New Forums.
- on 07.15.08
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We have new forums. I was unable to keep the web address the same so you will need to update your bookmarks. I want to go over a few things before I give you the link though.
There are many improvements, and some drawbacks to these new forums.
Improvements:
For one, we now have an arcade (which I have to say, is very very cool.) that I will be adding games to regularly to give us all something to pass the time. There is a leader board, and the ability to have tournaments as well. So, I hope you all enjoy that.
The forums look much cooler.
We have a more streamlined method of taking recruitment applications.
The forums are faster and more reliable.
The moderators have some enhanced abilities, and I have much greater control over some of the more technical aspects (which I guess is wholly unimportant to you all)
I can enhance the forums with many, many different features. So if there is something that we want to be able to do that we can’t…I can probably take care of it now, easily.
The “downsides”:
I can no longer give you a “display name” different from your actual user name.
Your passwords did not transfer over to the new software.
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Here is what that means. For those of you who had a display name different from you user name, your user name has changed to what your display name was. If you had a display name with a first and last name, you will only use the first name when you log in.
Many of your birthdays are screwed up too, so you’ll need to fix those.
Your passwords will need to be reset. I don’t know them, so I can’t help you out and do it for you.
DO NOT TRY TO LOG IN WITH YOUR OLD PASSWORD UNTIL YOU FOLLOW THE PROCEDURE I LIST BELOW
So here is what you do: Go to the password reset page on the new forums here. Type in the email address you registered with, and hit the request button. You will be sent an email with your user name and a link to reset your password. Once you have done that, your new password will be emailed to you. You can then log in and change it to whatever you wish.
I know this is a bit of a hassle, but trust me…it’s for the better. You can even keep your password the same as it was on these boards, that doesn’t matter. Because of the software change though, we have to set it again for each of us.
The new main page of the forums can be found here