^Wrong thread. Please remove that before this topic gets derailed again. But thanks again for pointing out the need to moderating. If I were a mod I could move that post to the correct thread and BOOM, problem solved (aside from the content of the post).

Edited 3/18/2015 17:40:23

Oops my bad, i moved it to the correct thread

I'm not sure the cause for not going to a real forum system (phpBB, vBulletin, SMF).

-Could it be a space issue on the servers (would take up much more)?
-Does he not want to give controls to mods (trust issue)?
-Not a priority (more important things to implement)?
-Not enough knowledge (hasn't really used advanced forums enough to know what to do)?

First of all, those 3 softwares aren't very good and aren't very modernized without heavy use of plugins. IPB is seriously the best and is the only one I would recommend in a professional setting.

1. Space issue isn't very large considering he's keeping all game history.
2. This is fully customizable on any forum software.
3. Probably.
4. They aren't that hard to figure out, it's moreso keeping up with it rather than the setup. If the setup is an issue I can help with that in no time.

I always assumed that Fizzer doesn't like the idea of buying forum software because he wanted to code his own and never really intended for this game to take off like it has. It was probably a money issue as well at first. Implementing and using forum software to the full measure will require a community manager who has done all this before (I have, and I'm sure there's other people in Warlight that have worked in that field before). What I mean by that is integrating Facebook and Twitter and keeping up with that (the tedious part). Otherwise I fully recommend IPB and maybe the updated phpbb (though it's not as elegant). It is really easy to use that software and get it working the right way.

I would actually find it exciting to get a forum software integrated with this site. It's been awhile since I've been able to do that.

yea but if metal gear had sexual violence and still got an m, then penis spammers on warlight should get an e

trolling isn't actually unsuitable for kids
indeed many 9 year olds (I am 15 not 9) engage in it because they think it is funny. At the age of 15 you learn it IS funny.

lol true

Lolo, i have not used that one so I did not include it. I would be up for helping with whatever software though. Maybe your point is correct, he wants it all in house and no 3rd party software.

Just did some looking online, it does not look that hard to do via PHP and SQL. I do SQL at work, so I think building the database would be up my alley. The PHP front face does not look too difficult. If Fizzer gave me an indication that he might go that route (assuming it worked well), I would give it a try. But I don't want to make something good for no reason

Edited 3/19/2015 03:31:41

Chris, I can help if needed as well with PHP/SQL or any language.

I'm sure Beren/Facetroll will pitch in too. Fizzer just needs to ask and he has a free workforce :)