Revamping the Website!

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Revamping the Website!
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Agent LacenMC	Apr 3 2013, 10:06 AM Post #1
I don't know where I'm going. Posts: 1,155 Group: =SB= Website Deputy Member #293 Joined: November 26, 2006 Gender: Male Country: United States of America Playstation Network ID: BenLacen Xbox Live Gamertag: LacenMC 3DS Friend Code: 232063738346	When Metallix offered me the job, I went back to the ideas that I had when I was encouraged to do it 5 years ago. There are several ideas I had that would involve community support and contributions. Ideas consisted of: 1) =SB= Contest page Something that would allow members to compete in certain competitions set up by any staff member, if they were to develop any contests at all. Contests I had in mind where those suggested in the Gaming Group sub-forum topic, or bringing art contests into the mix (best fan character, best art exhibit, best fan art piece, act.). 2)=SB= Member Game Reviews I feel like a page where members wants to submit reviews would bring out new discussions on the game. This doesn't need to be limited to Sonic either. Having an idea of what we all play can bring out similar interests other then our mutual love for the blue hedgehog. So far, everyone can see that with games like Pokemon. 3)=SB= Character Bios I want to add more character information, but I know I wouldn't be able to do it myself. If I were to throw in a certain format, I can ask members to fill out their bios for me. This way, they can have fun and write whatever they see the characters as. A character bio written by a Sonic fan seems more appealing then a wikipedia copy-and-paste article, doesn't it? 4)=SB= Contribution Page A page where members can see what people have contributed in the past. Things like certain contests, art, banners, sigs, topics, things like that. 5)=SB= Member of the Month Database Members of the month can write about themselves, and really introduce themselves to the forum through this page. Included will be staff comments, detailing what they thought of the titleholder. 6)=SB= Arcade Just some flash games where members can play in case they get bored. These are just brainstormed, I would need feedback though. EDIT: YamiShadow Not necessarily. When one clicks the button labelled "Website" it forces the Default skin. I'm pretty sure this is the issue they were referring to, although I could be wrong. I also don't know if there's a way to work around that. Good suggestion. I can find a way to work around it. It'll take a little while to actually implement it, but I'm almost positive I can figure it out. Edited by LacenMC, Apr 3 2013, 10:08 AM.
	Facebook \| Twitter \| YouTube Hey there party people! I started a gaming YouTube channel! I'll be posting all my latest vids in the signature. Keep up with them! Sonic Crossroads 6 years ago, I began a fangame project called "Pure Shadow". I cancelled the project due to lack of time and other priorities. Now that I'm in college, and have loads of more time, I found the file and began to pick it up again. After refreshing my memory of all the coding put into the engine, I decided to use it to write a new project. Drawing out a new plot and new gimmicks for the project, I decided to rename this project called Sonic Crossroads. This project is going to be completed in Game Maker 8 PRO coded by myself and my friend who goes by the alias, MastaaFrederick. Because of our lack of experience in many aspects to increase enjoyability (such as music, artistry, animation, etc.), we want to develop a small team to work on this project. Anyone who is interested, please message me. On top of these things, we want to create a new antagonist for the story. We, MastaaFrederick and I, need a whole new character concept. We want the most creative fan character we can find, and create a sprite sheet for this character. We would like to find a character via messenger. Demo for the fangame coming soon.


Agent LacenMC	Apr 3 2013, 10:40 AM Post #2
I don't know where I'm going. Posts: 1,155 Group: =SB= Website Deputy Member #293 Joined: November 26, 2006 Gender: Male Country: United States of America Playstation Network ID: BenLacen Xbox Live Gamertag: LacenMC 3DS Friend Code: 232063738346	Shapeshiftress Apr 3 2013, 10:26 AM Maybe we could include any games that our members have created? I know Tennessee made one once. ^^ I'm glad you brought this up. Fan gaming is something that I wanted to see more around here, since I grew up on forums like SFGHQ and SCD. The arcade, however, only supports flash games. If TKC has a game he produced that doesn't run on Flash, I can come up with a download link, but there would need to be more content on the page itself if I were to create one. There has to be a a good amount of interest before I would set the page up. I like the suggestion though.
	Facebook \| Twitter \| YouTube Hey there party people! I started a gaming YouTube channel! I'll be posting all my latest vids in the signature. Keep up with them! Sonic Crossroads 6 years ago, I began a fangame project called "Pure Shadow". I cancelled the project due to lack of time and other priorities. Now that I'm in college, and have loads of more time, I found the file and began to pick it up again. After refreshing my memory of all the coding put into the engine, I decided to use it to write a new project. Drawing out a new plot and new gimmicks for the project, I decided to rename this project called Sonic Crossroads. This project is going to be completed in Game Maker 8 PRO coded by myself and my friend who goes by the alias, MastaaFrederick. Because of our lack of experience in many aspects to increase enjoyability (such as music, artistry, animation, etc.), we want to develop a small team to work on this project. Anyone who is interested, please message me. On top of these things, we want to create a new antagonist for the story. We, MastaaFrederick and I, need a whole new character concept. We want the most creative fan character we can find, and create a sprite sheet for this character. We would like to find a character via messenger. Demo for the fangame coming soon.


Agent LacenMC	Apr 4 2013, 12:00 PM Post #3
I don't know where I'm going. Posts: 1,155 Group: =SB= Website Deputy Member #293 Joined: November 26, 2006 Gender: Male Country: United States of America Playstation Network ID: BenLacen Xbox Live Gamertag: LacenMC 3DS Friend Code: 232063738346	Finite007 I kinda like #5. Though, if done, would the previous members of the month be able to write something as well? That's something to consider. For now, I was thinking of having links to the profiles of the past members, and have a little "read me" for the current title holder. Reading all the feedback and suggestions, I will implement some of these things ASAP. They will be announced soon. Any other ideas or suggestions? Edited by LacenMC, Apr 4 2013, 12:00 PM.
	Facebook \| Twitter \| YouTube Hey there party people! I started a gaming YouTube channel! I'll be posting all my latest vids in the signature. Keep up with them! Sonic Crossroads 6 years ago, I began a fangame project called "Pure Shadow". I cancelled the project due to lack of time and other priorities. Now that I'm in college, and have loads of more time, I found the file and began to pick it up again. After refreshing my memory of all the coding put into the engine, I decided to use it to write a new project. Drawing out a new plot and new gimmicks for the project, I decided to rename this project called Sonic Crossroads. This project is going to be completed in Game Maker 8 PRO coded by myself and my friend who goes by the alias, MastaaFrederick. Because of our lack of experience in many aspects to increase enjoyability (such as music, artistry, animation, etc.), we want to develop a small team to work on this project. Anyone who is interested, please message me. On top of these things, we want to create a new antagonist for the story. We, MastaaFrederick and I, need a whole new character concept. We want the most creative fan character we can find, and create a sprite sheet for this character. We would like to find a character via messenger. Demo for the fangame coming soon.


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