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Post by The Evil One on May 19, 2010 8:01:06 GMT -5
Well, welcome. Good to see some new faces around here.
But I'm afraid of this forum is almost dead. Only few members visit here anymore - me, Lsudny, Xyard, savroll... Janne has no time to visit here very often. Last time he was gone for a month. Not so long time ago he visited here again (and replyed my PM). Xfactor also visits here sometimes and I think tep ain't dead.
But if we could get some life here, eh? And you might wanna take a look of one new episode by Xyard. I'm also making one (or two... or some more).
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Post by lsudny on May 19, 2010 8:06:46 GMT -5
Wow, I've never seen such a long post. D: Hmm, I must say, you have some nice ideas. I made a Polish translation, by the way. Updating PK2 will be very, VERY hard, cause our PG team is just dead, they're working on PK3 since 2006 and there's still no beta. However, in August 2009 they made Q-Lat 3 with no further information about PK3. I don't think they'll find time to make an update for PK2. I think the URL is OK. www.pistegamez.net/ - some confusions? Mapstore is a topic for discussion. Old, Vozice's mapstore isn't updated since... uh, long time. My friend sent his episode in 2006 summer, it got published in late 2008. Azoman tried to create his own mapstore, and yes, he created a site with PK2 stuff, but he abandoned it soon. So, I don't think someone will host the mapstore and will be keeping updating it real-time. But, I must to say, I can host a mapstore in blog form - it's a good idea. Blogspot is the best blog hosting service. IMO. Hahahah xDDD I MEANT S P O O N. xDDD
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Post by The Evil One on May 19, 2010 11:08:57 GMT -5
File hosting in Blogspot? OK. If that's possible I can be "New Mapstore's" administrator with you, if you want.
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Post by lsudny on May 20, 2010 7:31:28 GMT -5
File hosting on Wordpress?
I can host it somewhere... Chomikuj.pl (polish server) or FTP.
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Post by The Evil One on May 21, 2010 7:32:27 GMT -5
Well, if you know some good server we can make "a new mapstore."
Maybe we should make up a new name when we are founding this "mapstore."
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Post by sahwar on May 28, 2010 10:41:05 GMT -5
Well, good ideas, having more than one Mapstore v2 would mean more diversity and choice. Just to let you all know, I've created a new Mapstore for PK2 - pk2mapstore2.wordpress.com . It's still in its early stages, but new staff members are needed, so if you want - apply! I plan on hosting the episode files that we'll review on free file hosting websites (like MediaFire.com) and screenshots on free image hosting websites (such as ImageShack.us) because WordPress.com-hosted blog have limited file hosting capabilities. Everyone is welcomed to join! The project is a free voluntary initiative and I hope you'll find it worthy of posting your maps on it ONCE we organize the website a bit. Read the website pages for additional info. NOTE: You're still NOT hosting episodes YET, we should take care of some website management stuff first, before you can send us maps for review and hosting. Thanks for your attention!
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Post by The Evil One on May 28, 2010 10:54:10 GMT -5
... ... Have you read this topic? And are we really gonna need more than one new map hosting place?
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Post by sahwar on May 30, 2010 14:48:21 GMT -5
The Evil One: Yes, I've read that topic. Well, The Evil One, I don't have a problem with having 2 or even 3 mapstores. The important thing here is to have a stable webhost and a working mapstore and wordpress.com can supply those. As for file hosting - I've already said that episode files are usually small in size and free file hosting services offer relatively stable hosting (for example: I've hosted stuff on my MediaFire.com account for years and they're still there, available for download and sharing), so that's also not going to be a big problem. I'm looking forward to suggestions for pk2mapstore2.wordpress.com, as well as staff members to write short reviews of episodes, so if you want to join in, just follow the instructions at pk2mapstore2.wordpress.com/apply-for-staff/ . Hopefully, people will appreciate this endeavor. I'll also support every possible PK2 mapstore out there. Mapstore2 is just one of many options and variety doesn't hurt in this case. @lsudny Thanks for the kind words, I still hope that Janne will find some time to update the stuff I talked about. On the URL matter: Yes, the PisteGamez.net website is fine, what I meant is that the transition from to PisteGamez.net is not reflected in the PK2 User Manual (it's the manual.html that comes with the game and it shows the old website's hyperlink, not the current one). So, read a bit more carefully. I said: "consider updating PK2's game manual and LevelEditor manual (...)". The "needs a documentation update" part is especially true for the LevelEditor's manual - it needs to be improved and some things that were discussed here in the forums (concerning details about map-making stuff) should be written down in that manual to ease the process of getting familiar with the LevelEditor for new map-makers. Finally, lsudny, just to clarify another point: I DIDN'T say filehosting on WordPress itself (which wouldn't work for freely hosted wordpress.com blogs because of fixed limitied file hosting capabilities). What I said is to host the mapstore's database (texts with info about the maps, i. e. episode reviews) as a WordPress blog. Filehosting the map/episodes files themselves and their corresponding screenshots will be done on free file hosting services (like the aforementioned MediaFire.com for files and ImageShack.us for screenshots, for example).
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Post by The Evil One on May 31, 2010 7:57:59 GMT -5
Wow. You really post long posts...
If there was only one new "Map Store" (I think others should have different names, Map Store is already taken), there wouldn't be any "competition" between them. I think there is a chance of having few rival Map hosting place and that's no fun.
But if you like, let it be then. Maybe I'm wrong and there won't be any competition. I hope I am.
And sorry. I have no time for such a thing as testing episodes and writing reviews, I have so much to do... When I and lsudny were planning to build a new map hosting place I thought he woul'd be the one who tests the maps. ;D I am more kind of coder... I am a player too - a busy one - but I know I won't have enough time. Sorry.
But If you need a webmaster I consider. Of course if the source code is freely editable... I can code HTML but I'm a poor web page editor user.
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Post by lsudny on May 31, 2010 9:28:14 GMT -5
Rival? Mapstore 2? What are you talking about? THAT mapstore doesn't exist now. Vozice abandoned it and it doesn't exist practically. So there's no "rival" or "mapstore 2". Same. Same. I can help you - no problem. Let's see what can we do. Holidays are going, I will have a lot of free time. I will be playing maps, reviewing (yeah <3), posting screenshots and so on.
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Post by Rajdh on May 31, 2010 13:20:58 GMT -5
I will post my episodes here!
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Post by The Evil One on May 31, 2010 14:46:05 GMT -5
I ment if there was more than one NEW map store. Each of them would of course want that level makers send episodes to their map store so there would be competition between new map stores. And I mean situations like this: "Which one is the best? Which one I send my maps to? Hmm... that looks better, I send them there. Oh, that one has more space... and that has better URL..." If you know what I mean. And I just sent you PM.
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Post by sahwar on Jun 1, 2010 8:51:34 GMT -5
@the Evil One Great, I agree with the points you've made on the topic of having more than 1 NEW mapstore. If you're interested in becoming an admin of my project, just register a profile at WordPress.com and tell me its name, so that I can add you as an admin. @lsudny If you really have some free time here and then and you want to become an episode reviewer or an admin or moderator of pk2mapstore2.wordpress.com, just just register a profile at WordPress.com and tell me its name, so that I can add you with the desired position. RajdhDo you mean pk2mapstore2.wordpress.com when you say that you're planning on posting your new episodes "here"? If yes, then you're welcome to send us your maps by following the instructions at pk2mapstore2.wordpress.com/send-us-your-maps/ .
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Post by The Evil One on Jun 1, 2010 12:53:14 GMT -5
sahwar: Is WordPress really a right place to build new map store up? And is its source code freely editable, I'd like to know before takin' that admin job... Cause I might be interested if we now will have only one new map hosting place. @lsudny: It seem's that we all (me, sahwar, you) have to work together to build only ONE new "map store" (I'd still prefer a new name).
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Post by The Evil One on Jun 1, 2010 14:12:35 GMT -5
Who are you talking to? To me or to sahwar?
EDIT: Did Rajdh delete his post or did I just post this to a wrong topic?
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