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nrjxll Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Not war
#10226: Jun 24th 2012 at 6:33:08 PM

Some forums have a "last online" indicator for users. I had assumed that here it was disabled for me by turning off "forum gingerbread", but from the sound of what Night's saying there isn't one at all here.

CrystalGlacia from at least we're not detroit (Living Relic)
#10227: Jun 24th 2012 at 6:39:15 PM

Not to insult Eddie's programming ability or anything, but this is a fairly barebones forum compared to, say, forums such as Bulbagarden and Serebii that are powered by vBulletin software. They'll tell you when a user was last online or the time of their last forum activity, what thread they're viewing, whether if they're writing a post/PM/whatever, and there's a more comprehensive 'Find post by user' function that also includes threads they've started. Stuff like that is mainly why I occasionally miss my Bulbagarden days, not because I liked the community or anything.

Turning off gingerbread mainly turns off avatars and other things that can slow down weaker browsers or visually get in the way.

edited 24th Jun '12 6:40:40 PM by CrystalGlacia

"Jack, you have debauched my sloth."
chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#10228: Jun 24th 2012 at 6:42:19 PM

I think the "last online" function wouldn't work as well considering that this site lacks a concrete "logout" button that would usually be on all pages.

CrystalGlacia from at least we're not detroit (Living Relic)
#10229: Jun 24th 2012 at 6:44:07 PM

Well... yeah (I haven't logged out in a month), hence why I said 'last online or the time of their last forum activity'.

"Jack, you have debauched my sloth."
chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#10230: Jun 24th 2012 at 6:46:49 PM

However, I think installing such features would probably be more taxing to the site, and the forums aren't a priority compared with the actual wiki.

nrjxll Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Not war
#10231: Jun 24th 2012 at 6:49:08 PM

I certainly don't have a problem with it, but I definitely see where Night is coming from as well.

Night The future of warfare in UC. from Jaburo Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
The future of warfare in UC.
#10232: Jun 24th 2012 at 7:02:29 PM

I think the "last online" function wouldn't work as well considering that this site lacks a concrete "logout" button that would usually be on all pages.

The forum already tracks when your IP is active in accessing it, it wouldn't know how to label your posts as you otherwise or whether you have gingerbread on or off or spoilers or etc., from there it's not hard to track when you were online as opposed to when you were not, without relying on you to log out.

So basically you're proposing an obstacle that really isn't.

edited 24th Jun '12 7:04:35 PM by Night

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DiurnalBrocolli Something... from Somewhere... Since: Apr, 2012 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
Something...
#10233: Jun 24th 2012 at 7:05:17 PM

I'm getting off now. And my tale was just getting good...

PS: I also apologize for any Yaoi fans reading on what happened to poor Maxwell.

Just floating around...
Ryuhza Brother from San Diego County, California Since: Feb, 2012 Relationship Status: Tongue-tied
Brother
#10234: Jun 25th 2012 at 12:16:48 AM

Out for the night. Ozzy may be slow to respond for the next 6-8 hours.

EDIT: In for the day.

edited 25th Jun '12 12:42:45 PM by Ryuhza

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Night The future of warfare in UC. from Jaburo Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
The future of warfare in UC.
#10235: Jun 25th 2012 at 4:42:48 PM

I'm curious if or when it will become a problem to have inconsistent weather. Since we may perhaps already have done it.

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Ryuhza Brother from San Diego County, California Since: Feb, 2012 Relationship Status: Tongue-tied
Brother
#10236: Jun 25th 2012 at 5:14:17 PM

I read somewhere that it was raining. Is it raining?

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Night The future of warfare in UC. from Jaburo Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
The future of warfare in UC.
#10237: Jun 25th 2012 at 5:16:32 PM

The courtyard people don't seem to be acting like it, but we had lightning, which implies it either is or should have been soon after.

Then again, in a CDT, there's no reason we can't have differential weather over a small area.

edited 25th Jun '12 5:17:00 PM by Night

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YsaSlayerOfSporks Since: Jan, 2012
#10238: Jun 25th 2012 at 5:17:39 PM

Loyce is just ignoring the rain, hence his 'not acting like it'.

This is a signature. It is not interesting. Please continue whatever you were doing, it is surely more fascinating.
nrjxll Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Not war
#10239: Jun 25th 2012 at 5:38:07 PM

I'd really like to join University now, but I still have no idea how it's all put together. Can someone give me a rundown of where everything is, where everyone is (and which of them seem to be still active), and where it might be best to introduce my characters?

edited 25th Jun '12 5:38:18 PM by nrjxll

Ryuhza Brother from San Diego County, California Since: Feb, 2012 Relationship Status: Tongue-tied
Brother
#10240: Jun 25th 2012 at 5:49:26 PM

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Wasn't sure about that. Too bad there aren't status posts where people can check up on everything. Ah well. Oswald is wearing a large hood if that's any excuse.

edited 25th Jun '12 9:11:52 PM by Ryuhza

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Night The future of warfare in UC. from Jaburo Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
The future of warfare in UC.
#10241: Jun 25th 2012 at 5:59:23 PM

One moment, trying to sort that out myself.

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KillerClowns Since: Jan, 2001
#10242: Jun 25th 2012 at 6:02:30 PM

[up][up][up] I won't lie, I'm really glad I only have one character in a relative quiet zone right now. Totally lost track of the rest again over the weekend, but the Auditorium is playing host to Shamsiel (who looks like an ordinary man with a guitar), Kit (fox/human hybrid from a medieval world), Sora (man from modern Japan carrying a sketch book), Adel (modern medic armored for a warzone, though Gault's been missing a while so she's in limbo), and a thus far unnamed, masked soldier of Victorian-style clothing who is so bloodied and shot up he should be dead.

edited 25th Jun '12 6:11:06 PM by KillerClowns

Night The future of warfare in UC. from Jaburo Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
The future of warfare in UC.
#10243: Jun 25th 2012 at 6:17:24 PM

By reviewing the last three pages I have arrived at this.

Linna (me) and Jeremiah (Tera Chimera) are in an indeterminate Hallway, discussing werewolves, their probable location, and how this appears to be someone's idea of a university but not an actual university, or alternately someone's idea of a horror movie setting.

Loyce (Ysa Slayer of Sporks), some drunk guy (Dvdmacyoshi, who hasn't named this character yet), Ozzy (Ryuhza), Gerald (Matues), Tyler (Mr AHR), and Horatio (Darkblood Carnagefang, who may or may not still be active) are in the Courtyard, where it may or may not be raining, and have not necessarily formed a focus; there's some interaction between different individuals, and the obligatory questions regarding the metal spike through a burned book (see Library, to which this area is directly adjacent).

Shamsiel (Killer Clowns), Sora (Crystal Glacia), and some soldier (whom Snowy Foxes hasn't named) are in an Auditorium, which is apparently set up for a play; probably Shakespeare, but maybe not. So far they're exploratory of the area around them rather than having formed a focus. I think.

Violet and Vince (Crystal Glacia), Cyrus (Snowy Foxes) are in a Lab, building some sort of device using runes as a general focus, but Violet is drawing and there are individual interactions going on as well.

Tina and the currently fainted Maxwell (Diurnal Brocolli), Prisha (Pyscho Frea X), Rachel (Yomegami), Scout (chihuahua 0), Nathan (Masterofchaos) and Peter (Dvdmacyoshi) are in the Library. They have previously engaged in ritual destruction of a copy of Twilight, and the Young Adult or Romance section. What these (and the later-mentioned presence of several popular manga) were doing in a university library is unexplained (see also possibly the musings in the Hallway), although there was discussion on the subject's correctness. The remains of this can be seen both here and in the Courtyard. Currently there's a discussion of manga going on, I think. The Library denizens do not appear to necessarily form a coherent single grouping, though. (See also Courtyard, to which this area is directly adjacent.)

I am forgetting at least one person but Nightmare 24 has stubbornly left his/her location tags off, so I am unable to discern where Doltur is supposed to be.

edited 25th Jun '12 6:54:21 PM by Night

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DarkbloodCarnagefang They/Them from New Jersey Since: May, 2012
They/Them
#10244: Jun 25th 2012 at 6:22:37 PM

Sorry I haven't posted as of recent, I've been catching up on much needed sleep, and I won't be able to post a lot for a bit, as I have to go to tutoring for HSPA stuff. I will be able to post more when Dinner Party comes around.

Note to self: Pick less edgy username next time.
nrjxll Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Not war
#10245: Jun 25th 2012 at 6:30:37 PM

[up][up]That's pretty thorough, thanks. I probably won't join in for a bit more, but that should help.

and how this appears to be someone's idea of a university but not an actual university, or alternately someone's idea of a horror movie setting.

Oh, good - I was hoping somebody else might start this off.

Ryuhza Brother from San Diego County, California Since: Feb, 2012 Relationship Status: Tongue-tied
Brother
#10246: Jun 25th 2012 at 9:17:00 PM

I'm still new to these, so- to get a general idea- is this (the University) proceeding slower than average?

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PsychoFreaX Card-Carrying Villain >:D from Transcended Humanity Since: Jan, 2010
#10247: Jun 25th 2012 at 9:26:18 PM

[Sorry another deleted post]

edited 25th Jun '12 9:27:51 PM by PsychoFreaX

Help?.. please...
CrystalGlacia from at least we're not detroit (Living Relic)
#10248: Jun 25th 2012 at 9:40:34 PM

[up][up] Yeah, it's a little slow, but summertime tends to be slow for Writer's Block and possibly even the TV Tropes community in general. Most of the community consists of students, and summer is the time when these students are most likely to devote extended periods of time to doing shit with their lives, usually extra summer courses or a job. Ironically, it usually moves faster during the school year, probably because when you're bored in class or done with homework and probably have your computer out anyway, why not just head to the internet?

edited 25th Jun '12 9:41:43 PM by CrystalGlacia

"Jack, you have debauched my sloth."
Ryuhza Brother from San Diego County, California Since: Feb, 2012 Relationship Status: Tongue-tied
Brother
#10249: Jun 25th 2012 at 10:11:59 PM

Ah, that makes sense. But damn if I didn't pick a terrible time to start.

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Nightmare24 Since: Dec, 2010
#10250: Jun 25th 2012 at 10:12:12 PM

Won't be able to respond till tomorrow, I have work that HAS to be done. I'm past my deadline as it is.

http://www.fictionpress.com/s/3007268/4/The_Legion_of_Justice Superheroes! What could go wrong?

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