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Community => News & Events => Topic started by: Kevin Birtcher on Mar 24, 2015, 12:20 PM

Title: Suggestions
Post by: Kevin Birtcher on Mar 24, 2015, 12:20 PM
Brand New Suggestions Thread

* Merge Archive with Tags
* AJAX Playlists
* AJAX Tags
* Books: Option should exist to delete books from this page
* Books: User member names and link to profile
* Hitlist and Playlist notifications
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Wubble on Mar 24, 2015, 03:12 PM
Actually have comics on the 'home' page.

Where is side bar??? Yeah I have same things on top of the page, but it's really hidden and I liked the side bar....

Also I feel like the website has really template-ish and general feel to it, it's... to light?
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Fred on Mar 24, 2015, 03:55 PM
on a high resolution screen, the comic pages get all cramped on one side like so:
(http://i.imgur.com/aGQp2C3.jpg)
And when you try to post a picture that's larger than the forum limits, it doesn't resize it like it used to? Yeah, it just cuts it.
Cant click on it to see it properly either.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Animeshen on Mar 24, 2015, 04:31 PM
when you click the forum tab you get "Latest Topics" under the forum but if you go into the forum the latest topics vanishes- I liked that, or somethin at least to show what topics have been recently updated while I'm in the forum. Or like how the buttons used to turn red if theres unread topics inside like the "art jams" icon or whatever.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: William_Duel on Mar 24, 2015, 08:38 PM
I know we've had hitlists and playlists and I'm not sure if we have the feature I'm going to suggest but can we have a notification?  Like if we follow an artist we really like, is there a way we could get like an email or pm notification when that artist posts a comic?
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: E.W. Schneider on Mar 24, 2015, 09:26 PM
For some reason, we have the original Queen of Void match listed under it's own specific thing. However, current Queen and King of Void is listed as Tournament. There should probably be some kind of matching on that.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Wei Ingnan on Mar 25, 2015, 12:05 AM
changes to archive and categories are already under way
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: UmbrellaFrog on Mar 25, 2015, 01:06 PM
Delete Manager

Could you reconsider? The Manager is the only to access the webcomic manager, it's minor but it gets annoying having to go through "manage my characters" to get to the manager.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Evi on Mar 25, 2015, 09:53 PM
I have no idea how technical this is but users being able to directly upload their custom thumbnails without emailing would be great!

I like the floating "maintenance continues" thing here, since you can't really miss it. maybe you could use something of a similar fashion for upcoming events in the future? like a headline and then a link to the actual news page for details?

I liked it when you could see the latest comments/new characters ect on the right side of the page, it disappears once you go into a thread as well as "latest topics". Edit: oops that one has already been mentioned, my bad!
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: The Bent One on Mar 27, 2015, 05:39 AM
I'm getting a big empty feeling from most of the site right now. Too much white space.

Also, do we really need the arrow button in the lower right-hand corner to take you back to the top?
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Wubble on Mar 27, 2015, 05:57 AM
Did not even notice that. Wow that taking to top is slow too.

Oh yeah: BRING THE BACKGROUND BACK and the header imagesss
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Angie on Mar 27, 2015, 08:27 AM
I'm not sure if the older headers would work because the size of the site itself is drastically different, but that means new headers if we go that route! I do agree about something needing to be in the background to break up the white space.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Kevin Birtcher on Mar 29, 2015, 10:43 AM
Actually have comics on the 'home' page.

Where is side bar??? Yeah I have same things on top of the page, but it's really hidden and I liked the side bar....
Both should now be back

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Also I feel like the website has really template-ish and general feel to it, it's... to light?
I don't know what to tell you
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Kevin Birtcher on Mar 29, 2015, 10:48 AM
on a high resolution screen, the comic pages get all cramped on one side like so:
(http://i.imgur.com/aGQp2C3.jpg)
And when you try to post a picture that's larger than the forum limits, it doesn't resize it like it used to? Yeah, it just cuts it.
Cant click on it to see it properly either.
The site's new theme that was released last week was Step 1 of a whole host of planned changes and improvements for throughout the site.  Since the changes were done 'in place' instead of separate from the live site like I normally do, I was limited to how much I could change while 99% of the site were still on the old, then-current, theme.

That said, I have an idea for comic thumbs... and it will likely forever break the custom thumb collage images some people have used over the years.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Kevin Birtcher on Mar 29, 2015, 10:52 AM
when you click the forum tab you get "Latest Topics" under the forum but if you go into the forum the latest topics vanishes- I liked that, or somethin at least to show what topics have been recently updated while I'm in the forum.
This is back now, pretty much everywhere.

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Or like how the buttons used to turn red if theres unread topics inside like the "art jams" icon or whatever.
Indeed.  I tried to make one, but my image editor wasn't up to the task and I haven't downloaded something better yet.  That said, if anyone wants to make one for me, I'd greatly appreciate it.  My plan was to simply take this and turn it red:
(http://entervoid.com/Themes/aldo/images/off.png)
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Angie on Mar 29, 2015, 10:54 AM
To be fair, this won't be the first time full image custom thumbs will get destroyed. That happened when the # of thumbs per row changed like 2 years ago too.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Kevin Birtcher on Mar 29, 2015, 10:56 AM
I know we've had hitlists and playlists and I'm not sure if we have the feature I'm going to suggest but can we have a notification?  Like if we follow an artist we really like, is there a way we could get like an email or pm notification when that artist posts a comic?
I very much want the same.  Going on the list!
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Kevin Birtcher on Mar 29, 2015, 11:01 AM
Delete Manager

Could you reconsider? The Manager is the only to access the webcomic manager, it's minor but it gets annoying having to go through "manage my characters" to get to the manager.
It's back.  For now.  But I'm still going to try and eliminate it by moving these links and functionality elsewhere.

I was under the impression no one was using webcomics, so I may have questions for you in the future.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Kevin Birtcher on Mar 29, 2015, 11:04 AM
I have no idea how technical this is but users being able to directly upload their custom thumbnails without emailing would be great!
Going on the list!

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I like the floating "maintenance continues" thing here, since you can't really miss it. maybe you could use something of a similar fashion for upcoming events in the future? like a headline and then a link to the actual news page for details?
That's the plan!
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Angie on Mar 29, 2015, 11:09 AM
Web comics haven't really been used because we've been horrible at advertising that it's a feature and made it kind of weird to set up. Something that should definitely be fixed.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Wubble on Mar 29, 2015, 11:12 AM
(http://orig07.deviantart.net/b331/f/2015/088/c/a/off_by_wutata-d8nlc56.png)

Here you go. It's the same color as the entervoid logo's "void"
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Kevin Birtcher on Mar 29, 2015, 11:13 AM
Oh yeah: BRING THE BACKGROUND BACK and the header imagesss
Background image is a maybe.  There's something I wanted to try but didn't get the chance to before going live.

Header images...
The old ones aren't going to work on the new theme.  New ones are being discussed, and I'm sure we'll come up with something.  What's there now was simply an example meant as a proof of concept.  I'm not sure they're in their 'final form' yet, but once we're sure how we're moving ahead, a post will go up spelling out how the community can create new ones.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: DEDieckmann (SkullcapComix) on Mar 29, 2015, 12:27 PM
Kevin,

If the thumbs break for collages, if people want, can they just send you new "generic" ones to fix that problem, if applicable?
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Kevin Birtcher on Mar 29, 2015, 12:32 PM
Yeah.

When the time comes, I'll make a big post about it.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Angie on Mar 29, 2015, 03:24 PM
Unless there's a blanket way to do it, that could potentially be a lot of effort to fix. I know I personally wouldn't want to have to go through a ton of comic folders and reupload thumbnails. Most of my comics had full image thumbs that got broken in the last layout change and it wasn't that big of a deal.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Fred on Mar 29, 2015, 04:29 PM
I think all of my comics had custom thumbs before the last change too. All it did was break my soul, so whatever.
Fun fact though, the present alignment restores those old ones to their former glory.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Angie on Mar 29, 2015, 05:24 PM
Until the next time the layout changes

(http://i.imgur.com/FibqHNI.gif)
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: PyrasTerran on Jul 30, 2015, 10:22 AM
Are playlists going to be taken out or something, cause we no longer have the option to add comics to playlists anymore it seems

and,

Any chance we can get comic details that show us the scores of both our comic and the opponent's of a battle? We've had it in the past i'm not sure how much trouble it'd be to add back in
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Minteh on Jul 31, 2015, 07:46 AM
Firstly i'm on my phone so i apologize for any spelling mistakes/ autocorrect confusion.

Hey, OK, so this is definitely a major suggestion, but after reading some comments regarding void and how we're unintentionally (at least I don't think it's intentional) pandering to the existing members with characters running around on the site, maybe some changes are in order regarding character creation and acceptance (you can find the comment I'm talking about on roflqu's tumblr).

I know we don't have a lot of rules, but there are a few when it comes to character creation:

-willingness to learn/accept feedback
-submit a design of the character you are using
-show that you are at least willing to draw humans, hands, and feet instead of hiding them
-create an intro comic between 2-4 pages

What I'm suggesting is, keep the create an intro comic as an option, but don't force it as a requirement. Instead, make it so you can apply with a previously existing comic work, OR a newly created character intro.

My thoughts are, we're a comics community looking to create comics and get better in the process. I feel like it might be more beneficial for new members with prior comic experience to apply with their character design and recent comic work. If that is insufficient, an intro comic might be requested then.

With this style of entry/acceptance, newbies with comic experience can get started faster instead of burning out and leaving the site after just creating an intro comic. All of their excitement for making a comic could then go towards their first battle.

I feel like this wouldn't be much different than the current process where the acceptance committee checks the comic and gives feedback, if something needs expanding or they need to show something more, we can send that request and have them reapply through an intro comic or a single sample page including what we think are their pressure points.

Thoughts?
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: PyrasTerran on Jul 31, 2015, 08:31 AM
I'm just playing devil's advocate here to get a good discussion on this:

"With this style of entry/acceptance, newbies with comic experience can get started faster instead of burning out and leaving the site after just creating an intro comic. All of their excitement for making a comic could then go towards their first battle."

But if a 2-4 page intro comic is enough to burn them out, what would skipping that to get to their first battle accomplish if they may just burn out during that as well? Become a one-and-done battler?

Also, what about existing members who might be interested in battling a new artist but don't have any pages to go by to help them decide? There are artists who will look to a characters' pages to decide if they're work paying attention to.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Sabulive on Jul 31, 2015, 08:33 AM


What I'm suggesting is, keep the create an intro comic as an option, but don't force it as a requirement. Instead, make it so you can apply with a previously existing comic work, OR a newly created character intro.

My thoughts are, we're a comics community looking to create comics and get better in the process. I feel like it might be more beneficial for new members with prior comic experience to apply with their character design and recent comic work. If that is insufficient, an intro comic might be requested then.

With this style of entry/acceptance, newbies with comic experience can get started faster instead of burning out and leaving the site after just creating an intro comic. All of their excitement for making a comic could then go towards their first battle.


I find myself sorta liking this idea. Some tweaking will be needed to make sure that people dont just submit ref sheet after ref sheet as a way to keep making characters (perhaps a newbie needs to have 3-5 completed battles under their belt to submit a 2nd refsheet or they need to make an intro comic for the second character, another 3-5 battles need to be completed to submit a third character refsheet etc)

The real pitfall i can see is getting an influx of characters with no intros and then artists just abandon the site. But maybe it can be an acceptable risk?

Idk! This idea does need some tweaking to work really well, and I can see it working well (when its not 1:30am). I know a few people who are all really gung-ho to submit a new character but find the intro comic incredibly time consuming, or battle immediately after making the intro comic and feel burnt out.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Sabulive on Jul 31, 2015, 08:38 AM

Also, what about existing members who might be interested in battling a new artist but don't have any pages to go by to help them decide? There are artists who will look to a characters' pages to decide if they're work paying attention to.

I think that is where Mintley suggests that the new guys hand in a resume of sorts. People have done battles against characters who have no intro pages to go by (SDTs and Invitationals). If they don't have any prior comics experience then yeah, an intro comic is needed. If even those newbies can't do that then, nothing lost or gained!

Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Angie on Jul 31, 2015, 08:39 AM
If you enjoy making comics I'm not sure how "make a comic" could be a bad thing or discourage people from entering. The intros also serve as a way to show people what your character is about, which is super helpful when they're doing their first battle and is a way to give your opponent a reference on their personality and such. I'm all for finding more ways to encourage people to join the site, but I don't really get why drawing 2 comic pages would be that big of a deal. If they're going to be burned out after 2 pages, they aren't going to last one battle.

I get that some people get stuck on what to do for an intro, and I think instead of removing them it would be better to communicate what an intro can contain. I feel like people tend to get stuck because they feel they have to show why the character entered Void City or whatever, which is pretty boring after seeing so many people do it. We should make it clearer that people can do whatever they want as their intro as long as it features their character, so it makes it more fun for the artist. It should be a comic people are having fun with and not just "so and so gets on a bus and goes into Void City comic #98273492".
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Rose on Jul 31, 2015, 09:02 AM
As nice as the suggestion sounds, I think I have to agree with Pyras and Angie on this. Your character's intro comic should be your first comic match on the site. It's not an obstacle you have to cross before you get to participate; it's HOW YOU PARTICIPATE.

So while we could definitely get a good idea of someone's ability based on existing work, a 2-page comic isn't hard and shows both your character's personality/story AND that you're invested at least a little. I want more people participating on the site as much as anyone (maybe even more), but I'm a little suspicious that someone who's unwilling to create a 2-page comic to show off their own character would really participate all that much in the long run.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Minteh on Jul 31, 2015, 09:04 AM
Yeah yeah! I totally thought about those ideas, but I didn't want to make my post too long.

Pyras: my thoughts on it is we already have a pretty large number of "dine and dash" ERS who get a character in and never do anything else. I think if the first comic they ever do is against another real person, that's a totally different experience than submitting something for and by yourself (not to mention as a requirement). Many of the people who are here have that bloodlust that a one on one provides (or y'know, battle royales).

And like Sabs (YOUR ICONS I S2G) said, we had the invitationals and SDTs where completely new characters with nothing other than a ref sheet entered the ring, I don't foresee that as an issue, but it's a legit concern.

Angie: this was the biggest reason against the proposal I could think of, but then I thought (again) about the invitationals and new characters in SDTs, as both allowed completely new users with no characters sign up without any comics.  When I think about this being a step towards inclusion, I think the bottom line is "make more comics", and oddly enough the inhibiting factor for some is making a comic. But it's " making a comic to pass the bar" versus "making a comic for fun and learning".

Using my own characters as an example, Bartender's intro doesn't really give any information about the character that you couldn't already tell from his name. It was also a comic that I made for the sake of getting the character ter in as soon as possible. Cornelius on the other hand had a story I wanted to tell, and I was happy to do so. I think having two options (create a character intro, use existing comic history) will be beneficial to new members who have different approaches to comic creation.

Bobo: I can't digest that crit when we have had massive success without intros in the past (granted there was also failure). I just don't think it's a strong enough reason to say no, but ultimately it's not up to me!
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Sabulive on Jul 31, 2015, 09:10 AM
Wutata said

Wutata?
WUTATA?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
I'll give you a sound thrashing, u commonwealth cockwaffle, I'll make you bleed with our battle.

The real Wutata would be INSULTED
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Minteh on Jul 31, 2015, 09:19 AM
Lmao I saw the icon and I didn't read the name I FIXED IT NOW AND I'M STILL GONNA STOMP YOU
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Minteh on Jul 31, 2015, 09:26 AM
Sorry, one more thing to add on-

Again this is proposing a two-option application. I don't expect every person who comes onto the site to have an existing comic or webcomic, meaning the only option available to them is to create a new intro comic. I am definitely not suggesting we do away with them entirely. If you have comic experience, show us a portfolio and if you don't, do your best and show us what you can do.

I felt it was necessary to reiterate on this page!
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: E.W. Schneider on Jul 31, 2015, 09:37 AM
Hey, I got a suggestion for new comic intros, too.

I dunno how well it could be coordinated, but it'd be sort of cool if you could have a battle intro, where you and another new person have a battle right out of the gate as the 'intro' comic. It'd be a nice way to have participation or to enter with a friend right off the bat if planned out and stuff. I suppose you'd have to know ahead of time, but if they're both in at the same time, you could see them based on their comic battles and have it go up as a battle intro.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Minteh on Jul 31, 2015, 10:04 AM
Ok, I'm actually really excited that you suggested that, because I had another idea but wasn't too sure about it.

On the site we have an achievement called "welcome wagon", what if we had a list of available battlers that new users could select. Like open challenges, but especially for new users signing up. The challenge could go through when they're approved.

I really like the idea of two newbies going head to head also, a la invitational style.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Rose on Jul 31, 2015, 10:19 AM
@Rofl: You could always just agree with your friend to make your intros be a comic match or something like that. I could see it being an issue if they weren't both new characters, though, because then what do we do with the already-approved character's comic if the new applicant gets declined? Still a fun idea, potentially.

[member=1766]Minteh[/member]: Maybe we need to just gather the data and evaluate them objectively. I'm curious whether there's any statistical correlation between having an intro story and continued participation in the site. I think you hit the nail on the head with people needing to get into actual comic matches after their character gets approved or else they risk disappearing regardless of having an intro story.

Also, I love the idea of something built into the site that facilitates challenges between newcomers and other members. I'll have to work on that... sometime... when I'm done with my comic... >:I
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Angie on Jul 31, 2015, 12:09 PM
Yeah, you could always set up things with your friends to make your intros one kind of connected event! There are tons of ways you guys can make intros fun for yourself and we should find a way to encourage that.

And the thing about whether or not characters without intros is more successful...If I recall correctly, the very first invitational I think only 3-5 people stuck around vs the tons of entrants we had? I believe the second one had more success due to mods following up with people that time. People are more likely to stick around when they had to actually invest in getting their character in. That's not to say we haven't had those people that get in and never do anything, but that's a bit more rare vs. people that get in with no intros sticking around.

While it's true that allowing people in without intros causes a short burst of activity, it's not something that is sustainable for long. After people do that first battle, the majority tend to move on. Part of the problem is when we've done things without intros in the past that weren't SDT related, people just saw us as another OCT site similar to the OCTs on DA. Most people seem to view OCTs as something you do once and then move on. Which isn't something we want to encourage. We want our members to stick around and keep participating!
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: PyrasTerran on Jul 31, 2015, 01:36 PM
Part of the problem is when we've done things without intros in the past that weren't SDT related, people just saw us as another OCT site similar to the OCTs on DA. Most people seem to view OCTs as something you do once and then move on. Which isn't something we want to encourage. We want our members to stick around and keep participating!

This is something that I want us to avoid too~
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Rose on Jul 31, 2015, 03:47 PM
I think that we can avoid that at least partially by having current members challenge newcomers as soon as they're either out of the tournament or the tourney is over. I'm sure it wouldn't be sustainable to just constantly have tournaments even if we did get participants involved in regular battles immediately afterwards, since we'd still probably be more known for the tournaments than the regular, ongoing battles, but the bottom line is that whatever we do, we need to get newcomers battling ASAP, regardless of how their characters get into the roster.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: E.W. Schneider on Aug 06, 2015, 11:00 PM
Hey, I'm trying to adjust my tags in the Speed Resurrection Tournament's Final Round, and it doesn't seem to work. Maybe something to do with 3 people in the fight?
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Rose on Aug 07, 2015, 11:49 AM
Tags are super broken. I thought Toast disabled them, but I guess they're not completely disabled. I'll try to look at them soonish, but for now just don't worry about it I guess? Sorry :\
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: E.W. Schneider on Aug 13, 2015, 06:00 PM
I was just thinking, we should have a * added to the Drawing Time if an Extension is used. It would be good for the viewers to confirm it happened and for a reference point later on when looking back on battles.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Minteh on Aug 23, 2015, 02:47 PM
I was thinking a bit on recent discussions regarding Invitational tournaments, and how the majority of newbies don't really stick around for more than a few comics, regardless of the reason.  I'm sure this has been brought up before, but what if we had some sort of mailing list or newsletter that was sent out whenever events were taking place.  I know e-mail are already sent from the site for certain things (like receiving a PM or being challenged) and there's also an 'opt out' in the user profile, "Allow Users to E-mail Me".

I'm thinking it's a good way to let people who care about the site and the experience it offers, but might forget to check in, to know about what's happening. It could be just as frequent or infrequent as our actual events (like only official events are sent out) or information on projects that we've had in the past - like the Black Stripe being published and available for purchase.

I'm also thinking this might especially hit home to members joining via an invitational who might treat the site as more of a one-off thing. Where we are personally telling them "hey, we like you, we like your comics, come back and make more comics with us" kind of thing.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: E.W. Schneider on Sep 23, 2015, 03:28 PM
Is it possible we can get opt-in/opt-out notifications on comments for our battles like we do for PMs? It'd be super great to know when something happens instead of sitting around hitting refresh for comments or critiques when it's delivered to our email.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: William_Duel on Sep 24, 2015, 12:20 PM
Is it possible we can get opt-in/opt-out notifications on comments for our battles like we do for PMs? It'd be super great to know when something happens instead of sitting around hitting refresh for comments or critiques when it's delivered to our email.

I second this.  Like a lot of forums seem to have a "notify me when there's a reply" button so can't we have that for battles and maybe for news too?  I think it's a great way to remind people we're alive and keep people on their toes.  I remember seeing plenty of times in the past where people make the excuse "I thought the deadline for my battle was tomorrow!"  and this would be another great way to remind them. 
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Rose on Sep 24, 2015, 01:18 PM
I third this. Oh wait...
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Angie on Sep 24, 2015, 01:19 PM
I hope it can be done! I remember it being suggested during the older version of the site and at the time it wasn't possible because notifications were broke.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Pennydox on Sep 24, 2015, 01:45 PM
not sure if mentioned before, but maybe an email subscription to fresh released comics on the site, so you don't have to check the website constantly looking for the latest comics.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: E.W. Schneider on Sep 24, 2015, 01:52 PM
not sure if mentioned before, but maybe an email subscription to fresh released comics on the site, so you don't have to check the website constantly looking for the latest comics.

I'd say instead of an e-mail everytime a comic goes up, maybe that should just be included with a weekly update. Like, 'hey this is what's going on in void this week'. It'd certainly make said updates look better by coming in less frequency AND having multiple comics attached to it to read. It could be a little tricky with maybe missing a few days on a comic vote, but I assume if you get a general purpose newsletter to the site, you'd check it more than weekly mostly.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: E.W. Schneider on Oct 03, 2015, 11:43 PM
Two things that would be of use to the Open Challenges.

1. Multiple selected options.

If someone is good for any time between 1 - 5 weeks, they would have to put up either 1 week challenge/5 week challenge OR literally each of the options they're good with, not to include match types. It'd be great if you could put down, 1 - 5 weeks, regular and scar or something like that on the open challenges and then leave it up to the challenger to pick what they would like.

2. Comments on Open Challenges.

That top part could be just as well ignored if there was the ability to put our 'challenge comments' on a little drop-down/hover-over text box that would have our specific comments on it. That way if someone was up for more or whatever, they could just put 'contact or give alternate offer'. It'd just be another convenience of life for the site.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Animeshen on Oct 04, 2015, 12:33 AM
I kinda like comments on open challenges so you can fight someone with conditions or or time changes or even just "AWYEAH LETS GO BITCH" either way its very important
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Qyzex on Oct 10, 2015, 04:47 PM
Regarding Annihilation matches, I think it'd be really neat if dead characters could battle other dead characters year long, as long as they were Annihilation matches. Could this be a thing, please?
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Hiemie on Oct 10, 2015, 05:08 PM
Regarding Annihilation matches, I think it'd be really neat if dead characters could battle other dead characters year long, as long as they were Annihilation matches. Could this be a thing, please?

That is an immensely good idea.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: E.W. Schneider on Oct 10, 2015, 08:47 PM
I like the Annihilation Matches. Something I juggled in my head, it'd be sort of cool if the Annihilation Matches had a ticking counter for the dead characters who win them. Perhaps something like 3 - 5 matches dead characters annihilated/matches won equals that winning character getting revived? It would sweeten the pot for the few brave few who jump into these challenges and maybe even bring in more people and characters who wouldn't have done it.

It would also distinguish the SRT as the "safe" revival option, giving it more value when it does come around since it doesn't equal annihilation and allows for the characters and artists who're not interested in doing Annihilation Matches the option, while simultaneously allowing a dangerous fast-pass for those who are willing to attempt such a grave challenge.

It could also maybe bring in some more activity during Month of the Dead (if Qyzex's idea of happening year round doesn't get picked up). It's not like the challenge and bragging rights aren't already there by winning the option, but it'd really make for an exciting journey for a character to show them clawing their way back to life with Annihilation on their heels.

Oh also, maybe we should have an update to our achievements. It's been a while, I think new goals for people to strive for would be cool.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: The Bent One on Oct 10, 2015, 08:56 PM
Oh also, maybe we should have an update to our achievements. It's been a while, I think new goals for people to strive for would be cool.

I agree with this. Maybe an achievement for doing a certain amount of collab battles?
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: mortooncian on Oct 10, 2015, 09:07 PM
I like the Annihilation Matches. Something I juggled in my head, it'd be sort of cool if the Annihilation Matches had a ticking counter for the dead characters who win them. Perhaps something like 3 - 5 matches dead characters annihilated/matches won equals that winning character getting revived? It would sweeten the pot for the few brave few who jump into these challenges and maybe even bring in more people and characters who wouldn't have done it.

I second this idea, I mean, if you're laying everything on the line-- the ULTIMATE death match-- why not make it high risk, high reward? Otherwise, yeah ballsy people will do it, but in the end one person just loses.

Also: I suggest the winning number of annihilation rounds be four, because four is the number of death (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraphobia).
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: neens on Oct 10, 2015, 11:15 PM
annihilation achievement was suggested when this was in the works, so expect that at some point!
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Sean on Oct 11, 2015, 10:35 AM
I back the idea of having something to strive for. Of course, the achievement is something great, but winning a number of matches and being able to use your character on more permanent basis would be a wild prize.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Bittermause on Oct 11, 2015, 10:36 AM
I like the Annihilation Matches. Something I juggled in my head, it'd be sort of cool if the Annihilation Matches had a ticking counter for the dead characters who win them. Perhaps something like 3 - 5 matches dead characters annihilated/matches won equals that winning character getting revived? It would sweeten the pot for the few brave few who jump into these challenges and maybe even bring in more people and characters who wouldn't have done it.

I second this idea, I mean, if you're laying everything on the line-- the ULTIMATE death match-- why not make it high risk, high reward? Otherwise, yeah ballsy people will do it, but in the end one person just loses.

Also: I suggest the winning number of annihilation rounds be four, because four is the number of death (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraphobia).

I give a resounding third to this idea! I mean, when's the last time we had a new match type up on the site? I think this would be a great opportunity for dead characters to have one ultimate last stand.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Hiemie on Oct 11, 2015, 11:48 AM
4 is also about the rounds you gotta win for an SDT as well. Plus, it's a heavy risk, it's like what Death Matches USED to be.

I think it as an option of revival is absolutely a good idea. Especially since the use of dead characters is so loose. If you can find 4 people who wanna risk themselves like that and win each time, you kinda earned it. Especially if it's an all year thing.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Coatl on Oct 11, 2015, 02:18 PM
I'd like the idea of revivals for annihilation matches won. Is that possible?
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Evil Eye on Oct 11, 2015, 03:32 PM
I love Colin and Eric's ideas about Annihilation.  A lot.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Syraxis on Oct 11, 2015, 11:36 PM
I am really liking the Annihilation matches and the idea of an alternate way to resurrect dead characters is also appealing. I've no idea how it should be done, maybe through Annihilation matches, but that will have to be discussed more in depth before I see anything happening with that.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: justarhymes on Oct 14, 2015, 07:03 PM
It would be cool if it wasn't so difficult to PM someone.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: E.W. Schneider on Dec 23, 2015, 08:49 PM
It'd be nice if people would get an optional warning via e-mail to notify them the last few days a battle is due, so that they're not blind-sided when it goes up.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: Coatl on Feb 21, 2016, 12:13 AM
a comment box on the upload page would be nice to relay some upload instructions to the mods
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: otakutaylor on Jun 28, 2016, 01:16 PM
A few ideas for how the comics are displayed, thanks to there being SO MANY comics to read right now. Gathered from the Discord chat.

1. Any comics with less than 24 hours to be voted on are placed at the top of the list, to let people know it's their last chance to vote and comment on them. A few people like me have a habit of waiting till the last day, and might miss comics if they aren't obvious.

2. Randomized list - Comics who happen to be on the top of the list tend to get more attention, views, votes and comments. Randomizing the list of comics a person still hasn't voted on would mean the attention is more spread out. share the love!

3. A comic that you have already voted on would be placed on the list on the bottom. So you can still easily refresh the comics page and see which comics you have yet to read/vote on.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: E.W. Schneider on Jun 28, 2016, 03:52 PM
A few ideas for how the comics are displayed, thanks to there being SO MANY comics to read right now. Gathered from the Discord chat.

1. Any comics with less than 24 hours to be voted on are placed at the top of the list, to let people know it's their last chance to vote and comment on them. A few people like me have a habit of waiting till the last day, and might miss comics if they aren't obvious.

An addendum to that idea, what if those battles had an outline to help better draw attention to the fact? We already use color coding on a battle we've voted on, so perhaps a little extra attention to be drawn to a comic that you've not voted on and is on the final day would really help drive the idea home.
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: yarnwitch on Sep 12, 2017, 06:05 PM
Since I just discovered playlists, it'd be neat to have it be able to do a specific side of a comic battle, as opposed to the entire battle. That way if you're studying someone's artstyle or you just really dig their work, its easier to playthrough on your playlist!
Title: Re: Suggestions
Post by: E.W. Schneider on Sep 14, 2017, 12:04 PM
I think the drop down for the Comics page should read either just Comics or Current Comics instead of All Comics. I hit it on reaction when I'm actually just wanting the Archives, which is what I expect All Comics will take me to when I click the button.