The Defenestrator
AesophDarkfable
Warlord
5628 Posts
    
 | | 03/20/2006 7:23 PM |
| | Are people still using reference threads with the new system? I havent updated mine for a few trades as they are all listed on the system, but saw people are. Just wondered what reasons people had for it? (thus to check if I should) | |
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Sir Bozak The Damned
Commander
2854 Posts
Québec
| | 03/20/2006 8:50 PM |
| I make a copy on my hard drive and on a disk, in case another accident happens and I find saving plain text easier than trying ( unsuccesfully ) to make a copy of the interface (
apart from just using Print Screen and pasting it in mspaint.exe. I also find the text format easier to refer to. | |
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maijstral
Underboss
2105 Posts
| | 03/20/2006 9:14 PM |
| suspenders and a belt plus increased post counts. [:)]
Seriously, the trade interface has no personality just positive, negative and its fine for what it does but sometimes you might want to get the feel for a trader and so you can look at some of the comments made about him/her.
really though it just the post count thing. | | | |
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nyjastul69
Commander
2710 Posts
Rhode Island
| | 03/21/2006 1:41 PM |
| | My reference thread is the only place that has an accurate feflection of all my trades. | |
You know, I keep thinking that after the new design team gets done with D&D 4e, D&D won't stand for Dungeons and Dragons anymore, because well, that's just not fun. It's old and stuffy. - Originally Posted by BabWryter on Kenzerco.com | |
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Knight of Argenis
Corim Danex
Warlord
6622 Posts
West Valley City, Utah
| | 03/21/2006 2:49 PM |
| | I think the reference threads are more revealing than the trade system. I use both. | |
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 03/21/2006 3:00 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by nyjastul69
My reference thread is the only place that has an accurate feflection of all my trades.
Exactly.
I use both as POSITIVE doesn't realy tell you much of the dedication and general experience you might have with your trading partner; as well as Negative doesn't tell you how much of a disaster it was.
I hope they both remain. Also, it is kind of hard to get out of old habits and since the system is new, lots of people still like to read the ref threads. I know I do. | |
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Can of the Cave Beer
Commander
2838 Posts
| | 03/22/2006 12:22 AM |
| Well, I have a few trades that were never reported on the massive trade thread, so the list I keep there is as close to exact as I can get.
According to the system: I have 2 trades since the update and 6 trades prior to the update. According to my trade thread: I have 11 trades and a couple warnings when dealing with certain traders (already confirmed to be bad traders).
The post is just a nice bonus for being thorough. | |
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Lead Moderator
LCS
Underboss
1867 Posts
| | 04/05/2006 12:56 AM |
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There was also a huge span of time between the last update of the compiled trade list and the beginning of the new interface, so some users (like me) had a large number of trades that were properly reported on the trade thread using the previous system but never made it to the trade interface as grandfathered trades.
Another nice thing about my reference thread is that I can differentiate between trades and sales (and, if I ever make any directly on maxminis, purchases).
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yack
Commander
3164 Posts
Gatineau Canada
| | 04/05/2006 8:31 PM |
| | I like it, plus I update the front of it too let people know what I'm really looking for more then normal. Then again I am a beginner. | |
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Zenako
Commander
3468 Posts
| | 04/05/2006 8:47 PM |
| | Yup there was about a 4 to 6 month lapse in the totals between the last full update and the startup of the Trade Interface. I did send Jai the latest and most current trade reference database I had when he populated the field for preexisting trades. To be fair, given the general trade policies only a handful of traders were really impacted, and those were the traders who started up about the time my updates to the list lapsed. For the traders who had been active a while, it probably makes little difference to someone if they have 58 trades or 67 trades. Both were a lot of trades. | |
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The Mighty
jai
Commander
3235 Posts
| | 04/06/2006 11:03 AM |
| | I was once quoted as saying that Reference Threads are "Extended Signatures" ... and i think people like having them for that *and* warm and fuzzy trading references. [:)] | | | |
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nyjastul69
Commander
2710 Posts
Rhode Island
| | 04/06/2006 11:51 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by jai
I was once quoted as saying that Reference Threads are "Extended Signatures" ... and i think people like having them for that *and* warm and fuzzy trading references. [:)]
I like warm fuzzy references. [:D] | |
You know, I keep thinking that after the new design team gets done with D&D 4e, D&D won't stand for Dungeons and Dragons anymore, because well, that's just not fun. It's old and stuffy. - Originally Posted by BabWryter on Kenzerco.com | |
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Sir Bozak The Damned
Commander
2854 Posts
Québec
| | 04/06/2006 12:18 PM |
| | I imagine we all do, it is a reward for doing a good job [:)] | |
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The number ONE fanatic Of Dread Guards ! I own 66 !!! And the GMR1 !!!
119 completed trades so far...NB called shot: Medusa | |
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Knight of the
Round Table
Thenameless
Warlord
9048 Posts
The Fortress of Solitude
| | 04/11/2006 8:57 PM |
| | I still wish my old reference thread hadn't been trashed (I think it takes the name of the first person that responds to it). For me, there were many, many trades done before the trade interface came in, so I must maintain a reference thread. It helps a newer trader to feel secure about sending first, when he/she sees that their trade partner has made almost 200 trades on Maxminis. | |
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Can of the Cave Beer
Commander
2838 Posts
| | 04/11/2006 10:59 PM |
| If you ask the proper Mod/Admin person, he can restore authorship of the topic/post to the intended owner. That's how I got mine back.
The main caveat is that you should go through google or yahoo to find a cached version of the thread. That way you can recapture most (if not all) of the text of that first post.
At least you can grab the names of the traders even if you don't completely recreate the first post. | |
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Sir Bozak The Damned
Commander
2854 Posts
Québec
| | 04/12/2006 1:48 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Can of the Cave Beer
If you ask the proper Mod/Admin person, he can restore authorship of the topic/post to the intended owner. That's how I got mine back.
The main caveat is that you should go through google or yahoo to find a cached version of the thread. That way you can recapture most (if not all) of the text of that first post.
At least you can grab the names of the traders even if you don't completely recreate the first post.
The first part is right, that is how I got mine back. Thanks to some nice members... | |
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Champion Of Kaz the Minotaur Knight of ALL Draconians. Squire Of ALL Constructs
The number ONE fanatic Of Dread Guards ! I own 66 !!! And the GMR1 !!!
119 completed trades so far...NB called shot: Medusa | |
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Vrecknidj
Warlord
10306 Posts
United States
| | 04/23/2006 8:02 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by AesophDarkfable
Are people still using reference threads with the new system? I havent updated mine for a few trades as they are all listed on the system, but saw people are. Just wondered what reasons people had for it? (thus to check if I should)
I'm using mine as a way for me to keep track of what I'm doing. I haven't had anyone post to my thread in a long time, but that's fine with me.
Dave | |
Knowledge Arcana editor issues 5-9, Phoenix Lore Magazine editor, assistant editor for Rite Publishing;
My Trade Thread and My Reference Thread; Winner of WBC IV, IX and XIII; Rule #0: bshugg is always right! | |
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