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Title: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Vent the North on April 21, 2010, 10:05:25 am
I have noticed lately that there have been a lot of members who simply leach our chapters and do not even have any posts. In order to deal with people simply leaching of of us and talking our chapters without a word of thanks, I have made it so that in order to download a chapter by our scan group, you have to have a minimum of 15 posts. Im not really going to write a long TLDR post about it, but basically this means that you members who have been leaching off of us should start posting pretty soon if they want to get new chapters as soon as they come out.

I would also like the opinion of the rest of our staff members on this matter


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: kurodo on April 21, 2010, 10:11:10 am
15?!  hmmm i don't know. I think it's too much. Many people can't speak english (they understand it but they can't write/speak) like me and there're also shy people or they don't wanna SPAM. I think 3-8 post would be better
but you're admin and I trust you/you know the right thing. ^^ <3



Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Lin on April 21, 2010, 10:22:47 am
Well, I'm not staff, but as a Junior Member, I think it's a good idea to have a limit like that.  I know I've been guilty of taking and running -- not here, though! There's just too much to talk about to run away afterwards.  :D  But it's not really fair to the community to only come here for the downloads and not say anything -- even thanks!

Whether or not 15 is too much, I'm undecided -- it might be good to have it be at least 10, so that good habits of posting in the forum are established.  If they really want to download, they'll find something to say to make the quota.

That said, I don't think it would be all that difficult to come up with something to say 10-15 times.  All one has to do is introduce oneself, say hello, comment on this and that, start a new thread about why you like Ginji... I mean GetBackers, or play a game or two.  Before you know it, you're at 15 posts!  If English is a problem, there's nothing like chatting with friendly and accepting people like we have here to help develop that skill.   :)


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Vent the North on April 21, 2010, 11:09:41 am
15?!  hmmm i don't know. I think it's too much.

Its really as Lin said. Its not really hard at all to come up with 15 posts, just spam a bit in the offtopic section and introduce yourself and people will get 15 posts in no time.
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Many people can't speak english (they understand it but they can't write/speak) like me and there're also shy people or they don't wanna SPAM.


We actually have a lot of members on here who aren't native english speakers, and nobody on here really cares. We are pretty welcoming and accepting people, so even if they speak broken english its fine.

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I think 3-8 post would be better
That is a bit to little in my opinion. I was actually originally going to make the limit 25, but I figured that would be a bit too much, so I switched it to 15.
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but you're admin and I trust you/you know the right thing. ^^ <3

Thanks  :)

Well, I'm not staff, but as a Junior Member, I think it's a good idea to have a limit like that.  I know I've been guilty of taking and running -- not here, though! There's just too much to talk about to run away afterwards.  :D  But it's not really fair to the community to only come here for the downloads and not say anything -- even thanks!

Whether or not 15 is too much, I'm undecided -- it might be good to have it be at least 10, so that good habits of posting in the forum are established.  If they really want to download, they'll find something to say to make the quota.

That said, I don't think it would be all that difficult to come up with something to say 10-15 times.  All one has to do is introduce oneself, say hello, comment on this and that, start a new thread about why you like Ginji... I mean GetBackers, or play a game or two.  Before you know it, you're at 15 posts!  If English is a problem, there's nothing like chatting with friendly and accepting people like we have here to help develop that skill.   :)


I pretty much agree with you, 15 posts really isn't hard to get, its actually pretty easy, just spam a bit and introduce yourself and they will have 15 posts in no time. Maybe we can actually get some more active members by doing this.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Lovux The Great on April 21, 2010, 03:17:12 pm
Great move. Hopefully this will get people to post more instead of just leeching and running away though I'm probably not the one to talk, as I'm quite guilty of that as of lately... Stupid arm condition hindering me from fangirl ranting as much as I want to!. 15 posts seems about just right, even if I personally would cranked it up to 20.  ::)


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Vent the North on April 21, 2010, 03:37:14 pm
Great move. Hopefully this will get people to post more instead of just leeching and running away though I'm probably not the one to talk, as I'm quite guilty of that as of lately... Stupid arm condition hindering me from fangirl ranting as much as I want to!. 15 posts seems about just right, even if I personally would cranked it up to 20.  ::)

Yea lol, you haven't been posting much lately. Is something wrong with your arm?

And I was thinking I could have raised it a bit higher, but I think 15 is good for now. I may raise it to 20 if people stop posting right when they make it to 15 posts, but im not really sure yet.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Lovux The Great on April 21, 2010, 03:50:18 pm
Yea lol, you haven't been posting much lately. Is something wrong with your arm?

Sadly, yes.  :-[ I have had some problems with my right arm (the one I draw with), as it gets really achey and/or tired pretty easily. I've had it ever since spring last year. I let it rest for a while, but the stupid pain showed up again in late autumn. This state is still pretty awful though, as I'm currently enrolled to a comic art program in university, as I'm not able to put as much work into some works as I'd want to, and some things I can't even do at all. it also comes and goes in periods - some days I'm all fine and dandy, other days I have to eat painkillers. And when I actually feel good in my arm, I usually spend as much time as I can drawing, because that is the thing I love to do most in my life, so I don't have much powers left to do some fangirl rants here, even if I'd love to.  :-\

The only good thing that comes from this arm problem is that I'm slowly but steadly turning ambidextrous - My leftie's WAY better maneuvering the computer mouse than my rightie ever was, and some of my classmates have commented on my (made only for teh lulz) leftie-scetchies that they can't tell the difference between them and my "normal" doodles, done by my right hand.  :o


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Shisui on April 21, 2010, 04:06:16 pm
I like the idea, but I agree with some other folks that 15's a bit much (I barely have 15 myself :-X). Maybe 5 posts. You could get that in a few hours.

15 posts will take at least a day or two. Which is either gonna drive new people away or cause them to spam bullshit.

Lovux: Get that arm checked out. You got talent. Don't let it go to waste!



Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Lovux The Great on April 21, 2010, 04:15:06 pm
Lovux: Get that arm checked out. You got talent. Don't let it go to waste!

I have. Multiple times. I've had my arm X-rayed and examined by like a trillion different doctors and everything seems to point in one direction; namly exhaustion and poor ergonomic circumstances, such as a too tight grip on my pencils and the like. I know it does sound bad when I talk about my arm, but I actually isn't THAT bad. Though the on-and-off pain and exhaustion is still enough to kill off any inspiration or will to draw or write...
I draw by using a bandage to eager the pressure, and that's probably my life-saver! So no worries there.

I'm not that good of an artist.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Vent the North on April 21, 2010, 04:51:36 pm
I have. Multiple times. I've had my arm X-rayed and examined by like a trillion different doctors and everything seems to point in one direction; namly exhaustion and poor ergonomic circumstances, such as a too tight grip on my pencils and the like. I know it does sound bad when I talk about my arm, but I actually isn't THAT bad. Though the on-and-off pain and exhaustion is still enough to kill off any inspiration or will to draw or write...
I draw by using a bandage to eager the pressure, and that's probably my life-saver! So no worries there.

I'm not that good of an artist.

It kind of sounds like your getting carpel tunnel syndrom. That can actually be caused by overusing your hands.

I like the idea, but I agree with some other folks that 15's a bit much (I barely have 15 myself :-X). Maybe 5 posts. You could get that in a few hours.

15 posts will take at least a day or two. Which is either gonna drive new people away or cause them to spam bullshit.

A person could get 15 posts pretty easily I would think. A person could easily get that many posts in about 20 minutes or less. If they post in the off topic section they could get 15 posts in a few minutes. If it starts turning people away though I will definitely lower it though.

Sadly, yes.  :-[ I have had some problems with my right arm (the one I draw with), as it gets really achey and/or tired pretty easily. I've had it ever since spring last year. I let it rest for a while, but the stupid pain showed up again in late autumn. This state is still pretty awful though, as I'm currently enrolled to a comic art program in university, as I'm not able to put as much work into some works as I'd want to, and some things I can't even do at all. it also comes and goes in periods - some days I'm all fine and dandy, other days I have to eat painkillers. And when I actually feel good in my arm, I usually spend as much time as I can drawing, because that is the thing I love to do most in my life, so I don't have much powers left to do some fangirl rants here, even if I'd love to.  :-\

That really sucks, especially since you are a artist.

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The only good thing that comes from this arm problem is that I'm slowly but steadly turning ambidextrous - My leftie's WAY better maneuvering the computer mouse than my rightie ever was, and some of my classmates have commented on my (made only for teh lulz) leftie-scetchies that they can't tell the difference between them and my "normal" doodles, done by my right hand.  :o

Well if you can write with your non dominent hand then that really helps. I can't even write my name with my non dominent hand.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: darkido on April 21, 2010, 05:22:41 pm
awww..i don't really wanna spam but oh well i'll go along with the rules:D


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Kickthekitty on April 21, 2010, 05:26:22 pm
Non-staff can post here too, right?

So about 15 post.
I understand your point. But I also see problems with it...
This could easily lead for leeches to post only spam. And 15 spam post won't really contribute for forum in anyway.
Infact, in the worst case the leeches could start using same mirror site and not come to this forum at all.

Smaller amount of posts but with more quality would be more beneficial. It would require that leeches are somehow encouraged for non-spam post though. Perhaps you could make a friendly automated msg like "If you post spam outside spam thread, I will VENT you!"

Best choice would be a continueing posting requirement, I think. I mean people would be required to have posted once or twice during the last week to have download privilege.
This would encourage regular forum leeches to keep posting. And perhaps they might even post something else then just spam since they weren't posting it all at once.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Vent the North on April 21, 2010, 05:44:16 pm
Non-staff can post here too, right?

Yes, anyone can post here. I would have locked the thread if I didn't want others posting.

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So about 15 post.
I understand your point. But I also see problems with it...
This could easily lead for leeches to post only spam. And 15 spam post won't really contribute for forum in anyway.
Infact, in the worst case the leeches could start using same mirror site and not come to this forum at all.

I was actually thinking of a punishment for people who decide to spam to get their post count up. As long as they are contributing posts with meaningful content I dont really care what they write otherwise. But if a member is just going to come into a thread and say "lol" or "Thats funny" or "This forum is great" or something along those lines and write nothing else but that then I will issue a punishment.
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Smaller amount of posts but with more quality would be more beneficial. It would require that leeches are somehow encouraged for non-spam post though. Perhaps you could make a friendly automated msg like "If you post spam outside spam thread, I will VENT you!"

Read above, I actually have a few Ideas on how to deal with people who do that. And what do you mean by a automated message? I dont have the ability to make a pop up show up on their screen to say that, but I could write something out in the rules that would encourage people not to spam.

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Best choice would be a continueing posting requirement, I think. I mean people would be required to have posted once or twice during the last week to have download privilege.
This would encourage regular forum leeches to keep posting. And perhaps they might even post something else then just spam since they weren't posting it all at once.

If I could do that then I would have done it a long time ago, but unfortunately, I dont have the kind of ability, or rather, this forum doesn't have that kind of option.

I could lower the post count rule down to five posts, and then keep making it so that the amount of posts you need goes up every week, but that would be a hassle that could potentially cause a bunch of problems.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Lin on April 21, 2010, 05:48:39 pm
Best choice would be a continueing posting requirement, I think. I mean people would be required to have posted once or twice during the last week to have download privilege.
This would encourage regular forum leeches to keep posting. And perhaps they might even post something else then just spam since they weren't posting it all at once.

That's a good point.  Adding that to the requirement could help keep people involved -- though it would mean more policing, because it might not be as easy to set it up to be automatic.  Maybe see how it goes with the 15 post requirement for starters, and see how people respond to it -- whether they spam a lot, or actually learn to participate.  You can always tighten things up later if it doesn't work in the way you want it to.  As for spam posts not counting towards the quota, if they are obviously spam for that purpose, they can just be deleted -- people will learn to post properly if they want their GB chapters!   ;)

I'm hopeful, though, that the rule will work well in helping folks get in the habit of posting, and then they'll be good to go.  Like me -- it seems like I just joined up and here I am, almost at 100 posts!   :o


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Kickthekitty on April 21, 2010, 05:59:52 pm
If I could do that then I would have done it a long time ago, but unfortunately, I dont have the kind of ability, or rather, this forum doesn't have that kind of option.

I could lower the post count rule down to five posts, and then keep making it so that the amount of posts you need goes up every week, but that would be a hassle that could potentially cause a bunch of problems.

Could you instead drop ALL post counts to zero about twice in week, and have count rule to 1 or 2 posts?


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Vent the North on April 21, 2010, 06:07:41 pm
If I could do that then I would have done it a long time ago, but unfortunately, I dont have the kind of ability, or rather, this forum doesn't have that kind of option.

I could lower the post count rule down to five posts, and then keep making it so that the amount of posts you need goes up every week, but that would be a hassle that could potentially cause a bunch of problems.

Could you instead drop ALL post counts to zero about twice in week, and have count rule to 1 or 2 posts?

I don't believe I could do that ether. I would have to manually go through each account and reset their post counts. Not to mention that would be unfair to people who worked hard to get their post counts, I believe SH and rodlyn were even competing for who would get to 300 posts first.

But like I said, if this doesn't work out then I will deal with it in another way. I figured that this idea would at least be worth a shot.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: somehow_here on April 21, 2010, 06:38:46 pm
Wow! That  a lot thinking involve!  ;D I think that fifteen post is not that hard...on some forums, I had to get thirty post before I could download their chapters...that was a bit annoying.  :-X 15 post is nice number I think to chomp on! The idea about posting weekly is good idea. It lowers the amount of spam and increases amount of interaction. However,  we should at least test it out to see if it works. Also I was wondering if there was a way to make it post only count if you type certain amount of words! This way the amount of spam would decrease and forces people to speak out their thought...as for those people whom don't know English...err, why would they be downloading from our site if they can't read English. Couldn't they download better raws from somewhere else? As for shy people, I feel sorry for their anxiousness, but it will help them get over shyness...plus we don't bite! Or at least I don't!

On side note, if we do go with two post per week...maybe there can be automated system that emails the password to unlock part of site after two post...


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Vent the North on April 21, 2010, 06:44:59 pm
Wow! That  a lot thinking involve!  ;D I think that fifteen post is not that hard...on some forums, I had to get thirty post before I could download their chapters...that was a bit annoying.  :-X 15 post is nice number I think to chomp on! The idea about posting weekly is good idea. It lowers the amount of spam and increases amount of interaction. However,  we should at least test it out to see if it works. Also I was wondering if there was a way to make it post only count if you type certain amount of words! This way the amount of spam would decrease and forces people to speak out their thought...as for those people whom don't know English...err, why would they be downloading from our site if they can't read English. Couldn't they download better raws from somewhere else? As for shy people, I feel sorry for their anxiousness, but it will help them get over shyness...plus we don't bite! Or at least I don't!

On side note, if we do go with two post per week...maybe there can be automated system that emails the password to unlock part of site after two post...

Like I said above, I dont really have the ability to do a 2 post per week thing, so that option is impossible. I dont even think that is possible for a vbulitin forum, and that type of forum is the top of the line. I agree with everything else you said though.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Kickthekitty on April 22, 2010, 01:13:02 am
I guess we just have to hope SMF updates their forum code to have that option someday. It's not like it would require any real changes to forums.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Midou on April 22, 2010, 01:46:28 am
I knew something was new when members were suddenly posting very diligently. Good decision!!  :) I also think having to post a couple of posts every week to see the links will be a great way to create activity in the forums. Or else leechers will just spam their way to 15 and just stop. I hope an option like that becomes available in the future in the forum code to make it easier for mods and admin to implement it.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: yathaid on April 22, 2010, 05:12:04 am
Guilty of said offence. Hence, this is post number one! :)

But O Great Moderator, I am an uninteresting person who does not wish to bother other ppl with my mundane life's boredom. To subject fellow enjoyers of Manga in general, and Get Backers in particular, to such cruelties due to no fault of their own.. suffice it to say me heart bleedeth for my brethren  >:(

EDIT: I like ^above's idea of two posts a week or something like that. That would stop Bad Karma like me who would spam to 15 and having reached the Gates of Liberation, stop the toil to the community.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Lin on April 22, 2010, 09:03:38 am
Guilty of said offence. Hence, this is post number one! :)

But O Great Moderator, I am an uninteresting person who does not wish to bother other ppl with my mundane life's boredom. To subject fellow enjoyers of Manga in general, and Get Backers in particular, to such cruelties due to no fault of their own.. suffice it to say me heart bleedeth for my brethren  >:(

EDIT: I like ^above's idea of two posts a week or something like that. That would stop Bad Karma like me who would spam to 15 and having reached the Gates of Liberation, stop the toil to the community.

Now, now!  Don't go talking bad about yourself before we even get to know you!   ;D  There is no such thing as an uninteresting person, imho -- and I'm sure you won't be a burden to the community.  I can tell already!  I trust that by the time you share your 15 posts with us, you'll be hooked and so much a part of the community you won't even think of quitting.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Shisui on April 22, 2010, 09:21:23 am
Heh. Disregard what I said. Looks like your gambit paid off, Vent  8)


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Goral on April 22, 2010, 09:56:56 am
Bad idea. It's rather obvious that if someone thanked for chapter 250th he was also thankful for previous chapters and I don't see a point of saying thanks in every thread there is. If someone got here after 4 new chapters were released (for example I, since I don't have time to check for every update) posting thanks in all four threads would be spamming IMO. It looks like if I started spamming I would already have access to newest chapter (and I can't say thanks now since the thread is hidden). There is also another consequence of not being able to access newest chapters: I can't post in the latest chapter discussion thread because I will be spoiled (and that's practically the only thread I would be willing to post in). Blah.

P.S.
I wonder how many people replied in this thread to have one more post :D (I won't hide that it was the main reason for me rambling).

Edit:
I wonder though how many people will be still staying on this forum once Get Backers is finished. It is so specialized that I'm afraid once scanlations are complete only moderators, administrators and people making scanlations will remain unless it suddenly changes it's name or sth.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: neragufetta on April 22, 2010, 10:20:40 am
The idea about posting twice a week to get the new chapter would really be the best if only it could be possible; however, on the other hand, trying to increase the number of post every tot time is not a good idea imo because in a long period (just say 6 months for example) the number of posts required to get che chapters would be incredibly big and impossible to be reached by new users.

No, since it's really common, I agree with the idea of the 15 posts, or maybe 20 but if I can suggest no more than 25 or it would become annoying and it would provoke the creation of so many spamming and/or useless posts of no help for the community.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: crystal_mimi on April 22, 2010, 01:48:57 pm
I admit.. this is my very first post

I LOVE the series Get backers and I'm VERY thankful that you guys are releasing the final volumes because there is still no good translation out there. So for that: thanks

But to be honest: I think this 15 posts rule is a BAD idea. Isn't scanlation there to bring untranslated stuff from japan to us poor people, who don't speak japanese and still enjoy reading manga? what's the point in publishing your work for only so limited people? 15 posts are A LOT, if you don't want to write things everyone else already said. I'm a person myself who don't likes chatting in forums. Am I a bad Get backers fan because of that? Do I deserve less to read your work as the other posters, who only posts probably without wasting many thoughts about what they are writing  ::)
Actually I feel encouraged right now not comming to this forrm again  :-[


I think a lot of people will only spam or post things everyone else has already said and after 15 posts the will disappear again.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: kurodo on April 22, 2010, 02:03:21 pm
I admit.. this is my very first post

I LOVE the series Get backers and I'm VERY thankful that you guys are releasing the final volumes because there is still no good translation out there. So for that: thanks

But to be honest: I think this 15 posts rule is a BAD idea. Isn't scanlation there to bring untranslated stuff from japan to us poor people, who don't speak japanese and still enjoy reading manga? what's the point in publishing your work for only so limited people? 15 posts are A LOT, if you don't want to write things everyone else already said. I'm a person myself who don't likes chatting in forums. Am I a bad Get backers fan because of that? Do I deserve less to read your work as the other posters, who only posts probably without wasting many thoughts about what they are writing  ::)
Actually I feel encouraged right now not comming to this forrm again  :-[


I think a lot of people will only spam or post things everyone else has already said and after 15 posts the will disappear again.

i think scanlation groups don't like it when some guys only download new chapter and don't even THANK. That's a little mean...
so if there don't have post limit then people just download chapters and don't chat or whatsoever. What's the meaning of forum then?
these are my thoughts I've no intention to be mean to you :'D <3

but i understand you very well too..i don't like to chat very much 'cause i'm a little wary for my english. And "i agree with you" posts are meaningless...it's the same as you don't post at all.

Soon when everybody has 15 post...they put 45 ;D then we have to post more again! heheheh~~ just kidding!


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Naz on April 22, 2010, 03:19:56 pm
Great idea Vent,  :D
Felt great to log onto the forum and see how many more members are contributing  :)


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Vent the North on April 22, 2010, 03:52:34 pm
I admit.. this is my very first post

I LOVE the series Get backers and I'm VERY thankful that you guys are releasing the final volumes because there is still no good translation out there. So for that: thanks

But to be honest: I think this 15 posts rule is a BAD idea. Isn't scanlation there to bring untranslated stuff from japan to us poor people, who don't speak japanese and still enjoy reading manga? what's the point in publishing your work for only so limited people? 15 posts are A LOT, if you don't want to write things everyone else already said. I'm a person myself who don't likes chatting in forums. Am I a bad Get backers fan because of that? Do I deserve less to read your work as the other posters, who only posts probably without wasting many thoughts about what they are writing  ::)
Actually I feel encouraged right now not comming to this forrm again  :-[

Kurodo already pretty much covered your post. The reason I decided to give this a try is because there are so many people that come in here, and take our chapters without even writeing in and saying something as simple as "thank you, that was a great chapter, I appreciate you working hard to get these chapters out" or something like that. The reason most scan groups scan manga is to please the fans, and when we don't even get a word of thanks, its not very encouraging. Weather you decide to leave is your choice, I decided to do this as a test for a few weeks, and if it doesn't work out then Ill figure something else out. But so far that doesn't seem to be the case, and this idea is working out great.


The idea about posting twice a week to get the new chapter would really be the best if only it could be possible; however, on the other hand, trying to increase the number of post every tot time is not a good idea imo because in a long period (just say 6 months for example) the number of posts required to get che chapters would be incredibly big and impossible to be reached by new users.

No, since it's really common, I agree with the idea of the 15 posts, or maybe 20 but if I can suggest no more than 25 or it would become annoying and it would provoke the creation of so many spamming and/or useless posts of no help for the community.


I really have no intention of increasing the amount of of posts you need every so often, I was just explaining to our other members that that type of idea really wouldn't work out for the reasons you have already said. I think 15 posts is a good number, if anything I may even lower the number later on.


Bad idea. It's rather obvious that if someone thanked for chapter 250th he was also thankful for previous chapters and I don't see a point of saying thanks in every thread there is. If someone got here after 4 new chapters were released (for example I, since I don't have time to check for every update) posting thanks in all four threads would be spamming IMO. It looks like if I started spamming I would already have access to newest chapter (and I can't say thanks now since the thread is hidden). There is also another consequence of not being able to access newest chapters: I can't post in the latest chapter discussion thread because I will be spoiled (and that's practically the only thread I would be willing to post in). Blah.

Read the rest f my post, I already pretty much covered what you were talking about above.

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P.S.
I wonder how many people replied in this thread to have one more post :D (I won't hide that it was the main reason for me rambling).

As long as its a meaningfull post It doesn't really matter if you replied only to get the post count.

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Edit:
I wonder though how many people will be still staying on this forum once Get Backers is finished. It is so specialized that I'm afraid once scanlations are complete only moderators, administrators and people making scanlations will remain unless it suddenly changes it's name or sth.

I actually have a few other manga's that I would like to scanslate, Ayamine Rando and Aoki yuya have actually started on a new project together, so I was thinking that once we get some more scanslators we could start on that, and maybe even holy talker(by Rando).

Heh. Disregard what I said. Looks like your gambit paid off, Vent  8)

So far its working pretty well, Ive had to warn a few people about spamming but that was about it.



Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: somehow_here on April 22, 2010, 04:09:00 pm
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Like I said above, I dont really have the ability to do a 2 post per week thing, so that option is impossible. I dont even think that is possible for a vbulitin forum, and that type of forum is the top of the line. I agree with everything else you said though.

Well, this idea is definitely working! Everyone is posting some more! As for two post per week nearly impossible since the programs from forum doesn't allow it...but hey its free! You pay what you get for!

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I actually have a few other manga's that I would like to scanslate, Ayamine Rando and Aoki yuya have actually started on a new project together, so I was thinking that once we get some more scanslators we could start on that, and maybe even holy talker(by Rando).

I think once we start a new project...we should really think about changing our name to something like Ayamine Rando Works (Definitely need a shorter name)or something like that! It is rather silly to use this name, once we starting a different project,


As for everyone else whom is annoyed by idea...err you guys complaining about posting 15 comments...you do realize that posting that amount should not take longer than hour, right? It is not that long...DO you know how LONG it takes me to clean and edit then typeset the chapter? It takes me roughly 30 hours to release a CHAPTER...so please don't complain. Not to mention, we had roughly 250 members of which ONLY 20 people were active on the board that about 8% that actually talking on board. And for those people whom regularly thank us for our hard work and remain active, thank you for your diligence! It actually made me work harder! And for people whom finally posting, it is a pleasure to finally meet you!  ;D


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Kickthekitty on April 22, 2010, 04:47:01 pm
MY GOD! 30 hours!!
When my GB reading reaches your releases (currently at v12) I'm gonna thank you in every single chapter thread...


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: somehow_here on April 22, 2010, 05:08:57 pm
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When my GB reading reaches your releases (currently at v12) I'm gonna thank you in every single chapter thread...

Wow! That kinda of far back! You have some reading to do! ;D

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MY GOD! 30 hours!!
Yeah! It used to take me longer...when I did not about the action button! Luckily, my skills improve so it doesn't take as long...but I still rather slow at cleaning and typsetting.

Oh, just tell you! Since Shusui has already release the translation of last two chapters, I going to release the last two chapters together...so I will disappearing for awhile! Now I got to lock myself up in room and finish this chapter by end of next week! Gotta run guys! Seeing in awhile!



Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Kickthekitty on April 22, 2010, 05:23:59 pm
So, is anyone of you forum caretakers going to REQUEST or SUGGEST that "few post per week" option from SMF?

Suggest:
http://www.smfsupport.com/support/suggestions/?PHPSESSID=57eiscjjql03ova17v490imla5

Request:
http://www.smfsupport.com/support/code-requests/?PHPSESSID=57eiscjjql03ova17v490imla5


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Vent the North on April 22, 2010, 09:02:25 pm
I think once we start a new project...we should really think about changing our name to something like Ayamine Rando Works (Definitely need a shorter name)or something like that! It is rather silly to use this name, once we starting a different project.
Rather then changing the name to something Ayamine Rando related, I think we should change it to something different all together. That way we can start on any work we want even if it isn't Ayamine related.

Great idea Vent,  :D
Felt great to log onto the forum and see how many more members are contributing  :)

Yea, its nice to actually have people writing in and not just taking our chapters and leaving.

So, is anyone of you forum caretakers going to REQUEST or SUGGEST that "few post per week" option from SMF?

Suggest:
http://www.smfsupport.com/support/suggestions/?PHPSESSID=57eiscjjql03ova17v490imla5

Request:
http://www.smfsupport.com/support/code-requests/?PHPSESSID=57eiscjjql03ova17v490imla5

Thanks for those links, Ill write in there to suggest your idea to them in a bit.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: yathaid on April 23, 2010, 04:11:35 am
Hmmm, on further reflection, I do feel that 15 posts is just way too much. Bear in mind, this is for people who have never posted before. Forcing them into this when they are in a hurry to get the next chapter will almost force spamming. On the other hand, making them give a few well thought out posts would actually get them to participate more in the forum.

Ah yea, the them I mention is just my alter ego. ;D


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Imperial on April 23, 2010, 05:17:26 am
Why?! I'm not so good in english. I must download chapter and cooporate with translators to understand half of manga. Btw I don't have much to say in posts. All I can say is "Thank You" for scanlations. Don't be so cruel for us


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: smokingman on April 23, 2010, 10:56:53 am
Well, it's to you decide the forum's rules, after all.
Since i came here to get GB releases, I'll make a few posts even if I haven't a lot to say... and I hate spam, since I'm a forum administrator, too^^
Thanks for your work, I'm a fansubber and I know what means translating and not seeing pple very interested in the discussion.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: darkido on April 23, 2010, 02:52:20 pm

I think once we start a new project...we should really think about changing our name to something like Ayamine Rando Works (Definitely need a shorter name)or something like that! It is rather silly to use this name, once we starting a different project,


Just curious...What's the current team name now??


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Vent the North on April 23, 2010, 11:14:15 pm

I think once we start a new project...we should really think about changing our name to something like Ayamine Rando Works (Definitely need a shorter name)or something like that! It is rather silly to use this name, once we starting a different project,


Just curious...What's the current team name now??

The current team name now is "GetBackers Manga Scans".


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: yathaid on April 23, 2010, 11:35:44 pm
Cases like Imperial's show why this is a bad idea. Again, its got a few positives in it.
Okay am outta posts. Can the mods pls open up the released chapters, so I can give Thank Yous?!? :D


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: darkido on April 24, 2010, 01:41:39 pm
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The current team name now is "GetBackers Manga Scans".
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Now that may seem obvious but I assumed instead that it referred to what the team was doing. Maybe we need a cool new name to advertise the team as much as what the team's job is..


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Lin on April 24, 2010, 08:14:47 pm
Oh, just tell you! Since Shusui has already release the translation of last two chapters, I going to release the last two chapters together...so I will disappearing for awhile! Now I got to lock myself up in room and finish this chapter by end of next week! Gotta run guys! Seeing in awhile!

Two chapters together?  Wow, that will make me doubly happy!  Will that finish off the volume, then?  Hope it doesn't end in a horrid cliff hanger.  :(

Good luck and happy editing!


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: leonardotorres on April 25, 2010, 10:59:02 am
wow 15 post damm and this is only my first


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: opa_opa on April 25, 2010, 12:03:32 pm
well, i am new here and this is my second post. 15 post i think would be fine. Well continue with the project please , I wnt to know what is going to comming. I also want my 15 post right now xD!!


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Darkvertigo on April 26, 2010, 01:24:44 am
I'm also relatively new here too.  I concur that 15 posts is definitely manageable.  Hope to complete mine soon.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Laverna on April 26, 2010, 10:14:18 am
At first I was shocked and thougth the scan section has closed.
But I'm relieved to see that it's only because I have to less posts |D

Most of the time I'm not very talkactive but I try my best to write more (and not just take the scans and hide in my small, dark room xD)


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Limbo on April 27, 2010, 06:05:55 pm
i thought the same think as laverna. i was like omg omg omg where is it. i thought i was going blind. but im glad to see that u found a way to kinda protect from leechers.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: digianimegirl on April 28, 2010, 12:31:59 am
Well 15 seems a bit excessive to me but I guess I'll need to go back and add thank you's in order to see anything now.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: digianimegirl on April 28, 2010, 12:35:49 am
Actually wait, how pray tell are we suppose to get up to 15 if we can't get into the section that's for the scans, I don't post because I don't have anything to say (my theory in posting is usually only if I have something to SAY, which I don't count as just giving a Thank you as something to say), but if you're going to make this rule I'll make a point of at least saying thanks, but the problem remains short of spamming the forum HOW are we suppose to get to 15?????


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: digianimegirl on April 28, 2010, 01:02:53 am
Ok, before I continue let me explain why this broken up, I did my first post and then after hitting reply it occurred to me the "how", and now I've actually read the thread (yes I probably should have done that first)

While I'm actually seething a bit I'm going to attempt to come across civil.  While I can't speak for everyone who doesn't post, for me I am NOT a forum person.  I'm not into getting into discussions and the such that happens on a forum.  I am here for the manga.

You want this to be an active forum but however I am fairly sure there are people that are like me.  It doesn't seem fair to me that those here for manga only are penalized so heavily (I'm willing to agree that you should be getting thank yous which as I said personally I'm willing to do, or I was).

I could spam the crud out of this forum but I guarantee then you wouldn't be hearing from me again, simply because I'm not into what forums are about.   You want thank you's?  Then I agree with others in making it that lower number weekly or something, but all this is going to get you is tons of spam and no additional activity.  If you want activity with no extra spam, then don't do the scans.

It comes across to me what you really want is an active forum, I'm not sure this is the way to get that; because again not everyone is into what forums are about.  Maybe if that's what you really want then you should just leave out the scans so only people that are here to do forum stuff are here.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Lin on April 28, 2010, 08:32:50 am
I know it's hard to have to submit to a rule that goes against your usual practice, but I believe the rule has had the effect we actually hoped for, rather than the opposite.  Since implementing the rule, we've seen quite a lot of new people getting involved -- and enjoying it!  They are finding that they do actually have things to say, and that it's not so difficult to get the required 15 posts, without spamming.  And from what I've seen, they are continuing to post, even after getting renewed access to the scans.

I hope this will prove true for you also.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: digianimegirl on April 28, 2010, 12:35:43 pm
"submit" Ya know you make it sound like slave labor.  Oh I have little doubt it will do what you want, at least for awhile and at least in part.  I had no issue starting to post "thank you's", my issue is you seem to think that EVERYONE should be involved, when it's not necessarily their thing.  I NEVER join forums, I only joined thins one because the manga was moved to here.

I WILL get my 15, most likely on a spam thread.  This is in part due to just how I am with posting as I previously mentioned and in part to...well do you see how my last replies have been vaguely hostile/sartasitic?  I'm usually only interested in posting/commenting a lot when I'm mad or fired up about something.

I stand by my previous post/opinion on the matter.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Naz on April 28, 2010, 01:25:12 pm
"submit" Ya know you make it sound like slave labor.  Oh I have little doubt it will do what you want, at least for awhile and at least in part.  I had no issue starting to post "thank you's", my issue is you seem to think that EVERYONE should be involved, when it's not necessarily their thing.  I NEVER join forums, I only joined thins one because the manga was moved to here.

I WILL get my 15, most likely on a spam thread.  This is in part due to just how I am with posting as I previously mentioned and in part to...well do you see how my last replies have been vaguely hostile/sartasitic?  I'm usually only interested in posting/commenting a lot when I'm mad or fired up about something.

I stand by my previous post/opinion on the matter.

Tbh, I find you're very unappreciative, some people work very hard in translating cleaning modding etc for this project and you make it seem like a few posts is a herculean task...
I understand some people don't really like going on forums, but theres no point making a fuss over a few posts...
I hope I didn't offend you but in fairness for the amount of work some people put into this scanlating group, 15 posts isn't a big deal.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: digianimegirl on April 28, 2010, 01:47:22 pm
I will not deny that I probably do come across that way, but I did say I was willing to start posting thank yous, I just don't think getting appreciation for their hard work should equal a more active forum.  Seems to me those shouldn't be mandatory connected from what I've seen every fansub and scanlation team WANTS more appreciation shown for their work, but they seem to know that for every thank you they get they have 10 who didn't leave a thank you.

Seems what is wanted is a more active forum and as I said if that's what they really want maybe they shouldn't do the scans, because it usually the nature of the beast (to which I really don't them to stop but the point is people who get this type of stuff tend to not always post a thank you).  And I still have doubts that in the long run there will be significant increase in forum activity

I do appreciate the hard work, I just don't think an active forum should equal appreciation.  I disagree with this decision, but I will abide it, my whole point in posting the original reply was to give another side of the issue the side most "affected", even though not much, by this decision.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Vent the North on April 28, 2010, 02:11:05 pm
"submit" Ya know you make it sound like slave labor.  Oh I have little doubt it will do what you want, at least for awhile and at least in part.  I had no issue starting to post "thank you's", my issue is you seem to think that EVERYONE should be involved, when it's not necessarily their thing.  I NEVER join forums, I only joined thins one because the manga was moved to here.

If I could simply make it so that people had to post 1 time for each chapter release thread then I would have done that, but with this type of forum that is impossible. Its not slave labor at all, all we want is for our members to say thanks. Our editor puts more then 30 hours into cleaning and typesetting each chapter, and our translator works very hard in order to put up a new chapter translation every week. The least they deserve is to have people post to say thank you(which can still be done in the latest chapter discussion thread), That is the main reason I have decided to make it so that people can only download chapters when they have 15 posts minimum.


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I WILL get my 15, most likely on a spam thread.  This is in part due to just how I am with posting as I previously mentioned and in part to...well do you see how my last replies have been vaguely hostile/sartasitic?  I'm usually only interested in posting/commenting a lot when I'm mad or fired up about something.

I stand by my previous post/opinion on the matter.

If you do spam outside of the off topic section then you will receive a ban. 15 posts really isn't that hard to get. You could get that many posts in as little as 20 minutes.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: digianimegirl on April 28, 2010, 02:26:34 pm
Wow time out.   First off my slave labor comment was in response to someone using the word "submit" in the context of the of people complying to the new rule, not the actual rule.  Second I never intended to do any spam anywhere BUT the OT area, despite my protest/disagreement with this rule I make a habit of following the rules.

I understand wanting thanks, and the issues with the way the forum is set up, but the way this comes across especially when reading the thread is that what is wanted is a more active forum.  Which I previously stated my issues with.  I could think of some alternatives plans that might have got the thanks but the way this rule is (the highish number) with how the first people responded to it was very off putting to me.

I am very grateful for all the hard work that was done, and since I know now I can give thanks I'll probably pop over there to say so, and actually if it had been mentioned before that Thank you post could still be put in the Discussions I, myself would not have got so annoyed.

You as the administrator clearly explained that Thanks is indeed what your looking for and that there is somewhere outside of the scan posts that it can be given, to which I understand (wanting thanks) and now have less issue with this rule.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Kickthekitty on April 28, 2010, 02:58:15 pm

... EVERYONE should be involved ...


Q: What is the most important part of scanlation?
A: Interaction.

It does not really matter if 10000 people come here, download and read these releases. It does not matter if they were thrilled to read them. It does not really even matter if they love them.
Because scanlator wont know that. If those people don't say anything in forum, then for scanlator it will seem like no one cares...
Scanlators want to... NO. Need to know what you thought about their work.

Can't you see that you are all in part of this group?
Scanlators don't scanlate for themselves! They are here for you! And that means you should here for them!

Scanlating simply does not end when release is uploaded to internet. It ends when you have read it and then told what you think. What did you like? What did you dislike? What should be changed? And the most important: How it could be improved.

So how to do your part? Thanking is the least. If you can't figure anything to say about releases then say something else that's "interesting".
Make a thread about what's your favorite caffeine cocktail which let's you spend an all-nighter at computer (at editing). Make a thread about what your recipe of breakfest which helps you up at morning after that all-nighter.
No one's saying you should write a pro gradu. Just show that you care about this forum. About this group. About GB.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: digianimegirl on April 28, 2010, 03:10:36 pm
*headdesk*
Is everyone skipping the part where I said I was/am perfectly willing to do that, and just assume I don't understand doing thankless stuff in fannish community?

Let me explain myself plainly.

I do fully understand the work going in to these scans, and the desire for thanks.  My problem came that in reading the thread it doesn't read (at least to me) that is what they wanted it reads like they want an active forum, and by active I don't mean "Thanks".  It seemed what they wanted was people involved in discussions and other forumy stuff.

Having seen Vent the North's response this has now been clarified that it was indeed done to seek acknowledgment not activity.  Now the majority and more major of my issues with this ruled are gone.

My issue wasn't about "thanks" because the way this thread read to me that wasn't what this was about.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Kickthekitty on April 28, 2010, 03:28:01 pm
Oh sorry! It wasn't actually directed to you! Those words I quoted just were so good place to start my own thread. (Fixed it.)

But issue wasn't really about "thanks" though. It's about getting meaningful critique and building a social network for Getbackers Manga Scans group!
Just few more nodes and around comes someone who knows how to really use Photoshop.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: digianimegirl on April 28, 2010, 03:29:51 pm
Oh no problem then, sorry for misunderstanding :)


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: samuel on April 29, 2010, 01:13:35 pm
sounds good to me. your work is greatly appreciated


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Shaddy-pink on April 30, 2010, 11:22:19 pm
*Shrugs* it is what it is. The other forum/site-thing I participate in doesn't implement this rule, so while they may have nearly 200 members, about 10-15% are active or have even just posted once.

This'll probably be better in the long run, because those who start posting just for the scans may start to get into it and become more active contributors.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: shin on May 02, 2010, 03:38:59 pm
I too thought that scans section was down o__o Good think that it's not so.

Maybe it's finally time to brace myself to post more and be more talkative. My life isn't really that busy..


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: yathaid on May 03, 2010, 06:55:44 am
How am I goin to get to 15?!?!?!?


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: yathaid on May 03, 2010, 07:00:54 am
Erm.. Gentlemen.. Just one doubt.. How do I check how many posts I have done??  :D


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: yathaid on May 03, 2010, 08:54:49 am
where is the releases section?!?!  ;D


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: jbenam on May 04, 2010, 06:25:00 pm
Well, I'll slowly do it :D


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: sngsun on May 05, 2010, 10:50:21 pm
that's pretty fair


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: EagleFox on May 07, 2010, 07:40:24 am
i guess you will get a lot of spams too...
is something to think about


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Hellsing365 on May 07, 2010, 07:48:33 pm
fifteen posts you say... how inconvenient.  Ah well, I suppose that's fair :)  I know how much I dislike lurkers.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: doom3x on May 10, 2010, 04:43:30 pm
It sounds fair lets give it a try.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: kris666beta on May 10, 2010, 10:26:30 pm
15 post hmm... that's not to bad, I've been to other forums that require things like one post a week or something like that. That turns into just heaps of mindless spam most of the time though. I've been here since january and my total log in time at the time of this post is 33 minutes. funny huh?


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: somehow_here on May 11, 2010, 06:28:43 am
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15 post hmm... that's not to bad, I've been to other forums that require things like one post a week or something like that. That turns into just heaps of mindless spam most of the time though. I've been here since january and my total log in time at the time of this post is 33 minutes. funny huh?

Heh, wuss! ;D My total log time is  2 days, 16 hours and 58 minutes. Yeah! I ROCK!! ;D Ahem, excuse me! Too many caffee in morning! But you are right! I do see a lot of spam, but I also see more productive forum that never seen before!


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Lin on May 11, 2010, 08:37:16 am
My total log time is  2 days, 16 hours and 58 minutes. Yeah! I ROCK!! ;D Ahem, excuse me! Too many caffee in morning! But you are right! I do see a lot of spam, but I also see more productive forum that never seen before!

Ah, I'm slightly more than half way in catching up to you!   ;D  Though I expect that's not really possible, hehe!  I'm sure if you weren't so busy serving us with your editing skills, you'd have logged in twice as much time as that by now!

The spam doesn't seem too bad, in spite of the 15 post minimum -- and it really has resulted in a more active forum, hasn't it?


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: kurodo on May 11, 2010, 08:57:33 am
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15 post hmm... that's not to bad, I've been to other forums that require things like one post a week or something like that. That turns into just heaps of mindless spam most of the time though. I've been here since january and my total log in time at the time of this post is 33 minutes. funny huh?

Heh, wuss! ;D My total log time is  2 days, 16 hours and 58 minutes. Yeah! I ROCK!! ;D Ahem, excuse me! Too many caffee in morning! But you are right! I do see a lot of spam, but I also see more productive forum that never seen before!

Total time logged in: 3 days, 44 minutes. <--- i won woohoo..:)

but this "you have to post 15 in order to download" was very good idea. Now this forum is VERY active! ^^ *happyface*



Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Hellsing365 on May 11, 2010, 02:30:16 pm
I've been here for 34 minutes, WOO >,>;

can't say i think the forum is super active, but it is alive :)


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Harow on May 12, 2010, 01:33:30 am
This activity also shows that Get Backers series has a lot of followers is it not? :)


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: somehow_here on May 12, 2010, 06:16:25 am
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Ah, I'm slightly more than half way in catching up to you!   Grin  Though I expect that's not really possible, hehe!  I'm sure if you weren't so busy serving us with your editing skills, you'd have logged in twice as much time as that by now!

Haa haa! You figure me out! I usually disappear from Wednesday/Thursday til Sunday/Monday to finish up scans! Unless, the chapter is really hard then I tend to disappear from forum til Wednesday...

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Total time logged in: 3 days, 44 minutes. <--- i won woohoo..Smiley
NNOOOOO!!! How could I LOSE!!!! Sniff...meanie! ;D I don't know how did you get that much time...but WOW! I wonder what is Vent time since he usually on board more than any of us...I think! ;D

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This activity also shows that Get Backers series has a lot of followers is it not? Smiley
OH YEAH! It show that definitely! Before the 15 post...most of them had my name as last reponse...which was kinda funny!  ;)


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Anko on May 12, 2010, 08:33:19 am
For those who put too much effort into their posts or the really shy people 15 might be a little much when you don't know anybody yet. I'd make it 10 and discuss other ways to encourage activity.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Lovux The Great on May 12, 2010, 04:17:40 pm
4 days, 18 hours and 30 minutes.

And yet my post count hasn't even reached three digits. :-X (Edit: LOL it did now.)

Oh well, I'm not one to spam in the Off Topic section or something like that anyway. Not really my thing.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: somehow_here on May 15, 2010, 06:32:15 pm
4 days, 18 hours and 30 minutes.

And yet my post count hasn't even reached three digits. :-X (Edit: LOL it did now.)

Oh well, I'm not one to spam in the Off Topic section or something like that anyway. Not really my thing.

What in WORLD! I don't know how you got that! BUT WHOA!  :o But congratulations! So far you have longest time!  ;D I just can't believe that you finally have triple digits from that much time (congrats on that too)! ??? I have triple the post from almost half the time...


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Raptor on May 18, 2010, 04:00:47 pm
Wow, I think this is the first time I've seen a toll of 15 posts for a single series offering, and a shounen one at that.  I am used to seeing post tolls above 10 on hardcore yaoi and shoujo sites since they seem to attract the most drama queenly of scanslators but this is a surprise.    I'm far too cynical to believe in this method of encouraging interaction but I hope it works out well for you all anyway.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Lin on May 18, 2010, 04:32:44 pm
Wow, I think this is the first time I've seen a toll of 15 posts for a single series offering, and a shounen one at that.  I am used to seeing post tolls above 10 on hardcore yaoi and shoujo sites since they seem to attract the most drama queenly of scanslators but this is a surprise.    I'm far too cynical to believe in this method of encouraging interaction but I hope it works out well for you all anyway.

Actually, it seems to be working quite well, in that we have lots of people participating, and hanging around and joining in even after they reach their 15 post goal.  Mostly, we just want our scanlators to be properly appreciated for the work they do and be properly thanked by members who say so -- but it is also a benefit to see people discovering they don't mind being part of the community, as well.  Hope you'll find that to be the case, too -- and that your 15 posts will fly by quickly!   ;D


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: somehow_here on May 20, 2010, 07:43:19 am
Wow, I think this is the first time I've seen a toll of 15 posts for a single series offering, and a shounen one at that.  I am used to seeing post tolls above 10 on hardcore yaoi and shoujo sites since they seem to attract the most drama queenly of scanslators but this is a surprise.    I'm far too cynical to believe in this method of encouraging interaction but I hope it works out well for you all anyway.

Actually, it seems to be working quite well, in that we have lots of people participating, and hanging around and joining in even after they reach their 15 post goal.  Mostly, we just want our scanlators to be properly appreciated for the work they do and be properly thanked by members who say so -- but it is also a benefit to see people discovering they don't mind being part of the community, as well.  Hope you'll find that to be the case, too -- and that your 15 posts will fly by quickly!   ;D


I totally agree with that, Lin! I never seen so much activities in forum since...well forever. We did allow people to download freely for 4 months, but VERY few people ever replied! As for comment about the shoujo sites/yaoi board...you haven't been to enough sites! I see pretty many of them on other boards! The more popular shounen board don't require posting because they have good traffic flow so they have a lot of people interacting...


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Vent the North on May 22, 2010, 02:01:08 pm
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15 post hmm... that's not to bad, I've been to other forums that require things like one post a week or something like that. That turns into just heaps of mindless spam most of the time though. I've been here since january and my total log in time at the time of this post is 33 minutes. funny huh?

Heh, wuss! ;D My total log time is  2 days, 16 hours and 58 minutes. Yeah! I ROCK!! ;D Ahem, excuse me! Too many caffee in morning! But you are right! I do see a lot of spam, but I also see more productive forum that never seen before!

Total time logged in: 3 days, 44 minutes. <--- i won woohoo..:)

but this "you have to post 15 in order to download" was very good idea. Now this forum is VERY active! ^^ *happyface*




Lol, you beat everyone in this thread.
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15 post hmm... that's not to bad, I've been to other forums that require things like one post a week or something like that. That turns into just heaps of mindless spam most of the time though. I've been here since january and my total log in time at the time of this post is 33 minutes. funny huh?

Heh, wuss! ;D My total log time is  2 days, 16 hours and 58 minutes. Yeah! I ROCK!! ;D Ahem, excuse me! Too many caffee in morning! But you are right! I do see a lot of spam, but I also see more productive forum that never seen before!

My log time is 2 days and almost 18 hours, I beat you out on that one. Though kurodo beats us both.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: kurodo on May 22, 2010, 02:30:48 pm
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15 post hmm... that's not to bad, I've been to other forums that require things like one post a week or something like that. That turns into just heaps of mindless spam most of the time though. I've been here since january and my total log in time at the time of this post is 33 minutes. funny huh?

Heh, wuss! ;D My total log time is  2 days, 16 hours and 58 minutes. Yeah! I ROCK!! ;D Ahem, excuse me! Too many caffee in morning! But you are right! I do see a lot of spam, but I also see more productive forum that never seen before!

Total time logged in: 3 days, 44 minutes. <--- i won woohoo..:)

but this "you have to post 15 in order to download" was very good idea. Now this forum is VERY active! ^^ *happyface*




Lol, you beat everyone in this thread.
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15 post hmm... that's not to bad, I've been to other forums that require things like one post a week or something like that. That turns into just heaps of mindless spam most of the time though. I've been here since january and my total log in time at the time of this post is 33 minutes. funny huh?

Heh, wuss! ;D My total log time is  2 days, 16 hours and 58 minutes. Yeah! I ROCK!! ;D Ahem, excuse me! Too many caffee in morning! But you are right! I do see a lot of spam, but I also see more productive forum that never seen before!

My log time is 2 days and almost 18 hours, I beat you out on that one. Though kurodo beats us both.

sadly, Lovux The Great beated me his/her 4 days, 18 hours and 30 minutes. ;__; *sniff*


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Lovux The Great on May 22, 2010, 04:36:41 pm

sadly, Lovux The Great beated me his/her 4 days, 18 hours and 30 minutes. ;__; *sniff*


5 days, 11 hours and 24 minutes. (http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i65/Lovux_The_Great/Smilies/gar2fy5.gif)

But I wish I could be a more active poster. I did explain on an earlier page of this thread that my arm kills any intention of writing by being numb and stuff. And that doesn't go very well with the fact that nearly every post I make is just a pretentious WALL OF TEXT that nobody bothers reading anyway. In fact, THAT is the reason I have so much log in time here. Writing my damn posts take time! And considering it is a part of me, to write a lot and be elaborate, it doesn't seem like it's gonna change anytime soon. Oh well. At least I enjoy reading what others post. <3


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: somehow_here on May 24, 2010, 05:11:39 am

sadly, Lovux The Great beated me his/her 4 days, 18 hours and 30 minutes. ;__; *sniff*


5 days, 11 hours and 24 minutes. (http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i65/Lovux_The_Great/Smilies/gar2fy5.gif)

But I wish I could be a more active poster. I did explain on an earlier page of this thread that my arm kills any intention of writing by being numb and stuff. And that doesn't go very well with the fact that nearly every post I make is just a pretentious WALL OF TEXT that nobody bothers reading anyway. In fact, THAT is the reason I have so much log in time here. Writing my damn posts take time! And considering it is a part of me, to write a lot and be elaborate, it doesn't seem like it's gonna change anytime soon. Oh well. At least I enjoy reading what others post. <3

Even though it takes a long time to post! It shows everyone how much you like GB and this forum! Kudos to you! As for Vent...I thought you have so more! All well! Lovux the Great WIN! By long mile!!! ;D


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: FOX_DiE on June 21, 2010, 02:18:47 pm
I think this was a good idea,at least for me who doesnt talk much in those forums!!


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: aqua11alta on June 22, 2010, 09:51:02 am
works just fine for me!  ;D


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: giancantdance on June 25, 2010, 12:01:25 am
I think 15 is a bit much, generally, but I do like reading/talking about Get Backers, so it's not so bad for me. Then again I'm not a scanlator. Considering the amount of work you guys do, I can imagine it gets a bit frustrating when you can see so many people reading the chapters without thanking you.

I would've thanked the scanlators anyhow. Good job. This is a series I've been trying to finish since I was a high school sophomore. I am working now. You guys are helping me close a chapter of my life and for that I thank you.



Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: dv8or99 on June 27, 2010, 11:02:54 pm
i like this idea


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Kaira on June 29, 2010, 03:15:16 am
I have to admit that your idea with a 15-non spam posts requirement is really efficient. I forces chronic lurkers and leechers like me to participate! In fact I'm a little bit shy, so I really have to force myself (it's not unthankfulness or laziness all the time!). So, your scanlations will earn the appreciation and attention they deserve  :D!


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Lin on June 29, 2010, 08:27:10 am
It's really encouraging to see so many who understand why this was implemented -- and think it was a good idea.  And we benefit by having lots of new friends to discuss things with!   ;D


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: tathchan on July 04, 2010, 01:10:57 am
To be honest, I REALLY hate it when scanlation forums implement this rule. 

If you want thanks, then just ask people to comment each time they download as people do on LiveJournal.  It still won't guarantee that you will get thanked by everyone, but that's the risk scanlators take and I think it's a fairer way to do things.  I'm on the forum to download chapters of a manga I love from a scanlation team I appreciate, not to chat.  (And I would thank you whether you asked for it or not.)  This just seems like a classic instance of punishing everyone for the rudeness of a few people, and I personally think it's unfair. 

If you really want to insist on a minimum post requirement, then I would say that 15 is excessive.  5 would be a lot fairer and more manageable, I think.  To be perfectly honest, I don't have enough to say to make it up to 15 posts!!!  Like I said, I'm here to read manga, not to chat.

Just my two cents, since those of us who aren't so fond of forums (but appreciate their scanlation teams) don't often get considered in decisions like this!


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: 205780 on July 04, 2010, 04:46:44 am
it is perhaps a good idea to add this rule to the forum rules topic?
because i was searching the board and even read the rules but couldn't find the scans so after 15 min of doing nothing i went to the site problem area where i found a locked topic which send me here but otherwise i would not have found it.
it is just a sugestion and a nice way to make my fist post  ;D


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: elis86 on July 07, 2010, 10:27:43 pm
:) this sounds fair to me 


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: guest440 on July 11, 2010, 04:38:52 pm
So... you want people to download the chapters from your forum. But you won't let that happen unless they post on the forum 15 times...


Guess I'll go back to NOT downloading them from you, then.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Logan on July 15, 2010, 12:03:54 pm
I have noticed lately that there have been a lot of members who simply leach our chapters and do not even have any posts. In order to deal with people simply leaching of of us and talking our chapters without a word of thanks, I have made it so that in order to download a chapter by our scan group, you have to have a minimum of 15 posts. Im not really going to write a long TLDR post about it, but basically this means that you members who have been leaching off of us should start posting pretty soon if they want to get new chapters as soon as they come out.

I would also like the opinion of the rest of our staff members on this matter

15 in english!!! it will be a real challenge.... most of all because i want to talk about spoiler, and prevision about the next chapter and i dont have access to this part... so saaaaaaddd


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Lin on July 15, 2010, 12:54:23 pm
15 in english!!! it will be a real challenge.... most of all because i want to talk about spoiler, and prevision about the next chapter and i dont have access to this part... so saaaaaaddd

Don't worry about your English -- there are a lot of non-native English speakers here and they post quite a lot!   ;D  We just want to get to know you better and we look forward to what you have to share.

Just so you know, the releases at Mangafox are only slightly behind what is here on the forum, so you are mostly up to date!  However, if you want to talk about spoilers, you will have to be careful, as not everyone is at the same point of reading the manga, and many are quite keen to not have things spoiled for them.  I'm not sure if there is a way to talk about spoilers on this forum so that those who don't want to see them can't -- but there are ways around that.

I'm looking forward to discussing things with you when you are ready!  You'll have those remaining 8 posts written before you know it!


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: bandikoot on July 16, 2010, 03:23:05 pm
While I can appreciate you wanting to have people participate, this is way too heavy handed for my tastes.  If you would have simply asked me to say thanks you might have gained a new member, but trying to forcing me to do so is a non-starter.  Rather than spam this forum to reach 15 posts, I will simply delete my account after this post is up and never return. 


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: juan1julian on August 07, 2010, 02:09:30 am
i think is alright, i mean u guys REALLY DESERv a hug for ur hard work!


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: banmido on August 07, 2010, 08:22:52 am
Err.. how do you download manga here?


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Lin on August 07, 2010, 10:13:14 am
Err.. how do you download manga here?

Hello!  It looks like you have enough posts to be able to download the releases now (you needed 15 posts to access that part).  However, if you still aren't seeing the Projects and Releases part of the forum as you should be, then try logging out and logging in again -- that should refresh the page and allow you to see that section for downloading.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: alt2005 on August 08, 2010, 01:26:23 pm
15 posts, well that is a good number, easy to reach and at the same time will stop people from trying to just leech and run.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: gamogamo on August 09, 2010, 11:09:52 am
The 15 post rule is a good rule, keeps away them leechurz.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: yoyoma123 on August 12, 2010, 10:02:50 am
15 post is easy


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: jerdude on August 13, 2010, 09:41:26 pm
Well, this is my first post. Hope I can contribute to this forum! Love Getbackers!


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: xxfearxx on August 20, 2010, 03:28:14 pm
i agree that 15 posts is easy.  however, overall ive never been able to decide what i think about post count enforcement for such things.  on one hand yes it results in people participating and thus not being straight leechers, however on the other hand these people can just post 15 not necessarily spam posts but still posts with no truly meaningful content


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Lin on August 20, 2010, 04:41:30 pm
i agree that 15 posts is easy.  however, overall ive never been able to decide what i think about post count enforcement for such things.  on one hand yes it results in people participating and thus not being straight leechers, however on the other hand these people can just post 15 not necessarily spam posts but still posts with no truly meaningful content

Indeed!  We have definitely had some of that not-so-meaningful posting.   :D  But for the most part, folks start getting into it after posting 15 times and seem to stay around and get involved.  And we like that!

Welcome, by the way!


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: YehiaMass on August 23, 2010, 08:23:02 am
yeah thats super


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Asterisk on November 04, 2010, 10:00:32 pm
I guess it's a good way to try and get people to stick around after they meet the requirements, or at the very least pop in every now and then to see if there's anything they find interesting to talk about.

Edit: Incidentally, I met the requirements, but still can't do anything.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Lin on November 05, 2010, 08:18:16 am
I guess it's a good way to try and get people to stick around after they meet the requirements, or at the very least pop in every now and then to see if there's anything they find interesting to talk about.

Edit: Incidentally, I met the requirements, but still can't do anything.

Sometimes you have to log out and then log in again in order to see the Projects and Releases section where the new releases are.  Try that and see what happens.

Welcome, by the way!  And bless you for joining in as you have done -- hope you'll stick around, you have good things to share with us!


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: hairysl on November 18, 2010, 02:45:38 am
15 posts, piece of cake, can't wait to read the last few chaps


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: klimpaloon on November 24, 2010, 04:14:53 am
Well this makes life difficult xD just kidding haha~
But anyway, this makes leeching harder, definitely :O


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: harikrismg on December 03, 2010, 06:13:40 am
If I could do that then I would have done it a long time ago, but unfortunately, I dont have the kind of ability, or rather, this forum doesn't have that kind of option.

I could lower the post count rule down to five posts, and then keep making it so that the amount of posts you need goes up every week, but that would be a hassle that could potentially cause a bunch of problems.

Could you instead drop ALL post counts to zero about twice in week, and have count rule to 1 or 2 posts?

that would be a more feasible option... otherwise.. anyone could spam up 15 posts and start leeching without even adding anything to the forums... consistent long term engagement even if its only a couple of comments or posts would be actually a better way....

btw.. i'm new here and this is just my 2nd post.. can't wait till i rack up the rest of the 13... hehe...  :P 


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Lin on December 03, 2010, 08:19:51 am
We've had a bit of spamming for 15 posts, but on the whole, new members have been very supportive of the rule and have made pretty decent posts to get their 15 quota.  The best part is that they stay around afterwards and keep talking.  Which is totally excellent!   ;D 

I for one am looking forward to your other 13 posts!


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Levz on December 21, 2010, 08:44:28 pm
I think that the good thing of the fifteen post rule is not that it keeps the leechers out (something i don't aprove at all, 'cos if they wanna leech let them leech. what's the big deal?)  instead the rule makes potencial leechers (like myself) to start posting and be part of the community, thing i wouldn't do if the 15 post rule didn't exist. And that's good, we want community and love and happiness and all that stuff. If the leechers wanna leech they can post 15 stupid spaming posts (like bo0coi or whatshisname) and also be happy and we can just use his posts to talk like any other normal post.
So, em, that's all, keep on rocking forum!


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: weirdguy on December 29, 2010, 03:55:28 pm
So that's why i can't download. I guess that's fair, i'm one of the leeches  ;D!!! Anyway, i'll respect your decision about this; I just registered 'cuz i wanted to read the manga, but i'm not gonna just take and run. Anyway, I still can't see the gallery, do i have to post 15 times to see that too?


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Lin on December 30, 2010, 08:21:12 am
So that's why i can't download. I guess that's fair, i'm one of the leeches  ;D!!! Anyway, i'll respect your decision about this; I just registered 'cuz i wanted to read the manga, but i'm not gonna just take and run. Anyway, I still can't see the gallery, do i have to post 15 times to see that too?

If you are still having trouble seeing the parts of the forum you should be able to see after reaching 15 posts, then log out and log in again and it should appear.  Some people find it isn't quite as automatic as it should be.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: kilograms99 on January 10, 2011, 10:32:47 am
so does this count as 1 post ? :D


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Lin on January 10, 2011, 06:06:58 pm
so does this count as 1 post ? :D

It sure did!   ;D  You've done well today, I see you've reached your quota.  If by chance you can't seen the part of the forum called Projects and Releases yet, you should log out and then log in again, then it should appear.  Usually it's automatic upon reaching 15 posts, but not every time!

Enjoy!


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: lady_poison on January 16, 2011, 03:40:40 pm
I think this is a pretty fair rule. Hopefully it's help eliminate spam bots and the like. Along with people actually discussing things oppose to just logging on to read a new chapter and then leave.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: koala1976 on February 12, 2011, 12:31:52 pm
I always like to thank, well I never downloaded nothing here, I followed the manga in mangafox, but, well, I find more useful to delete mebers after somtime of not posting (that means there is nothing here that is of their interest) than that a new person would have to post 15 post withut rading anything of the work you have done.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Levz on February 12, 2011, 07:55:02 pm
I absolutely oppose to you said koala. The point of having to post 15 messages is (and if it isn't it should be) to attract new members to the forum and make it richier. If after 15 posts you still are not interested in the forum that's fine too and you're free to lurk around. To delete the people who don't post is just a punishment measure.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: OtakuSupreme on March 12, 2011, 03:57:13 am
I think that 15 is a bit much but... meh whatever.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: JiNXiE on March 21, 2011, 10:59:15 am
People seem to think that a simple thanks is too much.  When realistically, it only takes a few seconds, minutes at most, to write a post.  I personally don't really blame you.  You put a lot of work into your scanlations and people don't even take the time to say thank you, especially when they look so forward to the chapter.  Not only that, but the point of a forum is to posts.  And interact with others.   


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: DarkJoe on March 24, 2011, 06:11:22 am
It's good idea a lot of forums have post limit for some of their sections


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: snake629 on April 23, 2011, 09:40:45 pm
many post and I do not speak or write very well English


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Lin on April 24, 2011, 02:53:25 pm
many post and I do not speak or write very well English

Even so, you did just fine!  You have more than your quota, and you gave many good replies to a number of different threads.  I noticed one or two of your posts were not in English, but you did great in the other places you shared your opinion!  Quite a few here feel they aren't so good with English, but perfect English isn't what's important.  We're just glad you are here and participating!


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: viquekey on May 16, 2011, 02:28:42 am
Frankly, I think it is quite unfair but hey, when you are in Rome, do as the Romans do. So i am being a Roman.....

Regards,
Nash


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: V.H. on May 18, 2011, 01:48:54 pm
I think 15 is a bit too much but beggars can't be choosers.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: ris2099 on May 20, 2011, 11:19:37 pm
Well I guess I have to start posting then...  ;D


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: RelM on May 24, 2011, 05:12:34 am
Certainly a weird rule, but fair enough I suppose. would be so much easier if there was a quick reply function in this forum tho.

1 post down. Hahahahha. Anyway, thanks for the GB.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: mudcore on May 26, 2011, 04:04:02 am
lol! that's why! I'm starting to feel dumb already because I can't find the scans, I can't even find a thread talking about this. ok, it's clear now. now I have another point :)


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: jmballe on May 30, 2011, 10:49:56 pm
A really good idea, it makes leechers obligated to do something for the forum... (usually myself one of them hahah)


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Lin on May 31, 2011, 07:56:32 am
A really good idea, it makes leechers obligated to do something for the forum... (usually myself one of them hahah)

Thanks for understanding!  We really appreciate all the new members who come to read and then stay to talk!  Welcome to you, by the way -- we're glad you are here to share some GB love by contributing to our discussions.   ;D


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: sngsun on May 31, 2011, 09:58:56 pm
seems fair enough


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: jadeenigmax on June 13, 2011, 09:28:24 am
Not a hard rule to follow, 15 posts isn't asking for much considring the hundreds of topics here.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: kris666beta on June 26, 2011, 05:27:28 pm
I could have sworn I had over 15 posts already, but I guess not seeing as how I can't download releases. 15 posts isn't bad it's actually quite easy.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Lin on June 26, 2011, 08:33:51 pm
I could have sworn I had over 15 posts already, but I guess not seeing as how I can't download releases. 15 posts isn't bad it's actually quite easy.

You do have 15 posts, which is all it takes -- maybe do one more just to be safe!   ;D  However, sometimes it's not automatic -- it's supposed to be, but it doesn't always give you access as it should when you reach your quota.  If you still can't see the part of the forum for Projects and Releases, then try logging out and logging back in again, and that should do the trick. 


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: akiwitail on July 25, 2011, 11:04:08 am
There are so many sub forums in this forum. 1 post in each easily accumulates to 15.. which is what i'm doing now!


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Lin on July 26, 2011, 08:35:22 am
There are so many sub forums in this forum. 1 post in each easily accumulates to 15.. which is what i'm doing now!

Exactly!  It's not hard to do -- and you did a good job!  It's always nice to have someone join up who gets their 15 posts in quickly and provides good discussion in the process.   ;D

Hello and welcome, btw!  We're glad to have you as part of the family.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Lin on July 26, 2011, 08:36:57 am
I could have sworn I had over 15 posts already, but I guess not seeing as how I can't download releases. 15 posts isn't bad it's actually quite easy.

Looks like I was wrong, you only have 14 posts -- either I misread the count or something happened to one of your posts.  In any case, one more should do it, so hang in there, don't give up now!


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: kris666beta on August 05, 2011, 03:46:56 am
I could have sworn I had over 15 posts already, but I guess not seeing as how I can't download releases. 15 posts isn't bad it's actually quite easy.

Looks like I was wrong, you only have 14 posts -- either I misread the count or something happened to one of your posts.  In any case, one more should do it, so hang in there, don't give up now!

Yeah, it's weird. I think one of my posts got deleted or something. I guess that post wasn't good enough . But with this post I should be back to 15 unless something happens again.  :P


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: undeadr on August 09, 2011, 05:19:26 am
New rule? Why have you taken this decission?


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Lin on August 09, 2011, 02:45:45 pm
New rule? Why have you taken this decission?


It's actually no longer a new rule; it was put into place some time ago and has actually been working quite smoothly.  It was put into place because we had a lot of people creating accounts and downloading the chapters without even thanking the scanlating team for their hard work, let alone joining in discussions in the forum.  So this rule was made to circumvent the breezing in and breezing out without saying anything issue.

Since the rule went into effect, we have found that the vast majority of people who gain their 15 posts continue on as contributors to discussions on the forum, and that makes us very happy.  There's enough going on here that it's not hard to find something to comment on, and while there have been a few people who spammed with smiley faces and such just to get their post count up, for the most part, we've been very happy with the interaction.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: kardiod on August 14, 2011, 09:15:59 am
Well, 15 post is quite a number for lazy people like me..heheh


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Neb on August 15, 2011, 08:11:40 pm
I've just been logging on every time a chapter update has been posted on manga updates and posting a few posts here and there. I've recently reread getbackers so I definitely need to get in there, lol.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: dhruvsma on August 21, 2011, 10:29:11 pm
15 posts all too much.... it forces people to spam *hides behind a tree


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Lin on August 21, 2011, 11:31:09 pm
15 posts all too much.... it forces people to spam *hides behind a tree

There have been a few people who have seriously spammed in order to get their post counts up, but the vast majority have been really nice and actually participated in a good way -- and hung around afterwards and kept on participating!  And we've really had very few complaints about the rule itself.  So really, we are quite happy with how putting this rule into effect has worked out.

Keep up the good work with your own posting!  You're participating nicely so far without spamming -- before you know it, you'll have 15 posts and more.   :D


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: deathstar on September 17, 2011, 12:25:23 pm
hmm I think this will help in bringing posts to the forum but this might also decrease the fans of getbackers too cause like some members already said that there are many members who can't speak english.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: Silverthorn on November 02, 2011, 05:03:50 pm
Some hours of "work" for chapters seems fair.


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: tsu on November 17, 2011, 02:16:27 pm
small price to pay for gb! =p


Title: Re: You now have to have a minimum of 15 posts in order to download our chapters.
Post by: B00m3r on April 15, 2012, 06:58:27 pm
ok, good to know, just 14 more  ;D