Do we need to start a crowdfunding initiative to get Luuv some big ass servers?

[ben0119]

[Admin]

looking at some stuff.

 

I have some plans, but they're on hold til I can get the look of the place hammered out, which is going super super slow.

 

for now, basically all we're going to have is a functional message board that's kinda ugly.

 

I've been messing with several different possibilities there.

 

Problem is (well one of them) is I have very little time to do stuff.  Around mid-January I'm guessing things will slow down enough that I can try to get somewhere I want to actually be with the message board.

 

for now it's gonna limp along as is.

 

I'm at kind of an unhappy place right now, because my job sucks (doesn't everyone's?) and they're demanding a lot of my time.  Frankly they don't deserve it.  But they're getting it because paycheck.

 

I may plod ahead without getting the design right.  But the design is way more important than I suspect anyone out there realizes.

 

The only example I can provide is - if you look at the Proboards forum, just the simplicity of how it looks without all the dumbass dividers and background graphics and fucking ridiculous-ass shades of grey and whatever other dumbass shit they put in these dumbass themes.  The Proboard is black, white - simple lines, the blue links add a nice touch of color, but not too much.  the only thing wrong with it visually is the SN colors don't show up on the list.

 

But the point being - that board is something that people look at and want to use.  It doesn't make people go "oh what a pretty board" or anything like that.  It's just pleasant and simple and inviting.

 

the fucking themes for SMF are pretty much all just - stupid.  full of pointless graphics that stick out like sore thumbs and random color schemes and just - like awful.

 

We couldn't use Proboards because they have mandatory ads, they don't allow for the content to move to another software package, and the content restrictions are silly and random.

 

On SMF, with the fapptron 2000 server, we don't have to worry about the board content, it's ours to keep and move as we need to,  no ads, and no content restrictions.

 

we need all that stuff.

 

BUT - the Proboard (at least design-wise) is pretty fucking close to perfect.

 

The feat I'm attempting atm is to marry those two things.  So we have our data here, no restrictions, no ads, etc, but it looks and functions more simply (IE more like the Proboard).

 

 

[PokeNirvash]

Personally I don't think there's anything wrong at all with how these boards look. Different tastes, I guess.

[CAC]

Personally I don't think there's anything wrong at all with how these boards look. Different tastes, I guess.

 

Agreed, I like the way it looks.

[viperxmns]

Agreed, I like the way it looks.

Do you guarantee it?

 

*runs away tittering to himself*

[CAC]

Yes.

[Admin]

I really should probably spend more time just posting and making the board what it's about in stead of obsessing over the "first step".

 

Though having a solid design in place now would be much better than having it later.

 

but it's kinda eroding my enthusiasm.  so maybe I should give it a rest for a bit and just do fun stuff on here.

[Cille]

I think we need some big ass-servers.

[HardcoreHunter]

Agreed, I like the way it looks.

 

Same, maybe because it's similar to our eva forum; but I think it's nice. If the administrative features are the same as our other forum then I could see the frustration from a mod/admin view. It's a little more difficult to change one thing without messing up five other things.

[Misaka]

Same, maybe because it's similar to our eva forum; but I think it's nice. If the administrative features are the same as our other forum then I could see the frustration from a mod/admin view. It's a little more difficult to change one thing without messing up five other things.

 

well that's why our green ghosts exist

to fix what luv breaks

[Admin]

I (for now) gave up and switched back to the original theme I used.

 

which is incompatible with many features and addons. 

 

but I can bring myself to post with it. 

 

that's more subconscious I think than conscious, but crappy themes = just don wanna post.

[ben0119]

looking at some stuff.

 

I have some plans, but they're on hold til I can get the look of the place hammered out, which is going super super slow.

 

for now, basically all we're going to have is a functional message board that's kinda ugly.

 

I've been messing with several different possibilities there.

 

Problem is (well one of them) is I have very little time to do stuff.  Around mid-January I'm guessing things will slow down enough that I can try to get somewhere I want to actually be with the message board.

 

for now it's gonna limp along as is.

 

I'm at kind of an unhappy place right now, because my job sucks (doesn't everyone's?) and they're demanding a lot of my time.  Frankly they don't deserve it.  But they're getting it because paycheck.

 

I may plod ahead without getting the design right.  But the design is way more important than I suspect anyone out there realizes.

 

The only example I can provide is - if you look at the Proboards forum, just the simplicity of how it looks without all the dumbass dividers and background graphics and fucking ridiculous-ass shades of grey and whatever other dumbass shit they put in these dumbass themes.  The Proboard is black, white - simple lines, the blue links add a nice touch of color, but not too much.  the only thing wrong with it visually is the SN colors don't show up on the list.

 

But the point being - that board is something that people look at and want to use.  It doesn't make people go "oh what a pretty board" or anything like that.  It's just pleasant and simple and inviting.

 

the fucking themes for SMF are pretty much all just - stupid.  full of pointless graphics that stick out like sore thumbs and random color schemes and just - like awful.

 

We couldn't use Proboards because they have mandatory ads, they don't allow for the content to move to another software package, and the content restrictions are silly and random.

 

On SMF, with the fapptron 2000 server, we don't have to worry about the board content, it's ours to keep and move as we need to,  no ads, and no content restrictions.

 

we need all that stuff.

 

BUT - the Proboard (at least design-wise) is pretty fucking close to perfect.

 

The feat I'm attempting atm is to marry those two things.  So we have our data here, no restrictions, no ads, etc, but it looks and functions more simply (IE more like the Proboard).

Maybe I have just been anti-spoiled by the ASMB, The Michael Bay Forum, and the various other small/indy/fan forums I was on over the years, but this place looks great to me!

 

Just concentrate on beefing up those servers, bro.

[StarPanda]

Where do I drop money because this site is slowing down as more people join

[Misaka]

Where do I drop money because this site is slowing down as more people join

kn  is looking into a new server

[HardcoreHunter]

I must never be on during peak hours, that or I just have a good internet connection.

[CAC]

It's been pretty bad today honestly.

[Misaka]

I must never be on during peak hours, that or I just have a good internet connection.

Same

[ben0119]

Was the site down for anyone else earlier?

[Guest The Hound]

It's been pretty bad today honestly.

 

Yea completely unusable tbh

 

[Admin]

I'm gonna set up a contributing type thing, but waiting for server issues to settle first.

[Admin]

The reason for that:

 

I don't want somebody to be like "here's five dollars!" and then have the board still be slow and them be like "hey wait a minute..."

 

 

[NaBarney]

I like the wack servers that can't handle traffic in a way ya know, kinda makes the place feel homey

[Rumb0]

Can I mail a really good NIC to you luuv? It transfers 10gbps or some shit.

 

I also have some spare SSD's you can use in a RAID array.

[ben0119]

Where do I drop money because this site is slowing down as more people join

[ben0119]

Can I mail a really good NIC to you luuv? It transfers 10gbps or some shit.

 

I also have some spare SSD's you can use in a RAID array.

Spare Super Star Destroyers?  8)

 

[ben0119]

You didn't listen to me and get you some big ass servers from Agil, did you?

[Admin]

It's going to be some months before anything happens server-wise unless we set up a donation thing.  I'm still wrestling with that. 

[1pooh4u]

It's going to be some months before anything happens server-wise unless we set up a donation thing.  I'm still wrestling with that.

I would donate but get a PO box cuz I won't do it electronically

[1pooh4u]

I like the wack servers that can't handle traffic in a way ya know, kinda makes the place feel homey

Agreed. Reminds me of my first apartment. If there were 4 people the 5th was falling out the window >

[ben0119]

It's going to be some months before anything happens server-wise unless we set up a donation thing.  I'm still wrestling with that.

[ben0119]

So, when is your board going to stop crashing every other hour?

[CAC]

So, when is your board going to stop crashing every other hour?

 

37.25 hours from now.

[Misaka]

So, when is your board going to stop crashing every other hour?

 

May/June

 

[ben0119]

May/June

I'll hold you to that.