Q&A Smashboards Questions Thread. Ask site-related questions here. (Staff answers preferred)

[flaco]

yes all rep system also will they make another rep system or not?

 

[Wak]

Rep is now disabled. We'll give it a couple of weeks (minimum), and then we can discuss bringing it back.

We'll change the rep system for sure if we bring it back.

 

[McFox]

flaco, do you even read the responses to your own questions? You're just searching for questions to answer at this point. If you have a real question, post it. But if you're just posting a question out of boredom, don't.

 

[Xsyven]

Hey look! A question not about mods or rep!

Is there an IRC channel for Smash World/Smashboards? If not, I suggest there should be.

I think it'd be an awesomely fun IRC channel to hang out in. It'll get quick results for simple question, and it'll be fun to discuss simple topics without having to wait an entire day to get three responses.

 

[flaco]

My bad mcfox am stupid lol,anyway these is a real question um Did someone change the rules of the forums game room becuase I seen my post go up in the forumms game room?

 

[Crimson King]

I just tested it. My post didn't increase in Forum Games.

 

[flaco]

ok thanks man then am blind thanks ck.

 

[Wenbobular]

Is Victoria's Secret considered E for everyone? The site seems really concerned about cursing and stuff, but there's weird, sexually explicit ads floating around...what's up with that?

 

[Wak]

Is Victoria's Secret considered E for everyone? The site seems really concerned about cursing and stuff, but there's weird, sexually explicit ads floating around...what's up with that?

There may have some really hot stuff in the ads, but not sexual. Though we suggest people to report the extreme sexual and dirty ads. We don't want them.

For the Victoria's secret, it's alright as long as it's ''hot'' only, and not ''explicit''

Hey look! A question not about mods or rep!

Is there an IRC channel for Smash World/Smashboards? If not, I suggest there should be.

I think it'd be an awesomely fun IRC channel to hang out in. It'll get quick results for simple question, and it'll be fun to discuss simple topics without having to wait an entire day to get three responses.

Unless the link to it is as hidden as this topic, it would be a good idea according to me. I personaly have trouble using the search option or the FAQ, I just manually search for half an hour because I'm patient. If I have trouble using the search option, I wonder how new people react in front of the system.

If everyone could see it (not like this topic), according to me, it would be just awesome. People could use it to know if they can post something, if they can't post something, etc. It could even replace the ''report post''. (Plus we could reply back to the user saying ''thanks'' or ''I can't warn the person for this and this reason'')

Though I don't know how SWF could include that.

 

[Xsyven]

Unless the link to it is as hidden as this topic, it would be a good idea according to me. I personaly have trouble using the search option or the FAQ, I just manually search for half an hour because I'm patient. If I have trouble using the search option, I wonder how new people react in front of the system.

If everyone could see it (not like this topic), according to me, it would be just awesome. People could use it to know if they can post something, if they can't post something, etc. It could even replace the ''report post''. (Plus we could reply back to the user saying ''thanks'' or ''I can't warn the person for this and this reason'')

Though I don't know how SWF could include that.

If I get admin approval and advertising, I'd be happy to set up a channel. How about it, Admins?

 

[Jazzy Jinx]

When Brawl is released, will you guys delete everything in the Brawl Rooms and set everything up like the Melee Rooms or...

 

[Uncle Meat]

Sorry to be answering questions in this thread, but Wak didn't really answer it. There's already a DC++ channel, Xsyven. If you mean something less Smash focused for the kind of discussion that goes on in the PRoom, I don't know, but the DC hub has all the smash stuff covered. It sounds interesting, though. Oh, and Kenny, quick note. Rooms are never deleted, only removed from the list. If you just want to be able to look back at the old rooms for nostalgia or whatever purposes, you'll still be able to access the rooms by typing in their URL, they just won't be displayed on the index.

 

[Mic_128]

Most likely, at least with what happened with Melee before release, the room stayed the same. (Hence how occasionally someone bumps a 6 year old topic about who they think is going to be in Melee)

 

[McFox]

What will likely with the Brawl rooms is that we will keep General Brawl Discussion where it is, and that will turn into what Melee Discussion is now. Then, we will split up Character Discussion into the various Character rooms, once we know who all the characters are.

 

[flaco]

Well I know that Gideon said these about the rep system-Due to problems with the reputation system, it has been temporarily disabled. In a few weeks we may open it up for discussion,ok when they open it for discussion are your rep gonna be the same as when they where taken off or you need to start all over again?

 

[B-Will]

If we were to get a rep system, we would start it over. Too many people had more rep than they deserved. Furthermore, it would probaby be a different system completely because the first one obviously failed.

That is, if we get a new rep system.

 

[flaco]

ok my friend thanks now get back to red lol

 

[smashman90]

Has there been any recent news or updates concerning the fate of the smash RPG?

 

[Elemennopee]

Hold on a minute, we can't make a topic that is similar to another topic, and we have to discuss the topic you wanted to discuss about, but if that topic is an old topic, and we can't bump an old topic which is a topic that you want to discuss, then doesn't that kinda defeat the purpose? Or do we have to say something really big and informative in that old topic so a mod doesn't close it?

Sorry for making the post hard to understand.

 

[Wak]

do we have to say something really big and informative in that old topic so a mod doesn't close it?

You just answered your own question.
It's preferable to say something pertinent in the topic you bump, because we always have in mind that you're bumping the thread to spam.

 

[Mic_128]

There's a diference to bumping an old topic to post something substantial and bumoping one to say "I agree lol"

 

[Jazzy Jinx]

What is the maximum allowed amount of characters per post? I ask this because I plan on making a thread that contains an abundant amount of information sometime soon.

 

[Wak]

as long as it's not spam, the post can be almost as long as you want

 

[flaco]

Will these site ever been remodeled again made it look better?

 

[Crimson King]

Actually Wak, I think it's like 4500 characters. For topics like that, we sometimes are lax on Double posting, but it has to be something REALLY interesting and important.

 

[TAK$]

Allow Basic BBCode Yes
Allow Color BBCode Yes
Allow Size BBCode Yes
Allow Font BBCode Yes
Allow Alignment BBCode YesAllow List BBCode Yes
Allow Code BBCode Yes
Allow PHP BBCode Yes
Allow HTML BBCode Yes
Allow Quote BBCode YesAllow HTML No
Allow Smilies Yes
Allow Code Yes
[B]Can Upload Images for Signature No
Can Upload Animated GIF for Signature No[/B]

this is what i find at the bottom of the page when i click edit signature. the bold part is a part of my question, i think i may have posted this somewhere else but i dont remember, anyway here's my question.

[B]why is my permission to upload images to my sig a "no"?[/B]

 

[Mic_128]

Please read the stickied topic in Meet and Greet on how to setup your signature.

 

[TAK$]

see i read it and did it like 20 times, but it still dosent help, is it because of

Can Upload Images for Signature No
Can Upload Animated GIF for Signature No
?

lol sorry if i didnt need to bold that.

 

[F8X]

Can we display gamer ids(Wii Numbers(especially), PNP(PS3 ids), Gamertags(360), and Xfire) where our location when we post?

Such an Example of what I mean can be seen here at http://www.cheapassgamer.com/(when you click on Gamertags and Xfire a tab comes up showing whether he is online and if you want to send a friend request. And right now Wii numbers can not be seen unless we view a members profile.
I understand that this is a "singular game forum" but none the less it is a video game forum that could benefit from these features. If we can post our AIMs why not our gamer identification?(also this is vBulletin Version 3.5.4, and we are on 3.6.0 so this could be done right?)

edit: or at least we used to be able to post our Aims

 

[Mic_128]

see i read it and did it like 20 times, but it still dosent help, is it because of

Can Upload Images for Signature No
Can Upload Animated GIF for Signature No
?

lol sorry if i didnt need to bold that.

Because then our forum databases would be full of peoples images for signatures. Just use some imagehosting site like Imageshack.us and then link it in your sig.

 

[Crimson King]

Can we display gamer ids(Wii Numbers(especially), PNP(PS3 ids), Gamertags(360), and Xfire) where our location when we post?

Such an Example of what I mean can be seen here at http://www.cheapassgamer.com/(when you click on Gamertags and Xfire a tab comes up showing whether he is online and if you want to send a friend request. And right now Wii numbers can not be seen unless we view a members profile.
I understand that this is a "singular game forum" but none the less it is a video game forum that could benefit from these features. If we can post our AIMs why not our gamer identification?(also this is vBulletin Version 3.5.4, and we are on 3.6.0 so this could be done right?)

edit: or at least we used to be able to post our Aims

I strongly agree with this post and suggestion. Allowing those to be posted would allow match-ups and what not to go much smoother and you can meet new people in game.

However, I don't know how difficult this would be to implement?

Kiki?

 

[flaco]

Well I was browsing reading some rules and I wanna know what those means profile locked?

 

[F8X]

Can we display gamer ids(Wii Numbers(especially), PNP(PS3 ids), Gamertags(360), and Xfire) where our location when we post?

Such an Example of what I mean can be seen here at http://www.cheapassgamer.com/(when you click on Gamertags and Xfire a tab comes up showing whether he is online and if you want to send a friend request. And right now Wii numbers can not be seen unless we view a member’s profile.
I understand that this is a "singular game forum" but none the less it is a video game forum that could benefit from these features. If we can post our AIMs why not our gamer identification?(also this is vBulletin Version 3.5.4, and we are on 3.6.0 so this could be done right?)

edit: or at least we used to be able to post our Aims

I strongly agree with this post and suggestion. Allowing those to be posted would allow match-ups and what not to go much smoother and you can meet new people in game.

However, I don't know how difficult this would be to implement?

Kiki?

I also wanted to mention what the profile looks like for each member (this is my profile)
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/member.php?u=79966

Below is what I would fill in (User CP) ...

​

I also can't see why it would be hard (at least for the Wii numbers, PNP(PS3 ID)). You could just make a similar area below location that says "Wii #:"(same for PNP). The Gamertags you could just create a tab(like the menu) with two images. This is what their profile looks like... (Note below is the pages source from underneith the afatar in everypost.)

</fieldset>
<input type="hidden" name="userfield[field6_set]" value="1" /><fieldset class="fieldset">
<legend><label for="ctb_field5">Xbox Live</label></legend>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td>Enter your Xbox Live Gamertag below</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><input type="text" class="bginput" name="userfield[field5]" id="ctb_field5" value="Fox318" size="25" maxlength="20" /></td>
</tr>
</table>
</fieldset>
<input type="hidden" name="userfield[field5_set]" value="1" /><fieldset class="fieldset">
<legend><label for="ctb_field11">Nintendo Wii Code</label></legend>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" border="0" width="100%">
<tr>

<td>Enter your Wii code below (xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input type="text" class="bginput" name="userfield[field11]" id="ctb_field11" value="" size="25" maxlength="19" /></td>
</tr>
</table>
</fieldset>
<input type="hidden" name="userfield[field11_set]" value="1" /><fieldset class="fieldset">
<legend><label for="cta_field7">Nintendo DS Wi-Fi IDs</label></legend>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td>Enter DS games & ID numbers below</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><textarea class="bginput" name="userfield[field7]" id="cta_field7" rows="4" cols="35" wrap="virtual"></textarea></td>
</tr>

</table>
</fieldset>
<input type="hidden" name="userfield[field7_set]" value="1" /><fieldset class="fieldset">
<legend><label for="ctb_field12">Playstation Network</label></legend>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td>Enter your PS3 Online ID below</td>
</tr>
<tr>

<td><input type="text" class="bginput" name="userfield[field12]" id="ctb_field12" value="" size="25" maxlength="25" /></td>
</tr>
</table>
</fieldset>
<input type="hidden" name="userfield[field12_set]" value="1" /><fieldset class="fieldset">
<legend><label for="ctb_field8">xFire Game Status - www.xfire.com</label></legend>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td>Please enter your xFire username here</td>

</tr>
<tr>
<td><input type="text" class="bginput" name="userfield[field8]" id="ctb_field8" value="Fox318" size="25" maxlength="100" /></td>
</tr>
</table>
</fieldset>
<input type="hidden" name="userfield[field8_set]" value="1" /><fieldset class="fieldset">
<legend>xFire style</legend>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" border="0" width="100%">

<tr>
<td>Choose a xFire style: Default (bg), Fantasy (os), Combat (co), Sci-Fi (sf)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><label for="rb_cpf_field9_1"><input type="radio" name="userfield[field9]" value="1" id="rb_cpf_field9_1" />bg</label> &nbsp;<label for="rb_cpf_field9_2"><input type="radio" name="userfield[field9]" value="2" id="rb_cpf_field9_2" />os</label> &nbsp;<label for="rb_cpf_field9_3"><input type="radio" name="userfield[field9]" value="3" id="rb_cpf_field9_3" checked="checked" />co</label> &nbsp;<label for="rb_cpf_field9_4"><input type="radio" name="userfield[field9]" value="4" id="rb_cpf_field9_4" />sf</label> &nbsp;</td>

</tr>

</table>
</fieldset>

the gamertag*note*You could use a 3rd party one too, I think (livecard...etc)
http://gamercard.xbox.com/Fox318.card

I personally like this one better because it can show your Countyrs Flag,when you were on last, and if you are on what were you playing..(below)
http://card.mygamercard.net/Fox318.html
and the friend invite

(Which would be linked to here...(Clicking here would add me on your friends list on your 360 and Xbox.com
http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/FriendsMgmt.aspx?gt=Fox318&act=Add
For the Xfire Tab you just would have the small Xfire profile...

with the text

Add to Xfire Friends List

That would be linked to

xfire:add_friend?user=Fox318

The source for this page is below

<!-- XBOX LIVE TAG Below by: Cyrick -->
<div class="info"><div id="gamertagmenu_2563569">XBL: <b><u>Fox318</u></b> <script type="text/javascript">vbmenu_register("gamertagmenu_2563569", true); </script> </div> <div class="vbmenu_popup" id="gamertagmenu_2563569_menu" style="display:none"><iframe src="http://gamercard.xbox.com/Fox318.card" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" height="140" width="204">945<br />

</iframe><br /><a href="http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/FriendsMgmt.aspx?gt=Fox318&act=Add"><img src="/forums/disturbed/icons/friendinvite.gif" title="Send friend request to Fox318" border="0" align="absmiddle"></a>

</div></div>
<!-- XBOX Live TAG ABOVE -->

<!-- Wii Code Below-->

<!-- Wii Code ABOVE -->

<!-- PS3 Code Below-->

<!-- PS3 Code ABOVE -->


<!-- xfire start-->
<div class="info"><div id="xfiremenu_2563569">Xfire: <b><u>Fox318</u></b><script type="text/javascript">vbmenu_register("xfiremenu_2563569", true); </script> </div> <div class="vbmenu_popup" id="xfiremenu_2563569_menu" style="display:none"><a href="http://profile.xfire.com/Fox318"><img src=http://miniprofile.xfire.com/bg/co/type/3/Fox318.png width=149 height=29 border=0><br>

<a href="xfire:add_friend?user=Fox318" rel="nofollow"><span class="time">Add to Xfire Friends List</span></a> </div></div>
<!-- xfire end -->

I suppose you could also create a tab for the Wii numbers or just have a tab that would open up to all of this(DS codes would work well for this)

Anyway I saw this feature on their fourms and I thought it was AWESOME. And I think it would benefit this smash community.

Think how many connection threads that would become null and void with this feature. The game threads in the Light house and the Cafe are pretty much empty.

Furthermore.... this idea goes back to one of my old ideas posted in this very thread ...

Some time ago I found a sprite sheet of emoticons that had every ssbm characters, and some Items. Now I was wondering two things.

• A. Can we upload these to the smiles data base

• B. Some one once posted this
  I thought that these emoticons would be a good way of saying this

You could do a similar situation with these emoticons like what you did with the BRoomers. Where there is a logo right below the users avatar. For example when your mouse is over the Grinmmer you see this I thought that you could do the same thing with mains so it would be like this when your mouse hovers over it There could be a thing like how the avatar selection is made where we just click and save so that in the future if we decided to change mains we could do it just as easily as changing our avatar.

I can help with the images since they need to be cut out if any one is willing to do this. I just though this would be a fun small add-on that could possibly be used in the future as well.
here is a link to the Smilies

If we decide to do this I only think it is fair to ask the creator first for permission.
Also I hope that this post does not seem demanding, it is a suggestion and nothing more.

This could be useful in the future because it would eliminate all of the character threads. (Though this example is with sprites it would be a little more useful with text)

I just think that the area below the avatar is unused now. We used to have Messenger names(AIM,MSN) and now that rep is gone all you have is your Location, "custom name (Smash n00b)", and a broomer icon(for the few).

Once Again, I think the fourms could benifit with this feature alot.

EDIT:And the source for this page fould also have to be edited to match SWF's colors.

EDIT#2: Once again, I have no clue how hard this would be to implement.

 

[ChozenOne]

Alittle off the current topic, but why aren't there Mods specific to the characters in Character Specific??

 

[Wak]

It's in our future projects. But for now you'll have to tolerate the spam .

 

[McFox]

F8X, I appreciate all the work you did to put that post together, but the truth is that implementing a couple of new postbit fields is pretty easy if you know how to use vBulletin, as the options are right there already. I tried to do it, but I couldn't figure it out. But Gideon or Kirby King should be able to set it up fairly easily.

 

[TAK$]

Mic 128 i did everything right, if you go to here, http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?p=2054897#post2054897 you see it's not showing, now if i'm missing something let me know.

edit: my post is right in there where you just see the link, no image.

 

[Wak]

put your link between

Oh, you need the direct link to image, BTW. Re-upload your signature and make sure to copy the good link this time.

 

[ChozenOne]

It's in our future projects. But for now you'll have to tolerate the spam .

<(^_^)b .

 

[EEvisu]

Can someone else pay for me online and put it in my name, like if I wanna become a BRoomer and have someone else pay for me can they do that as long as they inform the site its for me?