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Title: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Fineus on July 09, 2007, 04:24:07 pm
Following a very rapid mucking about with Photoshop, I give you the new and improved HLP welcome beam. Please use it appropriately and don't spam it, if I start seeing the rainbow on a daily basis I'm just going to remove all but the green one :p

With that in mind...

(Replace "(" and ")" with ":" ":" to use)

:welcomegreen:
(welcomegreen)

:welcomeblue:
(welcomeblue)

:welcomeorange:
(welcomeorange)

:welcomepurple:
(welcomepurple)

:welcomered:
(welcomered)

:welcomesilver:
(welcomesilver)

:welcomeyellow:
(welcomeyellow)

Enjoy! :D
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Turey on July 09, 2007, 04:37:11 pm
What was the motivation behind the font change?
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Fineus on July 09, 2007, 04:37:46 pm
I liked the look of it :)
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Turey on July 09, 2007, 04:44:25 pm
I liked the look of it :)

Ok. I think I still have the .psd for
:necro:
So if you want to use the old font, I can look it up.

BTW, got a .psd for these?
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Fineus on July 09, 2007, 04:45:56 pm
I do, yes :)

Is there something particularly wrong with the new font? I was looking for something a bit smaller, cleaner, crisper...
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Mongoose on July 09, 2007, 05:05:12 pm
At least in my eyes, it almost looks a bit too...professional.  The classic beam looks a bit more like a 90-second Photoshop hack job, which always made it seem more endearing to me.  I don't mind the new options at all, but would it be possible to retain the original, just for nostalgia's sake?
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Polpolion on July 09, 2007, 05:48:54 pm
The edge of the text is a bit fuzzy and grainy. Any chance of getting it clearer?
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Game_Master64 on July 09, 2007, 05:50:34 pm
i forsee beam wars
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Sandwich on July 09, 2007, 05:51:36 pm
Pardon the realism critic in me, but... you have shadows beneath the letters. Over the beam. The letters are casting shadows on the beam. Doesn't that seem wrong to you?

Shouldn't it be something more like this, where the beam's light is overflowing the letters?

[attachment deleted by admin]
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Fineus on July 09, 2007, 05:55:40 pm
Meh, it's a graphic. It looks perfectly crisp on my monitor and yes there's a drop shadow, but I think that adds to the image.

If it's really not that well recieved then I'll put the old one back if someone can supply me with the graphic. I'm not going to waste my time on doing things if they're going to get nit-picked.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Goober5000 on July 09, 2007, 06:55:54 pm
At least in my eyes, it almost looks a bit too...professional.  The classic beam looks a bit more like a 90-second Photoshop hack job, which always made it seem more endearing to me.  I don't mind the new options at all, but would it be possible to retain the original, just for nostalgia's sake?
I kind of like the old one better too... :nervous:


If it's really not that well recieved then I'll put the old one back if someone can supply me with the graphic.
Ack.  You overwrote the old welcome beam without backing it up?

Yeah, the old one ought to be within easy reach, but I don't think anyone could produce it inside of 60 seconds. :)
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Unknown Target on July 09, 2007, 07:07:50 pm
I liked the old one more too...
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Turey on July 09, 2007, 08:19:42 pm
Ack.  You overwrote the old welcome beam without backing it up?

Yeah, the old one ought to be within easy reach, but I don't think anyone could produce it inside of 60 seconds. :)

Within 60 seconds of reading this:
(http://www.fsoinstaller.com/images/welcome2hlpbb.gif)
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Polpolion on July 09, 2007, 08:37:47 pm
What font is the new one in?

EDIT:

:welcomegreen:
(http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/7576/necronew3su5.png)
:necro:
EDIT2: Haha! I win!

EDIT3: No! It appears it is in the wrong font! And not in bold! Oh well! I lose! I don't feel like doing anything anymore.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: jr2 on July 09, 2007, 10:57:58 pm
There.  This is what I pulled off of an old .mht file I had around...

[attachment deleted by admin]
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: haloboy100 on July 09, 2007, 11:38:24 pm
i think the new beam is great. the old one looks a little low quality.

by the way, what does :necro: mean?
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: jr2 on July 10, 2007, 12:03:59 am
Means you're guilty of necromancing a thread.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: haloboy100 on July 10, 2007, 12:14:33 am
oh. sounds like a code thingy... :nervous:
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Dark Hunter on July 10, 2007, 02:08:40 am
 :p

It means that you posted in a really old thread.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Grizzly on July 10, 2007, 10:07:20 am
:welcomeblue:
Joshua wants animated beamglows!
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Wobble73 on July 10, 2007, 10:19:51 am
:welcomeblue:
Joshua wants animated beamglows!

Wobble73 wants Joshua to stop speaking in the third person, but then we all don't get what we want very often now do we!  :P
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: haloboy100 on July 10, 2007, 10:32:50 am
actually, i second joshua. Maybe it should be something like :beamz: but on a much bigger scale, and of course with the words on it. Or maybe we can do something like this (http://www.fsoinstaller.com/welcome.html), but smaller.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Hades on July 10, 2007, 10:43:30 am
 :jaw: :jaw: :jaw: That is Nice!!!!!!
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: haloboy100 on July 10, 2007, 10:44:58 am
and it's ALL text!
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Hades on July 10, 2007, 10:47:01 am
If you look in more Smiles you'll notice the new beam. :nod:
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: redsniper on July 10, 2007, 12:51:22 pm
What did I start? Now I miss the old italics welcome beam. :(

It's okay though, don't change it back. Now we'll have some people using the new one out of convenience and others will go out of their way to use the old one, and it'll be sign of... something. I don't know, it just sounds like fun. :nod:

:welcomered:
Ooooh, colors
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: shiven_warior on July 10, 2007, 03:28:13 pm
hmm liked the old one better...... maybe just edit the new one to be with italics
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: haloboy100 on July 10, 2007, 03:40:45 pm
the old one looks a little ugly to me...
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: karajorma on July 10, 2007, 03:50:12 pm
I like the new one too.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Snail on July 10, 2007, 03:54:32 pm
What about

.               THE GHETTO BEAM            .?
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: haloboy100 on July 10, 2007, 04:09:45 pm
ewwww.....
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Polpolion on July 10, 2007, 04:30:14 pm
The new one's okay. I'm not quite sure about the shadows, though. Plus there should only be green.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Snail on July 10, 2007, 04:39:56 pm
ewwww.....

The ghetto beam or the

:welcomeblue:

sweet new one?
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: haloboy100 on July 10, 2007, 05:09:28 pm
The ghetto beam...it looks like you wrote in your own snail slime with blood...I use firefox, so thats what it looks like...

Back on topic, i think the new beams should be italicized. then it would be perfect!
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: redsniper on July 11, 2007, 01:11:30 am
I think the ghetto beam owns all. :lol:
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Kie99 on July 11, 2007, 07:29:03 pm
Nice work Kal. :yes:
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Grizzly on July 11, 2007, 11:50:45 pm
Joshua reqeusts permission to do a rainbow of this?
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Dark Hunter on July 11, 2007, 11:53:30 pm
Kal already did that... look at the first post.  :p
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: haloboy100 on July 11, 2007, 11:54:28 pm
or how about something like

:welcomegreen::welcomeblue::welcomered::welcomepurple::welcomeyellow::welcomeorange::welcomesilver:(http://www.fsoinstaller.com/images/welcome2hlpbb.gif)
?
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: jr2 on July 12, 2007, 01:24:32 am
That pwns.  :jaw:
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Herra Tohtori on July 12, 2007, 08:49:58 am
(http://users.tkk.fi/~lmiettun/Kuvat/HLPWELCOMEBEAM_2fast.gif)

 :drevil:
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Hades on July 12, 2007, 08:52:41 am
Nice, but i still like the new one. :drevil:
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: haloboy100 on July 12, 2007, 10:13:05 am
(http://users.tkk.fi/~lmiettun/Kuvat/HLPWELCOMEBEAM_2fast.gif)

 :drevil:

Hells no, i love that one!
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: jr2 on July 12, 2007, 09:35:54 pm
I like that one.. :yes:  But it's old...
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Hades on July 12, 2007, 09:36:42 pm
I wonder if any one could update it a little. ;7
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Grizzly on July 14, 2007, 05:28:06 am
We do have an ANi.. we have a program that can open dds files.. we have the more sane version of animated beamglows...

(And NO, I have not started to delibritaly talk in first person plural)
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: haloboy100 on July 14, 2007, 08:31:24 am
(And NO, I have not started to deliberately talk in first person plural)

So it's finally first person singular for Joshua then? ;7
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Snail on July 14, 2007, 10:01:07 am
Just try speaking in the second person singular/plural and you will confuse yourself to hell.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Goober5000 on July 14, 2007, 05:56:38 pm
Okay.  Old welcome beam restored; new welcome beams retained. :D
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: haloboy100 on July 14, 2007, 06:14:54 pm
what?????

:welcome:

Goob, how could you!
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Goober5000 on July 14, 2007, 07:12:12 pm
Because a lot of people wanted the old beam back.  You can still use the new beams if you want; I haven't deleted them.  That's what "retained" means.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: haloboy100 on July 14, 2007, 07:15:22 pm
then where did you put them?
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Shade on July 14, 2007, 07:25:46 pm
Nothing's changed. People can just use the old beam if they so choose. Instructions are in the first post of the topic.

[Edit] Wtf am I doing? I'm helping people use the welcome beam... and I dislike that thing almost as much as glowy text that shouldn't exist :blah: I must have gone insane for a moment there.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: haloboy100 on July 14, 2007, 07:38:25 pm
oh. Kal edited the code for the new beams (and his post too).  :snipe:
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Polpolion on July 14, 2007, 07:53:26 pm
I feel bad for Kal.

People didn't like his beam :(.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Hades on July 14, 2007, 07:54:22 pm
I did. :nod:
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: haloboy100 on July 14, 2007, 08:20:13 pm
ditto.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Mongoose on July 15, 2007, 02:24:08 am
I liked his new beams just fine; I just didn't want to see a board tradition (albeit a sometimes-abused one) vanish without a trace.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Shade on July 15, 2007, 03:05:47 am
Quote
albeit a sometimes-abused one
It's a sad thing, actually. I used to think it was a pretty fun tradition, though I never practised it. But after all the ridiculous inflation that went into its use, seeing it in a post automatically puts me into "Oh no, not again" mode.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Snail on July 15, 2007, 03:52:49 pm
I did. :nod:

ditto.

Me too.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: colecampbell666 on July 15, 2007, 07:57:51 pm
I did. :nod:

ditto.

Me too.

Same.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Polpolion on July 15, 2007, 08:38:39 pm
Well you and me and whoever else who thought it was at least a satisfactory replacement to the old beam didn't think it was a satisfactory replacement for the old beam enough for it to be not un-replaced.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: haloboy100 on July 15, 2007, 08:43:38 pm
i just wanted the new one to be italicized...thats all.

and i still prefer it over the old one!
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: jr2 on July 15, 2007, 10:05:35 pm
Best of both worlds - having your cake & eating it too - FTW!

:welcome::welcome::welcome::welcome::welcome::welcome::welcome:
:welcomered::welcomeorange::welcomeyellow::welcomegreen::welcomeblue::welcomepurple::welcomesilver:
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Stormkeeper on July 16, 2007, 03:31:55 am
How bout some welcome rainbow for the second beam XD
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: jr2 on July 16, 2007, 03:51:42 am
better?
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Harbinger of DOOM on July 30, 2007, 04:07:13 am
My AAA beam
(http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/7741/ownedbeamkp0.jpg)

Maybe someone can use this as an "Owned" beam?
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: jr2 on July 30, 2007, 05:20:51 am
:yes:
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Harbinger of DOOM on July 30, 2007, 08:39:59 am
LOL, I think it would make sense to be an "Owned" beam because AAA beamz are such a pain in the ass............
(http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/7256/ownedbeamhi1.jpg)
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: jr2 on July 30, 2007, 03:30:46 pm
Either have that, or PWNED!!!

And make it italic, like the :necro:
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Harbinger of DOOM on July 30, 2007, 11:04:06 pm
Like this? I also changed the font to Verdana, because thats the closest I could find to the one used above.
(http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/9365/ownedbeamwx1.jpg)
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: jr2 on July 31, 2007, 01:43:24 am
Ya, like that.  :yes:
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: akenbosch on July 31, 2007, 07:12:34 pm
necrothreadaged! (not realy :))
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: jr2 on July 31, 2007, 07:14:50 pm
Hmm, not bad.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: akenbosch on July 31, 2007, 07:27:23 pm
do you like the "matter stream" effect?

Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: jr2 on July 31, 2007, 07:32:43 pm
It's interesting, but beams aren't like that IMO.  They don't fluctuate that frequently, a small section of a beam wouldn't have a noticeable fluctuation.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: akenbosch on August 01, 2007, 05:53:34 pm
in the style of the old welcome beam
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: colecampbell666 on August 01, 2007, 06:05:42 pm
You forgot the extra "ed"
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: akenbosch on August 01, 2007, 06:59:11 pm
there is no extra "ed". your just reading the stop font wrong.

edit: oooh...THAT extra ed.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Grizzly on August 04, 2007, 03:00:11 pm
I did. :nod:

ditto.

Me too.

Same.

Yeah, here to.

Oh and by the way,  have stopped talking in third person, can now get adv_effects.vp style animated beam?
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: akenbosch on August 04, 2007, 06:31:07 pm
somewhat more detailed, not that you would actualy notice it without a widescreen monitor though...
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Turey on August 04, 2007, 06:34:58 pm
The font's still bad.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: akenbosch on August 04, 2007, 06:36:17 pm
which font, then?
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: colecampbell666 on August 04, 2007, 06:36:36 pm
Takakenbosch actually doing something productive! :eek2: :eek2:

Nah, j/k, looks good!

EDIT: I like the font in the second one.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Scuddie on August 04, 2007, 09:13:49 pm
Hmmm...  Since everything is being replaced, how about updating this tired old thing?
(http://www.3dactionplanet.com/hlp/hosted/tap/graphics/happybday.gif)
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: akenbosch on August 04, 2007, 09:16:12 pm
I like the font in the second one.

thats the font used on the orion nameplates. i thought since this is a freespace board, it would be a fun little thing too add to the old necro beam.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: colecampbell666 on August 04, 2007, 09:20:04 pm
I know, but it is better than the third.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: akenbosch on August 04, 2007, 09:21:41 pm
the last two have the same font, just different beam styles.

ps: these are the right size to be used in game, so be my guest if you want too use them in a parody campaing. if you want the .psd files, pm me.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: jr2 on August 05, 2007, 12:59:20 am
Oh and by the way,  have stopped talking in third person, can now get adv_effects.vp style animated beam?

@Joshua:  try typing /me at the beginning of your post.  Just for fun.  Just once!
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Scuddie on August 14, 2007, 01:09:30 am
Well, since nobody else did it, I took the liberty of doing it myself.  How horrible does it look?

EDIT:  I didn't mean to give it a salmon / grapefruit like color, honest!  It should be red!
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Wobble73 on August 14, 2007, 03:31:59 am
Scuddie lies!

Scuddie just likes pink!!!!  :lol:
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: colecampbell666 on August 14, 2007, 07:09:06 am
How do you get the birthday beam? What code?
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Snail on August 14, 2007, 07:42:03 am
How do you get the birthday beam? What code?

There is no code, Scuddie used an [img] tag to the old image on 3dap.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: colecampbell666 on August 14, 2007, 07:56:07 am
And on that note, what are the HL Monkeys?
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Snail on August 14, 2007, 08:31:19 am
And on that note, what are the HL Monkeys?

People who are in the "Monkeys" usergroup. People in that usergroup are able to access the project forums they are working on, and the other forums, but not the off-topic chatter forums. A bit like being banned, but it does not disrupt project status since they're still able to access internal forums.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: colecampbell666 on August 14, 2007, 08:39:10 am
Kazan doesn't seem much like a monkey to me.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: haloboy100 on August 14, 2007, 10:27:58 am
take a look in his last posts and see all the swearing he's done...

back on topic, i still don't see what's wrong with animated beams:

(http://users.tkk.fi/~lmiettun/Kuvat/HLPWELCOMEBEAM_2fast.gif)

Or the flame beam:

(http://www.fsoinstaller.com/images/stfubeam.png)

:P
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Snail on August 14, 2007, 11:03:56 am
You idiot, please don't spam or bring up the STFU n00b beam or this thread will be locked (like all of the other Announcement threads)
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: jr2 on August 14, 2007, 11:11:35 am
That makes 8... but, really, I'd like to see the animated beam either put as a code or upgraded and then put as a code.  Hmm, :animbeam: or something.  :)
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Grizzly on November 01, 2007, 05:45:49 am
Hmmm...  Since everything is being replaced, how about updating this tired old thing?
(http://www.3dactionplanet.com/hlp/hosted/tap/graphics/happybday.gif)

never saw it. Makes me feel young.

That makes 8... but, really, I'd like to see the animated beam either put as a code or upgraded and then put as a code.  Hmm, :animbeam: or something.  :)

Wich Anim beam to use? a few from the source code project with fonts?
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: jr2 on November 01, 2007, 08:27:16 am
(http://users.tkk.fi/~lmiettun/Kuvat/HLPWELCOMEBEAM_2fast.gif)
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: haloboy100 on November 01, 2007, 11:56:14 am
:nod:
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: colecampbell666 on November 01, 2007, 01:05:39 pm
Hmmm...  Since everything is being replaced, how about updating this tired old thing?
(http://www.3dactionplanet.com/hlp/hosted/tap/graphics/happybday.gif)

never saw it. Makes me feel young.

That makes 8... but, really, I'd like to see the animated beam either put as a code or upgraded and then put as a code.  Hmm, :animbeam: or something.  :)

Wich Anim beam to use? a few from the source code project with fonts?
They don't actually use the beam texture files from FS, they make them in PhotoShop.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: jr2 on November 02, 2007, 03:03:08 am
It'd be cool if they did.  :jaw:
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Snail on November 02, 2007, 08:43:21 am
How 'bout Bobbaou's animated beams?
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Grizzly on December 20, 2007, 06:31:43 am
How 'bout Bobbaou's animated beams?

:welcomeblue:
Joshua wants animated beamglows!
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: übermetroid on December 20, 2007, 12:12:01 pm
(http://users.tkk.fi/~lmiettun/Kuvat/HLPWELCOMEBEAM_2fast.gif)

I like that one.  It fits on the HLP station.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Snail on December 23, 2007, 03:39:26 am
What happened to the HLP station anyway? (not that I'm planning on reviving it or anything)
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: colecampbell666 on December 23, 2007, 09:10:47 am
I revived it and made a room, but it died again.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Grizzly on January 09, 2008, 07:41:04 am
what IS the HLP Station anyway?
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: colecampbell666 on January 09, 2008, 01:18:56 pm
http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,37852.0.html
Title: konichiwa. hello .shalom .Bonjour
Post by: lunewhite on January 18, 2008, 02:56:50 am
 I am a new  member  and downloading the game as i type this your website is good and ive been reading most of the threads  i have been searching for a good space sim /fps since i left freelancer over 4 years ogo i delved into Mmorpgs and got lost for 4 years but im better now the doctor says lol :eek2: thought i would just say hi i have made maps for games and written a little code but nothing on the scales you guys do i think i will like it here and learn alot.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Hades on January 18, 2008, 06:59:16 am
:welcomegreen:
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: vyper on January 19, 2008, 10:32:37 am
punctuationorban :P
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: haloboy100 on January 19, 2008, 11:06:57 am
punctuation or ban :P
No offense, but i got to agree. Proper punctuation is an asset, Terran.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: colecampbell666 on January 19, 2008, 11:45:13 am
He may not speak English natively. Not to be rude, but look at AlphaOne. He's from Romania. Or woutersmits, he's apparently from Pakistan and translates all of his posts with an online translator.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: haloboy100 on January 19, 2008, 11:49:38 am
Online Translators = Bad. Very bad.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: colecampbell666 on January 19, 2008, 04:57:19 pm
That's why he wouldn't listen to us - he couldn't understand.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Hades on January 20, 2008, 10:04:52 am
Who are you guys talking about... :wtf:
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Snail on January 20, 2008, 10:09:53 am
Woutersmits Al-Ilah bin Messih.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Jeff Vader on January 20, 2008, 10:13:31 am
Speaking of which, has anyone heard of him? It was always so funny to read his 'unknown 3d problem can any one help me fix that problem' posts. To some extent, that is. The fun part pretty much ended when he started reporting kara's posts.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Snail on January 20, 2008, 10:15:03 am
I felt sorry for him. Everybody was laughin' at him, now he thinks that HLP (and all of the community) are douchebags. Which we are. To an extent.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: haloboy100 on January 20, 2008, 10:17:05 am
Speaking of which, has anyone heard of him? It was always so funny to read his 'unknown 3d problem can any one help me fix that problem' posts. To some extent, that is. The fun part pretty much ended when he started reporting kara's posts.

thats where it got funny, to me. It was insulting to hear him start demanding updates like crazy.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Snail on January 20, 2008, 10:18:40 am
Not as funny as fs2freak88 or takashi IMO.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: haloboy100 on January 20, 2008, 10:21:10 am
ah, yes. Forgot about those :lol:
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Jeff Vader on January 20, 2008, 10:22:15 am
Yeah. Wouter assumed that a random update would make his FSO work again. fs2freak88 merely insulted people and stated that he had the power to declare ST:R dead unless he was given screenshots. Takashi... I haven't familiarized myself with him yet.

Edit: Speak of the devil. He is here.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Snail on January 20, 2008, 10:34:20 am
Edit: Speak of the devil. He is here.

Who? fs2freak88? *checks*... Awww... :(

Anyway, I don't think the way we treated woutersmits as a community was right. I think he didn't understand English at all and that was the reason for his apparent stupidity.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: haloboy100 on January 20, 2008, 10:38:22 am
any reason why we're talking about him in the new welcome beam announcement thread? :wtf:
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: colecampbell666 on January 20, 2008, 10:40:51 am
Cause it's convenient. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Jeff Vader on January 20, 2008, 10:42:01 am
Edit: Speak of the devil. He is here.

Who? fs2freak88? *checks*... Awww... :(

Anyway, I don't think the way we treated woutersmits as a community was right. I think he didn't understand English at all and that was the reason for his apparent stupidity.
No no. The W. But that reminds me. -Joshua- guessed that the W might be Dutch and apparently he was going to PM him to see if they could communicate without major problems.

any reason why we're talking about him in the new welcome beam announcement thread? :wtf:
What, you want us to start a woutersmits thread?
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: colecampbell666 on January 20, 2008, 10:43:42 am
Apparently Snail's stalking him or something as he knows his name and everything.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Snail on January 20, 2008, 10:53:25 am
Apparently Snail's stalking him or something as he knows his name and everything.

Dude. It's a joke.

He's not from Pakistan, he's obviously from somewhere else. And if you knew any Arabic, you'd know that "Al-Ilah Bin Massih" means "The Deity Son of Messiah". :p
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: haloboy100 on January 20, 2008, 11:15:44 am
He's not from Pakistan, he's obviously from somewhere else. And if you knew any Arabic, you'd know that "Al-Ilah Bin Massih" means "The Deity Son of Messiah". :p
So you're Arabic?
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Snail on January 20, 2008, 11:18:22 am
No, of course not. :p
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Grizzly on February 09, 2008, 03:12:12 am
well...

How about this as a welcome beam?

(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Weltenreiter/Smileys/Overkill.gif)
(Found on Pardus.at)

(PMing WouterSmits (which I realy think is a dutch name, or possibly german) didn't help, since he did not respond...)
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Jeff Vader on February 09, 2008, 03:34:08 am
1. I'm not a big fan of animations as a means for welcoming new people. Though I'm not speaking for everyone.
2. It doesn't say 'welcome' anywhere and the smilies look angry. That's not very welcoming.
3. It is pretty, though.

Oh, and as a side note, I'm beginning to think wouter is Russian since this new guy Wolfrine(Rus) sounded just like him.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Grizzly on February 09, 2008, 05:50:47 am
Wouter still is a dutch name, though. (Don't argue with the expert!). Wolfrine is just one of those people like him.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: colecampbell666 on February 10, 2008, 11:21:44 am
woutersmits is online.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Jeff Vader on February 10, 2008, 11:26:51 am
Hail them-Joshua-, do something.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: colecampbell666 on February 10, 2008, 11:29:24 am
I sent him a PM.
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Mobius on February 10, 2008, 11:50:30 am
1. I'm not a big fan of animations as a means for welcoming new people. Though I'm not speaking for everyone.
2. It doesn't say 'welcome' anywhere and the smilies look angry. That's not very welcoming.
3. It is pretty, though.

Oh, and as a side note, I'm beginning to think wouter is Russian since this new guy Wolfrine(Rus) sounded just like him.

I'm not a big fan of animations, either. I agree with you, it sounds aggressive. "Kill", afterall, isn't appropriate: we usually are newb "helpers" unless people come here only to say "great work guys!"

Wolfrine(Rus)? I talked with that guy on ICQ. I made a .tbm for him as I couldn't find a tutorial.


Oh, I think I will use this topic for this...



                                           ...:::THE RULES OF WELCOMING - "WELCOMETIQUETTE":::...

1) The word "kill" and any kind of connection with aggressivity is a coincidence, the welcomer has to be polite.

2) Only the first welcomer gets the kill. Other welcomers who post on that discussion should post beams and wish a great time on HLP.

3) 50 kills = Ace. 100 kills = Double Ace. 150 kills = Triple Ace.

4) Post only when you can help the new members. This means that FREDders, coders, modellers, texturers and other experts are the only ones who can get a high number of kills. People who come here only to say "great work guys" can be welcomed by everyone.

5) Never, ever, mention the word "kill" when welcoming. "I killed you", "Newb down", "You're my Xth/rd/st kill"...NO! "Welcome to the HLPBB!", "You're welcome!", "No problem, ask and you'll get an answer!"...YES!

6) No welcome speeches. Help the new member and post a beam.

7) No one is going to check the kills. It's up to the welcomer to be correct. Follow Mobius example: when you're a bit unsure(i.e. "Was it 16 or 18?") go for the most modest option(i.e. 16).

8) Kills should be mentioned in signatures so that everyone can see the progress and easily verify if someone's cheating.

9) Top welcomers must not expect prizes.

10) Following the rules is important. Hopefully welcomers and welcoming will have better consideration should the rules posted above be followed.


What do you think?
Title: Re: New and improved welcome beam...
Post by: Goober5000 on February 10, 2008, 12:00:18 pm
I think it's ridiculous, and therefore I'm closing the thread.  The entire point of the welcome beam policy was to get away from "kills" and other immature behavior that could drive away new members.

EDIT: The "no welcome speeches" and "post only when you can help" items are valid though.