p>Point of contact:Unknown (pm me if you know)</p></blockquote>
<p>It may be <a href='/profiles/view/Virgil'>Virgil</a>, but I'm only guessing as he's the only name I recognise from the members of the LastFm page.</p>
<blockquote><p>Community Contests.</p></blockquote>
<p>If you feel like updating this regularly you may want to see if you can add pimpeter2's Review Wars threads or any rounds of NewClassic's Indie Tournament to this when the new threads for both of those get made eventually.</p>
<p>Otherwise I don't think that there are any contests for a while.</p>
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Hope you found all that useful. I've been working on that criticism for a good few hours by this point, I think.
Also, being the TMIF Councilman for Best Thread, I may throw this one in for nomination if people don't suggest it anyway. I think it deserves at least an honourable mention for the effort you've put into both this thread and the BBCode advice thread.
SeanTheSheep: I can see the usefulness in this, but couldn't people just look up these things on the individual pages for each thing? (e.g. On the individual forum front pages, or the video index, etc.)
I'll use the same argument that Nomad used when he made Hitchhiker's Guide to the Escapist and that the staff used when they added the content badges: Yes looking it up themselves would be easier, but the issue is that a lot of people don't actually know about the existence of some of this site's content. Having a big list of it all in one area is a very convenient way of discovering new things.
I may have not spelled everything right and some BBCode may not work properly in this comment. It's half past midnight and I need to stay up to do Physics revision which at this rate will be ending at 2a.m., joy of joys. So all apologies if some links are broken or whatever.
Initial response to your response: WOW - that's alot of commentary and exactly the sort of thing I wanted - I have alot planned atm - but have exams like you going atm - so I have only put in like 1/3rd of the content and plan to have it done by next weekend at the latest. Alot of your comments were constructive and much appreciated I will be sure to implement almost all of them - plus I was annoyed by the line through the logo :P Been trying to get rid of that so thanks. I'll look into the user groups things but the main press on that is an idea I came up with where veteran users are invited in as 'helpers' and anyone can then join - with new members being directed towards it - where they can then interactively ask for advice also. I am not mad myself on the idea of spoilers - and I'll change some of the coding to free up characters. I will update all the guides I run and bring them up to standard by the weekend. If you don't mind when it's done I'll message you and ask for further constructive advice. ALSO now I have 4 of the Easter egg embedding video codes - it's difficult to find the legendary embedding codes for them as the moderators don't want hundreds of videos from lots of sites making the poor forum hamsters die in great numbers from supporting the server. So I'll have to ask kulinai or another moderator if it's cool with me putting those in! I plan to put community events like the review tournament in its own section. I ideally want it to be a constantly updated map - to replace wilson's - with also a section reflecting regular community life i.e. perhaps a section each month or week of the moderator's favourite threads . Also would be appreciated if you could tell me if there are any entries to TIEM that fit this index's bill?
I'm killing two birds with one very large paving slab by posting criticism of that thread here. This is a very good guide, possibly the best BBCode guides I've seen on this site including the official forum markup.
Animal cruelty is that something a member of the TIMF council wants to admit to? :P
Glad to be of assistance. Looking over the BBCode you may actually want to do the title like this:
Spoiler: Click to ViewPHA+W2xlZnRdW2ltZ11odHRwOi8vd3d3LnRoZW1pcy1tZWRpYS5jb20vbWVkaWEvaW1hZ2VzL3NpdGVpbWdzL0VTQy5wbmdbL2ltZ11bL2xlZnRdICBbcmlnaHRdW2gxXUNvbW11bml0eSBhbmQgRm9ydW1zIENvZGV4ICYgSW5kZXhbL2gxXTwvcD4KPHA+W3NtYWxsXUZpbmQgRXZlcnl0aGluZyB5b3UgbmVlZCBmb3IgdGhlIGJlc3QgRXNjYXBpc3QgRXhwZXJpZW5jZS5bL3NtYWxsXVsvcmlnaHRdPC9wPg==
This is just so that the small text doesn't get clustered up between the title and the logo.
You could also position the text and image the other way round if you don't like where the text is, but either way you won't be able to have the text in the centre without no line going through the image.
As far as embedding videos or images from other sites are concerned, it's okay as long as they're placed in spoilers. Whilst they're in spoilers, they don't need to be loaded at the same time as the rest of the page, so they can save a couple of hamsters that way.
And feel free to contact me for more criticism when you get round to updating your guides, I'll be more than glad to offer up any more points for possible improvement. All of your plans for updating this thread sound good so I can't wait to offer more advice if necessary.
As it is there aren't really many threads which I would view as helping out the community in a way that this guide is meant to. This thread could've been an entry but josh797's no longer giving out his offer, so it isn't really beneficial anymore to the community as a thread.
Animal cruelty is that something a member of the TIMF council wants to admit to? :P
Hey, I am morethanjust a councilman for TMIF! Okay, one of those hasn't been alive since July last year but I'm still including it. Oh yeah, I was meant to be answering your question. Ermm... T'was for the greater good?
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Gamekid171: you forgot the IRC I think Oh, nevermind.
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