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Posted by 
Elven Spellmaker (Administrator) at 23 Oct 2011, 06:35 PM. 118 comments
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Played by my SoundFont + Ocarina SoundFont
Hi everyone,
I don't quite know how to start and this post will end up looking messy, this but here goes.
First I would like to start off saying sorry for the delay in getting the site up and running properly again. These past few days have been an eye opening experience.
Please read this entire post to understand everything I say.
TON had no direction at all and nothing was being posted at all. The staff are willing to make changes, but the members have to be willing to actually post new content to contribute to the site.
I have learnt at least one thing these past few days - that everyone I have seen posting on TC or IRC has complained that they haven't been able to get onto TON. It shows to me that even now despite people's anger with the way things are on TON that they don't want to lose it.
Everyone knows what happened the other day and lets put it behind us now. I haven't locked the rant thread as Kresmir said ages ago he'd like to keep as many threads open as possible. We took that on board and we do lock less threads. If it gets out of hand again, I will lock it though.
I have reversed Sam and Sherb's names back to what they were, it was only a joke and it wasn't meant to have gone on as long as it did. We will not be changing who we are as people and therefore silly jokes are inevitable. I apologise for how long the joke went on for though, and I can see how for some people it might have been a bit confusing. (It was confusing for me even.)
We do listen to suggestions and the way staff moderate has changed because of that. As I said we lock less threads, warn less people, delete less posts. In-fact from now on we will never delete a post, we will just hide them (put them on the moderation queue) that way the rest of the staff can view them if they like and decide what to do with them. For every post that is hidden a PM should be sent to you explaining why it has been hidden and I apologise that that is not always the case. We are busy individuals and we sometimes forget.
TON is a place of Ocarina enthusiasts. I think we need to take it into perspective, it's a musical instrument not a religion. If someone prefers Asian Ocarinas to Italian ones then it's not the end of the world and they are entitled to their opinion.
TON will always welcome everyone from beginners to professionals alike, we will not be converting to a serious music discussion forum (unless everyone starts posting content to that effect) and we will not be introducing elitism either.
TON's content will only be what the users post. If you want to post something that you think will benefit people then do. It's the only way the forum can grow. If the content which you all use is off TON then why is that? Post it here and see what happens.
The worst that can happen is that no-one responds to it, even then it doesn't mean people don't read it.
If you have problems with the site or the way it's run or the people who run it then please voice the opinion in the Suggestions Area or via PM.
We welcome you here to TON and hope that you have a nice time here.~
-Jack
Elven Spellmaker
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Now for the recent updates to the site:
Now the big one:
Changes to the site
Now to address people personally:
Ocarinadiva: You abided by your rules and for that I am thankful, you didn't intentionally start this drama and you didn't respond to it. Also, thanks very much for your e-mail it was very refreshing to receive.
Jack Campin: I hope the viewing changes are at least enough for you to consider it a step forward. I would like you to qualify a couple of things for me in a PM: What is it that is behind the scenes that is coming into the fore? What aren't we communicating to you? Why is this thing affecting the functionality of the forums?
Kresmir: I didn't realise you felt that way about me and Sam, I know we don't see eye to eye on a lot of things but I never expected you to say what you did about TON and us. We don't expect apologies but we hope you understand that we won't tolerate any more of your aggressive and personal abusive behaviour.
You either get off your high horse or we'll knock you off it.
You need to realise that opinions are opinions and that everyone else is not wrong for holding different ones.
And where you think it's no longer opinon but fact you need to provide evidence to that effect not just hope everyone believes you due to your knowledge.
Vermin and everyone: If the content isn't on TON then make it be on TON! It's a forum for goodness sake, the content is meant to collated by the users. Your post and other people's made it sound as if it's the staffs job to provide the content of TON.
Windsong: Thanks for the kind words both here on TON and in your e-mail.
People indeed have the right to express their dislike for what we do here, but we are people! We have feelings and we have a life too. I would much prefer if people took their problems to PMs with the staff if they have a problem, rather than bottling it all up and unleashing it when it gets too much to bear.
Jubal: Your post sums up everything very well.
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We really do welcome any donations people can make as they help to keep TON running smoothly and paying for the contests that we have had in the past.
I'd also like to say thank you to popzap for his very kind donation.
PayPal Donations
Played by my SoundFont + Ocarina SoundFont
Hi everyone,
I don't quite know how to start and this post will end up looking messy, this but here goes.
First I would like to start off saying sorry for the delay in getting the site up and running properly again. These past few days have been an eye opening experience.
Please read this entire post to understand everything I say.
TON had no direction at all and nothing was being posted at all. The staff are willing to make changes, but the members have to be willing to actually post new content to contribute to the site.
I have learnt at least one thing these past few days - that everyone I have seen posting on TC or IRC has complained that they haven't been able to get onto TON. It shows to me that even now despite people's anger with the way things are on TON that they don't want to lose it.
Everyone knows what happened the other day and lets put it behind us now. I haven't locked the rant thread as Kresmir said ages ago he'd like to keep as many threads open as possible. We took that on board and we do lock less threads. If it gets out of hand again, I will lock it though.
I have reversed Sam and Sherb's names back to what they were, it was only a joke and it wasn't meant to have gone on as long as it did. We will not be changing who we are as people and therefore silly jokes are inevitable. I apologise for how long the joke went on for though, and I can see how for some people it might have been a bit confusing. (It was confusing for me even.)
We do listen to suggestions and the way staff moderate has changed because of that. As I said we lock less threads, warn less people, delete less posts. In-fact from now on we will never delete a post, we will just hide them (put them on the moderation queue) that way the rest of the staff can view them if they like and decide what to do with them. For every post that is hidden a PM should be sent to you explaining why it has been hidden and I apologise that that is not always the case. We are busy individuals and we sometimes forget.
TON is a place of Ocarina enthusiasts. I think we need to take it into perspective, it's a musical instrument not a religion. If someone prefers Asian Ocarinas to Italian ones then it's not the end of the world and they are entitled to their opinion.
TON will always welcome everyone from beginners to professionals alike, we will not be converting to a serious music discussion forum (unless everyone starts posting content to that effect) and we will not be introducing elitism either.
TON's content will only be what the users post. If you want to post something that you think will benefit people then do. It's the only way the forum can grow. If the content which you all use is off TON then why is that? Post it here and see what happens.
The worst that can happen is that no-one responds to it, even then it doesn't mean people don't read it.
If you have problems with the site or the way it's run or the people who run it then please voice the opinion in the Suggestions Area or via PM.
We welcome you here to TON and hope that you have a nice time here.~
-Jack
Elven Spellmaker
-------------
Now for the recent updates to the site:
Updates to the site by Zetaboards
Updates to the site by me
Now the big one:
Changes to the site
- More areas have been opened to guests. The areas that will remain hidden to guests are: Sheets/Tabs, The Kiln, Off-Topic, The Marketplace. We want to show people that we have content worth signing up for but we want to still have some content for members only.
- Tabs have been given their own area called "Beginner Section: Tabs" to further highlight that they are for beginners.
- TON will be phasing out tab creation and will be converting the forums associated with them to read-only within time. To start this, all members can no longer create any tab requests in the Tab section. By all means use the wealth of tabs that are already here on TON, but the general idea now is to learn sheet music if you want music that hasn't already been tabbed.
Now to address people personally:
Ocarinadiva: You abided by your rules and for that I am thankful, you didn't intentionally start this drama and you didn't respond to it. Also, thanks very much for your e-mail it was very refreshing to receive.
Jack Campin: I hope the viewing changes are at least enough for you to consider it a step forward. I would like you to qualify a couple of things for me in a PM: What is it that is behind the scenes that is coming into the fore? What aren't we communicating to you? Why is this thing affecting the functionality of the forums?
Kresmir: I didn't realise you felt that way about me and Sam, I know we don't see eye to eye on a lot of things but I never expected you to say what you did about TON and us. We don't expect apologies but we hope you understand that we won't tolerate any more of your aggressive and personal abusive behaviour.
You either get off your high horse or we'll knock you off it.
You need to realise that opinions are opinions and that everyone else is not wrong for holding different ones.
And where you think it's no longer opinon but fact you need to provide evidence to that effect not just hope everyone believes you due to your knowledge.
Vermin and everyone: If the content isn't on TON then make it be on TON! It's a forum for goodness sake, the content is meant to collated by the users. Your post and other people's made it sound as if it's the staffs job to provide the content of TON.
Windsong: Thanks for the kind words both here on TON and in your e-mail.
People indeed have the right to express their dislike for what we do here, but we are people! We have feelings and we have a life too. I would much prefer if people took their problems to PMs with the staff if they have a problem, rather than bottling it all up and unleashing it when it gets too much to bear.
Quote from WindSong
Jubal: Your post sums up everything very well.
Quote from Jubal
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We really do welcome any donations people can make as they help to keep TON running smoothly and paying for the contests that we have had in the past.
I'd also like to say thank you to popzap for his very kind donation.
PayPal Donations
TONtest 2011 contest results!
Posted by Elven Spellmaker (Administrator) at 30 Aug 2011, 04:46 PM. 39 comments
I am proud to present the TONtest 2011 results!
This contest was very hard to judge because we have has some fantastic entries and the contestants were very close to each other!
Make It Rain by MelanieAlessandra
The Fall and Rise of CARP by JesusLederer
Hymn of Hope by Sarume
4th: Song of Colours by Dullahan
5th: Ocarina Oasis by Passaggio
Thanks for all your wonderful entries everyone, it's been a pleasure to listen to them all and it's been a very fun, but hard judging time!
The prizes will work as follows:
The trophy/medal images are copyright of Crumpy and property of TON and must not be used elsewhere without permission of both.
Contest Video
This contest was very hard to judge because we have has some fantastic entries and the contestants were very close to each other!
Make It Rain by MelanieAlessandra The Fall and Rise of CARP by JesusLederer Hymn of Hope by Sarume 4th: Song of Colours by Dullahan 5th: Ocarina Oasis by PassaggioThanks for all your wonderful entries everyone, it's been a pleasure to listen to them all and it's been a very fun, but hard judging time!
The prizes will work as follows:
Prize Description
The trophy/medal images are copyright of Crumpy and property of TON and must not be used elsewhere without permission of both.
Contest Video
Report Button Change
Posted by Elven Spellmaker (Administrator) at 7 Jul 2011, 09:27 AM. 16 comments
Hey all,
One small change I have made is to recolour the Quote and report buttons and in doing so I removed the text from the report button, to hopefully once and for all show people that the report button isn't the quote button.
If we still get millions of reports that are meant to be quotes I'll write some JavaScript to send a pop-up warning and other warnings when one goes to report that will hopefully show people that they are on the report form.
I went ahead and actually wrote up a little pop-up script for the report page as well as adding an embedded style extra to make sure the text saying "REPORT TO MODERATION" is now larger, bold and in red.
Hopefully these efforts might be enough.
Go ahead, check it out, but please don't accidentally submit a report.
Also some observant people will notice I renamed Cream Dream to "Original TON" a while back, this was to make way for a re-colour of the original theme that was actually cream which I have enabled now.
One small change I have made is to recolour the Quote and report buttons and in doing so I removed the text from the report button, to hopefully once and for all show people that the report button isn't the quote button.
I went ahead and actually wrote up a little pop-up script for the report page as well as adding an embedded style extra to make sure the text saying "REPORT TO MODERATION" is now larger, bold and in red.
Hopefully these efforts might be enough.
Go ahead, check it out, but please don't accidentally submit a report.
Also some observant people will notice I renamed Cream Dream to "Original TON" a while back, this was to make way for a re-colour of the original theme that was actually cream which I have enabled now.
Ocarina of The Year award 2010
Posted by OcarinaOfTheYear (Awarder) at 10 Jun 2011, 06:01 PM. 21 comments
Last year's award has been narrowed down to three different candidates all below.
Award Title: The Peoples' Choice 2010!
Open Date and Time: 10/06/2011 6:00PM
Close Date and Time: 23/06/2011 6:00PM
The award voting is over!
I am proud to present the OoTY award for 2010!
This years (2010's) winner is the Focalink Plastic Alto C and Soprano C!
Focalink Plastic Alto C and Soprano C
Votes: 64
Songbird Dragontooth Ocarina
Votes: 60
Ocarevolition MaxRange Double Alto C Ocarina
Votes: 11
The trophy images are copyright of Crumpy and property of TON and must not be used elsewhere without permission of both.
Contestants:
Award Title: The Peoples' Choice 2010!
Open Date and Time: 10/06/2011 6:00PM
Close Date and Time: 23/06/2011 6:00PM
The award voting is over!
I am proud to present the OoTY award for 2010!
This years (2010's) winner is the Focalink Plastic Alto C and Soprano C!
Focalink Plastic Alto C and Soprano CVotes: 64
Songbird Dragontooth OcarinaVotes: 60
Ocarevolition MaxRange Double Alto C OcarinaVotes: 11
The trophy images are copyright of Crumpy and property of TON and must not be used elsewhere without permission of both.
Contestants:
Focalink AC/SC-P
Songbird Dragontooth
Ocarevolution (STL) MaxRange Double Alto C
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