Phillyman

I got help on figuring out what went wrong with the battle system. Go ahead and try it out again....you guys are alive!

Well here is the thing, I have not talked to Kevin in a while.....he kind of got smart with me the last time I contacted him. He gave off a "holier-than-thou" vibe to me. I just had contacted him through instant messenger about something related to magazines.....and he basically let me know I was bugging him and brushed me off. So I haven't "bothered" him since But before that.....he told me we could use the covers from his site......I told him he could use any that we have also.....but since the above situation.....I haven't bothered to do so. I have a ton of Gamepro covers scanned, I will resize them today for you guys.

Quick reply to Triverse Yes I can make the front page longer! Will double it right now in fact As far as the renaming goes, I just tried a few samples in the Download manager, and it does screw it up....Oh poo! So lets do this Download Manager = Nintendo Power Issue 001 (Jul/Aug 1988) The Wiki = Nintendo Power Issue 1 File Releases = nintendo_power_001_-_1988_jul_aug.cbr I think that will be the best of both worlds, We just need to go through the Wiki and look at the Nintendo Power pages, there seem to be two sets, if we could just combine those 2 different sets into one final set....I think we could be good. Here is an exaple.....lets take Nintendo Power Issue 1 http://retromags.com/wiki/Nintendo_Power_Issue_001 (This is one page for issue 1) http://retromags.com/wiki/Nintendo_Power_0...-aug_1988_(USA) (This is another page for issue 1) Now we should just look at each of those two pages, take the relevant information from both of them and create the following page....or rename one of the current pages to..... http://retromags.com/wiki/Nintendo_Power_Issue_1 Again we should probably talk this over a bit more before taking on this.....but I think that once we decide we should roll it out across the board, for magazines that are complex in issue numbers we could probably do something like http://retromags.com/wiki/Gamefan_Volume_4_Issue_8 I think we already figured out the issue numbers for Gamefan, only using the above as an example Like I said, I don't know if it will be easier to rename wiki pages or just create them? If we do recreate them, we can setup the old pages to redirect by writing the following..... #REDIRECT [[Nintendo Power Issue 1]] or maybe its #REDIRECT {{Nintendo Power Issue 1}} anyways that will redirect whatever page you place that on.....to the page listed. Lots of things floating around in my head, need to just make sure our team is all on board, and as the Transformers would say "Autobots ROLL OUT"

This was just directed at myself, I had a good deal of free time at work.....by no means am I going to impose this on anyone else

I just received an Private message from a new member that wants to help......guess what he said????? -----START MESSAGE FROM CREAMSTAR------- This just proves that my above points are valid here is my reply to him.....

Below is a laundry list of items that have been on my mind as of lately, This is the same list that I sent Meppi....Now I am bringing it to you guys for opinions ------START TRANSMISSION------- Hmm not sure how to bring this up, but let me start by blaming myself. I think that we need some structure around this site, Being a Super Moderator shouldn't just be a shiny badge that people wear. It should come with a few responsibilities. Now in no way do I want to come off sounding as though I am calling our staff lazy, god knows I have been on a vacation for a while myself. But I think one of the reasons I have not been able to get back into a rhythm is because of the daunting work that is needed around this website. I think we need to make a few changes around the site, make things easier and make the site better. Here is what I am thinking, and please tell me how you honestly feel on these items. 1) One of the simplest items on my list, is that I believe we should discontinue the NFO creation. Not everyone does it, and not everyone cares. It will simplify the process of creating a release. Any relevent information pertaining to what is contained in the magazine....well it can be put into the Download manager itself. Of course I believe the Thank You page should stay....but the NFO in my mind has never been accepted and we should probably just drop it. 2) As for the Super Moderator/Admin responsibilities, Again it shouldn't just be a badge that we bestow to members who have gone above and beyond.....but also a pledge to help out the site in administrative tasks as well. By no means am I going to slam them with meaningless tasks....but I would like some help in a few areas... I would like to split the task of creating the Weekly Update thread between us, Right now there are 9 of us....and if each of us is assigned a turn....it will be a "once every 60 days" task.....it honestly only takes 20 minutes to do, and it makes the site just so much more interesting for everyone. It also gives recognition to members that have taken the leap forward and decided to help scan. Our staff can easily create it in the Super Moderators section before moving it to the Front Page. I posted up the instructions on how to do it, but no one has seemed to take initiative on this. 3) While on the subject of the Front Page, I dont think it would be too much to ask our Staff to contribute 1 gaming related news article per week, It could be a new emulator release, or a Podcast like you are currently doing. Its just something to keep that front page fresh and interesting for our members. 4) I think we should change the current setup for contributors, right now if someone just submits 1 scanned magazine, they are basically promoted to a Premium Member for Life status. I think we should just promote them 1 month at a time, and if they reach 10 magazines total....we then promote them for life. 5) While on the subject of Premium Memberships, the current way is to just give 7.5GB of bandwidth per month, unfortunately sometimes members blow that all within a couple days and dont return for an entire month. While I am not changing the 7.5GB per month, I will be changing it to 1.8GB Per week to better accommodate our growing userbase. 6) This is about the WIP section, Lets face it .....NO ONE seems to use it. To be honest why would they, I cant think of 1 website that requires you to have 3 different logins. How much more complex could we make it for our members....First they sign up for the forums, then the Wiki, then the WIP......I believe we should just create a Project Page on the Wiki, and just do a straight up list and status report. Nintendo Power Issue 1 (Scanned) . . Nintendo Power Issue 90 (Missing Poster) While we are at it, we can disable the mandatory registration for the wiki.....Now we are down to 1 login, and I think will make our lives easier. I believe they patched the hole that was allowing spambots through. 7) Direction Direction Direction, I am a huge offender on this one, Once and for all I need to get the FAQ section squared away, and I also need to place up some helpful guides on how to help out our project. How long do we honestly believe a member searches for a way to help before they say "Screw It" 8) The Wiki is in dire need of repair, We seem to have two Nintendo Power indexes that point to two different Nintendo Power naming conventions. Wikipedia on average sends us 2000 people a month to our wiki, how many people are we loosing out on because the wiki is a wreck? 9) The three digit naming convention.....this is another area of confusion, while its great to have a three digit issue number for the actual releases, for the Wiki it seems to miss its mark. If you go to google and type "Nintendo Power Issue 001" ....well our wiki doesnt show up.....because we have to type "Nintendo_Power_001_-_jul-aug_1988_(USA)" to show up in Google. Lets face it....members dont type such complex names into Google. What we need to do is either.... Create a redirect page for Nintendo Power Issue 1 to send people to Nintendo_Power_001_-_jul-aug_1988_(USA) Rename the Nintendo_Power_001_-_jul-aug_1988_(USA) page to Nintendo Power Issue 1 On the Download Manager we should ditch the 3 digit codes also, we could greatly increase our exposure if we went to a normal term like "Nintendo Power Issue 1 (Jul-Aug 1988) 10) I need to get back on the ball, I am one of the owners and I have been slacking for the past few months. There is no reason why I cant get 1 release per week going....none at all 11) I need to learn how to edit these scans, The raw scans are soo unprofessional....and it sets a bad example for the rest of the site.....I will be learing GIMP or Photoshop soon 12) We need to set a minimum guideline for submissions we will accept.....What is the minimum/maximum resolution we are looking for? How about the minimum/maximum DPI? 13) Lets fix up the Download section, We have a varying size of screenshots.....ranging from tiny to huge......lets get some uniformity Ok thats all I had to get off my chest

Hmm very strange, I woke up today to find out I was Hungary

Vote On Phillyman's Next Scan! To Be Scanned February 14th-20th 2009 Each week the Retromags community will vote on what I will scan the following weekend! I will pick four random magazines each week for you to choose from EGM Issue 16 ------------ GamePlayers April 1992 Game Informer Issue 8 ------------ Sega Newsletter Issue 6

Thank you for this, I have been doing a rework of the Retromags Wiki for the past 2 days, I hope to have everything revamped by next weekend. I will add these covers tomorrow

Zip those guys up again and email them to my email. I will put them on the site.....man I am forgetful!

Why does your tag say Banned?

Tomorrow night at 12:01, the voting stops.....did you vote yet?

What kind of paper would I be looking for to duplicate what is used by DS games?

Ok so I was browsing 4Chan, for those who dont know what it is.....dont get trapped Anyways I am browsing the Videogame section and I see this picture.... As I look closer I am like .....What the fuck! Are those custom GameBoy Advance cases?????? So I look it up online and find out about this place called The Cover Project http://www.thecoverproject.net I immediately gather up my Gameboy advance games and placed an order for 40 empty cases! I will be taking the photos from that awesome website to Kinkos to have professional inserts made......Ooooh I am soo happy Now I am looking into custom cases for my Super Nintendo collection

When You hear the word "Video Game" what is the first few items that pop into your head?

I apologize for the short notice, but please keep in mind that anything that keeps Retromags out of the crosshairs of lawyers and such .....well it takes precedence. I asked my staff for their input....and they agreed that we should go back to 1999. Its not forever.....just a cushion to keep us out of trouble.

I totally missed that, and I have a few of those issues, but not that one I am good for $10 ontop of what you were willing to pay

I am the top bidder for the 3 scorecards he is selling, oh and I own that first issue of TurboPlay

Already contacted him...... My Email His Reply

How is it now?

Vote On Phillyman's Next Scan! To Be Scanned February 7th-13th 2009 Each week the Retromags community will vote on what I will scan the following weekend! I will pick four random magazines each week for you to choose from EGM Issue 006 ------------ EGM Issue 008 EGM Issue 011 ------------ EGM Issue 012

No, Google has a webmaster tools site that tells you how people get to your site....

Poster #114 is of SuperMan

We are ranked #1 as the search result for that......weird! http://www.google.com/search?q=egm+subscription+refund and EGM Refund http://www.google.com/search?q=egm+refund

I will never forget this.....but about 3 years ago I woke up in the morning and I was horribly thirsty. I went to the kitchen and poured a huge glass of OJ, I chugged it down and went back to bed. I don't know how long I was back asleep for.....but I woke up and my throat was on fire. I grabbed a trash can in my room and I threw up.....and that OJ was like molten lava coming back up. That day from about 11am to 3am the next day.....i kept going through a horrible sequence of events......Fever....then chills.....then vomiting......every hour on the hour I was heaving. I think I threw up about 10-15 times that day......more then probably all other times in my life combined. I had to drink flat ginger-ale so that I would have something to vomit.....flat ginger-ale is still sweet when you heave it back up.....so that was a plus. Yeah....never drink OJ on a really sick day!