its probly just you

There is no objective truth other than schplurg,
Everything is relative to schplurg

I love it! I don't think it needs changing at all.

Every 4 Seconds someone in the world opens a can of Spam. I just post it every 4 seconds.
"Last words are for people who have not said enough!" - Karl Marx's last words.

Do you mean "Microsoft Frontpage" or TLR's frontpage?

Well? How would you make it better then? Personally, I think that it is fine. You can't make a statement like that and not back it up with specific suggestions and/or criticisms. Well? Where are they? We're waiting...

bakedpotato and myself make most of the screenshots you see on the frontpage ourselves when we test the submitted Mods. We try to make the frontpage much nicer looking that way, instead of just making newsposts without pictures (now THAT would be boring). What else would you want to see then moby ? Porn or something ?

Porn!!!

Really, I am not talking about the screenshots quality. The mods, the content, the whole thing is.... boring. The news are like:
* new version of that mod
* patch to this mod
* Update for that
* New Ships for you to try.

Oh come'on wtf i care if some kid amused him self with milkshape???
I intentionally stripped the reason to see your reaction. All you cared about was how pretty the pictures. boring. sorry.

This is why we have this forum Moby. We welcome critics, but it would be nice to bring some ideas to the bargaining table. Otherwise, the reason for your post gets lost.

I see you do agree with me
The problem i cant bring "any ideas" becouse what i have is pretty much drastic change. Which you wont be able to/want to do.

Anyway more then suggest anything i want to know if anyone else feels like me.

I have full respect to BP and Earser and others who do their work on TLR.

This category forum is like a grave yard for posts.

yeah i think the suggestion forum should be merged with OT cause very few people come here, therefore the people who post the topic gets very little feedback....but i don't even really take time to do things on the home page, i like the way it is


this is my world; it goes round and round and round
The wolfy types like a cow

You still haven't offered any useful insights or suggestions. Why don't you post something specific . "It's boring" offers nothing practical for the Eraser, etc to act upon.

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The problem i cant bring "any ideas" becouse what i have is pretty much drastic change. Which you wont be able to/want to do.

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Bull-hockey. We don't care how drastic a suggestion is, bring it on. It may not be feasible if it is very drastic but something less could be. But we're not mind readers either.

Moby - seems plenty come here when there is a new post.

Just saying "your front page is boring" and thats it .....is pointless.

Go to any webpage. What do they have on their front page? I mean - what do you want to see? news clips from CNN? Updates of what things microsoft are doing to FL..........hmm - nope, What Bargib had for breakfast??

Without actaully SUGGESTING something - it seems more like a "I am bored" kinda post. Suggest what you want to see! Do you mean the layout is boring? That it should be spiced up a bit?? You have to remember some things.

1. Practicality. Websites are there to do something - not look good. This place is DAMNED easy to navigate. Your always 1 click away from the main page, and your at most 2 clicks from ANY page!

2. Feasiblity. - Sure - it would be nice if TLR had some ambient music playing - somethign really laid back, but kinda expansive like space itself , but with somethign like 10,000 hits a day (easily - probabily more) - what bandwidth would that chew? Same with more images, more fancy things, rollover effects etc etc etc, it all takes bandwidth, and seeing as their are no fees for us here, and free downloads of massive mods, its about time we all started donating to help out!!!! (I would but i have no job and no money - hence the standing joke about i cannot pay my cable bills)

3. Taste - what might be one mans manna is another mans poison........and with tons of poeple about, and alot of them on 56k modems, some changes are just not practical for the wider audience.

Lots to consider - but am sure they will try their best to make it as good as possible.

One thing you SHOULDN'T neglect is this though......

Your the first person who seems to have posted a "you could do with doing somethign about this place" that i have seen, and I betcha they like suggestions and feedback on the site!! So give them some - tell them what it is your on about - no matter how hard it would be! Just don't expect 5 minute videos on the front page

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Really, I am not talking about the screenshots quality. The mods, the content, the whole thing is.... boring. The news are like:
* new version of that mod
* patch to this mod
* Update for that
* New Ships for you to try.

Oh come'on wtf i care if some kid amused him self with milkshape???

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I feel there is alot of crap on the front page (and "font page" means news). Interesting things get missed. This is personal impression, i almost dont read the news, when i launch TLR i got almost automiatcily to forums. Why? open few months ago news page, what you see? with few exceptions all news is almost copied just some numbers changed.

That was pre-suggestion post. I could be alone on this.
I am not going to suggest anything because, unless i know im not alone any suggestion will be pointless.

For some reason i dont care about how pretty the screenshots are. maybe this is me.

I hope its more clear now. if no just drop it.

Okay - cannot drop it that easy. Without those updates on mods how the hell would we know what has been done or updated? What would be there instead? I think this is what Stinger meant when he said SUGGEST SOMETHING - cause how the heck can they understand what you mean without giving an example. take away mod announcements, and what news would you like to see?

Screenshots aren't the issue - come on - what would be on the front page then? game developements in space sims or other space sims? This is a Lancer site for starlancer and freelancer - so that cuts that right out. Make it about these two games - what would you like to see on the news then?? COME ON!!!

I mean - what news would be on the front page if not mods. Who has the highest amount of kills online that week? Who is the highest rank (stale - 89, and has been for months), what else could they do? Hot topics - people would moan that only spam was promoted, or that their post didn't make it but someoneelses did........

Until you make a suggestion nothing can possibly change. As you can see, i MUST be miles off of the mark here, cause these would be so boring and non sensical that everyone would lose interest, so what is the items you think that would spice up the main page. I am, along with others, dying to know what you have in store here, cause it must be somethign great. You cannot now say "doesn't matter" - cause it mattered enough to start the topic originally - or is it that you don't have a suggestion, you just had a "moment" when you posted something?

After all - you start flapping about its too dull and nothing is there, and when poeple are interested, you suddenly decide it doesn't matter. Or is it that you don't have a suggestion?

Suggest something!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I agree - get rid of all the mods on the front page - now what material should there be there? Come on - cause until you actually spit out what great idea you have, its just a post of a surely child..................

Edited by - Chips on 2/19/2004 2:53:48 AM