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Bomu
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posted 15-10-2004 02:29 AM     Profile for Bomu   Author's Homepage   Email Bomu     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
For those of you that are reading this message, cheers! The board's got over 180 members- all have posted at least once, but still, the forums remain pretty much dormant!

I always wonder two things about these forums:
How do we get more members in?
And
How do we get existing members posting?

I have a few untested solutions to both, which I hope to implement within the next few months. But if you have any of your own ideas, let's hear em!

One change will be to implement a new site design both for my Organic Metal site and a new colour scheme to the forum. I considered installing a new message board entirely and starting from scratch. However, the current board works fine and with a few hacks here and there, I hope to bring it up to scratch with other current message board systems.

I intend on deleting many of the older topics, but if there are any in particular you feel should be kept, let mew know!

I also wanted to modify the FAQ (under the "Post New Topic" link on the top right). If there's anything you think would be useful to mention in there about the forum, let me know!

If there's anything else you think would be cool to improve this message board, let me know that too, and I'll see what I can do! I've included the "sticky" topics and hope to set up a Poll system shortly.

Thanks again. With a little more effort I hope the forums will liven up- permanently! Time will tell

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Tri_kento
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posted 15-10-2004 02:43 AM     Profile for Tri_kento   Author's Homepage   Email Tri_kento     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Something I think that would be a cool idea would to have a little message bar at the bottom of the board telling u who's viewing the topic your reading. kinda like wat they have on the fred art form. thats all I could really think of adding.

also wat r u thinking for colors ? or is a secret?

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Jats1
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posted 15-10-2004 10:15 PM     Profile for Jats1   Email Jats1     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
maybe people who have been posting here a lot for a long time could include this site in their sig in other forums, that might bring a few more ppl in. I think I originally found it from Bomu's sig. Or Bomu you could post some of your super pictures in really full forums like polykarbon with your site as sig.

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Tri_kento
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posted 15-10-2004 11:01 PM     Profile for Tri_kento   Author's Homepage   Email Tri_kento     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
I don't know about that. it's kinda nice having this many people, this way some posts can be a repeat with out being yelled at about the stupied stickys... I hate stickys.....*shudders*.

also I know lot's of the people on here pretty good, and it's kinda hard to keep track of 3000 people. also with more people comes more bandwith and such meaning slower loads and thats not fun. especially when your the one paying for the web site.

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Bomu
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posted 16-10-2004 12:58 AM     Profile for Bomu   Author's Homepage   Email Bomu     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
RE: Tri Kento
Cheers for the suggestions. I guess you can never please everyone. I think the sticky threads will come in handy as long as they're not over used.

The "who's viewing the topic your reading" sounds like a cool addition, but what are the chances of two or more people reading the same topic at the same time on such a quite forum like this? I'll keep it in mind.

Colours? It'll probably be a selection of greys and blues. Very different to the current theme! So I imagine it'll take a little getting used to.

RE: Jats
Yeah, posting a link to the board in my sig seemed to work pretty well before, so I may start posting on PK again! I haven't been there since the last time I posted art and got too much unfair negative criticism. I'm sure many of the members at the time have left, so I could make a come back just to plug... err, I mean, join in with the discussions... Well, I'd to both at the same time You still visiting PK these days?

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Jats1
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posted 16-10-2004 08:34 PM     Profile for Jats1   Email Jats1     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
yup. I like the fightclub section it has. one does get some slightly negative crits but I can cope with them hehe. Ill stick a few pics up there and do a bit of plugging maybe, Ive just finished my competition lineart. they should have a field day on that ;p

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Bomu
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posted 17-10-2004 12:59 PM     Profile for Bomu   Author's Homepage   Email Bomu     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
- Cheers, and good luck with that. You have to take all critism with a pinch of salt on forums like these. Unless I know the person giving critique or know they can draw well themselves, it can be tricky to accept comments from strangers who are most likely 12 year old kids still tracing DragonBall pictures outta magazines!

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Tri_kento
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posted 18-10-2004 07:24 PM     Profile for Tri_kento   Author's Homepage   Email Tri_kento     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
lol. tracing dragon ball:P. sounds like a fun way to waste paper.

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posted 19-10-2004 03:09 PM     Profile for Angelo   Author's Homepage   Email Angelo     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
As far as forum goes, it's probably a case of accounting for people who go off to school uni etc, where they might not have access (although I don't have much excuse, seeing as I have it now). I can't think of anything particular at the moment, I'll have a think about this sometime and mention anything.

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Jats1
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posted 30-10-2004 04:25 PM     Profile for Jats1   Email Jats1     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
well this might be a good time to plug polykarbon, theyve just got an appalling quantity of pop-ups.

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posted 19-12-2004 05:36 PM     Profile for Cloud   Author's Homepage   Email Cloud     Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
I kinda like it empty like this, (whatever your definition is of "empty") . just a bunch of people who look like this is thier property and hangin' around. my oppinion, anyways. I gotta stop saying that! >_<

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posted 26-12-2004 08:13 PM     Profile for Cloud   Author's Homepage   Email Cloud     Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
and no, I never copy or trace. never. that would be cheating.

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Tri_kento
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posted 26-12-2004 08:31 PM     Profile for Tri_kento   Author's Homepage   Email Tri_kento     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
hey cloud do me a favor, stop double posting. it's just bad manners, if u got something to add just edit ur last post.

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posted 26-12-2004 09:06 PM     Profile for Cloud   Author's Homepage   Email Cloud     Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
sorry.

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posted 27-12-2004 01:34 AM     Profile for Tri_kento   Author's Homepage   Email Tri_kento     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
sorry dosen't cut it, u have to beg and scrub the floors lol J/K

it's not super big problem but it just takes up space and it's good idea not to make bomu pay more 4 his site.(because it might end up we have to pay a fee and then i would be sad ) well i don't think that will happen but u never know so it's good idea to safe

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posted 29-12-2004 04:17 PM     Profile for Cloud   Author's Homepage   Email Cloud     Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
yeah. as u can see, I did one on the 19th and one on the 21st, so I didn't really think it was spam because nobody was posting. I guess I shudda editid that. many appologies!

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posted 29-12-2004 09:19 PM     Profile for Erock   Email Erock     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
if you want to get change it its cool with me, you know i've been to some fourms and they have like tons of topic threads, i like it simple with only a few threads so you know whats going on.

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Cloud
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posted 29-12-2004 11:45 PM     Profile for Cloud   Author's Homepage   Email Cloud     Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
yeah, me 2

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posted 30-12-2004 12:18 AM     Profile for Tri_kento   Author's Homepage   Email Tri_kento     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
yeah that's y i've been on organic metal 4 so long. I've been on 4 about 1 year so far, it's been fun and hope still is.

I can't wait till the site upgrade. Such a climax in the OM book lol

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posted 30-12-2004 05:01 PM     Profile for Cloud   Author's Homepage   Email Cloud     Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
will we lose our statuses when the site changes? or is it just a format change?

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posted 30-12-2004 05:45 PM     Profile for Si13Nt   Email Si13Nt     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
cloud how the hell can you post 150 times in a month?

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posted 30-12-2004 07:40 PM     Profile for Erock   Email Erock     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
I dont think cloud wants to loose his posts if the site changes its ok i dont think you will
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posted 30-12-2004 08:01 PM     Profile for Si13Nt   Email Si13Nt     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
wtf? cloud posts 151 times in a month and erock over ehre only manages to punch out 48?

i think cloud is hyper, or just very opinionated

i also think erock is used as target practice for nasty people with tranquilizer guns, and thats the obvious solution for the slowness/lack of posting...heck, he's probably trying to type one right now, im with ya buddy, hold in there you can do it, just take your time man

brings a tear to your eye doesn't it?

and yes, i am bored and in a random mood, and i tihnk the tranquilizer people are on to me, i gotta go

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Ezekiel 25:17

The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.


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posted 30-12-2004 10:03 PM     Profile for Cloud   Author's Homepage   Email Cloud     Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
naa... just get this little powder stuff frum a guy I know I meet in the allies and sniff it and u can do infinity posts. (j/j! )

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posted 30-12-2004 11:05 PM     Profile for Tri_kento   Author's Homepage   Email Tri_kento     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
yea them pixe sticks sured o the job lol... J/j

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