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9 Dec 2004, 21:58
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Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
Self-explanatory I think...
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9 Dec 2004, 22:06
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
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9 Dec 2004, 23:01
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
I suspect everyone but the PA-Team will agree & guess who makes the decision to reinvoke them or not
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9 Dec 2004, 23:11
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
signed ofc...
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9 Dec 2004, 23:29
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
Signed.
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9 Dec 2004, 23:30
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
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9 Dec 2004, 23:30
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
yeh, give back the [ and ]'s
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9 Dec 2004, 23:30
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Banned
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9 Dec 2004, 23:35
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
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9 Dec 2004, 23:36
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
I feel sure there was some good reason for them not being available in gal names, but as it was quite a long time ago I can't remember what this is and why.
Can't check it instantly, but can get back to you on it when I've found out.
As far as having them in gal names goes, I don't see a problem with it although we'll probably end up with gal names with more tags than names...
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10 Dec 2004, 00:41
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
If memorie servers correctly it was due to people inserting html code as the galaxy names.
So perhaps the question should be "why are they not allowed?"
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10 Dec 2004, 00:45
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Retired VGN
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
I thought it was something with the coding of the game, where [ meant something in the language, and would **** it up, unless they added a small thingy which made it possible. However, they never got arsed around doing that, so...
No, I know nothing of coding, so I can't give any extra info, but I seem to recall something being said about this in CH or somethingl ike that.
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10 Dec 2004, 00:46
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
thats why < and > are banned, i believe [ and ] were banned because there were entire galaxy names filled with nothing but tags, sheer spammage of alliance badges. Ofc now with bb codes, [ and ] may be problematic to bring back
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10 Dec 2004, 00:52
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
who cares if galaxy names are nothing but tags... who cares if galaxy names say anything relevant at all?
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10 Dec 2004, 00:57
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
no one wants to see the names, they wanna see the alliance tags.
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10 Dec 2004, 00:58
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
it was a guess at what i think the reason for it was, it was before my time in pateam and my memorys very fuzzy about things in the past . i half remember something about it being because tags were spammed everywhere in gal names tho
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10 Dec 2004, 05:59
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
I bet the original problem was that players wanted longer galaxy names because they couldn't fit all their alliance tags into the name. PA responded by disallowing square brackets. Problem solved!
Seriously though, the tag problem seems to wax and wane with private v. random galaxies. Maybe the solution is to have a separate field for tags?
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10 Dec 2004, 06:15
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
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Originally Posted by Tactitus
Seriously though, the tag problem seems to wax and wane with private v. random galaxies. Maybe the solution is to have a separate field for tags?
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Can someone explain to me what the 'tag-problem' is?
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10 Dec 2004, 06:24
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
i want [ and ] back
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10 Dec 2004, 07:14
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Klaatu barada nikto
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
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Originally Posted by Banned
Can someone explain to me what the 'tag-problem' is?
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The tag problem is that there's only a relatively small number of characters in the galaxy name. In rounds where there are more alliances per galaxy (due to random placement and/or larger galaxy sizes) there may not be enough room for all the tags. Allowing brackets makes tags easier to see (and parse), but then they also take up more space.
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10 Dec 2004, 07:43
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
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Originally Posted by Tactitus
The tag problem is that there's only a relatively small number of characters in the galaxy name. In rounds where there are more alliances per galaxy (due to random placement and/or larger galaxy sizes) there may not be enough room for all the tags. Allowing brackets makes tags easier to see (and parse), but then they also take up more space.
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I don't quite see how this is a problem...
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10 Dec 2004, 08:59
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tactitus
Seriously though, the tag problem seems to wax and wane with private v. random galaxies. Maybe the solution is to have a separate field for tags?
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I'd agree with this...
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10 Dec 2004, 09:19
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
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10 Dec 2004, 09:42
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
its because this happend
[Legion][BlueTuba][Gods][NoS][Fury] 86:8 2.278.253.129
of something of that nature i believe
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10 Dec 2004, 13:19
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
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Originally Posted by Veil05
its because this happend
[Legion][BlueTuba][Gods][NoS][Fury] 86:8 2.278.253.129
of something of that nature i believe
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but that is wholy more interesting that
look at us were 1337 86:8 2.278.253.129
in the past tagging used to play a big part, not just for those in the allies who tagged, but those who wernet in the top allies, and even though they arent in the loop they can see whos, who etc, the tags were bold and clear.
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10 Dec 2004, 13:28
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
Phil is right.
Signed, too.
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10 Dec 2004, 14:38
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
who gives two craps about whether a gal name is filled with tags... if the GC of the gal wants that - why take away their choice
Also bring back @_@ and ^_^ etc.... they made me quit R10 coz they werent able to be used
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10 Dec 2004, 15:34
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
way to stand by your principles kileman
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10 Dec 2004, 19:01
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
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10 Dec 2004, 23:20
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
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11 Dec 2004, 07:27
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
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11 Dec 2004, 13:48
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
It's players decisions if they want their galaxy name full of tags, there were only a handful of galaxies where the names actually mattered. Players have asked for this since it was removed.
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11 Dec 2004, 22:18
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
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11 Dec 2004, 22:32
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
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pfft trying to make me do my job????
I think a good way to handle tags might be to hard code something about displaying alliance makeup, in the mean time though like everyone else said, the decision was before my time, so i'll have to find ouy for you.
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
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Originally Posted by Kal
pfft trying to make me do my job????
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12 Dec 2004, 01:13
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
lol blixxard, that's harsh
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12 Dec 2004, 01:29
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
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12 Dec 2004, 13:33
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
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Originally Posted by Zeus
If memorie servers correctly it was due to people inserting html code as the galaxy names.
So perhaps the question should be "why are they not allowed?"
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That's even simpler:
Code:
$galname = addslashes($_POST["name"]);
mysql_query("UPDATE galaxy SET galname = '$galname' WHERE x='$coord_x' AND y='$coord_x' LIMIT 1");
aaaaand.....
Code:
$name = mysql_query("SELECT galname FROM galaxy WHERE x='$coord_x' AND y='$coord_y'");
$raw_name = mysql_fetch_array($name);
$galname = $raw_name["galname"];
$galname = stripslashes($galname);
Even though I'm not sure about the stripslashes bit, since I'm not the one who coded PA. But in any case, escaping HTML tags in galnames requires very few lines of code.
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Oh, I almost forgot: *signed*
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12 Dec 2004, 21:07
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
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12 Dec 2004, 21:38
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
Wouldn't it be easier if alliance HC's have the option to make all their planets visible.
Give us back the alliance tag next to the name
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12 Dec 2004, 22:06
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
I'd prefer to see both.
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13 Dec 2004, 13:08
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
signed + make planet tags visible!! so every n00b knows where each planet is.
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13 Dec 2004, 19:18
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Re: Petition to have [ and ] allowed in galaxy names.
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Originally Posted by genosse27
make planet tags visible!! so every n00b knows where each planet is.
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With the added bonus of everyone knowing which planets aren't in an alliance and therefore are easy targets to hit night after night after night as a way of introducing them to the game!!! There's numerous posts about the pros and cons of showing planet tags and the essential arguments haven't changed since last time around.
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