The new skin, thread 2 : Othor Games

» Sat May 12, 2012 3:43 am

Just Checked the Profile Editing Tab.. They completely removed the notes feature!

I know most of you don't know what it was, but I used it quite often as Microsoft Word doesn't like to work properly on my computer. I had a good amount of writing saved in there. Not Cool. :thumbsdown:

» Sat May 12, 2012 1:28 pm

Just Checked the Profile Editing Tab.. They completely removed the notes feature!
I know most of you don't know what it was, but I used it quite often as Microsoft Word doesn't like to work properly on my computer. I had a good amount of writing saved in there. Not Cool. :thumbsdown:

That svcks man, it was a useful feature. I used mine for a few things. Nothing important though - Luckily

» Sat May 12, 2012 6:24 am

I don't like how join date was removed, that made it easier for me to know who to take seriously and otherwise, but I've noticed that on my crap computer from 2003 running Google Chrome, the forums are significantly faster. I like the update so far, I suppose.

» Sat May 12, 2012 4:56 am

Yes but it looks like trash now.

Still better than the default

Though, I'd prefer they didn't change it at all.

» Sat May 12, 2012 7:42 am

Just Checked the Profile Editing Tab.. They completely removed the notes feature!

I know most of you don't know what it was, but I used it quite often as Microsoft Word doesn't like to work properly on my computer. I had a good amount of writing saved in there. Not Cool. :thumbsdown:

I had forgotten about that thingy! Now I wonder what I had stored in that... oh the horror.

PINKIE PIE IS BOUNCING AGAIN! She's alive, thank Celestia!

» Sat May 12, 2012 4:31 pm

I don't like how join date was removed, that made it easier for me to know who to take seriously and otherwise...

Elitist nonsense. Not to mention that a pervasive attitude of that nature is not conducive to building a welcoming and friendly environment.

» Sat May 12, 2012 10:46 am

Elitist nonsense. Not to mention that a pervasive attitude of that nature is not conducive to building a welcoming and friendly environment.

Join date is usually a good reference point, sure it involves generalisiations but it can be helpful to people new to TES

For example, someone is more likely to explain who Vivec is in an explanation to someone who joined in 2010 than someone who joined in 2005 (and probably not shoot them down as much)
That said, there is more of a whack a noob mentality on this board than when I joined.

» Sat May 12, 2012 1:57 am

Elitist nonsense.

Not elitist at all. There is just no reason not to have the join date there in the first place. I'm just guessing the admins are tweaking some things a bit.

» Sat May 12, 2012 10:56 am

Not elitist at all. There is just no reason not to have the join date there in the first place. I'm just guessing the admins are tweaking some things a bit.

There is also no reason to have it there. If you require a date next to someone's name to judge the quality of their posts then you're doing it wrong.

» Sat May 12, 2012 2:50 am

Smexy forum skin is smexy.

» Sat May 12, 2012 4:04 am

Not elitist at all. There is just no reason not to have the join date there in the first place. I'm just guessing the admins are tweaking some things a bit.

I don't know, have you noticed that the join date has been replaced with the post count?

And is it just me or have the MultiQuote and Quote buttons switched positions?

» Sat May 12, 2012 8:11 am

Elitist nonsense. Not to mention that a pervasive attitude of that nature is not conducive to building a welcoming and friendly environment.

Oh no I know, we were all new here at one point. But having stars and join date next to each other was a good referencing point, if someone had 3 stars and joined 4 months ago, how seriously are you gonna take them? Obviously their post is the most important part, but I liked having the reference. Also, it just looks cool seeing someone from like 2003. Don't find it as interesting seeing someone with 3 or 4 stars, just not the same.

» Sat May 12, 2012 4:07 pm

I don't know, have you noticed that the join date has been replaced with the post count?

And is it just me or have the MultiQuote and Quote buttons switched positions?

Post count really doesn't signify anything

» Sat May 12, 2012 11:46 am

Post count really doesn't signify anything

I don't know, it can be used in the same way, really. The point was that the place that had been where the Join Date was has been replaced with the Post Count.

» Sat May 12, 2012 5:26 am

There is also no reason to have it there. If you require a date next to someone's name to judge the quality of their posts then you're doing it wrong.

I refuse to take this advice unless your account is atlest 3 years old

I couldnt care less about join date. People who have been here years can be s smart/dumb as people who joined recently. Who knows, without the date, people may be less bised towards peoples posts.

» Sat May 12, 2012 11:33 am

Oh no I know, we were all new here at one point. But having stars and join date next to each other was a good referencing point, if someone had 3 stars and joined 4 months ago, how seriously are you gonna take them? Obviously their post is the most important part, but I liked having the reference. Also, it just looks cool seeing someone from like 2003. Don't find it as interesting seeing someone with 3 or 4 stars, just not the same.

You take them seriously, or not, based on the content of their post. To do anything else is unreasonable. A poster could join in the next ten minutes and post the most insightful thing that you have ever read; but a mentality that uses join date as a gauge to potential quality of content would likely never read that post.

» Sat May 12, 2012 8:10 am

I don't know, it can be used in the same way, really. The point was that the place that had been where the Join Date was has been replaced with the Post Count.

Join date tells you a bit about a person, someone who joined in late 2010 probably joined to get information Skyrim before release, someone who joined in 2006-07 probably joined for Oblivion or pre-release information about Fallout etc.

And a low post count with an early release date (stereotypically) means well thought out posts vice-versa

and besides, the stars already represent the post count better than the number
And is it just me or are the forum ranks written below the stars/black dots a different color now?

You take them seriously, or not, based on the content of their post. To do anything else is unreasonable. A poster could join in the next ten minutes and post the most insightful thing that you have ever read; but a mentality that uses join date as a gauge to potential quality of content would likely never read that post.

I doubt that anyone does that, it is more a gauge of whether a slightly pointless topic is meant to be humorous or spammy, and besides I don't take anyone seriously who has no avatar

» Sat May 12, 2012 6:58 am

I, for one, welcome our new streamlined forum overlord!

Also, Community Discussion is now available on the main page finally. Fantastic!

» Sat May 12, 2012 2:50 am

Join date tells you a bit about a person, someone who joined in late 2010 probably joined to get information Skyrim before release, someone who joined in 2006-07 probably joined for Oblivion or pre-release information about Fallout etc.

And a low post count with an early release date (stereotypically) means well thought out posts vice-versa

That basically summed it up. I just liked the join date more than post count, is all.

» Sat May 12, 2012 11:57 am

Join date tells you a bit about a person, someone who joined in late 2010 probably joined to get information Skyrim before release, someone who joined in 2006-07 probably joined for Oblivion or pre-release information about Fallout etc.

And a low post count with an early release date (stereotypically) means well thought out posts vice-versa

I don't know - Most of my posts (I think) are well thought out.
Most of my posts are in the Fan-Fic forum where they have to be well thought out.
A low post count may just signify little activity; in such case a users join date may mis-represent a forum users level of 'experience'.

» Sat May 12, 2012 6:56 am

I refuse to take this advice unless your account is atlest 3 years old

I couldnt care less about join date. People who have been here years can be s smart/dumb as people who joined recently. Who knows, without the date, people may be less bised towards peoples posts.

But it totally is 3 years old. :biggrin:

I guess that makes me better than you. :teehee:

» Sat May 12, 2012 12:04 pm

I don't know - Most of my posts (I think) are well thought out.
Most of my posts are in the Fan-Fic forum where they have to be well thought out.
A low post count may just signify little activity; in such case a users join date may mis-represent a forum users level of 'experience'.

Thats why I said stereotypically
I'd like to think my posts are well thought out as well and, in the scheme of things 2007 isn't exactly a recent join date.

I just think post count is redundant personally

» Sat May 12, 2012 4:50 pm

Thats why I said stereotypically
I'd like to think my posts are well thought out as well and, in the scheme of things 2007 isn't exactly a recent join date.

I just think post count is redundant personally

Haha, we're the old boys now. I think it requires a mixture of both to represent a decent level of forum experience.
However I must comment that I believe this is kind of getting off topic.

» Sat May 12, 2012 2:03 am

But it totally is 3 years old. :biggrin:

I guess that makes me better than you. :teehee:

He has had other accounts in the past, Crow.

» Sat May 12, 2012 3:01 am

Join date tells you a bit about a person, someone who joined in late 2010 probably joined to get information Skyrim before release, someone who joined in 2006-07 probably joined for Oblivion or pre-release information about Fallout etc.

And a low post count with an early release date (stereotypically) means well thought out posts vice-versa

and besides, the stars already represent the post count better than the number
And is it just me or are the forum ranks written below the stars/black dots a different color now?

Well as someone pushing patriarch status and joined in late 2008 - I see your point. but ultimately disagree.

I've earned most of my posts/stars in the mods forums of the game - pretty much exclusively. I see others with as many posts and I never see them in the mods forum, but they are all over the community threads.

Doesn't matter when they join as much because a person could still only sign up and post a few nonesense words in threads and do that every 6 months. Or they get a new username every year but are as old as daggerfall dirt.

This info is just not telling enough in that regard - and if you don't agree - post 5000 more then we can talk.