bbcode

[Schwi Dola]

Please read this before claiming.

We have always had a room against using excessive bbcode in your IC posts, colouring, formatting etc. This is now a hard rule as it bloats OM gain significantly. Do this and you WILL be audited. Ignore this warning at your peril. The text and nothing but the text, please. Quote tags may still be used if absolutely necessary, as always.

Please do not colour/fontchange dialogue etc.

I do believe we were told that most bbcode did not affect OM to begin with. Quotes for instance, and http://omniverse-rpg.com/showthread.php?...1#pid45741

And we've been using colors in posts specifically because we were told that it was okay because they didn't affect the OM count.

Here is you telling us it was okay, bbcode didn't mess with OM totals. http://omniverse-rpg.com/showthread.php?...05#pid6105

I mean, its fine if that is a problem with the new board now? But it is not a historical rule that bbcode was always inherently bad. I really don't like being told we've been doing things wrong for the last year when that wasn't the case. I get that from my job every other day.

[Trixie]

See...here's the thing. You're not being told you were doing things wrong. You're being told that in this new environment and new structure that our previous methods bloat OM gain. So Omni is asking you not to do it now.

[Gildarts]

Do all bbc codes count?

[Schwi Dola]

We have always had a room against using excessive bbcode in your IC posts,

You're not being told you were doing things wrong.

Its saying exactly that we were doing things wrong.

[Trixie]

If I even understand that sentence correctly it's stating you had room to wiggle with BBCode. Not that you were doing it wrong.

[Roger Smith]

Okay, so, the rules pages are currently down (obviously) or I would find and quote the specific bit Omni is talking about in the post you quoted.

But the entire point is, there was always a rule about this — specifically in the Rules of Conduct, or the RPing Process, my memory isn't infallible here — that said quite clearly do not use excessive font or color changing in your posts, because it was obnoxious and hard to read for some folks.

It was never strictly enforced because it didn't cause any major problems within the system. Anyone who found it obnoxious, irritating, or difficult to read could always ask their partner in threads to stop, or slacken off a bit, if it really was an issue.

But here, on the new software, it DOES cause an issue, with the OM gain specifically, and so it IS being enforced.

That's really all she wrote on the subject, folks. It's worded like that because, technically, you WERE doing something wrong. MOST of us were. Only a technicality? Sure, whatever, as it wasn't being enforced. It's not a big deal. Just don't do it anymore.

[Gildarts]

How will this apply to dataverse posts?

[Roger Smith]

The same as it would apply to posts anywhere else, presumable.

[Sasuke Uchiha]

Is this temporary? Are we working to correct this or is this something we foresee as permanent?

What is the ruling on Italics, Bold, and Underline? No go in IC or still cool?

What about hyperlinks like this?

[ElFailzalot]

Is this temporary? Are we working to correct this or is this something we foresee as permanent?

What is the ruling on Italics, Bold, and Underline? No go in IC or still cool?

What about hyperlinks like this?

In response to this, it is answered, I believe, in the very post Desco quoted.

Please read this before claiming.

We have always had a room against using excessive bbcode in your IC posts, colouring, formatting etc. This is now a hard rule as it bloats OM gain significantly. Do this and you WILL be audited. Ignore this warning at your peril. The text and nothing but the text, please. Quote tags may still be used if absolutely necessary, as always.

Please do not colour/fontchange dialogue etc.

See if you can spot it. I'll wait.
Spotted it yet?

We have always had a room against using excessive bbcode in your IC posts, colouring, formatting etc.

Bolded, italicized and underlined for ease of spotting it. Don't go nuts with it. Italicize or bold a few words for emphasis if you need/want to. Just don't go overboard with it.
(If I am wrong on this obviously the man who made the rule will smack me and let it be known.)

[Belle]

I imagine that bold, italics, and underline are relatively minor offenses and might not even be covered, as their BBcodes are very abbreviated (3  characters to open, 4 close)

I presume it's when you get to color switching that it starts getting dicey, because making this requires 18 characters to open and close, and that's with a color that has three letters. Moreover, if you're coloring speech, odds are you're going to do this a fair amount of times in every post you make, rather than as an occasional emphasis. Over time, it adds up.

I'm not sure how the editing with the new BB works, however. Like, I can use the toolbar above me right now to change the text color sans BBcode, but I'm not sure if that's merely being hidden from me or not.

[Magus]

Is this temporary? Are we working to correct this or is this something we foresee as permanent?

What is the ruling on Italics, Bold, and Underline? No go in IC or still cool?

What about hyperlinks like this?

In response to this, it is answered, I believe, in the very post Desco quoted.

Please read this before claiming.

We have always had a room against using excessive bbcode in your IC posts, colouring, formatting etc. This is now a hard rule as it bloats OM gain significantly. Do this and you WILL be audited. Ignore this warning at your peril. The text and nothing but the text, please. Quote tags may still be used if absolutely necessary, as always.

Please do not colour/fontchange dialogue etc.

See if you can spot it. I'll wait.
Spotted it yet?

We have always had a room against using excessive bbcode in your IC posts, colouring, formatting etc.

Bolded, italicized and underlined for ease of spotting it. Don't go nuts with it. Italicize or bold a few words for emphasis if you need/want to. Just don't go overboard with it.
(If I am wrong on this obviously the man who made the rule will smack me and let it be known.)

There's no need to be so facetious.

It seemed like Omni was saying two different things to me, too. I was also unclear on the ruling and was concerned as I use the occasional italics for style. I have benefitted from this clarification and I imagine others have, as well.

[Schwi Dola]

Please read this before claiming.

We have always had a room against using excessive bbcode in your IC posts, colouring, formatting etc. This is now a hard rule as it bloats OM gain significantly. Do this and you WILL be audited. Ignore this warning at your peril. The text and nothing but the text, please. Quote tags may still be used if absolutely necessary, as always.

Please do not colour/fontchange dialogue etc.

I do believe we were told that most bbcode did not affect OM to begin with. Quotes for instance, and http://omniverse-rpg.com/showthread.php?...1#pid45741

And we've been using colors in posts specifically because we were told that it was okay because they didn't affect the OM count.

Here is you telling us it was okay, bbcode didn't mess with OM totals. http://omniverse-rpg.com/showthread.php?...05#pid6105

I mean, its fine if that is a problem with the new board now? But it is not a historical rule that bbcode was always inherently bad. I really don't like being told we've been doing things wrong for the last year when that wasn't the case. I get that from my job every other day.

Is this temporary? Are we working to correct this or is this something we foresee as permanent?

What is the ruling on Italics, Bold, and Underline? No go in IC or still cool?

What about hyperlinks like this?

In response to this, it is answered, I believe, in the very post Desco quoted.

No its not, that was the old ruling. The problem is Omni's post says he never allowed us to use bbcode to begin with.

The current rule from this is use NO bbcode.

[Jacob]

@Sasuke: on a case-by-case basis like that we'll need an Omni ruling. I'll notify him and ask for an answer since the ruling does say excessive.

@Desco: As it stands, several of us currently interpret the antecedent of "this" in Omni's original post to be "a rule against using excessive bbcode in posts," but I can recognize that it's vague and will ask him to clarify in this thread on that point, as well.

Thank you guys for your questions! Hopefully we can get answers and get clarifications relatively soon, but as you know, Omni is very busy putting various essential features back into place on the site. Until then, however, I'm going to close this thread, as really only a response from Omni could further the discussion at this point. He can choose to unlock it at that point if he wishes to field further questions on the subject.

Thanks, y'all!

[Schwi Dola]

The post ends with do not use font color etc. at all.

[Omni]

I meant it's always been a rule, mainly because makes it tough to read for colourblind people, not to mention the people who have to read it for judging, but we've been lax on it, especially when it's not too bad.

Now we have to be hard on it, because it affects OM gain.

I am sorry to have caused any great offense. o_o

As for the questions: chill for now. Just post without colouring everything and adding in pictures and links and things and you'll be fine.