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Post by Elliot Kane on Apr 11, 2008 12:29:54 GMT
Hey gang, I have just got notification that in about two days time ProBoards will be upgrading the Cascade to the latest version of their program - which will probably mean some down time. So if we vanish for a while in a couple of days, don't panic, OK? We will be back!  For those who use it, please remember that the chat room is a separate program and will still be working |
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Post by Elliot Kane on Apr 11, 2008 12:33:06 GMT
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Post by twoheadedragon on Apr 11, 2008 14:31:02 GMT
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Post by Elliot Kane on Apr 11, 2008 15:21:39 GMT
Well, yeah, but it IS the official ProBoards support forum, so I'd bet most of the people who make ProBoards forums join it and a lot of others, too. I don't feel bad about not competing with them, any more than I feel bad about not competing with Bioware - who outnumber that one by quite some distance! ;D For a ProBoards forum we are quite a respectable size, I believe, which is cool |
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Post by LaFille on Apr 11, 2008 22:34:24 GMT
As far as I know the current added features of the board should still work normally after the upgrade; if you have a problem with anything or experience weird things though, please let us know.  Proboards said somewhere that they have something like 20 million members registering in their boards, so no wonder that their official support board is crowded. ;D |
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Post by twoheadedragon on Apr 12, 2008 4:39:21 GMT
I can only imagine how frustrating it must be to be on a Forum so massive! I mean, the threads must be continuously getting pushed off the first page, I think it's better to have a smaller Forum, with no more than, say, 15,000 members who post actively. Any more than that is not Chaos anymore, it's TOTAL MAYHEM!!! Which is why I probably won't join any other Forums than the ones I've already joined, unless you guys make a new one... ;D
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Post by LaFille on Apr 12, 2008 4:54:12 GMT
[...] no more than, say, 15,000 members who post actively. Any more than that is not Chaos anymore, it's TOTAL MAYHEM!!!  2-3% of that is about the amount for one to be able to keep up and have a life beside.  |
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Post by twoheadedragon on Apr 12, 2008 4:59:57 GMT
[...] no more than, say, 15,000 members who post actively. Any more than that is not Chaos anymore, it's TOTAL MAYHEM!!! 2-3% of that is about the amount for one to be able to keep up and have a life beside.  Yeah, that's why that should be the maximum cap, although maybe it should be smaller? |
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Post by Elliot Kane on Apr 12, 2008 6:08:12 GMT
Let's wait and see what happens, shall we? Rather than worrying about getting thousands of members when we are still not that far into hundreds! Hopefully we'll hit a thousand or so one day, but I doubt that day will be any time THIS year! ;D |
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Post by Galadriel on Apr 12, 2008 7:54:48 GMT
Hey gang, I have just got notification that in about two days time ProBoards will be upgrading the Cascade to the latest version of their program - which will probably mean some down time. So if we vanish for a while in a couple of days, don't panic, OK? We will be back!
They upgraded the Larian forum as well, and now it feels like loosing a perfectly good place to me, I just don't seem to fit in the new forum  |
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Post by LaFille on Apr 13, 2008 4:42:32 GMT
Let's wait and see what happens, shall we? Rather than worrying about getting thousands of members when we are still not that far into hundreds! Hopefully we'll hit a thousand or so one day, but I doubt that day will be any time THIS year! ;D Tsk tsk tsk... Speculation can be fun. I'm not worried about reaching a community of 15 000 active posters, but imagiing a forum like that is entertaining: 15 000 active posters, four-five times that of registered members minimum, the "members online" section taking the 3/4 of a page, a birtday list of 30-50 names per day, etc... ;D What is there about the Larian forum upgrade, Gal? |
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Post by Elliot Kane on Apr 13, 2008 4:44:36 GMT
...We might need to start thinking block birthday threads if we get THAT many!  |
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Post by twoheadedragon on Apr 13, 2008 8:20:01 GMT
...We might need to start thinking block birthday threads if we get THAT many! If you block birthday threads, I'm sure Cleg will help me remind everyone who's birthday it is... ;D |
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Post by Galadriel on Apr 13, 2008 11:31:51 GMT
What is there about the Larian forum upgrade, Gal? |
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Post by Ubereil on Apr 13, 2008 11:57:00 GMT
Have you tried changeing skin?
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Post by Galadriel on Apr 13, 2008 14:26:46 GMT
Have you tried changeing skin? Übereil |
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Post by LaFille on Apr 15, 2008 3:39:29 GMT
It seems to be mainly the look that changed (not really for the best at first sight, IMHO)... Good if we can choose a different skin though.
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Post by Elliot Kane on Apr 15, 2008 6:49:05 GMT
It's pretty much totally the look, yes. PMs are now private threads, which is an improvement, but there's a limit to the number you can have, which is not. Other than that, it's pretty much all cosmetic from a user POV, as near as I can tell. I presume it offers a lot more backroom options, but that's nothing we'll get to see. It's more like a redecorated house than a new one, and I for one don't feel at all alienated by it. It's still a cool place |
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Post by twoheadedragon on Apr 15, 2008 7:48:16 GMT
It's pretty much totally the look, yes. PMs are now private threads, which is an improvement, but there's a limit to the number you can have, which is not. Other than that, it's pretty much all cosmetic from a user POV, as near as I can tell. I presume it offers a lot more backroom options, but that's nothing we'll get to see. It's more like a redecorated house than a new one, and I for one don't feel at all alienated by it. It's still a cool place Even if all the smileys disappear, even if the screen becomes bright pink or almost completely black, EVEN IF ALL THE EXTRAS DISAPPEAR IT WILL STILL BE A COOL PLACE!!!  |
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