DC is a mod

Hi,

Thought you should all be informed that our favorite drunken cat has been added to the moderator team. Go to his profile page http://forums.deletionquality.net/member.php/1247-DrunkCat and let him know how awesome this is.

:wadling:

/Oscar Johansson

Posted by:
Oscar
On: December 23,
2011 - 11:19 am

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Happy holidays

Hi all,

Just wanted to wish you all for those who celebrate it, merry christmas. If not, happy holidays. If neither, then nevermind, return to doing your thing. :v:

See ya next year folks,
- Oscar Johansson

Posted by:
Oscar
On: December 4,
2011 - 2:05 pm

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Happy 6th birthday DQ!

Hi folks!

Today is December 4th, and that means DQ just turned 6 years old!

Can you believe that? Six years? I remember that exact day when the first version launched. I was still living at home and I sat in my room, and was so totally excited that the new website already had 12(!) registered users in the fresh phpBB forums. I sat up late that night and replied to various spam posts and felt that it was the start of something great.

I'd like to thank all of you dear members that still hang around this small website, you make it go around. Also a big thanks to the staff who keeps the place intact, even in times when I haven't been around much myself.

Here's a random neat contribution:

On a side note - as suspected the new version of DQ isn't quite ready yet. But better release something with proper quality instead of something half-assed-rushed right? :)

Keep this site kicking!
- Oscar Johansson

Posted by:
Oscar
On: October 28,
2011 - 11:25 pm

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What's going on?

Hi all,

I thought I'd just make a filler update to give you some info on what's going on at the moment.

To start off with, I've spent most of my free time energy on the new version of DQ. Most work so far have been focused on the blog feature (see my post below if you're clueless). I of course want to integrate the blog with the community, so that my forum account is connected to my entries, and so that your comments will also be connected. As I suspected though, vBulletin has turned out not being the nicest software to use when you want to make your own custom modifications. However, I think I've gotten the hang of the basic stuff, and the final result should be pretty neat. Wouldn't it be sweet to release the 6th version on DQ's 6th birthday? Let's hope I'll be able to fix it up in time!

In other news, this year marks my tenth(!) year as a hobbyist animator. Hooray to me! Looking in the archives of my flash library certainly gives me a chuckle, especially when looking at stuff like the first version of Wanted 5. :v: So much imagination with somewhat less skill, ahe.

I'll see you guys in the forums.
- Oscar Johansson

Posted by:
Oscar
On: September 25,
2011 - 7:18 pm

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Wishlist for DQ version 6.0

Hi folks,

So I've been thinking about this for ages, but not really got around focusing on it. However I think that a new version of DQ would be neat. There are a few features that I've been considering, but I'd like to hear with you fellow users what you think of them before I actually start the development.

Design
I will redesign the layout and feel of the site and forums. Do you like this bright/white style, or would you rather go back to something more gloom and dark such as the older versions of DQ? Maybe something in-between?

New features:
* Automatic uploads to articles section.
Just as it sounds. If your article has been approved by a moderator it will automaticially find its way to the main articles section of the site.

* "Featured"- users.
Quite blurry still, but I've been thinking of a way to give you main users a way to showcase your creative stuff on the front page or somewhere else outside the forums. Basically a moderator/admin can approve you as a featured user, that way your arts/writing/stuff will be pushed onto the main page such as "Latest by Username" once you make a new post about it. Need to work out a few technical details on how this will work exactly

* RPG's section.
Not sure if needed, but from what we've seen RPG's are quite popular around here. It's possible to give this stuff some functionality on the main site. If you have any ideas on anything you might need, post ahead.

* Blog
At least I imagine that a blog from my side would interest a few of you. It would not be focusing on my personal life or anything like that, but rather on the stuff I'm working on in my free time, since I always work on something even if it's not Castle. I'm thinking smaller more frequent updates than the news posts I give at the moment about my works, perhaps some tips and tricks in software I'm using etc, you get the deal. This could later be expanded to allow user blogs but I'll start off with a personal one.

I urge you guys to use this thread to give suggestions on features you'd like to see in a new version and comment on the ones I've mentioned above. Don't be shy :)

- Oscar Johansson