31 January 2011 @ 04:32 pm
Mod Pay January 16 - January 31  
Mod Pay
Hi mods, please list what you've done between the January 16th and January 31st period to receive your mod pay! List permanent posts and then games, and don't forget to include what you've covered for someone else if you've done any of that~

Deckmaking
Deck makers, please have your decks in by the end of February 3rd, my time (GMT -8). Can someone tell me who's making Seto Kaiba's deck? I have no idea who has it anymore. XD;; I'll check in with you all again after the deck donation deadline passes in case we have any more donations to distribute among deck makers, and you can tell me at that time if you have any plans for more decks (not from donations). There is no limit. I just ask that whatever you list, you must be positive that you can have it made by the 3rd. :3 (Browsing Advent Calendar day 3 is an awesome way to see what people might want to see for decks!)

Card List
Okay, so I am super bad with PHP and have not figured out how to use any TCG managers. ^^;; I've pretty much given up on it and don't really want to switch anymore at this point (since we already have 700+ decks). I've gotten suggestions about sorting decks by color, and I think this is a great suggestion, except I won't be able to manage 8 separate deck lists. I figure since we have plenty of mods and players, I can ask for help with managing manual deck lists since they only need to be updated with each release, meaning once a month. But before we get into that, I want to know, how do you want your decks displayed? What do you think of the current deck list, and do you feel there's a better way of displaying the decks? I thought maybe decks by series would be nice, but I also think the secondary deck list already does that well enough.

Decks by color would either have to be like the first card list, except it'd only have decks from that color displayed, or I could display all of the 1st card of each deck from that color (without listing the series or the characters), OR I could possibly combine the two somehow, but I'm not sure how that might look. If you have any suggestions for how the card list should look, let me know!

edit: possible ideas
edit2: added a third example with fluid tables! I think my preference at the moment is...

Ace Attorney (try 2) / Red (try 1) -> These will be easy to maintain because they're just like the other deck lists. We'll only need to copy and paste, and the info is pretty clear. You can either choose to browse the decks in list form or in image form.

Ace Attorney (try 1) - > Having the image next to the other info makes it easier to connect the character and their appearance. It's a little different from the current deck list formats, but not too much so it won't be too hard to maintain, but this doesn't work too well for sorting by color (because we'd have to make separate sections for each series).

Ace Attorney (try 3) - > This uses fluid tables and is very hard to maintain because the coding is completely different. XD; But, what do you all think? How does it look? =x

If you have other ideas, please let me know!

edit3, haha: Maybe Ace Attorney try 1 for series, and the Red one as it is for decks by color?

EDIT4: I'm experimenting some more with the first way for displaying series, but the site is down at the moment, so I'll have to play around with it some more later!

edit a million: We'll have a sort by color list this month for now! :3
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[identity profile] akise.livejournal.com on February 1st, 2011 12:39 am (UTC)
Art Shop (Covered for Kuri): A few comments on Page 80 (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/1739.html?page=80#comments) and most of Page 81 (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/1739.html?page=81#comments)

Games:
Crosswords 17 (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/158184.html)
Ryoga's Directions 15 (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/158460.html)

Thank you!

I love the current deck list as it is, but I agree that sorting decks by color might also be nice. It'd be extremely helpful when it comes to choosing portfolio decks, I bet. Then again I also think decks by series would be great as well. As for managing the manual deck lists, I might be able to help out if you need the help! I've never done anything like that before but I'd be willing to give it a try since it doesn't sound too hard.
lucathia[personal profile] lucathia on February 1st, 2011 12:48 am (UTC)
Hm~, I'm thinking two more deck list pages will do it. XD; I can have one for sort by color, and one for sort by series? I still don't know how a sort by color one would look, but I can possibly have it look like the current deck list, and then display all the first cards of the decks of that color on the bottom...

And then for a sort by series, I could have all decks from that series (still in list form) and then the first cards of each displayed on the bottom... hm. XD;
[identity profile] akise.livejournal.com on February 1st, 2011 12:52 am (UTC)
I think all of that sounds awesome. That is, if it wouldn't be too much work for you! I'm sure that a lot of the players would appreciate having those lists around. I hope you're able to figure everything out, I'd give you more ideas if I have any but I think you mentioned all of the ones that I had here. XD
lucathia[personal profile] lucathia on February 1st, 2011 01:13 am (UTC)
I tried some out~. Take a look? :D

Testing!
[identity profile] akise.livejournal.com on February 1st, 2011 01:19 am (UTC)
Oh wow, I really like how all of these look! The deck by series page looks very well organized and easy to navigate. Then again, the second deck by series page looks nice as well. Since all of the first cards are displayed on the bottom that makes the original table smaller so you can view more decks at once without scrolling up or down, that and it'll be easier to set up since it requires a lot of copying and pasting. I like the deck by colors list as well, but if I had to pick a favorite I'd go with one of the first two options. :D
lucathia[personal profile] lucathia on February 1st, 2011 01:26 am (UTC)
I wish there were some way to display two decks side by side (with names at the top instead) so that there isn't so much blank space in-between for that first one! But I don't know an easy way to do that. XD;

Oo, thanks for your input. I also like how the table is smaller for the second deck by series one. I don't like blank space. I was thinking it would be very awesome indeed if we could have some blurbs at the top of each deck by series with a short description of the series. :)

The idea is that a deck by color one and a deck by series one would be separate, but I need to decide how each one would look. XD
[identity profile] orechibisama.livejournal.com on February 1st, 2011 01:20 am (UTC)
/popping in
I like the way separation of color looks.


;_; I would gladly help, but I am html/css/php/ETC illiterate, and I would more than likely mess something up.
lucathia[personal profile] lucathia on February 1st, 2011 01:30 am (UTC)
Re: /popping in
It would mostly be copying and pasting if we do it the second way. The first way requires some recoding (removing one td and adding another), but it's still very basic html. :')
[identity profile] orechibisama.livejournal.com on February 1st, 2011 01:34 am (UTC)
Re: /popping in
I could help with copypasta.... T_T Sometimes, I amaze myself with how dumb I can be with computers even after being taught I just like...ide... I could give it a try....
lucathia[personal profile] lucathia on February 5th, 2011 11:47 am (UTC)
Thanks for stepping in over at the Art Shop. :D

[identity profile] akise.livejournal.com on February 5th, 2011 11:48 am (UTC)
Anytime! I'm always happy to help out :D

Ahhhhh a seiyuu card! Thank you so much randomizer &hearts
[identity profile] orechibisama.livejournal.com on February 1st, 2011 01:27 am (UTC)
mod pay
Art shop : Pages part of 78 - 84. Gil covered pages 80/81

Covering Masteries for Laxis. (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/986.html?page=29#comments)
I did half of page 29 and up to 31 and took care of the backlog since Jan 6th

Games
Host Club Giveaway 16 : http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/153333.html

Seiyuu Guess 26: http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/154265.html
Seiyuu Guess 27: http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/158540.html

Neku's Music station 32: http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/156325.html
lucathia[personal profile] lucathia on February 5th, 2011 11:49 am (UTC)
Re: mod pay
Thank you, Kuri! :D I really appreciated the masteries reports.

[identity profile] moon-wolfwriter.livejournal.com on February 1st, 2011 01:28 am (UTC)
whoops forgot a link

Permanent Post
Made 14 Portfolios (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/7986.html?page=8#comments)

Games
Beauty Pageant 17! (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/151502.html)

Shadow Watching with Shikamaru 22 (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/151974.html)
Shadow Watching with Shikamaru 23 (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/157421.html)

Switch it up! 17 (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/152577.html)

Color's Coloring Book 4 (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/156994.html)

Reading Between the Lines 18 (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/157666.html)

As for different sorting of the deck list I think that by color would probably be the most useful. And I'd be glad to help out managing it. As for how to display it I took a look at the tests you made and I think the first one with the cards along side the names looked the best. I don't know but I felt like there was a slight disconnect between the image and the names when they were all grouped at the bottom.
lucathia[personal profile] lucathia on February 1st, 2011 01:34 am (UTC)
My problem with the first one is the blank space. And which to link, the deck name or the image. Currently, I have both the deck name and the image linked to the card pages, but that seems a little redundant.

As for a sort by color one, the first style probably wouldn't work too well since it'd get very, very long! But for a sort by series page, it should be fine.
[identity profile] moon-wolfwriter.livejournal.com on February 1st, 2011 01:44 am (UTC)
I was actually thinking the opposite since the disconnect between the image and the names isn't quite as bad when you can still see them on the same screen like you would with the series list but I feel like it would be awkward with a longer list since then you'd have to scroll up and down between the image and the character names (if you don't feel like clicking on new pages). Though I also see what you mean by the excessive white space...

As for the linking if you have the card there next to it is having the name there too really necessary, since the deck name is on the card? And if you keep them separate then I think it'd be best to have them both linked.
lucathia[personal profile] lucathia on February 1st, 2011 01:56 am (UTC)
Hm, well, series pages won't ever get that long for it to be necessary to scroll up and down? It might require some scrolling with the first method because of the spacing though. I didn't want to make two separate pages with a list form and an image form, so that's why they're both on the same page for the second way (the images are there for people who want to see how the character looks like...). Having the cards right next to the names does allow easier connection between the character and the deck, I suppose! I really want to do something about that spacing though.

Mm, I included the deck name since I find images useless if I know the deck name and want to search for the deck by CTRL + F. Can't do that with images! Though I guess this function isn't too necessary with a series page since they'll all be fairly short. (Most is 23 decks at the moment)

I actually wasn't thinking about series pages at first though. XD; What do you think of the deck by colors page? I don't think displaying that one with the first method (for the series one) would look too good because it'd get very, very long. I could slap the images on a separate page if you think it looks weird at the bottom.
[identity profile] moon-wolfwriter.livejournal.com on February 1st, 2011 02:09 am (UTC)
I somehow completely forgot about CTRL+F usage (though I use it myself all the time).

I think for series have the images separated would be fine since the lists are smaller.

For the color list, if you do it the first ways a little more white space would be taken up by text since that would require series, character name, & deck name. Though I still can't figure out any solution to the long length we'd get. Hmm... I wonder if we'd be able to find code that would change the deck name into the deck picture when it was scrolled over...
lucathia[personal profile] lucathia on February 1st, 2011 02:20 am (UTC)
CTRL + F is so useful. I use it a lot!

Hm, I actually think there wouldn't be enough room for images if the series name was still in the same row for a colors list. The white space I mean is the spacing underneath the text (since the images space the rows a whole lot). I was wondering if there was some way to display the character name above the image instead, but that would require fluid tables like what I did for Twist Serve. I could perhaps try that out again.
[identity profile] moon-wolfwriter.livejournal.com on February 1st, 2011 02:28 am (UTC)
Well the longer the series and character names are the less white space will be underneath them since they then take up multiple lines (like the Gergo deck's character name on the current list).

The way you did the TwistServe tables would be a good way to do the individual color list too.
lucathia[personal profile] lucathia on February 1st, 2011 02:32 am (UTC)
That's true! There are some longer character names that kind of break the current tables. XD;

I'll throw up another example later today with fluid tables to see how that looks!
[identity profile] moon-wolfwriter.livejournal.com on February 1st, 2011 03:45 am (UTC)
Took a look at the fluid table one and I was wondering what it'd look like to add another row for the Series name as well to be used for the color specific tables? Maybe move the character name into the box above the picture and have the series in the row spot(or vice-verse)?
lucathia[personal profile] lucathia on February 1st, 2011 04:06 am (UTC)
I tried it out! How does it look? (It's in the same link)

I made another row for the deck name, but that looked totally funky, so I took that out.
[identity profile] moon-wolfwriter.livejournal.com on February 1st, 2011 04:50 am (UTC)
Hmmm... I think if the Series names were bolded to just make them stand out a bit more it would look good. ^__^
lucathia[personal profile] lucathia on February 1st, 2011 05:13 am (UTC)
Oo, yeah, bold font would help. XD
lucathia[personal profile] lucathia on February 5th, 2011 11:53 am (UTC)
Thanks for helping out with the cards list. Be sure to comment with that for the next mod pay. :D

How has Coloring Book been? It seems like a difficult game to run to me. I would probably find it hard to add all the numbers up! :'D

[identity profile] moon-wolfwriter.livejournal.com on February 6th, 2011 04:27 am (UTC)
Sure thing! Thanks ^__^

I'm having fun managing Coloring book. It's interesting seeing just what crayons people are more willing to use up than others. I'm definitely getting a lot of practice with adding in my head though I don't mind that part that much. I think the hardest part is just checking that everyone follows the restrictions. =D
[identity profile] ratiosu.livejournal.com on February 1st, 2011 01:29 am (UTC)
Art Studio
Handled 47 exchanges (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/2025.html)

Level Up
43 people leveled up (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/1510.html)

Signatures
Made 4 signatures (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/5502.html)



Art Lessons with Rukia
33 (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/148722.html)
34 (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/153395.html)
35 (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/158910.html)

Conan's Clues
28 (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/151094.html)
29 (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/156728.html)

Go Fish!!
33 (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/148961.html)
34 (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/153803.html)
35 (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/159015.html)

Miria and Isaac's Costume Party
25 (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/149153.html)
26 (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/153954.html)
27 (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/159373.html)

Spare Parts
21 (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/150840.html)
22 (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/156463.html)

Thank you so much!

Edited 2011-02-01 02:01 am (UTC)
lucathia[personal profile] lucathia on February 5th, 2011 12:00 pm (UTC)
Always so impressive. <3 Thank you for running so many games and taking care of those three permanent posts and doing everything in a timely manner. :D



[identity profile] ratiosu.livejournal.com on February 5th, 2011 12:21 pm (UTC)
Ahh, you flatter me! Thank you too for all your hard work with the decks, graphics and the new card list especially, and keeping everything running so smoothly! :D
[identity profile] chikky2k5.livejournal.com on February 1st, 2011 02:04 am (UTC)
I like the card list the way it is, but I also like how you have the Ace Attorney try 2, I like that a lot.

Also the 3rd one with all the decks the way you have the example is nice as well.

Recycled Art (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/6770.html)
Pot of Gold 05 (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/140132.html) I will be finishing this up today and putting the cards into Recycled Art tonight just after midnight.
Pick a Color15 (http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfv4s8kvHb1qbhqxxo1_500.png)
lucathia[personal profile] lucathia on February 1st, 2011 02:10 am (UTC)
The current card list will still be the main card list. :) I'm glad it sounds like it works for a lot of us. XD;

I'm going to come up with some other examples to see if there'll be one even better than the current examples. XD

Ahhh, I need to hurry up and draw my pic of Kou-kun and submit it before midnight. XD;
[identity profile] chikky2k5.livejournal.com on February 1st, 2011 02:28 am (UTC)
I'm excited to see the other examples!

Yup, I'm going to be on time this month!
lucathia[personal profile] lucathia on February 1st, 2011 02:33 am (UTC)
Oh, it looks like there were only two winners last month for lotto, so it's fine to go ahead with special decks as the grand prize for Feb if you want! Make sure to have some challenging tasks. XD
[identity profile] chikky2k5.livejournal.com on February 1st, 2011 03:20 am (UTC)
I'm not going for that grand prize actually, I'm going with the Orange/Grey character deck thing. But special decks will March's prize~
lucathia[personal profile] lucathia on February 1st, 2011 03:29 am (UTC)
*imagines orange and gray decks exploding* XD; You might be able to include Green too. That one's trailing a little behind too, but we'll see when the rest of the decks get made~
[identity profile] chikky2k5.livejournal.com on February 1st, 2011 03:31 am (UTC)
Just let me know for sure and even if the post is up I'll edit it to put it in~
lucathia[personal profile] lucathia on February 5th, 2011 12:04 pm (UTC)
Hm~, after counting up all the decks, Red and Blue are way ahead, Orange and Gray are quite behind, Yellow, Green, and Brown are kind of in-between, and Purple has almost caught up with Blue. I guess it'd be best if we just stick to Orange and Gray only, or we could just limit it to no Red/Blue/Purple instead for Pot of Gold?

Let me know if the new Recycled Art works for you! :3



[identity profile] vriska.livejournal.com on February 3rd, 2011 04:40 pm (UTC)
Weekly:
Poke Radar 28 (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/149398.html), 29 (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/154716.html), 30 (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/159683.html)
Crazy Colors 15 (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/149636.html), 16 (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/154916.html), 17 (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/159810.html)

Biweekly:
Graffiti 16 (http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/154535.html)

Thank you in advance! ♥
lucathia[personal profile] lucathia on February 5th, 2011 12:06 pm (UTC)
Oh, I forgot to say, but Graffiti 15 was really cute with the TCG cards! :D

lucathia[personal profile] lucathia on February 5th, 2011 12:10 pm (UTC)
lucathia[personal profile] lucathia on February 5th, 2011 12:12 pm (UTC)