Suggestions on how to improve the forums

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  • edited September 2012
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  • edited September 2012
    No offence to TTG but it's their fourms and i think it's about time they finally do something about the bots. Between people complaining about TWD and bots, It is really starting to get hard for Mods. For example look at Vainamoinen's post. That is just the JP thread. The General threads and TWD threads are always spamed by bots and people crying about the release date of the next episode. TTG it's time someone did something about the bots and as i said before it's not fair Mods are left to clean up after the crap from Bots.

    On another thing since this is a suggestion thread, Should this thread become a sticky?
  • edited September 2012
    I notice that you don't put a reason half the time, Vain. Now why could that be..?
  • edited September 2012
    I notice that you don't put a reason half the time, Vain. Now why could that be..?

    Being fair here do you think bots give a crap about why their spam was deleted?
  • edited September 2012
    You really like Metal Gear Solid don't you coolsome?
  • edited September 2012
    You really like Metal Gear Solid don't you coolsome?

    How could you tell? TBH the only reasin I picked a smoking monkey as my avatar was cos Big Boss smoked a cigar.
  • edited September 2012
    Maybe TTG can't do anything really about bots. The fact they control it more or less is a good thing. Lots of forums are plagued by bots.
  • edited September 2012
    That reminds me coolsome. I got Metal Gear Solid 2 with the making of DVD for £4 pound.
  • edited September 2012
    ...it amazes me how much you miss the point sometimes, Ryan.
  • edited September 2012
    Ryan..This is a thread about how to improve the site and forums.
  • edited September 2012
    I mentioned it cos the avatars are to small to have Big Boss as my avatar not cos I lvoe MGS.
  • VainamoinenVainamoinen Moderator
    edited September 2012
    Well, I for one would be perfectly OK with slightly bigger avatars.

    Then again, coolsome of course must never, ever change his avatar. BLASPHEMY.
  • edited September 2012
    Well, I for one would be perfectly OK with slightly bigger avatars.

    Then again, coolsome of course must never, ever change his avatar. BLASPHEMY.

    Well if he does just give him his old one back and make him unable to change it as punishment.
    That works in other forums based on vBulletin. :D

    This happened in another forum I frequent. A lot of users got their username changed and a RuPaul avatar as punishment or for mocking others that got this punishment. Or in my case I got both by my request because RuPaul is great.
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  • edited September 2012
    I think that TTG should take all the games in the classics mini fourm page and putting all back to the main fourms would be an good idea because hardly anyone vists them anymore and i think if they are back on the main fourms there might be more people who check out those fourms.
  • edited September 2012
    They were getting low views / posts anyway. I'd actually put BTTF & Puzzle Agent into that category now. TOMI seems to have enough active users still.
  • edited September 2012
    I think the spam bots are dead!
  • puzzleboxpuzzlebox Telltale Alumni
    edited September 2012
    coolsome wrote: »
    I think the spam bots are dead!

    I think they're just waiting for reinforcements.
  • edited September 2012
    puzzlebox wrote: »
    I think they're just waiting for reinforcements.

    THE DALEKS!!!!!l!
  • VainamoinenVainamoinen Moderator
    edited September 2012
    Granted, the spambots on this forum and the daleks in Doctor Who are two entities which have overstayed their welcome in about equal measure.
  • edited September 2012
    Are you sure you're a Mod and not a Thief? Because you've just stolen my heart in one glorious sentence.
  • edited September 2012
    Granted, the spambots on this forum and the daleks in Doctor Who are two entities which have overstayed their welcome in about equal measure.


    I take exception to that Dalek comment!

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    I wear a Dalek now Daleks are cool.
  • edited September 2012
    I claim this thread in the name of Sontar!



    Improvement request that is never likely to be granted: I'd love to be able to change the colour scheme of the forum. Have it as a personalised setting or something.

    More likely request: Automated warnings that come up before the forum goes down for it's regular maintenance at 9ish in the morning, so I don't lose a really long post.
  • edited September 2012
    Friar wrote: »
    I claim this thread in the name of Sontar!



    Improvement request that is never likely to be granted: I'd love to be able to change the colour scheme of the forum. Have it as a personalised setting or something.

    More likely request: Automated warnings that come up before the forum goes down for it's regular maintenance at 9ish in the morning, so I don't lose a really long post.

    Yeah a warning would be good about the maintenance.
  • edited September 2012
    More merchendice! Like Sam and Max season 1- 3 toys!
  • VainamoinenVainamoinen Moderator
    edited September 2012
    Just the forums, coolsome, not the store. And better not make this a "how to improve Telltale" thread. :D

    Also, I will claim your spelling of "merchandise" as my own and make people spell it like that until the day I die.
  • edited September 2012
    Ok this is it i am pissed off at TTG! Today was the PS store UK update and Ep 3 is not out yet!!! So we are 2 weeks behind now. So now while everyone gets to enjoy and talk about TWD Ep 3, I still have to stay away from TWD thread for spoilers and don't give me crap about it being only Sony's fault for it. It's TTG's game so Sony and TTG can share the blame. You guys do not know how close i am to going to youtube and watching an Playthrough. I won't make a new thread about it not being here as i'm sure everyone knows there's enough of those but i know why people are angry with TTG now.
  • VainamoinenVainamoinen Moderator
    edited September 2012
    Sorry, but that post is so totally off-topic, even coolsome would always do better.
  • edited September 2012
    We were talking about the amount of delay threads for TWD here and how it could be improved for mods. I just throught i would mention my throughts on this now since it's not out this week and while i do not like the amount of people conplaining about TWD i can see were they are coming from and i think they have a right for 1 thread to talk about the delay. To be fair most people have gotten it and people like me who are getting the episodes on the UK PSN is still waiting and it's getting harder now because some people assume that everyone has played Ep 3 and stopped using spoiler alert at the start of the thread...I already got it spoiled that
    Carley/Doug dies
    because of threads that didn't say spoiler alert and just said about
    Carley/Doug dying
    So to get it back on topic i wish people would use spoiler alert more often.
  • edited September 2012
    Granted, the spambots on this forum and the daleks in Doctor Who are two entities which have overstayed their welcome in about equal measure.

    Daleks are my fave monsters in Doctor Who.
  • edited September 2012
    Ryan, you're missing the point. This thread (odd little asides - usually started by Coolsome - aside) is about offering suggestions as to how we could improve the forums. It's really not the place to discuss the fact that the new Walking Dead episode isn't out on the PS3. That's best left for the actual Walking Dead section of the forum.

    Your rant about people not using spoiler tags... well, it's a valid point, but that's not what you originally said. I do sympathise - it's not nice, something like that being spoilt- but again, not quite the right place to mention it.
  • edited September 2012
    Heres a real suggestion cos now I feel guilty. Backgrounds on your home page and maybe bulletins you can send to people on your friend list as it stands the user home pages are dull and not usful unless you wana send a PM.
  • edited September 2012
    Remorse for your actions? Why Coolsome, you might actually be human after all!
  • edited September 2012
    Remorse for your actions? Why Coolsome, you might actually be human after all!

    Yes...keep thinking that..
  • edited September 2012
    Really would it really be so hard for people to say in TWD fourms
    ''Spoiler Alert.. should they bring Carley/Doug back.
    The most annoying thread that is guilty of this is the Bring Carley Back thread,
    That is what spoiled Carley/Doug for me. Anyway i still think a background would be good for the fourms.
  • edited September 2012
    Remorse for your actions? Why Coolsome, you might actually be human after all!

    He's more machine now than man--twisted and evil.
  • VainamoinenVainamoinen Moderator
    edited September 2012
    Re: puzzlebox' deleted post

    Two people, one thought. :cool:
  • edited September 2012
    If it's bacon, you can count me in too. If bacon isn't doable, I'll take the increased security thought.
  • VainamoinenVainamoinen Moderator
    edited September 2012
    - Captcha + email verification upon registration

    - second email verification a week after registration

    - first post possible 24 hours after registration

    - Inability to open new threads for new members in the first week (support forum exempt)
  • edited September 2012
    Provide an easy way to sign in on an https login screen, for those occasions when I don't want other people on the network to see my super-secret Telltale password.
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