[Improvement] How to improve SAoVQ and populate it? [Summertime] (64)

1 Name: (・з・) : 2008-06-14 22:54 [Del]

Hello dearest VIPPERs. This is a topic I've been wanting to work on for a while now, getting more VIPPERs here. I understand SAoVQ has a great userbase of posters as it is but I would love to make SAoVQ more popular and get more activity in here. There is not a single really 2ch/futaba-like site anymore and I would love to work towards having SAoVQ take that role but I think the main thing getting in the way is probably activity.

How do you think we can increase the number of VIP QUALITY posters regularly coming to SAoVQ?

Obviously there are some flaws with bringing in new users which have been seen on just about every site in existence so I will assure you now that I will not allow SAoVQ to become shitty due to new users. There are only a limited number of people familiar with 2ch/futaba but that doesn't mean VIPPERs can't be created out of existing internet addicts so how can we create more VIPPERs and bring them to SAoVQ? Should we also advertise on other VIP boards?

I would love to hear everyone's opinions/ideas/hate etc. so please respond! In addition to this, if there is anything else you would like to see on SAoVQ (or any way I can improve SAoVQ) please let me know! Thank you~

Love,
(・з・)

46 Name: VIPPER : 2008-06-30 16:08 [Del]

glarbl glarb glaaar

47 Name: VIPPER : 2008-07-02 06:59 [Del]

Thank you for your opinion >>46-san

48 Name: VIPPER : 2008-07-05 13:27 [Del]

After much delay I have finally wrote up a guide to SAoVQ (mainly because the other guide is pretty much finished now it seems). Let's all work together to get this finished so we can get these two guides up on the front page!

http://tanasinn.info/wiki/A_Guide_to_SAoVQ

49 Name: VIPPER : 2008-07-05 16:10 [Del]

>>48
this is beautiful you are beautiful

50 Name: VIPPER : 2008-07-05 21:17 [Del]

>>48
Delishis text. I must read.

51 Name: VIPPER : 2008-07-05 21:43 [Del]

I added tablecat to AA Characters on the wiki. Feel free to change it; I fail at descriptions.

52 Name: VIPPER : 2008-07-05 23:03 [Del]

>>48
I added some info about Monafont, and a link to download it.
Wiki software is surprisingly easy to use.

53 Name: VIPPER : 2008-07-06 01:16 [Del]

>>52
This is probably a ridiculous question, but are those really the only two fonts that display things properly? Neither of them work for me, and I've heard of others with a similar problem.

54 Name: VIPPER : 2008-07-06 01:37 [Del]

>>53
There's more to viewing ascii art then installing the fonts. http://4-ch.net/ascii/ has a little readme at the very top about setting the font for Japanese and screwing with encodings. The poster also has to set the "text art" formatting when they post for SJIS art on SAoVQ and 4-ch and a fair amount fail to do so. I'm on a Mac using Firefox and I used to have trouble getting the spacing right even with the proper fonts however Firefox 3 seems to have fixed this.

To test out your setup MrVacBob over at world4ch just changed its SJIS board http://dis.4chan.org/sjis/ so all posts should display in the proper font if you've got it installed.

55 Name: VIPPER : 2008-07-06 02:26 [Del]

>>53
I'm sure there's more. If anyone knows of any others, I'll add them in.

>>54
Interesting stuff there. I'll add it to the wiki article.

56 Name: VIPPER : 2008-07-06 02:54 [Del]

>>54
I added some of the information in your post, and the stuff from 4-ch. You wouldn't know about any other fonts used for viewing ascii art would you?

Heck, if anyone does, feel free to add them to the article. Huzzah for anonymous editing!

57 Name: VIPPER : 2008-07-06 03:31 [Del]

>>56
>>54 here, I've zipped the MS PMincho and PGothic fonts and upped it here: http://www.mediafire.com/?mhnytmy0iyi

Those are Microsoft's Japanese fonts and although Mona should be equivalent you can try them as well. Most VIPPERs are using Windows because of its dominance of the market so these are the fonts they use.

You can get them as part of the Japanese language packs from Microsoft and they're on most XP (and I think Office too) install CDs. If you lack any of those you probably have a friend with XP who can send them to you. I'm pretty sure Microsoft doesn't like to see them distributed so I'd ask the tanasinn.info wiki administrator before linking to them.

To set them up in Firefox follow the instructions from the header at 4-ch but use the PMincho for the serif typeface and PGothic for the sans-serif.

58 Name: VIPPER : 2008-07-06 04:53 [Del]

>>57
> I'm pretty sure Microsoft doesn't like to see them distributed so I'd ask the tanasinn.info wiki administrator before linking to them.

I don't know how to contact the admin atm, so I'll just link to your post for the time being till I can talk to him about it. I'm sure it won't kill anyone, seeing as you've already posted them here.
Also, thanks for the fonts, I'll add them to the wiki now. （´∀｀）

59 Name: VIPPER : 2008-07-06 05:24 [Del]

>>57
>>58-san here. I've asked the head honcho (I assume) whether or not linking to the fonts is allowed. I'm hoping I'll get a reply soon.

60 Name: VIPPER : 2008-07-06 06:06 [Del]

Well, it seems that it's ok to post direct links, after seeing the answer I got.
I'll see what I can do with the other sections of the article sometime tomorrow. I've been fucking around with the AA section too much.

61 Name: head honcho type person : 2008-07-06 06:32 [Del]

>>60
Hey btw FYI, feel free to create smaller articles about aa characters, or your favourite blend of kopipe, or the letter H, or whatever else comes to mind.

62 Name: VIPPER : 2008-07-06 07:31 [Del]

>>61
Well, if you insist.

63 Name: VIPPER : 2008-07-06 07:41 [Del]

I greatly built upon the formidable body of work performed on the letter H.

64 Name: (・з・) : 2008-07-16 22:54 [Del]

I have made HTML versions of both guides and have put them on the front page. Thanks a bunch everyone for your work. If you have anymore changes please email me and let me know!

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