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[theshadowknows]

Ha cool Im digging the trucker hat, but we need an Alien Bob figurine and/or patch

Here's an enlarged version of the mockup I put on one of the shirts. I intend on eventually 3D printing these. I have a friend that makes his own action figures the same way. Eventually, we'll move away from third party online printers like teespring and use a local print shop, selling merch directly. My dad was a screen printer for 30 years and I have some good contacts because of him and people I've met through my work. In the meantime, I'm going to add some designs sitting in my files to the teespring page. 

Suggestions are absolutely welcomed.

[myselfaswell]

ATS never had a reputation system. I get that. I'm not 100 percent on keeping it. But ATS did once have points, and a shop. That's what I want to implement here. 

The reputation thing here is experimental. Negative reps are disabled so it honestly doesn't serve much purpose.

Personally I reckon the point system will be cool, but what's the chances of getting merch sent to Mexico  .

I've mixed feelings about the reputation bizzo, and the ATS veteran bizzo too. 

I found ATS flags were useful to determine, in a very loose kind of way, how many people had actually bothered to read what you'd written as a thread contributor.  Here at DI there are thread views so that's probably kinda the same, and personally I'm cool with that. 

The stars on the other hand had a net negative effect IMHO. 

And I'm saying I don't like the ATS veteran bizzo because it is a thing that is unatainable for new members, and I don't mean members like me, I mean people who sign up only to find that there is part of their new family that they can never be a part of. Jm2c.

[DontTreadOnMe]

What about using the discord for more direct communication? Can put a link to it here?

DI does have direct messages....
https://denyignorance.com/private.php

[theshadowknows]

What about using the discord for more direct communication? Can put a link to it here?

The live chatroom function is fine for now. Its removal wasn’t necessary after all. We barely use the DI Discord, and even then, it’s not integrable with the user table here. This makes Discord a no-go. The ATS chatroom, from phpMyChat initially, to 123FlashChat, and finally to the two custom chat scripts SO used, were all integrated with the user table. This integration is the only way to prevent non-members from using the chatroom. Otherwise, it becomes a moderation nightmare—just like the TPZ Discord.

[theshadowknows]

We should be all good here. Gonna close this one, but feel free to start a new thread for any questions about the points, chatroom, ect.