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Title: Announcements Question
Post by: JGZinv on July 15, 2012, 12:59:23 pm
Up in the 4 block of announcements/highlights, would it be possible to make note that Tachyon the Fringe is on sale on Steam for $5
if I make a thread to said status?

I know we usually do it for FS2 when GOG has a sale....   was hoping to get a few more people to pick it up and play, garner
some interest in the mod, etc.
Title: Re: Announcement's Question
Post by: Goober5000 on July 15, 2012, 02:05:13 pm
Might as well.  I think forum mods can post threads in the Announcements forum.

Also, why did you put an apostrophe in the middle of "Announcements"?
Title: Re: Announcement's Question
Post by: rscaper1070 on July 15, 2012, 03:08:27 pm
The Announcement has a question, of course. :)
Title: Re: Announcement's Question
Post by: JGZinv on July 15, 2012, 06:15:38 pm
Yeah yeah....

Think I did it correctly... posted in both announcements and the highlights section as that seems to be the way everyone else is doing it.
Title: Re: Announcements Question
Post by: Goober5000 on July 15, 2012, 07:33:01 pm
Um, no.  You usually post something in either Announcements or Highlights, not both.  Furthermore, Highlights are "from the work of our forum members", which this most definitely isn't.
Title: Re: Announcements Question
Post by: z64555 on July 15, 2012, 08:08:30 pm
Question: I seem to remember that a few FS1 and FS2 sale specials from GOG showed up as highlights. Where these done in error or are they actually acceptable?
Title: Re: Announcements Question
Post by: Droid803 on July 15, 2012, 08:33:46 pm
I would prefer if there weren't ads in highlights...
Just sayin'
Title: Re: Announcements Question
Post by: mjn.mixael on July 15, 2012, 08:35:52 pm
Agreed. Is an announcement really not enough for this?
Title: Re: Announcements Question
Post by: z64555 on July 15, 2012, 08:38:18 pm
Agreed. Is an announcement really not enough for this?

That's, ah... not the point. We've seen ads for FS1 and FS2 specials pasted up in the Highlights (several times), and we thought that this was the norm.
Title: Re: Announcements Question
Post by: Goober5000 on July 15, 2012, 08:52:56 pm
That's, ah... not the point. We've seen ads for FS1 and FS2 specials pasted up in the Highlights (several times), and we thought that this was the norm.
I just looked through the Highlights forum and I saw exactly one instance where this happened.  It's not a widespread trend.
Title: Re: Announcements Question
Post by: BlueFlames on July 15, 2012, 09:46:45 pm
I think that an ad for a sale on copies of FreeSpace showing up in the highlights for a FreeSpace forum is an acceptable exception to make.  Tachyon, while being in the same genre and from the same era, is not FreeSpace, and therefore can't reasonably claim to be privy to the same exception.
Title: Re: Announcements Question
Post by: Scotty on July 16, 2012, 01:03:47 am
Yes, the announcments section is so busy lately.

Seriously, there hasn't been an update in two months.  I don't see why this would be a problem at all.
Title: Re: Announcements Question
Post by: jr2 on July 16, 2012, 01:08:38 am
Is there a way to put a small slideshow section underneath Announcements with things that the mods/admins think we might find interesting?
Title: Re: Announcements Question
Post by: karajorma on July 16, 2012, 01:34:55 am
Yes, the announcments section is so busy lately.

Seriously, there hasn't been an update in two months.  I don't see why this would be a problem at all.

Well surely that's an argument against having a non-freespace, non-HLP announcement which will then sit there for several months. :p
Title: Re: Announcements Question
Post by: z64555 on July 16, 2012, 01:36:28 am
Hey, FringeSpace needs all the publicity we can get.  :P