Vote for your favorite Board in vBBotM - January

[s.molinari]

Hi all,

Well it's 2003 and we are starting a new year of vBBotM. I believe the contest has gone well up till now although we did have some rough spots. But through it all we have ended up with a great set of winning boards.

At this point I'd like to take the opportunity and thank every one on the vBulletin Team and the great vBulletin community for the super times last year and for the future exitement we're going to have this year with vB3. I wish you all the best of fortune and good health in the coming year. :)

That being said......now vote away! :D

Scott

Voting guide lines
1. This month only 5 nominees are up for voting.
2. The person voting may judge a board on his or her own personal criteria. So what makes a board worth voting for, is up to each individual voter. Comments as to why or why not a person votes for a board are welcome as long as the comments are constructive in nature.
3. A board will be disqualified when:
- the owner or any other person rallies for votes. This does not include mentioning just the fact that the board is in the contest. You may also point out "features" in this thread.
- the owner or any other person adds more than three users to their "Admins" list in the Member's area. Be aware that the userids are saved with the poll votes and these userids can be bumped up against the "admins" list that vb.com has on record. That means this type of cheating can be caught, so don't even think about doing it.
- the style of the board is changed sometime during the month of voting. The board's style must stay the same throughout the month.
4. Do not post accusations of cheating or immoral conduct. Anyone who has a grief should send me a PM.
5. As a last request: Please write only positive comments. If you must write something negative please add a suggestion on how what you don't like may be improved. Thanks.
If you have any more opinions/ ideas for other guidelines or opinions on these guidelines, please feel free to post them.

[DirectPixel]

Good Luck, everybody!:)

[croft]

asendtechnologies.com all the way =)
Love the colors there. good style.

[Faruk]

Guess who I voted for ;)

Make sure to check out the Journal System and Quotes database when you check out kurafire.com people ^_^

[Wayne Luke]

Things like features, hacks, graphics and addons don't necessarily make a good overall board and community. ;)

Anyway, I didn't think Scott would be gone for a week. Good luck to the participants.

[Faruk]

Originally posted by Wayne Luke
Things like features, hacks, graphics and addons don't necessarily make a good overall board and community. ;)

Anyway, I didn't think Scott would be gone for a week. Good luck to the participants. But that doesn't mean that they _don't_ in the case of my site :p


^_^

(besides, judging by previous polls, directpixel is probably in the lead atm cos it has more spiffy graphics (but loads way slower on dialup or crappy cable, like me :(), so whether it makes a good board & community doesn't seem to matter that much for the voting crowd... :-/ )

[DirectPixel]

Originally posted by 1337Devil
But that doesn't mean that they _don't_ in the case of my site :p


^_^

(besides, judging by previous polls, directpixel is probably in the lead atm cos it has more spiffy graphics (but loads way slower on dialup or crappy cable, like me :(), so whether it makes a good board & community doesn't seem to matter that much for the voting crowd... :-/ ) My forums are rather graphics-inintensive. I only have two images for my header.

Anyways, let's not get into a fight about details -- we have a long way to go before voting is over, and according to Filburt, we don't want a repeat of that one election with the messed up votes.;)

[nuno]

Voted asendtechnologies.com.

[iDavid]

I vote for DirectPixel. It's a nice and friendly community, and has a unique and very comfortable, clean feeling. I like asendtechnologies as well, but I've seen that skin so often that I'm getting bored of it (no offense to the owner, that's just the way I feel). I like it, but prefer "individuality."

[pank]

Direct Pixel kicks some serious butt! Nice work...

[DirectPixel]

Originally posted by pank
Direct Pixel kicks some serious butt! Nice work... Coming from you, it's an honor.:)

Thanks to you, too, iDavid.:)

[Vile]

Voted for the same site I wanted to nominate: DP Forums.
Keep up the good work.

[Floris]

Voted for KuraFire.com

[Faruk]

Originally posted by DirectPixel
My forums are rather graphics-inintensive. I only have two images for my header. <snip> Erm, I think you should adjust part of your header template:



<td><img height="1" width="46" src="file:///D|/Alex/Web Design/....
(8 more times here)


Kind of really annoying for people who use a good browser and don't have a D:-drive, gives a warning pop-up for each of those inexistant files. :)

(might be useful since people'll be checking your site a lot now, ne? :D)

[croft]

DP you missed that ? Now im disapointed buuhuuuuuu

[Arkham]

Kurafire:

A) Because I like the colour balance, layout, and overall design.

B) Because it doesn't use those fugly L337 bitmap font buttons that are everywhere.

[DirectPixel]

Originally posted by 1337Devil
Erm, I think you should adjust part of your header template:

<td><img height="1" width="46" src="file:///D|/Alex/Web Design/....
(8 more times here)


Kind of really annoying for people who use a good browser and don't have a D:-drive, gives a warning pop-up for each of those inexistant files. :)

(might be useful since people'll be checking your site a lot now, ne? :D) hehehe, those were supposed to be 1px spacers. Anyways, everything's fixed and AOK.:)


Just wondering... whatcha' doing looking at my source code?:eek:;)

[Faruk]

Originally posted by DirectPixel
hehehe, those were supposed to be 1px spacers. Anyways, everything's fixed and AOK.:) Yeah I figured as much, but they won't do much when you sent them to your harddrive location :p

^_^

(psst, not even a thanks for mentioning it to you? tsk... ;);))

[Faruk]

Originally posted by Arkham
Kurafire:

A) Because I like the colour balance, layout, and overall design.

B) Because it doesn't use those fugly L337 bitmap font buttons that are everywhere.

not even cos of stuff like the Journal System, QDB, etc.? ;)

[Arkham]

Originally posted by 1337Devil
not even cos of stuff like the Journal System, QDB, etc.? ;)

That falls under overall design. Those can be implemented and still not quite "fit in", however they work well on KuraFire. There's nothing strikingly different or unique, but the overall combination of elements works well. Cohesive and free of clutter.

[Wayne Luke]

To me the journal system and other features are worthless unless you are a member. I saw nothing on the site that made me want to become a member.

If I wanted to join a general topic forum and actually had time to do so, I would join one like @Forums which is much busier and seems to promote chit-chatting more. It doesn't have any fancy features, is clean and fast paced.

When I vote on a site in this competition, I vote for the one that I feel I would get the most enjoyment out of. This includes looking at the topics, some of the people and other features like if the search is enabled. I would never join a site that required me to register to use search. "The Couch" just doesn't appeal to me overall and therefore doesn't get my vote no matter how many "1337" features you add to it.

p.s. Your forums take like 40 seconds to load on my 1.5 mbit DSL connection.

[DirectPixel]

Originally posted by 1337Devil
psst, not even a thanks for mentioning it to you?Thank you, 1337Devil, for pointing out that horrendous mistake to me.;)

[Faruk]

Originally posted by Wayne Luke
If I wanted to join a general topic forum and actually had time to do so, I would join one like @Forums which is much busier and seems to promote chit-chatting more. It doesn't have any fancy features, is clean and fast paced.
Just want to note that the Couch is anything but a general topic forum. :)
It's just not even close to done, seeing as how it's a support forums for 3 major project sites ^_^


Originally posted by Wayne Luke
When I vote on a site in this competition, I vote for the one that I feel I would get the most enjoyment out of. This includes looking at the topics, some of the people and other features like if the search is enabled. I would never join a site that required me to register to use search. "The Couch" just doesn't appeal to me overall and therefore doesn't get my vote no matter how many "1337" features you add to it.

That's okay, I'm not asking you in particular to vote ;)
It's good though that my userbase is quite happy with all the stuff I create and add for them, and with the place, overall. For many of them it will ultimately provide them with all the stuff they need/want to have, which is the goal of the place ^_^


Originally posted by Wayne Luke
p.s. Your forums take like 40 seconds to load on my 1.5 mbit DSL connection.
That's odd, seeing as how it loads überfast for everyone else, esp. for Americans. 'T became faster a while ago when the site was moved to an NL-based server from a USA-based server. So I'm thinking it's something to do with your connection rather than my server ^_^
(or did you check it yesterday? Our server was being abused and load averages jumped up the wazoo cos someone was "inadvertantly sending some mails" (*cough over 100K mails cough, damn spam-h0r*) from the server, so pages loaded really slow at that time...


* * *

yw DP :)

[Steve Machol]

Originally posted by 1337Devil
That's odd, seeing as how it loads überfast for everyone else, esp. for Americans. 'T FWIW it took 8 seconds to load for me - not bad but certainly not überfast considering I have a cable connection.

[Faruk]

Originally posted by Steve Machol
FWIW it took 8 seconds to load for me - not bad but certainly not überfast considering I have a cable connection. kay, maybe a slight exaggeration then, since you're not used to my using the word über- for a lot of stuff ^_^

^_^

[Wayne Luke]

Originally posted by 1337Devil
That's odd, seeing as how it loads überfast for everyone else, esp. for Americans. 'T became faster a while ago when the site was moved to an NL-based server from a USA-based server. So I'm thinking it's something to do with your connection rather than my server ^_^
(or did you check it yesterday? Our server was being abused and load averages jumped up the wazoo cos someone was "inadvertantly sending some mails" (*cough over 100K mails cough, damn spam-h0r*) from the server, so pages loaded really slow at that time...


It was this morning and your site is the only one that I have had problems with on load times in the last month.

Oh well, good luck with the site and I hope you do well.

[Joe Gronlund]

alot of blue in all boards this month :)

[Faruk]

Originally posted by Asendin
alot of blue in all boards this month :)

If you check out KuraFire.com, you'll see that the Default (blue) style is only a default one, most (read: nearly all) regular members use one of the other 5 styles :)

[Joe Page]

Originally posted by 1337Devil
If you check out KuraFire.com, you'll see that the Default (blue) style is only a default one, most (read: nearly all) regular members use one of the other 5 styles :) I voted for Direct Pixel :)

I like the graphics and the colour-scheme :)

[DirectPixel]

Originally posted by Joe Page
I voted for Direct Pixel :)

I like the graphics and the colour-scheme :) Thanks for the vote!:)

[Mr. X]

I too voted for DP. It was a very close call between Asend and DP, but I liked DP slightly more.

FFSphere was too dark for my tastes, as Im generally not a fan of dark colored sites. I found it hard to read for the most part.

WebmasterTalk was good, but I felt DP or Asend were a bit better imo, but its a solid forum though. I like the use of tables for information like in the Site Sale section etc. Nicely done though.

Kurafire has a cool grapic in the header (sans the fonts and dropshadow which I didnt like). I also didnt dig the colors either, though they were slighter easier to read with compared to FFSphere.

Asend was my 2nd choice. I like the look. Its got the familiar Ravio-look to it, which isnt a bad thing imo, its not overload with graphics as Yaxay is for example which is a good thing. I liked the postbit as well, minus the avatar size which is just way too big imo. The header is nice, but I didnt like the buttons, specifically the color and fonts used.

Directpixel got my vote for a number of reasons. The use of graphics are nice. The green catheader is a bit too green, but it still looks good. The header imo could be smaller, and a better font could be used, but aside with that, it still looks good.

[DirectPixel]

Originally posted by 1337Devil
Erm, I think you should adjust part of your header template:



<td><img height="1" width="46" src="file:///D|/Alex/Web Design/....
(8 more times here)


Kind of really annoying for people who use a good browser and don't have a D:-drive, gives a warning pop-up for each of those inexistant files. :)

(might be useful since people'll be checking your site a lot now, ne? :D) BTW: Might want to look at the source code at LiquiSoft.com ....same problem with the local images.;):p

[d2alio]

DirectPixel all the way

[DirectPixel]

Originally posted by d2alio
DirectPixel all the way heh, thanks!:)

(Is it just me, or did somebody update the vB3 poll templates?)

[d2alio]

Originally posted by DirectPixel
heh, thanks!:)

(Is it just me, or did somebody update the vB3 poll templates?)

yea they've been updated. What i was wondering is if the poll got restarted or something because I like have a serious case of dejavu with this poll...like there were more votes or something.. :confused:

[iDavid]

I saw forty-four around this time yesterday, if that means anything to you.

[Faruk]

Originally posted by DirectPixel
BTW: Might want to look at the source code at LiquiSoft.com ....same problem with the local images.;):p And? How is that related in any way? o_O

[Floris]

Originally posted by 1337Devil
And? How is that related in any way? o_O
I think DP is just advising someone to fix a problem he run into while visiting that board?

How come you don't have more votes kura? GO GO GO

[Faruk]

damned if I know... :/

[DirectPixel]

Originally posted by 1337Devil
damned if I know... :/ Just pointing out the problems that you said were on my site are also on Liquisoft's site.;)

[filburt1]

Originally posted by DirectPixel
heh, thanks!:)

(Is it just me, or did somebody update the vB3 poll templates?) Just noticed that myself.

Anyway, GJ so far Alex :)

[DirectPixel]

Originally posted by filburt1
Just noticed that myself.

Anyway, GJ so far Alex :) Thanks.:)

[Faruk]

Originally posted by DirectPixel
Just pointing out the problems that you said were on my site are also on Liquisoft's site.;) Yeah but Liquisoft is not in the running atm, is it? That was mostly why I pointed it out :):p

[DirectPixel]

Originally posted by 1337Devil
Yeah but Liquisoft is not in the running atm, is it? That was mostly why I pointed it out :):p This isn't a political race -- no need to sling mud at people.

[d2alio]

Yes, each individual person is entitled to their opinion of voting l337devil. You seem to enjoy the fact that you have a lot of hacks...hey, some people may like that and vote for you for that reason alone...but often times a lot of hacks slow down the site and mixing too many hacks together only clutters as most don't fit (the rpg hack for example if really only fit for RPG sites, yet everyone seems to use it...rather annoying imo).

Another note, some people may vote depending on the admin ;) I know that for me that does fall into play because the admin is who represents the site and where it'll go and what viewpoints it takes upon it... frankly i just haven't been diggin' your "rallying" so to speak. You're taking this all too seriously.

[Faruk]

Originally posted by DirectPixel
This isn't a political race -- no need to sling mud at people.

Just out of mundane curiosity, but what the bleep did you consider "slinging mud" ?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!? *baffled*

[DirectPixel]

Originally posted by 1337Devil
Just out of mundane curiosity, but what the bleep did you consider "slinging mud" ?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!? *baffled* Um... perhaps the fact that you look at my site's HTML and start pointing out stuff like "Oh, look! Your HTML is wrong!":rolleyes:

Anyways, enough of this -- if you have any issues PM me. This argument does nothing for anybody.

[Overgrow]

Originally posted by DirectPixel
Um... perhaps the fact that you look at my site's HTML and start pointing out stuff like "Oh, look! Your HTML is wrong!":rolleyes:

Anyways, enough of this -- if you have any issues PM me. This argument does nothing for anybody. I voted for DirectPixel because it was the only one I could use on a day to day basis. If I were you though, I would be appreciative of someone pointing out that kind of flaw, even if it is with a bit of mud. (If you re-read his post, he did it with TWO smiling emoticons, clearly indicating his goodwill in the gesture.) :)

OG (previous vBBotM winner)

[DirectPixel]

Originally posted by Overgrow
I voted for DirectPixel because it was the only one I could use on a day to day basis. If I were you though, I would be appreciative of someone pointing out that kind of flaw, even if it is with a bit of mud. (If you re-read his post, he did it with TWO smiling emoticons, clearly indicating his goodwill in the gesture.) :)

OG (previous vBBotM winner) Thanks for the vote!:)

Actually, my reply was in response to this:
"And? How is that related in any way? o_O"

Not that it matters, though...

[d2alio]

Originally posted by DirectPixel
Thanks for the vote!:)

Actually, my reply was in response to this:
"And? How is that related in any way? o_O"

Not that it matters, though...

would someone care to classify what the heck you two are talking about? :p

[Wayne Luke]

Originally posted by d2alio
would someone care to classify what the heck you two are talking about? :p It is a pissing match probably because I don't like "The Couch" and criticized the way it is promoted as if hacks make a community.

[d2alio]

Originally posted by Wayne Luke
It is a pissing match probably because I don't like "The Couch" and criticized the way it is promoted as if hacks make a community.

ah, so that whole debate between his hacking community versus an actual community is still going on? I know I said something about that earlier that hacks dont make a community to EVERYONE...some people like it yea, but overall when you clutter a board with hacks it loads slow (which is a problem with this board) or the hacks used dont fit with each other so it looks like a bunch of random clutter.

[Faruk]

Originally posted by Wayne Luke
It is a pissing match probably because I don't like "The Couch" and criticized the way it is promoted as if hacks make a community.

Err, no it wasn't... o_O

It was about me finding it rather irrelevant that DP came back to me with a site from seemingly out of the blue entirely telling me "hey, this site has linked to images on a Harddrive location too!" which is what I did to him with his site. I did it cos he was running in this poll right now 'n all, which made it rather relevant and urgent, unlike what he came with (some totally non-related site) which made me arch an eyebrow. :)

And the hacks I've added _did_ get the community together, so why shouldn't I promote my hacks that way? :)

[Wayne Luke]

Originally posted by 1337Devil
And the hacks I've added _did_ get the community together, so why shouldn't I promote my hacks that way? :)

This sentence right here illustrates my point. Most people would promote their community, not the hacks within it.

[d2alio]

you know what... i actually took the time to browse around your site l337devil and I must say that the "hacks" that you've added are - for the most part - hacks that you either don't even notice it as being a hack or are just plain useless.

For example...the color star thing in the postbit (wtf is that anyway)... looks more fruity than necessary...and I dont know what the heck you did with the postbit but it's royally screwed over and confusing... hard to tell where one postbit ends and the next begins...

just like I said before.. most of the time when people go hack crazy they end up killing the boards before they actually improve them...

hacks need to be used in moderation... you have more random hacks than I've like ever seen... omg... you even have the JOURNAL system... sheesh...that's like one of the most random hack abuses i've ever seen... it serves no point.

[Arkham]

omg... you even have the JOURNAL system... sheesh...that's like one of the most random hack abuses i've ever seen... it serves no point.

I don't get this recent anti-journal trend. I think it's one of the more worthwhile hacks available when used properly.

Granted, I think it's overkill when every forum offers it just because it's possible -- such a feature doesn't fit in everywhere. But properly implemented and promoted it can be a great addition to a community.

It's hardly as useless as you seem to indicate.

[TECK]

DirectPixel.com for sure. The only elegant design, IMO (my personal taste)...
Very nice balance of colors.

I'm just curious, why asendtechnologies.com was picked?
This is a default skin available for download at vbSkins.com site. No graph costum work was done to it at all.
Is the same way like I enter in competition with a default vBulletin skin.

Hundreds of users have it installed, so they should all win the vBulletin site of the Month, if the site wins. ;)

[Arkham]

Originally posted by TECK
I'm just curious, why asendtechnologies.com was picked?
This is a default skin available for download at vbSkins.com site. No graph costum work was done to it at all.

BotM is not necessarily "Design of the Month". Visual design is just one aspect to consider, though everyone is free to base their vote on any criteria they want. Hell, if you like the name vote for it. IMO, the award means more when you consider the site as a whole, though, in the broader terms of community, identity, and overall quality.

The worth of an excellent site like asendtechnologies.com is far more than the skin/design. In those respects it just needs to look sharp, or at the very least serviceable. Don't forget that vBulletin.com is a nexus and as a result these things are far more noticable to us than they are for each particular community. Users of those forums have probably never seen that design anywhere else. On the whole it's irrelevant whether or not he's using a template.

[DirectPixel]

I would have to agree with you there. Had it been that I wasn't a candidate, this is who I would've voted for.

Ascend Technologies has a great forum -- sure, it's not "unique" design-wise -- but the community, in my opinion, far outweighs the design of a forum. The topics are really helpful, especially the support portion of it. The fact that people there actually take the time out to help a complete stranger with a complex problem alone tells you something about the community.

Sure, it's nice to have a good-looking forum, but if all the people do at such a forum is bash others and talk nonsense, then IMO there's no reason it should win.

That said, this contest is not based on community or design alone. It is based on everything -- nobody is voting on the exact same ratio of elements -- everybody is voting according to their own tastes.

[Joe Gronlund]

Originally posted by TECK
DirectPixel.com for sure. The only elegant design, IMO (my personal taste)...
Very nice balance of colors.

I'm just curious, why asendtechnologies.com was picked?
This is a default skin available for download at vbSkins.com site. No graph costum work was done to it at all.
Is the same way like I enter in competition with a default vBulletin skin.

Hundreds of users have it installed, so they should all win the vBulletin site of the Month, if the site wins. ;)

yes corey designed it, i like the ravio design. don't you?

We aren't into bulking our site up with graphics, we are microsoft beta testing site and are there to help people with there problems, and the skin must be purchased from corey.

I always thought that vBBotM was based on site integration including homepage integration with the vb?, but you dont see me whining that directpixels homepage says
DirectPixel Internet Solutions do you?
We are currently undergoing renovations.
Please bear with us do you? ;)


which is a violation of one of the rules to disqualify

- the style of the board is changed sometime during the month of voting. The board's style must stay the same throughout the month

[Joe Gronlund]

please dont take my post above the wrong way, i think DirectPixel is a great site.

[DirectPixel]

The forums' style has not changed one bit.

[TECK]

Originally posted by Asendin
yes corey designed it, i like the ravio design. don't you?
To tell you the truth, is not my style of web design. Corey does a good job but for myself, I find it's designs to overloaded with colors and graphics. My personal opinion.

Something I did a while ago for my site, before the PC crashed and lost all work:
Forums Home (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=298076)
Forum Display (normal look) (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=300068)
Forum Display (news look) (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=302036)
Show Thread (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=299194)

[Joe Gronlund]

Originally posted by TECK
To tell you the truth, is not my style of web design. Corey does a good job but for myself, I find it's designs to overloaded with colors and graphics. My personal opinion.

Something I did a while ago for my site, before the PC crashed and lost all work:
Forums Home (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=298076)
Forum Display (normal look) (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=300068)
Forum Display (news look) (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=302036)
Show Thread (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=299194)

yes i have seen some of you;re work on vb.org and it's very nice i must say :)

[DirectPixel]

You have no idea how nice I think that looks.;)

It makes the forum more integrated into a site, and less like a tradition vBulletin-styled forum.

[Faruk]

Originally posted by Wayne Luke
This sentence right here illustrates my point. Most people would promote their community, not the hacks within it.

My site is currently at 20% done, the community / targetted audience is for about 40-50% present, yet what hacks I've made so far are 90-100% finished.

Only logical that I promote the hacks more than the community :p

[Faruk]

Originally posted by d2alio
you know what... i actually took the time to browse around your site l337devil and I must say that the "hacks" that you've added are - for the most part - hacks that you either don't even notice it as being a hack or are just plain useless.

For example...the color star thing in the postbit (wtf is that anyway)... looks more fruity than necessary...and I dont know what the heck you did with the postbit but it's royally screwed over and confusing... hard to tell where one postbit ends and the next begins...

just like I said before.. most of the time when people go hack crazy they end up killing the boards before they actually improve them...

hacks need to be used in moderation... you have more random hacks than I've like ever seen... omg... you even have the JOURNAL system... sheesh...that's like one of the most random hack abuses i've ever seen... it serves no point.

/me laughs at your ignorance ;)

1) I wrote that Journal System from scratch. It's not a hack that I installed, it's a whole feature that I wrote. And it's integrated with a whole bunch of other features that you would notice if you'd take the time to read stuff on the site.

1) there are no useless hacks on my board, every hack has a purpose;
2) the stars are part of a big Star Level hack, which gives users who have enough Pocket Change the ability to 'buy' themselves to a higher Star Level, which will make more and more stuff available to them;
3) I don't really know what you mean by the postbits being royally screwed over, nobody else ever had a problem with them. Which starts to make me question how much you _really_ looked at stuff, and not just skimmed over with a quick looky;
4) name me one thing that I did which made the place worse than it was / than a default board. :)
5) like I said, I wrote that Journal System myself, and if you would've looked at it you probably would've noticed that (unless you are incredibly dense), for my system looks _nothing_ like the Journals you can get on vb.org, it works entirely differently also, and I don't see how you find them useless, especially on a writing-related website such as mine (among other things anyway). I have a few hardcore journalers who are Really happy with it...


and I dont know what the heck you did with the postbit but it's royally screwed over and confusing... hard to tell where one postbit ends and the next begins...
This coming from the guy with what I find to be the most clinically raped site design ever, that's just hilarious :)

btw, ever heard of space efficiency or speed? :)

[Floris]

You Go Get Um Girl

[iDavid]

Originally posted by 1337Devil
/me laughs at your ignorance ;)

1) I wrote that Journal System from scratch. It's not a hack that I installed, it's a whole feature that I wrote. And it's integrated with a whole bunch of other features that you would notice if you'd take the time to read stuff on the site.

1) there are no useless hacks on my board, every hack has a purpose;
2) the stars are part of a big Star Level hack, which gives users who have enough Pocket Change the ability to 'buy' themselves to a higher Star Level, which will make more and more stuff available to them;
3) I don't really know what you mean by the postbits being royally screwed over, nobody else ever had a problem with them. Which starts to make me question how much you _really_ looked at stuff, and not just skimmed over with a quick looky;
4) name me one thing that I did which made the place worse than it was / than a default board. :)
5) like I said, I wrote that Journal System myself, and if you would've looked at it you probably would've noticed that (unless you are incredibly dense), for my system looks _nothing_ like the Journals you can get on vb.org, it works entirely differently also, and I don't see how you find them useless, especially on a writing-related website such as mine (among other things anyway). I have a few hardcore journalers who are Really happy with it...


This coming from the guy with what I find to be the most clinically raped site design ever, that's just hilarious :)

btw, ever heard of space efficiency or speed? :)
I don't know if I'd call that "ignorance." Every user is entitled to his or her own opinion. If d2alio doesn't like your hacks, there's nothing you can do about it. It's his perogative to approve and disapprove of whatever he wants.

You also can't claim that "every hack has a purpose." You may see a purpose to all of them, but somebody else has the right not to.

If d2alio thinks the postbit is "screwed over," again, you can't just tell somebody else that there opinion is wrong. He may be on a different monitor that makes it appear bad, or he may just dislike it. You can't refute an opinion. Whether or not your board is better than the default is, again, d2alio's opinion.

Many people find journal systems pointless. That's their right. I don't think you should insult somebody else's site, calling it "the most clinically raped site ever," but, hey, it's your opinion.

[DirectPixel]

:o

Don't worry about people like that, iDavid -- the contest is going to be over in a few days -- no point in anybody fighting over petty issues, we've all got a reputation to keep.

[d2alio]

Thanks David... i am entitled to my opinion because I think that the postbit looks "cluttered" when I said royally screwed over... it's hard to tell what's what... and uh dude wait till late February... my site isn't even up so I don't know what you're talking about when you made a comment about my site...

[Joe Gronlund]

well i think we all know directpixel is running away with it :D

congratulations DirectPixel :)

great looking board


Joe

[DirectPixel]

Thanks! I guess it's finally over now -- congrats to everybody! It was a nice race, many forums could've been the winner of this one.

Looking forwards to competing with everybody again in a year.;)

[Dean C]

Congratulations DP :)

- miSt

[Floris]

Kurafire.com doesn't win! (boohoo) But a good second place (though shared)

Nice competition asend :)

directpixel.com (http://forums.directpixel.com/) CONGRATULATIONS

[Joe Gronlund]

congrats DP :)

[s.molinari]

Yes, well done Directpixel.:)

Our winner for vBBotM - January.

Scott

[Faruk]

Congrats DP! :):up:

Bah, second time I'm in yet don't win.. :D

Ahwell, keeps me running in polls, ne? ^_^

[Vile]

Congrats on the victory :)