itworks Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 (edited) I guess you have all noticed, that this forum is not exactly full of life. I think one reason is the "keep out"-mentality. Guests cannot even read the majority of topics! It feels very much like a big "you're not welcome - fu*k off". You guys should ease the regime. Make the forum atleast readable to guests. Edited May 13, 2008 by itworks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[stewart] Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 you can register if you are curious; it's free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Azrael Strife Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 He is right about guests not even being able to read some of the X-Com forums, a lot of people (myself included) sometimes just go away when a forum forces registration when I just try to read a thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gufu Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 What are we unallowing them to see anyway? We don't even allow for games download, even if creators back up that idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Azrael Strife Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 What are we unallowing them to see anyway? We don't even allow for games download, even if creators back up that idea!Where did you even get that??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimli Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 You know, I had no idea what he was talking about, but I just figured out he was talking about abandonware. I'll try to explain: gufu, although they back up that idea, legally their word is worth nothing. Since Take Two owns the rights to X-COM they have every right to say that it's not freeware. And even if this site did allow that, are you sure this would be a good idea? Think about something else for a moment. Rumors have been going around about a new X-COM game. Let's assume for a moment that they are correct. Now put yourself in the position of the decision maker in Take Two. How would you get something to base the sales of such a hypothetical sequel on? Well, quite simple. You rerelease one of the old games and see how many people are going to buy it. It's not fullproof, but you can draw some conclusions. And lo', Take Two did in fact rerelease both UFO and TFTD. And Game Informer reported that TFTD was selling well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinthRank Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 What are we unallowing them to see anyway? We don't even allow for games download, even if creators back up that idea!Guests cannot view General Xcom Discussion for example. I agree with Azrael that it's really a big turn-off for people to have to register in order to view forums. It was certainly a discouragement when I first came only to be able to see the tech-support forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutonman Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Well, I recently registered, and I wouldn't have bothered if it wasn't restricted. As a guest I could still see the "help" topics, and I assume that's what most people want. Why flood a forum with registered users that are only here to find answer to one question and are then never heard from again? I'm not much of a forum-writer usually (more of a "reader"), but since I enjoy the x-com games so much I pretty much had to join. Only time will tell how active I will dare to be. Oh, and since this is my very first post: A big thank you to everyone who has contributed to this forum! Five distorted alien thumbs up for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kafros Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Have fun around Mutonman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorrow Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 (edited) You know, I had no idea what he was talking about, but I just figured out he was talking about abandonware. I'll try to explain: gufu, although they back up that idea, legally their word is worth nothing. Since Take Two owns the rights to X-COM they have every right to say that it's not freeware. And even if this site did allow that, are you sure this would be a good idea? Think about something else for a moment. Rumors have been going around about a new X-COM game. Let's assume for a moment that they are correct. Now put yourself in the position of the decision maker in Take Two. How would you get something to base the sales of such a hypothetical sequel on? Well, quite simple. You rerelease one of the old games and see how many people are going to buy it. It's not fullproof, but you can draw some conclusions. And lo', Take Two did in fact rerelease both UFO and TFTD. And Game Informer reported that TFTD was selling well.And now we're getting a FPS XCOM rape thanks to the people who bought the originals of ancient games made by a defunct developers instead of torrenting them. Let it be a lesson to those who apply ethical sentiments to the world of gaming industry. Edited May 10, 2011 by Sorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSFSX17 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Agreed with the original topic - just found out that other people can't see my LP thread. If this keeps up I'll have to do it on a non-X-COM forum, which would be unfortunate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[[Micah]] Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Thanks for the heads up / reminder about the permissions. We relaxed a lot of them some time ago but because of the gazillion subforums, we didn't do all of them. Now I have enabled reading and attachment downloading permissions for everyone for the xcom, xcom-inspired, ufo2000, and all other project forums and subforums. If I missed any, please let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronomaster Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 IS NUDITY ATTACHMENT ALLOWED? YOU SAID LESS RESTRICTIVE, RIGHT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[[Micah]] Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Do you see nudity anywhere else around here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keybounce Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Do you see nudity anywhere else around here?Only in screenshots of sectoids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[[Micah]] Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Touche. Sectoid porn is okay, then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronomaster Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 (edited) OH REALLY?WHAT IF I ADD SECTOID GENETLES AND POST IMAGE OF AN INTERCOURSE POSITION? BESIDES, WE DON'T SEE PORN BECAUSE OF RESTRICTIVENESS. (REMEMBER THE THREAD TITLE?...) AND NUDITY IS NOT PORN. ITS ART!!! ...DID I REACH YOU SOMEWHERE MICAH? LIBERATE THIS FORUM ! ! FREEDOM OF SPEACH ! - AND IMAGE POSTING ! Edited September 10, 2011 by chronomaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[[Micah]] Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Don't be silly Of course I'll delete and ban you, for the caps if nothing else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronomaster Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 (edited) really? hmm thats nice of you ! thanks! so - suddenly nudity is fine, but caps not? ok... starting to post pics . ...maybe you can pay for a new server now. you know, for the nudity "art". by the way, the caps is part of the problems i have right now. i told you through email, if you remember. Edited September 10, 2011 by chronomaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[[Micah]] Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 I usually don't read msgs that are in all caps so if you said something about it, I didn't read it. Freedom of speech has to do with restrictions on what the government can stop you from saying or doing, not what you can say or do on a privately owned forum. When it comes right down to it, you have essentially zero rights here. I don't mean to sound crass but maybe bluntness is what you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronomaster Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 (edited) Maybe a sense of humor is what you need. Unless... you were joking too...I thought at first that you did get it. All of the above 3 posts of mine was a joke. "I usually don't read msgs that are in all caps so if you said something about it, I didn't read it."- That is because(as i said!) it was through email. not a thread.And yes you did read it and answered me through email. Maybe you don't remember. (skin texture...?) edit: here, i edited the message so it contains the correct grammer with correct capitals and pancutations, so you won't give an excuse for not reading it. (this is also a joke...incase you didnt get that one either) Edited September 10, 2011 by chronomaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[[Micah]] Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 I skimmed the email :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serge Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Hi, from https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/1103978921643...sts/QJMA9grE1UMDarren Stults - I'd like to ask if anyone knows why after I created a new account on the forum yet never have been able to post anything or reply to anything? I even completely filled out my personal data, but that still hasn't seemed to work?Is there really some kind of problem or forum misconfiguration for new users? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[NKF] Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 If I'm not mistaken new users are manually granted access by those with the right level of administrative permissions. Not sure if that's being done regularly at the moment. I recommend sending Micah or Stewart a PM. - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[[Micah]] Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Yep, he didn't follow the email instructions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xracer Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 wow...people still registering to this forums!!! maybe the project came to an end but XCOM will never die Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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