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  • kapla1755kapla1755 Member Posts: 1,249
    edited November 2014
    dragnridr wrote: »
    I'm betting that these "changes" will be to put in a bot that auto-deletes posts that disagree with anything that perfect world does or says. It's not enough that they don't listen to players, but they have to make sure the players don't have any influence on the devs in any way shape or form.


    This post will be auto - deleted in 10 sec.....

    in the future refrain from using the highlighted words

    You can post again when your 1800sec timer expires




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  • robdmcrobdmc Member Posts: 1,619 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    I love sweeping changes. nothing ever goes wrong with them.
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,559 Community Moderator
    edited November 2014
    Could this mean the end of Starfleet Dental posts!! :eek:

    Crash! Don't mention them by name! You know they appear if you mention their name!


    Anyways... would like to hear what's gonna happen to the forums Smirk.
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  • mightybobcncmightybobcnc Member Posts: 3,354 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    Here's an idea for a forum change: Can we stop using this archaic install of vbulletin and migrate to the latest version of vbulletin that has, you know, all of the features of a real forum that the rest of the Internet has had for half a decade? For christ's sake there is no Report Post button for the sudden influx of gold spammers (No I am not going to waste my time and effort to open a support ticket on an external website to your inept outsourced support department to report something as ephemeral as a forum post; that is idiotic).

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  • angrytargangrytarg Member Posts: 11,005 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    Could you guys please just one single time NOT treat us like idiots? "We will change things. Be warned. We won't tell you what it is though." - what about a change to the way the forums are organized would require this secrecy nonsense again? I understand that certain game changes need to be kept secret as developing a game means competition and all, but the forums?

    You probably won't implement changes that deserve a warning wthout announcing them first. Then please wait until you can "safely reveal" them, for targ's sake. And if you "can't reveal" them yet, don't say anything. Nobody likes empty statements.
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  • aelfwin1aelfwin1 Member Posts: 2,896 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    Since no one answered the multiple questions about what these changes are , I'll ask only one thing :

    Could you let us know before you implement changes that will erase out "subscribed to" threads list ?

    That was wiped by the change over to the PWE forums , and it was pretty upsetting .
  • giveroffacialsgiveroffacials Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    There will be changes.

    You have been warned, anything adverse that happens will be your therefore be your fault.


    Wouldn't it be funny if cryptic installed grammar TRIBBLE software and programmed the forum software with a prohibited word list. Words like "nerf", "dental", "Geko".......
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  • khamseenairkhamseenair Member Posts: 2,640 Bug Hunter
    edited November 2014
    Hello Forum Users,

    We wanted to alert you to upcoming changes to the forums, sub-forums, sticky threads and many of the older archived posts and bulletin announcements.

    In an effort to update and reorganize these features, we will be systematically sweeping through the forums to complete this task.

    I wanted to alert you to the incoming updates so they don't begin to alarm anyone as they progress :)

    Thanks for you patience everyone!

    ~CaptainSmirk

    You do realise you didn't actually say what the changes are, right? :P

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  • arrmateysarrmateys Member Posts: 466 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    while i'd love it if some of the annoyances of this forum were fixed (inability to use quick reply box before clicking the "quick reply to this message" anywhere on the page, quoting posts 4 out of 5 times giving a blank post or two/three other quotes attached, links changing after posting that always focus on your last post on refresh, interfering with reading new posts and such), the change will be probably something much less interesting, or maybe it just means autumn cleaning and most of the old posts will be deleted.

    or just posts from specific members.
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  • tehbubbalootehbubbaloo Member Posts: 2,003 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    i reckon this is nothing more than another pass at improving the forums 'corporate sheen'; anonymising old dev posts, deleting rant posts, etc.

    oddly enough, i dont care anymore.
  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,481 Arc User
    edited November 2014
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  • themariethemarie Member Posts: 1,055 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    OH GOD OH GOD THEY ARE GOING TO NERF THE FORUMS OMG THIS SUX EVERYTHING IS RUINED FOREVER I QUIT YES YOU CAN HAS MY STUFF OMG!!!


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  • rodentmasterrodentmaster Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    i reckon this is nothing more than another pass at improving the forums 'corporate sheen'; anonymising old dev posts, deleting rant posts, etc.

    oddly enough, i dont care anymore.

    ^^ This. /10char
  • themariethemarie Member Posts: 1,055 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    I really hate to be the voice of sanity, but perhaps it is a backend security improvement? There have been a spate of high-profile forum hacks recently, this could be nothing more than a back-end patch and security update.


    Nah. Our Asian Overlords are removing any trace of disagreement or dissent from the forums. There is only Satisfaction at PWE. If you are dissatisfied, Charge Your Zen. ;)
  • hyplhypl Member Posts: 3,719 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    ...and the changes are...what?

    Stop being cryptic. :P
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  • berginsbergins Member Posts: 3,453 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    worffan101 wrote: »
    EDIT: and on another note, how the heck do you make text the same color as the background?
    Like this.
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  • robdmcrobdmc Member Posts: 1,619 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    Well maybe they liked the idea of a 500 dil cost for quick reply. That would explain why he didnt want to tell us what is going on. he never said he was opposed to the idea. just that that it wasn't the case at the moment.
  • ransom2375ransom2375 Member Posts: 243 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    Nothing to see here.

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  • v1ctor1stv1ctor1st Member Posts: 183 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    Hello Forum Users,

    We wanted to alert you to upcoming changes to the forums, sub-forums, sticky threads and many of the older archived posts and bulletin announcements.

    In an effort to update and reorganize these features, we will be systematically sweeping through the forums to complete this task.

    I wanted to alert you to the incoming updates so they don't begin to alarm anyone as they progress :)

    Thanks for you patience everyone!

    ~CaptainSmirk

    So you tell us there is going to be changes...

    ...and then don't tell us what the changes are...

    Yeah, great job at "managing" the community...
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  • echattyechatty Member Posts: 5,916 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    Let's look at what he said:

    ".....changes to the forums, sub-forums, sticky threads and many of the older archived posts and bulletin announcements."

    ".....update and reorganize these features, we will be sweeping through the forms...."

    It sounds like they're going to clean out older posts, bulletins, sticky threads and announcements and updating forums and sub-forums. How exactly they're going to update them is the mystery, I suppose ;)
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  • captainoblivouscaptainoblivous Member Posts: 2,284 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    Forum is op, nerf plz!
    I need a beer.

  • zeus#0893 zeus Member Posts: 207 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    I welcome any changes to the current state of the forums!

    Especially if one of the changes is to make the forums not be used like a Facebook page for some people.

    Thank you,

    Zeus
  • philipclaybergphilipclayberg Member Posts: 1,680
    edited November 2014
    Where is my elephant? :mad:

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  • khamseenairkhamseenair Member Posts: 2,640 Bug Hunter
    edited November 2014
    If locking the scheduled maintenance thread, then giving no information on why the servers aren't back up when they are supposed to be is part of the 'changes'... I don't like it. :P
    Join date is wrong, I've actually been around since STO Beta.
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  • cookiecrookcookiecrook Member Posts: 4,538 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    If locking the scheduled maintenance thread, then giving no information on why the servers aren't back up when they are supposed to be is part of the 'changes'... I don't like it. :P

    Maintenance is finished but they obviously broke something. :P

    Forum wise, I would like to see the identity of the posters restored to their posts as there is till a lot of great information in some of the older posts that had the posters identity removed when the forum was transferred to PWE.
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  • philipclaybergphilipclayberg Member Posts: 1,680
    edited November 2014
    zeus16nbs wrote: »
    I welcome any changes to the current state of the agoras

    There. Fixed it for ya.

    But if you insist on Latin: I believe the plural of "forum" is "fora" (they only come in quads).
  • gulberatgulberat Member Posts: 5,505 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    zeus16nbs wrote: »
    I welcome any changes to the current state of the forums!

    Especially if one of the changes is to make the forums not be used like a Facebook page for some people.

    Thank you,

    Zeus

    Sorry, what do you mean by the Facebook bit?

    I am not even on Facebook so I wouldn't even know where to begin with that...


    And Smirk, any ETA so that forum authors know how long they have to complete their backup processes on their stories?

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