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Mar 6, 20133
y2kvirus posted a message on Post your PictureFabulous, I knowPosted in: General Off Topic
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Mar 6, 20134
user-8237540 posted a message on What would you do if you were me?Not post gifs.Posted in: General Off Topic -
Mar 6, 20138
Rogue posted a message on Ban all pirates.Posted in: Forum Discussion & InfoQuote from MordikinsJust by having a policy of fostering and accepting pirates of the game, MCF promotes piracy. By normalizing and minimizing the significance of piracy, not banning pirates promotes a pirate culture, in the same way that denying the seriousness of rape fosters a rape culture and glorifying violene in media creates a violence culture.
I'm sorry? I find this a bit hard to digest, because this goes against almost all common sense. You're saying that by not spending time investigating individual people on an impossibly gigantic scale for piracy, that we are therefore promoting it? Are movie companies that don't actively search out and sue people for pirating movies also promoting piracy?
I'm not trying to be cruel (maybe a little blatant), but that's simply not how the world works. There are always things that may have potential to be the right thing to do, but there is neither a means nor a way to go about doing it. Plus, if we're currently holding a friendly atmosphere where people can hang out and just talk about minecraft, why spoil that by weeding out people for "pirating" and turning everything into a witch hunt?
Quote from MordikinsSo, yes, by not banning all the pirates who are stupid enough to admit to being pirates on MCF, MCF directly contributes to piracy of Minecraft, which takes money out of Jeb's mouth. And we don't want Jeb to go hungry, do we?
Just as a reference from your own linked text:
"If someone pirates Minecraft instead of buying it, it means I’ve lost some “potential” revenue. Not actual revenue, as I can never go into debt by people pirating the game too much"
MCF is not affiliated with Mojang. Everything here is run seperately, yet that doesn't condone the fact that by not actively searching out and banning pirates that we're condoning piracy and directly contributing to anything of the sort. In fact, numerous posts every day are removed because they either use other people's work without permission, have to do with piracy, or simply just are not the author's own work. To say that people who volunteer their own time to not only keep the community clean, but friendly and rule-abiding, are direct contributors to the things they enforce is a bit of a slap to the face. -
Mar 3, 20137
Elystus posted a message on How to be an effective supporterTo be an effective supporter, there are a few general guidelines that should be followed. The most important of these is that you use proper grammar and spelling, that you know how to fix most issues, and that you can use simple terminology to walk a member through fixing a problem. Since you have been invited to the Support Gurus, we are going to assume you have a rather expansive knowledge on support issues already, so we will not talk about that here.Posted in: Support Gooroos
Word choice, spelling and grammar:
One of the things that most supporters have trouble with is explaining an issue and its fix in simple terms that all people can understand. When giving support to users, use the simplest terminology possible. If you know that a word is complex, but do not know any other way to say it, use a thesaurus. Don't try to make your guides or explanations flowery by using intricate sentence structure and high level vocabulary. Also, avoid acronyms as much as possible.
Here is a list of words/acronyms that you should avoid and what I would use instead.gpu - graphics card
cpu - processor
ventilation - cooling
ie - internet explorer
Another major problem is spelling and grammar. No one will be able to understand you if you cannot spell correctly or if you use awkward sentence structure. If you are unsure if you spelled the word correctly, use a dictionary or just use a different word. Try to make your sentences as linear as possible, don't try to be fancy.
helpful sites:Be polite:
If you are rude, a member may not want to listen to what you are saying. Try not to be snarky, or sarcastic. Don't criticize another member for not having knowledge on a subject or for doing something "stupid". Just help them out and leave it alone. Remember that what you do will effect the reputation of the entire group.
One of the biggest things that will cause members to think you are rude is the tone of your sentences There are certain words that seem to have a naturally harsh or commanding tone to them, such as tell and need. Words that have a naturally harsh or commanding tone should be avoided whenever possible. When offering support to other members, you should be suggesting that they do something, not commanding them to do it. If you would like them to try something, use a word similar to please when asking them to try something. The user is far more likely to take your advice if you suggest that they do something instead of command them to do it.
Ask for help:
If you have never seen a certain issue before, or if you do not know how to solve an issue, ask for help. This group was created so that we can help each other bring support to the community. Do not be embarrassed by asking for help, we have all run into issues we could not solve.
What type of posts should you report:
Obviously, you should report posts that violate the rules. Though there are a few other things that would be acceptable. Also, do not post on the thread saying that they broke a rule. Here is a short list of things:- Unspoilered dxdiag reports
- If a thread hints at piracy
- Ill add more stuff later >_>
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Mar 5, 2013
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Elystus posted a message on Welcome to the Support Gurus!Posted in: Support Gooroos
We're better now. Let me demonstrate with images the changes we have gone through.
How we used to be:
How we are now:
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Mar 4, 2013
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user-8237540 posted a message on Official Chat Thread XVIII - EnditionPosted in: General Off Topic -
Mar 1, 20132
FlowerChild posted a message on Better Than Wolves Total Conversion![**** NEW RELEASE ****]Posted in: Minecraft Mods
Version 4.58 of Better Than Wolves is ready for download!
Download Link
This release contains the following changes:
-Added the beginnings of Hardcore Villagers to the mod. Note that this is just the start of the changes I will be making to them, but I wanted to get these in now as it establishes a base-line of behavior for them, and these changes may affect existing builds (they eliminate the ability to create automated villager and iron golem farms). Villagers no longer reproduce on their own, and instead must be given diamonds to cause them to enter love mode (similar to animals with wheat/carrots). They will also no longer create iron golems on their own, and zombies may no longer be "cured" to turn into villagers. As such, villagers must be found in order to obtain them, bred to create a population, and the player has a much more vested interest in protecting them from harm. Future changes will expand upon this behavior in order to make villagers a more interesting part of the game overall.
-Added the ability for snow to accumulate on partial blocks with a solid top surface, like slabs and Siding. This means the player can no longer avoid snow accumulation by doing stuff like building roads out of slabs, and will also result in more pleasing looking buildings in snow biomes.
-Added textures to Dirt Slabs with grass on them so that they appear with snowy sides when they have snow on top of them, as happens with regular grass blocks.
-Changed blocks rotated by the Turntable, blocks swallowed by the Block Dispenser, and silverfish blocks so that the particles they produce respect the options for number of particles displayed. This should help performance on low end systems that use these options, in situations where there are a lot of automated systems running.
-Changed the Infernal Enchanter so that it can apply enchantments to tools normally restricted to the vanilla anvil (e.g. unbreaking to a bow, or efficiency to shears).
-Changed the Cauldron and Crucible so that their inventory may not be accessed if the open side is obstructed by a solid block (similar to chests).
-Changed the way gravel behaves when harvested with a fortune enchant so that it no longer ever drops flint. This behavior fits BTW's ability to filter gravel into sand and flint with the Hopper much better, as just getting flint from a harvest becomes more of a penalty than a bonus.
-Changed the probability of mobs spawning with enchanted equipment to be uniform across difficulty levels to further discourage players changing their difficulty to affect mob trap output.
-Changed (reduced) the frequency that skeletons spawn with enchanted bows as they were outputting at too high a rate in mob traps due to my previous changes to them almost always dropping them on death.
-Fixed problem with the Packed Earth texture that was causing visible seams between blocks.
-Fixed problem with Ender Spectacles and True Sight not functioning with minimal particle settings. They'll now work, but with a greatly reduced number of particles being displayed.
-Fixed problem with Ender Spectacles and True Sight creating a buildup of particles while the game is paused.
-Fixed problem with the Lens not projecting onto surfaces anymore. It will now project on *all* solid surfaces neighboring on a beam's end point.
-Removed clay drop from silverfish in the overworld, as it was unfortunately encouraging spawner based traps (which are bad...mkay?). They will now only drop clay in the end dimension under the assumption that no eating equates to no poop.
-Removed numerical debug display of item damage since this could be considered an exploit under Hardcore Info.
-Removed ability to rotate Siding, Moulding, and Corners by right clicking with an empty hand. This feature was making the corresponding blocks feel "less solid", was leading to exploits such as creating cheap doors out of siding, and was also leading to excessively easy griefing in SMP. Since the inclusion of a more refined placement method for these blocks, this feature has also become less significant. Note that they may still be rotated on the Turntable.
-Removed right-click rotation on Axles for the same reasons as above. The only mod block that can be rotated in this manner now are Gear Boxes, as it is more of a configuration setting for them than an actual physical rotation.
Enjoy!
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If you'd like to say thanks for this release and help contribute to the further development of Better Than Wolves, please consider making a donation:
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Mar 1, 2013
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Rogue posted a message on Official Chat Thread XVIII - EnditionFriday, happy day.Posted in: General Off Topic -
Feb 28, 20139
citricsquid posted a message on Best/Worst ReportsDisappointed my reply wasn't includedPosted in: Off topic, testing and misc. chat
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Here's an analogy.
I find these really awesome colored pencils, so i buy them, and take them home.
I draw myself a picture of a flower, with my awesome colored pencils. It's a pretty good picture, so i decide to bring it to school and show all my friends.
The next day, i go to school, picture in hand. I show my picture to my friends, who also like it. One friend says " You should add some clouds to it." In my mind, i say, "Oh ok, i liked the flower the way it was, but i guess i could add some clouds."
Another friend says "Add some planes, that'll be cool too!" So i draw in some planes. Again, i liked the flower, but i want to make my friends happy.
another friend states that i should draw some tanks. Of course, wanting to make this one person happy, i do.
A person walking by sees the tank, (ignoring the flower) and tells me i should have missles flying from the tank.
More and more people keep giving suggestions, ignoring the flower, and thinking about what would look good to them.
At the end of it all, the simple picture of the flower that i made had turned into something completley different, something that did not make me happy at all. Just because i gave in to making people happy, instead of thinking about what i wanted for my picture.
And that, is why he doesn't like suggestions.
That doesn't really fit in. Windmills and waterwheels work fine. If you have a tight space, build them somewhere else and bring in a power line to them.
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I don't build with wool very often either, for that same reason. But when something that could look good with it, and is potentially plausible with it in the build, i (used to) use it. I don't usually have many uses for wool, despite carpeting and the like, especially with the BTW blocks that have a much better feel in terms of material.
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If the OP wants, he can unlock this by Pm'ing me.
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rawr c:
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We don't hire based just just off of the application. If you have an application like " I would like to be mod because i am good" I'm not likely to even bother looking at your posts or profile. But if you have an application that is well done, neatly made, uses punctuation, and etc, i'm likely to be interested and explore more, to further research my decision.
It's like the intro to a book or movie. If the hook isn't good, it's not going to catch the audience. Your application is the cover, the rest of what we need is behind it =)
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It's not surprising that Origin screwed up.
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Sexy can i have yo digits