Board 8 > ITT: Bitch about how outdated these forums are

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1. If you try doing a numbered list with html on, you have absolutely no control over anything, and even if you just wanted to type "1. ", you're automatically sucked into this shitty format

GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE. ok

1. If you type *any* number followed by a period, it changes it to "1. " and forces you back into a list

iii. There's a word length filter for absolutely no reason. It is trivially avoidable if you wanted to spam (and nonsense text is not even a very good way to spam anyway) and I'm sure blocks far more legitimate messages than it halts potential threadshitting. Want to post a link that happens to be long? Too bad.

IV. The image uploader really shouldn't be html only. it shouldn't be difficult to implement it even with html tags. There are a lot of good reasons to keep using html (even ones independent of the aforementioned plague), and it's silly to not have ported this feature to a setup that isn't obsolete

5) Why does this site only allow native embedding to a limited few sites anyway (or is it just imgur now)? it isn't like there's any weird error handling if it's just a link to a picture which is identical between sites, and if there is, i've seen plenty of other notoriously outdated forums address this fine

3 redux. It's cool that you can copy and paste an image directly into the text box, but when you have the asinine word length filter on, half the time you can't use the image because its link is too long. Or maybe the file is too big or some other error that it doesn't properly tell you

1+1+1+1+1+1+1. Did you know that the default imagetype used on Wikia, a wiki site that predominates the gaming world, is .webp, a filetype not supported by GameFAQs? That sounds like something that should be fixed!!

. I admire the attempt to stop the asshole teenagers that surely populate much of this site from polluting threads with racist nonsense, but the way the Scunthorpe Problem is handled is.... not good. It's smart enough to realize that it shouldn't censor the word "Japan" because of the first three letters, surprisingly, but any other case that isn't a direct conjugation gets shafted. There have somehow been multiple times where I've tried posting a YouTube video and gotten cock-blocked by this specific filter, and I'm sure that there are others floating around causing the same issue

ten. hey, at least we can edit messages. i'll give them that. uh how about the purge? fuck the purge

post more

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if you use shift-space after typing 1. it doesn't list format it

19. see

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NFUN posted...

If you try doing a numbered list with html on, you have absolutely no control over anything, and even if you just wanted to type "1. ", you're automatically sucked into this shitty format

What does this have to do with being "outdated" when this issue only exists on the newer posting engine that was added like a year ago, and the classic version (which is still available as a site setting) doesn't have this problem?

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-hotdogturtle-- posted...

What does this have to do with being "outdated" when this issue only exists on the newer posting engine that was added like a year ago, and the classic version (which is still available as a site setting) doesn't have this problem?

Because the newer posting engine replaced the 1999 engine with one belonging to 2006. It's still outdated

Steiner posted...

if you use shift-space after typing 1. it doesn't list format it

19. see

that's useful to know. the default should be to not make it a list but i'll take it

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If you are a new user you can't post here and there is nothing anywhere that tells you why you can't or when you will be able to

Please prove me wrong

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Nanis23 posted...

If you are a new user you can't post here and there is nothing anywhere that tells you why you can't or when you will be able to

Please prove me wrong

It absolutely tells you somewhere because I've seen it, I just couldn't tell you where because I haven't created a new account in awhile.

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this site listened to old people like me, and then we left to smash the LIKE button on our cousins family pics on Facebook instead

you're welcome!

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The easier way to avoid the list formatting is simply to hit Control-Z immediately. Y'know, the same way that I handle autoformatting in Word and basically everywhere else.

I don't use webp for anything. What's wrong with good ol' jpg's?

The jay-ay-pee thing really annoys me. It's not like the site filters for fuck and shit any more or anything. Youtube links very frequently have that or eff-ay-gee in them, and get blocked.

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i remember when they added the small WYSIWYG features! i knew it would create little annoyances

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StealThisSheen posted...

It absolutely tells you somewhere because I've seen it, I just couldn't tell you where because I haven't created a new account in awhile.

Maybe in the past
@LusterSoldier can you confirm

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Classic posting mode is a lot comfier than the newer HTML posting mode, but it sucks that it's missing basic functionality like the image uploader. Not that the image uploader is great anyways, since it can't handle animated images or transparency, and it always artifacts the hell out of anything you upload.

ImageFAQs is nice for adding in embed support for other websites, but it should just work by default.
https://fightinggames.bitbucket.io/imagefaqs/

Also, we finally get avatars on this forum, but you can't even see them without clicking on posters' names.

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FL81 posted...

Also, we finally get avatars on this forum, but you can't even see them without clicking on posters' names.

this is one of the more pointless additions, yeah.

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Nanis23 posted...

Maybe in the past
@LusterSoldier can you confirm

While logged into your account, it only tells what your next user level will be (and how long it will take to reach). But it doesn't say anything about the later user levels after that. This is the only source you can go to for a full list of user levels:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/help
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LusterSoldier posted...

While logged into your account, it only tells what your next user level will be (and how long it will take to reach). But it doesn't say anything about the later user levels after that. This is the only source you can go to for a full list of user levels:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/help

Yes, but I am saying that
(10) Provisional - New account with less than 3 Karma. Can create 1 topic, 10 messages per day (3 per hour).
Can't post here
And they can't see anywhere why they can't and when will they able to

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Nanis23 posted...

Yes, but I am saying that
(10) Provisional - New account with less than 3 Karma. Can create 1 topic, 10 messages per day (3 per hour).
Can't post here
And they can't see anywhere why they can't and when will they able to

Oh, you are actually talking about the individual posting restrictions for each board? I'll agree that information isn't easily accessible, although it does state the level 15 restriction if you tried viewing this page while logged out (or with an account under level 15):

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/post?board=8
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wow, very cool, thank you steLner

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