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Here we go!!! After more than ten very productive years, Fast Eddie is stepping down as the administrator of TV Tropes. To Fast Eddie – Thank You! And on behalf of all of us here, cheers to a happy retirement.

Without further ado, the new Administrators are myself (drewski) and my good friend itcdr. We are youngerish TV addicts, movie lovers, gamers, web developers, and entertainment junkies with a ton of passion for the TV Tropes project and one general goal – to make this site insanely awesome!

So, what does this mean for the community and site?

  • Wiki policy: No policies are being changed. We share the values and commitment to an open, informal, breezy and fun wiki.

  • Forum policy: No changes.

  • The staff: The mods are staying as they are, including keeping all their current powers and authority. We will continue to work with the Mods and the Troper base as always.

  • The tech wish list and site development: Coding will no longer be a one-man labour of love, so more headway can be made on fixing bugs, developing new features, and generally polishing the wiki. This may take a little time to get going as we dig through several hundred thousand lines of code…thanks for that Fast Eddie…but we will get there!

Also, if you haven’t already seen the announcement - which is probably impossible - we launched a campaign on Kickstarter to accelerate new developments on TV Tropes. Check out the campaign - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tvtropes/the-tv-tropes-revitalization-project - to learn more about our plans and how you can contribute - and see the awesome rewards for your help.

Please share your questions, comments, concerns and love below.

edited 30th Nov '14 1:38:24 PM by drewski

ObsidianFire Since: May, 2014 Relationship Status: Not caught up in your love affair
#976: Jan 8th 2015 at 5:45:48 PM

Is the beta site blanked for anyone else?

Heatth (X-Troper) Relationship Status: In Spades with myself
#978: Jan 8th 2015 at 7:00:30 PM

And so the change is here. Freaked me out for a moment, specially as I couldn't login initially. Anyway, I will have to get used to the change, but it is looking good so far. The site is sluggish but this is to be expected for now.

edited 8th Jan '15 7:07:15 PM by Heatth

CrystalGlacia from at least we're not detroit (Living Relic)
#979: Jan 8th 2015 at 7:13:11 PM

I don't recall even the beta site being this slow.

It also took me like three tries to log in. And I use a password manager, so I definitely wasn't just inputting my password wrong.

"Jack, you have debauched my sloth."
Heatth (X-Troper) Relationship Status: In Spades with myself
#980: Jan 8th 2015 at 7:32:39 PM

[up]The beta was a limited thing being used by a limited amount of people. Now it is for everyone. It is natural it gets slow initially. Same thing with the login. Everyone is/was trying to log at the same time.

It seems the site have picked up the pace now, anyway. No noticeable slowness in my end right now.

Nocturna Since: May, 2011
#981: Jan 8th 2015 at 8:03:29 PM

EDIT: Post blanked because this was the wrong thread.

edited 8th Jan '15 8:04:08 PM by Nocturna

ShadowHog from Earth Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
#982: Jan 8th 2015 at 8:04:55 PM

Phew! I was worried I wouldn't be able to log in now that the new layout was in place, just as I wasn't able to log into the beta... but no, it worked out well enough.

Moon
NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#983: Jan 8th 2015 at 8:20:27 PM

Finally, logged in. The change was slightly unnerving when I first came on. Could not log in for the longest time.

But many thanks to the new moderation and a formal hello from me.

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#984: Jan 8th 2015 at 8:21:21 PM

Hm. A quick look on this page tells me that some of you guys were having trouble logging in?

Whoa, so I wasn't the only one having issues logging in.

So aside from that little logging-in hiccup, how's everyone enjoying TV Tropes 2.0?

Aldo930 Professional Moldy Fig/Curmudgeon from Quahog, R.I. Since: Aug, 2013
Professional Moldy Fig/Curmudgeon
#985: Jan 8th 2015 at 8:23:05 PM

[up] It moves like an elephant, I can't see the forum threads on their respective pages, it works worse on my mobile devices than the old design...

One more mistake and I am leaving TV Tropes for good.

"They say I'm old fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast."
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#986: Jan 8th 2015 at 8:24:31 PM

I like everything but the watchlist and other forum buttons being at the top.

I liked their old place more.

Oh really when?
GameSpazzer The Beta Male from Against! The! Wall! Since: Jun, 2010
The Beta Male
#987: Jan 8th 2015 at 8:24:49 PM

That seems like a bit of an overreaction, don't you think? Considering how much they're overhauling Eddie's shoestrings and paperclips code I'm surprised it's running as well as it is. You need to expect at least a few buts. I'm the one who got glitchbounced here, and I'm willing to wait things out.

[up]That.

edited 8th Jan '15 8:25:36 PM by GameSpazzer

MY SOUL IS DARK BUT MY HAIR IS COLORFUL — Brahian Pokémon Alchemist
Aldo930 Professional Moldy Fig/Curmudgeon from Quahog, R.I. Since: Aug, 2013
Professional Moldy Fig/Curmudgeon
#988: Jan 8th 2015 at 8:26:36 PM

[up] Mich?

You'd think they'd wait to launch this until they finished fixing all the problems.

"They say I'm old fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast."
GameSpazzer The Beta Male from Against! The! Wall! Since: Jun, 2010
The Beta Male
#989: Jan 8th 2015 at 8:29:42 PM

That may be true, but it still seems like a bit much. There are lots of websites. Would it be that painful to just sit things out for a couple days?

Honestly, I'm just happy we have admins now that are actively looking for feedback. That's huge.

MY SOUL IS DARK BUT MY HAIR IS COLORFUL — Brahian Pokémon Alchemist
Aldo930 Professional Moldy Fig/Curmudgeon from Quahog, R.I. Since: Aug, 2013
Professional Moldy Fig/Curmudgeon
#990: Jan 8th 2015 at 8:30:27 PM

I guess I Liked It Better When It Sucked then.

"They say I'm old fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast."
Sixthhokage1 Since: Feb, 2013
#991: Jan 8th 2015 at 8:31:11 PM

Some of the problems were introduced in the push to the production server, e.g. login issues and slowness. This is due mainly to the difference in the sizes of the full userbase and the subset who paid the $10 for beta access in the Kickstarter. MMO players can attest to these kinds of launch issues.

TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#992: Jan 8th 2015 at 8:39:02 PM

They are doing a new launch there are going to be bugs and problems while they hash things out. I am assuming this initially went through beta to set out the ground work ahead of time for future upgrades. Beta to live with many more users on many more different devices and browsers with customizations is going to take a while to hunt all the bugs down.

Every time they bring something out of beta into live there are going to be problems. Not just MMO players but if you do enough game betas of all sorts this pattern is pretty common.

So "Keep Calm and Carry On" the ride may be a little bumpy by the time they are done.

Who watches the watchmen?
DRCEQ Since: Oct, 2009
#993: Jan 8th 2015 at 8:44:06 PM

I like the new site design. There's just one thing I would change:

A Watchlist button on the main page, like there used to be.

Or am I missing something? I'm just not seeing a watchlist button anywhere on the home page, that's all.

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#994: Jan 8th 2015 at 8:45:12 PM

At the moment, the wiki watchlist is in your profile. We'll be changing that.

edited 8th Jan '15 8:45:24 PM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#995: Jan 8th 2015 at 8:45:44 PM

[up] I think it's at the bottom of the page now, along with everything else important.

The Protomen enhanced my life.
TVRulezAgain Since: Sep, 2011
#996: Jan 8th 2015 at 8:48:25 PM

What happened to the 'find posts by troper' tool?

rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#997: Jan 8th 2015 at 9:14:30 PM

I just realized that was gone.

Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.
TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#999: Jan 8th 2015 at 10:17:33 PM

Fighteer; Got it. For the most part I like the new design. I expect it to change all the same.

Who watches the watchmen?
Knowlessman hey i dunno, why don't you tell me from Stupidtown, USA (FL) Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Holding out for a hero
hey i dunno, why don't you tell me
#1000: Jan 8th 2015 at 10:38:59 PM

There will always be complaints.

You, sir, are not whistling Dixie.

  1. The site is now 100% impossible to navigate on my phone. Yes, one hundred percent. Everything and everything and everything is squeezed into about a half-inch column on the right side of the screen.
  2. The damn thing looks like a Facebook ripoff, but you knew that already.

...And I'm out of complaints. I did just get here, though, so expect more. Hell, I thought only backers were beta testing this, unless I got put on the list by accident.

EDIT: It has reached my attention that the Stalk-O-Matic has been removed. That thing was awesome. No better way to do background checks on new players in my game thread.

edited 8th Jan '15 10:52:13 PM by Knowlessman

i care but i'm restless, i'm here but i'm really gone, i'm wrong and i'm sorry, baby

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