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

[KrazyGlue]

Is there any specific sort of application you have to go through to be part of the welcoming committee in the Forum Guides + User QA room?

I'd love to apply/be a part of it if possible.

 

[Frown]

We only needed seven members. If somebody leaves the committee, you might be able to join.

 

[flaco]

We used to, yeeeears back, have a thing where if it was your birthday a little cake icon appeared under your avatar. But this was way back, before we went to VB. No idea if it's possible now, and if it was I'd wager it requires server access.



The same way infractions and temp bans expire.



We can see who reports what, but usually we don't tell people. There's simply no need for it.



I would say in that instance it would be fine, so long as it isn't then done in a "wise guy" way. No calling people "richards" and then defending it by saying you mean that they were being like gumshoe.

ah cuz that could ignite and argument online correct?

 

[¯\_S.(ツ).L.I.D._/¯]

Do you guys plan on preserving Pliskin's thread?

I really think this is an important thread for new members to automatically get to know some things that people are throwing around here.

I'm completely serious with this, I doubt anyone here wants that thread gone.

 

[KrazyGlue]

Why are there no moderators for the Melee 1 Player Mode room?

 

[DtJ Jungle]

PRobably because the place doesn't need one.

If someone reports a post an Smod can just take care of it.

 

[deepseadiva]

Really? I never saw anyone (or a big amount of people) complaining. Usually these people switch to the other skins. The posts look so grotesque with the smaller postbit info and such.

Very much agreed - the font size has been changed for the worse.

 

[flaco]

Why are there no moderators for the Melee 1 Player Mode room?

yea i seen these too why?

 

[Wak]

Why can't I acces the new forum called Forum Guides + User QA?

 

[DtJ Jungle]

I don't believe anyone can at the moment.

 

[Clownbot]

@Jungle: I think he knows that, he's just curious as to why we can't all view the forum, as am I.

 

[DtJ Jungle]

No i meant that i dont htink theres anything there yet.

 

[TigerWoods]

Jungle... why are you yellow?

 

[Azua]

He's part of the FAQ team that will be working in forum guides + Q&A when it goes live.
It's not up yet, though.

Couple days, maybe a week, we'll have it up shortly.

 

[victra♥]

Jungle... why are you yellow?

cause he's asian.

xD my god that was so lame.

 

[Mic_128]

Do you guys plan on preserving Pliskin's thread?

I really think this is an important thread for new members to automatically get to know some things that people are throwing around here.

I'm completely serious with this, I doubt anyone here wants that thread gone.

Not sure, but something that good would probably be saved.

Why are there no moderators for the Melee 1 Player Mode room?

Not sure, probably something we overlooked. As said though if anything gets reported, Smods can deal with those.

 

[Azua]

It's on the list, and supermods should be checking there regularly

 

[Clownbot]

Will this thread be closed once Forum Guide/User QA kicks off?

 

[Mic_128]

I would assume either closed or just moved.

 

[Azua]

Nah we'll move it

 

[CRASHiC]

Is it possible to change the setting where after so long I sign out for my profile? I generally make very long post and am searching for examples or am crunching numbers for pokemon related things, and it can be frustrating when at the end of that post I see everything is marked as read.
Or is this not changeable on a person to person basis, and as a global universal setting?

 

[Kirby King]

It's a global setting. Best thing you can do is just keep another tab open or something and refresh it before 15 minutes are up.

 

[Neo Exdeath]

What are the requirements for joining usergroups?

 

[DtJ Jungle]

Each are different

Some are invite only. And each of those have their own requirements that warrant an invite.

Tournament directors just need to host a tournament then to apply for the user group

Debaters need to go through the Proving Ground process and prove themselves as worthy to post in the real debate hall.

 

[Frown]

What are the requirements for joining usergroups?

Moderator: Don't ask for it. Be responsible and try not to get any infractions.

BRoomer: Be a cool person. They rarely let people join nowadays, but keep being active for a long time and you might get in.

Tournament Director: Host a tournament and give mic a link to the thread dedicated to the tourney.

Smash debater: You can get the "temp debater" status to show your debating skills. If the debate hall thinks you're worthy of the title, you'll become a Smash Debater.

SBR member: Prove that you know a lot about the current Brawl metagame or Melee metagame. You need a lot of tournament experience to get in here.

Premium member: Donate at least 3 dollars to Smashboards using PayPal.

Smash Writer: Place 1st, 2nd or 3rd in a Write With Your Power contest or 1st in a Nano Write With Your Power contest.

Pokémon Researcher: Prove that you know a lot about competitive Pokémon and that you can contribute to strategy guides involving the games.

Smash researcher: Prove that you have very deep knowledge in the mechanics of Brawl. Contribute to guides that can help people get better on a higher level by discovering techniques.

Smash Workshop BRoomer: Prove that you know a lot about the Brawl+ scene and that you can develop the game further.

Welcoming committee: Be friendly.

 

[Neo Exdeath]

^Thank you, Frown.

 

[uhmuzing]

For some reason, it feels like I can't put as much as I used to be able to in my Location (what I have right now is around the maximum it lets me type). I'm probably wrong, but maybe one of you guys could check that for me?

Or is this the amount everyone is restricted to?.....

 

[Azua]

Everyone is restricted to 50 characters.

 

[thegreatkazoo]

Moderator: Don't ask for it. Be responsible and try not to get any infractions.

BRoomer: Be a cool person. They rarely let people join nowadays, but keep being active for a long time and you might get in.

Tournament Director: Host a tournament and give mic a link to the thread dedicated to the tourney.

Smash debater: You can get the "temp debater" status to show your debating skills. If the debate hall thinks you're worthy of the title, you'll become a Smash Debater.

SBR member: Prove that you know a lot about the current Brawl metagame or Melee metagame. You need a lot of tournament experience to get in here.

Premium member: Donate at least 3 dollars to Smashboards using PayPal.

Smash Writer: Place 1st, 2nd or 3rd in a Write With Your Power contest or 1st in a Nano Write With Your Power contest.

Pokémon Researcher: Prove that you know a lot about competitive Pokémon and that you can contribute to strategy guides involving the games.

Smash researcher: Prove that you have very deep knowledge in the mechanics of Brawl. Contribute to guides that can help people get better on a higher level by discovering techniques.

Smash Workshop BRoomer: Prove that you know a lot about the Brawl+ scene and that you can develop the game further.

Welcoming committee: Be friendly.

Well, it seems that someone took a line from my book with my Meet & Greets.

And as for the IBWC requirement, well...*stops here to avoid bloodshed.*

I have a question for the tourney director managers: I have heard that admission into this group isn't always immediate; viz. someone runs a tourney, they apply, and they don't get in. Is that true?

 

[Frown]

And as for the IBWC requirement, well...*stops here to avoid bloodshed.*

As for the IBWC requirement, no more people are getting in until the Q&A Forum opens. When we need new people, we invite more people.

 

[Azua]

I don't think we'll need more than 7 tbh, since staff is free to answer questions and whatnot [IF THEY KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER ]

TO status isn't always immediate, we only have one person working on it and they can't really be on call all day every day lol

 

[Osco316]

we only have one person working on it and they can't really be on call all day every day lol

why not?

 

[DtJ Jungle]

Yeah! Isn't that like, THEIR JOB!

 

[Mic_128]

Hey, I like to have a life sometimes. Just because you may not have one....

 

[KAOSTAR]

This may be a stupid question but whatever

do any of you super mod angry guys get paid for doing this?

 

[thegreatkazoo]

No they don't.
Why else do you think they're so angry. j/k

 

[uhmuzing]

This might've been given before, but for the character emoticons, I think it'd be cool to have more than their default colour.

 

[CRASHiC]

Would it be against rules to make a thread about Burning Man?

Burning man doesn't have to necessiarly have anything to do with:
nudity
sex
drugs
alchol

regardless of what people do there. Would making a thread about the event be breaking global rules if none of these are mentioned since these are not the purpose of Burning Man?

 

[Azua]

I don't think there'd be a problem.

 

[¯\_S.(ツ).L.I.D._/¯]

Moderator: Don't ask for it. Be responsible and try not to get any infractions.

BRoomer: Be a cool person. They rarely let people join nowadays, but keep being active for a long time and you might get in.

Or be Lythium

Tournament Director: Host a tournament and give mic a link to the thread dedicated to the tourney.

Smash debater: You can get the "temp debater" status to show your debating skills. If the debate hall thinks you're worthy of the title, you'll become a Smash Debater.

SBR member: Prove that you know a lot about the current Brawl metagame or Melee metagame. You need a lot of tournament experience to get in here.

Premium member: Donate at least 3 dollars to Smashboards using PayPal.

Smash Writer: Place 1st, 2nd or 3rd in a Write With Your Power contest or 1st in a Nano Write With Your Power contest.

Or do something involving writing that has to do with Smash (TwentyTwo and Ryusuta are Writers because of the interviews that they do/did)

Pokémon Researcher: Prove that you know a lot about competitive Pokémon and that you can contribute to strategy guides involving the games.

Smash researcher: Prove that you have very deep knowledge in the mechanics of Brawl. Contribute to guides that can help people get better on a higher level by discovering techniques.

This thing is dead, just forget about it.

Smash Workshop BRoomer: Prove that you know a lot about the Brawl+ scene and that you can develop the game further.

Welcoming committee: Be friendly.

Added in a couple other things.