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Spart
12-08-2007, 12:15 AM
ZomgStuff.NET NEWS


Hello and welcome to a very special edition of the ZomgStuff news! This issue is going to be long and full of juicy content so prepare yourself. This week has been INSANE! The winds of change have been blowing with a hurricane force the past 2 weeks. Luckily for the less attentive everything will be covered later in this issue. So lets get started shall we?!



General News:

ZomgStuff has made it into the Board of the month poll on vBulletin.org! Go here HERE to view the poll as it continues. We are also still taking donations That will be used for special things for VIP and 1337 members! Every little bit helps! For those of you regular non VIP members we will be making the forums better for you all. This means new content and a more friendly atmosphere.


General Changes:

The skin has been accented with some new icons. Also some categories have been pruned and shuffled around to make the forum look more efficient. Forum Category Icons will be changed soon to something more casual. You also may notice that the Member Contacts has been removed from posts. You can still view this information in the User’s profile should you choose to. Currently the forum stats you see are only contain info from the forum sections you can view. We plan to soon change it so it includes all sections in it’s counts. Another thing we will be doing is changing the way the code and reply boxes look to make them more attractive.

Some member pruning (Including Mods) is planned to take place soon. Another thing on or list of things to do is make it easier for you guys to view the forum stats including post counts and such. We also added some hover pop-ups for the buttons in the lower left of posts. These will also be added to other buttons around the forum soon. We will also be changing the way the code and reply boxes look to make them more attractive.


Weekly Meeting:

David is currently planning on holding a Xfire meeting once a week. It will be required for Moderators and Administrators but anyone else will be free to join if they choose. We will discuss what all went on that week, what we did good, any mistakes we did, and what we can to do make it better for next week.


The Rating Mod and Reputation Mod:

The rating system has been changed as of late but there are more coming including more ratings, a way to view detailed stats on your ratings, and maybe even special privileges that will be automatically unlocked based on the ratings you receive. Some of the most notable changes to it so far to it is the new cooler looking icons and it’s now integrated into a sweet fly out menu. If you do not see any icon’s in the fly out menu then you MUST CLEAR YOUR BROWSERS CACHE! For information on how to clear your browser's cache go HERE. (http://kb.wisc.edu/helpdesk/page.php?id=1368) If you see abuse REPORT IT!!!!! We have a special panel for moderating ratings and can remove them as needed!

As most of you have noticed the Reputation Mod has been resurrected! It works just like it used to. Your received rep is still viewable in your User CP. To give rep click the little Icon that looks like this (http://www.zomgstuff.net/forum/ransom/miscshit/vcard.png) to the far left of the rating mod fly out trigger.

WE ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO USE BOTH THE RATING MOD AND THE REP SYSTEM!



Reminders:
ZomgStuff is best viewed in Firefox. To get it you can click the “Get Firefox” button on the portal or go to [HERE. (http://www.getfirefox.com)
Please remember to report spam, flaming, and rating abuse. We will deal with it. DO NOT RETORT!!!
Make any suggestions you may have that will better your experience on ZomgStuff HERE. We go through each one in detail.
If you have an issue with a Moderator please do not flame them. PM them and attempt a peaceful resolution or contact an Administrator.
David will finally be getting started on his special project for dedicated members soon.
Please report ANY bugs you may find on the forum HERE.
Please invite all your friends to help our community grow! Use your referral link which can be found in your User CP. The system I mentioned in the rating’s portion of the news may also include factors such as post count, reputation, and referrals.
We are still working on a Christmas gift for our dedicated members. Stay tuned!
Statistics:

Number of Threads This Week: 137
Number of Posts This Week: 1319
Most Viewed Thread Created This Week: New seasonal banner contest! (519)
Most Replied To Thread Created This Week: New seasonal banner contest! (48)
Number of Registrations This Week: 55
Number of Bans This Week: 1
Number of User Promotions This Week: 0
Amount of User Activity This Week: 189
Number of Attachments Uploaded This Week: 2
Number of Private Messages This Week: 143
Number of Votes Made This Week: 76
Total Ratings Given To Date: 10,968
Random Picture of the Week!


http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/SlickDakota/WooooReport.jpg

incRo
12-08-2007, 12:46 AM
Sweet.

Kobe
12-08-2007, 12:55 AM
Great Info...looking forward to the xfire meetings

Mr. Hasselhoff
12-08-2007, 08:39 AM
Hope you guys enjoy the changes!

Slus
12-08-2007, 10:17 AM
hell yeah.. love the changes

s_8ball
12-08-2007, 11:46 AM
The forums has been reborns.

Sup-homie
12-08-2007, 01:29 PM
Yay for the forums and you can bet your ass off that I'll be at those meetings.

DaDominator
12-08-2007, 01:31 PM
What meetings? Did I miss something?

s_8ball
12-08-2007, 01:32 PM
Weekly Meeting:

David is currently planning on holding a Xfire meeting once a week. It will be required for Moderators and Administrators but anyone else will be free to join if they choose. We will discuss what all went on that week, what we did good, any mistakes we did, and what we can to do make it better for next week.
^^ ;)

DaDominator
12-08-2007, 01:36 PM
Wow...I'm retarted

dreamer
12-10-2007, 03:26 PM
damn.. I missed a lot in the two weeks of abstinence ..
But sounds quite good :)

Mr. Hasselhoff
12-10-2007, 03:27 PM
damn.. I missed a lot in the two weeks of abstinence ..
But sounds quite good :)
Where you been man?

Samalamajama
12-10-2007, 03:40 PM
abstinence ..
What? Abstinence?
On the subject - great job and I'm looking forward to the new stuff. =]

dreamer
12-10-2007, 03:58 PM
Where you been man?

well.. trouble at school..
got a letter from a lawyer and two from the police (3-6 months left until I'm not in debt anymore :( )
and so on...

What? Abstinence?
On the subject - great job and I'm looking forward to the new stuff. =]

Yeah.. Abstinence from ZomgStuff ..

O2zi3
12-10-2007, 05:58 PM
OMG...did you look at that poll. We are being beaten by a board called Holy Poo. Not good lol

SkilzDatKilz2
12-10-2007, 06:11 PM
well.. trouble at school..
got a letter from a lawyer and two from the police (3-6 months left until I'm not in debt anymore :( )
and so on...



Yeah.. Abstinence from ZomgStuff ..

care to explain?

TacoGrease
12-10-2007, 07:26 PM
care to explain?
None of our business?

Samalamajama
12-10-2007, 08:27 PM
He said care...

dreamer
12-11-2007, 12:23 AM
care to explain?

I'll explain it when I come back from school..
schould be in like 6 1/2 hours

So yeah..
school troubles are just basic stuff.. I have skived too much and I got a warning of beeing thrown off the school if i continue this skiving.. I totally fucked up some exams etc.. normal stuff...

The Lawyer thing is also nothing importand but it's stressing..
I was busted downloading via torrent.. I was lucky, because the judge dismissed the case but the software company threatend to sue me through civil laws.. So I had to pay like 360€ .. As I said I was lucky.. because another friend of mine was really busted.. with search warrant, and the police breaking into his house and stuff.. the arrest warrant was signed by Europol.. That poor guy is now like 5k € in debt and he has to work 300 hours for social services (which is not much when you think of what he was accused [wrongly btw but hey..] - child porn)..

And the police thing is the most trivial.. I parked on a parking lot for handicapped people.. and yeah.. i was towed off.. So.. 35€ for the parking and 100€ for the towing..

makes nearly 500€ debts..

you see what is my point?

SkilzDatKilz2
12-11-2007, 10:53 AM
wow dude what company was it that you had to pay?

dreamer
12-11-2007, 10:58 AM
Zuxxez / Reality Pump
I loaded the crappy "Two Worlds" Game.. -.-

SkilzDatKilz2
12-11-2007, 02:25 PM
so you mean you uploaded it? wow does that game blow!

hitman47
12-11-2007, 02:48 PM
Zuxxez are on a fucking suing trip. Rs for the win when it comes to zuxxez/reality pump games. I got really scared once cause i had dl'd earth 2160 and the next day in the papers i read they were going on a suing spree against anyone who torrented it lol... Nothing happened tho

Lyk31337
12-11-2007, 02:52 PM
And that my son is why I have rapidshare..

DaDominator
12-11-2007, 04:10 PM
http://www.zuxxez.com/game_projects/project.php?l=en&game=17

That game is really really dumb...You can totally tell the screenshots are just setup 3DS Max renders...

dreamer
12-11-2007, 04:29 PM
Well.. most of the screenshots are at least partly original...
as far as I remember the player models looked really good..
but the landscape was blurry and had many edges...
and the controlls sucked ass.. riding a horse was nearly impossible.. and fighting was more a thing of luck then everything else..

Scruff McGruff
12-12-2007, 08:34 AM
perkybitch's website is beating us in the poll.