Looter Report post Posted August 25, 2009 Its become clear that many people either do not use the forum often enough or not at all, i think it would be a good idea to spam the odd message when we have new updates, this way people are aware whats new and will help get people to use the forum more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robotbob Report post Posted August 25, 2009 Its become clear that many people either do not use the forum often enough or not at all, i think it would be a good idea to spam the odd message when we have new updates, this way people are aware whats new and will help get people to use the forum more. I know, so many people do not or barely read the forum. I give returning players update-run-downs, all the time. Perhaps the lastest changes should Appear in the text on MOTD? "Hi, and welcome to Eternal Lands... *News: ?" Or #news ? On good and funny quote: Complainers of the World Unite "If you play an online game that you enjoy, there's one surefire way to spoil the experience: read the forums on the official site. There you will find a vast underworld of lost souls keening their misery onto your screen. A game you thought was entertaining, well-balanced and attractive will be torn apart before your very eyes and pronounced lacking in every conceivable way." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nathanstenzel Report post Posted August 25, 2009 I think only the changes from the last month or two would do. There could be a link that points to the game updates section on the forum. Heck, just the link would do. If Radu wanted, he could probably have it give a message when there was an update within the last month or two. robotbob, that was a funny quote. That might be true too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Looter Report post Posted August 25, 2009 I was thinking something simple like #New Update press F2 to see details http://www.eternal-lands.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=50787 just say 4 times a day for the 1st 2 or 3 days. I like robotbobs idea about putting it in news too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SlimPickins Report post Posted August 25, 2009 I think the easiest and maybe best thing to do would be to have #news open the web browser to http://www.eternal-lands.com/forum/index.php?showforum=13 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aislinn Report post Posted August 25, 2009 On good and funny quote:Complainers of the World Unite "If you play an online game that you enjoy, there's one surefire way to spoil the experience: read the forums on the official site. There you will find a vast underworld of lost souls keening their misery onto your screen. A game you thought was entertaining, well-balanced and attractive will be torn apart before your very eyes and pronounced lacking in every conceivable way." We are WAY ahead of you!!! :D http://www.eternal-lands.com/forum/index.p...;hl=complainers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robotbob Report post Posted August 25, 2009 On good and funny quote:Complainers of the World Unite "If you play an online game that you enjoy, there's one surefire way to spoil the experience: read the forums on the official site. There you will find a vast underworld of lost souls keening their misery onto your screen. A game you thought was entertaining, well-balanced and attractive will be torn apart before your very eyes and pronounced lacking in every conceivable way." We are WAY ahead of you!!! :) http://www.eternal-lands.com/forum/index.p...;hl=complainers I did get that link from that particular thread, but I avoided linking a link to a thread,with a link, to a... Easier just to quote it, and reference link the original. Slimpickens idea could be implemented client side only, since there is already a "click logo" thing added to the client. Although that may not help those who wish to avoid the forum, but the alternative, is more text sent by the server. Perhaps the client could check once a day, download it to a file, and the client can display it, but then we could get a auto update encyclopedia too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Entropy Report post Posted August 30, 2009 The news forum has a nice RSS feed, so use it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dipi Report post Posted September 4, 2009 The news forum has a nice RSS feed, so use it. Yes, it would be pretty in a box in the www.eternal-lands.com main page (i use it in a personal EL blog) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
