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Written by Adam | December 12, 2009 | 140 comments | 65 views | Rating: 0

It’s time to get this thing going!

Here are my plans for the forum…

I want to use VBulletin as the forum software. It is the same software that Pokegym.net uses; I have been to lots of message boards and I think VBulletin is by far the best software out there. We could use free software, but I feel that is a short term solution. This message board will be around for a long time, so we might as well do it right from the beginning.

There are two options as far as the VBulletin software goes; there is the basic package and then the publishing suite. You can see all the features for both here. The basic package costs $195 and the publishing suite is $235. I feel like if that much money is being spent, it’s probably worth it to spend the extra $40 and get the publishing suite.

EDIT: I am now thinking of just going with the basic package, as I am not sure the publishing suite really offers any extra features that will be utilized.

As far as organization of the forum, these are my proposed categories:

TCG News and Gossip
- Talk about the latest happenings in the Pokemon Trading Card Game here, anything ranging from new card releases to your opinions on the game.

Established Deck Discussion
- Talk about decks that have been tested and at least somewhat proven here. This will not be the place to get deck help or propose new decks; this will be for more advanced and intellectual discussion. We’ll probably have one topic for each deck. I may make prerequisites before allowing people to start topics in this board (just to make sure random decks aren’t posted here).

Single Card Strategy and Multiple Card Combos
- This will be the place to talk about individual cards and ways to potentially use them.

Deck Help / Creation
- This is the place to post decks that you need help with and to propose new deck ideas that could be collaborated upon.

Ruling Questions
- If you have any Pokemon TCG rulings, post them here. Someone will help you out!

Tournament Talk
- This is the place to discuss the metagame for upcoming tournaments, post tournament reports, and discuss tournament results.

Organized Play and Tournament Listings
- Feel free to publicize any upcoming organized events or leagues here.

SixPrizes.com Site Discussion
- Let me know of any suggestions you have here. There will also be an “Introductions” topic here where you can leave your contact info (Facebook or whatever) so that it’s easy to get in contact with each other.

There will be no trading forum (at least for now). I can’t handle something like that and Pokegym does a great job with it anyway.

Tournament listings and talk will be separate sections because I think it’s too jumbled on Pokegym with everything all in the same category.

And no random topic center…for now. I want to keep everything fairly specified for the time being and see how it goes. I also feel like random topic centers can cause for the most controversy which I would rather not deal with.

What else?

There will be a reputation system. I know some people are adverse to it, but I know it’s going to work out well. Rep systems encourage people to post helpful content and are also a good way to help distinguish who are the most reputable members of the forum. This is great so that new players will know whose advice they should really be listening to.

I had mentioned in my previous video that you could possibly become banned for having too much neg rep. I don’t think I will do this, but if you have a lot of negative rep, that probably means you are doing something wrong. These people will be judged on a case by case basis whether they actually should be banned or not.

I wanted to limit the membership to the forum at first, but I am not totally sure about it now. I think it might just be best to let everyone register. I however do not want the forum to become flooded with spam from the start. I may let only so many people onto the forum per day and see how it progresses.

I will allow custom avatars, I have no problem with that as long as they are tasteful. Please be respectful. If you are found with an offensive avatar I will change it to bunny rabbit or something nice like that. :P

I will not allow pictures in your signature and will probably allow it to only be 2-3 lines without any formatting. While I know people like to customize theirs sigs, they can really clutter up forums. I want to keep it looking clean.

As far as the language goes, cursing will not be allowing. There is no reason for your language to devolve to that level. There are much better words you can chose to describe your thoughts or emotions. Get a thesaurus if you need help. ;)

But seriously, you should want to project yourself as a competent, respectable, thoughtful individual; cursing will not help you build that image.

Perks for Donors

I want to give anyone who donates some sort of special privilege. I don’t know what all the features are that come with VBulletin, but I guarantee I’ll give you some kind of notoriety at the very least (custom titles perhaps and/or more private message inbox space).

Anyone who donates will also be guaranteed membership from the very beginning.

How You Can Help

I am asking for $1 donations. If everyone that visits the site makes a donation, we will have the forum up in no time. I have finals this coming week, so if we hit the $235 mark during then, I may not be able to get the forum up right away, but it will be up by Christmas at the latest.

Like I mentioned earlier, I am planning for this message board to be a mainstay within the Pokemon TCG community for years, so think of that $1 as an investment.

If you would like to donate, please click below to make a secure donation through PayPal:

(You don’t need a PayPal account to donate, they also accept debit and credit cards.)

If you have any questions or concerns, please comment below. I am trying to give you guys as much information as possible about my plans. I don’t want to deceive anyone in anyway.

Thanks!

-Adam

P.S. I will be able to keep track of everyone who donates by the e-mail address you use with PayPal, so that is how I will contact you to find out your username on the boards and give you the perks (once I figure out what they will be).

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http://kennywisdom.com/ kwisdumb

Just donated via a different e-mail, but I put in the username I wanted, so it should all be good.

Big ups Adam!
http://kennywisdom.com/ kwisdumb

Just donated via a different e-mail, but I put in the username I wanted, so it should all be good.

Big ups Adam!
http://kennywisdom.com kwisdumb

Just donated via a different e-mail, but I put in the username I wanted, so it should all be good.

Big ups Adam!
http://kennywisdom.com/ kwisdumb

Here are my thoughts as I’m reading the post:

- vBulletin is definitely the way to go.

- I like the idea of a rep system. Good job on that.

- I don’t think you’ll have to limit membership. With the rep system and having a few awesome mods (HINT HINT), I think the community would be able to shape itself.

- I don’t have a problem with no pics in sigs, but I’d love for there to be link formatting. It’s going to look a lot more ugly with a bunch of URLs than it would with a bunch of hyperlinks.

- Maybe donors could get bigger PM boxes, something special on their name/title, a voice in future decisions regarding the site, special sig functions, etc?

Good stuff Adam.
http://kennywisdom.com/ kwisdumb

Here are my thoughts as I’m reading the post:

- vBulletin is definitely the way to go.

- I like the idea of a rep system. Good job on that.

- I don’t think you’ll have to limit membership. With the rep system and having a few awesome mods (HINT HINT), I think the community would be able to shape itself.

- I don’t have a problem with no pics in sigs, but I’d love for there to be link formatting. It’s going to look a lot more ugly with a bunch of URLs than it would with a bunch of hyperlinks.

- Maybe donors could get bigger PM boxes, something special on their name/title, a voice in future decisions regarding the site, special sig functions, etc?

Good stuff Adam.
http://kennywisdom.com kwisdumb

Here are my thoughts as I’m reading the post:

- vBulletin is definitely the way to go.

- I like the idea of a rep system. Good job on that.

- I don’t think you’ll have to limit membership. With the rep system and having a few awesome mods (HINT HINT), I think the community would be able to shape itself.

- I don’t have a problem with no pics in sigs, but I’d love for there to be link formatting. It’s going to look a lot more ugly with a bunch of URLs than it would with a bunch of hyperlinks.

- Maybe donors could get bigger PM boxes, something special on their name/title, a voice in future decisions regarding the site, special sig functions, etc?

Good stuff Adam.
http://www.adamcapriola.com/ Adam Capriola

Thanks so much Kenny! We’re on our way. :)

Haha you are pretty much going to be a mod by default, you’re a cool dude and have been with the site since day one. :)

For the formatting in the sigs, I didn’t make it clear enough but what I meant was that I would rather not allow formatting in the way of changing the font size or style. I guess I could allow color changes, but you will definitely be allowed to use hyperlinks.

On the Gym the sigs are kinda annoying sometimes when people use different fonts and sizes.

Yeah I think bigger PM boxes and custom title will be easy to do. I honestly don’t know what VBulletin is capable of (I’m assuming a lot), but you guys will get some kind of bonus for sure.
http://www.adamcapriola.com/ Adam Capriola

Thanks so much Kenny! We’re on our way. :)

Haha you are pretty much going to be a mod by default, you’re a cool dude and have been with the site since day one. :)

For the formatting in the sigs, I didn’t make it clear enough but what I meant was that I would rather not allow formatting in the way of changing the font size or style. I guess I could allow color changes, but you will definitely be allowed to use hyperlinks.

On the Gym the sigs are kinda annoying sometimes when people use different fonts and sizes.

Yeah I think bigger PM boxes and custom title will be easy to do. I honestly don’t know what VBulletin is capable of (I’m assuming a lot), but you guys will get some kind of bonus for sure.

http://kennywisdom.com/ kwisdumb

I do what I can. :)

Ah, the sigs sound like good stuff then. I wouldn’t be big on color changes and stuff. Good call.

Good luck and let me know if you need anything.
http://kennywisdom.com/ kwisdumb

I do what I can. :)

Ah, the sigs sound like good stuff then. I wouldn’t be big on color changes and stuff. Good call.

Good luck and let me know if you need anything.

http://www.sixprizes.com Adam

Thanks so much Kenny! We’re on our way. :)

Haha you are pretty much going to be a mod by default, you’re a cool dude and have been with the site since day one. :)

For the formatting in the sigs, I didn’t make it clear enough but what I meant was that I would rather not allow formatting in the way of changing the font size or style. I guess I could allow color changes, but you will definitely be allowed to use hyperlinks.

On the Gym the sigs are kinda annoying sometimes when people use different fonts and sizes.

Yeah I think bigger PM boxes and custom title will be easy to do. I honestly don’t know what VBulletin is capable of (I’m assuming a lot), but you guys will get some kind of bonus for sure.

http://kennywisdom.com kwisdumb

I do what I can. :)

Ah, the sigs sound like good stuff then. I wouldn’t be big on color changes and stuff. Good call.

Good luck and let me know if you need anything.

http://www.adamcapriola.com/ Adam Capriola

Also I think the URL will be http://www.sixprizes.com/board or /boards

Anyone opposed to that over sixprizes.com/forum? I like saying board or boards more than forum haha. :P

http://kennywisdom.com/ kwisdumb

I like /forum better and think that it might be easier for people to find/search for, but I don’t think it’ll reeaaaaaalllly matter in the end.
http://kennywisdom.com/ kwisdumb

I like /forum better and think that it might be easier for people to find/search for, but I don’t think it’ll reeaaaaaalllly matter in the end.
http://kennywisdom.com/ kwisdumb

I like /forum better and think that it might be easier for people to find/search for, but I don’t think it’ll reeaaaaaalllly matter in the end.

http://www.adamcapriola.com/ Adam Capriola

Also I think the URL will be http://www.sixprizes.com/board or /boards

Anyone opposed to that over sixprizes.com/forum? I like saying board or boards more than forum haha. :P
http://www.sixprizes.com Adam

Also I think the URL will be http://www.sixprizes.com/board or /boards

Anyone opposed to that over sixprizes.com/forum? I like saying board or boards more than forum haha. :P

http://kennywisdom.com kwisdumb

I like /forum better and think that it might be easier for people to find/search for, but I don’t think it’ll reeaaaaaalllly matter in the end.

Soul

Yay, forums, that’d be great B)
Soul

Yay, forums, that’d be great B)
Soul

Yay, forums, that’d be great B)
Soul

Btw, will the 6P forums be like…pokebeach forums or something?
Soul

Btw, will the 6P forums be like…pokebeach forums or something?
Soul

Btw, will the 6P forums be like…pokebeach forums or something?
Woodstock

Sounds awesome, I would donate, but I don’t have a PayPal account :

I don’t know how my parents would feel if I asked for one either…

Well, hopefully not everyone is stuck in the predicament I am.

Good luck with the boards Adam!
Woodstock

Sounds awesome, I would donate, but I don’t have a PayPal account :\

I don’t know how my parents would feel if I asked for one either…

Well, hopefully not everyone is stuck in the predicament I am.

Good luck with the boards Adam!
vergel

sent over some money in support of the site. i hope to eventually contribute and be an active member, etc. let me know if you need any advice or help or anything.
http://www.adamcapriola.com/ Adam Capriola

You don’t have to have a Paypal account in order to donate. They let you pay by card too, so if you have a debit or credit card that works too. I understand if its too difficult for some people to donate though. :)

And yea Soul the forums will be like normal forums. This actual site is more like a blog.
http://www.adamcapriola.com/ Adam Capriola

You don’t have to have a Paypal account in order to donate. They let you pay by card too, so if you have a debit or credit card that works too. I understand if its too difficult for some people to donate though. :)

And yea Soul the forums will be like normal forums. This actual site is more like a blog.
http://www.adamcapriola.com/ Adam Capriola

You don’t have to have a Paypal account in order to donate. They let you pay by card too, so if you have a debit or credit card that works too. I understand if its too difficult for some people to donate though. :)

And yea Soul the forums will be like normal forums. This actual site is more like a blog.
http://www.sixprizes.com Adam

You don’t have to have a Paypal account in order to donate. They let you pay by card too, so if you have a debit or credit card that works too. I understand if its too difficult for some people to donate though. :)

And yea Soul the forums will be like normal forums. This actual site is more like a blog.
vergel

sent over some money in support of the site. i hope to eventually contribute and be an active member, etc. let me know if you need any advice or help or anything.
vergel

sent over some money in support of the site. i hope to eventually contribute and be an active member, etc. let me know if you need any advice or help or anything.
vergel

sent over some money in support of the site. i hope to eventually contribute and be an active member, etc. let me know if you need any advice or help or anything.
Tony

Done, I also threw in a little more for Woodstock.
Tony

Done, I also threw in a little more for Woodstock.
Tony

Done, I also threw in a little more for Woodstock.
Tony

Done, I also threw in a little more for Woodstock.
quaziko

Sounds like a good game plan, I’ll be sending over some lana sometime soon. I mean, it’s only a dollar. Like, what else can a dollar get you anyway? A McChicken? And what’s better really, a McChicken or some SixPrizes forum?

Wait a sec…

Don’t answer that.
quaziko

Sounds like a good game plan, I’ll be sending over some lana sometime soon. I mean, it’s only a dollar. Like, what else can a dollar get you anyway? A McChicken? And what’s better really, a McChicken or some SixPrizes forum?

Wait a sec…

Don’t answer that.
quaziko

Sounds like a good game plan, I’ll be sending over some lana sometime soon. I mean, it’s only a dollar. Like, what else can a dollar get you anyway? A McChicken? And what’s better really, a McChicken or some SixPrizes forum?

Wait a sec…

Don’t answer that.
quaziko

Sounds like a good game plan, I’ll be sending over some lana sometime soon. I mean, it’s only a dollar. Like, what else can a dollar get you anyway? A McChicken? And what’s better really, a McChicken or some SixPrizes forum?

Wait a sec…

Don’t answer that.
cpeterik

This is the next big step for sure. This site is going to grow exponentially. Great idea.
So are there still going to be select articles on the main page? Or will the forum take over, or will you grab articles from the forum to post on the main blog? I think it should stay exactly the way it is, + forum.
Also, (unrelated), I can’t find it, so sorry if I’m just missing it, but there should be a link on the side/top banner to Log In. The only way I know of to log in is to click “Submit an Article” and then scroll a ways down and click “My Account”.
Edit: Actually just a link that takes you (if you are logged in) to the wp-admin page
cpeterik

This is the next big step for sure. This site is going to grow exponentially. Great idea.
So are there still going to be select articles on the main page? Or will the forum take over, or will you grab articles from the forum to post on the main blog? I think it should stay exactly the way it is, + forum.
Also, (unrelated), I can’t find it, so sorry if I’m just missing it, but there should be a link on the side/top banner to Log In. The only way I know of to log in is to click “Submit an Article” and then scroll a ways down and click “My Account”.
Edit: Actually just a link that takes you (if you are logged in) to the wp-admin page
cpeterik

This is the next big step for sure. This site is going to grow exponentially. Great idea.
So are there still going to be select articles on the main page? Or will the forum take over, or will you grab articles from the forum to post on the main blog? I think it should stay exactly the way it is, + forum.
Also, (unrelated), I can’t find it, so sorry if I’m just missing it, but there should be a link on the side/top banner to Log In. The only way I know of to log in is to click “Submit an Article” and then scroll a ways down and click “My Account”.
Edit: Actually just a link that takes you (if you are logged in) to the wp-admin page
cpeterik

This is the next big step for sure. This site is going to grow exponentially. Great idea.
So are there still going to be select articles on the main page? Or will the forum take over, or will you grab articles from the forum to post on the main blog? I think it should stay exactly the way it is, + forum.
Also, (unrelated), I can’t find it, so sorry if I’m just missing it, but there should be a link on the side/top banner to Log In. The only way I know of to log in is to click “Submit an Article” and then scroll a ways down and click “My Account”.
Edit: Actually just a link that takes you (if you are logged in) to the wp-admin page
MatthewR

I think $1 is a very affordable donation.
MatthewR

I think $1 is a very affordable donation.
MatthewR

I think $1 is a very affordable donation.
MatthewR

I think $1 is a very affordable donation.
http://www.adamcapriola.com/ Adam Capriola

Thank you so much everyone for the donations! We’re at $13.19 only after a few hours which is great.

@colin: Things will remain the same but the forum will be an extra. It’s not going to be like Gym where featured article are kinda listed on the forum. I guess you could consider the articles on the main page here “featured” or “front-page” articles.

The forum will be nice to let people interact more and discuss things more in depth. I know people want to talk about new ideas or get deck help, but the main page here isn’t the place to do it, so the forum will be good for that.

Also the log-in thing is 4th up from the bottom on the sidebar. After you log-in, click “dashboard” and that will take you to the wp admin page.
http://www.adamcapriola.com/ Adam Capriola

Thank you so much everyone for the donations! We’re at $13.19 only after a few hours which is great.

@colin: Things will remain the same but the forum will be an extra. It’s not going to be like Gym where featured article are kinda listed on the forum. I guess you could consider the articles on the main page here “featured” or “front-page” articles.

The forum will be nice to let people interact more and discuss things more in depth. I know people want to talk about new ideas or get deck help, but the main page here isn’t the place to do it, so the forum will be good for that.

Also the log-in thing is 4th up from the bottom on the sidebar. After you log-in, click “dashboard” and that will take you to the wp admin page.
http://www.adamcapriola.com/ Adam Capriola

Thank you so much everyone for the donations! We’re at $13.19 only after a few hours which is great.

@colin: Things will remain the same but the forum will be an extra. It’s not going to be like Gym where featured article are kinda listed on the forum. I guess you could consider the articles on the main page here “featured” or “front-page” articles.

The forum will be nice to let people interact more and discuss things more in depth. I know people want to talk about new ideas or get deck help, but the main page here isn’t the place to do it, so the forum will be good for that.

Also the log-in thing is 4th up from the bottom on the sidebar. After you log-in, click “dashboard” and that will take you to the wp admin page.
http://www.sixprizes.com Adam

Thank you so much everyone for the donations! We’re at $13.19 only after a few hours which is great.

@colin: Things will remain the same but the forum will be an extra. It’s not going to be like Gym where featured article are kinda listed on the forum. I guess you could consider the articles on the main page here “featured” or “front-page” articles.

The forum will be nice to let people interact more and discuss things more in depth. I know people want to talk about new ideas or get deck help, but the main page here isn’t the place to do it, so the forum will be good for that.

Also the log-in thing is 4th up from the bottom on the sidebar. After you log-in, click “dashboard” and that will take you to the wp admin page.
sexual harrasement panda!

no cursing make me a SADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD panda!
sexual harrasement panda!

no cursing make me a SADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD panda!
sexual harrasement panda!

no cursing make me a SADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD panda!
sexual harrasement panda!

no cursing make me a SADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD panda!
cpeterik

^ Thats the kind of thing we want to avoid in these forums.. hah
cpeterik

^ Thats the kind of thing we want to avoid in these forums.. hah
cpeterik

^ Thats the kind of thing we want to avoid in these forums.. hah
cpeterik

^ Thats the kind of thing we want to avoid in these forums.. hah
sexual harrasement panda!

^ panda was only trying to voice pandas opinion
no need to put pandas opinion down because you are a smelly pokemon playing panda
sexual harrasement panda!

^ panda was only trying to voice pandas opinion
no need to put pandas opinion down because you are a smelly pokemon playing panda
sexual harrasement panda!

^ panda was only trying to voice pandas opinion
no need to put pandas opinion down because you are a smelly pokemon playing panda
sexual harrasement panda!

^ panda was only trying to voice pandas opinion
no need to put pandas opinion down because you are a smelly pokemon playing panda
http://forum.pokemon.fi/ Tonu

“Tonu, your donation is now complete”
Hopefully the others will do the same thing.
I used my old PayPal account to donate which email is either deleted, or I’ve forgot its password years ago. Luckily I still remembered the PayPal accounts password. :P
Thanks Adam for this nice community and the effort to improve it.
http://forum.pokemon.fi/ Tonu

“Tonu, your donation is now complete”
Hopefully the others will do the same thing.
I used my old PayPal account to donate which email is either deleted, or I’ve forgot its password years ago. Luckily I still remembered the PayPal accounts password. :P
Thanks Adam for this nice community and the effort to improve it.
http://forum.pokemon.fi/ Tonu

“Tonu, your donation is now complete”
Hopefully the others will do the same thing.
I used my old PayPal account to donate which email is either deleted, or I’ve forgot its password years ago. Luckily I still remembered the PayPal accounts password. :P
Thanks Adam for this nice community and the effort to improve it.
http://forum.pokemon.fi Tonu

“Tonu, your donation is now complete”
Hopefully the others will do the same thing.

I used my old PayPal account to donate which email is either deleted, or I’ve forgot its password years ago. Luckily I still remembered the PayPal accounts password. :P

Thanks Adam for this nice community and the effort to improve it.
Soul

Well, I’d donate, but I don’t have PayPal or a credit card either, I’m only 16 :(
Would a Paysafe card work?
Soul

Well, I’d donate, but I don’t have PayPal or a credit card either, I’m only 16 :(
Would a Paysafe card work?
Soul

Well, I’d donate, but I don’t have PayPal or a credit card either, I’m only 16 :(
Would a Paysafe card work?
Andrew_C

Long-time watcher, first-time commenter. Love the site and the strategy, and even though it’s not much, I donated a little to help out. Really looking forward to the forums, you guys rock!
Soul

Well, I’d donate, but I don’t have PayPal or a credit card either, I’m only 16 :(
Would a Paysafe card work?
Andrew_C

Long-time watcher, first-time commenter. Love the site and the strategy, and even though it’s not much, I donated a little to help out. Really looking forward to the forums, you guys rock!
jigglypuff

Just sent over a donation for the site. Appreciate the time and effort you put in to help the community, love the site, thanks!
jigglypuff

Just sent over a donation for the site. Appreciate the time and effort you put in to help the community, love the site, thanks!
http://www.adamcapriola.com/ Adam Capriola

Thank you SOO much for the support everyone! You guys are the best.

Total is at $35.19 already; I’m so stoked. :)

The only time this week that I will have to try and set up the boards will be Wednesday afternoon, so if we hit the mark by then I can spend time at least getting the backbone of the forums up.

@Soul: I’m not familiar with Paysafe cards, but I think as long as it has a 16 digit pin and is Visa, Mastercard, Am. Express, or Discover, it works.
http://www.sixprizes.com Adam

Thank you SOO much for the support everyone! You guys are the best.

Total is at $35.19 already; I’m so stoked. :)

The only time this week that I will have to try and set up the boards will be Wednesday afternoon, so if we hit the mark by then I can spend time at least getting the backbone of the forums up.

@Soul: I’m not familiar with Paysafe cards, but I think as long as it has a 16 digit pin and is Visa, Mastercard, Am. Express, or Discover, it works.
Brandon

Sorry Adam I love this site and would love to donate money for the forum but my parents wan’t let me.
Brandon

Sorry Adam I love this site and would love to donate money for the forum but my parents wan’t let me.
http://www.adamcapriola.com/ Adam Capriola

That’s ok dude.

If there are a lot of people that can’t donate online, I guess I could give you guys my address and you could mail a well concealed dollar. E-mail me if you would like to do that: adam@sixprizes.com
http://www.sixprizes.com Adam

That’s ok dude.

If there are a lot of people that can’t donate online, I guess I could give you guys my address and you could mail a well concealed dollar. E-mail me if you would like to do that: adam@sixprizes.com
Mach

I’m about to e-mail you now. I’m probably going to try to get together $5-10, because I really want this to work out.

Another section for the forums that I want to suggest, though, is some place where interested people can ask for a match over RS or Apprentice. Then, they could just meet over Hamachi. This way, one can get their testing that they want in, while not having to having to do it in person.
Mach

I’m about to e-mail you now. I’m probably going to try to get together $5-10, because I really want this to work out.

Another section for the forums that I want to suggest, though, is some place where interested people can ask for a match over RS or Apprentice. Then, they could just meet over Hamachi. This way, one can get their testing that they want in, while not having to having to do it in person.
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Total is at $38.19 so far.

Please don’t assume that everyone else going to cover you! I am only asking for $1 and this site gets more than 200 people a day, so please everyone I would really like to make this happen. :)

@Mach thanks for your generosity man. I definitely forgot about that; that’s a section that I had originally wanted to implement and totally forgot about it when I wrote the post.

There will definitely be an online play section of the forum for sure.

I think I will also add a collecting section, where you can ask questions about prices or rarities of cards and things like that.
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Total is at $38.19 so far.

Please don’t assume that everyone else going to cover you! I am only asking for $1 and this site gets more than 200 people a day, so please everyone I would really like to make this happen. :)

@Mach thanks for your generosity man. I definitely forgot about that; that’s a section that I had originally wanted to implement and totally forgot about it when I wrote the post.

There will definitely be an online play section of the forum for sure.

I think I will also add a collecting section, where you can ask questions about prices or rarities of cards and things like that.
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Haha I’m not sure about that…what powers would you want included with being a “super mod”?
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Haha I’m not sure about that…what powers would you want included with being a “super mod”?
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loool I’m pretty sure I know who donated that $0.19
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loool I’m pretty sure I know who donated that $0.19
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Hahahha yeah you def do. It was a $1.19 donation though, not just 19 cents.
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Hahahha yeah you def do. It was a $1.19 donation though, not just 19 cents.
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I’ll throw another $5.00 – $10.00 after Christmas shopping. :D

Also gonna see if I can throw together a fundraiser tournament at league. I’ll let ya know.
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I’ll throw another $5.00 – $10.00 after Christmas shopping. :D

Also gonna see if I can throw together a fundraiser tournament at league. I’ll let ya know.
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I will also throw in 5.00 for the cause. I have a lot of time on my hands, if you need anything done or typed up once the site is up or things like that. I would be honored to help.
saturn

I will also throw in 5.00 for the cause. I have a lot of time on my hands, if you need anything done or typed up once the site is up or things like that. I would be honored to help.
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hey adam, just lost my wallet sometime between my last tournament and getting back home
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Thanks so much everyone.

I am considering just going with the basic package for the forum instead of the publishing suite. Late last night I was trying to decipher what all the extra features really meant (seemed like VBulletin was trying to deceive you into thinking there was a ton more with the publishing suite), and from what I could tell the main difference was that the publishing suite gave a CMS (content management system), which I already have with the site (WordPress).

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I think the basic package still gives customization in the way the forum looks. Not sure if it allows for user blogs though, I can’t tell. VBulletin is very unclear of what you get and doesn’t have a demo to try out so you can see what you get.

Anyways if no one objects, that I will go with the basic package which is $40 less. Once we get close to $195 I will chip in the last bit of money and we’ll get this thing going. :)

nardd

I’m sure you could contact someone on the ‘gym or smogon (thought the latter I believe runs a modded version) and see what they did.

I would also look into if you can upgrade at any time. I’d hate for you to get the cheaper version and then wish for the rest of 6p’s life that you had invested the 40 bucks.

Also, there’s no rush to get the forum up really… I’d wait for more donations before doing anything if possible.

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Thanks so much everyone.

I am considering just going with the basic package for the forum instead of the publishing suite. Late last night I was trying to decipher what all the extra features really meant (seemed like VBulletin was trying to deceive you into thinking there was a ton more with the publishing suite), and from what I could tell the main difference was that the publishing suite gave a CMS (content management system), which I already have with the site (WordPress).

There is no way I’d be using the VBulletin CMS as WordPress is hands down the most utilized CMS at the moment (thus gets more support which is a big deal), so I don’t think getting the publishing suite is necessary.

I think the basic package still gives customization in the way the forum looks. Not sure if it allows for user blogs though, I can’t tell. VBulletin is very unclear of what you get and doesn’t have a demo to try out so you can see what you get.

Anyways if no one objects, that I will go with the basic package which is $40 less. Once we get close to $195 I will chip in the last bit of money and we’ll get this thing going. :)

nardd

I’m sure you could contact someone on the ‘gym or smogon (thought the latter I believe runs a modded version) and see what they did.

I would also look into if you can upgrade at any time. I’d hate for you to get the cheaper version and then wish for the rest of 6p’s life that you had invested the 40 bucks.

Also, there’s no rush to get the forum up really… I’d wait for more donations before doing anything if possible.

nardd

you now have my monetary support
nardd

you now have my monetary support
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Ok sent some monies, enjoy the change
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Ok sent some monies, enjoy the change
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@nardd: I’m looking at the Gym, they use the basic version with some add-on (non-official) and Smogon seems to just the the basic version too (with apparent add-ons).

I really wish the VBulletin site would give you demos to play around with, it would be a lot easier to figure out what codes with each package.

If anyone out there has experience with VBulletin, let me know what you think.
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@nardd: I’m looking at the Gym, they use the basic version with some add-on (non-official) and Smogon seems to just the the basic version too (with apparent add-ons).

I really wish the VBulletin site would give you demos to play around with, it would be a lot easier to figure out what codes with each package.

If anyone out there has experience with VBulletin, let me know what you think.
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If I buy a Visa or something Cash card. Could I use that to donate money?
(Works like a credit card)
Randy

If I buy a Visa or something Cash card. Could I use that to donate money?
(Works like a credit card)
saturn

Sadly I only have experience with Proboards and Invasion which are free boards in general. I’ve heard it is very limiting but I am also used to using html/java codes to make forums look nice. I assume we are going for function more then looks so that will help.

With the right coding, you make the forum handle blogs and such. Worse case you just set a thread with links and pin it up which most forums have.
saturn

Sadly I only have experience with Proboards and Invasion which are free boards in general. I’ve heard it is very limiting but I am also used to using html/java codes to make forums look nice. I assume we are going for function more then looks so that will help.

With the right coding, you make the forum handle blogs and such. Worse case you just set a thread with links and pin it up which most forums have.
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@Saturn: Yeah it seems like you can do a lot with VBulletin as far as customization goes. VBAdvanced is the add-on that Gym uses to give it blog capabilities and everything.

I think the publishing suite can do that stuff, but I think it can a bunch of extra junk that isn’t needed. It seems like something you get when you are just starting a website from scratch.

I dunno I’ll try to do some more research tomorrow. The thing is that the publishing suite is new from what I understand and may not be totally stable, and to upgrade it costs a ton. It’s probably safer to just go with the basic forum and use free add-ons.

I’ve tried to look at a lot of other places using VBulletin and they all use the basic forum, seems like no one really has the publishing suite.
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@Saturn: Yeah it seems like you can do a lot with VBulletin as far as customization goes. VBAdvanced is the add-on that Gym uses to give it blog capabilities and everything.

I think the publishing suite can do that stuff, but I think it can a bunch of extra junk that isn’t needed. It seems like something you get when you are just starting a website from scratch.

I dunno I’ll try to do some more research tomorrow. The thing is that the publishing suite is new from what I understand and may not be totally stable, and to upgrade it costs a ton. It’s probably safer to just go with the basic forum and use free add-ons.

I’ve tried to look at a lot of other places using VBulletin and they all use the basic forum, seems like no one really has the publishing suite.
HunterJ

awesome dude! still need donations?? cos im happy 2 donate!!!
HunterJ

awesome dude! still need donations?? cos im happy 2 donate!!!
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:(
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