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DreinIX (10446) on 3/22/2008 3:17 AM · Permalink · Report
I had a suggestion for making credits an easier job (and less time consuming) but for a certain reason I didn't want to share it with you (I'm so selfish). Well, the reason is gone now so I might as well say it. My last credits submission took me too many hours and that many hours where just for adding the names/jobs. Of course after that you have to add the classifications which can be pretty frustrating. I get headaches just thinking about it. So, can there be a database with every title and the appropriate classification next to it that will be added automatically when the contributor adds a matching title? For example if there is on the database the title "Marketing Director" and it has this as a classification: "Marketing : Director" when the contributor inputs Marketing Director the classification will be added automatically and won't require for him/her to do this manually. And if there's no matching title in the database then the contributor will have to choose a classification that will be later checked by the approver. Also because there could be a problem with multiple classifications matching to the same title then the contributor should be given an option to choose which one to input. Like when there are multiple matching names.
Something like that will save time and allow people to keep part of their sanity when entering credits (maybe even attract people to this area) and I really can't imagine why none has mentioned something similar (or did they?).
Pseudo_Intellectual (66362) on 3/22/2008 3:28 AM · Permalink · Report
They did.
Pseudo_Intellectual (66362) on 3/22/2008 6:19 AM · Permalink · Report
As you can see, the status quo was maintained.
DreinIX (10446) on 3/22/2008 1:55 PM · Permalink · Report
Yeah, I meant apart from that.
Can it at least be done in a way that every time someone's credits are approved the titles-classifications are stored somewhere automatically and then if someone contributes credits that among them are titles that match then it happens what I said above? None will have to make the long list then. But is that possible?
DJP Mom (11333) on 4/3/2008 1:57 AM · Permalink · Report
This is a bit off-topic, but if anyone is interested in seeing all those credits classifications in a flat view, they're here at Google Docs. I find it easier sometimes when I'm stumped about assigning a classification to page through a printout rather than hunting through a drop-down box. Yeah, I know - get a life :)
Ben K (23952) on 4/13/2008 1:19 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
And while we're on the topic of credits...
If you're interested in a load of credits to bump up your contribution points, you might want to go for the Xbox 360 version of Sega Superstars Tennis. UK Resistance has kindly screencapped every credit screen in the game in a delightfully obsessive manner, and you can click on each image for a higher res version. So they've basically done half of the work for you.
Enjoy. =)
Foxhack (32100) on 4/13/2008 2:35 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Ben K wrote--]And while we're on the topic of credits...
If you're interested in a load of credits to bump up your contribution points, you might want to go for the Xbox 360 version of Sega Superstars Tennis. UK Resistance has kindly screencapped every credit screen in the game in a delightfully obsessive manner, and you can click on each image for a higher res version. So they've basically done half of the work for you.
Enjoy. =) [/Q --end Ben K wrote--]WARGH. Why didn't I see this earlier?
DJP Mom (11333) on 4/13/2008 5:32 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Kitsune Sniper wrote--]It's not, Mom. I have no issues getting into the site. [/Q --end Kitsune Sniper wrote--] Hmm. It doesn't even try to load, for me - I just get a white page.
Edit - and when I try it with IE it says the website declines to show the page :( Er, I don't think I ever did anything bad to them, considering I've never been able to access the site :P Or maybe I visited once, long ago, but I certainly never did anything bad!
Steely Gaze (208) on 4/13/2008 6:05 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
Do you have the newest version of Firefox? I never had any problems with the site. It is a pretty good place for finding old docs, especially if I pick up a game at a yard sale or two without the manual.
St. Martyne (3648) on 5/2/2008 4:50 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
Historic Cars on the left with full text on the right added as non-entity. Just omit the comas in text and place them between companies, like this:
"Renault" is a trademark of and is used with permission from F1 Team , The Williams name Williams logo and the Williams... so on.
Later label it as Company/Other or something like that.
Oh, and copyright symbol is Alt+0169, or (if you're using a wrong OS) you can copy paste mine. ©
Игги Друге (46653) on 5/2/2008 9:56 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start St_Martyne wrote--]Oh, and copyright symbol is Alt+0169, or (if you're using a wrong OS) you can copy paste mine. © [/Q --end St_Martyne wrote--] It's alt+1.
St. Martyne (3648) on 5/2/2008 10:15 PM · Permalink · Report
Not under Windows XP. Alt Table For ASCII characters
Alt+1 is a smile ☺.
Alt+0169 is ©.
Игги Друге (46653) on 5/2/2008 11:35 PM · Permalink · Report
Ah, you were using Windows.
Shoddyan (15004) on 6/4/2008 8:33 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
[Q --start DreinIX wrote--] So, can there be a database with every title and the appropriate classification next to it that will be added automatically when the contributor adds a matching title? For example if there is on the database the title "Marketing Director" and it has this as a classification: "Marketing : Director" when the contributor inputs Marketing Director the classification will be added automatically and won't require for him/her to do this manually. And if there's no matching title in the database then the contributor will have to choose a classification that will be later checked by the approver. Also because there could be a problem with multiple classifications matching to the same title then the contributor should be given an option to choose which one to input. Like when there are multiple matching names. [/Q --end DreinIX wrote--]
Were we ever to implement something like this, I'd strongly recommend changing "added automatically" to "suggested to the user". There's a lot of different titles developers give themselves and sometimes they don't mean what you think it means or aren't used properly or etc. I'm just of the opinion that "automatically" and outside the control of the user leads to mistakes (including some of the features already implemented).
But in terms of credits... Let's take for example something easy like someone being credited as "Director"... well, in terms of a specific department within the company that means one thing, in terms of the design team that means another thing and in term of FMVs and live acting in video... that means yet another thing.