A friend brought to my attention that Undead Redux 2 by sixthrice was missing it's Golden Dragon badge. I decided to look around at the winners for 2008 and discovered that Fester Pot did not have his Veteran Author award badge, nor did Shadewood have it's Best Dramatic award badge. All the other NWN modules and authors on the vault have badges for their work.
I looked around a little more and noticed that the NWN2 award winners do not have a badge at all.
I was wondering if this was an oversight, or requests by the authors?
:)
Well I certainly didn't request that. I also emailed beyond the pale about it and informed Tybae way back.
Pfah, my ego craves attention!
It's an oversight. I'm doing all I can atm, but I'm at the mercy of the vault. Both Fester Pot and SixesThrice have contacted me and I've in turn contacted the vault. I'll get to that again today.
*stares at sixthrice's ego and offers it a cookie* ;D
*chuckling* It sounds as though things will get worked out okay. ;) I've got a plan to bust into the vault using an ice pick, a dirty shoe and 3 emo bunnies. We'll grab the badges while we are there. ;D
Quote from: kookoo on February 09, 2010, 08:09:31 PM
*stares at sixthrice's ego and offers it a cookie* ;D
Yum, more feeding hand to bite.
*approaches SixesThrice's ego balloon with a high powered rifle while whistling the theme to the A-Team* ;D
Also the 2008 winners for NWN1 & 2 were never added to the AME award List on the Vault here:
http://nwvault.ign.com/static.php?page=AME
Quote from: QSW on February 09, 2010, 08:45:09 PM
Also the 2008 winners for NWN1 & 2 were never added to the AME award List on the Vault here:
http://nwvault.ign.com/static.php?page=AME
I think that may be my fault.
Andarian - Do I still owe you a graphic for that?
If the answer is yes, then you can point and gawk at me. ;)
Quote from: Tybae on February 09, 2010, 09:24:33 PM
Quote from: QSW on February 09, 2010, 08:45:09 PM
Also the 2008 winners for NWN1 & 2 were never added to the AME award List on the Vault here:
http://nwvault.ign.com/static.php?page=AME
I think that may be my fault.
Andarian - Do I still owe you a graphic for that?
If the answer is yes, then you can point and gawk at me. ;)
You did owe one to BTP the last time I checked, yes. I thought you had sent it to him since, but if you haven't yet then that could be the source of the delay. I don't think the AME Site needs anything right now, so I'm not expecting any graphics from you at the present time (although we'll eventually need one for the new "Best Storytelling Module" name). I'll check later when I have access to my email archive to make sure there isn't anything else outstanding from last year.
*Points and gawks* ;)
Quote from: Tybae on February 09, 2010, 09:24:33 PM
Quote from: QSW on February 09, 2010, 08:45:09 PM
Also the 2008 winners for NWN1 & 2 were never added to the AME award List on the Vault here:
http://nwvault.ign.com/static.php?page=AME
I think that may be my fault.
Andarian - Do I still owe you a graphic for that?
If the answer is yes, then you can point and gawk at me. ;)
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Well, it's been more than a year. I still don't have any badge on my undead redux vault page, though I don't know about anyone else. It's not a big deal, I know, but frankly I find it quite embarassing that in over 365 days something small like that couldn't be attended to.
Ahem. Just thinking aloud ::)
Vault managers have been asked more than once for this already, but I've got no answer so far. I'm sorry for the delay.
Quote from: Lore of Old on August 04, 2010, 10:55:53 PM
Vault managers have been asked more than once for this already, but I've got no answer so far. I'm sorry for the delay.
Try sending the message to BTP and Maximus. If BTP doesn't answer, Maximus should be able to back him up.
No worries, I don't mean to place any blame, (and *cough* I may have not been entirely of sound mind while posting as I recall), but I figured if I drew attention to it again it might get fixed by someone at whichever end ;) Actually I have just been forwarded an email reply from BTP from someone else who had mentioned it, and BTP seemed to think that the vault doesn't add GDA tags to individual pages, only authors' pages, so I shall have to inform him that he does. ;D
Quote from: sixesthrice on August 11, 2010, 03:46:55 AMNo worries, I don't mean to place any blame, (and *cough* I may have not been entirely of sound mind while posting as I recall), but I figured if I drew attention to it again it might get fixed by someone at whichever end ;) Actually I have just been forwarded an email reply from BTP from someone else who had mentioned it, and BTP seemed to think that the vault doesn't add GDA tags to individual pages, only authors' pages, so I shall have to inform him that he does. ;D
I just checked the pages linked from last year's NWN1 winners page (http://www.ame-gda.net/Home/?page_id=152). It turns out that all of the NWN1 award badges have in fact been awarded correctly,
except for Jassper's (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=User.Profile&id=15709), Shadewood's, Fester Pot's and Undead Redux 2's. I'm not sure that we requested the badge in Jassper's case since I don't know if he wanted it. Yours and Fester Pot's would have been requested along with the rest. I know there was a delay in getting the new "Best Dramatic Module" tag to BTP, which may account for why it was missed in the case of Shadewood. I can't account for why the other missing badges didn't appear while the rest of them did. I also can't account for BTP's comment, since the rest of last year's winners were handled correctly (as were the previous year's).
Please feel free to send BTP a link to this post (https://ame-gda.andarian.net/forums/index.php?topic=833.msg8875#msg8875) to help clarify the situation. As I see it the 2008 NWN1 awards still need the following actions:
- Fester Pot needs the "Veteran Author" tag added to his Author Page (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=User.Profile&id=60909). There should also be a "Debut Author" tag on his page from the 2006 awards, which currently looks like a broken image; that should be fixed.
- Undead Redux 2 (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Creatures.Detail&id=598) needs to have the "Best Custom Content" tag added to its page.
- Shadewood (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Modules.Detail&id=60909&id=5829) needs to have the "Best Dramatic Module" tag added to its page.
- Someone (probably Ty or Lore, who are this year's AME officers) should contact Jassper and ask him if he wants the "Community Contribution" tag added to his author page (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=User.Profile&id=15709). If he does then that should be requested and done as well.
Also, it looks like badges for last year's NWN2 GDA Winners (http://www.ame-gda.net/Home/?page_id=156) were missed entirely. That needs to be followed up as well.
For the record, here's the procedure. Veteran and Debut Author awardees get author page badges (for example, see here (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=User.Profile&id=377)). For Community Contribution and Best Sound/Music it goes on the author page if a person is the recipient (for example, see here (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=User.Profile&id=16716)). That was the case for Jassper last year for NWN1, and for Troy Sterling Nies for the Joint Best Sound/Music Award. Otherwise and for the rest, badges go on the pages of the individual works that received the award (for example, see here (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Hakpaks.Detail&id=4560) and here (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Hakpaks.Detail&id=7163)).
Funny, I was uploading Legacy of WHite Plume Mountain today and it struck me I never had my badges activated. Just emailed BTP and then saw this thread here. I need to give the few people still on NWN2 as many reasons as possible to check LoWPM out! ;)
I have had a bit of trouble getting responses from any of the vault admins lately. BTP seems to be MIA. :(
Quote from: Tybae on September 02, 2010, 06:31:28 PM
BTP seems to be MIA. :(
I recently tried to contact BTP about a different issue and I got a reply from him last Sunday. He apologized for the delay and told me he had been on vacation. Apparantly he's back now. :)
Quote from: Olivier Leroux on September 02, 2010, 08:37:51 PM
Quote from: Tybae on September 02, 2010, 06:31:28 PM
BTP seems to be MIA. :(
I recently tried to contact BTP about a different issue and I got a reply from him last Sunday. He apologized for the delay and told me he had been on vacation. Apparantly he's back now. :)
I haven't heard from him in at least 6 months. Maybe it's me? Do I smell funny?
To tell the truth, I was pleasantly surprised to receive an answer this time. In the past I had written other e-mails to maximus or the Vault in general and never heard from them, although one minor request of mine seems to have been dealt with eventually. Might have been due to the intervention of QSW... So it's definitely not you. Either it's too much work for too few administrators who are very busy with RL or something about mails not coming through... :-\
Quote from: Tybae on September 02, 2010, 11:30:39 PM
I haven't heard from him in at least 6 months. Maybe it's me? Do I smell funny?
There was a period several months ago where both Maximus and BTP were having big trouble with the Vault e-mail system. I spoke to both of them (via mail) approx 8 weeks ago though. I'm sure they would reply within a couple of days, even if it is to say they are bogged down and will get to your request as soon as possible.
I'm guessing that you are mailing Maximus and/or BTP directly from your own e-mail client, rather than using the Vault's e-mail system? I wouldn't trust the Vault's own mailing system TBH, sometimes stuff doesn't get through.
I'll e-mail Maximus and BTP and give them the link to this thread, in particular the post with the info that Andarian put up.
**EDIT**
I got an automated reply from Maximus a few minutes ago.
QuoteHello,
I'm currently travelling, so it may take a bit longer to reply.
Regards,
Errol Pinto
BTP mailed me back
QuoteHi QSW. I was contracted by sixesthrice but I don't think I understood what he was getting at, nor that he was sending me a note in any official capacity. I will get these remedied asap.
--
BeyondThePale
I'll mail him back and thank him ;)
Quote from: QSW on September 07, 2010, 03:31:50 PM
BTP mailed me back
QuoteHi QSW. I was contracted by sixesthrice but I don't think I understood what he was getting at, nor that he was sending me a note in any official capacity. I will get these remedied asap.
--
BeyondThePale
I'll mail him back and thank him ;)
Hi folks.
We did indeed have some e-mail issues this year. That being said, I am somewhat concerned by those that express a lack of response to communications to the Vault staff.
If you could please forward the e-mails previously sent to BeyondThePale@vaultnetwork.com I would greatly appreciate it. This will help me narrow down the gaps in our previous problem, as well as helping me make sure I don't have anyone going to a spam folder.
To the best of my knowledge, the e-mail from sixes was the first one I got regarding the missing badges (and the static page). If I have in fact discussed this with someone else previously, please accept my sincere apology. I am working on the static AME page as well as the badges as we speak. It will take some time as aspects touch different members of the Vault staff.
Thanks for your patience.
BTP
I'm 99.9% sure I no longer have the e-mails that were sent to you BTP. It was quite a while ago.
If you need any graphics as far as banners for users, please let me know and I will send them to you.
I fear I don't have those lost mails anymore either (one was sent via the Vault, the other directly to Maximus, IIRC). But in my case it had nothing to do with the AME, it was just a suggestion to make the prefab section of the Vault more comfortable to search and an offer to help with it (e.g. there's no category for requirements like patch and/or CEP version, haks etc. - even though that information is essential for builders).
Just an update: I don't know quite when it happened but I've got the AME tag on my page (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Creatures.Detail&id=598) now. Thanks to BTP and anyone else who was involved in fixing that up.
No news on awards for this year?
Quote from: sixesthrice on September 30, 2010, 05:00:52 PMJust an update: I don't know quite when it happened but I've got the AME tag on my page (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Creatures.Detail&id=598) now. Thanks to BTP and anyone else who was involved in fixing that up.
That's good to hear. Thanks for the update!
QuoteNo news on awards for this year?
There should be some coming out very soon.
Quote from: sixesthrice on September 30, 2010, 05:00:52 PMNo news on awards for this year?
The NWN1 Finalists for 2009 were just announced here:
NWN1 2009 GDA Finalists (http://www.ame-gda.net/Home/?p=162)
Congratulations, by the way. ;)