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View Poll Results: Should guests be allowed to post on the forums?
Yes, in all public forums 5 12.50%
Yes, but only in Games Discussion and Troubleshooting (like before) 24 60.00%
Yes, not in all public forums but more than just GD and TS (please specify) 7 17.50%
No 4 10.00%
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Old 12-12-2008, 02:55 PM   #1
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very few only talk about games now in Games Discussion. I can remember coming back here after 1 day and having to go back for at least 2 pages in Games Discussion to see all threads that have been posted into recently.
Either it's the negative karmic influence of Studentis now or Abandonia's days are counted, your pick
The forum has been suffering from a major lack of activity compared to the time before the site was upgraded. Large part of that can probably be traced back to the fact that on the old forum, unregistered visitors could anonymously participate in discussions as "Guests"

All in favor of re-enabling guest posting on the forum... hands up.
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Old 12-12-2008, 03:04 PM   #2
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I liked the system that was before (Guests posting in Game Discussion and Troubleshooting) and have voted accordingly.
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Old 12-12-2008, 03:14 PM   #3
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Yes, I would say all "Games" forum:

http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/forumdisplay.php?f=3

Except for the Cellar.
That would increase requests, games talking and requests to solve tech problems.
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Old 12-12-2008, 03:28 PM   #4
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+ Site comments/suggestions
+ Compatibility
(+ Important announcements!)


[edit] With underline, the thread title looks like Allowing quests on the forum again. :amused: [/edit]
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Old 12-12-2008, 03:51 PM   #5
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Like David says, all games forums except the Cellar.
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Old 12-12-2008, 03:53 PM   #6
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I'm all for allowing them in Games Discussions and Troubleshooting again, however Compatibility might be helpful for many too.
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Old 12-12-2008, 04:18 PM   #7
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*Puts hand up* What Dave said. As long as you have enough mods to back you up. In addition, I propose we look into the slashdot concept of 'rating' fellow users as used on cracked. Except we shouldn't call it karma... Something silly, like Prestige Points? Status?
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Old 12-12-2008, 04:31 PM   #8
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I like karma. And it's the right term ...and sooo falloutish! But I would mourn the karma I lost through or non-karmic phase. :laugh:
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Old 12-12-2008, 05:03 PM   #9
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I am not voting because I feel I'm still too "young" on this forum to make an informed decision, and I wasn't here before the upgrade to see the difference.

But, what about spam? Was that a major factor before? I suppose you can use captchas, but captchas are being broken/decrypted by hackers these days.
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Old 12-12-2008, 05:07 PM   #10
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In the spirit of christmas past, I'm going for the scrooge-like answer of "no".

Is it that hard to register?

Bah humbug everyone!
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