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Welcome Center => Beef => Topic started by: maggot on November 02, 2006, 09:17:37 am

Title: prominent members
Post by: maggot on November 02, 2006, 09:17:37 am
I entered the prominent members and it's showing every player that joined TSC since october 27, 2006 on the list o.O

Is that normal? Or it's just heppening with me?
Title: Re: prominent members
Post by: SadisticMystic on November 02, 2006, 10:06:49 am
There was an old bug that added new members to group 6 instead of group 3.  It was fixed, but a recent update to the source file that controls the addition of new members was built off a pre-fix version of that file, so the bug was reintroduced.

It's been fixed once again.
Title: Re: prominent members
Post by: maggot on November 02, 2006, 12:23:20 pm
Nice :)
Title: Re: prominent members
Post by: douglas on November 02, 2006, 01:58:09 pm
Hurrah, I can claim my rightful place there :)
Title: Re: prominent members
Post by: PsyBorg on November 02, 2006, 03:23:23 pm
Also, is that thing ever going to be updated or something? I mean, there's new people who stick to TSC like tape nowadays. Just curious.
Title: Re: prominent members
Post by: Groudon on November 02, 2006, 03:26:33 pm
Including me, and it seems I come here almost whenever I get the chance (with 23 days clocked on the forum).
Title: Re: prominent members
Post by: X-5 on November 02, 2006, 06:52:30 pm
I don't think time spent on the forum is a good way to make it on the list, because anyone could leave their browser on the forums even when they aren't there.
Title: Re: prominent members
Post by: Groudon on November 02, 2006, 06:55:05 pm
I've had the browser on here for 4 hours once while I slept and came back with only 15 minutes added to the time spent online.
Title: Re: prominent members
Post by: maggot on November 02, 2006, 09:24:10 pm
Are there some real conditions to be one of the prominent members?
Title: Re: prominent members
Post by: SadisticMystic on November 02, 2006, 09:33:35 pm
Leaving your browser open on a page doesn't cause data to be sent to that page constantly.  It's only sent when you load the page, and then SMF keeps a record of it for 15 minutes before treating it as though your session is over and your next visit won't count the time taken between page loads.

You could get a Firefox extension called ReloadEvery and tell the page to reload every 4 minutes, but that's just a reason why the time spent stat is unreliable.
Title: Re: prominent members
Post by: Buizel on November 02, 2006, 09:49:15 pm
Hurrah, I can claim my rightful place there :)

Me too! :D
Title: Re: prominent members
Post by: Thorn on November 03, 2006, 11:22:34 pm
^Aw, what the hell, everyone else is doing it.

*throws confetti in air*
Title: Re: prominent members
Post by: Rolken on November 04, 2006, 11:51:56 am
Are there some real conditions to be one of the prominent members?
The prominent member page is composed of the "Spaceship Users" on the forum. Every so often a few of us toss around names and some people get elected.

Prominence in the competition and the community are generally the factors taken into account, with a helping of whim.
Title: Re: prominent members
Post by: Crowbar on November 04, 2006, 12:01:38 pm
My member's pretty prominent right now.
Title: Re: prominent members
Post by: maggot on November 04, 2006, 12:11:15 pm
Thanks Rolken :)
Title: Re: prominent members
Post by: Bilan on November 04, 2006, 12:21:15 pm
My member's pretty prominent right now.

I bet it is ;););)
Title: Re: prominent members
Post by: Spinballwizard on November 05, 2006, 08:50:01 pm
Y'know asking for spaceships is like asking for mods. It's the last way to get it, depending on what we decide your grounds for it are. It'll probably be something silly and virtually impossible for that person on a person-by-person basis. (As in I don't see CF getting overall red any time soon. XP)
Title: Re: prominent members
Post by: maggot on November 05, 2006, 09:04:49 pm
How about doing a Hall of Fame? It could have photos of the most memorable players and some comments made by the site's admins about them.

Just an idea...