Suggestion : Temporarily Allow all users to view this forum.

FunkDaMonkMan · 07-24-03, 09:02 PM

I can see that a few people have become disgruntled by the fact that they can not get into this forum. I suggest that we allow all members (100+ posts) to view this forum for a few days, just to see wha it is all about.

-or-

Hide it completely. I would actually rather see this, because people do not need to know its here.

I would put this in the forum comments section, but shadow already said not to mention it outside of this forum.

Maxvla · 07-24-03, 09:05 PM

i agree with the inviso. i was under the impression that it would be from the start.

funnyperson1 · 07-24-03, 09:06 PM

If you dont have access to it I dont think you can see it listed at all

. It is kind of like the blue/green rooms if I am not mistaken. Those not included are clueless as to its existance.

As for letting everyone in, I don't think it is going to happen. The main reason for blocking non dedicated members is to prevent spam.

donny_paycheck · 07-24-03, 09:13 PM

That would only encourage spamming, even though there is no postcount requirement publicized. Furthermore, it would probably lead to resentment by some of the members of those who are allowed in here.

It's harder to want what you can't see.

Maxvla · 07-24-03, 09:22 PM

everyone knows what the post limit is since its been viewable.

when you click on it and you don't have enough posts it says you must have 997 posts.

if it woulda been inviso from the start they would still be in suspense as to the number cause they wouldn't have a forum to click to get the error message

FunkDaMonkMan · 07-24-03, 09:33 PM

Can we not make it invisible from this point on, so that possibly everyone will stop thinking a/b it as much.

Shadow ÒÓ · 07-24-03, 09:38 PM

I can't.......but waiting to hear from Skip to see if he can.

The classifieds are not invis to anyone.

Krusty · 07-24-03, 09:39 PM

I think keeping it completely invisible would be the best plan. Nobody is mad about not being in the blue room. People will be mad when they try to read the posts and are given a message that they aren't special enough yet.

EDIT: I thought the classifieds were invisible to non-100 post count people? I know, at least, that I can't see them when I'm not cookied and logged in.

Maxvla · 07-24-03, 09:43 PM

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Originally posted by Shadow ÒÓ
I can't.......but waiting to hear from Skip to see if he can.

The classifieds are not invis to anyone.

check out the forum properties on the other inviso forums and see if youve got a setting off.

07-24-03, 09:51 PM

I agree with invisibility. Out of sight, out of mind. It'll be like the blue and green room.

FunkDaMonkMan · 07-24-03, 09:57 PM

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Originally posted by Shadow ÒÓ
The classifieds are not invis to anyone.

Well the Blue room is... if there even is one. I have no idea what is going on with the blue room situation, and I think that's how this should be handled.

and mr. b.... i caught that! ... I guess the classifies really are visible then

. I remembered seeing a msg that said I could not access the classifies way back in they day. Although, I think we have upgraded the software since then....

Lusankya · 07-25-03, 05:20 AM

Ah I have heard tales of this "blue room" from others.. tis like the snipe or the Loch Ness monster..

You're pretty sure its there but never have enough proof or hersay to even bother mentioning it.

David · 07-25-03, 07:41 AM

There's a blue room? Where?

diggingforgold · 07-25-03, 03:29 PM

Huh?? There's on overclockers forums? Where...

modenaf1 · 07-25-03, 03:47 PM

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Originally posted by Shadow ÒÓ

The classifieds are not invis to anyone.

they did a pretty good job being invisible to me. I kinda like it, less scrolling, with the old ones there was this huge list of them that whent on and on and on forever!

diggingforgold · 07-25-03, 04:00 PM

I think in order to make this room invisible, it must be in a separate sub catagory, just like the classifieds are.

we have two sub forums:

"Overclockers Forums" and "Classifieds"

By default, anyone can see the overclockers forums. It holds almost everything. But you need 100 posts to see the classifieds subforum.

What the admin needs to do here, is make this room part of a third subforum: "General Discussion", and make that a post count of [xxx] <-- the magic number. And then when reviews start taking place, the mods/admins can manually give access to certain people based on whether they qualify.

This is how the classifieds work... and they are invisible if you dont have 100 posts. That is also what we need to do to this category- make it a subforum and make postlimits enabled to the magic [xxx] number.

eh? · 07-25-03, 04:06 PM

i think its a great idea keeping the post count close to 1k. It will give people some thing to work for. I also agree about hiding it if at all possible...

Shadow ÒÓ · 07-25-03, 04:28 PM

again, it's not possible to make this invis.

Blue room is visiable to seniors because they have a different rank. If everyone with 1k posts had a different rank, I could do it.

classifieds are visiable to anyone with under 100 posts, as long as you're not set to "no classifieds" which is a different rank.

it has nothing to do with categories......the blue room is under overclocking......it's not it's own sub forum.

trust me......I'm pretty good at my job.

modenaf1 · 07-25-03, 04:30 PM

what about having like a "dedicated member" rank at 997 posts, then having something else to replace the other dedicated member thing? will that work?

Cjwinnit · 07-25-03, 04:32 PM

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Originally posted by modenaf1
what about having like a "dedicated member" rank at 997 posts, then having something else to replace the other dedicated member thing? will that work?

Someone (Shadow ÒÓ, Newbie_Doo, JoeC or ocskip) would have to go around promoting everyone though. Sounds like a lot of hassle for little gain to me.

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FunkDaMonkMan Member Join Date: Dec 2001	Suggestion : Temporarily Allow all users to view this forum. I can see that a few people have become disgruntled by the fact that they can not get into this forum. I suggest that we allow all members (100+ posts) to view this forum for a few days, just to see wha it is all about. -or- Hide it completely. I would actually rather see this, because people do not need to know its here. I would put this in the forum comments section, but shadow already said not to mention it outside of this forum.
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07-24-03, 09:06 PM	#3
funnyperson1 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Northern VA	If you dont have access to it I dont think you can see it listed at all . It is kind of like the blue/green rooms if I am not mistaken. Those not included are clueless as to its existance. As for letting everyone in, I don't think it is going to happen. The main reason for blocking non dedicated members is to prevent spam. __________________ "Strong with the fold this boy is, fold you must"-NASSoccer its a shame you cant ban people for being ignorant fanboys.... My Heatware [Gigabyte MA790X-UDP4][PHII 940BE][Thermalright Ultra90][2x2GB OCZ Reaper HPC][Palit HD4850][Enhance 5150GH][Windows 7,Ubuntu 12.04]
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07-24-03, 09:13 PM	#4
donny_paycheck Inactive Super Quad Mod Join Date: Oct 2001	That would only encourage spamming, even though there is no postcount requirement publicized. Furthermore, it would probably lead to resentment by some of the members of those who are allowed in here. It's harder to want what you can't see. __________________ Core i7 920 @ 4 GHz, 1.35v Corsair Nautilus 500 w/DD BIX radiator swap & Apogee GTX Asus P6T 6GB Corsair Dominator XFX GeForce GTX 285 WD Raptor 150GB / Hitachi 1TB Antec P182 / PCP&C Silencer 750 Samsung 2232GW Sic vis pacem, para bellum.
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07-24-03, 09:22 PM	#5
Maxvla Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: OKC	everyone knows what the post limit is since its been viewable. when you click on it and you don't have enough posts it says you must have 997 posts. if it woulda been inviso from the start they would still be in suspense as to the number cause they wouldn't have a forum to click to get the error message __________________ The Black Hole Intel i7 860 2.8ghz Gigabyte P55M-UD2 Mushkin 2x2GB DDR3 1600 EVGA GTX460 1GB Intel X-25M 80GB SSD Magnetics - 2x2TB 4x1TB Corsair HX850W PSU NEC DVD-RW
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07-24-03, 09:33 PM	Thread Starter #6
FunkDaMonkMan Member Join Date: Dec 2001	Can we not make it invisible from this point on, so that possibly everyone will stop thinking a/b it as much.
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07-24-03, 09:38 PM	#7
Shadow ÒÓ Mod in Hiding Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pensacola, Florida USA	I can't.......but waiting to hear from Skip to see if he can. The classifieds are not invis to anyone. __________________ The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?
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07-24-03, 09:39 PM	#8
Krusty Insane Overclocking Clown Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Orange County	I think keeping it completely invisible would be the best plan. Nobody is mad about not being in the blue room. People will be mad when they try to read the posts and are given a message that they aren't special enough yet. EDIT: I thought the classifieds were invisible to non-100 post count people? I know, at least, that I can't see them when I'm not cookied and logged in. __________________ There are 10 types of people in this world: Those who understand binary and those who don't.
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07-24-03, 09:51 PM	#10
nerdlogic Guest	I agree with invisibility. Out of sight, out of mind. It'll be like the blue and green room.
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07-25-03, 05:20 AM	#12
Lusankya Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Da Windy City / Chicago	Ah I have heard tales of this "blue room" from others.. tis like the snipe or the Loch Ness monster.. You're pretty sure its there but never have enough proof or hersay to even bother mentioning it. __________________ *Asus G1Sn-B1* 7/18/2008- ?? Intel Core 2 Duo Penryn T9300 2.5GHz 6MB 800FSB/4GB DDR2/nVidia GeForce 9500M GS 512MB/15.4” WSXGA+ 1680X1050 (Wet)/320GB/Blue-Ray Disk/DVD-RW Deceased:Sager NP9860 11/24/2004 - 7/9/2008.. R.I.P Intel 3.4GHZ P4 LGA775, 800FSB/3GB 533DDR2/256MB PCI-Express NVIDIA GeForce GO 6800/60GB/17" WSXGA+ 1680 X 1050/8X DL DVD-R
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07-25-03, 07:41 AM	#13
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07-25-03, 03:29 PM	#14
diggingforgold Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Augusta Twp, MI	Huh?? There's on overclockers forums? Where...
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07-25-03, 04:00 PM	#16
diggingforgold Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Augusta Twp, MI	I think in order to make this room invisible, it must be in a separate sub catagory, just like the classifieds are. we have two sub forums: "Overclockers Forums" and "Classifieds" By default, anyone can see the overclockers forums. It holds almost everything. But you need 100 posts to see the classifieds subforum. What the admin needs to do here, is make this room part of a third subforum: "General Discussion", and make that a post count of [xxx] <-- the magic number. And then when reviews start taking place, the mods/admins can manually give access to certain people based on whether they qualify. This is how the classifieds work... and they are invisible if you dont have 100 posts. That is also what we need to do to this category- make it a subforum and make postlimits enabled to the magic [xxx] number.
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07-25-03, 04:06 PM	#17
eh? Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Elkhart, Indiana	i think its a great idea keeping the post count close to 1k. It will give people some thing to work for. I also agree about hiding it if at all possible... __________________ Back and trolling six-fold.
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07-25-03, 04:28 PM	#18
Shadow ÒÓ Mod in Hiding Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pensacola, Florida USA	again, it's not possible to make this invis. Blue room is visiable to seniors because they have a different rank. If everyone with 1k posts had a different rank, I could do it. classifieds are visiable to anyone with under 100 posts, as long as you're not set to "no classifieds" which is a different rank. it has nothing to do with categories......the blue room is under overclocking......it's not it's own sub forum. trust me......I'm pretty good at my job. __________________ The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?
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07-25-03, 04:30 PM	#19
modenaf1 Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: the terran system	what about having like a "dedicated member" rank at 997 posts, then having something else to replace the other dedicated member thing? will that work?
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