IMPORTANT: E3 Cleanup Campaign.

[Thorzilla]

Hey there:
http://galeon.com/equipoalpha/uncleforums.jpg
Well E3 is near, and we should start to think how are we going to clean these forums.
Right now, many users dont use the search buttons and the forums are crowded with junk posts and threads.
We have 2 admins.
We have 11 mods.
We have 20 SMC.
We have 10354 registered members and growing
In the last E3 we had 800+ members online.
Honestly i hope thee forums dont colapse from junk threads during E3 so I had an idea:
For the time the E3 lasts, we could have a group of voluntiers that would like to work as "TSMC" (temporal senior members council)
This users will work as SMC during the show. All junk threads and junk posts, will be reported to the MODS, and afterall, closed.
I think it is a good idea since every once in a while, the forums get lagged because a lot of people is online and posting at the same time.
Now imagine during E3 when SONY gives the last words on PS3 (release, price and games). The forums will crash if we dont act, so i suggest doing a Voluntier Campaign During E3.
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See ya!

[adamba4e]

I will be sure to be on so I can help out.

[Lp Chris XII]

I'm sure many of the mods will be online as often as possible, same goes for the SMC. We just added another mod and quite a few new SMC members recently, and this was done in preparation of E3. We are still contemplating whether or not to add more SMC members before E3 as well.

[Perfect Sin]

Seriously, if I didn't know better, I'd say our members don't have much faith in us.

[DINAMO788]

ok yea its gonna be crazy u might as well give me mod powers right now to help out the board...=D

[StrikeMaster Ice]

That great idea, hopefully I will be here to help out as much as possible.

[adamba4e]

ok yea its gonna be crazy u might as well give me mod powers right now to help out the board...=D

We would but you'd probably end up hating yourself.

[c.a.p]

Seriously, if I didn't know better, I'd say our members don't have much faith in us.
We have faith in you guys, we just fear that you will be overwhelmed by the spam. Spam can make a person go mad. :bang:

[Fallout Boy]

Seriously, if I didn't know better, I'd say our members don't have much faith in us.
We have faith in you guys, we just fear that you will be overwhelmed by the spam. Spam can make a person go mad. :bang:

Its not so much the spam(which is very little) Its the repeated threads with pointless arguments and conversations that happens over & over & over again :lol:

I have faith in the mods though, but even if there was 100 mods & 200 smc's it would still be difficult to police.


How about for the duration of E3 you actually have to have a certian amount of posts befor you can start a thread in the PS3 forums to deter people sigining up and posting "Isnt the PS3 great!" threads and other usless things.

[Thorzilla]

Hey there:
Seriously, if I didn't know better, I'd say our members don't have much faith in us.
We have faith in you guys, we just fear that you will be overwhelmed by the spam. Spam can make a person go mad. :bang:

Its not so much the spam(which is very little) Its the repeated threads with pointless arguments and conversations that happens over & over & over again :lol:

I have faith in the mods though, but even if there was 100 mods & 200 smc's it would still be difficult to police.


How about for the duration of E3 you actually have to have a certian amount of posts befor you can start a thread in the PS3 forums to deter people sigining up and posting "Isnt the PS3 great!" threads and other usless things.
As fallout boy said here, it is not spam, it is the junk threads, like this weekend i have seen 5 or 6 junk threads about a game.
And yes i have faith in you mods and SMC, but i dont have faith in how network might work with thousands of people posting junk at the same time. Because of this, if 3 or 4 mods cannot read a post because of lack of network, maybe another voluntier might be able to do it and report it.
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See ya!

[Fallout Boy]

^^ If there are network problems it wont be mods or smc's worrying about posts it will be them actually trying to access the site.

If there is a network problem everyone on the forum would experience it, traffic would literally come to a grinding halt.

[Vision.Pro]

How about for the duration of E3 you actually have to have a certian amount of posts befor you can start a thread in the PS3 forums to deter people sigining up and posting "Isnt the PS3 great!" threads and other usless things.
That's probably the best idea i've heard so far, atleast a 20 post minimum before you can create threads

[The House]

No for new members, you should have to be a member(100 posts) to post any threads. and it's not just for E3, it should be used all the time.

[Mael Duin]

No for new members, you should have to be a member(100 posts) to post any threads. and it's not just for E3, it should be used all the time.
I have to agree with the house. So we won't see newbies posting same old same old topics over and over again.

[The Chocobo Kid]

I'll be here for sure but I think this rule would be unfair to many. Not everone is a noob.

[StrikeMaster Ice]

I agree, it would not be fair to them.

[Firefox]

Yes, I joined the forums after reading it for about six months, I think the the newly joined
members will know what has been posted before.

[miickEe]

I'll be here for sure but I think this rule would be unfair to many. Not everone is a noob.That may be true, but if they contribute to discussion as per usual and as everyone else has done, they will become a member and gain over 100 posts easily. Thus, the longer new members have to stay silent and gather an understanding on how the forums work, and most of all information of the PS3, the better it is for the community; then we will be seeing a huge decline in junk threads and/or spam.

I think that is a good idea, not being able to starta new topic until they are a member. Some may argue that it isn't fair on new members, but it will benefit them greatly I believe.

[Fallout Boy]

Its just a suggestion, it doesn't need be a permanant thing, just like a month as extra traffic & interest cause a lot of posting, and it can be only in the gaming threads, it doesn't need to be the general or suggestions or other sections that have less activitiy.

[Hotice]

I promise to do my part in keeping away from pointless posting during the E3 overload of infromation. I do know some of my post are pointless, but i wan't the shadow and the glow for my name, that takes like 2500 and 3000 skill points, thats 5500 skill points, im sure ill have that by the time E3 come around so i will definetly chill and start working on quality not quantity.

I think the post amount should be at least300 to 500, or maybe only moderators, admins, and scm or people that gained stickys or those with post of the month should be able to post. Better yet how about they just regulate certain forums, such as the ps3 and the ps4 games forums.

All in all there should be a restiction of only people selected or with a certain amount of stars can post for a certain period of time.

Better yet, final sugestion, in certain froums, ps3 and ps3 games, only people that have posted a certain amount( at least 250 or 300 and up post) or that have a certain amount of stars1-2 and up) can post threads while anyone can comment, can yall even do that?

[DOGG]

I'll help out with the trolls, flamers, as much as I can. I'll keep a look out for the useless threads.

[AJJets107]

I am going to be here for when E3 arrives but a while after that i need to study for my exams to pass 11th grade.

[soldier one]

it was handled well last time. and im going to be on to help with SMC powers for sure. i dont think it will be that bad, then again like you said better safe then sorry.

I think adding a new temporary SMC, although a good idea is not particularly practical. I think the best option is for the staff to get together and bulk up the current SMC and Mod groups as best we can. That doesn’t mean any rash promotions; I can assure everyone that won’t happen. It just means that we may be more on the lookout for potential staff than normal.

[Hunnter]

I'll be on for sure during E3, i remember last time it was crazy!

Wonder if we will beat the record numbers we had online this time, we had a record number of actual users online during.. uhm.. wow ive forgotten the name of that event now... :|
(The really overhyped event that basically had no news on PS3, had Sony Reader at it.. thats about all i remember now lol)

This idea would probably cause more hassle than good since there'd be as many threads created for spam/repeated threads as there is the actual threads in question
Plus the more you have, the more chance there is of repeated reports! :lol:

[The Chocobo Kid]

will with E3 coming soon we should have a lot of fun with new people and great things to talk about. I sure this will be the place to go for your ps3 need.

[soldier one]

morph and rebon the one thing im wondering about for e3 is the servers. i know you guys got some more and are fixing them all up, will they be ready and capable of handling the e3 session?

[Rebon]

morph and rebon the one thing im wondering about for e3 is the servers. i know you guys got some more and are fixing them all up, will they be ready and capable of handling the e3 session?

Yes :wink:

[DOGG]

it was handled well last time. and im going to be on to help with SMC powers for sure. i dont think it will be that bad, then again like you said better safe then sorry.

It was handled well last time. I was reading this site then, and you guys were doing a good job. But the member account has increased by like 10,000 members. That's a pretty big difference!

Also, if you're going to report a usless thread or old thing, should I PM a moderator? Should it be a certain one?

[soldier one]

But the member account has increased by like 10,000 members. That's a pretty big difference!

but that was from e3, most will duplicate those users because htey forgot they ever signed up here and go again. but good point still.

[AJJets107]

I think at lot of people who joined but post like 1 time a month will come back during E3.

[Sbu_01]

I think i would have to agree with falloutboy, the minimum post would also help with keeping the forum a bit more clean, remember when there was mass junk threads and some mods although logged on, they could not get to the threads because they would time out, someone pointed out that would not be fair to some members seeing as some read the forums for weeks or even monts before actually signing up and posting.

What can be done is have a separate forum topic, i.e. newbie questions, where post counts did not apply that way they can start threads asking for help and raise their post count. I hate to bring this up and annoy some, but I truly believe this can really benefit the community as a whole

[siren]

I think i would have to agree with falloutboy, the minimum post would also help with keeping the forum a bit more clean, remember when there was mass junk threads and some mods although logged on, they could not get to the threads because they would time out, someone pointed out that would not be fair to some members seeing as some read the forums for weeks or even monts before actually signing up and posting.

What can be done is have a separate forum topic, i.e. newbie questions, where post counts did not apply that way they can start threads asking for help and raise their post count. I hate to bring this up and annoy some, but I truly believe this can really benefit the community as a whole

Not neccessarily.

Consider that now you have people spamming 20 posts somewhere quick to post new threads. Then we have to go cleanup the threads and the 20 other posts.

If we catch their bad threads fast enough, we can delete those, warn and possibly ban the users.

It is my opinion that any decent offenses should result in an immediate 3 day ban if they occur during E3.

[Sbu_01]

Very true but now instead of going through different topics, xbox, technology, psp, ps3 games etc. looking for these useless threads.

You already know where to look. You corner them only needing 1 mod in that section making fast edits. I once again apologize for pressing the matter.

[DOGG]

I'll focus mainly on PS3, 360, PSP, and PS2 sections. Those and Rev forums will be flooded.

[Thorzilla]

Hey there:
Yahoo! My first popular!!! :lol: Just kidding.
It is good to hear that some people are already listening to this topic, and they are actually going to do their part, if you could all type in you signatures something that liks users here, it would be quite helpful to make them control themselves and see what they have.
Also good news from rebon that network wont be a problem :D That tis good to hear!
Let me edit the title for the thread so it sounds a bit better.
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See ya!

[Firefox]

Imagine if the forum lags like two weeks ago during e3 :shock:
the horror! :lol:

[Thorzilla]

Hey there:
Does the E3 last for 2 weeks!? Well i did not know that! Damn that is bad new for me. I think we need much more people than expected then to promote this thread.
For some admi or mod, do you guys think this could go stickied? Maybe that way people might see it, and it might be cleaned up and used next year in E3 2007.
Dunno, just a thought but if you think about it being useful.
BTW i am going to work on a little signature so people supporting E3 cleanliness can use it if they want.
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See ya!

[AJJets107]

Hey there:
Does the E3 last for 2 weeks!? Well i did not know that! Damn that is bad new for me. I think we need much more people than expected then to promote this thread.
For some admi or mod, do you guys think this could go stickied? Maybe that way people might see it, and it might be cleaned up and used next year in E3 2007.
Dunno, just a thought but if you think about it being useful.
BTW i am going to work on a little signature so people supporting E3 cleanliness can use it if they want.
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See ya!No E3 only lasts for three days i think.

[DOGG]

Let's see. E3 is three days, multiplied by an average of about, say, 250 Threads(PS3, PS2, PSP, 360).

I'd think about 750 threads will be made during E3. Half will most likely be pointless or already posted. Some spam! We'll need some more help with all that!

[Thorzilla]

Hey there:
I have been working on a small icon for the signature. It is going to be a link to this thread. I tried putting a mark but photoshop is way too stubborn so it would not let me, so if someone can help me with it i apreciate it. BTW siren is going to give me the yes or no so i am waiting.
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[Suikoden Fantasy]

I'll be sure to help Thorzilla. After all I do owe you. I'll try to to help as much as possible. Hopefully I'm on a lot during this period.

[Thorzilla]

Hey there:
Nah, just dont take it so deep man, it was only 10 minutes of my lifetime :lol:
Only an avatar (working on you rsig right now)
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[Nighthawk]

I will help out as much as I can. *salute*

[SE fanboy]

I agree with nighthawk, we can help too not just the SMC. I think its better that mods aren't hidden most of the time because it is easier to know who to PM.

[Mael Duin]

Let's see. E3 is three days, multiplied by an average of about, say, 250 Threads(PS3, PS2, PSP, 360).

I'd think about 750 threads will be made during E3. Half will most likely be pointless or already posted. Some spam! We'll need some more help with all that!
Revolution games will be revealed in E3. There will be alot more than that :wink:

[Rebon]

We'll have an official thread setting out what measures we're going to take etc closer to the date. Inlcuded will be how/who to contact in case of rule breaking/spamming.

[The Chocobo Kid]

We'll have an official thread setting out what measures we're going to take etc closer to the date. Inlcuded will be how/who to contact in case of rule breaking/spamming.with all this in my then we can have a great forum, I don't think we will have too many spammer.

[The House]

I wonder if any old members are going to come back on the forum during E3.

[Rebon]

I wonder if any old members are going to come back on the forum during E3.

It happened last year, so probably will again =)

[Thorzilla]

Hey there:
I just got a PM from siren, and he told me that it was ok for me to us this logo! :D
http://www.galeon.com/equipoalpha/e3-cleanup.jpg
Thanks a lot siren!
This is going to be helpfull.
BTW i agree with siren. After E3 the logo will be removed.
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See ya!

[Firefox]

I don't think I can put the logo, just look at my sig...it has like 3 logo's already :lol:

[Thorzilla]

Hey there:
Thanks a lot firefox for supporting the cleanup campaign!
Let me give you a hand or a little suggestion. BRB and edit the topic.
EDIT:
firefox, think you can put this in your sig?
http://www.galeon.com/equipoalpha/e3-cleanup.jpg (http://www.ps3forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=16732&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0)
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[Firefox]

brb and edit the topic...what? I did not understand.

[Thorzilla]

Hey there:
:lol: Sorry, BRB=Be right Back
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[DOGG]

Heh, I'll put it in my sig. Looks cool.

[c.a.p]

I'll help as much as I can. I wasn't able to be here during last E3, but judging by the descriptions, it looks like you'll need all of the help you can get this year.

[Silas]

I have put it in my sig too. I hope it helps.

[soldier one]

guys about the e3 sig thing, i think instead of linking it to here link it to something like SMC mebers list or MOD member list or preferbly both.

[Rebon]

guys about the e3 sig thing, i think instead of linking it to here link it to something like SMC mebers list or MOD member list or preferbly both.

We'll be making an official E3 "How YOU can help!" thread closer to the time; linking to that would make the most sense =)

[Silas]

Yes, i'll change it to that once you get that thread up and running.For now do you want me to just link it to this or take it off?

[Firefox]

go to your profile, change the url of the link on the e3 sig and change it to the link to
the admin/mods/smc

[The Chocobo Kid]

Can I wear the E3 Campaign too.

[DOGG]

Just put it on. It's on page two.

[SpaceMonkeyDave]

how about running up to, during and just after e3 the mods temporarily disable sigs and/or avatars?
would cut down some problems i suppose

[Tribunal]

^as much as that pains me, thats not a bad idea.

[DOGG]

Good lord, no! Members will look like crap! No avatar or sig?! Ahhh!

[The Chocobo Kid]

I here to support the team, E3 is going to rock here.

[Rebon]

Nah, cutting avys/sigs won't fix things. We'll do our best ;)

[soldier one]

Yes, i'll change it to that once you get that thread up and running.For now do you want me to just link it to this or take it off?

for now you can link it to our groups list. just click "usergroups" at the top and youll see.
http://ps3forums.com/groupcp.php

[SE fanboy]

I am pretty sure the servers won't crash because they just updated them a couple of weeks ago.

[The Chocobo Kid]

I am pretty sure the servers won't crash because they just updated them a couple of weeks ago.good b/c I hate it when that happends. keep the servers working great.

[Anonymous]

Even right now, the server seem slow! But what can you do!

[soldier one]

Even right now, the server seem slow! But what can you do!

the reason i asked, every now and again it goes unuauelly slow.

[The Chocobo Kid]

Even right now, the server seem slow! But what can you do!

the reason i asked, every now and again it goes unuauelly slow.don't worry I sure rebon got everthing ready come E3.

[Anonymous]

I hope, The PS3 Forums site is taking a hell long time to load, and I have to click the submit button like 20 times!

[AJJets107]

I hope, The PS3 Forums site is taking a hell long time to load, and I have to click the submit button like 20 times!It ok for me I have no problem.

[StrikeMaster Ice]

Sometime it little slow for me, but most of the time work great. I hope they fix this problem before E3.

[Thorzilla]

Hey there:
Feels great that the campaign is on the works! Yeah, it runs slo with my internet sometimes.
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[soldier one]

Sometime it little slow for me, but most of the time work great. I hope they fix this problem before E3.

they already said they have it ready so ill belieave them, they probly have a backup server or two to keep the site running along with 1 or two to give this site more bandwith, but i dont know for sure.

[StrikeMaster Ice]

Good to know, thanks for the update.

[DOGG]

Hey, thorzilla, where do we stand with the amount of members helping? 10-15?

[Thorzilla]

Hey there:
Well right now i think we are like 6 from 10,000 using the logo, and helping yeah like 10-15. The number is kind of low, so i will se what i can do to make other people koin the move. If anybody else wants to help you are invited :D
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[SpaceMonkeyDave]

ahh
sorry to be a pain in the *** fellas but, whats the code for the e3 cleanup sig?

*edit*
no worries chaps, i got it working now.. kinda :)

[turkmen117]

ok i got it too, and i can send messages to the new members that summons the most important rules and give them a link to the rules

EDIT: how to i report a thread?

[wotter]

By this I want to thank the mods for their time they put in this forum. I'm looking forward to E3 and I'm sure you guys can handle it. Keep up the good work!

[The Chocobo Kid]

I sure that many forums members are happy to see mods working so hard.

[StrikeMaster Ice]

I volenteer for to help out with clean up.

[Anonymous]

I would also like to volenteer with the cleanup, I technically would help Ps3 forums with whatever I can during E3!

[Thorzilla]

Hey there:
Sounds great! Please feel free to help us wearing this logo:
http://www.galeon.com/equipoalpha/e3-cleanup.jpg
Use this code in signature so it brings people here:
http://www.galeon.com/equipoalpha/e3-cleanup.jpg (http://www.ps3forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=16732&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0)--HELP US KEEP THE FORUMS CLEAN DURING E!

AGAIN THANKS FOR THE HELP!
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See ya!

[Martinx]

I will try to be here. It's worth it.

[Keesie]

if I was a mod, i would be on:P

[Piotr]

I'd love to help out, at the very least i'd make sure not to post any myself ^^'

But how can regular joes like I help out? I mean other then PMing mods like crazy.

[Rebon]

I'd love to help out, at the very least i'd make sure not to post any myself ^^'

But how can regular joes like I help out? I mean other then PMing mods like crazy.

We'll have a pull post once its written up closer to the time how members can help out =)

[Stoffinator]

I'll help out if needed. Hard to believe E3 is just around the corner again.

[Silas]

How much of a jump was there in the amount of members during last E3?

[Rebon]

How much of a jump was there in the amount of members during last E3?

Triple/quadruple the amount of people online at one time.

[Silas]

Wow, someone said there were 800 members last time! That must hav been an awful strain on the Mods and Admin! I think we are prepared enough this time though as we will probably have 4000 new members maybe and at least 1000 people on at a time?

[PS3 rocks]

Wow, someone said there were 800 members last time! That must hav been an awful strain on the Mods and Admin! I think we are prepared enough this time though as we will probably have 4000 new members maybe and at least 1000 people on at a time?

You sure we are prepared? Just a little while ago well you all know what happened.
I think we should have maybe another mod and 1 or 2 more SCM's to cope... If the price date's are released along with a trailer of lets say GTA:4 for example we could have some serious troll problems.

[Silas]

Maybe so, nut they were more than prepared at that thing in January when we all thought the info would be released, and now they have added 6 more SMCs and a new mod, i think we need one more mod but we certainly have enough SMCs.