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What do YOU guys want to see
Topic Started: Aug 4 2012, 10:27 AM (16,332 Views)
Posted ImageShojiro
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One of the main reasons it was changed to the current system was to make everyone important easily recognizable. Admins only have 2 different types of icons/colors, mods only have one, and each usergroup is easily visible divided by seniority by posts. If we add a bunch of custom usergroups for people to choose from, it destroys that a bit and can easily confuse new people.
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Posted ImageDaisuke
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"Even I myself were only a shell, capable of wearing many skins... but I had no skin of my own..."
Ah, I see. Makes a bit more sense now that you put it that way.
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Posted Imagegeekyazn
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I don't want my OMEGA sig to be useless....TEAMS....
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Posted ImageDaisuke
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"Even I myself were only a shell, capable of wearing many skins... but I had no skin of my own..."
The teams wouldn't necessarily be split back up into omega and the rest. It would still be useless if the teams didn't win or if the teams would be changed. Why change back into the same groups as before?
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Posted ImageZekrom
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Yeah mine is a lttle off but for the teams they would have a Pokemon Icon as well, I'd need to discuss with an Admin about how everything would work out if it wins and what to trash for the teams to be added and whatnaught.
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Posted ImageDaisuke
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If you'd like, I could help out with the idea :)
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Posted ImageZekrom
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Sure. :) I've already got four teams in mind and planned out but I'm willing to take any suggestions on how this would incorperate with brand new members and such. :)
Edited by Zekrom, Sep 26 2012, 02:00 AM.
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Posted ImageDaisuke
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"Even I myself were only a shell, capable of wearing many skins... but I had no skin of my own..."
Alright, I'll send you a PM then ;D
you should probably lay out a few things you'd do, because no one wants to vote for when they don't know what they're getting into, and at the same time I wouldn't want to vote for something else if that was a great idea that was revealed at the last second either.
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Posted ImageShojiro
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I think for doing teams, it would be better to create 6-8 teams with fully developed ideas and names and whatnot, and then doing a poll and using the top 4. This allows for more of a group input as to what kind of teams people want to see. As for joining, I have some ideas on that, but that is another matter completely.
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Posted ImageDaisuke
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"Even I myself were only a shell, capable of wearing many skins... but I had no skin of my own..."
Sounds solid. Why would there have to be 4 though? Could there be more?
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Posted ImageShojiro
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Yeah, there can be more or less, I just went on the assumption of 4 because the other teams stuffs was 4, and you guys were talking about having 4 teams.
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Okay, that makes sense. There still shouldn't be more than 6 teams, but it's good to know that there can be more than 4.
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Posted ImageZekrom
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4 is a good amount because if there are too many and alot of people join one particular team then it could be like 2 people in a group versus 20 and if there was team contests that would never be fair for that team with two, so I'd set four and have a restriction of how many people can be in a team and when one fills up too quickly prevent anyone from getting into that team to even it out.
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Posted Imagegeekyazn
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Hope Omega is one of the teams.....soo we had
Omega
Equinox
Epica
Paradox
what else?
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Posted ImageZekrom
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That was all the teams. My teams are fresh and new...sorta. Have some similar ideas, but I'll change them as it is discussed more if it'll be added.
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Yeah, sorry geekyazn, but if teams were implemented, I would honestly suggest they be different teams than the previous ones, as the previous ones had their day, we wouldn't want old rivalries/competitions to come around, especially if people ended up in different groups than they were in previously. Whole new teams with new ideas are needed.
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"Even I myself were only a shell, capable of wearing many skins... but I had no skin of my own..."
They had a good run, but there should be new teams. How would the teams be set up though, without losing the usergroups?
like, a rayquaza and then a different color name to signal your group?
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No no no, ENTIRELY NEW groups and icons. They would be erased and everybody would be a Fan for a while, until it is set up. So Yellow, Crystal, Emerald, Platnium (there might need to be more taken down) but then it would be replaced with the four set teams agreed on. There would need to be four repersentatives to be in the group first (the head master of the group) so everyone can see what the new teams look like. Then someone (I could do it) could post the guidelines on how it would work. Then peple could start filling out applications and start being put into teams (assigned by one head master, so the others won't get grabby, and they have to be fair or another head master will take the position of managing who goes where. How it would work with Honoured Members is that the team would be [icon] [team name] Member and the Honoured Members would be [same team icon] Honoured [team name] Member. That's how that would merge into the teams, for anyone wondering.
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"Even I myself were only a shell, capable of wearing many skins... but I had no skin of my own..."
Well, if they failed, would you put use back into emerald, platinum, etc.?
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Personally I'd rather have something different than the current groups if they failed. They current system...just doesn't seem as funa and competitive as the teams were when they had contests between each other. Summer Camp sorta filled that void, until everyone was inactive. I'd have to think on that some to figure out what to do. But the is something that I've always wanted to do...you know if the teams failed and whatnaught.
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uh, we made it competitive. Everyone has been rushing to the next rank. Me and Stardust are fighting over who can have the most posts in one day. But okay.
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Teams do not have to be set up through the usergroup stuffs. I have already said this.....

There is no need for the usergroup stuffs to change.
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Sep 27 2012, 01:46 AM
No no no, ENTIRELY NEW groups and icons. They would be erased and everybody would be a Fan for a while, until it is set up. So Yellow, Crystal, Emerald, Platnium (there might need to be more taken down) but then it would be replaced with the four set teams agreed on. There would need to be four repersentatives to be in the group first (the head master of the group) so everyone can see what the new teams look like. Then someone (I could do it) could post the guidelines on how it would work. Then peple could start filling out applications and start being put into teams (assigned by one head master, so the others won't get grabby, and they have to be fair or another head master will take the position of managing who goes where. How it would work with Honoured Members is that the team would be [icon] [team name] Member and the Honoured Members would be [same team icon] Honoured [team name] Member. That's how that would merge into the teams, for anyone wondering.
Meh. I'm assuming we're keeping the OC group (it is and honorary group...), so what would an HOC look like? Imo, HOC is already a really long title, so adding the team name is just pure overkill.

Also, I think three teams would be better. You're forgetting that Shadow and Epica merged into Paradox because of their few members, so there were only three squads. And with fewer active members now than before, how are we going to keep up four active teams? Even during the summer we had three cabins, and from what I discerned, only a small portion of each cabin made significant contributions...and I wasn't one of them...

Another thing, there was a reason we ditched squads. They were useless, only complicating things with further divisions in the forum. Squad activities were rare, considering the ton of effort required to host frequent activities, and there was a much larger staff team during that time...

Finally, this choice hasn't been decided yet. Poll?
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Posted ImageDaisuke
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"Even I myself were only a shell, capable of wearing many skins... but I had no skin of my own..."
It kind of creates a full divider too. Once you're in a group, you can't switch to another group, which, for people like me, is bad. You don't want to limit people's interactions. It creates a rivalry too (it could be bad), and some people end up like bad luck brian (I was last time D;) and get put in a group whose icon frankly sucks (Epica was what I was in, and likitung is just dumb imo) and members aren't all who you want to be in, and you can't move, so it's kind of rough.

I like what fail said, especially the last part:
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Another thing, there was a reason we ditched squads. They were useless, only complicating things with further divisions in the forum. Squad activities were rare, considering the ton of effort required to host frequent activities, and there was a much larger staff team during that time...

Finally, this choice hasn't been decided yet. Poll?

I agree 100% on this part. This is also not saying to get a larger staff team either, but since I have no clue how things worked back then, you could change it to be easier to host frequent activities and whatnot.
Anyway, that's about all the criticism I have.
Still, I do like the idea of teams again, they would just need to be a helluva lot different
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True there seemed to be some tension when i became an omega
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