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Don't change it

Poll: Should the forums be kept as they are?

Yes

27%

[ 5 ]

No

27%

[ 5 ]

Don't care

44%

[ 8 ]

Total Votes : 18

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Don't change it on Sun May 21, 2006 6:17 am

### psi_manipulator_3000

Joined: 14 Jan 2006
Posts: 1274

Correct me if I am wrong, but the psipog forums are "temporary"? yes? Well, I don't think they should be. Of course, I'm not the one writing all the coding and I wouldn't know why this site is temporary to psipog, but I think that these forums should stay just like this. They are fine as they are in my opinion and I don't mind having two passwords and accounts. NP to me.
So why not remove the bit at the top of the page that says temporary and keep the lovely forums as they are, instead of creating new ones?

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Posted on Sun May 21, 2006 6:51 am

### Pricemac

Joined: 15 Jan 2006
Posts: 90

Dunno... from what Sean has said about the new forums... Well, they are nice and shiny, with lots of cool stuff, all of it useful.

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Posted on Sun May 21, 2006 9:39 am

### LOTRfool

Joined: 13 Jan 2006
Posts: 518

Not sure, both are fine. I don't care about it, as long as it is a forum.

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Posted on Sun May 21, 2006 10:45 am

### Peebrain

Site Admin
Joined: 27 Nov 2005
Posts: 716

These forums will probably be around for a while. But they will be updated eventually to a custom script. I will probably leave these forums up for a little while after that, as an archive, but eventually I'll delete them completely.
The main reason for updating to the new forums is better integration. You'll be able to use your PsiPog.net username, and the PsiPog.net mailing system. The phpBB mailing system is absolutely terrible and bass ackwards. The most important feature of the new forums (in my opinion) is that it will ALL be searchable. I.e., you type a few lines to search for, and it brings back forum posts, articles, Q&A, your own mail, and blog results.
On top of that, I can customize it more easily. I'll be starting with having a thumbs up/down system, where users can vote for how good a post or thread is. If it gets a certain number of thumbs down's, then it'll trip a report for a moderator to check the thread or post out. Hopefully that will motivate people to post QUALITY information, and it will help in choosing future moderators... just look at their thumbs up count.
phpBB basically sucks. I'm not happy with the software. But, it is free, and it's easily deployed, so they've succeeded in that sense. The features are crappy though. It works for now.
~Sean

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Posted on Sun May 21, 2006 12:49 pm

### Vladimir

Joined: 14 Jan 2006
Posts: 666

Can't we have our current forum nicknames on the new forum? Nobody will recognise me with my Psipog username, AliasMcAlias. (Vladimir was taken).

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Posted on Sun May 21, 2006 2:50 pm

### Apollo

Joined: 17 Jan 2006
Posts: 1589

Vladimir wrote:
Can't we have our current forum nicknames on the new forum? Nobody will recognise me with my Psipog username, AliasMcAlias. (Vladimir was taken).

Thats what i want. Apollo was taken and so i would be stuck with Apollo13579

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Posted on Sun May 21, 2006 6:41 pm

### LOTRfool

Joined: 13 Jan 2006
Posts: 518

I think that mabye the forum names could be redone, like the person types their forum nickname, and that is what they are known as on the forum, but their account is still different.

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Posted on Sun May 21, 2006 8:37 pm

### Mikeofmind

Joined: 26 Feb 2006
Posts: 132

Or if it's possible tie the mIRC and forum together so that you use the password from one to gain access to the other? You could kill two birds with one stone. Please don't hurt me if you think I'm a complete duffus...

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Posted on Mon May 22, 2006 1:38 am

### sgtpsion

Joined: 13 Jan 2006
Posts: 425

I don't really mind one way or another. I'm SgtPsion on both sites. As long as the good threads are left up, I'm not bothered in the slightest.

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Posted on Mon May 22, 2006 3:55 am

### psi_manipulator_3000

Joined: 14 Jan 2006
Posts: 1274

What about the post counts? Would they be reset?

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Posted on Mon May 22, 2006 7:49 am

### Apollo

Joined: 17 Jan 2006
Posts: 1589

i hope not! I almost have 1000 posts!

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Posted on Mon May 22, 2006 9:16 am

### Psi_Ninja

Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Posts: 334

Apollo wrote:
i hope not! I almost have 1000 posts!

Hey... its quality not quantity. How did you like the taste of your own medcine? Im just kidding...
Well, i wouldnt care if i actually got confirmation email for my www.psipog.net account... My AOL blocks it. I want to keep these forums... they rock.

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