FFR Suggestions

[dragon890x]

Originally Posted by justin_ator

Only five? I thought the limit was like 25 people per PM? I did 20+ when I mass PM'd for the photo hunt..

I have a 25 limit as well. Perhaps this has something to do with our Vet status?

[rushyrulz]

Veterans get 25, regular members get 5.

Originally Posted by Wartime

How about making the replays fast forward and rewind just by clicking what part you want on that blue timeing bar thing lol cause i sometimes hate playing the whole song just to see one part i like...if its not been said already =p

Has been suggested, can't be done.

[hi19hi19]

Originally Posted by rushyrulz

Veterans get 25, regular members get 5.

My gut reaction is "that's kinda dumb"
Maybe there's some justification in preventing assholes/bots from mass PMing people with new accounts, but assholes/bots usually have too much time/ways to work around that anyway...

[justin_ator]

Perhaps a 20 limit for nonvets and like, 50 for vets?

[Zekramcross]

Originally Posted by justin_ator

Perhaps a 20 limit for nonvets and like, 50 for vets?

I like this idea. Maybe there can be some sort of requirement before a nonvet has 20 people to PM as a limit. This is for the botters/spammers. Any suggestions?

[Emithith]

20 posts.

[justin_ator]

I agree with a post count minimum. Considering if you are new to the forums, you really have no business PM'ing 20 people anyway I'd guess.

[Sweet_Feet]

I still agree with hi19 though, why can't everyone just have the same privileges as far as pm'ing goes?

[bmah]

There really needs to be serious reconsideration for all of the veteran's privileges and determine which ones are fundamental and basic. Those that do fall into that category should immediately be released for all regular users. Truly non-essential features should be reserved for veteran users.

In this case, I think that the regular users should have all the same features and limitations as veterans in regards to private messaging.

[justin_ator]

Well I made a thread about Vet perks a while back, I can go bump it if you want and I can turn it into a "This is what we have", "this is what we think should change to be non vet", "this is good as vet", and "perhaps vets could get this" thread?

Found the thread, give me a yes and it's as good as done.

[TC_mistrisofevl]

There should be a way to see which users you have under your referrals. I'd like to be able to keep track of all my alts and anyone else who used me over the years.

[bmah]

If only the flash file would go the result screen AFTER the song ends (or a certain point you command it to end), as opposed to the last arrow of the file...

I wish this was fixed, but I wouldn't know what it'd take to do that.

[ichliebekase]

Placeholder notes would be a thing of the past if that could get changed...

Don't get my hopes up xD

[justin_ator]

I've been hating the number of files that end with single notes like that in the past few batches. It's crazy.

[Emithith]

I think it would mean kinda ripping apart the engine coding to do that. You would have to rewrite a huge chunk of code that measures the last note in the song (if noteshit = notesmax -> end song) to make it be something more like timerseconds = timersecondsmax etc.

I don't even know how intricate FFR's code is, but it would at least take making those variables, and tracking them throughout the song.


But either way if it's as simple as I just stated that would solve like 60% of songs that end like that.

Originally Posted by justin_ator

I agree with a post count minimum. Considering if you are new to the forums, you really have no business PM'ing 20 people anyway I'd guess.

What about alts like "WTF WRECKED" etc that are obviously alts so you can have a place to store credits for Tournies, etc. I know I'm contradicting my post before, but There has to be some way..

Maybe if vB supports it, there could be a captcha for non-Veteran users if they are sending to over X amount players.

[Velocity]

It's not possible.

[justin_ator]

http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/...02&postcount=1

[justin_ator]

That it is. Shoot, I'll cross post it here then.

I saw bmah's post in the suggestion thread and figured I would give this another try. Here is what he posted, and what I really agree with.

Originally Posted by bmah

There really needs to be serious reconsideration for all of the veteran's privileges and determine which ones are fundamental and basic. Those that do fall into that category should immediately be released for all regular users. Truly non-essential features should be reserved for veteran users.

Current Vet Perks (if you can think of more, tell us what they are):
Early song release, beta level reader, credit transaction history, view others' levelranks, the veteran forum, top average players list, blue name, 25 max for PM's, token levelranks (was this changed?).

Early Song Releases note:
While we like the idea, we agree on this point that bmah made:

Originally Posted by bmah

It seems rather backwards to suddenly take one song away from regular users and give that song to veterans. I'm talking about how everyone used to get four NEW songs per weekly releases. Now regular users are artificially set back one new song and get something that's "old news" amongst the veteran community. Not to mention this tends to decrease the talk and feedback about a particular song. As a simfile artist, I really appreciate people talking back and forth about the songs they get to play every week.

What should be moved to non-vet:
PM limit.

Originally Posted by bmah

PMs are basic in every internet forum. Differing privileges between two groups should not exist. Everyone should be able to submit the max amount of PMs and while one can argue that more than 5 senders is an option, it still doesn't really lend itself as a noticeable/significant "award" for veterans anyhow

Token levelranks.

Originally Posted by bmah

if tokens were relegated to veterans only, this would make sense. However, tokens are a supplement to the game that everyone can access.

Credit Transaction Log

Originally Posted by bmah

Another necessity that once again doesn't really lend itself as a reward an achiever (the veteran) can appreciate after all these years of playing.

Originally Posted by justin_ator

"so-and-so screwed me on this transaction but I can't prove it cause I'm not a vet and can't view the log!"

What should be moved to vet (if any):
???

Is there anything we can add in to make becoming a vet something that makes it worth it? What could we do to get it back to where people actually wanted to get Vet status?

Current Suggestions:
Higher limit for saving replays. I thought this was the plan originally, but I think it got shelved for the time being.
New Vet tokens? I'm sure people have plenty of ideas for requirements.

My bad.

[Niala]

Not sure if this is doable but maybe have some sort of highlight for the column of which round we're on for the official in the tournament dashboard? It's not a really big deal or anything, but when it gets to the later rounds it's going to get quite cluttered and the highlight might help make it easier to see what you need to see.

[Emithith]

^This
And, Or, a highlight for the row that your username is on.