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I have noticed we get TONS of new members when there is a flagship release around the corner (chances are, its a Pokemon release).

Would it be a good idea to temporarily shut down new member signups during flood seasons? Or many limit who can post? Like over 100 posts or been here for more than 2 months... I dont know. It seems that new members just come to spam about whatever "bigRelease.nds" and then some stick around and try to make pokemon hacks then eventually leave.

I certainly dont want to be unfair to new members, not at all. Most of them need help and we can do that.
Maybe when they go to register,we have them answer a few questions like
-did you come here for the new "bigRelease.nds"? and then have them pointed in the right direction, without them needlessly making a new topic for something.
-did you come here for flash kit help? then ask which one and send them to the kart section. Or make a kinda...quiz? no... Some sort of identifier for those who have clone karts or soemthing. We gather pictures of various flash karts, and compile a list of questions, ie "what color is the plastic, what color is the PCP, where is the sd slot, is it springloaded, etc
-did you come here for modding help? which system? Then send them to whatever system section or tutorial they need help with.

Then at the bottom we have an option to join the forums. "Did you have something more specific you need help with? -->"

Oh and/or we need to either have new members TYPE OUT that we have no roms and dont supply them, or have another quiz.
"Does GBAtemp host roms? yes/no"
"Will GBAtemp help you find roms? yes/no"

Etc...

So here's what is left, tons of unused accounts. Is there a process where an old under 100 post account gets deleted after so many years or something?

I understand this is alot of work and probably not feasible or something we want to do, but I feel like it would certainly help out new members A LOT.
 

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Anyone with a Naruto based username- account not activated.
Anyone with a Pokemon based username-account not activated
Anyone with a Final Fantasy based username-account not activated
Anyone with a Kingdom Hearts based username-account not activated
Anyone with a Mario based username-account not activated

That would be my suggestion.
 
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Anyone with a Naruto based username- account not activated.
Anyone with a Pokemon based username-account not activated
Anyone with a Final Fantasy based username-account not activated
Anyone with a Kingdom Hearts based username-account not activated
Anyone with a Mario based username-account not activated

That would be my suggestion.
We could just start those ones out with a 50% warn status lol
 

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I think disabling signups and posting is a bad idea. That is undoubtedly the period when we gain the most members and, in the long run, is nothing but a postitive impact on the community - the more the merrier. :P
I agree that the floods are bad, but it's just part of the community 'tradition' as it were now and it's quite easy to simply ignore it. (Not to mention the mods do a great job of clearing up during these peak times :) )

I agree with the signup option though, however IIRC isn't there something already in place to counter this? (I may be wrong).
 

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I think disabling signups and posting is a bad idea. That is undoubtedly the period when we gain the most members and, in the long run, is nothing but a postitive impact on the community - the more the merrier. :P
I agree that the floods are bad, but it's just part of the community 'tradition' as it were now and it's quite easy to simply ignore it. (Not to mention the mods do a great job of clearing up during these peak times :) )

I agree with the signup option though, however IIRC isn't there something already in place to counter this? (I may be wrong).
No i mostly agree with you. We are a community that celebrates our members, and i love that.
 

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Nah, most of those one time posters will disappear anyway leaving us with a handful of new members who actually want to be a part of the community.
Now if only we could stop people from making new threads each time they don't know something, and really a simple "I promise to search before starting a thread" message when signing up won't cut it.
 

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in the last pokeflood, i went out for 9 hours and when i got back , my notifications where at 693
God knows how it would be if i logged out for one week
 

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I have noticed we get TONS of new members when there is a flagship release around the corner (chances are, its a Pokemon release).

Would it be a good idea to temporarily shut down new member signups during flood seasons? Or many limit who can post? Like over 100 posts or been here for more than 2 months... I dont know. It seems that new members just come to spam about whatever "bigRelease.nds" and then some stick around and try to make pokemon hacks then eventually leave.

Would deprive people that aren't here for the Pokemon release game a chance to post, and such. I notice people that have been here for a while spam in those threads as well. Can't really control someone's actions, and then block people entirely on premonition that they will leave after the game is released and they have it working.

I certainly dont want to be unfair to new members, not at all. Most of them need help and we can do that.
Maybe when they go to register,we have them answer a few questions like
-did you come here for the new "bigRelease.nds"? and then have them pointed in the right direction, without them needlessly making a new topic for something.
-did you come here for flash kit help? then ask which one and send them to the kart section. Or make a kinda...quiz? no... Some sort of identifier for those who have clone karts or soemthing. We gather pictures of various flash karts, and compile a list of questions, ie "what color is the plastic, what color is the PCP, where is the sd slot, is it springloaded, etc
-did you come here for modding help? which system? Then send them to whatever system section or tutorial they need help with.

Seems like a lot of work. I'd assume most people visiting here are aware of what they're looking for, and would like to post or ask a question. These are very fine ideas, and I'd actually like the last two suggestions. Sort of like Rydian's PSP Hacking thread where if they answer with blank, we send them to blank. The hacking systems idea as well, but really the question is who would go to the trouble to make all that? There are literally hundreds of flashcarts out there, and as for the systems thing that's easily done. I believe there should be a New User startup page that they are redirected to after signing up, in order to get a gist of the forums layout and such. Just to expand more on the Forum Index. Link some of the major threads that people use.

Then at the bottom we have an option to join the forums. "Did you have something more specific you need help with? -->"

Oh and/or we need to either have new members TYPE OUT that we have no roms and dont supply them, or have another quiz.
"Does GBAtemp host roms? yes/no"
"Will GBAtemp help you find roms? yes/no"

I agree with this, and we need to add in if it's not already. (It's been a few years since I signed up for this account.) That they will not link to illegal ROMs/ISOs/Etc which includes but is not limited to blank, blank, blank. If you have a question people PM a Staff Member below, and have links to some of the Staff's profiles.

Etc...

So here's what is left, tons of unused accounts. Is there a process where an old under 100 post account gets deleted after so many years or something?

You might think that they are just taking up space, however there are some members with under 100 posts that return after years of being inactive. Another World had a discussion with someone on here about something somewhat related to this. That accounts shouldn't be deleted, nor should usernames be unowned. Anyway, like I said. Members come, and go on here. Some return, some don't. There's really no way to tell if someone will return next week, or next year.

I understand this is alot of work and probably not feasible or something we want to do, but I feel like it would certainly help out new members A LOT.
 

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Like Wizerzak said, those times are when we get a lot of registrations. We weed out the rubbish, some go inactive, others stick around. The downsides are outweighed by the upsides.
 
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Anyone with a Naruto based username- account not activated.
Anyone with a Pokemon based username-account not activated
Anyone with a Final Fantasy based username-account not activated
Anyone with a Kingdom Hearts based username-account not activated
Anyone with a Mario based username-account not activated

That would be my suggestion.
On one side, this sounds incredibly intolerant...

...on the other, it turns out to be "so right" most of the time. ;O;
 
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On one side, this sounds incredibly intolerant...

...on the other, it turns out to be "so right" most of the time. ;O;
Sometimes you have to cruel to be kind.

Cruel on retards to ensure kindness on the non-retards.
http://gbatemp.net/b...inspired-nicks/

I can understand that some people simply aren't creative - that's okay. I'm not asking anyone to create a breathtaking essay though, I'm simply asking people to choose names which are not making them look like complete douchebags, fanboys and heavy-weight idiots. I also understand how some people like to express their feelings connected to particular products... but don't You have signatures for that? Are Your lives so uneventful that the only identity You can assume is the identity that was created by someone else?
You know I'm talking about You. You, the people who are so grey and boring that You cannot even choose a nick that's inventive in any way. You who blend in the masses of SonicTheHedgehog123's, LuigiFanNumber1's, SonyLover23's, XBoxDudez45, CoDGoD88's and other nicks of this sort. Who are You?

Why am I asking? Because every single time I see Your nicks, I sincerely want to punch you all in the mouth.
 
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In terms of pokeflood.
The 95% of poketards get 100 posts and leave again as soon as they get the roms working,
only the decent members among them stay.
 

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Can you really judge someone by just their username? I mean, you can have them changed later on. My first username was shit and I'm glad I changed it to what it currently is.
 
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