planet descent updates?

DarkFlameWolf · Post by **DarkFlameWolf** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:03 pm

Okay, I'm trying to submit a level set to someone at PD.com to upload it and (hopefully) make a news post about it. But I've followed two links and two email addresses there on the website and sent it to two people and now, two weeks later, nothing. Do the webmasters not care anymore about new content to the series? What happens when its time to release the 25+ level SP set for Descent 2, me and various other level designers are working on right now? Where will that be hosted?
(and koolbear's upload site still hates me and blocks every attempt I make)

TechPro · Post by **TechPro** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:41 pm

At PD ... we're trying to get some changes done with that very aging] system before it quits completely. In the meantime, it also means somethings are not working or responding the way things should.

For now, send stuff to Top Gun or me.

Capm · Post by **Capm** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 9:40 pm

Trying being the key word. Nobody in power will do anything. Its much like the DBB in that way.

Even setting up a base platform at http://www.planetdescent.net has done nothing to spur anyone off their ass.

Kyouryuu · Post by **Kyouryuu** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 2:49 pm

Capm wrote:Trying being the key word. Nobody in power will do anything. Its much like the DBB in that way.

Even setting up a base platform at http://www.planetdescent.net has done nothing to spur anyone off their ass.

What the heck is your problem?

Trackball · Post by **Trackball** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 3:02 pm

Is cloning sites the latest fad in the Descent community?

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 3:07 pm

Everything must have a .com and .net it seems.

Jon the Great · Post by **Jon the Great** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:28 pm

Capm wrote:Trying being the key word. Nobody in power will do anything. Its much like the DBB in that way.

Even setting up a base platform at http://www.planetdescent.net has done nothing to spur anyone off their ass.

Capm I admire people like you who are trying so hard to revamp and keep the active descent community alive.

That said, I think you're being unfair to yourself to count on the community to create the rest of the site for you, and I'm sure you realize revamping a site as large and as content rich as PD is going to take a little more than setting up an IP Board with a picture that says Planet Descent. Definitely ask people if they can spare some time, but beyond that it's your project if you want it done.

Dakatsu · Post by **Dakatsu** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 8:25 pm

Krom wrote:Everything must have a .com and .net it seems.

And apparently a .org:

http://www.descentbb.org/

I went to planetdescent.net, and read TechPro's post. I really don't know what I could do, but I would be willing to do something to help. I have limited abilities in terms of website design or whatever...

If it is something really easy, I could help post up levels or POTDs on it.

Bet51987 · Post by **Bet51987** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 8:34 pm

Dakatsu wrote:
Krom wrote:Everything must have a .com and .net it seems.
And apparently a .org:
http://www.descentbb.org/

I went to planetdescent.net, and read TechPro's post. I really don't know what I could do, but I would be willing to do something to help. I have limited abilities in terms of website design or whatever...

If it is something really easy, I could help post up levels or POTDs on it.

Dakatsu, I've learned never to click on your links again. They are never what they seem.

Bee

Capm · Post by **Capm** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 8:54 pm

I'm not counting on the community to make the whole site Jon, but building PD.net without support and cooperation from PD.com would be pointless, thats what I'm getting at. Those in power refuse to say yay or nay to rebuilding or to anything for that matter. They're hell bent on fixing the outdated system thats in place when many of us feel its time to move on to something new.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 8:58 pm

.org doesn't exists. Link points to a youtube video.

Trackball · Post by **Trackball** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 9:47 pm

To be honest, I've always wanted to contribute to Planet Descent. No offense to the management, but the site has definitely seen better days. I realize that the community has shrunk over the past couple years or so but IMO there should be more frequent updates. PD could have been used to schedule weekly games and generate more interest in the franchise.

www.planetdescent.net beckons memories of the descentbb.com split. Will anything come of it? Is there really a need to start another Descent site? Perhaps. With a possible Descent IV on the way, a fresh website could prove beneficial.

Regardless, I would like to offer my services not only to www.planetdescent.net, but to the classic www.planetdescent.com as well.

Dakatsu · Post by **Dakatsu** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 10:23 pm

Bet51987 wrote:Dakatsu, I've learned never to click on your links again. They are never what they seem.

I lub links, and I knew a descentbb.org would be unresistable

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 11:37 pm

bare in mind that some of us are at work and links of that nature are NOT appreciated. Don't be a pinhead.

TigerRaptor · Post by **TigerRaptor** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 11:51 pm

Dakatsu wrote:I lub links, and I knew a descentbb.org would be unresistable

And remember Dakatsu what goes around comes around. As this was unresistable.

A Dakatsu moment.

Richard Cranium · Post by **Richard Cranium** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:16 am

CDN_Merlin wrote:.org doesn't exists. Link points to a youtube video.

You've been Rick Rolled!

Dakatsu · Post by **Dakatsu** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:56 am

TigerRaptorFX wrote:
Dakatsu wrote:I lub links, and I knew a descentbb.org would be unresistable
And remember Dakatsu what goes around comes around. As this was unresistable.

A Dakatsu moment.

I lub images, and I knew this would come up again sometime

Spidey · Post by **Spidey** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 12:01 pm

What? Non IE browsers don’t tell you where you’re going before you click…shame on them.

TIGERassault · Post by **TIGERassault** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 12:09 pm

Spidey wrote:What? Non IE browsers don’t tell you where you’re going before you click…shame on them.

No, they do. Some people here just have too much trust in Dakatsu...

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 1:52 pm

I didn't click, I looked in bottom left corner of FF to see link.

Foil · Post by **Foil** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:32 pm

Bet51987 wrote:
Dakatsu wrote: And apparently a .org:
http://www.descentbb.org/
Dakatsu, I've learned never to click on your links again. They are never what they seem.

Bee

D'oh! I fell for it, too.

Don't worry, Bet. If you've only been RickRolled (Wiki article) once, count yourself lucky!

Bet51987 · Post by **Bet51987** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:06 pm

Foil wrote:D'oh! I fell for it, too.

Don't worry, Bet. If you've only been RickRolled (Wiki article) once, count yourself lucky!

He's done this more than once but he won't catch me again. Dakatsu.. meet me in the mines and bring some help.

Bee

Capm · Post by **Capm** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:21 pm

way to hijack the thread

Dakatsu · Post by **Dakatsu** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:34 pm

Well anyway, since I crashed the car that is this topic, I guess I will get it out of the tree it managed to get stuck in

I vote that PD adds a few more trustworthy staffmembers. I think I demonstrated why you shouldn't pick me, but Bet and Foil would make good additions, for example.

EDITALISIOUS:

Dakatsu.. meet me in the mines and bring some help.

BRING IT...

or I will... if I remember to play D3 sometime

TOR_LordRaven · Post by **TOR_LordRaven** » Sun May 04, 2008 6:55 pm

Let me know what I can do Capm. I am available to assist with both PD.net and PD.com

Capm · Post by **Capm** » Sun May 04, 2008 8:54 pm

Trackball, LordRaven, I'll let you guys know the instant I get a green light for the project, until then all I can do is complain

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Mon May 05, 2008 12:15 am

Track, ... you're building it in sharepoint?

Bet51987 · Post by **Bet51987** » Fri May 16, 2008 6:30 pm

Anyone know how PD.net is going? I just typed a nice long post at PD.com only to have the url error boot me completely out so I couldn't recover what I typed. I used to like PD but that was the last straw in my clenched fists.

I'm a member of PD.net, but I don't see any activity.

Bee

TechPro · Post by **TechPro** » Fri May 16, 2008 11:02 pm

Bet ... making a post 'work' on PD is still easy ... if you know what will kill messages.

When posting on PD:

1 - NEVER press the Enter key. If you do, and don't erase/backspace over that Enter keypress ... it will URL error on ya. Use the <br> html tag instead of Enter keypress. Sure it makes posting the message a little messy, but the messages work complete because the <br> will give you the Enter keypress you didn't do (but wanted to).
2 - Avoid the single quote mark ' and only use it in contractions like: can't or don't or parent's (you get the idea)
3 - Avoid the tilde character ~ since it will usually result in the URL error as well.
4 - Don't place three periods immediately after a word. Instead, always put a space between the word and the three periods. Good: then ... Bad: then...

There are probably more items that trigger PD's URL error, but that's pretty much all that we've discovered so far.

And yes, it's pretty frustrating right now, especially since 99% of PD's staff is all waiting on just one person before they can do anything about the problem.

Capm · Post by **Capm** » Sun May 18, 2008 9:10 pm

No point in doing anything with pd.net unless we have capability to bring it live as a part of pd.com first, otherwise we might as well just pick a whole new name, which is the way its looking. pd.net was just a test site, btw, I've taken it offline, but whatever is chosen to do we can do whenever we're ready.

There is something to be said for changing the name, give it a broader scope, a possiblity for life beyond a single game that hasn't had a sequal in nearly 10 years......

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