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[Suggestion] Firebot Development Lab

Do you want firebot?


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Martin

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I'd like to request for a Firebot Development Lab forum to be added to the site. For anyone who doesn't know what firebot is, it is an off-topic forum where all site rules barring those surrounding pornography, advertisment and alts do not apply. It is lighthearted and generally used to take the piss out of stuff, to shitpost or to use shitty inside jokes that only regulars in the forum would get. Generally speaking people get salty over something posted in such a forum they are probably twelve anyway and need to grow a sack before posting there again, as 9/10 it'll be someone taking the piss out of something. There is one on smogon and it is good fun to post in, and I have proposed making a post about it here over skype and recieved a unanimous positive response from the people who I have asked. In case you're wondering about the purpose of such a forum, it would be entirely for recreational purposes.

Of course there would need to be measures taken so that people don't just use it to get around the double posting rule to get free PC. The way this would be resolved would be to simply disable the ability to gain PC through posting in said forum. It wouldn't need particularly heavy moderation for obvious reasons, although having moderators for the forum would be ideal to keep it at a quality that doesn't descend too low. I suggest restricting access so that only people who have signed up already can view it though, as we wouldn't want people visiting the site for the first time getting the wrong idea about what the purpose of PP is.
 
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Matt_192

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First off I would say that post count, likes, PC from posts, etc would probably all be disabled like you said. Secondly, if someone didn't answer the last option in the poll then you shouldn't come on this proposed sub-forum lmfao.

But yeah, despite Firebot being the literal shitposting haven, it's a big laugh and I see it being funny for a lot of the members (e.g. @Krelbit @Krelbit and @Krelbit ). The only issue I would say is that we normally try and keep the site PG-13.

But then again, you can be 13 on smogon and have access to firebot so no biggy tbh. Perhaps some age authentification may be needed though
 

Martin

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The rules surrounding pornography etc. would still apply, so I wouldn't get too hung up on that. It's also part of the reasoning behind why I suggest blocking access to people who have yet to sign up to the site, just as a safety net. We can fireban people if need be too.

Edit: also I think that you should still be able to like posts. Its kinda like a reward for being particularly funny/disrespectful etc. and I see no harm in that.
 

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The rules surrounding pornography etc. would still apply, so I wouldn't get too hung up on that. It's also part of the reasoning behind why I suggest blocking access to people who have yet to sign up to the site, just as a safety net. We can fireban people if need be too.

Edit: also I think that you should still be able to like posts. Its kinda like a reward for being particularly funny/disrespectful etc. and I see no harm in that.
I agree that likes could be given out for funny content, but the fact that this is spam central invalidates that unfortunately
 

Martin

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I agree that likes could be given out for funny content, but the fact that this is spam central invalidates that unfortunately
Actually I think it could act kinda as an incentive to put a little thought into some of your shitposts, which would lead to the overall forum quality being better in general.
 
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