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I bought one... I think it's a great concept.  The idea of taking something like a console around and able to connect easily over at a friend's house (or other meeting place) for multiplayer gaming madness is a great concept.   It's a concept many consoles have lost...

I can't wait to get Splatoon 2.  Splatoon was a ridiculously fun game.

Around work... There's a couple guys that will get on the "Per Se" kick... once it starts, everything becomes "Per Se."

Can you restrict anyone else from using Angry Koala?

Now I think everyone will use it lol....


I don't think I can restrict avatar usage, no.

So far... any suggestions for categories and or boards?

Did you end up buying the steam controller?  If so what are your thoughts?

If you like a different controller / setup better ... post your setup!

Lol... that sucks. I still have a 3 year old build that runs everything max 1080p... so I haven't upgraded.  But I've had the bug to upgrade.


I looked into Newegg.com... they offer it at $799-820

I didn't realize the bit coin craze affected pc hardware.  It makes sense though.  And it definitely was popping / dropping.

Just a heads up... for now, you can upload your avatars.   Server location may change in the near future... but go ahead and upload. 

This feature probably will permanently stay. 

Does anyone still play Starcraft2?  I've been getting the bug to play again.  I really didn't play since Legacy of the Void came out.  They changed the game so much... it was a little difficult to adjust.

Speaking of that.. We should probably start a thread with user's Battle.net accounts.

I finally beat psp Lego Harry Potter years 5-7.  100% completed.

Going back to PSP Lego Lord of the Rings right now. 

I don't know why these Lego games are so addictive.

I saw the sections for AIM, ICQ, etc. were still there. Do any of these still exist? I'm pretty sure AIM died 15 years ago but was officially put to pasture just before Christmas last year. Skype, Kik, Facebook, I'm sure there's more frequented messenger services available.

personally I'd love to see a resurgence of some old school IM

Welcome target! Glad to have you back 
Good suggestions!   ICQ is coming back... I saw something on this. If I can find the article, I'll post it. ICQ was always pretty cool.

As for the others... not sure if they still exist but we will change some of the profile fields and add other ones soon. Definitely need to clean some stuff up with those.


Forum wise... the goal this time is to push to keep activity up and not just centered around if I'm here or not... a self surviving community so-to-speak. I know things took a hit when I had to concentrate on other life stuff. I'd like to avoid that this time and make it self serving and surviving.  This board isn't centered around a retail store now... so it's more of a fun side project. Not EGA2 as Mario says lol. 

Categories and boards.. they are all up in the air and able to be molded. If you guys would like to see something for discussion, have a better idea for organization, or feel there should be changes... we will look into it and do changes that make sense. So feel free to post up those ideas as well.

This vWide theme works pretty well ... also works well Mobile.  Layout is the best so far.

I will look at customizing later and taking the best from many different themes to make our own.  But for a quick and easy win, I Think vWide is a winner so far.  Thought?

Spartan (et all)... you mentioned testing themes.  I have about 5 installed right now.  As we move forward, most will be removed.

you can change your theme from your profile --> Modify Profile --> look and Layout.  I will say.. most do not work well on mobile devices for some reason.   The Blue and Curve themes (Core as well) work best on mobile devices.  Deep Blue would be the best sans some button formatting.

I plan to install 1 more tonight... let me know if you have a chance to test them and thoughts.  Hopefully other people will test these as well.
* yansima was promising... but mobile formatting of messages is not so great on my devices.  None of the fonts show up in the board messages.....

Here is our Steam Group for ChickenDinnerGaming.com:

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/ChickenDinnerGaming

As of right now... we are keeping this invite only.  This may change as the site progresses.

Post up if you want to join and we will invite.

ChickenDinnerGaming.com Discord channel has been created.   Spartan Evolved will be the Admin.

Updated Join method:
https://discord.chickendinnergaming.com

Straight Link to join:
https://discord.gg/R2EN546

Lol spaammm

If you want, go ahead and start the chickendinnergaming.com discord. 

I'll look into creating something for it on the board - maybe it's own board or quick info page.... side box... etc.

Once we settle on a theme we can start working on those parts. Just trying to keep this simple to update in the future as well.

What games are hording your attention this week?  Console / PC... post up what you are playing.

Feel free to write a quick / short review of the games.

Can't you post up available themes and we could give feedback?

they are available at simplemachines.org.  You can check there if you wish. Modifications, Themes... just make sure to look at 2.0.15 themes.  there is a search selection for that.

I cannot show you all the different ones here.

Lol... OK. I will delete this one and try some others

I confirmed this will be a feature in 2.1  - that is... tagging with the @ and username.

When will 2.1 be released?  Not 100% sure yet.

there is a 2.1 beta 3 version. I will install that in a different folder and database so we can check it out and not mess this one up.

MM. I researched a crap ton of forums last night... free ones. I didn't see any with those features.   The @spartan tags of xenforo... do they just notify the user on the forum?

I looked into the galleries as well. There are some for smf. But it depends on the purpose and scope

Thoughts?

KoalaEvolved is working.

Yus!     

Definitely not EGA2... just same stock Forum.  If you remember... I developed the custom layout... but had to upgrade the forums and lost everything.   I couldn't get past some of the mods and custom coding to upgrade the forums.


I checked out Xenforo... they are cool, but unfortunately is a pay service.  Anything else like it but free?  We can look into those.

SMF is still one of the highest rated forums.... that's why I went with this forum 1st. 

 lol... yes... it's been awhile.

Open to ideas... what are your thoughts for layout, sections, topics, etc?

What would you like to see?

At this point... I'm not married to this forum system either.   It's very solid, but I'm also exploring some other options.  I may post links to test forums and cms systems... just for the heck of it so we can try them out.  My only requirement is they are still being updated.

THIRD

Spartan has arrived!

1st

Technically that's 2nd 

This Forum will continually evolve as time permits.   We will continue to discuss the forum with our community (as it grows) and grow the website according to how the community feels it should grow!

My plan for this site is to continue to grow it, add new features, and eventually have a more comprehensive gaming site.

Stay awhile and Listen.  Participate... and post up!  Help keep the conversations moving.