I agree with both points.

but to the people that are making their own RPG hack, etc....

IF YOU DONT WANT PEOPLE ASKING FOR IT, KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT.

Commenting and bragging about everything (like in forum comments), and now complaining because the idea isn't unique anymore is pathetic.

Let me tell you something- 6 months ago when our site came up with a forum RPG, nobody here ever said anything about it. now it's not such a unique thing, and there are tons of sites that will have it soon.
Face it: on the net, nothing stays unique for long. Do what we did - suck it up, or keep quiet about it until it's released. otherwise you're crying wolf.

god, think about Jelsoft, when they see phpbb (which is an absolute ripoff). Just make yours better quality, and have one hell of a community, and people will come to your site.

I go to many forums, but if the community is crap, I don't care what nifty toys they have, I won't go there.

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Lesane, thank you for doing this hack, and Shinra, thank you for releasing one of the best hacks for forums, period.

yeah, it's funny when you tell someone about an idea, and they leave... only to show up a few weeks later doing the same thing :rolleyes:

wats buy location?

This is why UBB has such a strong community, because they do not go around bragging about stuff and not give it to the public. And to top it all off, you go and make promises to board owners and even talk about money just to dump the board owner and take all of his ideas and claim them for your own.

Lovely community you guys have here.

Naw, I am just saying, I had a little hunch it wouldn't get released cause many other people said they were gonna release it, and didn't so I mean you know!!!;) alright no sweat

Yeah, I made it... but even then... the concept wasn't too new for us.
We had been running the "gil and store" since about 3 months after we started our board (and we're going on 20 months now) back on the UBB.

The concept only got noticed after I made the hack... and even then, people didn't care about it for over a month.

People can rip my ideas... *shrug* Fact is, I am the one who's known as the originator of this concept, and still to this day, people refer to "Shinra's Store"

I don't care if everyone and their pet munkey has a store hack now...

The recognition and reputation makes up for it.

The store was a unique concept... for a while. But it was never a draw... it was never an attracting feature.
No one came because we had it. It did help add some 'stick' to the forum... but it was never a selling point.

We started it because it was a fun idea. We built it up because it's a useful tool.
It encourages good posting. Good posts are rewarded with points.
Bad ones are rewarded with mocking and derision.

Make good posts, and you can have the perks of the forum... title, avatar... BB Code in your title... even renting your own forum for a month.

Anyone can use the idea. I encourage it, personally... it gets creativity and learning going.
I think it's good overall...

Especially because if everyone does it themselves... then everyone will have a unique store. Mine deals with forum options.
Afterlab's is for RPG items.

Both are stores... but very different.

Why thank you.

*claps* :)

I love you too neo