Great Job Guys!

KoolBear · Post by **KoolBear** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 7:52 pm

It humbles me to see the DBB in all it's glory!

You guys ROCK!

you see here's living proof that a DREAM Lives for as long as there are dreamers!

I can't tell you how greatful I am for the time and dedication that the DBB Staff gives to maintain this great community forum.

May God Bless America and the DBB!

Happy New Year to all!

KoolBear

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 9:06 pm

Woot! He lives!

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 8:48 am

You like me! Right now you actually like me!!!

Hehe, thank you KB!

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 6:54 pm

Drop in more often!

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 7:24 pm

and before you go, would you mind giving Kevin full ownership for the next time we have an issue with the ISP? sheesh...

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 1:53 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Xciter:
 LOL...

Nice to see you around KB... should see what we have coming down the pipe.

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yeah, everyone that has seen it has given nothing but props.

bash · Post by **bash** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 11:07 am

Jim, from your comment I conclude there is a *new* DBB coming. Good news. I hope it includes a few *new* mods too. I've grown bored of having to suffer some of these fools that for as much as I can figure out have never played Descent (any installment), never made it through highschool, never read a newspaper, are little more than anti-Bush, anti-Christian, anti-conservative and anti-American parrots who NEVER back their sh!t up, who foster more flamewars than they control and generally just seem to be hanging around frisking themselves for their shrunken balls and remembering the good old days when they could accurately be described as male.

If you intend the DBB to live a longer life, time to pull a few ticks, imo, and give the jobs to folks a tad more enthusiastic and knowledgeable about the Descent Community. One would hope some in the current crop (not all, by any means) would have gotten a clue by this point that they are not liked, needed, wanted, appreciated or respected and they should have moved on a long, long time ago. But, alas, apparently they have no where else to go except pornographic anime sites.

Tetrad · Post by **Tetrad** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 1:05 pm

Hey, shutup.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 1:08 pm

I wuv you too bash.

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 1:13 pm

Bash, dude.. you're starting to sound like Merlin..

bash · Post by **bash** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 1:20 pm

Heh, and up pops the weasels.

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 1:25 pm

/me pulls a strongbad on Bash's multiplayer posts.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 1:36 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by bash:
Heh, and up pops the weasels. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Guess that would make you what....Roger Rabbit?

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 2:26 pm

Yeah Bash, check it out http://dbb.arasian.diginetstudios.com/index.php

Gooberman · Post by **Gooberman** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 2:32 pm

MD hasn't given me my mod status though, even though I registered a few weeks ago

I guess I am one of the 'not liked'.

Tetrad · Post by **Tetrad** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 2:39 pm

You didn't PM either of us, though, so you can only blame yourself.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 2:44 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Gooberman:
 MD hasn't given me my mod status though, even though I registered a few weeks ago

I guess I am one of the 'not liked'.

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yeah, back on the 14th of this month sure is weeks ago.

Just for that, you now have your very own special rank.

Gooberman · Post by **Gooberman** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 2:48 pm

while your at it, whats my password? I can't for the life of me remembevr what I used. I think I was pretty anti-sober that night...

"
Sorry, but your password cannot be retrieved because your account is currently inactive. Please contact the forum administrator for more information. "

bash · Post by **bash** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 2:50 pm

Whoa. That looks pretty slick, Stress. Thanks for the preview.

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 3:07 pm

Looks pretty good... will our profiles be converted and our icons be transferred, or will we have to set up new accounts?

Gooberman · Post by **Gooberman** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 3:09 pm

When krom did this to the d3kbb, everything was transfered.

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 4:04 pm

Wow. That is sweet.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 4:15 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Lothar:
Looks pretty good... will our profiles be converted and our icons be transferred, or will we have to set up new accounts?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

http://dbb.arasian.diginetstudios.com/v ... 765fc2dfdd

Goob: Nobody can access passwords but you since they're stored in a hash on the server. The only thing I can do is reset it to something else. Send me an e-mail or IM.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 4:17 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by bash:
Whoa. That looks pretty slick, Stress. Thanks for the preview.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yeah, what you see there is what Tetrad and I have been working on for a while now.

Though we couldn't have done it without Nitro's help since he provided the webspace.

EDIT: And I know that somebody is going to ask where the NHB is without reading the contents of the Cafe.

The NHB is there, its just that you can't see it unless you have permission. The only way you can get access is through either the admin staff or the group moderator for that usergroup (I created a usergroup so it'll be quicker to take care of should none of the admins be available.) There are a couple of things that I've also added for the admins/moderators, but I can't discuss in public.

If the staff has any questions, feel free to send me an e-mail or bug me over ICQ/AIM.

ICQ: 168701920
AIM: Chris VG1

e-mail is in my profile.

Vindicator · Post by **Vindicator** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 5:17 pm

The new board looks good, cant wait to see it rolled out. Props to everyone whos been workin on it.

bash · Post by **bash** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 6:34 pm

Well, shut my mouth. Tetrad actually does something around here besides pretend to be a Eurofag? I may owe him an apology. Naaa.

Looking forward to making all your lives complicated on the new DBB.

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 8:36 pm

One thing we definitely need: 64x64 limit. The 100x100 currently in place on that phpBB board is just too big.

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 10:05 pm

I concur.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 12:43 am

I figure, the space is there so why not take advantage of it?

100x100 stays on the test site, but what you guys do here is up to ya'll.

Tetrad · Post by **Tetrad** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 4:25 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by DCrazy:
One thing we definitely need: 64x64 limit. The 100x100 currently in place on that phpBB board is just too big.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I respectfully disagree. You have to take into consideration though that the avatar I'm using on there is 150x150. phpBB doesn't check offsite linked avatar against size or dimensions, so it lets you do that.

Besides, ideally the avatars will be stored locally, and can be size checked. So you won't have people linking 100k+ animated gifs which, IMO, is a lot worse.

Skyalmian · Post by **Skyalmian** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 4:26 am

64x64 sucks. Leave it at 100.

Tetrad · Post by **Tetrad** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 4:39 am

Okay I changed my avatar to something that's 100x100.

Check here for what a 100x100 looks like. Not too big at all, I think. That, plus a ~10k size limit would make things a lot better.

Skyalmian · Post by **Skyalmian** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 5:29 am

Sounds good.

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 8:34 am

I still say it looks obnoxious. Maybe it's just not what I'm used to on the DBB, but to me it seems like my attention is always drawn to the icons, especially if their bigger and not all the same size.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 12:36 pm

The size of the board shouldnt be a problem X, I've heard of people converting almost half a million posts, and once you get the converter running it pretty much does everything automatically.

Send me a zip file with the entire DBB in it, and I could probably have a phpBB database ready in a couple days.

Even if you dont want all the topics and posts, you can convert JUST the users, would save some trouble. You cannot change someones post count in phpBB like you can in UBB, its recorded in the database and not very easy to get at.

-Krom

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 3:10 pm

I managed to talk MD into the converter, now I have to do it all over again...

The speed of the converter is reasonably good, it took me about 1 hour to convert 11,000 posts from the D3kBB, including the inital setup and double checking. The rate is about 300 posts per minute minimum if memory serves. The conversion does NOT have to take place on the server where the final BB is going, you can easly export the database and move it around from computer to computer with minimal changes.

I could demo a complete conversion in just a couple days, then all it takes is exporting the database with the database backup utility built in to phpbb, and restore the database at the destination with the database restore utility! Actually its better to run the conversion on a diffrent computer anyway, that way you convert the BB, install it on the final server, copy the database over and then just switch it right over, total downtime would be only seconds. Thats how I did the conversion for the D3kBB. The only things that have to be changed are some server address specific things that need match the new host. Or you could just use a hosts file to fool the BB into thinking its actually running on descentbb.net so even that wouldnt be nessasary.

I'm just presenting a alternative to having to keep this old UBB around and locked, the conversion is not a problem. I wouldnt be pushing for a converter if I didnt have a good experiance with it. Even if you dont want to convert the threads, you can still convert the users that way post counts are carried over to the new BB.

-Krom

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 3:29 pm

C'mon Jim. Lets atleast see how well it'll work before you say nay.

Gooberman · Post by **Gooberman** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 3:36 pm

Why wouldn't you want to convert?

Skyalmian · Post by **Skyalmian** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 3:51 pm

I don't see why you'd want to void out all the super wonderful things posted here over the years.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 4:12 pm

Jim, the hacks are UBB scripts. They won't even be touched by the convertor! All the convertor looks for is the individual users (which going by the time it took to convert the D3kBB, maybe a couple of minutes) and the individual threads (which MAY take a couple of hours, even on a BB of this size). Thats it. The hacks will remain over here, and we'll get a clean and stable BB.

The chances of the fubared hacks coming over are about as likely as a PC virus working on a Mac....