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[Docopoper]

So what do you want us to call you?

I was trying to avoid calling you refugees, and 'YYGF users' is a bit of a mouthful.

[Rusty]

We're calling you "new" because you are "new" to the GMC, not Game Maker. A lot of people who arrive at the GMC have a lot of Game Maker experience before signing up. I had around 2-3 months of experience with Game Maker before I signed up in 2010, that made me new to the GMC.

[Docopoper]

Good point - I had been using GM for years before I even had an internet connection.

[roytheshort]

We're calling you "new" because you are "new" to the GMC, not Game Maker. A lot of people who arrive at the GMC have a lot of Game Maker experience before signing up. I had around 2-3 months of experience with Game Maker before I signed up in 2010, that made me new to the GMC.

Well I'm not really new as such to the GMC either. I have a sign-up date earlier than yours. I only rarely used my GMC account back then and now I'm being called "New" again all of a sudden. (Ok, maybe not so much in comparison to Docopoper, but two years and a bit here isn't really that "New" in comparison to three years and a bit.)

Edited by roytheshort, 02 June 2012 - 02:28 PM.

[Rusty]

We're calling you "new" because you are "new" to the GMC, not Game Maker. A lot of people who arrive at the GMC have a lot of Game Maker experience before signing up. I had around 2-3 months of experience with Game Maker before I signed up in 2010, that made me new to the GMC.

Well I'm not really new as such to the GMC either. I have a sign-up date earlier than yours. I only rarely used my GMC account back then and now I'm being called "New" again all of a sudden. (Ok, maybe not so much in comparison to Docopoper, but two years and a bit here isn't really that "New" in comparison to three years and a bit.)

Well, I haven't seen you posting before, so you're new to me and you're new to many of the members here who either didn't see your posts or remember you from those years ago. Being new isn't a bad thing, I don't see why you're so against it all. Like it or not, if I returned to some of my old homes on the internet, I'd be new to a lot of people there, regardless of my history with the site.

[roytheshort]

You're right I guess, there is nothing bad about being new. (I'd mention the fact I'm not new to all the "New" members that came over here as an argument, but I'll shut up since this is mostly pointless.)

[Alticurus]

People, don't be fooled. This was not a merger. This was a shut-down. YYGF forum members were always able to join the GMC.

Hah, I knew I wasn't the only one who figured this.
Not that I'm bitter about it; we're being acknowledged and compensated, after all.

I don't really care what we're called either, but...

Personally, I think "refugees" actually has a bit of a ring to it. xP

[Moogle-Girl]

Alti! :D Haven't seen you in a while, how have you been?

And yeah, I don't mind "refugees" either, I don't see why people are up in arms about it.

[PetzI]

First the logo and now this?

I guess at least we get some new members.

Edited by PetzI, 02 June 2012 - 07:56 PM.

[Gupocca]

I concur with those who think the name change is unnecessary. If people are interested in creating games and search for a "community of game developers/makers," what's more likely to come up: "Game Maker Community," or "YoYo Games Community?" I'm sure you can guess which. Plus, then there's the utter confusion that will be caused by the thousands/millions of references to "the GMC" across the internet. Finally, you'll run into some trouble with users who've belonged to the GMC before YYG was even conceptualized.

Still, putting the extremely meaningful word "YoYo" somewhere in the title is certainly worth it.

[Docopoper]

Actually - I'd be fine if they just edited the banner to add in a YoYo - without actually changing the name anywhere else. I'm using the light theme anyway.

[Rusty]

I honestly have no idea what purpose the dark theme serves... it looks unprofessional, less modern, depressing and hurts my eyes. On the other hand, the light theme looks professional, is an entirely themed site and is, frankly, fantastic. I've never found a reason to complain about it and as a graphics artist, that's about the biggest compliment I can give...

Edit:
Why I love the light theme:

Spoiler

Why I hate the dark theme:

Spoiler

Edited by Rusty, 03 June 2012 - 01:27 AM.

[Docopoper]

You know - that 'Unused header space' is probably where the advertisements would go for somebody isn't blocking them.
I still don't see why people don't get AdBlock though... maybe they're using IE.

Edited by Docopoper, 03 June 2012 - 02:43 AM.

[Dangerous_Dave]

I still don't see why people don't get AdBlock though... maybe they're using IE.

Perhaps AdBlock is available for their browser, but they appreciate that running websites is not free, and wish to support the sites that they visit.

[Moogle-Girl]

I honestly have no idea what purpose the dark theme serves... it looks unprofessional, less modern, depressing and hurts my eyes.

I like it just because I'm used to it. To be honest, it made the move from YYGF to here easier because the appearance didn't change too much thanks to the dark theme.

[giga970]

I like the dark theme. It's easier on the eyes if you happen to be reading late at night. It also matches the default theme in GameMaker: Studio. The fact that we have themes at all is fantastic. This board used to be blue and you couldn't change that.

I'm glad that the YYG and GMC are finally being merged. I didn't see the purpose of having two communities in the first place, especially since the GMC had already been in place for years. (Then again, this forum was fairly hostile towards YYG early on, so I can understand why they created a separate one.) All in all, name the GMC anything that fits -- so long as it isn't the horrendously long acronym Nocturne proposed. That would simply be awful.

[makerofthegames]

Personally I prefer the dark theme. Just throwing that one out there.

I still don't see why people don't get AdBlock though... maybe they're using IE.

Perhaps AdBlock is available for their browser, but they appreciate that running websites is not free, and wish to support the sites that they visit.

Bingo!

[Kindred]

I can see it. YoYo Games Game Maker Community Forum. YYGGMCF. Sometimes I make that sound after drinking too much. At least the yellow-green will be fitting.

YoYo Games Community doesn't sound bad—it's a nice name actually—but it sounds like a place to play games rather than make them, y'see? And that's ignoring the YoYo part that makes it sound like a community for yo-yos fanatics kind of like...YoYoCommunity! Do kids even still play with yo-yos? Nevermind, that's a dumb question.

[roytheshort]

And that's ignoring the YoYo part that makes it sound like a community for yo-yos fanatics kind of like...YoYoCommunity! Do kids even still play with yo-yos? Nevermind, that's a dumb question.

No, don't get confused. They take it very lightly there. That's the community for Making Yoyos not the community for Playing with Yoyos. The community for playing with yoyos is YoyoForum!

On a more ontopic-y sort of note.

When is this name change actually taking place, I asked before but I didn't get any sort of reply.

Edited by roytheshort, 03 June 2012 - 10:09 AM.

[Rusty]

I still don't see why people don't get AdBlock though... maybe they're using IE.

Perhaps AdBlock is available for their browser, but they appreciate that running websites is not free, and wish to support the sites that they visit.

YoYoGames doesn't require the ad revenue to run their site, they're a company, not like us Indie kids, while I can see why they might not want to remove the ads, I don't see any need for me to clutter my screen with them for YYG.