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POLL: Old "Brofist" or the new "Button Parade"?

Which is better, the new system or the old one?


  • Total voters
    507

Haba

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As you might have noticed, DU has recently enriched our lives with another modification to XenForo. The old familiar "Brofist" -link has gone, replaced with a variety of colourful buttons you can click.

DU argues that even the naysayers of the past have all grown to love "fisting" and that this fresh new addition will surely boost the visitor numbers to fresh new heights, maybe even rivalling 4chan and Reddit.

To further promote the illusion of democracy on this forum, lets have a quick poll to see how you see this change.

If we absolutely must have a post rating system, would you like it to be as it used to be:

brofist_old.png


Or do you prefer the new way:

brofist_new.png


Which, incidentally produces the following at the end of every post:

HTML:
<div id="likes-post-2239652"></div>
     
<div class="dark_postrating likesSummary secondaryContent">
    <div class="dark_postrating_container">
         
 
 
<ul class="dark_postrating_outputlist">
 
 
     
            <li>
                <img src="styles/dark/ratings/rating_retarded.png" alt="retarded" title="retarded" /> x <strong>11</strong>
            </li>
     
            <li>
                <img src="styles/dark/ratings/rating_brofist.png" alt="brofist" title="brofist" /> x <strong>4</strong>
            </li>
     
            <li>
                <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" alt="unbrofist" title="unbrofist" style="background: url('styles/dark/ratings/spritesheet.png') no-repeat 0px -208px; width: 16px; height: 16px;" /> x <strong>3</strong>
            </li>
     
            <li>
                <img src="styles/dark/ratings/rating_lulz.gif" alt="lulz" title="lulz" /> x <strong>3</strong>
            </li>
     
            <li>
                <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" alt="Disagree" title="Disagree" style="background: url('styles/dark/ratings/spritesheet.png') no-repeat 0px -144px; width: 16px; height: 16px;" /> x <strong>2</strong>
            </li>
     
            <li>
                <img src="styles/dark/ratings/rating_racist.png" alt="Racist" title="Racist" /> x <strong>2</strong>
            </li>
     
            <li>
                <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" alt="Optimistic" title="Optimistic" style="background: url('styles/dark/ratings/spritesheet.png') no-repeat 0px -64px; width: 16px; height: 16px;" /> x <strong>1</strong>
            </li>
     
            <li>
                <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" alt="lrn2spel" title="lrn2spel" style="background: url('styles/dark/ratings/spritesheet.png') no-repeat 0px -48px; width: 16px; height: 16px;" /> x <strong>1</strong>
            </li>
     
 
 
        <li> <a href="index.php?posts/2239652/ratings" class="dark_postrating_list OverlayTrigger" data-cacheOverlay="false">List</a></li>
 
 
    </ul>
         
 
 
<script type="text/javascript">
var dark_postrating_minimum_opacity = 0;
</script>
 
<ul class="dark_postrating_inputlist dark_postrating_inputlist_undo">
 
     
            <li><a href="index.php?posts/2239652/rate&amp;rating=del&amp;_xfToken=10289%2C1347291702%2C9384930c99c72019cb637bef5649c9b707e8fd2f">Undo Rating</a></li>
     
 
</ul>
 
    </div>
    <div style="clear: right;"></div>
</div>
 
    </div>

Votecuss!
 

Johannes

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Most of all I abhor the visual side of it. If it was only text then it might be tolerable to have even multiple options, but this derp parade has to go. Also you can't see who fisted a post now which is big :decline:
 

Aldebaran

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It is written: Thou must spurn the lulz, the agree, the birdthing, and their kin. For they deny the purity of the brofist, and will not magnify its greatness.

In the beginning there was only brofist. Without icon, without code, without equal. But the servants looked inside themselves and found a great hole. They coveted the brofist and wished to multiply it. They said, "Verily, we wish to brofist but have no fist with which to bro." The people wailed the great wailing for they could merely reply and agree. But the wise men gazed without and found a great whole. Thus they built a great link, and seeing that is was complete and good they rejoiced in new found power. They said unto each man in turn, "Once thou reach the proper age, thou may multiply the brofist, and thus magnify its greatness."

"But be thou warned, those who seek to lead thou astray creepeth on every thread. They will teach you to multiply the brofist in ways which will verily lead to thy doom. Accept thou the brofist only. Thou must spurn the lulz, the agree, the birdthing, and their kin. For they deny the purity of the brofist, and will not magnify its greatness."

But the people grew weary, for they desired to multiply unbrolike things. And they said, "We desire to multiply other great things. Therefore make for us other icons, which we may multiply without limit." And so they set out to do this thing.

Others looked upon their works and wailed the great wailing. "Thou mutates the brofist and these find those unbrolike. Therefore these shall set themselves aside and shall oppose thy works. These shall know only the brofist, and shall spurn thy excess. Thou shalt surely have thy heads bashed against the rocks." And therefore they called themselves the purists.

--------------------

Already many false icons have fallen. Hold the faith.

EDIT: Also, I note that in your Anthony Davis image the retarded icon is highlighted as if you were about to select it. Have you already gone astray?
 

made

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retarded nextgen feature #1 vs. retarded nextgen feature #2

it's bitterly ironic that we have here a forum where we complain about the decline of modern vidya games while the forum itself declines more and more every year due to the very same design decisions

I guess in due time someone will kickstart a web 1.0 oldschool rpg forum
 

spekkio

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^ :bro:

Hey, at least info about post being edited is now visible AFAIK. So all is good.

Poll is pointless, since DU:

a) Is obv. trolling. So every suggestion will be twisted into something different and/or much worse.
b) Is going to do as He pleases anyway.

Voted to make you feel better.
 

Ion Prothon II

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You guys have been first bitching about brofists, now you're like 'aaaargh wtf is this, we want brofsts back >o< '.

Wouldn't be surprised if it's really DU trolling. Or jewish experiment, to check what's going to happen if they add it to fecebook.


This could make a great demotivating poster. 'BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WANT' or similar.

Anyway, voting for return of the old shit. Would miss those 10 hitlers I got today, though.
 

Canus

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This poll is pointless. The only way to undo this monstrous system is to offer up Anthony Davis as a sacrifice to the Codex through the proxy of Dark Underlord.
Once the smoke from the burnt offering reaches Australia we shall be freed from our bondage.
His wish caused this. He must be burnt.
 
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Ulminati

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Ok, I've messed about a bit more because I figure most people around these parts would be too retarded to figure out greasemonkey.

Here is a solution for you, assuming you're using firefox. If you're not using firefox, I guess you're shit out of luck.
Step 1 is to install 2 add-ons. You want ad-block plus and element hiding helper for adblock plus. I'm sure you know how ot find and install firefox addons. If not, you're probably dumb enough that you actually enjoy the emoticon herpes.
Once you have the addons, you want to adblock the division that contains the button herpes. Fortunately, this is simple.

Add the following custom filter to adblock:
Code:
rpgcodex.net##DIV.dark_postrating.likesSummary.secondaryContent

And the box will be nuked. You're welcome.

[edit] You'll probably want to turn off the alert when someone rates your posts in your account preferences too. Unless you like being alerted as much as The Brazilian Slaughter does.
 

Harpsichord

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Seriously though, it was irritating enough already that for whatever reason, certain forums did not allow me the ability to brofist. Am I in some sort of a strange usergroup or something? I've noticed a subtle but consistent difference in my privs for a long time now.
 

Infinitron

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Ulminati I can confirm this works with Chrome's Adblock as well. No extra extensions required.

But I still see the row of buttons on the right-hand side.
 

Revenant

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Seriously though, it was irritating enough already that for whatever reason, certain forums did not allow me the ability to brofist. Am I in some sort of a strange usergroup or something? I've noticed a subtle but consistent difference in my privs for a long time now.
It's quite obvious that some forums are considered more :monocle: than others - newfags are allowed to fist in less significant slums of the Codex, while only true bros fist each other in such prestigious areas as CRPGD.
 

IDtenT

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Seriously though, it was irritating enough already that for whatever reason, certain forums did not allow me the ability to brofist. Am I in some sort of a strange usergroup or something? I've noticed a subtle but consistent difference in my privs for a long time now.
Welcome to newfagdom. Embrace our newfag culture.
 

Harpsichord

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Seriously though, it was irritating enough already that for whatever reason, certain forums did not allow me the ability to brofist. Am I in some sort of a strange usergroup or something? I've noticed a subtle but consistent difference in my privs for a long time now.
It's quite obvious that some forums are considered more :monocle: than others - newfags are allowed to fist in less significant slums of the Codex, while only true bros fist each other in such prestigious areas as CRPGD.
I've been here 4 years though. :(

If that's really the case, I need to find a way to get my original account restored.
 

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