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1   POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 15:06
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    Hope you found this useful!

     
    2   POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 15:08

    I like it!

    Very intuitive, flows from most important and down.

    Also, very nice use of code, it looks very professional.

     
    3   POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 15:09

    WHY DID I SAY THESE WORDS

    fd18e3d0-816e-11e4-b4a9-0800200c9a66
     
    4   POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 15:11

    Tis a good thread. Maybe add a list of popular User Groups for new users to look at.

     
    5   POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 15:30

    Nice work, hopefully this will help the new people.

     
    6   POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 15:32

    Well done. This would definitely help all the newcomers.

     
    7   POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 15:32

    Loads of great info here. New users will benefit from this.

    DigitalSushi
     
    8   POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 15:34

    Superb work Claymorez, I'm really proud of you.

     
    9   POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 15:35

    We now have a thread to link to new users who really have no clue what else happens at the Escapist besides Zero Punctuation. Good work!

     
    10   POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 15:36

    This is the second thread of yours I've bookmarked Claymorez. Good work, and good presentation.

    DigitalSushi
     
    11   POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 15:57

    The Avatar store, for all your custom avatar needs, say please and thank you to these outstanding members and they may be willing to bring life to your avatar.


    Are you tired of shooting the another member of the Escapist UK on some online shooter?, tire no more, add yourself to the Escapist UK for a meet up in real life for a nice friendly round of Paintballing fun.


    Escapism
    The incredibly sexy Aussies of this site deemed it fit to get together and take pictures of each other for our veiwing pleasure.

    Could I propose adding these links in, I've put a tagline to sell them to you.

    TimeLord
     
    12   POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 16:06

    ColdStorage:


    The Avatar store, for all your custom avatar needs, say please and thank you to these outstanding members and they may be willing to bring life to your avatar.


    Are you tired of shooting the another member of the Escapist UK on some online shooter?, tire no more, add yourself to the Escapist UK for a meet up in real life for a nice friendly round of Paintballing fun.


    Escapism
    The incredibly sexy Aussies of this site deemed it fit to get together and take pictures of each other for our veiwing pleasure.

    Could I propose adding these links in, I've put a tagline to sell them to you.

    And to the TARDIS Crew group? You are part of it after all claymorez :)

     
    13   POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 16:16

    Well it got stickied, now if anyone will actually read it : /

    DigitalSushi
     
    14   POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 16:41

    TimeLord:

    ColdStorage:


    The Avatar store, for all your custom avatar needs, say please and thank you to these outstanding members and they may be willing to bring life to your avatar.


    Are you tired of shooting the another member of the Escapist UK on some online shooter?, tire no more, add yourself to the Escapist UK for a meet up in real life for a nice friendly round of Paintballing fun.


    Escapism
    The incredibly sexy Aussies of this site deemed it fit to get together and take pictures of each other for our veiwing pleasure.

    Could I propose adding these links in, I've put a tagline to sell them to you.

    And to the TARDIS Crew group? You are part of it after all claymorez :)

    I say no, because those were chosen since they benefit the community.

    Zombie_Fish
     
    15   POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 19:09

    Generally, the criticism I have to offer is stuff I brought up in the old thread anyway, so I've cut out anything which is now irrelevant from the quote to make it simpler, as well as adding in a few more notes:

    Zombie_Fish:

    Suggestions go to here

    And this is a dead link, it just leads to a 404 Error.

    If there's any reason for ignoring those points or if you're planning on implementing them in the future then feel free to tell me.

    Congratulations on getting this stickied as well. As a replacement for the old map is is certainly a damn good one.

    EDIT:

    ColdStorage:
    Snip

    The Avatar Store is already listed under 'Community Discussion'.

    EDIT2: Is your avatar Megas XLR with a rainbow in it? Because that's just awesome.

    DigitalSushi
     
    16   POSTED: 16 Jun 2010 04:41

    Zombie_Fish:

    EDIT:

    ColdStorage:
    Snip

    The Avatar Store is already listed under 'Community Discussion'.

    Oops, I was looking for it but couldn't find it.

     
    17   POSTED: 24 Jun 2010 23:32

    I have something you may want to add up there Claymorez.

    Claymorez
     
    18   POSTED: 25 Jun 2010 10:54

    BloodyThoughts:
    I have something you may want to add up there Claymorez.

    Good idea - thou I omitted them as its on Kulinai's stuck thread - thou I am updating the index next week so we shall see - thx for the suggestion :P

    Zombie_Fish
     
    19   POSTED: 27 Jun 2010 10:25

    May be worth adding this thread to the User Reviews section.

    Claymorez
     
    20   POSTED: 29 Jun 2010 14:48

    Zombie_Fish:
    May be worth adding this thread to the User Reviews section.

    Cheers! Just added it and the additions to the written features like with the videos :P
    I'll add more :D

    Zombie_Fish
     
    21   POSTED: 29 Jun 2010 18:25

    Zombie_Fish:
    May be worth adding this thread to the User Reviews section.

    This thread now has a second thread due to the character limit.

    Claymorez
     
    22   POSTED: 30 Jun 2010 09:23

    Zombie_Fish:

    Zombie_Fish:
    May be worth adding this thread to the User Reviews section.

    This thread now has a second thread due to the character limit.

    Added it :P

    Thx - as always if have more to suggest just leave a message here or pm me :P

     
    23   POSTED: 17 Jul 2010 00:56

    so how do i post a picture?

    Zombie_Fish
     
    24   POSTED: 17 Jul 2010 06:15

    Mister Awesome:
    so how do i post a picture?

    This really isn't the best place to ask but the code is [img]*image url*[/img]:

    Hit the quote button next to my post if you want to see how I did that exactly. If you need any help figuring out other stuff you can do on the forums, it's probably already explained here, here or here and if none of those mention how then a comment in one of those threads would probably be more suitable than asking here.

    DigitalSushi
     
    25   POSTED: 18 Jul 2010 06:12

    Zombie_Fish:

    EDIT2: Is your avatar Megas XLR with a rainbow in it? Because that's just awesome.

    Yep it is!, if you look closely the "head" (the V10 Barracuda car) is in his hand, so he's "headless"... kinda my thing with the avatars. Its funny since I consider myself to be the king of France on this site and we all know what happens to French Kings.

    Also congrats on becoming a moderator!, fine addition you be!.

     
    26   POSTED: 23 Jul 2010 21:56

    It seems that everyone's becoming a mod these days... O.o

     
    27   POSTED: 31 Jul 2010 03:33

    A new thread of threads has been made.

    I'll just leave that there X3

    Claymorez
     
    28   POSTED: 2 Aug 2010 14:21

    Updating later this evening with new sections.

     
    29   POSTED: 2 Aug 2010 15:12

    Claymorez:
    Updating later this evening with new sections.

    >.> Maybe a linkie to the new Community Members Thread in your Index

     
    30   POSTED: 6 Aug 2010 16:24

    Right. This shall be hot keyed for linkage.

    Thank you.

     
    31   POSTED: 5 Sep 2010 07:56

    I feel so left out 'cause I'm only an IRC mod :(

    *cries in her corner*

    Claymorez
     
    32   POSTED: 5 Sep 2010 09:04

    Radelaide:
    I feel so left out 'cause I'm only an IRC mod :(

    *cries in her corner*

    Now you made me feel bad so I will go off to edit all the lists of moderators and add a new section which includes IRC Mods... :P

    Plus I'll be updating the whole index with a mojor over hall over the next few days and nights! :D

     
    33   POSTED: 19 Nov 2010 11:01

    Is there a list of posting level titles and what post ranges they encompass? i.e. right now I'm a Beat Writer, and that goes from 126 to y number of posts. Before that I was Copy Clerk, which I think went from 51 to 125.

    Zombie_Fish
     
    34   POSTED: 19 Nov 2010 22:18

    DiMono:
    Is there a list of posting level titles and what post ranges they encompass? i.e. right now I'm a Beat Writer, and that goes from 126 to y number of posts. Before that I was Copy Clerk, which I think went from 51 to 125.

    There's no official list by the staff but various users have made lists of them in the past, if you search the forums enough you'll probably find a full list somewhere. I just copied this from a thread I found with a few changes from my own experience, so it may not be fully reliable:

    Anonymous Source: 0-25 posts.
    Paperboy: 25-50 posts.
    Copy Clerk: 50-100 posts.
    Beat Writer: 100-200 posts.
    Muckraker: 200-300 posts.
    Press Junketeer: 300-500 posts.
    Infamous Scribbler: 500-750 posts.
    Pulitzer Laureate: 750-1000 posts.
    Gone Gonzo: 1000-5000 posts.
    On The Record: 5000-8000 posts.
    Master Archivist: 8000-10000 posts.
    Wordsmith Extraordinaire: 10000-15000 posts.
    Nobel Laureate: 15000+ posts.

    EDIT: Here's the original thread, if you're interested. The changes I've done to the list were for the bottom five titles.

     
    35   POSTED: 19 Nov 2010 22:46

    Zombie_Fish:

    DiMono:
    Is there a list of posting level titles and what post ranges they encompass? i.e. right now I'm a Beat Writer, and that goes from 126 to y number of posts. Before that I was Copy Clerk, which I think went from 51 to 125.

    There's no official list by the staff but various users have made lists of them in the past, if you search the forums enough you'll probably find a full list somewhere. I just copied this from a thread I found with a few changes from my own experience, so it may not be fully reliable:

    Anonymous Source: 0-25 posts.
    Paperboy: 25-50 posts.
    Copy Clerk: 50-100 posts.
    Beat Writer: 100-200 posts.
    Muckraker: 200-300 posts.
    Press Junketeer: 300-500 posts.
    Infamous Scribbler: 500-750 posts.
    Pulitzer Laureate: 750-1000 posts.
    Gone Gonzo: 1000-5000 posts.
    On The Record: 5000-8000 posts.
    Master Archivist: 8000-10000 posts.
    Wordsmith Extraordinaire: 10000-15000 posts.
    Nobel Laureate: 15000+ posts.

    EDIT: Here's the original thread, if you're interested. The changes I've done to the list were for the bottom five titles.

    Well for sure the first few are out of date. I was Paperboy from 11-50 and I didn't enter Beat Writer until 126. I guess I'll keep track of the ranks as I advance through them and update it here.

    Edit: Beat Writer ends at 225 and becomes Muckraker at 226.

    Edit 2: Muckraker ends at 350, Press Junketeer begins at 351.

    Edit 3: Press Junketeer ends at 500, Infamous Scribbler begins at 501.

    So the updated list so far is:

    Anonymous Source: 0-10
    Paperboy: 11-50
    Copy Clerk: 51-125
    Beat Writer: 126-225
    Muckraker: 226-350
    Press Junketeer: 351-500
    Infamous Scribbler: 501-?

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