jcsnider

> Also for JC, those rules go by the points system, it's a conflict of what action to even take on them, that list is invalid until updated. The list is dated, I admit but the rules apply either way.

I may not be the right person commenting here. My job (as I see it) is to keep the forums updated and online. Other than that I honestly have no desire to be the forum manager, peace keeper, party planner etc… really, that work just came with the territory of programming the engine. As for saying I have a life outside of Eclipse and there will be times were I won't be very active, that was something that was understood by Amish when I was hired. As far as my admin rank goes, the second I am no longer on-call to make theme updates, approve members, change site pages, etc I will be demoting myself to a regular user group. (I don't care which one.) With that said, the half of the story in which you quit never made it to me. Last I heard (literally 3 days ago) you were still asking to me reinstated (which was implied again in your first post). I said a PM would be easier and more appropriate than starting a public topic when the topic at hand could potentially be taken offensively by Ranqe in the end. (That is a common sense judgement call, not a requirement but also a good moderation decision to remove.) You are allowed to have large walls of text as long as they remain civil but at the end of the day we can delete anything we want if we feel like it doesn't benefit the site at all. For the record, here are the posted [rules](http://www.eclipseorigins.com/community/index.php?/topic/131525-rules-updated/#entry876631). They are slightly out of date but all of them apply. Any other decisions made are at the discretion of the mods/admins at that time. Common sense helps here. Regards, JC

I find this a little funny. I am going to tackle some of the points from the point of view of an admin, a full time student, a part time employee, a full time league player, and a part time family "guy" and I am planning a 2 month trip this summer in which ill be leaving for when school lets out.. > I made a rant a couple of days ago in anger in which I pointed out a few topics such as inactive staff, an un-organized way of user ranking some other opinions about why the site is going down drain and so on. I'd like to say good going on a few things, I've seen up to 4-5 admins on in one day lately, I'm glad to see the staff getting more active, next step is more communication in the admin zone, get some eclipse events going, get interactive with the members, make us want to visit and come back and contribute, members want something worth contributing towards. Some staff are inactive, others are not. Recently I have been extremely inactive and at least for a few more weeks that will remain the case. We all have lives, I am mainly caught up in school and am trying to get my grades up and finish up this semester with a 3.5 or higher GPA next month. In the past few days I have been more active but mainly because I have been cleaning up messes surrounding the site. Eclipse events require someone to plan, setup, advertise and run. Even when you were a mod several events were talked about but no one really stepped up because there are time commitments that we cannot make. With that said, you don't have to be a mod to host a movie night or a rap battle topic :/. Furthermore, a lot of our members join because of the game engine, we have over 11 thousand EO4 servers registered and every single time I go to approve user accounts I roll my eyes at the 20 or 30 people I check before approving each time. As of now unique site visits has increased by several hundred since the site switch last year and that number continues to rise. > Another thing I brought to the light is that Matt should be promoted to admin, of course I suggested this a few times, but after the topic it was done, not saying I'm his reason for promotion, he's been promoted because he fits the criteria. Though I may have shed a little light on that. Good going I'd like to say that he's already doing a fantastic job in what no other admin has done as far as I've seen. He contacted me and asked me about some problems, talked to me about what I think can be done to make them better and so on, I want to see more of the from the rest of the staff, he's a new admin and already showing great leadership, follow his example because I honestly think most of you have forgotten what it means to hold that position, this is not to disrespect any of you, but I think I'd be a better admin than a few of the current admins, anyway that's that. Not to tear down any admins on the site, but being an admin is almost the difference in being red or blue. You are right, Matt is and has been a really good mod for some time so Amish talked to him and he was promoted but when it comes down to it, an admin is a glorified title. For no good reason, titles are precious on this site. Ranqe accidently being promoted to Legend sparked at least a part of your first rant when a simple PM containing "Hey, why was Ranqe promoted to legend?" would have had the same end result of his postion being reverted. Anyways, a mod should be able to have just as big of an impact as an admin, Matt is now an admin but have you seen him actually use his elevated power? Here is a hint, he has taken 2 admin actions and both were to fix his display name. Matt contacting others about what they would like to see changed in the site is great, but also something he could have done as a mod. He can post suggestions in the admin zone and we can talk about them. Does it make him a better admin? Sure. But right now I don't have time to do that. (Refer to my second sentence.) I also know for a fact that Amish is also pretty tied up right now too. > but I think I'd be a better admin than a few of the current admins, anyway that's that. You have already proven that statement to be entirely false. Doing nothing is better than taking irresponsible actions and then having yourself demoted for it. > In other news, this years April fools was pretty lame, hopefully you guys get more creative next year, Harlem shake is played out and it wasn't dazzling not to mention I didn't even get to see it as it didn't show for me. I'll take that. Generally admins and mods talk about it for a month or two beforehand, get ideas and if any site changes are required they are coded to go live when needed. Refer back to my second sentence about me being busy. April Fools never crossed my mind until Amish mentioned it at 11:40pm March 31st. The Harlem Shake was pretty funny to watch (sorry you couldn't witness it) but it was thrown together quick. Hopefully next year there will be more planning involved beforehand. > That's it for entry number 1 folks, feel free to post your feed back, your own opinions about what can make eclipse a better place and what you think the staff can do to make it happen, please try not to bash obviously hope we can all be mature here. Fair enough but in future posts think about it from the average user side. What can YOU do to make the site more enjoyable for yourself and others around you. I am going to leave this quote here just because it came to mind. > My fellow ~~Americans~~ _Eclipsians_, ask not what your ~~country~~ _community_ can do for you, ask what you can do for your ~~country~~ _community_. > > [John F. Kennedy](http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/john_f_kennedy.html) (Revised by JC Snider)

I just replied to your PM. All should be working now.

This thread was brought to my attention specifically so I have cleaned it some… Obviously there is a market for a similar game to Flappy Bird especially since the original is now gone so clone or not, this could potentially be really smart. A lot of clones have appeared but honestly this one looks better than everything that I have seen. Whether you approve or not is irrelevant, make suggestions or constructive criticism if you want but refrain from tearing the project apart because it is similar to a successful game. P.S. If it is easier than the original I will personally be disappointed.

I believe I am all caught up at the moment. Have you/your friend not received their hosting? I distinctively remember that address.

> Eclipse depresses me. For the record, you come around way too much o.O

Understand that at one point it goes from being fun to being work and there will actually be a little dedication required to reach for the fun at the end. Once people learn this fact the hard way they generally quit. (I am guilty of this too.)

What are you talking about Richy? lol

Yes, the networking is completely separate from the server or game loop.

Also, a piece of advice, every 5-6 updates or so, you should make a new installer set it to the latest version so new people are waiting less and are more likely to stick around and play lol.

Alright, 20 updates later I saw the same issue you did. In order to solve it I replaced the bank.bmp in the new theme with the current on, launched the client and it failed. I opened bank.bmp with Paint, immediately saved it as a bmp again and it worked o.O

Except for the fact that there is no background.bmp in the real game ;)

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Alright, your client has lost its ability to load jpg OR bmp images and it only wants jpg (at least for the main gui elements like the bank.jpg) Go ahead and convert everything to jpg and you should be alright ;) (Or tell whoever your programmer is to fix it XD)

I moved the topic out of the EO4 section ;) I am downloading the 300mb EE client now to help find the issue XD

That new code block looks sick ;) *Pats self on back*

Zip up your theme images and PM them to me or post them here and I will let you know whats wrong ;)

Server/Admin Tools/ Folder there is the class creation helper, run that and it will let you switch back to the old method ;)

He said he was going to add torches and other details soon. It is missing monsters obviously but they are WIP. Having multiple dungeon algorithms sounds best to me, that way people can choose to be more confused or if they want to spend more time fighting. Either way John knows what he is doing when it comes to that ;)

Sorry it took me so long. You should have all the info you need waiting in your inbox now ;)

Just got back from doing laundry, i'll be going through the new hostings and licenses here in 10 minutes ;) (Expect it within the hour.)

Open your server and check the CPS, if it is 0 then you must restart the whole pc.

This is much more of a common occurrence then desired XD Simply put as Joyce said it is a DPI issue. If you hit start, type in DPI and choose the make items larger and smaller option you can set your DPI to the 100% option and it will be fine ;)

> ``` > while (server.State == ServerState.Running) > { > if (Console.ReadLine().ToLower() == "quit") > { > continue; > } > } > > ``` > I think you mean: > > ``` > while (server.State == ServerState.Running) > { > if (Console.ReadLine().ToLower() == "quit") > { > break; > } > } > > ``` lol nice catch ;)