After talking to the staff, we've decided we haven't been relating enough news to you guys. Tons of stuff goes on behind the scenes here (despite how inactive the staff board is), and it's time to inform you guys of some things. Thus, we've started a biweekly (as in, every two weeks) news update so we can keep you guys up to date with things happening.


Nearly 800 Codes
With the recent activity from some of our coders, our database is about to roll over 800 codes. It could even happen today. I won't be making another announcement thread for this since, well, 800, though a large number, isn't as important as 1,000 will be. So we'll just keep on trying for 1,000 before PBv5 comes out. If we can get that, no one can argue that we're got the largest PB database out there.


Staff Post Count Passes 60,000 Posts
With the recent activity around the forum, the post count for administrators has passed 60,000 posts. In fact, it was the day we set the posts in a day record. However, we don't go by that for when we make an announcement. The announcement is based on the total post count when a member views since it's kinda unfair to count hidden boards. Anyways, I look forward to breaking 60,000 soon with our recent activity. Lets keep it up.


v3 Update and Dev Blog Entries
I know there hasn't been a Dev Blog entry out recently or any updates. As I stated in a post a while ago, I haven't had much to blog about recently and thus the lack of new entries. I finally have a topic for the 11th entry, so hopefully you'll see that in the near future. v3 is starting to progress slowly because of other things eating up my time. I hope to bypass this in the near future soon and start getting more work done again. We'll see.


Starbucks Skin Progress
Though he has returned, Slip has been extremely busy with work recently, and thus the project is progressing slowly. It may be delayed until post-v3 release unfortunately. (But instead of vA: Starbucks, you get v3: Mocha Latte! ) Hopefully the project will pick up again soon once work settles down for Slip.


Game of the Week
Fredy has recently started running some "Game of the Week" (GotW) contests. These are our attempt to appease those people who wanted a game board a few months back. We're trying to keep them from becoming spam games by having a staff member run them and making them require a bit of thinking. The current contest (week 5) can be found here. I hope you guys decide to participate. If you have suggestions for future games, feel free to PM Fredy.


Caption Contest
The Caption Contest has been going well in the recent few weeks with some great entries and fierce competition. I hope you all are getting in on the action, and if not, you've still got a day to enter this week's contest.


Crossword Contest
One of our members, mrhotshotbillup, recently contacted me about starting a new contest. This is the result of his ideas, the crossword contest. It's a rather fun game that challenges your knowledge in certain categories, this week being "finance." I'd give the game a shot if you haven't already. You're sure to enjoy it.


Debate of the Week
Fredy started this nearly two months ago, but it's time to get it some publicity. We are now having weekly debates on just about any topic. This week's is "God Vs The Atheist" and can be found here. Let's see what you all have to say.


Convention Center Spoiler Tag
With all the recent movie threads, I've decided we need a spoiler tag. Thus, the CC now has a spoiler tag. This tag is unique to the Video Game and Convention Center, so don't try using it elsewhere. You can blame SO for this one. Enjoy.


Video Game Jeopardy
Another contest that's currently running is the Video Game Jeopardy content. It's competition more or less based on your knowledge of video games, consoles, add-ons, and more. It is an official SZ contest though it isn't in the contest board. Anyone can still enter, just make sure to read the rules first!


"Name the Game" Video Game
This is an ongoing contest that's more for fun. It's been going on for almost two years now, but it's still free for anyone to enter and enjoy. If you wish to give it a try, go right ahead.




That's all for this week's update. See you guys again on the 15th or 16th.


Last Edit: Aug 1, 2008 16:59:42 GMT by Chris