[BB] The view from 30,000 feet

[viperred396]

Originally Posted by blackiceskier

seems to have something Penn related

Noooooooooooooo!

[Karibou]

I'm all for a game hint discussion...but could we start keeping it to the game hint threads? We have three of them.

(sorry if I'm sounding like a hypocrite - I'm pretty sure that I helped hijack the last BB thread (among others) with hint discussion, but I'm starting to see a few complaints across the forum, and the last thing we need is disagreements before build season starts)

[Chris is me]

Seriously. Legitimately important information and interesting topics of discussion happen in these blog posts, and it'd be nice to talk about them as intended instead of parsing through every single word to get even the slightest hint as to what this year's game is. If you want to do that, there's several other threads for that.

So about ThinkTank nominations - do we just nominate people that are notable and constantly give out good advice? If that's the case you could probably just go down the CD Reputation list and name like 15 names.

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Seriously. Legitimately important information and interesting topics of discussion happen in these blog posts, and it'd be nice to talk about them as intended instead of parsing through every single word to get even the slightest hint as to what this year's game is. If you want to do that, there's several other threads for that.

So about ThinkTank nominations - do we just nominate people that are notable and constantly give out good advice? If that's the case you could probably just go down the CD Reputation list and name like 15 names.

Cut the kid some slack, it was just one post, and Bill has dropped many subtle hints/clues/teasers like that in the past.

And you should ask your question on his blog, not sure he reads here.

[Rosiebotboss]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

Cut the kid some slack, it was just one post, and Bill has dropped many subtle hints/clues/teasers like that in the past.

And you should ask your question on his blog, not sure he reads here.

He reads CD. You would be surprised who reads CD at FIRST HQ.

[Bot190]

I would just like to point out that Bill seems to be missing a day somewhere. On December 1st, he said there were 37 days till kick off.
Today, December 3rd, he says there are 36 days left.

Anyone know which one is correct?

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by Bot190

Anyone know which one is correct?

I trust what it says at the top of every CD page...

[Bot190]

I had not noticed that, when did it show up?

[Karibou]

Originally Posted by Bot190

I had not noticed that, when did it show up?

It's been there forever. Now that I think about it, it probably goes unnoticed quite a bit because the font is such a light color...

But yeah. It's been there. CD is always full of little surprises

[JaneYoung]

Then there's always Mark Leon's suggestion.

[Rosiebotboss]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

Then there's always Mark Leon's suggestion.

I just did. And the tiomer at the top of the page runs until 1500 on the 8th of Jan. I would say it is 6 hours fast. It should run until 0900. (The time the doors open at SNHU)

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by Rosiebotboss

I just did. And the tiomer at the top of the page runs until 1500 on the 8th of Jan. I would say it is 6 hours fast. It should run until 0900. (The time the doors open at SNHU)

The countdown appears to be improperly accounting for the timezone. Unfortunately, changing the timezone to make the countdown correct changes the displayed time inside the event.

[Nuttyman54]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

So about ThinkTank nominations - do we just nominate people that are notable and constantly give out good advice? If that's the case you could probably just go down the CD Reputation list and name like 15 names.

Pretty much. The ThinkTank moderation system works by having "subject matter experts" review and approve articles and article revisions as they are posted. Each moderator has a subset of tags in which they are considered an expert and they are allowed to approve articles marked with those tags.

Moderators are mainly asked to give articles quick reads to ensure that they meet the rules and formatting standards set forth on the website, and are giving correct information. Articles and revisions require a minimum of two approvals before they go live.*

ThinkTank is looking for people who are experts in their mentoring area(s) and are willing to spend some time checking the website and approving new articles. You can go to the ThinkTank website to get an idea of the kinds of articles that need approving.


*it should be noted that this was the system at the time the website was developed and released in December 2008. I assume it has not changed significantly since then, but I could be wrong