#server-feedback

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rich sky
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Roles

ocean siren
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oh god

deft raft
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Yeah that's what I wanted

ocean siren
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Programming-Guru

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pls

deft raft
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And they are only visible in their categories

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Just that, if I type @ guru in MULTIPLAYEr, i don't want to see suggestions for all GURU roles

ocean siren
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easy enough to just prefix it with the cat name

rich sky
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that's why you prefix it

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@BP-Guru

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not just @guru

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I mean, I guess it'll still come up

ocean siren
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But just typing @ gives you a list

rich sky
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I don't think you can do it by channels

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or else GDL would haev done it long ago

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yeah

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right now

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it's just 4 of us here

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plus the @mod and @stream tags

ocean siren
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Oh I added feedback @rich sky

deft raft
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I'll look into the guru roles

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They are noted, but won't add them yet

rich sky
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K. Repost of Server Categories/Channel restructure:

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It's nice that people are all about this lol

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lol. the debate on shoudl plugins be its own thing. I think it should be though. Plugin/Editor dev work

deft raft
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Hmmm

rich sky
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the "other" was just a catchall, for stuff in the future

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or anything that for some reason I forgot

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Oh, wait why's that in UI

deft raft
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Probably slate plugins, that's why I crossed it

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I think plugins is fine in programming for now

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if it gets too much ,we can move it into its own category

rich sky
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And it might

deft raft
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It might, but as said, we can always adjust

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It won't be a final "form"

rich sky
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We could technically have it:

Plugins
Editor Modules
ExternalPlugins

deft raft
rich sky
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I wish I could reject with explanations

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Damnit

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Guess I'll just not reject and leave it up

ocean siren
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Just comment on it

celest zenith
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VB of marketing

rich sky
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Yeah

ocean siren
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And then reject it

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nbd

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but I usually let it stay for responses

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@rich sky since that's probably mine, what do you think about each category having a "general-category" channel?

rich sky
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I rejected the job ones

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Because job implies money transactions, employment

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But I added my reasoning

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I mean, technically, I would split it up

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even more if we can

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#lfm-paid
#lfw-paid
#lfm-non-paid
#lfw-non-paid

ocean siren
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what I was saying is that one of those sounds less "transaction-y" to me

rich sky
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Really? LFM is just looking for people

deft raft
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Well, technically we could

ocean siren
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But yeah

rich sky
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then it's just even easier for people to get who they want

deft raft
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Paid, Unpaid, Royalty

rich sky
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yup

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I'll do that

deft raft
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We can still rework them if the bot is out

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Or he adjusts it

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idc

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I can pullrequest the changes

rich sky
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haha

ocean siren
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wait you can accept PRs?

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Or is creating a PR somehow limited?

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Also didn't even notice the bot was public

deft raft
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I can't accept them

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I could write them

sleek warren
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I'd be cautious about that #beginners

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like, for that to work, it would require some experienced users to hang out there, and if it's always the noob talk that might not really interest the experienced users

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now since that talk is usually along with other channels, even new people get the help

deft raft
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I don't really like that either. People should go to the correct subchannels and that's it

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No matter if professional or beginner

sleek warren
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yeah

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also, I don't like the unreal prefix, it should be self explanotary that these are ue things on ue discord

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visual scripting should be blueprints

deft raft
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You know, you can add that

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:D just type in the document

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Same amount of work as typing it here

sleek warren
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skookumscript c#, python, other could just be #scripting or #other-scripting

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well I don't want to wipe out others work πŸ˜„

ocean siren
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it won't

sleek warren
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for scripting, I don't really think there's enough talk to warrant individual channels for those special cases

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if there is, those channels could be added

deft raft
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Victor's point was, that having the channel might bring people up to it

ocean siren
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visual scripting should be blueprints Blueprint Visual Scripting maybe

sleek warren
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yeah, that's true but lets face it, there's only handful of people using those scripting languages with UE4 to begin with

ocean siren
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Agree on dropping Unreal prefix on these cats

sleek warren
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also not sure about postprocessing

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cinematics could be sequencer so it would be more familiar to ue4 users

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but I get the generic name too

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btw, can we actually have similar named channels on different categories?

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like that #tutorials

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or does it need to be an unique name

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you'd think the tagging from other groups would break if you could have multiple

deft raft
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similar works now

sleek warren
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lol'd at that windows phone

ocean siren
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I think if you're trying to #mention the channel and there's duplicates you can pick

sleek warren
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that's a dead platform

ocean siren
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Not entirely sure.

sleek warren
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and UE4 doesn't even support it

deft raft
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Hey, I just wanted to be nice xD

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Idk about Mobile stuff

sleek warren
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I'd combine perforce, git and svn too just to vcs

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also, why not windows platform ?

rich sky
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@sleek warren uwp

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= windows

sleek warren
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it's not the same

rich sky
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Really?

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Because it says it is

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πŸ˜ƒ

sleek warren
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uwp is the win10 and xbox thing

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you can't even build UE4 for UWP by default

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you need custom fork for that

rich sky
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I mean, do we need a windows7, windows8, windows10 channel?

sleek warren
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I was thinking just windows

rich sky
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that's why uwp is its own channel

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I mean, I guess, suggest it

sleek warren
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I don't really know what people would discuss on those channels tho

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linux is kinda self-explanotary

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I guess people who need help on windows just take it in general etc channels

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like VS installations and such

rich sky
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Yeah, don't talk in here

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type in the doc lol

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just change it however you want, and we can discuss that on there

sleek warren
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pffft

rich sky
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That's the point of making a Google Doc πŸ˜‰

sleek warren
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but then I'd need to sign in to google

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instead of just throwing random things here

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I'd also put the jams into misc

rich sky
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I did enough free work today Β―_(ツ)_/Β―

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I'm not going to do it, already onto something else πŸ˜ƒ

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But ya, you have some good ideas. So document it properly

sleek warren
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I mean, it's kinda odd that game jams are in General but Physics, Media-framework and Gameplay-abilities-plugin is in Misc

deft raft
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Buddy

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Add it to the docs

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It gets lost here

sleek warren
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nah, I'll just shut up πŸ˜„

rich sky
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**Server Channel/Category Restructure Proposal: ** https://docs.google.com/document/d/1igRL77v_S0ePkwOhQwjRvGLdltOqNSA7SNuvM2mK9fo/edit?usp=sharing

Please comment if you're interested! Throw up any ideas, additions, renames, deletes, whatever!!!! Comments are good too!

ocean siren
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Well I just suggested another jams channel so that my category name suggestion makes sense

chilly ivy
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Wow. Quite a discussion about channel categories! I'll be sure to look through all the suggestions.

rich sky
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@chilly ivy πŸ‘

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!invite

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!help

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!info

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or not here

chilly ivy
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The bot doesn't work in this channel. People were abusing it.

rich sky
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Ah, I got what I needed anyway

celest zenith
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think if the bot said "stop abusing me!"

open radish
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server groups please

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pleaze

civic raven
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I would add a streamer online bot so I can see streams and people can view is who is streaming live at a given moment. The game dev league server has this feature it is pretty cool.

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I am assuming it is a bot I have no idea how they are doing it

rich sky
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Hmm, well, I'd like to at least get Categories and all the new channels in order first before they try a new bot πŸ˜‰

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But yeah, that could be cool. Wouldn't need the streaming channel anymore.

celest zenith
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@rich sky then it could be selfpromoting channel

rich sky
chilly ivy
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@rich sky That's not really relevant here since we can't control it.

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Worth noting that Discord is working on a report button feature. No ETA, though.

rich sky
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@chilly ivy hm?

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It's so people can vote for the feature to improve server moderation

chilly ivy
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Right, but that's for Discord, not Unreal Slackers.

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This channel is for feedback on our server specifically.

rich sky
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k

slender blade
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So yeag

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A tag system for #career-chat so people can filter through stuff easily by searching tags like LFW PAID Blueprint

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Or a command which PMs people a list of postings with said tags

deft raft
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I can code that pretty quick, but I don't want to add another bot in addition to nick's

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So I need to wait for his solution or PR requests on his bot

slender blade
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Can always code it and send it to him to merge

deft raft
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True, but I need his code base first.

slender blade
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Or just make an extra one for the time being

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Bit of a waste of time though

deft raft
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I asked him if I can do that. Didn't really get an answer. He reenabled the pinning in jobs

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guess that was the answer

slender blade
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x3

rich sky
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No lie, still surprised we don't have categories or new channels yet Post Categories launch.

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Especially after I put in that effort with the proposal 😭

silk tulip
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honestly I don't think a bot solves the issue

deft raft
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@rich sky Trust me, we (mods) are pushing for it

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I want them too

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That's why I asked you

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@silk tulip Care to explain? Cause I think it would add a lot more structure to the job posts

silk tulip
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I feel like #career-chat would then turn into a majority posts being the bot searches and etc.

celest zenith
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@deft raft even nick pushed the channel change long before categories launch for prepare for but still there isnt

silk tulip
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It doesn't actually clean up things I don't want to read about. It just makes it slightly eassier to sort through which was never the issue in the first place.

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Like the pinned jobs are good enough for sorting

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but I feel like personally I've been hard to convince the studios I work for to post openings in #career-chat

deft raft
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Bots are usually written to remove the request

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So if you write !job info

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It posts you and removes your message

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So the channel remains empty in terms of requests

silk tulip
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oh thats good

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didn't realize that πŸ˜ƒ

deft raft
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It would pop up for a second. Server removes it and send you a Private message

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That's how my bots are setup

silk tulip
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That seems better than pinning imo

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then the only thing in #career-chat is like a pinned post about how to interact with the bot?

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and people post jobs and pull jobs?

celest zenith
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catz: Rules,Announcements arts,design graphics platforms programming chat, lounge jobs, game-jams market

rich sky
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We just need multiple job channels. and one dedicated for job discussions/questions

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Basically, don't allow anyone to discuss shit in those respective channels, just post appropriately. If they don't, the bot will delete it

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Any comments/concerns about a specific job can be taking through DMs or the discussion channel

silk tulip
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The other question is what do you want #career-chat to be... e.g. there are a lot of UE4 studios with job postings. Would it be ideal to serve all job postings or only specifically people directly in Unreal Slackers?

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Like if Splash Damage has UE4 developer needs do you guys care if its in #career-chat if no one here is from slash damage

deft raft
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We do need one single job channel

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The bot manages tags

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And puts the things into a database

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Only post in there will be instruction

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That's how I would do it

silk tulip
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I feel like we are making dice.com but for UE4

deft raft
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!addjob <title> <description> <list of tags divided by commas>

silk tulip
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description is going to need to be multi-lined right?

deft raft
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!job - lists all private
!job <list of tags> - more defined search

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That sohuld do it

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I guess we can add multiline support with some hand made format

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such as \n

silk tulip
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well I think the idea would be to keep the current standardized format for jobs

deft raft
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Idk what Nick's bot is going to do

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But that's how i would do it

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My bot answer like this

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I think that works perfectly to post private messages

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With information about jobs

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And then maybe a second job channel for discussions

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so people can talk about what ever they want regarding jobs

silk tulip
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I'm on board I like it btw

silk tulip
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For jobs it would be nice if the guidelines for posting were also in the pinned section

chilly ivy
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@silk tulip We already tried that in the past. It doesn't work because we have to keep re-pinning it for it to stay visible.

silk tulip
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you can perm pin stuff?

chilly ivy
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A different solution for #career-chat is in the works that will take care of it.

ocean siren
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I thought the bot repinned automatically

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in olden times

chilly ivy
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No. It's always been me or a moderator.

silk tulip
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it sounds like the bot based jobs is the future

chilly ivy
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lol

silk tulip
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will be nice to cut the spam

ocean siren
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Anyway, no reason to introduce a feature if you're working out something anyway

silk tulip
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is there a way the bot will alert people to new jobs?

chilly ivy
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Nothing like that planned yet.

silk tulip
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hmm well maybe just keep the job posting message if its valid instead of deleting it?

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that way people can mark the channel as read and when its white you know theres new stuff there

chilly ivy
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With the new system, there will be three channels: job-chat, looking-for-work and looking-for-talent. The latter two will be read-only feeds of job posts.

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You will make posts by DMing the bot a special command and answering questions.

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The bot will automatically format it and post it to the appropriate channel.

silk tulip
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πŸ˜„ that sounds awesome

chilly ivy
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It should be much, much easier to parse than the pinned messages.

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Formatting will be more consistent, and there will be color coding too for easy scanning.

silk tulip
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ooh

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like colors by job type

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could categorize by department Engineering, Art, Production, Design and Business.

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is the bot open source?

chilly ivy
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Yes. I haven't written contributing guidelines yet, but you can at least view the repo.

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The repo is not prettied up at all yet. No license, no code of conduct, no contrib guidelines, etc. Been focusing on the bot itself for now.

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So... not really ready for public consumption, but feel free to poke around. πŸ™‚

clear quest
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Move the discord welcome message to introductions

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πŸ˜ƒ

uneven jay
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@chilly ivy Is it up to date?

chilly ivy
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@uneven jay What do you mean?

uneven jay
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@chilly ivy the bot repo

chilly ivy
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Up to date?

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The repo has the latest code. It's automatically deployed to Heroku when I push commits.

uneven jay
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Ah k

rich sky
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Day 13 of Channel Categories...and nothing still?

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Servers 7x the size of ours had theirs up and running within 24 hours.

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#MakeUnrealSlackersGreatAgain

deft raft
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I don't really like Trump and his slogan :P

celest zenith
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me neighter

rich sky
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Didn't know Trump had a slogan that asked for Unreal Slacker to be great again though kappa

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Of course, there would be no need for any slogans if things just got done as they should

gritty lotus
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can probably get rid of the Game Design channel whilst we're there

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it only seems to cause confusion anyway, for reasons that themselves confuse me

sleek warren
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only some americans like the slogan

rich sky
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^ anyone else see a problem there?

tawny plover
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There’s no welcoming party? πŸŽ‰

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I mean, it is β€œslackers”

clear quest
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Still think the server welcome message should be changed & moved to #introductions

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Doesn't belong in general

wise lava
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^

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some categories would also be nice. Some categories already exist ( #more-resources ), so I don't think that'll be too hard to implement

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that's what I would reccomend

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yo @twilit widget can you please consider the feedback given above from these awesome people?

deft raft
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We are working out categories. We already have a pretty big file done by Victor and some of you, which we are using to find a good solution for the categories.
The Welcome message in general is bound to the bot.
The "old" bot is not really used anymore, as Nick is working on the new one.
I'll ask him if he can manage to turn that off for now.

sleek warren
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I kinda like the less cluttered way we have now

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looking at other groups, categories haven't really made it any better

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I do love getting rid of the voice channels now

rich sky
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Just what I like to see when I glance at #ue4-general to see if anyone needs help...

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Poor pause guy

chilly ivy
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I'm deactivating it today.

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It was meant as a temporary solution to help direct new members into #ue4-general. Unfortunately, as you can see, it comes across as spam when lots of people join and no one else is talking.

rich sky
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Aye 😭

tawny plover
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But seriously, what is the hot key for pause

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Maybe putting the bot in #introductions and say β€œwelcome (user)! Check out our many channels! You can always slack in #ue4-general chat! πŸ€™πŸ»β€

celest zenith
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@chilly ivy when those catz get worked around the channel for new members specific one could be something then

vivid musk
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What about a channel about general implementation questions?
Something like "I have XYZ, my idea was to do it the ABC way, what do you suggest?"

gritty lotus
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I was under the impression that was what General was for, hehe

deft raft
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Yop, General is for that :P

rich sky
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@chilly ivy you should update the rules, or make it clear when to use <@&213101288538374145> then

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or any other @mentions

chilly ivy
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That's a good idea. Thanks for the suggestion.

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Done. The rules have been updated to better clarify this.

rich sky
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@chilly ivy hmmmm

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Why did you take out the @mention formatting?

chilly ivy
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It happened automatically because I edited the message.

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The roles have to be mentionable for that to work.

rich sky
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ah, you could do it real quick

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edit it

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then take it out

chilly ivy
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It does look nice, but it's not worth pinging everyone and causing confusion.

rich sky
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Hmm, while this might take a little work

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You could move everyone to a temp role

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then do it

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then bring them back

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Β―_(ツ)_/Β―

chilly ivy
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I'm going to leave it for now.

rich sky
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Hmmm

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So, I've noticed this before, and I guess I didn't really care, but now it's just becoming more of a bother especially so because @mentions don't work when they are "offline" even if they are inside the channel

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Is there any possibility of prohibiting special/strange characters in names?

sleek warren
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I dont think it is related to chars in name

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It is a discord bug, you should report that to discord staff

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I've tried to complain about that few times but they claim others dont have these issues..

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@rich sky

rich sky
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The offline bug I know about

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it's the random non-roman letters

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I can't simply type out names to beat that bug

sleek warren
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I have that issue with regular usernames

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it's not isolated to some special chars in the name

gritty lotus
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some people may have also disabled mentions for themselves

sleek warren
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it should still tag them properly regardless

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issue is that tagging itself is broken

drowsy oxide
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Thoughts on adding in an #SourceControl channel? Definately plenty of people asking for help on this topic every now and again.

rich sky
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Well

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I have a lot of channels I've suggested

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And not a change since Categories were introduced soooooooo... /shrug

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But that was one of them

drowsy oxide
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Isnt Nick still working on channel changes?

rich sky
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Β―_(ツ)_/Β―

drowsy oxide
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Or is this it so far?

rich sky
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I don't see any new channels?

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Do you?

ocean siren
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i'd think the biggest thing he's doing is the job bot

rich sky
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Maybe I was banned from all the new channels πŸ˜‰

ocean siren
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but its kinda basic

rich sky
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I think the job bot broke again?

drowsy oxide
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No i meant wasnt there meant to be another reorganisation of the channels

rich sky
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Unless people are just no adhering to the format and mods pinning

ocean siren
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Dunno

rich sky
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Anyway

drowsy oxide
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Pretty sure i see mods pin more often than the bot lol

ocean siren
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Broke.... was updated to the test feature.... same thing

rich sky
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I suggested a channel modification a few weeks ago

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they said they were working on it

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so dunno

drowsy oxide
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Soon (TM)

rich sky
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nah it works

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just tested

drowsy oxide
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Meh

rich sky
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Β―_(ツ)_/Β―

drowsy oxide
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The job bot is nice, as long as people follow the syntax

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Which seems to be the hard part to solve

ocean siren
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idk you'd think it'd be simple but then nobody reads anything

drowsy oxide
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Yeah

strong tide
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Curious, could we have a UE4 Linux chanel? o:

drowsy oxide
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If you have an Linux channel then you would need an Mac and Windows channel?

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Why would Linux have its own channel?

strong tide
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Shitdows hardly needs it's own channel

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Mac, shrug. Linux, mainly because, y'know, it's not a simple one two three done?

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Or if not catering to all three rocks your boat that much an "OS specific" category with all three.

drowsy oxide
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All the current channels are platform independant, i dont see why adding an specific channel for an specific OS would help.

strong tide
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and out of all the current channels, where would one ask for help in building the engine?

drowsy oxide
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Programming

strong tide
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lesigh

chilly ivy
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We're considering adding platform-specific channels since they might be a good place to discuss platform-specific issues with cooking, packaging or building from source.

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There probably won't be any console channels since that stuff is typically under NDA.

strong tide
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I know I'd personally appreciate the channels~ Since there's no Linux binaries or launcher it can be a bit daunting for newcomers; and I'm sure platform specific bugs may pop up here & there too. thanks for the heads up though pfist~

chilly ivy
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We actually had Windows, Mac and Linux channels in the early days, but they barely got any use. Now that our community is much larger, there's a better chance they'll get used regularly.

strong tide
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yeah, I can believe that~ d:

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plus with categories now being a thing they wont take up that much space either.

chilly ivy
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Indeed. Categories definitely make adding new channels a lot more viable since they can be organized neatly.

strong tide
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quite. d: though personally I findit a bit difficult to think up categories for the current channels. xD

chilly ivy
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There's a lot of ideas from myself, my staff and several folks in the community that are going into the categories. πŸ™‚

strong tide
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cool beans. :3 lookin' forward to seeing that!

chilly ivy
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^_^

drowsy oxide
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Whats the ETA on that @chilly ivy ?

chilly ivy
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I'm terrible with ETA, so lets just say...

drowsy oxide
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πŸ˜ƒ

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Typical πŸ˜›

chilly ivy
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I need a better soon emoji.

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The TM is hard to see on that one.

drowsy oxide
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Just make it huge

chilly ivy
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That's as big as emoji get. I didn't make it, though; it comes from another server I'm on.

daring raven
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Wait you guys dont have channel dividers?

chilly ivy
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If you mean categories, no not yet.

daring raven
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Yeah that

chilly ivy
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Working on it.

daring raven
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Well it looks kinda hard to separate

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Into different catagories

strong tide
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wow, that gif was broken. o_o

chilly ivy
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It's a lot of work to get it right, but I think it's worthwhile. Categories will probably be the most significant change ever made to this community (aside from switching to Discord, of course).

ocean siren
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There's already two different "kinds" of channels on this server according to #more-resources, and there was already another thing which described another breakdown of channels. @chilly ivy tends to leave things as-is until the replacement is ready (except for when Unrealbot wasn't doing pins which has been re-added).

strong tide
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there's no real way of holding off channel categories though; you'll be able to watch it all happening

ocean siren
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I'm sure a lot of thought is going into the categories though, wouldn't be surprised to see new channels even

chilly ivy
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There will definitely be new channels.

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I have a staging server where I try things out before shipping them here.

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Hm... not important at all, but it would be neat if I could add the categories programatically via the bot so it all changed instantly. πŸ€”

strong tide
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So far I can personally see:
Announcements/General

  • Welcome; Announcements; introduction; General

Programming

  • Programming; Blueprint; Multiplayer; Physics; AI

Graphics

  • Graphics; animation; paper-2d; ui;

Design

  • game design; level design; audio; vr

Community

  • Streaming; WIPS; Lounge; feedback; game jams; jobs
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you could. o: although it's suspect to royally fuck up. D:

chilly ivy
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Some of the current channels will be removed, and others will likely be broken into multiple channels.

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It's going to be pretty dramatic, but I think it will improve the UX of this server significantly.

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Especially for new members.

strong tide
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aye, it's a bit of a shocker first coming on to it. there was agame server I left recently because they had such a messy channel list and didn't bother to update it

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still, will be looking forward to it. πŸ˜„ not touched UE4 or game dev since Uni finished earlier this year. So aught to be getting into that soon; and personally planning on making a linux launcher πŸ˜„

chilly ivy
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Nice! That sounds like a great community project. You gonna open source it on GitHub and accept PRs?

strong tide
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I hope too~ :3 not sure what ya mean by PRs though. ><"

chilly ivy
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Pull Requests. In other words: people submit their own changes/updates, then you can review and merge them.

strong tide
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aah, most likely yeah.

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I only jumped to Linux recently, but I love learning new stuff. :p and I'm sure people from other Distro's aught to be able to push distro specific shenanigans.

chilly ivy
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Totally. πŸ™‚

strong tide
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Hopefully you'll see me naggin' in here for people to test something soon. xP

chilly ivy
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πŸ˜„

strong tide
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psst, don't forget to add lighting channels to the list of channels. x3

cinder umbra
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and particles/cascade (unless I'm blind or being stupid)

strong tide
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Nope~ you're not~! would probably come under graphics currently.

sleek warren
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@strong tide most of the physics work people do here is not programming, more like doing the right setup

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also could say the same for AI for some parts

strong tide
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Probably, but for the purpose of putting it under a category I'd say programming fits it fine. Overdoing it with technicalities would probably just lead to no categories similar to how it is now; just a mess of channels

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Plus that was merely my input towards the lists; the admin already said he already had several other inputs. 😁

slow belfry
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I dislike this servers icon. its not very Discord or Unreal-like. What was wrong with using the Unreal icon that is provided with any projects starter content?

rich sky
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lol

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I mean, other than this is Unofficial ?

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You can't use it without permission, and even then, they wouldn't allow it. Because of the above.

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Nothing wrong with the icon, I lol'd because that's an interesting thing to be picky about. The least of the server's issue.

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Also, pretty sure it's a remnant of our Slack days, I can't think that far back.

chilly ivy
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@slow belfry The Unreal logo was incorporated during the early days, but I chose to make a more unique brand to further clarify that we're unofficial and not affiliated with Epic Games.

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Plus it allows me to give the brand more personality. Using the Unreal logo means adhering to Epic's strict branding guidelines.

slow belfry
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I do like the later one better. Big fan of unreal and their "U" icon is so polished and.. well.. epic lol so id hope those qualities carry over to the icon used here

rich sky
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@slow belfry So are you saying that this server is not polished or just the logo?

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And the latter one is already being used by another server

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So would you just like to see the Unreal "U" in the bubble?

deft raft
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I would rather stay with the current logo

slow belfry
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Just the the icon, compared with the name of the server, gave me the impression that this group just jumped from slacks messaging app.

chilly ivy
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That's correct. We started on Slack in May 2015.

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Moved to Discord September 2016, a little over a year ago.

slow belfry
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But slack doesnt have anything to do with unreal or discord so, slack related themes should be reconsidered, in my opinion coming from a design background lol

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Unreal is 3d, discord is purple. Your icon is very 2d and red/orange slack colorex. Sorry if i sound harsh. Cant keep my mouth shut when it comes to intuitive design.

chilly ivy
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No worries. I appreciate the feedback. πŸ™‚

slow belfry
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Np.

rich sky
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@DarcZaFire (☈obie)#5314 Why not design the new logo then?

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Show off those design skills and see if you can convince @chilly ivy to change

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hmm, discord...

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he's online

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@DarcZaFire (☈obie)#5314 test

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@slow belfry

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I swear

slow belfry
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haha sorry was changing my name. I'd encourage anyone who would usually make the changes to do it. Don't wait for me lol but If I get time, I will do it.

slow belfry
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can clean it up if its cool

slow belfry
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@rich sky @chilly ivy

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@elfin scarab @deft raft

deft raft
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I still prefer the current one :P Sorry

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We can hold a little art contest and see if some good ideas come around. But for now we work on other issues first

rich sky
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Like Channel Categories and new channels

slow belfry
ocean siren
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Realistically I think you're much better off taking several steps back off official iconography

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or w/e

rich sky
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I was about to ask about the fascination with the controller in the background

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Then I remembered Discord's own icon

ocean siren
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This is basically slapping the two logos together because this is an unreal community on discord

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I suppose you could pull it off

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I mean that's what was done for that ue4 streaming discord server

slow belfry
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right.. because the one that is currently being used was made for slack.

ocean siren
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wait that's slack's logo?

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sec

rich sky
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Nah

ocean siren
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nah

slow belfry
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the current one was made to fit the style of slack

rich sky
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Slack has #

ocean siren
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In what aspect?

rich sky
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I don't care about the icon, I care about Categories and new Channels

slow belfry
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simplistic 2d offshades

rich sky
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3+ weeks and counting

ocean siren
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I fail to see how your logo better suits discord

slow belfry
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Im just addressing the first impression I had when clicking the link. 100% thought I was joining a slack channel based off the icon and the server being called "slackers".

ocean siren
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Fair point

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Victor is right though

slow belfry
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there are a few areas of improvement. all can be addressed in less than an hour lol

rich sky
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My categories and channels can be done in 5 mins

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Yet here we are 3 weeks later

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So good luck with that

slow belfry
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yea. and my icon and name change could be done in the same time. yea... seems like the list of channels has expanded quite a bit in that time though?

rich sky
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?

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Nah, Icon for sure would be a huge undertaking

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Nothing you've shown so far is like...omg that's sooo awesome

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Let's do a change

slow belfry
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compared to what is being used?

rich sky
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Aye

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Not saying it couldn't use some updating.

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I am just saying that would take a lot of time and effort to get right

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People hate change

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Also

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And if you've noticed

slow belfry
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the square U and the weird burnt orange communicates discord for unreal better than what I made?

rich sky
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Like I said already

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We are 3 weeks into Channel Categories

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and not one category has been done in that time

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If I see Channel Categories this week, I'll cry

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Every other major server had them out in 24-48 hours

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With 2-15x this population

slow belfry
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right. not sure what the hold up is. do they need someone to draft up the categories for them?

rich sky
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So no, don't care that damn icon, it's fine as is.

ocean siren
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Its not really that the current logo communicates the concept better than your idea. The current logo is simple and readable, and makes sense if you think of it outside the scope of the platform its on.

slow belfry
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maybe theyre just unsure about how that will look

ocean siren
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Your logo OTOH

ocean siren
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If you managed to pull off your logo concept it might communicate it better

slow belfry
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jeez really? someone made it for them.. and still no fruit

ocean siren
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As it stands it'd be a downgrade to the server branding

rich sky
elfin scarab
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I like the current logo, wouldnt change it

deft raft
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I could explain you the hold-up. But then again, not.
As you may have noticed, we took action to recruit more moderators. More on that soon.

In addition, before the new bot releases, we will rework the categories.
This is also being worked on, however things aren't instantly discussed as some of us aren't always available.
Nick is quite busy during the week, so we have to discuss things whenever he's up.

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I can assure you that the Categories will come.
Not as many as Victor proposed, but enough to add new channels that are request.
Obviously not all 100+ channels will make it. And some of the channels that do make it will go again if they aren't used.

rich sky
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@chilly ivy You don't plan on ever changing the link to this discord right?

ocean siren
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Perhaps set up your own link that you can redirect later?

chilly ivy
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@rich sky It is subject to change in the future.

clear quest
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Ive added a couple comments

rich sky
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If we get even 50% of that list, this server will thrive is sex appeal

clear quest
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Also added some new channels

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Well a few

strong tide
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@rich sky "not one category has been done in that time"
YE BE WRONG! ..... Voice channels are in their own category. 😏

deft raft
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^ kappa

magic turtle
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Take 12 months of I+D move channels to categories

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The admin need more investment from the government to make a plan for it and then the lawyers have to approve it kappa

deft raft
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That's how it goes. More or less kappaross

slow belfry
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I think there should be a lighting channel since unreal is known for its rendering capabilities.

deft raft
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Don't worry. We are working on the channels atm. I will probably implement them next weekend when I'm back from vacation. We are currently gathering input from all mods. I already converted Victors list into ours.

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Lighting is one of the new channels

rich sky
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I had this dream

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I woke up today to find we had Categories and New Channels

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Can't remember exactly what the dream was about, but that part I remember.

vast tusk
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The plan is for this Saturday/Sunday.

rich sky
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Obviously I don't have any precognitive abilities.

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Since we still don't have them

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Nice

vast tusk
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Yeah we are all excited πŸ˜ƒ

silk tulip
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How is the #linux channel coming along?

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scrolls up

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I'll come back in a couple of months about it

drowsy oxide
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Yeah we are getting there haha

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All the paperwork is half the job am i right πŸ˜‰

silk tulip
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for sure.

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Im in no rush. That linux channel will form eventually

strong tide
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personally looking forward to that channel in particular. d:

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Also, would be nice if someone could pin a message in Programming about using /```cpp to put syntax highlighting in the code blocks~ :3 I'm sure people are tired of seeing me repeat that. xD

#

This:

int main(){
    struct tm *tmp;
    time_t s;
        for(;;){
            s = time(NULL);
            tmp = localtime(&t);
                printf("%d:%0d:%d\n",tmp->tm_hour,tmp->tm_min,tmp->tm_sec);
                Sleep(1000);
             system ("cls");
        }     
    return 0;
}

Versus:

int main(){
    struct tm *tmp;
    time_t s;
        for(;;){
            s = time(NULL);
            tmp = localtime(&t);
                printf("%d:%0d:%d\n",tmp->tm_hour,tmp->tm_min,tmp->tm_sec);
                Sleep(1000);
             system ("cls");
        }     
    return 0;
}
vast tusk
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yeah we know what code coloring is ;P

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But yeah we are discussing a better way to organize faq/pinned items

strong tide
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I figured. :p but who couldn't resist an example of ugly vs pretty. xD
and cool beans~ :3

rare hamlet
#

It is a bit strange though that @chilly ivy is the only admin, but at least there's a <@&213101288538374145> crew. So, does @chilly ivy make all the decisions? Do we ping him for server issues? Lastly, why are there only "white" admin/mods? Only one female mod?

Not trying to make it out more than it is. But it's just curious is all. It deserves some recognition.

drowsy oxide
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You should not ping Nick, that is why there is Moderators.

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We choose Moderators based on experience and merit

rare hamlet
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I see. Not saying you don't.

vast tusk
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"White"? as in our race?

chilly ivy
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The moderators give their input on just about every decision I make.

rare hamlet
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Aye, race. Caucasian.

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Just something I noticed is all.

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I can't imagine there weren't any minority applicants that did not qualify.

chilly ivy
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And for the record, we just recruited 3 moderators without knowing anything about their race, ethnicity, gender or appearance.

drowsy oxide
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Does it really matter?

rare hamlet
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It does. A bit.

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That's a lie isn't it though?

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You knew who these individuals were because they had to apply with their names.

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Or else you wouldn't have been able to promote them.

chilly ivy
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Usernames are not indicative of any of those characteristics.

drowsy oxide
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Race and gender are not indicative of an persons ability to moderate.

rare hamlet
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So, are you going to truly say, you did not know any of these individuals before selecting them?

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I agree @drowsy oxide . Definitely agree. Just suspicious.

drowsy oxide
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...

rare hamlet
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Well, not that it matters, no one is going to admit that there were hidden agendas.

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@drowsy oxide You said "not indicative of a person's ability to moderate" , so does that mean every moderator has been a moderator before? Had actual moderation experience?

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(In whatever capacity)

drowsy oxide
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Did you apply to be an Moderator?

rare hamlet
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I did not submit my application, but I did go through it. I have not been in the community long enough and only limited moderation experience (forums)

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But that really doesn't matter.

chilly ivy
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So what does matter, exactly?

rare hamlet
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I am not advocating for myself.

drowsy oxide
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If you did you would have noticed that alot of the questions centered around moderation. Is that an coincidence?

rare hamlet
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Basically, it is said that the "choices" were made by experience level of moderation. But, I have a feeling it wasn't. Just one of those gut things. Like I said, no one is going to admit prejudice in candidate selection.

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Anyway, hope to see some more diversity on the team in the future! Sorry to have made a big deal about it.

drowsy oxide
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If you have an problem with an Moderator please bring it up in private with that person or another Moderator so that we can work the issue out.

vast tusk
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If you haven't been in the community long enough how have you formed these feelings about the candidates that were selected?

rare hamlet
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"Long enough" is subjective I suppose. Only a year or so.

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@drowsy oxide Isn't this the right channel to talk about Server Feedback?

chilly ivy
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@rare hamlet Thanks for the feedback, but please don't come in here and accuse my staff of having a hidden agenda without any evidence or basis in fact. You're causing unnecessary conflict where there was none.

rare hamlet
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Well, your current staff is new.

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(Online ones anyway)

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As for conflict. You are correct. I should have chosen my words more carefully. But the facts remain.

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Thanks for taking the time out of your day/night!

chilly ivy
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You have given us zero facts. I won't repeat myself.

rare hamlet
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Repeat yourself about what exactly ?

chilly ivy
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Right. Consider this a warning for intentionally disruptive behavior. If you do this again, you will be banned.

rare hamlet
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?

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I know you're the "Master Slacker" and all. But, you seem very hostile.

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Did I touch a nerve with my "accusations" ?

drowsy oxide
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Your accusing us of Racism and Sexism how is that not hostile to begin with?

rare hamlet
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Seems to validate my gut feeling.

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Well, this channel is supposed to be about improving the server, right?

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I had valid concerns.

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And spoke up.

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In return, I get push-back and "warnings"

drowsy oxide
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I explained to you that your "concerns" were baseless because the application had nothing to do with Race or Sex, if you read the application you would notice it has everything to with Moderating

rare hamlet
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Like I said, I understand that the inner workings of things are not always black or white.

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It just so happened to be in this case.

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So, may I ask @drowsy oxide , where did you do moderation duties before?

drowsy oxide
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My experience in Moderating was explained in my application, ive been an moderator and community leader for an very long time over very many different types of communities. Infact the answers that i gave directly lead to my application being accepted. The only reason i can fathom that you would assume there is some sort of conspiracy here that Mods were accepted because of their race and/or gender (or some other absurd reason) is that you are trying to cause trouble . Mods were accepted on their experience and answers to the questions on the application. There is nothing further going on here.

rare hamlet
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That did not answer my question. But that's okay. I understand. I will leave it alone.

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But no, there was no motivation for bringing this up other than equality, diversity and fairness. Thanks again for your time! It's much appreciated.

drowsy oxide
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How do you propose we fix that then, you seem adament about bringing up issues yet you propose no solutions.

rare hamlet
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The solution? That is pretty easy. There must have been at least one female and/or minority in those applications that warranted consideration. Yet three white males were chosen. I do not know the total amount of applications and their diversity.

Then there's the case of it not even have been an issue with gender/race, but more so with just selecting candidates that are liked vs disliked or unknown. So "merits" could have been more like popularity-based instead.

Either way, I cannot believe there were no female or minorities that met or exceeded the same qualifications as the current new set of moderators. (Not that I am saying you do not deserve your positions!)

drowsy oxide
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To start with, you didnt even propose an solution, you just started with your argument again... Your argument is that because no non white/females were chosen the entire Moderating staff is racist and sexist. Seriously mate, we cant make people apply and we have no control (infact we have no idea or knowledge because no question about it was raised) their race or gender.

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Applications were decided on based on Merit nothing else.

rare hamlet
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I am sure you would like to think that.

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And there's nothing wrong with thinking that.

drowsy oxide
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If you dont have an ACTUAL solution to contribute to your baseless concern, please dont continue. If you have an issue with an member of the staff, talk it over with them or approach another Moderator.

rich sky
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Okay, I think it's safe now. I want to bring up a very important issue.

Cold-PMing

Just say no!

chilly ivy
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Cold PMing?

rich sky
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Yeah, you know what Cold Calls are right?

chilly ivy
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Yes.

rich sky
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Cold Calling

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Yeah, so exactly that, but PM

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I get a lot of random PMs out of no where.

chilly ivy
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From members of this server?

rich sky
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About any random stuff.

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Yes

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50%+ are asking for personal help on some issue that they didn't even bother asking for in public channel first.

chilly ivy
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That's a user setting, not a server setting.

rich sky
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OR, they don't get help in a timely manner and they PM

chilly ivy
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You can disable DMs from server members in the server menu.

rich sky
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Yeah, but I don't want that

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I mean, I do have some people I like and want them to still PM me

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πŸ˜ƒ

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Unless you mean it's selective.

chilly ivy
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They can still PM you if you're friends.

rich sky
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Hmmm, that means I'll have to add everyone I like.

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That isn't already added.

#

Too much.

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You can't just make a simple rule?

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Ask permission before PMing people?

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I've seen it done before on here.

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Some people have some etiquette

chilly ivy
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We could discourage it, but we can't do anything about DMs.

rich sky
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Well, I know you can't do anything personally. But yeah, just a simple rule stating, "Hey, don't just DM/PM people out of nowhere!"

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Make sure you ask any questions you need in a public channel first.

vast tusk
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I've been getting some of that lately too and I always tell them to ask in the channel instead. But yeah it might need to be added to the code of conduct.

light shadow
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I've been getting that for years. If I have the time I'll help, otherwise I'll treat it like any other cold call

gritty lotus
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"Cold PMing" is indeed annoying - I get messages at stupid times of day sometimes (often 3am-6am), and most of the time that person hasn't posted in the channels, which is annoying

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not sure how you'd solve that though

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I don't want to block PMs, because obviously I also get a lot of legit ones too

deft raft
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I tell them once or twice to move the question to a channel as I'm not giving personal support. But as it's not a server issue but a discord thing, we can't really stop that

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Feel free to report that with proof though if the person doesn't listen

stoic goblet
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I turned off server PMs

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because I used to get a lot of spam

glossy gulch
rich sky
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Exactly (to everyone but @glossy gulch ...lol)

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The thing is, I don't minding helping anyone at all. That's not the issue or I wouldn't be here at all really.

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It's just the fact that I guess there's this sense of entitlement that needs to be addressed.

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It does on other servers.

strong tide
#
rich sky
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Privacy rights...

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lol

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I guess how privacy rights are involved in this is over my head.

drowsy oxide
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I dont know why people are talking about rights, you have "permission" to DM anyone, its not an right. Important difference.

rich sky
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Aye

woeful holly
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Don't get me started on "Cold-DM"ing πŸ˜› I guess I personally do the same as Jan, but yeah, I agree, something like a "rule"/whatever could be pretty useful. Even if it won't do much, it may atleast serve as a guideline I'd suppose?

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(currently not as bad as it used to be, but I was quite literally a personal helper/mentor for a good 5 or so people a while back πŸ˜› )

deft raft
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Alright. I will look into it once home next week.

strong tide
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Pffht, it started because one person commented this on the site:
This is a terrible idea and invades privacy rights.
-> insert eyeroll here

narrow jungle
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Cold DM-ing ? ... what's next, people want protection against being cold-talked on the street ?

gritty lotus
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it makes sense to have as a feature - but it doesn't really solve the problem for people who want / need to be accessible, hehe

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for the most part, I think I just have to suck it up and deal with it

narrow jungle
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i dunno who's being entitled here, the person who DMs another person with something that should be discussed private.. or the person who expects written requests for permission to be approached first... in a public chat server for like minded peers...

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also the fact that you might not be online while someone wants to contact you

gritty lotus
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I'm perfectly happy for people to send me private messages (as are the people who brought this up) - it's when you recieve messages almost daily asking you for help about really basic things that could be answered easily in the channels here, but that person hasn't even tried to ask in those channels

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when you start getting those messages at 4am, every other night, it's annoying

narrow jungle
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comes with the territory of being popular

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most of us plebs dont have this problem πŸ˜ƒ

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i'm a believer of trying to reason with people first

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if that can't be done there are tools for dealing with them, or they should be improved

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if getting a message at 4am is a problem maybe the notification system needs to get smarter or an way to set yourself as zZzZ

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this is a global community i think

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if the problem is that people don't have proper etiquette we should fix this instead of inventing 'anti measures'

vast tusk
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Right, which is why we were planning on adding a rule. In my opinion, that is all that's needed.

rich sky
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Aye, I figured I wasn't the only one. So just wanted to bring it up. And like @gritty lotus had said, the issue isn't that we don't want to help anyone, it's just they should be using the public channels first. If I don't know a person and they just happen to see me help folks the public channels, their current assumption (and it's not everyone) is okay, that person is the go-to person to get help from, so why waste my time in public channels if I am just going to get ignored.

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I will gladly help anyone who PMs me if we had been clogging up a certain channel trying to resolve something. That at least makes sense. Obviously it would be nice if they ask before the PM, but I rarely will turn them away.

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The biggest reason I dislike PMs regardless, is that a lot of folks miss out on the conversations and could have learned something from it.

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Also. And I want to bring this up. Especially with the new channels.... Please make it a simple rule that everyone should Search inside Discord first.

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If not a hard rule. A hard suggestion.

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I see the same questions being asked throughout the week. If we don't want to tell folks, go Google it (although sometimes that's all I do to get them a link they can click on), then at least let's use Discord to it's fullest potential.

silk tulip
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if you don't want direct DMs

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turn this off

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/end

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no stupid server rules needed just turn off the client side option you all have

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"at least let's use Discord to it's fullest potential." agreed.

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don't make client issues server community issues and move on

rich sky
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Nah man

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You didn't read everything we said

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I don't want to have 10000000000 friends on here

silk tulip
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too bad?

rich sky
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I shouldn't need to add friends to just PM with people that want to

silk tulip
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like legit this is not something a server community should deal with

rich sky
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Of course it is

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It not, there wouldn't be 400+ votes on the thing

silk tulip
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lol

rich sky
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It's something people want to see happen πŸ˜ƒ

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Anyway, it's really a common courtesy type of thing

silk tulip
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Then they should make their own tools to do this then pose solutions

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not problems

rich sky
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internet etiquette if you will.

silk tulip
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you never pose problems without solutions

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thats the rule of posing a problem

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always bring a solution

rich sky
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They have?

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Did you not read the past few days of messages?

silk tulip
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"make it a rule and ban people" is a bad solution

rich sky
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Who said that?

silk tulip
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rich sky
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Oh, I didn't read every single comment on there

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And it doesn't really matter

silk tulip
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oh really you didn't?

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why are you expecting anyone to read all the comments here?

rich sky
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The main point is, that it's an issue

silk tulip
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main point we need to work on categories and get channels first.

rich sky
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?

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Duh...

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I have been the #1 advocate of that since day 1

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And it's coming this weekend.

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So, next issues

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That need to go on the drawing board

silk tulip
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counting the egg before it hatches?

rich sky
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Meh

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If they don't do it, they will look bad

silk tulip
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That's not a solution though?

rich sky
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And there's really no point of not doing it at this point though.

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So much of the legwork was taken care of by us

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Solution of what?

silk tulip
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people are busy

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I can see it not happening

rich sky
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Then they shouldn't make promises they can't keep πŸ˜ƒ

silk tulip
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but it will probably happen and I have confedence in them

rich sky
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But I do agree.

silk tulip
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you just need to be prepared to roll with these punches a bit

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it will help the community not be as violitile.

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volitile*

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volatile* (third times the charm right?)

rich sky
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Huh? What punches? lol

silk tulip
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like server categories

rich sky
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I used to have this awesome gif

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But giphy doesn't have it anymore

silk tulip
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there is already tools to handle the issue you have. Just block people who PM you that you don't like

rich sky
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I can't find the good one anymore

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The one that didn't have "joke"

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Dude, block

silk tulip
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like legit I do not get DMed and i've had this option on since this started.

rich sky
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Why do I have to block people?

silk tulip
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...

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why do you HAVE to do anything?

rich sky
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No, think about it.

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Why should the burden be on us?

silk tulip
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lol because it is

rich sky
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Just chill for a sec and think about it.

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No, don't just because that.

silk tulip
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because if you actually think of it for two moments

rich sky
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Society is the way it is because of "just because"

silk tulip
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you realize the issue is much easier handled on the client side

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which is why you should handle it

rich sky
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Which is why a simple rule or suggestion would help at least alleviate some issues?

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What they need to do

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Is do what Allar does

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and don't let ANYONE type stuff until they have read the rules

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Or even see anything

silk tulip
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Really?

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because I was in his server and didn't read the rules

rich sky
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?

silk tulip
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and was able to type

rich sky
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You were able to type?

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Lies lol

silk tulip
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yup

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no truth

rich sky
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How long?

silk tulip
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didn't even realize he had this system

rich sky
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How long ago?

silk tulip
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I just joined

rich sky
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wtf

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Wonder if he disabled it?

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No, you had to post an intro

silk tulip
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oh I can only type in intros

rich sky
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to type right?

silk tulip
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right

rich sky
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lol

silk tulip
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right but he vets them himself right?

rich sky
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No

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Once you type, you're good

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Type an intro

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The bot will auto-unlock for you

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Basically give you a role

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"ReadRules"

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or something

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It's a pretty ingenious system tbh

silk tulip
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whats the point in that?

rich sky
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...

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To make sure people read the rules lol

silk tulip
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like it just made me type literally ANYTHING into the intro channel?

rich sky
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And prevent spamming

silk tulip
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but its all automated

rich sky
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Aye

silk tulip
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like I could write a spam bot to do this?

rich sky
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I mean, obviously it could use some work

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But also

silk tulip
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you are just pushing the issue off til later

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its not actual security

rich sky
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Meh, but you didn't know about it

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So, unless you read the rules

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You'd be wondering wtf

silk tulip
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Unless I skim the rules

rich sky
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Aye

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Not saying it can't be circumvented

silk tulip
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I dunno lots of servers have stuff like this

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timers

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typing

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etc

rich sky
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I am just saying, it's a viable little thing.

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Ah, you mean the cooldowns?

silk tulip
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yeah the join cool downs

rich sky
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Yeah, that's pretty nifty too

silk tulip
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that stuff is no different

rich sky
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Well

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That's 100% automatted

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After time runs out, you can talk

silk tulip
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in some cases

rich sky
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But, you have to type an intro

silk tulip
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there have been some where you have to type like 420

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or such

rich sky
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which means you have had to have read the rules

silk tulip
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there are also things like levels

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so you can track how much someone talks

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and then give them higher levels on that

rich sky
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Oh, yeah

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I have that on one of my servers

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I like GDL's reputation system

silk tulip
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rich sky
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you get some rep each "thanks"

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Not yet

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But we'll see

silk tulip
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seeing its just suggested last month

rich sky
silk tulip
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I wouldn't expect it this year

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imo just turn off DMs for this server

rich sky
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See that doesn't work

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I have job openings

silk tulip
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Use email

rich sky
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Hmm, true

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But then my email gets clogged up

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Oh... life is so hard πŸ˜‰

silk tulip
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Good. Your email should be the place for it

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I don't accept any offers via discord that seems insane

rich sky
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?

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It's pretty convienient

silk tulip
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laws on instant messaging is iffy and it can't keep good reconds

rich sky
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I mean, I post my offers on Discord, so why wouldn't I use it for communication?

silk tulip
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emails will allow you to archive and submit to courts as evidence

rich sky
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That's why you use NDAs and Contracts πŸ˜ƒ

silk tulip
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they count as actual oral contracts in WA state

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yes but contracts and NDA doesn't cover everything

rich sky
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?

silk tulip
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and while the intention of the NDA or contract is worded one way emails are worded another

rich sky
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What wouldn't they cover that you didn't want to cover after having one drafted up?

silk tulip
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Such as details of the system you are building may change slightly

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technically one person could say that doesn't meet the specs of the original contract

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and you then have to re do the contract which means different prices

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anyways email for that stuff is all around way better legally

rich sky
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I've never ran into that before

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On both sides

silk tulip
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how many times you been to court over this stuff?

rich sky
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If I quote someone a price. and I underestimate. My fault. I'll do better next time.

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Same for accepting quotes.

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Once the contract is signed by both parties. Mum's the word.

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Why would anyone want to bother with court?

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Let's be real.

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90% of cases get settled out of court.

silk tulip
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maybe, no one really has stats on that

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but either way instant messaging is legally a mess

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where emails can be tracked

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and bounce through email servers

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thus can be verified

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and have a track record of being accepted in courts

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IMs sadly are different according to ryan morission

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which is who advises me

rich sky
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He's just one lawyer

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While I think he's pretty cool.

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He's not always right.

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And he's not a judge

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Anyway

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We totally derailed this channel by now, I gotta get back to work πŸ˜ƒ

silk tulip
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sure feel free to get advice from any lawyer I suspect they would say the same

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either way the fact is that this whole DM thing is silly

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just turn off dms for this server.

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turn on DMs for other mutual servers you trust

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result is literally "Adding a setting to disallow private messages to users if their only mutual server is ours"

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Additionally this system allows you disallow other servers

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which the other doesn't

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so with the suggestion ANY other mutual server is enough to message you

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where the current implemenation is actually better and allows you to choose your circle of trusted servers

gritty lotus
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if I turn of DMs for the server, users who need to contact me will not be able to

drowsy oxide
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We have discussed it internally and we have no desire to alter the DM behaviour for the Server as the cons far outweight the pros. If you wish to not be DMed by other users please use the already built in means of controlling the DM permissions.

light shadow
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πŸ‘

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If anything, this is a feature request for the discord staff

drowsy oxide
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^^

slender blade
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So you're not even doing a rule to prevent people PM'ing others for absolutely no reason at all?

deft raft
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We won't enforce any rules for DMing. If people contact you without you wanting it, either ignore them, block them or deactivate the setting for the server.
If you need people to contact you, add them as "friends".
As long as Discord is not adjusting any of its features for this, you'll have to use their feature request system.

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You are free to discuss this here, however we won't add any rules regarding this.

daring raven
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Can there be a model channel?

drowsy oxide
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An model channel?

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#graphics should be enough, we are working on further improvements to the channels coming in the future.

strong tide
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^ "Soon(tm)" XD πŸ”œ

deft raft
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@strong tide Yus, sooner than you might think.

sleek warren
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Most thought the day groups got here or day after that ;-p

deft raft
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@sleek warren hm?

sleek warren
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I mean, every other discord server I am in, implemented groups same day or day after

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ok, polycount and zbrush excluded

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just referring to your "sooner than you might think" as most would have thought it would have happened many weeks ago already πŸ˜„

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I personally don't even want complicated groups, I'd be fine with simple split of UE4 dev and UE4 community

deft raft
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Fair enough. However we had other things to sort out first, such as new Moderators.
I don't think the Categories are worth all the poking you peeps do.
We will implement them today/tomorrow, what ever your timezone is.
Half of you will probably riot cause the channel they wanted isn't in, or another channel is in that they don't think is needed.

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Not the easiest thing to satisfy 7k people

sleek warren
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yeah, I don't really like them on most servers, hence mentioning I'd prefer those to be kept simple

elfin scarab
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This is like real life, in a democracy is imposible having everyone happy lol

deft raft
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Yus, that's why we actually took time and went over all categories and channels a few times

slender blade
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x3

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I've gotten over my category excitement, I don't use them anyway most of the time

silk tulip
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I will say this and I feel I am not alone. If you make category's confusing or obfuscated or simply too complex. It will certainly hurt the community. I saw a bunch of BAD category systems in fact there is a studio discord with HORRIBLE categories I am in that simply just make me want to quit the entire thing.

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I will say one thing: If your category matches a channel name then you are doing it completely wrong.

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or if you mix voice channels and text channels into the same groups

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In fact would rather have this old way than a new shitty way on top of that would rather take our time.

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So server guys doing it right by ensuring our categories aren't a load of absolute crap.

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cause I don't want to play lets find the correct "supports" channel or the correct "developer" channel

drowsy oxide
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Rest assured that we have put alot of discussion and thought into the new layout. It is designed to be as user friendly as possible so that everyone is able to figure out where the best place to ask for support is.

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Once the new layout is in place we will certainly be keeping our ears open to community feedback on changes that may need to occur. It is not set in stone and will be open to change.

silk tulip
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for sure. My main point was that I would rather see the time and the freeze on this feature than slating against communities for being slow to implement it

deft raft
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I tend to ignore people that want to rush us. Idc about other communities. No one is forcing anyone to be here and if people think they want to leave cause we haven't added categories yet then I won't stop them.

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Things happen when they happen.
I got a friend over who will leave tomorrow evening. So then I have time to implement the final categories list we made

slow belfry
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I think there should be roles so people can say what theyre most familiar with.

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I am a game Designer, Scripter, and a Student. Another person might say they are a Technical Artist and a Professional. Another may be a Sound/Audio Developer and another could be a 3D Artist. I would then know that I can ask these people questions pertaining to those fields, and when they offer advice or solutions I would know more about the person giving the info. Recruiting would be easier also.

drowsy oxide
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Ive seen an system like that before and it seems to work well in smaller communities. We are pushing 10k members. The idea is good but lets assume that 80% of the server population takes the Designer roll, you lose the impact of that roll (at least thats my take on that type of system). We believe that the new channel update coming imminently will releave some issues with being able to find appropriate responses to peoples questions.

deft raft
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Yus, I got asked to let Nick do the update. He wanted to do it yesterday, however refactored the list another time and said to bring the update on Tuesday. So for me that's today. Sorry for the extra delay.

rich sky
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Β―_(ツ)_/Β―

rich sky
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not bad not bad

crude violet
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Blueprint is not under programming? So if I don't want to see other channels (mute them) and leave Blueprints when there are no unread messages it disappears... πŸ€”

rich sky
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?

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BP is the top one

crude violet
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It does reappear when there are new messages but kind of weird.

rich sky
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Yes

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you have category of Programming hidden

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so, anytime there are no messages, it will disappear until there are new msgs

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meh

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they are doing it in alphabetical order now 😭

crude violet
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So if it's collapsed it will act as if the channel is muted? o_O

rich sky
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Hmm, kinda

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except when, like I said, there are new messages

crude violet
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... interesting.

rich sky
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If you really want to hide channels

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you need to mute them

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and get rid of them

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Yeah, not sure what Discord was thinking tbh

crude violet
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Yeah I did but I don't want to mute BP, but then when I collapse the category (to not view muted channels) BP disappears too. πŸ˜›

rich sky
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You would figure that if someone collasped a category