At 9/9/06 10:34 PM, RupeeClock wrote: Nah, he just understands how subdomains work.
Well, maybe he has, I don't know.

That being said though, couldn't it be setup so that it would create a Rupee subdomain for the clock subdomain? Like a rupee.index on /clock whilst a user called clock would still have a index.html?

I dunno if that's how subdomains work. :P

Yah I asked that because he knew how the address were going to be formatted (as subdomains) so I was curious if he had had a look at it :)

It's not actually creating any subdomains I would guess.

I would assume it is using Apache Mod_rewrite to simulate subdomains which are really dynamic.

At 9/9/06 10:35 PM, Assi9 wrote: Well, it doesn't affect me, seeing as my username doesn't need a change, but I really don't see a point in this..........

I would assume it has to do with how the user database is accessed, and that underscores make it all poopy.

At 9/9/06 09:23 PM, fadedshadow wrote:

At 9/9/06 08:47 PM, Television wrote: I hate you Tom. YOU KILLED MY UNDERSCORE DAMNIT

its just a fucking underscore, kid. its not like he gave your grandma sifflis.

Syphilis?

At 9/9/06 09:46 PM, Maus wrote:

At 9/9/06 08:42 PM, -Thestalos- wrote:

At 9/9/06 08:05 PM, TomFulp wrote: CHANGE YOUR NAME, BITCH.

you should read this
and you change my name not me.

Roffles. He might change it to something less than flattering, and then lock you out of any name changes ever again. >:D

Haven't seen Thestalos in a while..............shame to find him getting royally chewed by Tom, though.....

At 9/9/06 10:37 PM, Maus wrote:

At 9/9/06 10:35 PM, Assi9 wrote: Well, it doesn't affect me, seeing as my username doesn't need a change, but I really don't see a point in this..........

I would assume it has to do with how the user database is accessed, and that underscores make it all poopy.

I think the database is fine with it, but like AN said, subdomains or regular domains can't have underscores, so having a_user.newgrounds.com would cause problems with the web browser, and with mod_rewrite, I'm not 100% sure because it's dynamic and the subdomain doesn't actually exist, but it may not except underscores.

thanks tom for making me jacktherack again :)
but seriesly i dont want a fucking blog >:(

At 9/9/06 10:40 PM, Doodle wrote:

At 9/9/06 10:35 PM, -Alex- wrote: Oh what the fuck.

You're going to have difficulty changing your name, because
Alex has been active - What are you going to do now?

he could pm or email tom.......and ask him..

unless the user is active...then he'll have to change it...

At 9/9/06 10:37 PM, Maus wrote:

At 9/9/06 10:35 PM, Assi9 wrote: Well, it doesn't affect me, seeing as my username doesn't need a change, but I really don't see a point in this..........

I would assume it has to do with how the user database is accessed, and that underscores make it all poopy.

Now that would mnake sense.

And sorry if this ends up making a double-post........

wow, i actually had a dream a couple years back about reading page 18, but more importantly, changing my name from 2k_rammerizkool to Rammer. very intriguing o_o

At 9/9/06 08:19 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote:

At 9/9/06 08:05 PM, TomFulp wrote: CHANGE YOUR NAME, BITCH.

Best post I've seen in ages.

Seconded, twice.

I'm happy with the username I have, but I guess this could work.

At 9/9/06 10:41 PM, jacktherack wrote: thanks tom for making me jacktherack again :)
but seriesly i dont want a fucking blog >:(

then don't write in it. it's quite simple. it's not to write about your crushes, or high school gossip, it's for flash artists. the term blog is tossed around too loosely...

I know it's months from now, but will the blog be something similar to MySpace or LiveJournal, where you can write something each day, or have people suscribe to daily feeds (RSS maybe?), so that people may be able to make entires about current projects, or just rant about whatever?

...Well, I guess like MySpace and LiveJournal, but less lame.

I'm kind of torn between this. Sure, it's great to be able to write more than just on the forum (and also write whatever's on my mind without having a flame war or having it locked and all), but sadly, I feel as if this will simply be another abused feature. Great and all for those of us who will actually use it for intended purposes, but something worries me that giving a blog to the average NG user will result in a lot of articles about "SDAKJLDSUJFJRTKJLRERGG5W5GWEGUHG89Y5G489N
V589UO5TV4H5VG420872413087243@@@@!!!!!!!1"

At 9/9/06 12:15 PM, TomFulp wrote:

At 9/9/06 12:10 PM, Scribblez wrote: So - The people who do have "-" in their names, they can keep it?
But if they change it, they can't get it back?

No, we will be force-changing names when the time comes, so it is better for users to voluntarily choose a name now. An example of a force change might be "-Joe-" becoming "Joe2" or something.

Damn, this name is what I am. It is universal and I don't feel like changing it :(

This is the first I've heard about a blog. Is there seriously going to be one?

I would write in it if so. I could chronicle my amazing flash progress, and my stat-whoring...

At 9/9/06 12:30 PM, ramagi wrote: Well this was unexpected. I glad to see they are making exceptions for more notable users.
I wonder if this will cause some clearing of inactive users that havn't been on the site in years.

i was told that i'm a notable user so if i was -fadedshadow- everything would be cool?

I'm sad now :( I like Titan_Fist. TitanFist i don't like and neither do I like Titan-Fist.

However I do like Titan Fist but spaces aren't allowed..

Talk about far-reaching policy.
3 things that I wonder about is;

1) How many people on the site total is this going to affect?
2) How exactly will NG go about changing EVERY name?
3) How long is this going to take?

At 9/9/06 11:19 PM, wwwyzzerdd wrote: Talk about far-reaching policy.
3 things that I wonder about is;

1) How many people on the site total is this going to affect?

Tom showed these stats:

74: users with --
156: users with __
1176: users that start with -
1251: users that end with -
528: users that start with _
738: users that end with _
187,142: users with _

2) How exactly will NG go about changing EVERY name?

Run a script, probably strip the characters that aren't allowed and if that's taken add a number at the end.

3) How long is this going to take?

Once they feel all people who are going to update their names voluntarily have done so, and write the script, it will probably take a matter of seconds to do the work.

Oh dammit, someone already took the non underscored version of my name. I hope I don't get deleted or something.

why did this happen?

At 9/9/06 11:19 PM, wwwyzzerdd wrote: Talk about far-reaching policy.

i love how you made yourself a mod ^_^

At 9/9/06 11:25 PM, king-king wrote: why did this happen?

it's for the new site layout. something to do with the new blogs or something. also, they were ugly to begin with.

At 9/9/06 11:23 PM, DFox wrote: answers

Ah. I should start reading through everything more often.

At 9/9/06 11:29 PM, BlueHippo wrote:

At 9/9/06 11:19 PM, wwwyzzerdd wrote: Talk about far-reaching policy.

i love how you made yourself a mod ^_^

LMFAO! I was wondering if anyone would catch that. I thought to make myself an admin, but I thought that would be too easy to spot.

At 9/9/06 11:29 PM, BlueHippo wrote:

At 9/9/06 11:19 PM, wwwyzzerdd wrote: Talk about far-reaching policy.

i love how you made yourself a mod ^_^

LMFAO! I was wondering if anyone would catch that. I thought to make myself an admin, but I thought that would be too easy to spot.

It took me a few minutes to notice what you two were talking about :)

That's pretty cool!

Idea.

Disallow the N-word in aliases and names. I've seen spammers both on the BBS and the portal use that to get around the inability to post it in the BBS.

At 9/9/06 11:25 PM, Time_Traveler wrote: Oh dammit, someone already took the non underscored version of my name. I hope I don't get deleted or something.

well, you proved you were active by posting that. Tom only takes names from the inactive people.

so you're ok, as far as someone taking your name goes.

lol nobody answered my fucking question.

At 9/9/06 11:44 PM, fadedshadow wrote: lol nobody answered my fucking question.

And what would your fucking question be?

This has to be one of the quickest growing thread I've seen in a while.

Finally it is sooooooo annoying!