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General Discussion / (no subject)

« on: July 19, 2005, 05:09:59 PM »

Read again, it said MS doesn't use threaded. As for Invision, it is good but it costs money ($75 or whatever) which is a high price to pay and although I have a license it would take days if not weeks to fully re-code TKZ to suit the new system. MS was lucky in that they got theirs when it was free (see the trial version at the bottom).

Threaded forums are great for small sites with a handful of new topics a week or maybe even a day, but no site which gets any decent amount of activity uses threaded. Whether it's PHPBB, IPB, YABB and the rest of them...it isn't threaded. It's easy to be organised with five people posting a day.

If TKZ used the old threaded system, every topic would be pushed off the frontpage within 6 hours and every popular topic would result in about 10 screen heights worth of post branching when browsing. It seems everyone, including most OTR people, know this...apart from some isolated people like you who think the whole thing is real.

But yes, TK Army blah blah blah, evil Vampz yada yada yada, phpbb boo hoo hoo...

...just wake me when you have something insightful to say.  Wink

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General Discussion / (no subject)

« on: July 19, 2005, 09:53:26 AM »

Hehe, well if a community could be succesful and grow with threaded forums then I'd have used them. But show me one, large, active and diverse community that uses threaded format.

Not even MS does Smile.

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General Discussion / (no subject)

« on: July 19, 2005, 06:35:18 AM »

The community would die without new users, the world would die without rain. But here's the thing, Dude Man, if you were to go to TKZ and post you would be the "noob". And that's where your outlook falls apart, you are the very thing at TKZ that you complain about.

Now, you'd protest claiming that you've been around longer, used the TK yada, yada, yada....but so have many of what you call "noobs". Don't you see the very reason we have problems is the shitty attitude towards new members that so called "older" members have? It's pathetic.

That is the kind of attitude I want out of the community and sadly most anti-"newbie" sentiments come from people like yourself who do nothing at all to help the Toolkit as a result. I'd almost describe such people as parasites, living off the Toolkit and killing the good things it brings.

The Toolkit was rubbish for a two year stretch with a tiny 30ish community, no new games and no new releases. Just look at how it has come along since we welcomed new users and promoted this environment. Notice how most of the recent leaders in game making and TK development are relative newbies...

Sigh.

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General Discussion / (no subject)

« on: July 18, 2005, 09:34:18 AM »

People leave all the time throughout history, they leave the TK and sometimes the net hobby life. TKZ just happens to be the site. Activity is nevertheless constantly rising every month in terms of games, resources etc.

So good times for the TK...or those of us who use it Wink

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General Discussion / (no subject)

« on: July 15, 2005, 10:03:23 AM »

That's not true at all, TKZ doesn't even have an OT forum. But there are some jackasses, mostly non-TK users who stick around for nothing but forums. The Toolkit is popular, it gets lots of new users, get over it. Most of the newer members who stick around make good games as opposed to do nothing but post like the majority of members.

And yes, MS came first about three months before TKZ in 2000 (or late 1999). TKZ was around for about 18 months then I closed it down, then re-emerged in December 2003. MS was a great inspiration in making TKZ when Triuken was effectively running it (he eventually came to TKZ), unfortunately MS has gone a bit stale over the years although with TKZ being the big daddy now it did force MS to overhaul the site with PHP and whatnot, making it much better.

Mind you, I still hate MS for giving us Penguin (aka Cesque). Razz

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General Off-Topic / (no subject)

« on: July 11, 2005, 06:50:35 AM »

"I am sad to say the MS community has gone downhill ever since MrG left. "

Ahhh, another non-sensical MrG comment from someone who probably wasn't around when he was here. Did MrG even post here regulary? I think he had like 4 posts....1,2,3,4...posts.

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General Discussion / (no subject)

« on: July 01, 2005, 01:16:34 PM »

Now, now, how can the official TK site be bad? Poor CBM must be so hurt with all these jibes.

Razz

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General Off-Topic / (no subject)

« on: April 15, 2005, 12:53:20 PM »

It's a bit foolish to not do anything about your security expecting it not to happen again. Once they got in once, they know how to do it every other time. There's next to nothing police can do if they can't get fingerprints or witnesses.

If I were the burglers, I'd go back for more soon. Easy targets are easy targets thanks to niave home owners. Sounds harsh, but you make your own luck in these situations.

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General Discussion / (no subject)

« on: April 11, 2005, 05:09:26 PM »

I would help, but I have no idea who the hell you are!

How does that bare on whether or not you help someone? Sheesh.

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General Off-Topic / (no subject)

« on: April 10, 2005, 06:53:49 AM »

They think it was a kid who slipped the lock with a credit card.

Really? That easy? Seriously...you need that looking into. Most main entry doors in this modern crime world have a second lock that locks from the inside with a key...meaning it can't simply be opened by forcing it or breaking the glass and opening from the inside.

I was burgled three times in 2 years about 10 years ago and since we made such simple changes to front and back door, never had issues since.

But anyway, sucks about being burgled...sorry man.

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General Discussion / (no subject)

« on: March 09, 2005, 02:47:46 PM »

No, the people who vote for Bush are the #1 Idiots...

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General Off-Topic / (no subject)

« on: March 04, 2005, 08:05:32 PM »

I don't think Colin was being serious. Zend is really above the head of someone progressing from Word, really for serious php developers as opposed to those seeking a glorified editor. Plus it's a 21 day trial.

Crimson Editor does me fine for routien html/css editing.

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General Discussion / (no subject)

« on: February 21, 2005, 02:13:58 PM »

But Spyder is part of the TK Army, and MS their allies...so it's a bit like stamping on your own foot Wink.

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General Discussion / (no subject)

« on: February 18, 2005, 07:11:19 PM »

I'd ask Vampz if he could for me, but I'd doubt he'd listen.

Actually, I wouldn't listen because it would be against the Powerhouse license,  thus impossible.

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General Discussion / (no subject)

« on: February 18, 2005, 07:36:13 AM »

Nay, nay, KSNiloc. I've been in discussions with a person associated with a certain IDS and they're keen to make a simple, but sweet little informative demo for TK3.

Lets just say, it has more chance of completion than one involving Marc (Word2) at the helm. Razz