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Title: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on August 26, 2010, 12:56:59 am
Although it is still possible to apply for a spot (http://ourl.ca/6802) in the Coders of Tomorrow programming team, tonight we are announcing the additions and changes to Omnimaga staff, although these changes were done several hours ago.

-First of all, we are pleased to announce the addition of Bwang and apcalc to our programming group. They both program for the TI-Nspire in C and apcalc also program for 68K calculators. Both of those programmers recently made ticalc.org front page with two of their releases. In Bwang's case, it was the TI-Nspire raycaster (http://www.ticalc.org/archives/news/articles/14/146/146386.html), and in apcalc's case, a TI-Nspire port (http://www.ticalc.org/archives/news/articles/14/146/146386.html) of the popular Block Dude classic. Apcalc also becomes our first 68K programmer being part of the team in one and half a year. Currently, Bwang is continuing to work on his Raycaster as well as a Floorcaster (http://www.omnimaga.org/index.php?board=96.0), and apcalc is working on TI-Nspire and TI-89 ports (http://www.omnimaga.org/index.php?board=128.0) of Trapped, which was a spin-off of Block Dude released on MaxCoderz a few years ago.

-Secondly, we are pleased to announce that Hot_Dog has been added to the Administrator group. From now on, he will be able to help for forum updates such as addition of projects sections and updating other areas of the site. As our community grows, it is important for us that we can continue to help the community and provide a nice discussion environment. It should also help for when some admins are busier.

-Third, I am returning into the administrator group. For the past month, my status on the forum was uncertain, as my activity was sporadic and I did not know if I would be able to contribute to the site anymore as admin after the contest is over. Although I may still not be able to answer many requests and that I may mostly be involved in the downloads section once this month ends, I will still remain active on the forums.

-Finally, the admin user group was renamed to "Managers".

Congrats to Bwang, apcalc and Hot Dog for their new positions!

The site front page and the forums were updated to reflect those changes.

On an unrelated note, the 40000th post of 2010 was posted today (http://ourl.ca/6807/112233).  This amounts to an average of 167 posts a day since the beginning of 2010.
Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: Hot_Dog on August 26, 2010, 01:05:47 am
Apcalc and Bwang, welcome to the team!  We're very pleased to have you.

Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: Builderboy on August 26, 2010, 01:09:22 am
Congratulations to Bwang and apcalc for their new staff positions positions!  And a big round of applesauce to Hot Dog for his new admin manager position!
Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: alberthrocks on August 26, 2010, 01:16:46 am
Congrats to bwang and apcalc for your promos! :D
I *might* decide to apply, but I don't have any worthy projects... :P
Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: meishe91 on August 26, 2010, 01:19:43 am
Congratulations you guys!
Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: bwang on August 26, 2010, 01:31:14 am
Thanks for the congrats, everybody!
Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: shmibs on August 26, 2010, 07:19:21 am
CONGRAJULASHUNS!
you are both pretty cool guys

oh, and i like how 2-3 stars is just member, while 4 is "regular" member(it took me a while to get that regular was being used in a sense other than "normal" :P)
Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: apcalc on August 26, 2010, 08:39:47 am
Thanks for the welcome everyone! :)
Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: Raylin on August 26, 2010, 09:44:03 am
Welcome to the club of awesomeness.
Leave and we will be forced to shank you.
Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: ztrumpet on August 26, 2010, 09:46:42 am
Congrats Apcalc, Bwang, and Hot Dog!  To Apcalc and Bwang:  Welcome to the team.  You're both going to be great additions. :)
To Hot Dog:  Yea!  Admin Manager!  Congrats. ;D

DJ, nice to see you back as an admin. :)
Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: TC01 on August 26, 2010, 09:48:02 am
Congratulations bwang, apcalc, and Hot_Dog!
Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: Hot_Dog on August 26, 2010, 11:31:01 am
Thanks guys!  Along with the other managers, I will do what I can to help in making Omnimaga a friendly community and one of the best forums in the world
Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: TsukasaZX on August 26, 2010, 11:40:51 am
Congrats, you two!/me hands out pudding cups to the entire forum to celebrate.
Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: fb39ca4 on August 26, 2010, 02:00:20 pm
Congrats for everyone joining!
*fb39ca4 hands out peanuts
(http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:60ltkQE20ulUBM:http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc143/drumbboi/peanut-bag.gif)
Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: Netham45 on August 26, 2010, 02:02:37 pm
Huzaa!

Welcome to the team, Bwang and apcalc!

Congrats Hot_Dog

Good to see your name in the admin position again, DJ!
Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on August 26, 2010, 02:41:27 pm
Thanks ^^
Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: yunhua98 on August 26, 2010, 04:29:18 pm
Congradulations!
I like the new level system!  ;)
I might apply, but I don't think I've been around long enough.  :P
Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: fb39ca4 on August 26, 2010, 04:37:28 pm
Whose idea was the level system? I just noticd it 5 min ago. Great idea!
@DJ: Are you the only Super Veteran?
Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: ztrumpet on August 26, 2010, 04:41:16 pm
Nope. 
Super Verterans number three. 
There is DJ, Eeems, Builder, and me. ;D
( >2000 posts. :) )

I like the thing under DJ's name, but above his level. :P
Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: yunhua98 on August 26, 2010, 04:41:30 pm
i thinks it has to be over 2000 posts.  so it would be all the managers except Hot_Dog.  ;)

EDIT: ninja'd!  what aoubt Builderboy?
Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: Hot_Dog on August 26, 2010, 05:15:13 pm
Whose idea was the level system? I just noticd it 5 min ago. Great idea!

DJ and I worked on it together, although it was DJ who cam up with the cool level names
Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: ztrumpet on August 26, 2010, 05:20:54 pm
EDIT: ninja'd!  what about Builderboy?
Builderboy = Builder  ;)
* ZTrumpet is deeply sorry for think you had about 1900 posts Builderboy.
Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on August 26, 2010, 05:28:32 pm
Congradulations!
I like the new level system!  ;)
I might apply, but I don't think I've been around long enough.  :P
Judging by your join date and activity, you meet the time criteria fine. I would need to see more progress on your projects, though (even if just in private).

And yeah Hot Dog got the idea about member levels. I totally forgot this feature despite having used it on TIMGUL before. On TIMGUL, nicknames change color gradually as your rank goes up. The only downside is that the member level only show up in the member profile/list if the member has OmnomIRC enabled on his account and if he isn't part of a special group. Otherwise, it shows near his posts. Also, at 1000 posts you can add something else below your nickname, such as what I did :P
Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: Hot_Dog on August 26, 2010, 05:33:47 pm
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Also, at 1000 posts you can add something else below your nickname, such as what I did

Really?  Wow!  How do I do that?  When I reach 1000 posts, that is
Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on August 26, 2010, 07:27:42 pm
Profile->Forum Profile Information->right above your signature field.
Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: jnesselr on August 26, 2010, 07:31:22 pm
When I finish the data part of TAO, and get my own forum category (maybe) for it, then I will apply for COT.

Good job Bwang, apcalc, and Hot_Dog.  Here's your throne and royal scepter, DJ.
Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on August 26, 2010, 08:25:35 pm
Lol thanks :P

And yeah normally, if I notice signifiant progress on a project, it gets eligible for a sub-forum. Nostalgia, for example, is a good candidate, but I am waiting until I see a more complete battle engine (right now, I do not see any HP/MP being displayed/raising/decreasing), mostly finished menu and some NPC interaction. In the past I added RPGs very early in their development but the author finally didn't get far. As for staff I guess it can be the same thing, too. I can't wait to see more progress about those, too :)
Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: MRide on August 26, 2010, 09:21:14 pm
Congrats to all!  And I like the new level system.
Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: _player1537 on August 26, 2010, 10:03:25 pm
Congrats Bwang, apcalc, and Hot_Dog!  You all deserve it :D  Also, glad to hear that you are an admin again DJ :)
Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on August 26, 2010, 11:06:02 pm
Thanks Player

I hope things goes well in long terms IRL too. So far it seems ok, though, to my surprise.
Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: Eeems on August 26, 2010, 11:32:20 pm
congrats on joining the team you guys :)
Oh no! Another contestant for ultimate power of Omnimaga...errr....Congrats Hot Dog :P
Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: Hot_Dog on August 26, 2010, 11:36:10 pm
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Oh no! Another contestant for ultimate power of Omnimaga...errr....Congrats Hot Dog

Tattle-tale...thanks for giving my secret away :P  Now I'll never gain control of it.

:) Seriously, though, no one can replace DJ.  I think I can speak for everyone.
Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: qazz42 on August 26, 2010, 11:54:32 pm
Good job guys! Sadly, I don't think I will ever become a coder of tomorrow because of my past trolling x.x
Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on August 27, 2010, 01:55:37 am
Thanks Hot Dog, it means a lot.
Title: Re: Bwang & apcalc join team. Hot_Dog becomes admin. DJ returns to admin position
Post by: TIfanx1999 on August 28, 2010, 08:20:09 am
Congratz all around guys! :)