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Nice bleach wallpaper.

pretty much... *kicks vb*

Argh. I figured I'd share this blurb with everyone because it will vastly impact the functionality of our forum. After carefully going over both invision power board and vbulletin, both are definitely two very different pieces of software. In terms of price, over a 3 year period both will cost us about the same, but with different functionality. The pros of ipb are the following: - Support there seems nicer to their community - They actively work on their software - They have more than one basic theme - Their pm system is drastically improved over vbulletin - They have an official gallery Cons of ipb: - Their gallery is not impressive - In comparison to vbulletin, their reputation system is non-existent - Their blogs cannot be categorized. - Their permission settings seem inferior to vb's. - Their mod community is noticeably smaller compared to vb's and seem to focus more on paid modifications. - If their import script doesn't work, I'd have to pay them $60 to get our stuff transferred. - Their facebook connect feature is very very basic and is only good for registering new facebook members. Pros of vb: - I know their coding, and I'm used to modifying it myself. - Alot of basic functionality that we are used to now is still there (ipb is missing quite a few basic things that would drive me mad.) - vB has almost all new developers, which I'm actually glad for because the software has been pretty stagnant for about a year now. - The initial cost of vb 4 is cheaper for me over switching to ipb. - vb will now include a CMS package. - Their mod community is pretty damn big. Cons of vb: - This whole bullshit, 'buy this product right now crap or be screwed.' - They have let basic feature requests go ignored for almost a year. (but they have new developers now.) - They are heavily modding their forums to look cheerful and pleasant when they pissed off alot of people. - Their album gallery functionality needs alot of work, (but it doesn't cost extra). - We have no idea when vb 5 will actually be released. If its an earlier than 2-3 years, I'll feel a bit ripped off. So wtf. Both of the forum packages seem like good pieces of software. But, we're pretty broke and I think we might end up having to go with vb after all, because its the cheaper of the two up front costs. Also, ipb's admin panel and functionality looks like a mess compared to what I'm used to with vb. Someone stab me.

Hi! Welcome to AC!

Damn, what a douche.

eww... But that is a pimping ride.

Oh, and check this out. A new mobile skin for IPB: http://community.invisionpower.com/index.php?app=blog&module=display&section=blog&blogid=1174&showentry=3564

Interesting. The collision theory still seems more plausible tho. Even tho its unlikely, the capture theory could have happened.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDlNy0cIw4A]YouTube - World's Largest Snake Found Dead[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qm4s3TUazc]YouTube - Nintendo Wii Infomercial Fail[/ame] X'D

ahh! I didn't see that. F*ck that shit. >-o It'll be more like a One Piece/Naruto. Except theres enough manga chapters to last for multiple seasons. I doubt there will be any filler for a long time. I'm just wondering if it'll be a constant production series or if they are doing it in seasons like Ippo is now. btw, the series may seem like it'll start off at a decent pace, but believe me, the pace picks up even quicker and the fights get epic. I highly recommend it.

The only shoutcast looking mod I can find is a paid one. So don't expect it anytime soon, unless you can find another one. [ame=http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=225741]Upgrading vBulletin.com to 4.0 tomorrow - vBulletin.org Forum[/ame] vBulletin was supposed to upgrade their main forum overnight to vbulletin 4 so that customers can finally see it before making a purchase decision. They said it was going to be a beta version and that they shouldn't have any problems upgrading their forum. Well, it looks like they ran into some problems because its 6:00 pm and their forum is still offline. Looks like we'll end up with IPB as it is now.

So is vbulletin. http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/ That does remind me tho... we'll also loose our themes. Yep. At least until, I re-customize them all back in using their style editor. I already looked at the demo and it doesn't look like it be that hard. *thinks I'll be remembering this post* ehhe.

lmao. X'D

yeah yeah, but some people don't want to download. btw, what fansub group do you recommend? Horriblesubs audio seemed really wacky in episode 2. And why is everyone translating the word "mage" as "wizard" wizards just seems so off. *shrug* Episode two was good. Grays voice sounded ok, but Elfman looked a little smaller than I thought he'd be.

We may be switching to Invision Power Board within the next couple weeks (maybe even this weekend). If you have never been on an IPB powered forum before, check the following website: http://community.invisionpower.com/index.php? If we switch over to IPB, we'll be using their IPB version 3 (the newest version). Here is their blurb about the new features, etc. about version 3: http://www.invisionpower.com/products/board/features/lookandfeel.php If we switch to this software, we should be able to convert everything over. We'll loose some features but gain many more. Some of the things we'll loose off hand are the following: - Chatbox (they have a different version, but I don't think its available for version 3 yet) - Arcade (The arcade is being converted to the new version. I'm guessing it'll be another couple weeks or a month until its released.) - Post Thanks (Last I heard, it is being converted to a ipb mod at this time.) Other than that, we'll have a new blog system which for some reason doesn't have categories, but features multiple blogs per user. I have to look into this one some more. Also, instead of profile albums, we'll have a full gallery script. All our current album pictures should convert over as well. We're still at a cross-roads about what we'll do. Unless vbulletin pulls some major move in customer service or public relations (which I doubt), we'll end up switching to IPB and probably sell our vbulletin license. I've looked all over the free forum solutions, smf, phpbb, but none of them offer everything we need. Also, burning board and some other paid forums don't have enough features. Gah, damn vb for being sellouts. So, does anyone here like IPB?

Stargate Atlantis? It ended here over a year ago. At least I think it was a year now. Have you seen any of the Stargate Universe episodes yet? Theres only been 3 episodes so far and its very different from all the other series so far.

I think I'll try getting a trial pair and see how I like them.

rotflmao! The cycle repeats! X'D

Welcome to AC! Have you watching the new episodes? I still haven't seen it yet. Hopefully I'll catch a new episode or two this weekend.

Yeah, I have to go to wally world vision center because they take my insurance. But if my insurance doesn't cover contacts at a decent rate I'll drop it. I might just try out contacts. *is hesitant* x_x

What you said reminds me of the street fighter games. Remember how a new version of Street Fighter 2 would come out at least once every year? Capcom made some money milking the hell out of that series. Capcom: "Look, we added a new character to the exact same game you already own. 'Street Fighter 2: Super Turbo Anniversary Edition' on sale now for $49.99!" Me: "Damn, and I just bought 'Street Fighter 2: Turbo', I'm already 2 versions behind, my friends are going to make fun of me." *dishes out more cash* The difference now with vbulletin is that instead of $50, its upwards of $250-$300 an upgrade. F*ck that.

The thing that still kills me is that they still haven't even upgraded their own official forum to vbulletin 4 beta yet. Supposedly, they're going to upgrade their official forum to 4.0 sometime soon so that everyone can see what it at least looks like. Because as of now, everyone has to make a $100+ purchase based on their word as to what the new software can do, that and these six screenshots: http://www.vbulletin.com/index.php?do=screenshots And obviously, no-one can believe their word anymore, which means they expect people to pay for an upgrade based on 6 screenshots which are not impressive in the least.

vBulletin went downhill ever since they were bought by Internet Brands. And over the course of about 6 months, most of the developers of vBulletin have either been fired or quit the company. Which helps explain why vbulletin is about 4 months + behind on development. And this entire pre-order bullshit and price hike can also be contributed to this link: Internet Brands, Inc. to Report Third Quarter 2009 Results on October 28, 2009 http://investors.internetbrands.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=414873 The vbulletin pre-sale ends at the end of October. Coincidence? I think not. The company is only concerned about money at this point and raising its stock value. Which also means that new versions will probably come out on a yearly basis so they can continue to make profits. Because if new versions don't come out, then they won't make revenue because they no longer charge renewal fees. So I can only imagine that new versions will be a standard release of about 12-18 months or else the parent company will probably just close vb due to it not making them money, or try to sell it off. And with their customer loyalty base completely destroyed, vbulletin will be going the way of UBB and lose its huge market share of internet forum software.