Today, after a long while of hard work and last minute changes, I'm pleased to announce
Studio Zero v3: Not Ever Coming some new, huge changes!
I'll give you guys a brief rundown of the updates before going into details:
- Achievement Pack 7 released
- SZ's coding optimized, once again
- Two new contests
- Update to the points system
- Shop overhaul (including member group changes)
As you can see, not everything is coding related like my usual post... but all the changes are a big deal.
So, details, details details...
Achievement Pack 7 ReleasedWell, I kept telling you guys over and over again we were working on making it easier to earn points... and to help out, here's another achievement pack.
Achievement Pack 7: Back to the Basics
(10 points per item; 50 for completion)
1. [Staff Approval] — Have 5 different staff members post in a single thread that you created
2. [Best. Topic. Ever.] — Post 15 replies in a single thread. (Original post does not count)
3. [Peer Approval] — Receive 25 karma
4. [Consolation Prize] — Participate in a contest on the Studio, but don't win
5. — Join a custom member group. ("Staff" counts as a group)
Coding OptimizationWell, SZ's coding was never overly slow... but I finally decided it was time for a -complete- overhaul of the system. I recoded quite a bit of the base coding and then made updates to the hosted files. I didn't actually recode the hosted files... I just made them work better with the global source code. This is all part of my attempts to make the SZ coding more efficient.
Oh, and GZIP compression is back. Coding should at least download ten times faster.
Two New ContestsWe've got two new contests. The first, is a rehash of an old, unofficial contest we ran:
Guess The Image. It's brand new and already in the second round. =o Go play before it ends.
The
next contest is one with a
CASH prize. This contest is put on by Eric. I'd go enter... it can't hurt since the prize is cold, hard cash.
Lastly, don't forget to participate in our currently running contests... It'll help you get that new achievement.
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Caption Contest #8-
Hangman Challenge #2-
You Searched WHAT?! #4-
Guess That Font #1Points System UpdatesAfter much discussion of the easiest way to make points easier to get, the staff has decided that we will
award points for posting.
Woah. I know, right? Don't go running off to spam however though... It's not a massive amount of points per post. We looked at the current amount of points people had, and we decided that .1 points per post would be too little, but 1.5 would be slightly too high. The compromise? .1337 points per post. It'll help even out the shop prices we believe.
Oh, and we -may- have added a
top point earners page. May have.
A big thanks to Ben for helping out with some coding involved in this when I didn't have time. (That, and he knows more about GD than I do.
) Thanks to him also for the achievements icons... once again.
Shop Overhaul and Member Groups UpdatesThe shop needed an overhaul and cleanup after it sprang to 15 pages... so I figured, why not right now? You know, while I'm updating everything else. Go check it out. Also, it discusses the member group rules and clarifications I promised a few weeks ago.
(This also means that anyone who wanted something to do with member groups, go request again.)
Enjoy this massive update guys.
There's more to come.
P.S. I lied. Everything in this update had some coding related to it.
Last Edit: Jul 2, 2009 6:52:29 GMT by Chris