Quote from text_fish2 hours ago, text_fish said: Can we please re-enable(? - I'm pretty sure it used to exist?) the requirement for new users to post in the introduction thread before they have posting privileges in the rest of the forum?
A good idea as long as new users aren't confused, perhaps a prompt can be provided.
We didn't have this requirement before, but we did have it configured that someone needed to post once in any existing thread before being allowed to create their own thread.
This was removed recently because I had feedback that it might be putting new members off of getting involved and/or confusing them. Typically if someone signs up it might be because they want to share something they've been working on — that is our niche — and also it led to a low level of people getting in touch asking why they aren't allowed to post
Personally I'd rather people be able to dive in and get involved without arbitrary limitations, but am curious why you feel it'd be beneficial? If it relates to certain forums getting junk then perhaps we could implement a more precise restriction. For example, if we're worried about spammy threads in the creative forums we could make it so people's first threads have to be moderated (at cost of extra staff monitoring).
The main reason I suggested it is because recently a couple of bots got through whatever anti-bot measures you have in place. Mods did a characteristically good job deleting a spammy thread I saw, but this post necroed a legit thread over the weekend and it's clearly just a bot C&P'ing an earlier comment with a dodgy link hidden in it. It's harder for mods to keep track of this kind of bot.
It's not a life & death issue obviously and if your experience of a similar system is that it scared new users off I guess it's probably best avoided.
Ah right, yeah it's a fair shout. I have noticed a small increase in bots getting through since recently reviewing the anti-spam measures, one of which was switching to Google's fairly effective reCAPTCHA service. It's always a balancing act not making it too easy for bots or too hard for new members — and the fact that a lot of bots get signed up by real people for peanuts money makes it harder.
I'd say we stick with it for now, however it's always appreciated when spam is brought to our attention through hitting the report button. People who contribute in this way may additionally be considered for helping moderate if they're interested. If it does get too much we can look at tightening things up further. It's worth noting that the forum actively rejects loads of bots so it's doing its job fairly well, but like junk mail you always get some come through.
Well, it's official, @TopHATTwaffle is now an official Mapcore staff member. His great YouTube tutorials have taught countless people how to use Hammer to make CS:GO levels, and it's a pleasure to have such an active presence on our staff.
Give him a warm welcome!
Congratz/welcome, THW 
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It's impossible to remove tags in quotes when commenting on mobile, and it also send as though it's impossible to delete the actual quote box altogether
Yeah always had a problem with quotes and always forgot to report.
Minor layout thing: as you can see in the picture, if text is too short, the layout of the suggested articles at bottom page fucks up on mobile; i guess it’s a missing clearfix element.
This topic has been unpinned!(?) I had to search for it.
Also have Sprony’s articles been taken down? This one seemed the more appropriate place to post a behind the scenes video and is not even available to read?
would be a shame if we lost all his content 
Quote from blackdog2 hours ago, blackdog said: This topic has been unpinned!(?) I had to search for it.
Also have Sprony’s articles been taken down? This one seemed the more appropriate place to post a behind the scenes video and is not even available to read?
The content cannot be displayed because it is no longer available. would be a shame if we lost all his content
Yes it is (down and a shame) but it was Sprony's wish.
I can sort of understand since he left under not the best of terms, but this hurts the community
Not sure if he's been officially added yet, but the designer of our spiffy new logo-set, and fantastic mapper @Yanzl is now a member of our Staff! @Thrik will hopefully be adding our new logo stuff to the website as soon as he has the time.
I know Yanzl is no stranger in these parts, but let's welcome him to the staff nonetheless 
Quote from blackdogOn 24/02/2018 at 12:38 PM, blackdog said: I can sort of understand since he left under not the best of terms, but this hurts the community
Yeah, it sucks but it's life. Sprony did contact me (and others) to explain and such and I've got no hard feelings.
Sucks my interview is gone as I really enjoyed doing it and reading peoples responses. Maybe there will be another sometime soon
Only just noticed that. Those things can effect people being able to get a visa for other countries.
Talked to Sprony, he just missed me off his message and let me know the situation.
@Yanzl did a great job with the new version of the logo! looks modern!
Mobile site view is a bit wonky!
Is that still happening @jackophant?
Quote from Thrik17 minutes ago, Thrik said: Is that still happening @jackophant?
Looks perfectly fine on Samsung's browser.
It may be browser dependant (seems he's using chrome?). Maybe that'll help down the line to pinpoint the issue if it's a more general issue.
I'm using chrome on android as well and it looks fine to me 
Quote from Thrik19 hours ago, Thrik said: Is that still happening @jackophant?
Looks good now
Judging from your question, I presume something was changed rather than me going crazy?
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