Idea: Sales ticker

[Infinitron]

So occasionally there'll be a sale on GOG, Steam, etc, that is of interest to the Codex. However, making a newspost for each and every one of these sales comes across as spammy and money-grubbing.

Why not have a ticker or sidebar that displays current RPG sales on digital distribution portals, with a Codex referral link? I don't mean anything automated - we'd configure it manually.

 

[Crooked Bee]

Sales tickle!

 

[Infinitron]

Sales tickle!

Please express your approval for this idea in brofists.

 

[evdk]

Sales tickle!

Please express your approval for this idea in brofists.

Make the ticker first.

 

[catfood]

What's wrong with the thread in GG?

 

[evdk]

What's wrong with the thread in GG?

Not streamlined enough.

 

[Cosmic Misogynerd]

Good idea, but what if there are several sales going concurrently, on different services? What about big sales like the Steam Season Sales?

 

[Country_Gravy]

How about no?

 

[Menckenstein]

Where are stock prices?

 

[circ]

Where's the close button?

 

[evdk]

JEsus Christ, fuck you, Infinitron.

 

[Micmu]

another day, another adblock filter

 

[dibens]

We need a running gif in front of every announcement.

 

[Jaesun]

This is fucking hilarious.

 

[Infinitron]

Hey guys what going on here -

 

[Kirtai]

I can't believe anyone would be surprised by this outcome.

 

[Broseph]

Crooked Bee likes to give it up the bunghole

 

[Regdar]

Maybe we can work with GOG to develop some kind of widget that would basically RSS feed their sales thing and we could link it on the front page. I don't know what I said either.

 

[Zed]

this is the worst thing ever implemented besides that emoticon tagging we had for a couple of days.
it's distracting and looks like shit (LAGS over the screen... doesn't ever run smoothly).

all ideas I've ever had for the codex have been fucking great. if you need a great fucking idea just ask me.

 

[felipepepe]

This is an outrage, I'll sue infinitron for 9k brofists!

 

[evdk]

This is an outrage, I'll sue infinitron for 9k brofists!

Please, you gotta sue him for more than he has, then you're going to get everything he has and even everything he ever will have. Don't think small.

 

[Random]

Maybe we can work with GOG to develop some kind of widget that would basically RSS feed their sales thing and we could link it on the front page. I don't know what I said either.

For what it's worth I like your idea, even if I'm not sure what you just said either.

 

[Horus]

So occasionally there'll be a sale on GOG, Steam, etc, that is of interest to the Codex. However, making a newspost for each and every one of these sales comes across as spammy and money-grubbing.

But infinitron you won't get brofists anymore?

 

[gromit]

Why don't we use this ticker-thing on the front page for "big deal" stories instead of the existing block / the sticky system? It'd get some of the NEW news stories above the fold (as would not having all of the posts be so damned long / using teasers / etc)

 

[Broseph]

So occasionally there'll be a sale on GOG, Steam, etc, that is of interest to the Codex. However, making a newspost for each and every one of these sales comes across as spammy and money-grubbing.

But infinitron you won't get brofists anymore?

Breaking News: Infinitron In Favor of No Longer Receiving Brofists

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