Darth Eggplant Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 still relatively a neww member, less than 2 years, just over 2,000 posts, I haunt these forums and have a lot of fun, but I am curious? I mean it is one thing to come to a site and just surf it, but how and why? and still how does it continue? these are things I would like to know? for instance, these forums are vBulletin. I went to it's website, and I really still don't know how or why a forum gets made; (all those little fiddly fields and thingies. and cookies) but I found out a forum is not free. (even though we join them here for free) a vBulletin forum must be paid for, and I assume or hope I assume right; as in a website, as bandwidth and content increases; so too does the need for server space, and other such ISP computer lingo techno stuff.... so here and now is the Lucasforums. it is comprised of many members, it has mods, and super mods, and administrators. it also has forums for most of the lucas games: still I am left ??? (1) when was the LF conceived? and by who(m) if more than one person? (2) did this person work for Lucas? or have someone they know a parent, work for lucas? (3) did the founder of the forum ask for permission from Lucas? or did George Lucas come to them? (4) was vBulletin the first forum which the LF used? if not what was the first forum, does it still exist? if the LF was on another forum thingie, why switch to vBulletin? (5) vBulletin is not free, you have to pay for a forum, if this was the case when the forum first began, how much was it to create a forum? and who paid the bill? and who's account is it now? (meaning for any and all continued expenses; such as yearly renewals and increases in forum size etc???) (6) Does George Lucas and the staff of Lucas know the forum exists? do they support and use it themselves? (7) which forum community was first established? and in what chronological order did the other forums come into being? (8) who was the very first Administrator? (9) who became the very first Moderator? (10) how fast and in what order did more mods come into being on the LF? (11) when did future Admin's start existing? (12) who was the first Super Mod? (13) can you illustrate in a flow chart kind of way, the family tree and relationships of Admin's to Mod's; Super Mod's to mods; Super Admin's (if there are any) super admin to admin? there's lots more but that is quite a bit for now. I hope I might get some kind of answer to satisfy my curiousity. *now I will try to be diplomatic about this; but this next question pertains possibly to question 5? funding and who owns\pays for the forums?* **it also has to do with mod and admin-ism** 'IF' a vBulletin has to be purchased, or an account established and paid for; then that makes the LF forums like: the ball of the kid who says 'it's my ball and I will go home and take it with me, if you don't play the game my way' (14)so how do forum members get promoted to mod\super mod and eventaul admin status? this question is on my mind because Jed just got promoted from mod to super mod. this similar thing happened last year as Darth Groovy got made a super mod. my question is how did these 2 forum members become mods in the first place? ultimately who decides and why? <now I like both Jed and Darth Groovy> I am happy they both got mod status; but n00b peeps join all the time asking to be mods and most 99% are turned down or ignored; so why does the 1% get mod status? and again who decides? and is it ultimately because the forum, like the ball is owned by one or more top pyramid LF members who like a shadow council "pull all the strings?" do new mods have to financially contribute to the LF? do they pay a fee or have some forum of perk in any way shape or form? bestowed upon them? so how often do promotions get handed out and why? <I don't think I will get an answer on this one> I only ask because I am curious? I see forum members who are mods on other forums, I see forum members who start their own forum commuity, and they make others mods; oft times, the mod you see on another forum is a mod because the person running that forum 'met them' at another forum, and then asked them if they wanted to become a mod on their forum? anyhow all I can say is: inquiring minds would like to know. thanks to any and all mods\super mods\and admins for any information pertaining to my querries. Darth Eggplant p.s: I would like to nominate 2 LF members for mod status ZBomber & Father Torque because they are maybe the powers that be on the LF might cry out: "red rover, red rover, we call Z and Torque over." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZBomber Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 I know some of the questions, so, I'll answer them: 1 - Lf was made in 1998, I believe. 2 - No, I don't thionk they worked for, or knew Lucas. 3 - I don't thin keither, someone just made a forum for Lucasarts games. 4 - No clue. Could have used PhpBB 5 - Its quite expensive. You need to buy a certificate in order to make the forum. There are different plans. I'm guessing LF got the life-time plan, where they pay a large fee, and don't have to pay again... 6 - I'm sure some people that work for Lucas visit here, or atleast have. 7 - Well, there used to be a bunch of different forums, like Jedi Knight forums, Sam and Max forums, Rogue Squadron forums, etc. The owners joined them together, and, voila, Lucasforums was made. 8 - There were a few, I think they were Aristotle, Kurgan, and ZeroXcape. Might have been more..... 9 through 13 - No clue. 14 - Lots of things I guess. Right judgment, being able to handle things, knowing what your doing. Also, youy can't be a huge flamer and spammer, since you'd be breaking your own rulkes. I would like to nominate 2 LF members for mod status ZBomber & Father Torque because they are *insert blush here* ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt-- Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 (1) when was the LF conceived? and by who(m) if more than one person? LF is a conglomerate of several formerly independent forums, so there are multiple answers to that question. (2) did this person work for Lucas? or have someone they know a parent, work for lucas? no (3) did the founder of the forum ask for permission from Lucas? or did George Lucas come to them? It's simply a fansite (no) (4) was vBulletin the first forum which the LF used? if not what was the first forum, does it still exist? if the LF was on another forum thingie, why switch to vBulletin? Before this, the bulk of the forums used UBB. (5) vBulletin is not free, you have to pay for a forum, if this was the case when the forum first began, how much was it to create a forum? and who paid the bill? and who's account is it now? (meaning for any and all continued expenses; such as yearly renewals and increases in forum size etc???) I'm not sure who footed the bill. (6) Does George Lucas and the staff of Lucas know the forum exists? do they support and use it themselves? LucasArts people and friends do frequently enough...I'm not sure if the big guy visits. (7) which forum community was first established? and in what chronological order did the other forums come into being? I'm not sure on the exact order, but GalacticBattles.com was the first to use vB, and the rest were imported into it. If you mean the dates of each individual communities founding...I am unsure. (8) who was the very first Administrator? ChrisC3po set up this vBulletin forum. (9) who became the very first Moderator? We don't exactly keep very detailed records on this. (10) how fast and in what order did more mods come into being on the LF? See above. (11) when did future Admin's start existing? Shortly thereafter! (12) who was the first Super Mod? Again, we don't really attempt to record specific dates on things like this. (13) can you illustrate in a flow chart kind of way, the family tree and relationships of Admin's to Mod's; Super Mod's to mods; Super Admin's (if there are any) super admin to admin? Owners > Admins with ftp access > Admins without > Super mods > Mods (14)so how do forum members get promoted to mod\super mod and eventaul admin status? Being trustworthy and reasonably prominent members in the community where they'll be modding. my question is how did these 2 forum members become mods in the first place? ultimately who decides and why? I made them mods and I later promoted them. and again who decides? the administrators of the community do new mods have to financially contribute to the LF? no so how often do promotions get handed out and why? new mods - because we need them promotions - I do it based on when I feel they're ready Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZBomber Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 Oooh, ooh! I got a question! Was there ever another forum for a game, but was deleted? (not including ones that were moved, like the Jedi Knight forum and the Jedi Outcast forum) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acrylic Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 I have a question too. Are you guys planning on adding new forums, for new LA games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jed Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 Originally posted by Acrylic I have a question too. Are you guys planning on adding new forums, for new LA games? I'm pretty sure I can answer this. There's usually a set of forums for each LFNetwork site - if a new site is created, a set of forums will also be created. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IG-64 Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 I have a question, how many times has LF been "rebooted" the other day I was looking at alot of people's first posts and most if not all the mods and admins' first posts were stuff like "Whew, what happened, the forums were toally whacked, I hope I get my posts back and upgrades also "reboot" LF such as the thread of Rhett's "first" post: Kylilin: "the new forum looks spiffy, I likey" Rhett: "Yeah, I just hope I get my posts back. :D" It seems they always want their posts back But anyways I was just wondering, how many times has this happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfnshannon Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 I think twice - Sometimes it would only happen to certain people. I think...don't quote me on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Torque Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 Originally posted by Darth Eggplant p.s: I would like to nominate 2 LF members for mod status ZBomber & Father Torque because they are maybe the powers that be on the LF might cry out: "red rover, red rover, we call Z and Torque over." Wow, only a true friend friend and forumer would say that. I may not be a mod or some high official, but i must say that when there is a time to be ready for being a mod, i think now is the time. Go all the way Eggplant . I too have a question. Was this forum board ever intended to become so large? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrik Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 What do you mean by reboot? The forums have never been wiped with regards to posts and such, or at least not all of them. Specific forums may have been pruned but the board as a whole is intact from birth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 LucasForums "history" may be intact but individual forums have lost old data. It happens, no stopping it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metallus Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 I don't know whether this is what you're referring to or not, but posts appear to disappear (interesting turn of phrase, but let's move on) after a certain amount of time, depending on the forum's individual setting. However, these "expired" posts are very much still around. Theres a little drop-down menu at the bottom of the thread listing on any forum. It's just after the list of threads but before the page navigator, in the area where it says "Showing threads X to Y, etc." This allows you to view older posts by adjusting how far back you want to look. You can also adjust this in your control panel under "Edit Options" where it says "Default Thread View:". I've got mine set to "Show All Threads", but I think the default is 30 days or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 nope, i was referring to the ancient posts, before LF sometimes forums got wiped for some reason. That kind of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swoosh Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 Man...I can't hardly remember before LF. Some people think we're disorganized here now....they should have been around back then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metallus Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 I only really know about the forums that moved here from the Mojo network (Sam and Max, Grim Fandango Network, and the Mixnmojo boards themselves), and none of those were import-ready at the time (for the most part, vBulletin didn't have importers for the different types of forum software in use at these locations), so all those posts and accounts were lost and the communities had to rebuild from scratch. This could explain some old-timey-mojo-type members' difficulty in feeling at home in the new location for a long time. I'm sure, though, that some people felt that way even if their their native forums/posts were brought in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 We should also count ourselves lucky that there were converters available to convert many of the infopop forum databases into vB databases. I'm pretty sure most of the old forums used Infopop. I know Aresen did for a long time. Only things is that a lot of the OLD older posts can't be editted or brought back (not that anyone with the right mind would want to lol), but it explains why some our post counts are lower than they actually should be because those old posts register the current and still active members as 'guests'... *shrugs* meh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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