March 10, 2003, 01:23
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I think that the person whom is getting the upload feature should only get special privillages. Meaning "No-one" Can use it unless that person has been authorized by Ming, or MarkG, or some other administrator. It would make them post illegal files less often, making an ideal way to do things. Not the post count because what if a person needs to do it and that person cant do it yet it is a legal file, and cant because he/she is new. So I think the "Special Authorization" rules are in order.
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March 10, 2003, 05:26
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Thats basically how it used to be. You needed to make a direct request to the admin for them to host a file for you. The major problem with this system is time - they don't have enough time as it is, let alone with the added responsibilities of checking each and every file that is uploaded to the server.
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March 10, 2003, 06:31
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Apolyton CS Co-Founder
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in some cases of banings, we dont go into specifics (in public) to avoid people thinking of doing the same thing
it's the same as why dramatized recreations of crimes on tv are a bad, bad thing. 
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March 10, 2003, 06:39
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Thats not such a good policy on a strategy gaming forum though. In the absence of fact, the people here will try to discover every possible combination that will lead to banning. 
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March 10, 2003, 06:47
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Apolyton CS Co-Founder
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"possible combinations" should first be filtered by a human brain before being posted
i believe the terms/phrases: "illegal" and "related to games we cover" when used by most (working) human brains give two things as the most possible cases: warez and mp3.
NOT demo game screens...
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March 10, 2003, 09:23
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Deity
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Skanky has a point though Mark......this (and other issues) generated far more interest because no ordinary posters knew what had happened. A short sharp statement from yourself would nip a lot of it in the bud. To modify a well-known saying, a post in time, saves nine.
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March 10, 2003, 09:31
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Deity
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You of all people would want nine posts though Spikie 
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March 10, 2003, 09:45
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March 10, 2003, 10:00
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Deity
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March 10, 2003, 10:09
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Deity
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Well, I am the winner of a DrSpike "Spam Award", so I'm allowed to get +1's this way.
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March 10, 2003, 10:12
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Deity
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You are the winner of the post stats challenge; that is a serious sporting contest, not spam.
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March 10, 2003, 10:17
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I see.
*WoA retracts all spam comments*
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March 10, 2003, 11:17
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This is probably stupid, but does this mean i can't post a picture of my boy(when i get round to it)
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March 10, 2003, 11:22
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You could still attach it to a post in the normal way, couldn't you?
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March 10, 2003, 11:38
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Gee... it might be time to hand out a bunch of PCRs to those who are just looking for +1 in Communiy Forum threads...
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March 10, 2003, 11:42
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I am
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March 10, 2003, 12:07
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I'm not spamming I just didn't know if you had to use this upload feature to post picture files. I don't know what its for
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March 10, 2003, 12:49
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Originally posted by TheStinger
I'm not spamming I just didn't know if you had to use this upload feature to post picture files. I don't know what its for
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I think Ming was referring to the posts by Dr.Spike and War of Art - and quite possibly mine - just above yours.
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March 10, 2003, 16:57
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King
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Originally posted by Ming
Gee... it might be time to hand out a bunch of PCRs to those who are just looking for +1 in Communiy Forum threads...
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Originally posted by Heresson
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March 10, 2003, 17:07
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Hehehe... Heresson admitted.
As for the actual issue, the whole system seems to be &%"@33 up. If people need to host files, they can at anytime look for a free web hosting service or use the services provided by their ISP. Also many schools, public institutions, colleges and universities offer free services to their students and staff, so it shouldn't be that much of a problem. I have no interest in hosting files on ACS, because there's better ways to do it, plus you have full control of your files.
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March 10, 2003, 20:18
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For what purpose would people be uploading warez and stuff to 'Poly? I mean, there are much better ways to get such material. Maybe some people have some voice in their head telling them to do things that would get them banned.
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March 10, 2003, 21:15
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Apolyton CS Co-Founder
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For what purpose would people be uploading warez and stuff to 'Poly?
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cause they dont realize that our system is #@$&^$* up
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March 11, 2003, 03:57
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You learn quick, Markos.
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March 11, 2003, 05:28
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Apolyton CS Co-Founder
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and cause they're not Rasbelin, master of technologies
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March 11, 2003, 08:13
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Noobs need to upload files too. Case in point; back when Civ3 came out I made a map and wanted to post it here, but Poly was flaky and wouldn't play. So I headed over to CFC and posted it there instead - it generated some interest and it contributed to that community. However, I never bothered with the redt of CFC - I'm still a settler over there.
Deny people who have created material the possibility to upload here unless the spam their way to whatever first, and you deny all of the community interesting contributions. So I really don't support any poster-level ban on uploads. Stricter quotas? Perhaps. Not many maps/mods/saves other than graphic mods require more than one MB.
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March 11, 2003, 08:58
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Markos,
Maybe you should finally see what has happened to all those The Column writings? BTW...
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March 11, 2003, 15:30
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How much is there stored in the 'Poly upload? How much space do you have dedicated to that? 
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March 11, 2003, 17:32
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Originally posted by Nikolai
Or maybe a downward limit of say 1 MB, and then increase it after so and so many posts?
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Some of my Civ3 Leaderhead sets are 20 MB, but I always had to send those directly to MarkG via a link to my website where I had uploaded them via FTP. I was unaware we could upload 20Mb files directly ourselves.
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March 12, 2003, 05:19
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Apolyton CS Co-Founder
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Originally posted by Trip
How much is there stored in the 'Poly upload? How much space do you have dedicated to that?
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currently at 90mb
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March 12, 2003, 05:23
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Apolyton CS Co-Founder
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Originally posted by GhengisFarb
I was unaware we could upload 20Mb files directly ourselves.
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we didnt have the upload service until recently
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