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Messages - Jack Daniels
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« on: March 27, 2013, 03:52:13 AM »
<3
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« on: March 24, 2013, 09:35:18 AM »
voted
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« on: March 22, 2013, 03:55:53 PM »
Naryar should be in the middle of all that Empty Spaaaaaaace.
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« on: March 20, 2013, 03:37:12 AM »
The rep pages and username colors are fixed now.
What do you guys want me to fix next?
I want you to take a break and have a beer. You are putting a lot of work into this. We appreciate it. :D
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« on: March 16, 2013, 09:46:33 AM »
Rock on. Expect something from me within a week or so.
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« on: March 13, 2013, 04:21:44 AM »
Today is Wednesday. Best of luck Trov!
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« on: March 13, 2013, 04:19:20 AM »
Yes!!!! my arch rival is already backing out of the tournament!!!! I wont have to worry about losing to him again.
totally not reverse-psychology there. ;D
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« on: March 13, 2013, 03:59:02 AM »
Clean bot. I like it. Welcome to the rusty-builder club. Hard to be motivated to make it super efficient right? :D
Glad to see you building. Just keep having fun.
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« on: March 12, 2013, 02:09:39 PM »
Rock on. Looking forward to it. I hope others haven't forgotten about this tourney.
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« on: March 12, 2013, 03:54:51 AM »
I like the idea of earning points/money/credits towards rewards. However, the problem with that is it would be an absolute pain to keep track of. Unless there is something that can be easily programmed into the forum for Mod to issue GTMCash, it would be a lot of work for somebody to keep track of all the transactions and so fourth.
That is why I just wanted to keep it simple and reward a special username color for a basic (easy to keep track of) achievement.
Trov makes excellent points too. I am unfamiliar with the limitations of the forum settings. So, it sounds like changing priviledges for members could be more trouble than it is worth. I was just brainstorming ideas for rewards that could be easily tracked and awarded no matter who is modding the forum (this year, next year, 5 years from now)
GTMCash would be a lot of work to be honest. The idea is awesome though.
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« on: March 11, 2013, 02:04:03 PM »
Let's face it. The current tournament discipline system is ineffective.
Can't finish a tournament? Everyone nags until the excitement of the event fades away... and then... the host is punished with "You are banned from hosting tournaments for such and such amount of time".
Well, banning a person from doing tournaments for not finishing tournaments really doesn't effect them at all. If they didn't want to finish their tourney, they wont care about being banned.
The unfortunate victims of the situations are the bot-builders themselves. It ends up being a waste of time and competitive hopes are dashed. In my opinion it really wrecks the building "morale" of the forums.
How about this for an idea... Since there really isn't an effective punishment for deadbeat hosts, let's further reward the hosts who do succeed. I propose the following incentives for successful tournament hosts:
-Special Forum Username color for completing 3 or 5 tournaments. I think forest Green would be pretty awesome. Would correspond with the "Green Tick" tournament approval.
-Special Forum title. Like "roboteer"... I dunno... "Epic Tourney Host" or "Tournament Pro". Something like that.
-Complete 10+ tournaments and you earn rank to co-moderate the tournament section of the forum.
You lose all your perks if you fail to complete a tourney. Sorry... go back to Start... do not collect $200.
I think it should be an achievement to complete 5 tournaments successfully and I think we should stress the importance of how awesome it is when people successfully host.
I don't know about you guys... but it really blows my motivation when I enter a tourney and get my hopes up only to see it fade away forgotten.
Also, no retro-active completed tournament credits. Sorry, we should just start at square one (except for those already on the banned list) and earn our way there.
The tournament hosting portion of this forum really needs a shot in the arm. Good hosts should be rewarded somehow so that they are motivated to host more and people can learn from their example. Anyone else have any ideas for how we can show hosts some love?
Like this idea? Hate this idea? Discuss.
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« on: March 11, 2013, 04:16:47 AM »
Oh god the hype is killing me! Please post some music soon.
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« on: March 11, 2013, 04:02:10 AM »
Cool showcase. Would love to see more. I like your style.
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« on: March 10, 2013, 09:20:17 AM »
Excellent work! I agree with everyone on the motor protectors. Looks great.
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« on: March 05, 2013, 05:43:16 PM »
nooooooo I had already built my bot and everything!
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Just kiddin'
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« on: March 05, 2013, 04:18:57 AM »
Even though I have junkyard/playground stuff blocked I do like that it gives miscreants a different place to goof off and not clutter up the main boards with crap. As far as the "spill over" effect, if the playground was closed people would find different areas on the internet to stir each other up and bring it over here (farcebook, yootube, etc etc) I think that's inevitable really. We just need to keep the moderation team strong and mature to combat it on the main boards.
However, if it is taking too much effort to moderate the playground, by all means nuke it. Really all depends on manpower and ambition in that case.
The arcade lost its charm for me when Serge proved that it could be easily hacked.
The Music player lost its charm for me when it took several minutes to upload a song... and it's totally unversatile. I can't play a genre or specify anything really... so its a mix of good/crap.
The calendar seems useless really.
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« on: March 05, 2013, 04:04:28 AM »
Oh good. This will be a nice mental distraction at work. Better bring my sketchpad.
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« on: March 01, 2013, 04:23:54 AM »
The bot, honestly, looks cool... but it's really messy.
Unnecessary crap on an IRL bot is usually justified. But that design doesn't strike me as IRL-intentioned.
If you are shooting for an efficient bot, then ditch the crap and simply make it a MW. If you are aiming for an IRL bot... ditch the plows and use some thing that flows more realistically (shape some arms with angled wedge connectors or something?)
I gotta say, it is visually striking. I will give you that... but it just seems lost in the middle of both building styles.
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« on: March 01, 2013, 04:17:39 AM »
Smashing Pumpkins, I've logically deduced, has one of the worst singers they can possibly have. The guy's voice is so nasally and throaty... ugh.
I couldn't agree more. I can't stand SP for that same reason & I never could understand WHY they became so popular in the first place. When I was a teen, the kind of people that listened to SP were the "I listen to rubbish music because makes me uber-different from you." The problem was that so many people had this mindset it nullified the point. Just mind boggling. As for hated music... I have a beef with ANY song that depends on whistling or clapping as a main element to the song. Especially if it is a popular radio song. Whistling or clapping is not a musical talent... save that for the live crowd but not the actual song. Any time I hear a song that involves this, my faith in humanity is lowered. It just becomes a torturing nag that so many humans are simpletons and the music industry profits from it. Whistling and Clapping in a mainstream pop song is everything that is wrong with human existence.
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