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Thanks Chris - it's good to be back in the hot seat! So as well as the forum upgrade, new skin and a few staff alterations, we also have a few (more relevant) changes. Ownership of Subforums In the past, we have had 'section moderators'. These are staff who get a handful of subforums each which they can moderate, but they can't moderate the rest of the forum (unlike super mods). However, these subforums are usually picked a bit randomly, and quite often the section moderators don't even visit all of their areas. So we're changing this. Starting soon, we will start giving some members a certain level of ownership over a chosen area of the forum. These members will practically run that subforum: picking which topics are pinned, closing dead topics, stopping people bumping old threads, making sure everyone stays relevant and on topic (without spoiling their fun) etc. This is quite different to forum staff, who just go around and clean up other people's mess, because you'll have a big say in how your subforum is run. If you want it to be relaxed and funny, then you can make it like that. If you want it to be really focused and useful for people to find out they information they need quickly, with a really helpful community around that, then you can make it like that. This is a great opportunity for a lot of you to get involved in how this forum is run, so I hope a lot of you will want to get stuck in and put yourselves forward for this! More details of how you can apply will come in a few days. Report-a-Post The reporting system is very useful for members to alert staff when there is a spammer on the forum, or some really serious abuse. However, it could be a lot more useful if members used it for anything staff need to know about, like arguments. So starting today, you can use the "Report" button, below a post, to alert staff to any misbehaviour or breach of the rules, including arguing, spamming, etc. Again, don't use it just because you disagree with someone's opinion, or just because you don't like them. Staff are here to help, so if someone is being a pain in the backside and spoiling the forums, then we can step in and help out. We can help arbitrate arguments and facilitate discussion, we can do more than just ban people. Just ask us to help, that's what we're here for! Rep & Voting The warning/rep system has been overhauled, and I'll do my best to quickly explain the changes. Member Rep has been removed. Instead, you can now vote individual posts up/down. Just close your eyes and think of Digg. This is to be used when you think a post is unusually good, or unusually bad. Vote up someones post if it's really clever, funny, helpful, informative etc. Vote down a post if they are being rude or arguing. You have a maximum of 10 votes per day. This is NOT to be used for voting up someone just because they are your friend; or voting them down just because they disagree with you. Abusing the system will be dealt with, with a formal warning. Warning System In the past, rep and warnings used to cancel each other out. Now rep has been removed, that obviously doesn't happen anymore. Warnings now stand on their own. You do have a warning level, which goes up every time you receive a formal warning. More serious offences will increase your warning level by more than minor offences. But now, this is only used for staff to understand how well you have behaved in the past, and this does not automatically suspend/ban you when you reach a certain level. Staff can suspend or ban a member at any time, if they think the offence is serious enough; or if there are a lot of minor offences. There are a few other changes behind the scenes, but nothing massively important. Just give me a shout if you have any questions.

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After several months of dabbling around with IPB3, we've finally decided to upgrade, and here we are on nice shiny new improved forum! The Skin As you can see we've already made modifications to the default skin. Apologies to those of you who liked the old one better, we weren't able to convert that. What I've done is integrate the forums into the main website layout, keeping the site 100% consistent throughout. New Features IPB3 brings with it a decent amount of new features, I'll give a brief overview here, and Gerard will also go into detail about a few important changes in the following post. Private Messaging PM's are now Private Conversations between you and up to 6 other members. It's pretty much the same as the old system really, with the added ability of sharing the conversation with multiple people. Statuses Those of you who are active Facebook users will know doubt enjoy using this. From the index page or your profile page you can now tell users what you're currently thinking/doing etc. This will be shown on your profile page. The Sidebar On the index page you will have noticed there is now a sidebar. This displays the latest user status updates, recently posted topics, and any forums/topics you are watching (subscribed to for updates). If this annoys you, you can always hide it by clicking the little X to the top right of it Of course there are many more. A topic will be posted later with a more in depth explanation to some of the features you may not be aware of or understand fully. Found a Bug? Something not working/looking like you expected it to? If you find a bug, let us know here. You may find that every single post on the forum shows up as "unread" for you. To fix this, you can click "Mark board as read" right at the bottom of the page. Staff Changes We've re-shuffled the staff a little. Retired staff members including Slayer and Jared have now been removed. Forum veteran Mike, whom you know as Righty, has been reassigned to the more appropriate position of Super Mod. Finally, joining me at the top is @Gerard (once again!). Gerard will be playing a much more active role on the forums now, and you'll see him implementing a number of changes soon. And on that note, Gerard will help explain some of the more important changes to how we're running this forum...

I know this is old news but I am wondering what you guys thought about the decision of the Scottish Government to release the man responsible for the deaths of 270 people on the 21st December 1988 in Lockerbie, Scotland. Details about the worst terrorist attack on British soil: Wikipedia Details about the release of the bomber from different perspectives: BBC - Sky News - The Times - New York Times

Yeah, a nice shade of dark grey would do nicely with it I think. Maybe also make an effect like in the fast reply area where it goes from a lighter shade of dark blue to a very slightly darker shade of dark blue except in this case dark grey or light grey.

I see that alot of Americans don't want this man to be released. I mean, yes this man may have been charged for killing 200+ people. But think about this; He wouldn't technically be the only one to be charged right? There are probably still others who participated in this bombing, of which could still be at large. I think releasing him under compassionate grounds is fair. This man is slowly dying everyday (The man's got prostate cancer). But on the other side, they killed so many people. It's somewhat also unfair on that side too. I think the decision they took after all is going to be fair, I mean he's not going to exactly be living for long, he may not even be fit to fight, so he's not really worth arguing about. There's really not another option for him, it's really just a slow death for him.

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Almost got something'ed to death day before yesterday. Came across some psychopath in a forest. I was drunk, a friend was drunk and sleeping and two other friends were out to get something to drink and would be back within 20 minutes (it was 4:30 AM by the was). And then, suddenly, a man was screaming and charging at us. He was about 200 meters away but I didn't know he was heading for us, so I was just cusually getting all my stuff. I then realized that he, in fact, was getting very near. I beat my friend and told him to get the fuck out. He went, I quickly grabbed my phone, wallet and some other stuff and jumped on to my cycle and took the time just to look back. The guy was just a mere 15 meters away and still charging right at me. Cycled as a motherfucker. I survived, hurray. I won't be going back there at night anymore though..

uTorrent has huge market share, would be surprised if anyone here used anything else.

Hey guys. I was messing around on my VC today and I thought... Why not make a video of my antics? This is my first ever video and the quality is pretty sucky because I edited using WMM. However I did record using Fraps which is amazing quality. If anyone could recommend a decent Movie Editor I would be most grateful. Also, my skills on computer GTA are left to be desired, so don't be too harsh as I have only just started to play on VC on the computer.

What is your highlight of 2008?? Lets all be honest, there hasn't been much going on this year but the Euro 2008 were good, The Norwich born boxer Jon Thaxton is the European Lightweight champion, Chelsea got beat by Spurs in the Carling cup, USA got rid of Bush. There has also been a lot of negatives, The credit crunch being the worst.

Put them like the BG color in Llama's sig.

I think you should let TM do the skin this time.

Since rep is different in IPB3 I decided to completely remove it from here before we upgrade.

I know the forum is going under upgrade and the rep system will be changed and I also know it's not a major thing but I can't see anyone's rep dots. I can't see mine's, Chris's, Sherman's... is the current skin also going under changes?

back baby.

This topic already exists.

Granted, but you bumped it because it's yours and you're a noob I wish my GTAIV ran excellently.

Point here is, to post some lmao or stupid, nasty but yet again funny. Im going to start. lawl. one more. . All i know is that after seeing the second pic, i wont sleep well.

For what do you use the internet for?