Casino, Arcade, Reputation System=R.I.P.

Discussion in 'Site News' started by SRW, Jun 26, 2009.

  1. SRW

    SRW Ex-World's Worst Site Admin

    I removed the Casino, Arcade and Reputation System from the site tonight.

    The casino was removed because it's not supported anymore, has bugs that have not been fixed and it caused unnecessary server loads on the site.

    The arcade was removed because it was too buggy and all the games are open source and coded by different people. Sometimes the games didn't work. The arcade also put a big strain on the server.

    The reputation system was removed because it was pretty much a joke at this point. It became a joke a while ago and people were building up rep pretty much by cheating the system. What is the point of having a rep system if it's not being used for that?

    I won't be bringing these features back. We are a football forum first and foremost, and some of these add-ons were taking away from the main focus of the site.
     
  2. Xpunk10

    Xpunk10 X10

    What about the gifts? Are those going to be taking a hike then eventually?
     
  3. mike oxlong

    mike oxlong The Voice Of Reason

    Is vcash next? seems to be as pointless as rep at this point, everyone pretty much has hundreds of millions if not more. and what is there to buy? I say dump it all.

    We are a Football Forum!

    We all appreciate the hard work it takes to run this place and appreciate whatever you gotta do to keep it running smoothly.
     
  4. hermhater

    hermhater Guest

    Rep mike.

    I do like giving gifts to noobs though.
     
  5. SRW

    SRW Ex-World's Worst Site Admin

    You have no idea how close the gifts came to being cut. The reputation system was more useless in the end.
     
  6. hermhater

    hermhater Guest

    Don't get me wrong, if they have to go they have to go.
     
  7. tammietailgator

    tammietailgator ROCK CHALK!

    I understand... It is a good thing that the arcade is gone... I was getting a little obsessive at beating Mike in bookworm... it was starting to affect my personal life! Thank you! :icon_cheesygrin:
     
  8. Xpunk10

    Xpunk10 X10

    I'll be the 1st to admit I love the gifts. They are stupid. No other site has them. Hopefully they don't cause too much of an issue here with the server. Honestly though, I never ever talk football here, I'm an off topic/baseball poster. I feel I'm wearing out my welcome.
     
  9. mike oxlong

    mike oxlong The Voice Of Reason

    we did have a sweet little rivalry going there. You are excellent at bookworm.

    I would rep you if I could. Maybe we could keep rep manually lol
     
  10. hermhater

    hermhater Guest

    Why would you say that K!?!
     
  11. russian.tank

    russian.tank BruceAlmighty2010

    Gifts and vCash are cool and add flair to the profile.
     
  12. tammietailgator

    tammietailgator ROCK CHALK!

    Rep to you Mike!!! Did you ever ever see a Z in that game? I never did, in fact I would just restart when Wiz would come up.... :beerchug:
     
  13. tammietailgator

    tammietailgator ROCK CHALK!

    I think its a well rounded sports forum, with a focus on football.... but it would be missing you if you were not here! You are not wearing out your welcome! :beerchug:
     
  14. dolphindude13

    dolphindude13 Jack Of All Trades

    Ironically the site is slower tonight after the removal of these things....slowest that I've seen in a while at least.
     
  15. Xpunk10

    Xpunk10 X10

    Thanks Tam!

    I understand it's a football first place & I'm totally cool with that. I just don't want it to lose sight of some of the other things other members enjoy, that's all. I'm mainly talking about the forums.
     
  16. hermhater

    hermhater Guest

    Hmmm...
     
  17. dolphindude13

    dolphindude13 Jack Of All Trades

    So bad on FF that I went back to IE.....man, do you know how much IE sucks?
     
  18. warcrychief

    warcrychief Ur just da assistant Pimp

    and i was just getting in2 da rep thing :p
     
  19. hermhater

    hermhater Guest

    Is it running faster on IE DD?
     
  20. KASSIE

    KASSIE What's It to YA??

    Damn now I have nothing to do in the offseason now that the arcade is gone LOL. I was having fun beating Mike Back and forth at a few of the games.. Eh oh well Im sure there are arcade games elsewhere on the internet. Gotta do what Ya gotta do