25-09-2004 04:05									#181
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quote: Originally posted by DrSpike Yeah my heart bleeds for you, with this site being provided to you for free through the hard work of others. Must be tough for you. so please, pretty please, shut the hell up.

We have a motion on the floor

(I second the motion)

Grandpa Troll

	25-09-2004 04:24									#182
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quote: Originally posted by DrSpike Yeah my heart bleeds for you, with this site being provided to you for free through the hard work of others. Must be tough for you. PLUS users get small benefits, and few members pay for them because they are worth the fee - I know I cough up in order to support the site I enjoy posting at, not for the benefits. It is through the actions of those that feel the same way as me that you get a site that functions well, so please, pretty please, shut the hell up.

You have some point and You could've said it in a more polite way.
I'm not only spamming here. I'm also an active member of SL community. That's some contribution to this site too.
And it's not one-sided. This site can not exist without free members. At least for now.

	25-09-2004 09:50									#183
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Mark knows this site could not exist without free members. Which is probably why he has said on numerous occasions that he would not make it a pay-site and information would be available to all members, paying or otherwise.

	25-09-2004 10:06									#184
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I could almost buy into what you're saying there, Heresson, except for the fact that there are other ways to go PLUS.

I, for one, have not paid a cent to 'poly directly, but simply done normal shopping through the US Amazon link that Mark has posted. That helps out the site, I've been doing it with every purchase ever since I found out I could do it that way.

I mean, I bought a Nuke t-shirt, but I would have gotten that somewhere else if not from 'poly just because I liked the slogan so much... it makes me smile every time I think of it. (family jokes, and the classic CivII jokes included).

If there weren't other ways to become PLUS, I'd wholeheartedly agree, though. So far, I haven't caught myself using any of the features except for being able to post in different threads at almost the same time (that whole 30-second lag was annoying...)

Anyway, there's my add-on, from a paying yet not paying PLUS member...

	25-09-2004 12:42									#185
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quote: Originally posted by Heresson I hate this Apolyton Plus. Because up till its infameous appearance, You were trying to improve this site so that it'd be better. Of course the more users, the better for You. Now any improvements that will appear will be for Plussies probably. You won't improve standart Apolyton account, because You won't have interest in it.

see http://apolyton.net/about and let me know if there havent been any improvments for non-plus members

quote: Originally posted by Heresson Markos G is EVIL

well that's new. i've been called communist, i've been called fascist, but evil, never before....

btw, your pcr due to spam has nothing to do with your attitude towards me, does it?

	25-09-2004 14:28									#186
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quote: Originally posted by Heresson You have some point and You could've said it in a more polite way.

Yeah I could have. If you had politely made some comments about your feelings I would have responded in kind. But you didn't. You called the person whose hard work is crucial to this site 'evil'. So yeah, I responded impolitely to what was a pretty stupid post.

	25-09-2004 15:01									#187
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I called Markos evil because he's given me a pcr. And it is kind of a joke actually; I never use the mad smiley seriously.
And even if I was serious, and I was not, telling me to shut up is 100x more rude.

Markos: nice avatar.

	02-11-2004 16:45									#188
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Here are some slogans, to help convert more members to Apolyton PLUS:

Succumb to the dark side!
Join Apolyton PLUS now!

Why choose the lesser of two evils?
Join Apolyton PLUS now!

You don't know a place that even the devil fears?
Join Apolyton PLUS now!

Good... Bad... I'm the guy with Apolyton PLUS!

You can take my credit card, my car, my house, but I will never give you the login to my Apolyton PLUS account!

PLUS now or be substracted!

Some call you the Plussies!
I call you my base!

Heaven is a joke!
Hell was only made up!
Apolyton PLUS is for real!

	05-11-2004 05:42									#189
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what is apolyton plus?

I'm thinking of signing up

edit: theremine, I think I found the faq for plus

	21-11-2004 22:59									#190
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quote: Originally posted by Dissident I'm thinking of signing up

	26-11-2004 09:53									#191
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It is pretty good. It seems faster than before and the PM extension is very nice. I used to fill up my PMs far too quickly.

Now I can scan through hundreds of warning messages from Ming.

If you get a membership pay for one of the long term ones. It's better value.

	06-02-2005 11:46									#192
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Markos

I will be turning Diety Status within next 24 hours

I have been given a gift by my sweetheart of allowing me, once I do, to have a lifetime subscription..

do I get to apply what I paid for my year subscription towards that..its still got a few months left?

Additionally, I thought it would be neat in the place where "LIFER" is if a special "ETERNAL" was available for Life time members whom also were Dieties?

Just asking and Love this CIV site

Gramps

	06-02-2005 11:49									#193
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People with large post counts should not get special titles.

	06-02-2005 11:58									#194
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quote: Originally posted by Lord Nuclear People with large post counts should not get special titles.

yeah lets not reward those whom are most active.. & are also financial supporters of this super civ site

ok..I was just asking Lord Nuclear

	06-02-2005 15:19									#195
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quote: Originally posted by Grandpa Troll do I get to apply what I paid for my year subscription towards that..its still got a few months left?

if you go to the PLUS pages http://apolyton.net/plus/ now and proceed to buy a lifetime subscription, what you have already paid for your current subscription will count towards lifetime. so you'll have lower price

you will see the price prior to clicking on the "buy now" button....

quote: Additionally, I thought it would be neat in the place where "LIFER" is if a special "ETERNAL" was available for Life time members whom also were Dieties?

interesting thought, requiring a small piece of coding. added on the to-do list

	06-02-2005 18:10									#196
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quote: Originally posted by Lord Nuclear People with large post counts should not get special titles.

Lifers maybe should though.......lifetime sub is still very expensive, so the only reason to pay so much is out of support for the site.

	06-02-2005 19:41									#197
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quote: Originally posted by MarkG if you go to the PLUS pages http://apolyton.net/plus/ now and proceed to buy a lifetime subscription, what you have already paid for your current subscription will count towards lifetime. so you'll have lower price you will see the price prior to clicking on the "buy now" button.... quote: Additionally, I thought it would be neat in the place where "LIFER" is if a special "ETERNAL" was available for Life time members whom also were Dieties? interesting thought, requiring a small piece of coding. added on the to-do list

Mark
I am on my quest and just a byline

I have actually learned about History more by playing all these civ games

I know people critique my multitude of attachments as well as varying range..

But in searching out for them I have learned about uniforms, battle gear,formations, and other interesting tidbits

Again,

Thanks for hosting my Favorite site

Grandpa "Harmless" Troll

	06-02-2005 22:55									#198
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Question ... I thought Plusers were supposed to be immune to the load-saving features like not dl'ing civgroup icons and whatnot. Why do I often not see civgroup icons on some or all of the people in a thread i read (usually including myself)?

	06-02-2005 23:04									#199
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quote: Originally posted by snoopy369 Question ... I thought Plusers were supposed to be immune to the load-saving features like not dl'ing civgroup icons and whatnot. Why do I often not see civgroup icons on some or all of the people in a thread i read (usually including myself)?

I may be wrong but I believe it was during heavy traffc times

but it wouldnt be my first time I was wrong

	06-02-2005 23:08									#200
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Huh? The only time load saving features come into effect are in heavy traffic times, which means the only time PLUS members would have that immunity is in heavy traffic times.

By the way, congratulations on Deity status.

	06-02-2005 23:10									#201
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quote: Originally posted by Lord Nuclear Huh? The only time load saving features come into effect are in heavy traffic times, which means the only time PLUS members would have that immunity is in heavy traffic times. By the way, congratulations on Deity status.

Thanks
I love posting,learning, contributing and helping here at my Fav-o-rite site

	07-02-2005 03:35									#202
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The appearance/exclusion of country flags and civgroup icons seems random from poster to poster within threads at pretty much any time for me. Don't know how long ago it started, but its been months at least...

	07-02-2005 09:02									#203
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I concur with Rommel on that one.

I know my civgroups appear rather randomly...

	09-02-2005 04:39									#204
	Inflate your Upload Space

Same as Rommel. Some of you in this very thread are missing civgroup icons for me while others are not.

	09-02-2005 13:05									#205
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About the flags- that appeard to be a seperate issue, as mine seems to have been turned off without my noticing at some point...

	09-02-2005 13:27									#206
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your flag may have been set to null if an admin edited your account (like when you joined the team)

	09-02-2005 13:46									#207
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Yeah, that's about when I remember first noticing it. No idea really how long the civgroups have been flakey (is Doc supposed to have any?)...

	10-02-2005 00:36									#208
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Not at present.

	10-02-2005 00:52									#209
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a request to markg for apolytonPLUS:

would it be possible to get the advantage of wider images for ACS+ subscribers? pretty often i've run into problems when posting a screenshot and seeing that 800px width is not enough. resizing just often looks crappy so i thought that a potential limit of 1000px would be better.

i guess it won't screw up the design for people with >=1280px width and people with 1024px width are anyhow used to horizontal scrolling. also, when using external images by linking them with the [ IMG]...[ /IMG] tag the size is not an issue.

is this proposal thinkable?

	10-02-2005 01:02									#210
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quote: Originally posted by DrSpike Not at present.

Then it does seem to be a traffic issue that PLUSers aren't exempt from. Everyone's CGs were visible last night when I made that post, but about half are missing now.

Those icons aren't a big deal to me as far as consistancy (not as helpful as flags), but in case its something that should be fixed...