Hey Joffrey!

I just wanted to extend a 'hello' from over on the Star Trek Online side of the house! While the forums are a little Star Trek Online dominated, we'd loooove to have more of a presence from our Guild Wars and Star Wars members here!

You have some fantastic ideas for breathing some life back in the forums and we'd so very much love to see some of these happen! While I'm not currently a GW player, I've played a lot of fantasy based MMOs in my time, and would love to join in on some GW related discussion, if we got some people chatting around here! Likewise, don't be afraid to chime in on some of our topics that interest you, if not only to say hello!

Hope to see you and some of your fellow guildies around here from time to time... it'd be fantastic to see some of your ideas implemented!

Cheers!
Voleron (Dave)

Iv been apart of a few and i feel this site can be so much more (our guild wars side that is). I was reading up on what makes a good forum and fell across this:

As a forum administrator, traffic and forum members' participation must be your goal. Yet after people reach your forum, there's still a long way to go to get more registered members and to make your forum active. Here I'd like to share some tips on how to attract people to join your forum and how to make them active in your forum.
1. The forum should basically fan, say, the forum should be based on like-minded people, e.g. Apple fans, iPhone users, movie/music lovers, freebie or freeware lovers, etc. The same interest can appeal people to participate in the forum discussion and help you get more registered members.
2. Start conversation with yourself at the very beginning. People do not join forums which are less active. So for a new forum, you need to create some accounts for yourself and frequently post there. That's very important to attract people to register as your forum member and lead them to post in the forum.
3. The forum admin should take initiative to post interesting threads to make forum active. Taking time to write some controversial/discussible/interesting topics (make sure not too racist) will help you attract more people to your forum and to share their opinions.
4. Advertise your forum on other similar forums. You can post your forum link to other forums, or you can even add the link to your signature then let it be known to others. This is a direct way to lead people to your forum and then to register as a member, as long as the threads are interesting enough. Pay attention that some forums don't allowed users to spam.
5. Launch contest and reward your active members. To make your forum more active, you can start some contests or giveaway. You needn't to give away money. Actually, some websites and companies provide free products to their partners for contest and giveaway. Here is one example: http://www.winxdvd.com/win-free-copy/. Of course, there're still dozens of such websites that free sponsor products. My point is, contest is an effective way to make your forum more active.

What would you suggest first of all? :)

We need to breath some life back into this website! What can we do?

Quote by Parker

Parker was there stuffing his face with Pie!

Om nom nom nom! :woohoo:

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Nice job on the trailer, Eurrsk! I'm happy that I'll be able to attend Sunday's events, though I have to work most of Saturday :(

I see that Klingon Santa made a cameo ;)

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No worries, Dave! Work comes first and will look forward to playing with you on Sunday! :D Hehe, I love your Klingon Santa btw! :3 Looks like he's riding on a Klingon "Bird-of-Sleigh". :lol:

Parker was there stuffing his face with Pie!

As did my Santa Dex!! woopwoop!

You kept that recording a secret hehe :D

Nice job on the trailer, Eurrsk! I'm happy that I'll be able to attend Sunday's events, though I have to work most of Saturday :(

I see that Klingon Santa made a cameo ;)

2nd Annual White Winter Whirl!
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2nd Annual White Winter Whirl Trailer


Fleet Event: 2nd Annual White Winter Whirl Schedule!

Saturday, January 11th

1:00 PM Opening Ceremonies
(10:00 am PDT. 1:00 pm EST, & 5:00 pm GMT)
Come gather at Q’s Winter Wonderland to listen to our opening address to start off our fun day of winter festivities!!

1:30 PM Snowball Fight
Join us for a jolly good time in an epic snowball fight with other fleeties! Bring your snowballs!

2:00 PM Ice Races/Snowman Overlord
Compete with your fleetmates on a race around the track, or team up together to battle the evil snowman Overlord!!

3:00 PM Gingerbread Town PvE
Join us in 5-man teams to help save the Gingerbread Town from the evil snowman invasion! Watch out for the Yeti!

4:00 PM Foundry Scavenger hunt
(1:00 pm PDT, 4:00 pm EST, 8:00 pm GMT)
Embark on an epic scavenger hunt around the galaxy, and search for hidden clues to get to your next destination. To participate, players must be Federation aligned Level 50, and find the “Stonewall Winter Scavenger Hunt” mission listed on the Foundry, created by our very own @Eurrsk! The first players to reach the finish line and send @Eurrsk the secret coded message at the end of the mission wins a prize!! Starting point will be at our Fleet Starbase! Your first clue will be provided by the Event hosts!

1st Place Prize: [Special Requisition Pack - Voth Heavy Fighter], [Voth Separatist Duty Officer Requisition], Any choice of Consoles
2nd Place Prize: Any choice of [Genetic Resequencers], [Console - Universal - Spatial Charge Launcher], Voth Separatist Duty Officer Requisition]
3rd Place Prize: [Voth Separatist Duty Officer Requisition] Any choice of consoles
Following Participation prizes: [Frigid Lump of Coal]

Big congratutions to!


6:00 PM Carrier Vs. Shuttle PvP
(3:00 pm PDT, 6:00 pm EST, & 10 pm GMT)
Two teams, 1 carrier on each team of shuttles duke it out in an intense Carrier Vs. Shuttle PvP battle! Pew pew pew!

7:30 PM Random Dance Party Awards Ceremony
(4:30 pm PDT, 7:30 pm EST, 11:00 pm GMT)
Gather back at Q’s Winter Wonderland to congratulate our winner of this month’s Random Dance Parties! Fleeties who took part of this event and won for best party-goers had a chance to win 5 million Energy Credits & Full Mirror Universe Ships Pack! The winner will be chosen randomly from a list of all winners of this past month's dance events!

Congratulations to this month's RDP winner!


8:00 PM Dance Party
P-A-R-T-Y! End the day with a fun dance party!
ON MY VOTH SHIP!

Sunday, January 12th

1:00 PM Hide & Seek PvP
(10:00 am PDT & 5:00 pm GMT)
Someone has infiltrated our starbase! Join an entire team of fleeties to search for this hiding (stealthed) infiltrator! Whoever finds and kills the infiltrator first wins the round!! (Winner is based on who receives the kill credit first according to the game announcement ticker. (ie: [System] "Infiltrator was killed by Santa". So Santa wins!) Remember to give the hiders time to find a hiding spot! :3


@Tpox!



2:00 PM Small Craft Races
Join us in a private fleet queue and bring your shuttlecraft for some racing!



3:00 PM Klingon Fleet Marks Event
Qapla! Fellow, warriors! Join us in battle with fellow warriors from the House of Nagh Red for our Klingon Fleet Marks Event!

4:30 PM Holiday Best Costume Contest
Want to show off your “cool” winter attire? Here’s your chance to show us what you’ve got in front of our lovely judges! Compete with your fellow fleetmates and have a chance to win for best Holiday costume! :D We’ll also be looking for best “Santa Outfit” as well! Ho Ho Ho! Join us at Q’s Winter Wonderland!

1st Place: [Fleet Ship Module], choice of any [Genetic Resequencer Trait], and 5 Million EC!
2nd Place: is [Powered Alien artifact], choice of any [Genetic Resequencer Trait], and 3 Million EC!
3rd Place: is [Snowman Pet], choice of any [Genetic Resequencer Trait], and 1 Million EC!

All other participants get a holiday pack of 10 each of all 6!

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6:30 PM Holiday Roleplay Event
Do you like to Roleplay? Come join us with other fleetmates who share the same interests in roleplaying! Watch or participate! All are welcomed!

8:15 PM Closing Ceremonies
Like every good show or party. All good things must come to an end... However, we will continue Trekking on as being one of Star Trek Online's coolest fleets out there! Stay warm! Come gather at Q’s winter Wonderland for our closing ceremony!

8:30 PM Winter Ball
(5:30 pm PDT & 1:30 am GMT)
End our fun weekend of events with music and dancing! Bring a partner or a group of friends! Thank you all for coming! :D

**All times are listed in EST**

Join us for some fun! :D
All the love and hugs,
Eurrsk

Quote by Gravity

*looks at estimated time organising banks*
*looks at percentage of times i organised the banks*
*weeps*

Aww... But all that hard work at the bank is very much appreciated. Here's a *hug*; hope it makes you feel a bit better. :)

*looks at estimated time organising banks*
*looks at percentage of times i organised the banks*
*weeps*

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1. 734 times
2. 122.33 hours
3. Last three columns of the ground gear tab
4. Do not donate, but consider selling the item you have and deposit the ECs
5. In the first three columns of the consumables tab

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P R I Z E · W O N !
Congratulations to Chipz416, for being the first to correctly submit the answers to the questions to win! We'll be doing additional give-aways each day for the rest of the month, either in this forum thread, in-game or on TeamSpeak! Be sure to join us everywhere for your chance to win! :D

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A N S W E R S
Question #1:
The Resources department cleaned and organized the fleet banks 734 times in 2013!

Question #2:
The estimated time spent organizing the banks, was 122.33 hours in 2013!

Question #3:
Personal shields and armour are stocked in the ground gear tab of the bank. Mark XII items are placed in the last three columns of that tab, which are reserved for Rear Admiral (upper-half) and Vice Admiral rank donations!

Question #4:
Please do not donate items, if the space allotted for them in the bank is already full. Consider selling those items at a vendor and consider donating that EC return to the fleet bank, if you so choose!

Question #5:
The first three columns of the consumables tab of the fleet bank are used for miscellaneous donations, that don't otherwise fall under any other tabbed category, and aren't forbidden by the "Prime Directive" of fleet bank donations (namely: no common items, no lockboxes, no tribbles, no food!)

1. 734 times
2. 122.33 hours
3. Last three columns of the ground gear tab
4. Do not donate, but consider selling the item you have and deposit the ECs
5. In the first three columns of the consumables tab

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F A C T O I D !

This Factoid is brought to you by the Fleet Resources Department, as part of the on-going, month long, fleet bank donation drive!


Did you know...?

That when the fleet banks become disorganized, either because donations have been placed in the wrong tabs or columns, or because disallowed items have been placed in the banks, members of the fleet resources department remove unwanted gear and re-organize the items in the bank, so that the bank remains intuitive for our members to use, keeping it appearing professional and uncluttered. Members of the department cleaned and re-organized the fleet banks approximately 734 times in 2013, at an average organization time of 10 minutes per cleaning, for a total of 122.33 hours invested in keeping the fleet banks clean throughout 2013, which doesn't include the additional 104 times that the bank was re-stocked throughout the year.


How can you help?

Be sure to know what tabs and columns to place your fleet bank donations in, so as to prevent the bank from becoming disorganized and cluttered. Also, be sure to know what gear is allowed and which gear is disallowed from being donated to the bank!

G I V E · A W A Y !

member(sorry Fleet Captains and Admirals, you're excluded from this give-away!)1,000 in-game Zen

Questions:

1. How many times did the resources department clean and organize the fleet banks in 2013?
2. Approximately, how much time did the department invest in keeping the fleet banks clean, throughout 2013?
3. In which bank tab and column(s), could I place my donation of a very rare, Mark XII personal shield (ground)
4. Where would I place a Captain ranked ground weapon that I wanted to donate to the fleet bank, if the space allotted for Captain ranked ground weapons was already full?
5. Where in the fleet bank could I place any other donation (such as a duty officer pack), which doesn't fall under any of the tabbed categories, and which isn't a disallowed item for donation as per the "Prime Directive" (no common items, no tribbles, no food, no lockboxes)?

Hint!: The answers to all the aforementioned questions are contained in this factoid post, and/or in the fleet bank tutorial video, linked in the first post of this thread.

Fascinating.

Ahahahaha, tan 2000 was my favorite part :p

They've released a new trailer with some of the villians and catch phrases.

I try to stick with themes for each ship (and I have a few so bare with me)

Breen Chel Grett
Amelia Pond
Breen Plesh Brek
Martha Jones
-My two favourite companions

Elachi S'Golth
Delta - Just because of its shape
Elachi Monbosh
H.M.S Ark Royal (She's British and she's a carrier)

Tholian Orb Weaver
Garnet - Sticking with the crystal theme I chose my birth stone.
Tholian Recluse
Sicarius - Sticking with the arachnid theme

Risian Corvette
Prince George (It was about the right time)

Obelisk Carrier
Monumental - Seemed to fit with the Obelisk theme

Andorian Khyzon
I.G.V. Shran - I need to be a bit more imaginative here.

Long Range Science Vessel Retrofit
U.S.S. Andromeda - Gene Rodenberry's other great show and a hint towards how long range she is.
Fleet Tactical Escort Retrofit
U.S.S. Audacious - Goes along the Defiant/Valiant line.
Light Cruiser
U.S.S. Liberty - The game picked this name way back at launch. My subsequent vessels whilst leveling shared the name.
Blockade Runner Escort Retrofit
U.S.S. Mallard - Fit with the steam motif.
Fleet Chimera Heavy Destroyer
U.S.S. Manchester - Named after where I live.
Fleet Science Vessel Retrofit
U.S.S. Manhattan - She's a Rhode Island variant so I stuck with the New England theme.
Support Cruiser Retrofit
U.S.S. Emissary - Means the same as Ambassador, the first of the line.
Fleet Advanced Research Vessel Retrofit
U.S.S. Mercy - She's outfit with a few heals and being a Nebula class there isn't really a theme to stick to.
Fleet Assault Cruiser Retrofit
U.S.S. Midway - Named after the naval battle.
Odyssey Science Cruiser
U.S.S. Odyssey - Kind of like the Excelsior, she was handed over to my captain after shakedown. As such she is first of her line.
Multi-Mission Reconnaissance Explorer
U.S.S. Orcus - Roman God of the underworld (Vesta was another Roman God).
Fleet Battle Cruiser
U.S.S. Pioneer - First of her kind for Starfleet.
Fleet Reconnaissance Science Vessel
U.S.S. Scarlett - Named after former chief of MI6 John Scarlett


Sorry for the never ending list!

I am going to guess that Johnny Gage was on Emergency? (I think that was the name)