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Gintoki313

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I've been thinking about it for a while, and I was wondering if I can make a Silent Hill community thread? I tried to look if there was a general Silent Hill thread, but I couldn't seem to find it (if there is one then plz send me a link to it). I know there's a horror general thread, but I haven't found the Silent Hill one yet.

I just finished Silent Hill 4, and Downpour and have been dying to talk about it. I've also played every other Silent Hill, so I know quite a bit about the series.
 
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Levyne

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Gintoki313 said:
I've been thinking about it for a while, and I was wondering if I can make a Silent Hill community thread? I tried to look if there was a general Silent Hill thread, but I couldn't seem to find it (if there is one then plz send me a link to it). I know there's a horror general thread, but I haven't found the Silent Hill one yet.

I just finished Silent Hill 4, and Downpour and have been dying to talk about it. I've also played every other Silent Hill, so I know quite a bit about the series.
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Seems like a good idea to me.
 
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Mr. Luchador

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Gintoki313 said:
Silent Hill Community Thread by Gintoki313 (19th April 2014)

EDIT: Alright, I got mod approval to make it. Will probably have it up by April 21st or April 22nd.



Thanks, I'll get right to work on it. I was just making sure there wasn't one, and no one else was doing one already.
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Nice - look forward to it, as I keep meaning to start the Silent Hill games ever since I freaked out of the first one a decade ago.
 
Yoshichan

Yoshichan

And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
My condolences.
 
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Dinjooh

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TheWorthyEdge said:
Quick Question(new to OT's): how big should the banners be for a post?
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Width is up to you as the forum will scale it to your screen, but i'd recommend not making them too tall as that'll take a lot of scrolling on smaller screen and smartphones.

I made the Resogun OT quite wide to accomodate 1920x1080 displays first, but it's perfectly fine to view on both Android and iOS aswell.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=711439

My top banner is 1658x539.

In any case; try to keep filesize as low as possible, or else it's going to be a pain for some.
 
The Incredible Muffin

The Incredible Muffin

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Dear all,,

I would like some advice for creating OT's I am making the one for Hotline Miami 2: Wrong number.

I have some awesome ideas but do not want to come to the conclusion that it wont upload due to dimension mistakes or file sizes at the last moment.

Is there a page with all the guidelines of posting an OT? The official Guidelines dont help with regards to technical specs.
 
iNvid02

iNvid02

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The Incredible Muffin said:
Dear all,,

I would like some advice for creating OT's I am making the one for Hotline Miami 2: Wrong number.

I have some awesome ideas but do not want to come to the conclusion that it wont upload due to dimension mistakes or file sizes at the last moment.

Is there a page with all the guidelines of posting an OT? The official Guidelines dont help with regards to technical specs.
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  • just use a solid image host like abload
  • i tend to stick with around 1000 width on images
  • if you have text in images make sure its properly sized with an legible font and readable without squinting
  • as long its not super gif heavy or filled with lots of high-res images most threads should load fine
 
The Incredible Muffin

The Incredible Muffin

Member
iNvid02 said:
  • just use a solid image host like abload
  • i tend to stick with around 1000 width on images
  • if you have text in images make sure its properly sized with an legible font and readable without squinting
  • as long its not super gif heavy or filled with lots of high-res images most threads should load fine
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Thank you!

I was planning to include a couple gifs, any indication of total file size? I dont want people with a slower internet connection not to be able to access the OT
 
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Parakeetman

No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
TheWorthyEdge said:
Too make a banner, can you take pictures from the internet molding it into your own creation?
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Its what Ive been doing most of this time. As long as you are not doing something like basically "stealing" art and claiming its your own I would think everything is good to go. Also if things are actually materials made by other users from somewhere else for example, giving credit in a sort of credits section somewhere in your own OT is also appreciated. Such as what I had done thanks to fonts / graphics downloaded from a deviant art user.
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(June 5th release)
Stranger of Sword City: White Palace (Japan Import / Xbox 360) by Parakeetman (23rd April 2014)

(June 26th release)
Freedom Wars (Japan Import / PS Vita) by Parakeetman (26rd April 2014) (The other guy is doing the US OT)

(July 24th release)
Tokyo New World Record: Operation Abyss (Japan Import / PS Vita) Parakeetman (23rd April 2014)

One thing though is these might start off as import impression thread that would morph eventually into an OT. Similar to what happened with my Natural Doctrine thread. Also depending on how much resources I can actually pull from the official HPs. If there is not enough to make an actual OT. Will see though. Anyways wanted to just reserve it as a heads up, for those questioning if this is legit, take a look at my more recent OT as an example of work put into it OTs. Am trying to up the general quality as know the ones I have done in the past were not as well done Esp my Akiba's Trip 2 OT... Anyways heres the Sword Art Online - Hollow Fragment OT below.

Sword Art Online - Hollow Fragment - |OT| Goodbye, Real World.
 
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Grief.exe

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The Forest by Grief.exe (23rd April 2014)

Dinjooh said:
Width is up to you as the forum will scale it to your screen, but i'd recommend not making them too tall as that'll take a lot of scrolling on smaller screen and smartphones.

I made the Resogun OT quite wide to accomodate 1920x1080 displays first, but it's perfectly fine to view on both Android and iOS aswell.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=711439

My top banner is 1658x539.

In any case; try to keep filesize as low as possible, or else it's going to be a pain for some.
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I can confirm that it does indeed look good on mobile, I think I will start designing my OTs for 1080p

65eg81o.png
 
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Rösti

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BY2K said:
Oh God, E3 WebMs are gonna be superb.
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Indeed. It would be awesome with native support for WebM, that way I'd use it for a rolling banner in my E3 thread. But I assume the load on the servers during E3 would be far greater than it the past.

I'm planning on using some SVG files however, but last year when I tried that and was using Google Drive, some people had trouble seeing the images. What alternatives are there (apart from Dropbox)?
 
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Refyref

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Mega Man GB games' VC release by Refyref (24th April 2014)

The Game Boy Mega Man games are coming out on Virtual Console in May, and I wanted to make an OT for them. After discussing it, I decided that only one OT is needed for them, since a few similar sequels released within a few weeks probably don't need multiple threads. So this will be an OT for the MMGB series' VC release.
 
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DaBoss

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Rösti;109232685 said:
Indeed. It would be awesome with native support for WebM, that way I'd use it for a rolling banner in my E3 thread. But I assume the load on the servers during E3 would be far greater than it the past.

I'm planning on using some SVG files however, but last year when I tried that and was using Google Drive, some people had trouble seeing the images. What alternatives are there (apart from Dropbox)?
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I thought people had issues due to viewing the thread on a mobile device?

Anyways, regarding WebMs, there is a work around.

This will show a WebM to those who have the add-on installed while it will show a GIF to those who don't have it installed. That would require you to make a GIF and WebM though.
[url=http://a.pomf.se/czqjoe.webm][IMG]http://i.minus.com/i9qFyqyVCwmlJ.gif[/IMG][/url]

How it appears, you may see the GIF first when you load the page/post:
 
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IntelliHeath

As in "Heathcliff"
ScraftyDevil said:
Don't we usually have separate threads for imports and worldwide releases, though?
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Actually it's a good question since I have seen people or moderators reused the Official Thread and moved the Official Thread from Community to Gaming forum when the games released in America or Europe.
 
Nemesis_

Nemesis_

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All updated.

I forgot to address this earlier, I think, but from henceforth people can't really put their name down for stuff that's unannounced. I'm not removing anything that was ALREADY there, but going forward I think we shouldn't be talking about doing OTs for things that are years away or might not even exist.

Thanks
 
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we.are.the.armada

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Regarding the Persona 5 OT: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=50799201&postcount=959

My plan is to make an Import OT prior to the NA OT, with info/guides for import players. My kanji skill is a little rusty, so any help with necessary translations would be much appreciated.

All the OT contributors are keeping fingers crossed that this game actually launches this year like they announced it would. Some of us in PersonaGAF might even go to Japan just to pick this game up if the timing works out!
 
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DaBoss

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BY2K said:
E3 2014 | Nintendo Presentation needs to be changed to E3 2014 | Nintendo Digital Event
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So is this thread going to cover everything at Play Nintendo @ E3 2014?

Will we get an individual thread for the Nintendo Treehouse Live @ E3 and Super Smash Bros. Invitational?

If it is the former, then I think it should be named "E3 2014 | Play Nintendo". If it is the latter, then please ignore me lol.
 
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Volotaire

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DaBoss said:
So is this thread going to cover everything at Play Nintendo @ E3 2014?

Will we get an individual thread for the Nintendo Treehouse Live @ E3 and Super Smash Bros. Invitational?

If it is the former, then I think it should be named "E3 2014 | Play Nintendo". If it is the latter, then please ignore me lol.
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It shouldn't include all of it, I think separate threads should be made for the others. Although I think the Treehouse Live videos will probably have seperate pages for each game they show.
 
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BY2K

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DaBoss said:
So is this thread going to cover everything at Play Nintendo @ E3 2014?

Will we get an individual thread for the Nintendo Treehouse Live @ E3 and Super Smash Bros. Invitational?

If it is the former, then I think it should be named "E3 2014 | Play Nintendo". If it is the latter, then please ignore me lol.
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Seperate threads. I'm just making one for the Digital Event.
 
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Tiktaalik

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I think we should consider ending the practice of using images with baked in text for OTs.

It may look great on a big monitor, but we're well into the age of mobile devices, and big baked in images don't work well at all for those platforms. The large image download size is one issue, but more importantly is that it breaks the ability for mobile web browsers to fashion responsive web sites that fit with mobile resolutions.
 
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IntelliHeath

As in "Heathcliff"
Super Smash Bros. Invitational and Smash-Fest by IntelliHeath (29nd April 2014)

This thread would be solely for Tournament and Impression from Invitational and discussions and impressions from Smash-Fest; so it would be easier to keep both events in one thread to avoid first page being overridden by Smash threads; since we are going to learn more about newcomers and informations from the Digital Event which would led into new thread as well.
 
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DaBoss

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I would like to claim this.

E3 2014 | Nintendo Treehouse Live @ E3 by DaBoss (29th April 2014)
Volotaire said:
It shouldn't include all of it, I think separate threads should be made for the others. Although I think the Treehouse Live videos will probably have seperate pages for each game they show.
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BY2K said:
Seperate threads. I'm just making one for the Digital Event.
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Alright. I would like to make a thread for Nintendo Treehouse Live @ E3 event then. I guess people would create threads for individual games showcased there. I'm really interested in it since they will talk to developers here as well.

Also, when would I post this? After the Digital Event is done?
 
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Volotaire

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DaBoss said:
I would like to claim this.

E3 2014 | Nintendo Treehouse Live by DaBoss (29th April 2014)


Alright. I would like to make a thread for Nintendo Treehouse Live @ E3 event then. I guess people would create threads for individual games showcased there. I'm really interested in it since they will talk to developers here as well.

Also, when would I post this? After the Digital Event is done?
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Maybe just before the E3 digital event, since GAF is going to be up and down during and after the event, and the fact they could start posting videos/streaming once E3 opens to press (which is around the time the Nintendo presentation finishes?)
 
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