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Posted by Lucas on 28.02.2011 at 21:06
Hi all,

Welcome to Metal Storm version 4.0! You've always known us as an ever-evolving website and today is no different from any other day. We can image this change may seem huge & sudden, but trust us, you'll get used to it. Change is always difficult, but just give it some time and we'll all be fine.

There may be some initial bugs & flaws though, so please report those here. Suggestions are also welcome, but please be sure to keep your criticism constructive.

Thanks in advance and happy browsing!



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K†ulu
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  12.06.2011 at 12:02
Here is one more small thingy I have just noticed: when the number of votes for a particular album exceeds 1000 (that is becomes 4 digits), and you give it a 10, your vote is shown on top of votes, not to the left as it should be:



EDIT

I just picked the small font size (I use the middle one), and it looks fine. But also another thing is that even using the middle font size by zooming out enough I can get it to look normal. So I do not know whether it is a bug or not.
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WorpeX

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  02.07.2011 at 19:20
Clicking on videos returns a webpage that just says, "FALSE". I've been trying to access videos for months now and they still haven't been fixed... : / For the record, this only seems to happen in Firefox. They seem to work in Chrome...
Troy Killjoy
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  02.07.2011 at 20:42
Ya a few of us have complained about the Youtube video FALSE problem...nothing's been done about it. Not sure what the game plan is either.
pisymbol

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From: USA

  03.10.2011 at 23:14
The Suggest a band check does not seem to honor multiple bands from different countries or types.

I tried to suggest "Ascension" from Germany (a Black Metal band) but it says its already suggested. The only "Ascension" I see is a Power Metal band from the UK.

This seems like a bug.

Anyone else see this?
Troy Killjoy
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  04.10.2011 at 05:48
Written by pisymbol on 03.10.2011 at 23:14
This seems like a bug.

It's not. It's the way the database is set up - all multiples have their country's abbreviation in square brackets after the band name. You need to suggest the band with square brackets.
pisymbol

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  04.10.2011 at 16:24
Troy, thanks.

I do think that since there IS a country field, the form should either append the field in brackets before the DB check. What's the of having a separate country drop down then?

Minimally it should be documented on the page.
BitterCOld
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  13.11.2011 at 22:51
Written by MiguelLopes on 13.11.2011 at 18:39

How about someone create some Widget for the central notification of the new iOS 5 with the news and those updates that we receive here on the site?
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The Turbanator

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  28.12.2011 at 19:06
Thought of an idea where you can '+1' a post if you like it. Sounds good?

Like they have in Google + or Youtube, where it'll show how many people liked the post or not.
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Troy Killjoy
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  31.12.2011 at 07:34
Written by The Turbanator on 28.12.2011 at 19:06
Thought of an idea where you can '+1' a post if you like it. Sounds good?

Been suggested many times, been rejected just as much.
K†ulu
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  16.03.2012 at 17:25
I have just opened this page, and the thread names for albums did not get updated there from TBA to the actual album names.
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Troy Killjoy
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  16.03.2012 at 18:08
Written by K†ulu on 16.03.2012 at 17:25
I have just opened this page, and the thread names for albums did not get updated there from TBA to the actual album names.

Don't ask me why, but you have to actually report each individual thread. Very inefficient but it is what it is.
K†ulu
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  16.03.2012 at 19:06
Written by Troy Killjoy on 16.03.2012 at 18:08

Written by K†ulu on 16.03.2012 at 17:25
I have just opened this page, and the thread names for albums did not get updated there from TBA to the actual album names.

Don't ask me why, but you have to actually report each individual thread. Very inefficient but it is what it is.

I think Ivan has already said something like this, but I still wonder whether (or why) it is not possible to write a script that would update album/thread names whenever they are edited.
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Troy Killjoy
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  16.03.2012 at 19:23
Written by K†ulu on 16.03.2012 at 19:06
I still wonder whether (or why) it is not possible to write a script that would update album/thread names whenever they are edited.

It's probably possible. It just hasn't been done. You'd have to talk with the programmer himself about it though, since I have no idea about that stuff.
mojo

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  23.03.2012 at 21:35
"Avantgarde" in Avantgarde Rock is spelled wrong. It says "Avantgrade" (is that like pre-school?)
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RA

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  23.03.2012 at 21:51
^ He must mean this http://www.metalstorm.net/forum/board.php?board_id=23&page=1&subcat=Avantgrade+Rock
Ivan
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  26.04.2012 at 16:28
Written by Troy Killjoy on 16.03.2012 at 18:08

Written by K†ulu on 16.03.2012 at 17:25
I have just opened this page, and the thread names for albums did not get updated there from TBA to the actual album names.

Don't ask me why, but you have to actually report each individual thread. Very inefficient but it is what it is.

Topic titles should be updated automatically. What we have here is the hit counter (completely separate from forum topics). I will make it update automatically as well.

EDIT: done.
Ivan
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  26.04.2012 at 16:36
Written by mojo on 23.03.2012 at 21:35

"Avantgarde" in Avantgarde Rock is spelled wrong. It says "Avantgrade" (is that like pre-school?)

Renamed the forum subcategory. Is it spelled wrong anywhere else?
mojo

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  26.04.2012 at 18:18
Written by Ivan on 26.04.2012 at 16:36

Renamed the forum subcategory [Avantgarde]. Is it spelled wrong anywhere else?


Not as far as I've seen.
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K†ulu
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  29.06.2012 at 17:03
When one goes to an album, which won a Metal Storm Award in a certain category in the past, and clicks on that link, e.g. "The Best Progressive Metal Album Of 2009" for Dream Theater's Black Clouds & Silver Linings, one will be taken to the most recent Metal Storm Awards results (currently, that is 2011).

My suggestion is to make that link take a user to the corresponding year's Awards (in our case, 2009) or even to the particular category (in our case, "Progressive Metal").

I don't know if that is technically possible, but that would be good.
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R Lewis
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  13.01.2013 at 13:50
Hi. Wouldn't be useful to enable some evaluation criteria also for the reviews? Like comprehensibility, well written or not, and so on... So that the reader is directed to the reviews of higher quality? Or do you think that does not serve much?
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D.T. Metal
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  13.01.2013 at 17:56
Written by R Lewis on 13.01.2013 at 13:50

Hi. Wouldn't be useful to enable some evaluation criteria also for the reviews? Like comprehensibility, well written or not, and so on... So that the reader is directed to the reviews of higher quality? Or do you think that does not serve much?

A review is in the eye of the beholder. What one might call "higher quality", the guy next door might call 'utterly crap". So to rank the reviews would serve nobody.
R Lewis
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  13.01.2013 at 18:13
Written by D.T. Metal on 13.01.2013 at 17:56

A review is in the eye of the beholder. What one might call "higher quality", the guy next door might call 'utterly crap". So to rank the reviews would serve nobody.

I'm not speaking about the ratings or the writer's thoughts about band/album, just about being well or badly written, and stuff like that...
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D.T. Metal
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  13.01.2013 at 18:42
Written by R Lewis on 13.01.2013 at 18:13

Written by D.T. Metal on 13.01.2013 at 17:56

A review is in the eye of the beholder. What one might call "higher quality", the guy next door might call 'utterly crap". So to rank the reviews would serve nobody.

I'm not speaking about the ratings or the writer's thoughts about band/album, just about being well or badly written, and stuff like that...

That's what I meant also
R Lewis
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  13.01.2013 at 21:31
Written by D.T. Metal on 13.01.2013 at 18:42

That's what I meant also

Oh, ok. Decision has been taken . JK, thank You for Your time.
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