[Oni]

Big Changes
TL;DR: The gates are open, SEO is being improved, and you can gamble again!

I promised myself that I wouldn't do anything crazy until after my final exams, but I decided I'd implement a few changes to the forum anyways. The gates have been opened, changes for SEO have been implemented, and the gambling system has returned.


[ The gates are open! ]

For ages, I hoped that the forum could go invite-only, and survive. It has, but at the cost of activity, and it's been very isolated lately. It's nice to see the same people and converse with them every day, however, it's becoming a bit bland. I've decided that while I love the idea of us remaining invite-only, it's harming the forum.

As a result, I'm disabling the invitation system, and you can safely assume it will remain disabled for a long time. In the distant future, it's possible we'll enable it again. For now, however, we'll be leaving it off. I think this will benefit the forum, as it's been a bit boring lately.


[ SEO ]

If anybody remembers, we used to have sexy URLs. Well, now they are back! Some people might prefer the standard MyBB URLs, while others might like the returned Google SEO ones. Regardless, they are back. In addition to the sexy URLs, search engines are allowed to crawl Sinisterly again, and you'll begin to see an influx of new users. In the near future, you'll probably see advertisements for the forum too!


[ Gambling! ]

One of the more notorious plugins we've had is making a return. After a long time of debugging, we believe we fixed the issue in the gambling plugin. Members claimed they lost points after making bets and as a result, the plugin was disabled so we could investigate. It's now enabled, although members are strongly encouraged to report bugs if they encounter any.


Hope you guys enjoy the changes.
If you have any questions or concerns, message me or post below.

[ねこまっしぐら]

I've also noticed a lot of "shitty" posts. And not enough good activity. I try to post as much good content as I can though.

[Oni]

I've also noticed a lot of "shitty" posts. And not enough good activity. I try to post as much good content as I can though.

Report them.

[Cressi]

Nice changes, glad the Gambling plugin in up again

[BlueScreen]

SEO = New friends to play with? ^.^ yay.

Also, when you said new friends would be coming in, I didn't think you ment opening the gates so they could attack us with their friendlyness. Thanks Oni <3

[ProfessorChill]

I don't post often however I too have noticed the silence, it'll be nice to have a few new users here and there.

[ねこまっしぐら]

Report them.

I do report them, but I am not sure if anything is done when I do.

[aabee]

Yes, i am also reported about bad threads,but nothing were doing with these.Even feedbach that these threads are ok by staff.

[BlueScreen]

I do report them, but I am not sure if anything is done when I do.

Yes, i am also reported about bad threads,but nothing were doing with these.Even feedbach that these threads are ok by staff.

If the threads are not pruned or deleted, it means they abide by the sinisterly rules on posting which can be found here. http://www.sinister.ly/misc.php?action=help&hid=8
The moderators work as hard as they can, and Oni is online in ninja mode almost all day, ready to punch those rule breakers with his love.

[OversouL]

I'm glad the gates were opened for now. Also I hope the gambling system wont have any problems.

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If the threads are not pruned or deleted, it means they abide by the sinisterly rules on posting which can be found here. http://www.sinister.ly/misc.php?action=help&hid=8
The moderators work as hard as they can, and Oni is online in ninja mode almost all day, ready to punch those rule breakers with his love.

I don't think he turns off ninja mode XD