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Forum Changes

Postby Andrew on Mon Nov 04, 2013 11:59 am

We'll be making a few changes to the Forum in the near future which will notably involve the merging of a few sections, so we wanted to give everyone a heads up to minimise any confusion as to where certain sections have gone.

Changes to Off-Topic Sections

In a nutshell, we're cutting down on the number of off-topic sections. We're a site dedicated to basketball video gaming and the sections dedicated to basketball games is where most of the discussion takes place. However, we all have other interests, so ever since the original Discus board we've found it handy to have at least a couple of off-topic sections for talking about the real NBA and so on. A few years back we broke up the off-topic sections into a few different categories but in hindsight, that was overkill. As such, we'll be merging a few sections.

  • NBA & Basketball Talk, General Talk and Video Games Central will remain as separate sections. Video Games Central will be moved to the main index.
  • The Sports Lounge, Photoshop Studio and Entertainment & Media will be merged back into General Talk.
  • All basketball related threads in the Fantasy Sports section will be moved to the NBA & Basketball Talk section. All other threads will move to General Talk. Current season threads will remain stickied.
  • Video Game Stories will be merged back into Video Games Central.
  • Hardwood Classics will remain its own section, but will become a subsection of General Talk.

Section Renaming

We're also going to rename a few sections.

  • Dynasty, Association & MyPLAYER Stories will become Basketball Video Game Stories, so that we don't have to lengthen/change the name every time a new mode is added or renamed. All basketball video game story threads will be welcome.
  • The various Patching Help & Requests sections will be renamed Help & Requests, since a lot of people seem to want to use them for technical questions anyway.
  • We may end up changing the name of The Virtual Hardwood but whether it keeps its current name or gets a new one, it'll remain a general section for talking about basketball video games (mostly ones other than NBA Live and NBA 2K, which of course have their own sections).

Custom Titles

We'll be reducing the requirements for getting the custom title option in your profile. The new requirements we're looking to implement are: registered for one month, with a minimum of 100 posts.

Rules Revision

The rules themselves will basically remain the same as they always have, they'll just be revised to ensure less ambiguity in certain areas. We also want to cut down on unwritten rules that new posters are somehow meant to immediately know and comply with, so we'll be adding some more stuff about patching, credits, etc.

Any questions or concerns, please let me know.
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Re: Upcoming Forum Changes

Postby XtrangHero on Mon Nov 04, 2013 4:58 pm

when will all the changes be implemented?
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Re: Upcoming Forum Changes

Postby Andrew on Mon Nov 04, 2013 6:00 pm

Within the next few days.
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Re: Upcoming Forum Changes

Postby skoadam on Thu Nov 07, 2013 6:15 pm

From my point of view u should consider positioning(maybe size or color) of download button in download section. People new on NLSC keep asking about how to download, where to click etc.
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Re: Upcoming Forum Changes

Postby Andrew on Thu Nov 07, 2013 6:47 pm

I've never been asked that question and I imagine it's only an issue on downloads where the description is really long (that's why we suggest keeping descriptions to an acceptable length), but we'll keep it in mind.
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Re: Upcoming Forum Changes

Postby skoadam on Thu Nov 07, 2013 8:39 pm

Andrew wrote:I've never been asked that question and I imagine it's only an issue on downloads where the description is really long (that's why we suggest keeping descriptions to an acceptable length), but we'll keep it in mind.

yeah sure Andrew, that why i said from my point of view because my description is long. :wink:
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Re: Upcoming Forum Changes

Postby shadowgrin on Thu Nov 07, 2013 10:12 pm

Would be better if the DOWNLOAD is displayed on top with the search button below or to the left of it since it's small anyway. Maybe even have the background of the DOWNLOAD button similar to a basketball texture or color with the font being black.
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Re: Upcoming Forum Changes

Postby skoadam on Fri Nov 08, 2013 7:55 am

shadowgrin wrote:Would be better if the DOWNLOAD is displayed on top with the search button below or to the left of it since it's small anyway. Maybe even have the background of the DOWNLOAD button similar to a basketball texture or color with the font being black.

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btw. one more Andrew, u notice that no1 ask about download button, well the main problem are users, which are linked from moddingway etc. Im using only NLSC as my upload space for my roster and i will never upload it somewhere else. Back t the point, users did not ask u about download button because they are first time here and they are not members of NLSC. Members got no problem with this because they do it all the time. Its not some priority, i just give ya guys suggestion from my point of view as a roster patcher with not so small numbers of downloads i think. Cheers. :wink:
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Re: Upcoming Forum Changes

Postby Andrew on Fri Nov 08, 2013 9:40 am

Sure. Like I said, we'll keep it mind as we'll probably look to tweak the design a bit in the very near future.
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Re: Upcoming Forum Changes

Postby iamLillard on Thu Nov 14, 2013 2:09 am

guys the forum was offline sometimes in the last few days, is there any problem :?:
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Re: Upcoming Forum Changes

Postby Jackal on Thu Nov 14, 2013 2:27 am

I think just busy, does anyone have Andrew's number? I can call him to find out what's wrong and update you guys.
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Re: Upcoming Forum Changes

Postby Leftos on Thu Nov 14, 2013 3:57 am

Andrew is aware of the downtime and always in contact with the host to make sure whatever issue comes up gets resolved ASAP.
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Re: Upcoming Forum Changes

Postby JaoSming on Thu Nov 14, 2013 4:04 am

IN HEAT wrote:I think just busy, does anyone have Andrew's number? I can call him to find out what's wrong and update you guys.

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Re: Upcoming Forum Changes

Postby iamLillard on Thu Nov 14, 2013 5:51 am

Leftos wrote:Andrew is aware of the downtime and always in contact with the host to make sure whatever issue comes up gets resolved ASAP.

I realy miss your roster editor.... :facepalm2: :facepalm2: :facepalm2: :headbang: :headbang:
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Re: Upcoming Forum Changes

Postby Andrew on Thu Nov 14, 2013 9:48 am

iamLillard wrote:guys the forum was offline sometimes in the last few days, is there any problem :?:


We're definitely aware of the downtime, we're hoping for a permanent resolution ASAP. Working on it with our host.
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Re: Upcoming Forum Changes

Postby skoadam on Thu Nov 14, 2013 6:32 pm

Andrew wrote:
iamLillard wrote:guys the forum was offline sometimes in the last few days, is there any problem :?:


We're definitely aware of the downtime, we're hoping for a permanent resolution ASAP. Working on it with our host.

we can live with this small issues, but last time i get page not found very often :wink:
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Leftos wrote:Andrew is aware of the downtime and always in contact with the host to make sure whatever issue comes up gets resolved ASAP.

I realy miss your roster editor.... :facepalm2: :facepalm2: :facepalm2: :headbang: :headbang:

i think not only u :wink: i was dreaming about added editor to originial 2k disc with 2k15 edition. This can be historical and unique moment, added editor to sport game. Strategic games got their map editors, why sport game cant have their own..roster editor. sry offtop
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Re: Upcoming Forum Changes

Postby Andrew on Thu Nov 14, 2013 8:20 pm

Trust me, we're not thrilled when we have downtime either. However, our host always takes care of us and we hope to have it ironed out soon.
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Re: Upcoming Forum Changes

Postby Andrew on Thu Nov 14, 2013 9:08 pm

I've gone ahead and implemented the changes to the Forum sections and custom title limits. We'll continue to polish up the rules and update them soon.

We're also considering splitting the NBA 2K14 section into current gen and next gen, but we'll see how things go after the next gen version is released.
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Re: Forum Changes

Postby skoadam on Fri Nov 15, 2013 11:49 pm

is i just me right now, forum slowly get up
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Re: Forum Changes

Postby Murat on Sat Nov 16, 2013 7:17 am

It was a big challenge for me to get the right of Custom Title. I received it from Jao in 2012 I guess, when I multiplied 500 posts and was filling my 2nd year here.

Now it hurts me so much, that it will be so easier to get it.
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Re: Forum Changes

Postby JaoSming on Sat Nov 16, 2013 7:20 am

somehow you will have to just manage that pain Rudy, I mean Badger, I mean kapei22
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Re: Forum Changes

Postby Andrew on Sat Nov 16, 2013 9:47 am

skoadam wrote:is i just me right now, forum slowly get up


I don't recall having any issues around that time, but we are still ironing out things and working out a permanent solution.

Murat wrote:It was a big challenge for me to get the right of Custom Title. I received it from Jao in 2012 I guess, when I multiplied 500 posts and was filling my 2nd year here.

Now it hurts me so much, that it will be so easier to get it.


Reducing the requirements is something that we've discussed internally a couple of times in the past. We appreciate anyone who's stuck around and been active enough in the Forum to get a custom title under the old requirements but we wanted to make that extra profile feature a little more accessible to new posters. When we originally implemented custom titles, they were more a reward for our veteran posters, most of whom already had over 500 posts and had been registered for well over a year. However, times change, people move on and we've had an influx of new members, so it was about time we made a change.
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Re: Forum Changes

Postby shadowgrin on Sat Nov 16, 2013 9:55 am

END THIS INJUSTICE AGAINST BADGER! YOU MONSTERS!
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