N4G Updates

Some info on the latest site updates.

CRank
As many of you have noticed all Contributors now have a CRank. The CRank or Contributor Rank determines how many news post you can make each day. With a CRank 5 you can post a maximum of 5 stories within a 24 hour time frame. Members who reach a CRank of 20 will be able to apply for an N4G Editor role. Your CRank will increase if you edit your news post according to the N4G Guidelines. On the other hand members who keep ignoring the N4G posting guidelines and just copy and paste text from other websites without doing the proper editing will get their CRank lowered. See the N4G News posting guidelines and News Posting Tips for more info about proper editing of news posts.

Rating of News posts
You can now give each other feedback by rating news posts. Keep in mind that this is not for rating the content of the articles at the source. This is only a technical rating for the quality of the news posts on N4G.

Duplicate Story Tool
You can now easier check for duplicate stories.

Speech Bubbles
We have made some adjustment to the speech bubbles system. It is now harder for people to abuse the system.

Contributor Test
We have made the Contributor test a bit easier, so those of you who failed the test might want to try again now.

N4G Podcast
We now have a Podcast for the site. The show is produced by ZeroTolerance and his team. ZT is editor in chief over at N4G’s sister site ZTGameDomain.com, one of the longest running game sites on the net. We are still working on finding a good formula for the show so if you want to take part in this process please visit the forums and give us some feedback.

If you have ideas for new site features or things you would like us to improve please let us know through the feedback form or you can just post your ideas in the comment section below.

[FFVIIFan]

I'm really impressed with the continued improval and dedication to this site. Keep up the great work.

[wildcat]

i bet some people are glad to hear about the bubbles part

*i'm glad they're listening to our feedback up there*

[techie]

indeed. I have 9 crank already! hehe

[Rybnik]

You news Wh$re! (kidding of course) I don't know how you do it man, you are a machine...Keep up the good work! Great to here the continued site improvements.

[techie]

I havent done any in ages...hmm...might try find some now.

[D R Fz]

Hopefully next time we meet Deep, we'll both be editors. I just wonder which one of us will reach the milestone first.

[techie]

well you're on 10! Explain...how does our crank mark go up? People voting for us? Or that we don't get reports on our editting? How does it work?

[D R Fz]

Just make sure to submit quality news articles that follow the guidelines and your ranking will increase with time and quality of articles posted.

And Deep, I noticed a personal record of the reports on your articles are kept (just click on the reports link next to 'my news'), which further supports that the administrators might take into consideration how many reports you've attained and then use that to determine how it will affect your rank.

[specialguest]

Ever since you appeared, Deepbrown disappeared. so are you DeepBrown or someone different?

[MoonDust]

update

[princ3ofp3rsia]

Duplicate Story Tool
You can now easier check for duplicate stories.

How exactly can we do that?
EDIT: o nvm i got it...wow that's a nice feature!

[Neutral Gamer]

CRank of 20, wow! I better stop commenting, approving and reporting and concentrate wholly on submitting. I don't think it'll happen anytime soon for me though, some of us have work to do and I just don't have the spare time!

Still good luck to those who go for it :)

I reckon within a few weeks we should see our first new editor (Deep, go for it my friend!) and hopefully it'll make a big difference in getting stories approved/fixed quicker.

[techie]

I'd be a good editor :) I do quite a lot of proofing for people...so editing to me is my speciality ;) and now the dissertation is done (thank god) i have a wee bit of time

[HaKeRsCanRotINHEL]

work, guys/gals. :)

[power of Green]

Does this mean i can start commenting on the games again and be able to do it more often. J/K. lol

[D R Fz]

Just try not to be too biased in your commentaries. This goes for all of us. A more optimistic and realistic approach in making comments would benefit this online community as a whole.

[Neutral Gamer]

I wish people would put more thought into posting comments. I remember last year at N4G where people were still posting "First" comments on a regular basis (remember those days!) despite a lot of people finding them annoying and pointless.

But people accepted that it wasn't that cool in the end and now I don't see anyone doing it. Hopefully people could stop and think in the same fashion before posting such literary works as, "Xbots, you just got ow4ned" and "Fony fans are gay" etc.

Unfortunately biasedness seems to be the way for a lot of people, but hopefully over time they'll tone their comments down a bit. Still, good words of advice Da Rite, positive feedback coming your way :p

[Neutral Gamer]

I've noticed that recently we've had a lot of articles which simply sum up what's happened during the week, i.e. a recap. Most of the time these articles get reported for being old/duplicate.

But I can understand how they would be useful to people who haven't been able to check N4G on a daily basis. Maybe the N4G staff could create a page themselves which provides a weekly recap and maybe commentary, where they take all the interesting news and provide links to the articles.

They could split the words up into paragraphs, each of which would centre on one particular story/event where all the relevant articles are mentioned if you want to find more info.

[D R Fz]

That way, those who can not visit the site on a daily basis will be kept up-to-date on various matters and news. Great suggestion.

[techie]

Hm possibility...they do do that on the podcast, though I write up may be good. Though I often just click on "hottest stories of the week"

[Neutral Gamer]

Yeah Deep, I had a feeling the podcast may cater to that idea already, but I know that I personally (and I'm sure other people) can't be bothered to listen to podcasts all of the time. Sometimes I just wanna quickly flick through, and it's easier to speed read text than speed listen to audio!

[timmyp53]

PS3 ID- PerezBros(Weekends)

[Diselage]

I like the changes so far. The CRank boned me the first day because the day before i posted alot, I think i had to wait 5 hours before posting anything. The podcast is pretty nice, the guys on there are fun to listen to, though i understand where your coming from when you say something shorter may be nicer.

[The BS Police]

I finally passed it.

[Diselage]

Welcome to the ranks.

[PG29]

last time i tried to pass the contributer test.....i got 12/14 i think

now i tried it again i got 11/12 :(

[MikeGdaGod]

do N4G editors get paid for their time and effort?

if not i'll pass

[bigmack]

all you guys do is just steal other interviews or updates. you guys dont really do anywork.. all there is in this website in bash after bash after bash on everything. (oh of-course) THE PS3. everyone on the ps3 section is just bashing. and for what? nothing cause they dont have anything eles to do excpet "oh 360 is the best" who f^cking cares!
don't you guys have rules or kick people out? unless you guys here N4G "ARE" xbox crybabies. and "ARE" allowing this. this website is for being friendly not haters vs. haters. i useta come to this site all the time, now i hate it. because everyone is bashing. you write a nice note to someone that you think is cool or your own thoughts, what do you get? BASHING. You guys suck man, you dont do crap. you mite as well change this site to bashtheps3.com. me and 6 other guys feel the same way and are leaving this gay site. kick me out if you want to, i dont care. ill come back and keep sending hate mails. you guys are just ps3 haters and have nothing to do but bash. get a life nerds.