Thread:Vorknkx/@comment-3547390-20150204202730/@comment-3547390-20150425230213

Raadec! We had worried something bad had happened to you! It's great to see you again after so long! I hope you are planning on not disappearing again!

Yes, the site is more active than it ever has been. We have been making massive modifications in the last few months, plus we have got a new regular user (the one who replied above, Le Rottweiler) who is quite a dedicated user. He spent nights fixing up hundreds of links, he constantly is thinking of new ideas, and is very quick to learn the rules.

You left in December. It feels like it was just yesterday that me and Vorknkx were talking, wondering where you could have possibly gone and if you would ever be coming back.

I have been fine, just had my 20th birthday yesterday. Le Rottweiler's coming kinda gave me a spark to start becoming highly active again, so I have been doing numerous projects to try to improve the site.

The front page? I thought that looked the same when you left. There has been so many changes that I somewhat forget what you weren't around for.

The background was highly inspired by your idea, I just decided to finally implement it.

Yeah, the problem then is that it would appear crushed on mine (I apparently have a "massive monitor" as I can see all four perfectly fine). There has to be a way to make the background scale with your screen size. Nobody else has reported any issues with the background, so I guess you are the first to have a non-massive monitor!

Indeed, Le Rottweiler is correct. I was talking about the fact that we basically could not create any more admins in the future, even if they were needed, and how you had even offered to make me one at a point until I turned it down.

Let us see, there is the background... all level pages now have visual pictures of secrets... Aftershock... Le Rottweiler uploaded sound files, so now there are sound files on a bunch of pages... the Level Theme pages have been completely redone... all infoboxes are now using a new style... all quotes now are more graphic... powerups now have their own pages (Quad Damage, 25 Health, stuff like that)... we have some more generalized pages such as Hazards and Powerups... we have a new category system whereby a level is categorized by its Game Mode... I did a rewrite for a few strategy sections of the monsters... I also did a rewrite of E1M1... lists are now vertical, meaning enemies are now easier to see on Level Infoboxes... many level page names have been changed to meet case sensitivity... barriers and hazards was shortened to obstacles... the music thing that Rottweiler mentioned... more Qtest and Beta3 info... and texture maps off the top of my head. We also tend to avoid references to expansion content on regular Quake pages now in order to better separate the concepts.

We are also currently focusing on changing the icons on the top of the pages to possibly be aligned on the left side. A test has been done on the Enforcer page to determine how multiple icons would look in this new state and if the change looks good. After this is done, I think the modifications should be calming down once more and I will be able to focus on more Aftershock Standalone Levels (I finished the main campaign and deathmatch levels).

I am also hosting servers on a more active basis (Rottweiler loves playing coop, plus he has suggested some methods which led to better stability and made it easier to connect). Vorknkx is moving and will possibly be playing in the server as well when his internet connection is better, plus he might possibly be joining our Skype calls. Rottweiler and me are always testing something out in the servers, leading to improvements on the Wikia as we learn new things.

So, yeah, a lot has happened in four months. This is definitely a greater amount of activity than we had back in the day.