forum announcements/improvements/feedback/questions/suggestions - Page 3

Ivana KC · #51 11-03-2011, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by a big house

I'm guessing you want us to record ourselves acting out a part of the game?

I would really like to see that!

a big house · #52 11-03-2011, 10:44 AM

/\ I wouldn't! I'd be awful!

**Driber** · #53 11-03-2011, 10:52 AM

Don't tell me you're camera shy

a big house · #54 11-03-2011, 11:28 AM

Oh no, not at all... I'll just wear a mask... And edit my voice

I'll be fine!

**Driber** · #55 11-05-2011, 12:03 AM

Heads up, everyone! The Nerd Machine merchandise has just been released, so I'm just doing the finishing touches on the competition thread and it's about to go LIVE!

FYI, this time I would like everyone to upload their entry using my own image host via a special link.

I specifically coded this image host script just for these competitions, to:

- Ensure that images will always stay online, as some image hosts go down after a while, leaving the image links on the forum broken.

- Make sure the posted images are web friendly (not excessively large). The script automatically resizes all images to max 720 pixels wide. This is to prevent the forum layout from distorting on monitors with a lower resolution. It also makes the pages load faster. The original images are preserved on my server, in case they are necessary.

- Make the organizing of these competitions a lot less time consuming for me and for those will be judging/voting on the entries. All images will be nicely put in 1 separate folder on my server, which I then in the end will use to gather all the entries, so I don't have to go through every single thread page again and manually collect all the images like I had to do the last time with 310 caption entries

Coming soon...

**TranceTrouble** · #56 11-08-2011, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Driber

Interesting. Can you elaborate?

I was thinking about something Lara would write down in her diary, since she is a young girl with not that much kind of experience with the whole tomb raider yet. She should have some great stories happening to her on the island i guess she could find a paper and ink somewhere and write a diary.

so why net let people write some diary pieces, or experienced story where she plays a leading role, the devs could pick out some of the best stories..

**Driber** · #57 11-08-2011, 01:56 PM

I like that idea

**Driber** · #58 11-25-2011, 12:30 PM

This was the announcement thread for comp #3, but it's now a general forum announcements/feedback/questions/suggestions thread.

Feel free to use this thread to give us suggestions on features for the forum, ideas for competitions, questions for the moderating staff, etc.

2kool4u · #59 11-26-2011, 07:13 AM

Bummer about the competition being delayed <_< I'm kind of going around the world next semester starting january 18th and won't have any internet til may.

LadyRufina · #60 11-26-2011, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by TranceTrouble

I was thinking about something Lara would write down in her diary, since she is a young girl with not that much kind of experience with the whole tomb raider yet. She should have some great stories happening to her on the island i guess she could find a paper and ink somewhere and write a diary.

so why net let people write some diary pieces, or experienced story where she plays a leading role, the devs could pick out some of the best stories..

I really like this idea. My favourite one yet

**Driber** · #61 11-26-2011, 09:37 AM

^ I'm happy that you enjoyed it so far, Antonio!

I certainly had a good time watching the entries come in - even though there were not many - and being surprised and sometimes even shocked at the outragious things you guys came up with

I hope to see more of those awesome entries in January

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Originally Posted by LadyRufina

I really like this idea. My favourite one yet

Indeed. Definitely a good idea for a possible future comp

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Originally Posted by 2kool4u

Bummer about the competition being delayed <_< I'm kind of going around the world next semester starting january 18th and won't have any internet til may.

Yeah, sorry about that.

I made a mental note about your trip, though. So should you win, I'll make sure that the prizes stay reserved for when you're back.

Will you really be completely off the grid, though? Like, not even popping into an internet café once in a while to check email?

2kool4u · #62 11-26-2011, 09:46 AM

It's pretty funny. I think in order to make it a life changing experience they sort of limited the internet on the ship itself. After we use up a certain amount of internet they start charging ridiculous amounts. Ex. 10 minutes would be like 30 bucks or something. I'll try to get on here and there but i think i'll be mainly rushing trying to get an email out to my family that i'm alright

I should be making a blog or something so i'll definitely let you know! I can type on the boat and then quickly upload it when i get the chance. Thanks for remembering though