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Matblack
12-09-2007, 20:19
\o/
MB
Arcade Fire
12-09-2007, 20:26
Seriously guys, keep up:
http://www.boat-drinks.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5614&p=146685
Nice to be here! When's the next meet then... I should really make it along to one one of these days. ;)
Pish, maybe we dont want you around for being a git in your own welcome thread ;)
Piggymon
12-09-2007, 20:36
Yo ! :D
Get your butt to Swansea ! :)
Arcade Fire
12-09-2007, 20:38
Is that a celebration half as joyous as \o/ ?
Arcade Fire
12-09-2007, 20:41
Bonjour! Merci de la bienvenue. Ca va?
Edit: What does the Greek in your sig say? I understand "Better than...", but better than what? Me? You? Everyone?
Is that a celebration half as joyous as \o/ ?
\\o//
:p
Bonjour! Merci de la bienvenue. Ca va?
Absolument! :D
SidewinderINC
12-09-2007, 20:46
Ive already said hi, so now i'll say get out :p
Yo ! :D
Get your butt to Swansea ! :)
One thing ive always wanted to know... why is it held in swansea?
One thing ive always wanted to know... why is it held in swansea?
Because the Swansea Christmas Bash is always in Swansea.
If it wasn't, it wouldn't be the Swansea Christmas Bash would it?
Arcade Fire
12-09-2007, 20:50
It's like a catch 22, only more fantastic because it involves awesome people and booze.
SidewinderINC
12-09-2007, 20:51
Because the Swansea Christmas Bash is always in Swansea.
If it wasn't, it wouldn't be the Swansea Christmas Bash would it?
touche smartypants!
You got it. So, coming? :)
Hello :) Good to have you on here.
Justsomebloke
12-09-2007, 22:43
Hi Dude & Welcome to BD :)
Arcade Fire
12-09-2007, 22:46
Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalc! Awesome.
Yay for Arcade Fire!!!
Actually I don't know why, but I seem to think your pretty cool for some reason.... Random huh?
Arcade Fire
12-09-2007, 22:57
Actually I don't know why, but I seem to think your pretty cool for some reason.... Random huh?Not really surprising tbh.
Wellington
12-09-2007, 23:03
Hello fellow noob
AARRGGHH, there's a fire in the arcade?
Oh wait, it's Arcade Fire.
Hello then.
Justsomebloke
13-09-2007, 00:19
Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalc! Awesome.
;) You will find all the best people on BD.
Real glad you're here Bud :cool:
Kell_ee001
13-09-2007, 00:22
Welcome
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a139/kell_ee001/Smilies/hello.gif
;) You will find all the best people on BD.
Where?
;)
Justsomebloke
13-09-2007, 00:33
Where?
;)
You've confused me now :confused:
;D
Arcade Fire - an awesome band :)
Welcome!
semi-pro waster
13-09-2007, 01:54
I have not much more than to say "wheey, Arcade Fire", stay sarcastic my good man. :)
Stan_Lite
13-09-2007, 06:07
Hello and welcome :)
Have fun and try not to break anything :p
/ctrl+c, find next noob welcome thread, ctrl+v in quick reply, Alt+Shift+S - job's a good un.
Admiral Huddy
13-09-2007, 10:04
You're in good hands
Welcome!
Arcade Fire
13-09-2007, 11:17
yey!!! ello mate!!
Hey hey mister! :DThanks for the welcome, guys. Hope the new place is looking ship-shape now, and you're both enjoying your jobs. Looking forward to chatting to you some more. :)
Edit: Pheebs, I have missed your pictures!
Arcade Fire
13-09-2007, 11:46
Hey nige! I was just commenting the other day that you were one of the people I missed from OcUK. Truly all of the best people end up here.
Are penski and/or kellee[eee] here too by any chance?
Edit: Also, is it normal that I can't see anyone's public profile? If so, the name 'public profile' is something of a misnomer!
Davey_Pitch
13-09-2007, 11:51
Hey dude :)
Kelleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee is here, but she doesn't have such an obvious name.....
Penski isn't here. Yet. Not enough mustard for him or something.
Matblack
13-09-2007, 12:22
I'll try and explain a bit about the profile thing.
BD started off as a private forum for people who attended the meets I and others organised, as such there was no need to have open access. But over the last year or so we have developed into a vibrant community and we felt that it would be a good idea to open up and give other people a chance to get involved, the members took a vote on it and agreed that we should go ahead with an invite system for people we really want to join us.
Because there were people who were less happy about the change we left a small section for established members only and a meet section alongside it. We've been very open with one another because the majority of us have met in real life and in many of the meet posts we have posted our addresses and other stuff, so we decided to lock the section and some of the old posts down and make a new section of the majority of posting.
The may be instances where members who don't currently have access to that section are given it but they will be people who regularly attend meets and get involved in the community. Prior to opening the doors BD had nigh on 200,000 posts from ~120 active members and many of them have been archived.
We looking into giving people a choice if their public profile can been seen or not, if this can be done then we can reactive the members list, until then I'm afraid user profile will not be viewable.
MB
Arcade Fire
13-09-2007, 12:47
I totally understand about the private forums - really there's no reason for me to post there given that I've never attended a meet (although I would like to one day!) And since you invited me here in the first place I'm willing to believe that you're not slagging me off behind my back in there. ;)
I don't understand why user profile's aren't viewable, though - is it a technical issue, in that you can't have both that and a private forum? Or is it a privacy issue, in that some people have addresses etc. in their profile that they don't want everyone to see? Or some other reason?
Edit: This isn't to sound ungrateful or anything; obviously I'm happy to be invited here! I just like to understand things (I guess it's in my nature) and I don't like not having reasons for why things are as they are.
Edit(2): Final question. Is the status message under my username editable from the control panel, or can it only be changed by a moderator?
Matblack
13-09-2007, 13:02
I don't understand why user profile's aren't viewable, though - is it a technical issue, in that you can't have both that and a private forum? Or is it a privacy issue, in that some people have addresses etc. in their profile that they don't want everyone to see? Or some other reason?
Releasing one means releasing all at the moment, which means you could theoretically see who are members and have decided not to post in the public forums :)
Edit: This isn't to sound ungrateful or anything; obviously I'm happy to be invited here! I just like to understand things (I guess it's in my nature) and I don't like not having reasons for why things are as they are.
I like that because we as admin prefer to be totally open with the members :). We've consulted at every stage of this forum and over almost every change, it seems to be working too
Edit(2): Final question. Is the status message under my username editable from the control panel, or can it only be changed by a moderator?
Second one ;)
MB
SidewinderINC
13-09-2007, 13:08
That's answered a few of my questions too :p
All of the answers are as I assumed and perfectly reasonable :)
Very glad to have had the invite, and I hope to get myself to a meet one day when I can drive and know the certainty of my future.
Matblack
13-09-2007, 13:10
............. and know the certainty of my future.
Bloody hell, wish I knew mine :D
MB
SidewinderINC
13-09-2007, 13:11
heh, I'm in the middle of applying for PhD's so I could be anywhere in the country, or abroad by the end of the year - which is why I've not put myself down for this christmas meet.
and I hope to get myself to a meet one day when I can drive
Well if you're still in the area we can always give you a lift to meets if we're going :)
(clarification - "we" - my OH Mic AKA Jhadur is a member here as well when he remembers to post)
SidewinderINC
13-09-2007, 14:09
Yeah, I read the other thread and saw you said you and the OH weren't going to this one.
Thanks for the kind offer, and I'm sure that I can take you up on it if I am indeed still in the area :)
Chuckles
13-09-2007, 14:27
We looking into giving people a choice if their public profile can been seen or not, if this can be done then we can reactive the members list, until then I'm afraid user profile will not be viewable.
Create a custom profile field along those lines and whack in a conditional in the template. Either that or create a custom usergroup with the same permissions as registered users bar the viewable profile and make that usergroup joinable.
Create a custom profile field along those lines and whack in a conditional in the template. Either that or create a custom usergroup with the same permissions as registered users bar the viewable profile and make that usergroup joinable.
I've already considered that, but it doesn't satisfy some other requirements we have which I wont go into (mostly because they're boring, partly because I'm training :p). I have a plugin in mind, but there's a software update and some other changes to get through first and they're not imminent (next week probably), so for now we ask a little patience :)
Welcome Arcade Fire :)
killerkebab
13-09-2007, 14:37
Arcade Fire? Now there's a name I recognise! Welcome buddy, even though we didn't cross paths too often before :)
Hello mate, welcome aboard.
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