SilverRain

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@Mahz
Fyi, in the Users listing, people who are Invisible (such as myself currently), will have their Last Online value appear as "Invisible". This seems different to our profiles where our Last Online value is blank instead. However, if I'm logged in as myself and find my own entry under the Users listing, it will show the time I was last online in terms of minutes (e.g. < 1 min). Not a concern for me, and I understand that its because different templates are used, but just thought I'd let you know.

Edit:
My online status viewed from another account:


My online status viewed from my own account:

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Saving drafts of posts
This is a feature I got to 90% completion *last* weekend but totally forgot about until last night. Along with subscription notifications, finishing this feature is my goal for this coming weekend. Once finished, I think it will be an amazing experience for people to submit a post, encounter an error (internet dead, server rebooting, etc), visit the thread a few hours later, and find that their post is 100% intact ready to be resubmitted.

So those are my plans for next weekend. I'm looking forward to these upcoming features!

@Mahz

Speaking of drafts, it just so happens that last night I had a dream about making a RP post on here. The server disconnected, but I was relieved to find it was still there when the page reloaded. I saw this grey message box with black text and border saying something like "Reloading your post...". Coincidence? Is the intention to have a floating grey message box? Because if so... like wow.

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Though interesting, my VMs count on my profile shows as "1", even though I have 3 (one which is my posting, and two others which were also done by me, but in reply to my original one).

Edit: Never mind. Just realised VM count is only of those in the main branch.

The "Click here and begin writing" doesn't auto vanish when I click on it. No that it matters, but just thought I'd note it here.

I like the nested reply structure - it makes it easy to scan through than a mass collection of post-its. :)

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Hehe wallmaster... Sounds nifty if it does get implemented. :)

If I was decorating, I'd probably fill my ribbons with random emoticons to confuse my readers. :p

^ Just had chocolate, so feeling a bit mischievous and random. Do not let near confetti. :P

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@Mahz On your VM wall, i can't see the white OP text on the blue corner ribbon of your first post. I'm currently posting from mobile, but can still see the OP text on this thread's post corners. I'll see if I can post a screenshot.

Edit:
Finally got the pic up.
imgur.com/Mi5nBNy

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Yay trophies! :)

And walls! <3. If anyone wants to test, feel free to post on mine. :)

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Are the trophies meant to be for rare challenges or something more like achievements/collectibles? I had a look at my trophies tab, and it feels a bit empty - like a trophy shelf without trophies. If we're going for an achievements system, maybe we can have a 'gag' trophy like 'The Placeholder' for not yet having earned one? Just a thought :).

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@LegendBegins Yeah, that's true about speed posting in RPs. Granted the forum where I came from was a much smaller community with only about 40 regulars. So we weren't that prolific when it came to posting.

@Carantathraiel Interestingly, the forum wasn't Gaia. Though now I know where the equipment system came from. :P

@Mahz I like the idea of having forum trinkets. Trophies sound cool - especially how some of them are coming with 'special abilities'.

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I've been in a forum where apart from the usual post ranking system, we also has an equipment system. Granted, the forum was not just about RPs, but the equipment system had quite good uptake.

For each post you would get a point. And you could use those points to buy things that appear under your profile as text. For example, I just used 50pts to buy a Newspaper Hat. And last week I bought a Bulletproof Vest. My profile would look like this next to my post.

SilverRain
Headgear: Newspaper Hat
Armour: Bulletproof Vest
Accessory: Red rose

My profile would have a list of things I had already bought and I can switch between them. Certain sections such as Spam, did not award points for posts. The equipment system did occupy a bit too much space though - especially for those who bought something for every slot.

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<Snipped quote by SilverRain>
I only announce new features in this dev thread because I know only a few people will see the announcement. By checking up on this thread you are part of an implicit "Beta".

The rest of the community figures it out over time just from clicking around and experimenting.

@Mahz

Yays for being part of a beta ~! :) Also, cool. I'm half invisible now. Makes for good RP material. :D

It's fun in that these beta features can be like Easter Eggs for people to find. And the first time someone visits this thread, we can say "Destiny has brought you to us", fortune cookie style. :)

(SilverRain is feeling creatively adventurous today)