For those who want sigs... please read

I've been getting lots of questions about sigs and why we don't have them. The main reason is that in general, I think sigs can distract away from conversation, which is the main point of forums like these. Being a repetitive element, sigs are something that seen once, are not often needed to be seen again. While I LOVE seeing people test out their photoshop skills (I got started in this biz by making quake clan websites myself) I think it's something you don't need to force down someone's throat when they just want to have a chat.

Meh, it's all right I guess. I'm just getting some of these Jokers confused.

fair enough.

I understand.

The mini bio thing does kind of put sigs to shame the more I think about it

The badges sounds like a cool idea. Where will they be displayed?

I agree, sigs are overrated anyway

I feel the same way. Sig's get way too out of control. People love showing off their skillz, and posting the same generic flash-esque style pictures of characters. It starts to become too cartoony and it distracts from the text (which is the main point). I like the mini bio part - I think it's a nice touch and it seems quite professional.

I've always enjoyed sigs as a whole, but I also understand why some (see: a lot) of them are way too distracting/huge to be used, and don't add anything to the conversation.

I think that not having signatures is the best idea for the site.  They can become just places to advertise and then spam posting will become out of control.  Also for some more immature users they can become out of control and obnoxious.

I think that not having signatures is the best idea for the site.  They can become just places to advertise and then spam posting will become out of control.  Also for some more immature users they can become out of control and obnoxious.

Sigs are mini-bios

There, do it.

It's a good thing you aren't allowing signatures. People could just totally abuse the application.

Sigs are boring. Hooray Snide!

I agree with the decision. Not only are they a distraction and a nuisance, they suck up bandwidth as well. I want a Dreamcast badge snide! I have faith you can make it happen!!

Now 360/PS3 badges, we totally need to get those going :)

SpaceIsomniac -

"SpaceIsomniac -

Thanks for your ideas. Believe it or, we don't necessarily want or need to be a highly trafficked website. If we're just a nice, medium-sized site that caters to a hard-core and passionate crowd, so be it. I'd rather be the most fun site then the largest :)

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i agree with the badges that is what we eed.

"SpaceIsomniac -

Thanks for your ideas. Believe it or, we don't necessarily want or need to be a highly trafficked website. If we're just a nice, medium-sized site that caters to a hard-core and passionate crowd, so be it. I'd rather be the most fun site then the largest :)

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"snide said:

"SpaceIsomniac -

Thanks for your ideas. Believe it or, we don't necessarily want or need to be a highly trafficked website. If we're just a nice, medium-sized site that caters to a hard-core and passionate crowd, so be it. I'd rather be the most fun site then the largest :)

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snide, I think you have already succeeded.
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Bring on the PS3/360 badges!

Yeah, agreed. Fine with me.

alright that makes sense

Ok, this is a better idea

My issue with signatures has always been if you have topics with hundreds of replies with each reply having a signature to load it just becomes slow and bogged down. I much prefer speedy loads on my forum pages, so ye no sigs is a good thing in my opinion. Although smilies would be kind of a cool addition...

I prefer it this way, the whole point of forums is to allow for conversation and not to stare at flashy sigs that give seizures.

Its good the way it is.

Thank God.  Icons are enough for distinction.  It takes a while for these pages to load for me as well, so anything to keep the time down to a minimum is a godsend.

Nice idea to put it in the mini bio. I guess you could really get creative and find a cool way to let people know who you are.

I have taken this opportunity to totally trick out my about me section and show you how cool mini bios can be! Check mine out!

"I have taken this opportunity to totally trick out my about me section and show you how cool mini bios can be! Check mine out!

BTW, how friggin awesome is it that someone added Arcanum screenshots onto the site already? Bad Ass!

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"I have taken this opportunity to totally trick out my about me section and show you how cool mini bios can be! Check mine out!

BTW, how friggin awesome is it that someone added Arcanum screenshots onto the site already? Bad Ass!

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Just use the HTML button. You can paste in <im src="whatever.jpg"/> there. We don't use BB Code, so [IMG] won't work.

"Just use the HTML button. You can paste in <im src="whatever.jpg"/> there. We don't use BB Code, so [IMG] won't work.

Really though, try out the search site tab when you click the img button. It will blow your mind how many images people have already added. 

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Hey i guess its for the best

Hey i guess its for the best

BTW snide
I hope you can look into adding a way to close the mini bio after you open it. If people have mini-bios that are as mini as yours and you can't close the window, it could be worse than sigs. Just a thought.

True!! I guese its the lesser of two evils not to have a sig =(
Mini bio is cool

Fair enough I suppose. I still thing it would be a cool feature though, especially for someone like me who can use Photoshop pretty well.

Good news to me. You total nailed it when you mentioned the breaking up of conversations, which I always thought myself.

I prefer it without sigs.....it means we don't have to suffer the same old qoutes and unfunny jokes,or the ''i' have 2,000,000 kills on Cod4'' etc.

This is a really wise decision in my opinion - I'm a big fan of the clean layout as it's easy to focus on posts and not on the unecessary clutter around them.

The avatar, the user gallery and the mini-bio are great ways to express individuality, and as Snide says, there's no real limit to what you can have here - and if people are interested in checking out your Photoshop skills or how awesome your PC is, they can!

I do want my badges please

thanx man, btw i agree i dont really like having a page with more sig text that actual text on the discution.
And i have actually been using the mini bio buttom but thanx for the heads up anyways

I'm in favor of this decision.  Sigs are clutter.

Well, I understand what you mean. And from now on I'll be filling out my mini-bio.
But can we get out Points total underneath our avatar?

I actually am liking the no signatures on the site. Like others have said, the discussion flows better and it helpes with loading speeds, which is always a nice bonus.

I understand what your getting at so its fair enough id say.

thank god, i think sigs are freaking annoying. Having all that shit between posts can get confusing and sometimes its hard to tell what's someone's signature and whats their post.
also is there a way to rehide the minibio after you click it lol? or should I just resort to refreshing?

ReTarDedFisHy is a little disappointed, but satisfied nonetheless, that you can have at least something.

That's why im saying we should have a SIGNATURE button on the bottom of the persons post (to the left of reply) and clicking it opens the signature, similar to the mini blog. And I think the mini blog is cool but its a whole separate feature and I dont think it should be used for sigs.