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by **Allan** » Fri May 04, 07 1:51 am

Inferno wrote:We're not:

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hi every1 im new!!!!!!! *holds up spork* my name is katy but u can call me t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m!!!!!!!! lol...as u can see im very random!!!! thats why i came here, 2 meet random ppl like me ^_^... i like 2 watch invader zim w/ my girlfreind (im bi if u dont like it deal w/it) its our favorite tv show!!! bcuz its SOOOO random!!!! shes random 2 of course but i want 2 meet more random ppl =) like they say the more the merrier!!!! lol...neways i hope 2 make alot of freinds here so give me lots of commentses!!!! DOOOOOMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <--- me bein random again ^_^ hehe...toodles!!!!! love and waffles, * ~t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m~*

Could've fooled me. xD

by **clyzm** » Fri May 04, 07 12:04 pm

Seriously guys, if you wanna be funny, get your own material.

by **James** » Fri May 04, 07 12:11 pm

Done.

by **Siva** » Fri May 04, 07 12:16 pm

Inferno wrote:Random is not what it is, random is how to describe it.

We're not random, we are the same face, the same voice, the same legion.

We're not:

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hi every1 im new!!!!!!! *holds up spork* my name is katy but u can call me t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m!!!!!!!! lol...as u can see im very random!!!! thats why i came here, 2 meet random ppl like me ^_^... i like 2 watch invader zim w/ my girlfreind (im bi if u dont like it deal w/it) its our favorite tv show!!! bcuz its SOOOO random!!!! shes random 2 of course but i want 2 meet more random ppl =) like they say the more the merrier!!!! lol...neways i hope 2 make alot of freinds here so give me lots of commentses!!!! DOOOOOMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <--- me bein random again ^_^ hehe...toodles!!!!! love and waffles, * ~t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m~*

Tit.

Didn't that come from some weirdo on Myspace?

by **James** » Fri May 04, 07 12:29 pm

No, someone who posted on 4chan who thought it was a random forum.
2012 we will be able to find her when she turns 18, LOL.

by **clyzm** » Fri May 04, 07 12:40 pm

The strange thing about it is, my friend has a sister who's name is Katy, who acts emo and loves Invader Zim :O

by **James** » Fri May 04, 07 12:43 pm

* ~t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m~*

by **clyzm** » Fri May 04, 07 1:31 pm

What's with the emos and their strange love for Invader Zim?!

by **Mr. Tastix** » Fri May 04, 07 2:24 pm

~[A]Daedalus~ wrote:If you guys liked vB I'd buy it, yes. I'm going to do quite similar thing - hire a pro who'd tune phpBB for me for some amount of money.

Our Russian community already bought an Invision (they had phpBB too), but the popularity of our forum there has significantly dropped and some of those who keeped visiting it, still complained about usability. I wouldn't argue with them that phpBB is much more 'usable'. Using Invision requires some sort of skill while phpBB is still available to anyone.

Unfortunately in forums market growth of functionality means drop of usability. But it isn't a problem of programmers, but designers who fail to realise that putting lots of links and buttons, graphical elements and tables, which at first blush, make the forum better, in fact does the opposite thing.

Rickard Andersson realised this and coded his own board called punBB, which unsuprisingly became very popular. PunBB uses a very simple yet understandable design, which also could be customized to any layout by a program like this.
PunBB, however, needs some core hacking just like phpBB, too.

SMF sucks by usability too.

PHPBB3 Beta 5 "Olympus" has been out for ages 0,0...

I'm not going to use beta. As I said, I'd change when the version seems to be stable enough of me.
Not to mention that Olympus hardly has any themes available.

OD doesn't seem to be trustworthy.

IPB in my personal opinion is OK, but not the best. I also think that vBulletin is actually more safe security-wise then Invision anyway, and vB looks better in general.

I've tested out phpBB3 Beta5, and it's pretty good. It has a lot more settings than phpBB2. It's pretty much phpBB2 with loads of Modifications added and the layout of it changed (the subforums help immensely, IMO).

When phpBB3 is officially released I recommend that you'd use that rather than paying for something like Invision Power Board or vBulletin. What I don't suggest, is paying for one of these now and then when phpBB3 does release, you'll probably still be using up your contract for IPB or vB - hence, you would've wasted a fair amount of money.

SMF I believe isn't so bad, but compared to phpBB it sucks. In fact, I'd rather pay to use IPB than SMF because SMF may be incredibly user-friendly but it sucks in general.

So, I believe you should wait a bit longer and see if phpBB3 releases soon. Or you can go ahead and get this Forum modded extensively. But I personally believe it'd be in your best interest to wait, rather than pay for something ("something" being IPB, vB or any other Bulletin Board Software you must buy a license to use) that's probably going to be replaced in several months time.

by **Spiderbot01** » Fri May 04, 07 5:12 pm

Inferno wrote:Done.

Metal Gear? On MY internet?

by **Dae** » Fri May 04, 07 5:40 pm

I've already paid a Russian programmist to tune phpBB for me. The version which I will upload tomorrow, will have subforums.

by **Zantinzuken** » Fri May 04, 07 5:43 pm

Is he apart of the KGB...?

[-o<

by **Kaiden** » Fri May 04, 07 5:44 pm

Don't make these forums all clunky like InvisionFree please! :cry:

by **James** » Fri May 04, 07 5:45 pm

~[A]Daedalus~ wrote:I've already paid a Russian programmist to tune phpBB for me. The version which I will upload tomorrow, will have subforums.

HOORAH
HOORAH
LETS GO TO THE BAR.

by **Spiderbot01** » Fri May 04, 07 7:38 pm

Ok, James.. Not even I know what you're on about now.

by **~M3GG4~** » Fri May 04, 07 9:28 pm

Inferno wrote:Done.

there used to be a game out like this, that came with windows 98 or something. Remember? You were a skier, and slowman used to chase you down the hill..

by **James** » Fri May 04, 07 9:29 pm

Yeh, I kinda drew it.

by **~M3GG4~** » Fri May 04, 07 9:46 pm

i know, thats why i said it.

by **Dae** » Sat May 05, 07 4:27 pm

{DXS}Destroyer
Inferno
testing quickreply

by **Dae** » Sat May 05, 07 4:28 pm

~[A]Daedalus~ wrote:ting qu

testing quotation

by **Siva** » Sat May 05, 07 7:05 pm

Longc[A]t wrote:Metal Gear? On MY internet?

More likely than you think.

by **Allan** » Sat May 05, 07 7:19 pm

Is there a way for me to turn off the Quick Reply part? I don't really like it that much.

by **Dae** » Sat May 05, 07 7:25 pm

err. just use "post reply"

by **Dae** » Sat May 05, 07 9:28 pm

Avatars have been restored.

by **KillerZ** » Mon May 07, 07 10:53 pm

Actually, The phpBB RC1 is going to be released soon, meaning, its stable, and they offer support for it.

YES its upgradable, but seeing that you have installed new mods to this forum, that may be difficult for you to do now.

by **Mr. Tastix** » Tue May 08, 07 9:19 am

Oh ownt, Quick Reply owns you all. And I assume phpBB will make a phpBB 2.0.x to phpBB 3.0.0 converter.

by **Dae** » Tue May 08, 07 11:07 am

Actually, The phpBB RC1 is going to be released soon, meaning, its stable, and they offer support for it.

We'll see how stable it is after it is released and a few months pass.

Also when RC is done we'll only have 2 (3?) default templates for it.

by **Mr. Tastix** » Tue May 08, 07 12:20 pm

Is phpBB adding more default styles to it? I've tested phpBB3 (and seen no major glitches and/or bugs with it so far - except that making boards/forums is now slightly harder, as with assigning permissions) and it only had subSilver. Though, that was the Beta5 version.

by **Dae** » Tue May 08, 07 12:27 pm

As far as I know, they will add a new theme called proSilver (?) which is what phpBB.com uses now.

by **James** » Tue May 08, 07 1:04 pm

I for one cannot wait for PhpBB 3.0 to be installed on this forum, but of course like Daedalus has discussed 1000 times we will wait for a definate stable version and for themes themselves.

However, this version of the forum satisfys me completely for what I had wanted from PhpBB 3.0 (subforums, warning system, quickreply), it can only get better from here.

Cheers to those who helped breathe new life into alpha forums.

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