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After seeing the FileFront thread, I came up with a bit of an idea. Maybe having an ftp for the people here wouldn't be such a bad idea. Nobody would have a personal ftp, but what about a general ftp? Of course there would have to be requirements and rules to go with with the ftp... so maybe restricting it to Senior members? Maybe the "Senior members" would need to be approved by a moderator? Putting it out there.
I'm familiar with humanity, and the most basic thing is: People don't like it when other people get rights if we're all suppose to be treated the same.
Yes, I know it's the internet, and yes, I know the untrustworthy or unknown can't be given such rights, but people are bound to complain about not getting to use said FTP. I don't really like the idea but there's probably many things I overlooked.
If new members complain about not being able to use the FTP... who cares?
If we do get an FTP it would be a privilege for the members who have proven themselves to be good members of the community.
well the rules of the forum do state people arnt given rights as such and anything provided is provided out of good will not as a given right.
Either I'm misinterpreting your post or...
I've never mentioned the word "right" in any of my posts. I have mentioned the word "privilege" once though. There's a big difference there.
What about hosting torrents? If someone here releases a popular but really big file (e.g. game mod), then I'm happy to help seed a torrent for a week at least (just leave your computer on overnight if you can't seed in the daytime). Those things work very well if used properly.
I mean, we could easily set up torrents, but I'm not just talking about just big game mods. What about singular maps released by community members, such as Sel's incoming TF2 map? Besides, the only mods that actually come to mind that will be that gigantic are SPV2 and Mechwarrior. SPV2 is sure to have a really special treatment and I'm sure mech already has plenty of places that will host his mod for him. I also don't think making a torrent for SPV2 would work for very long, but that's just me. :p
How would you know if you were a senior member? :/
A senior member is essentially somebody who is really active and has been for awhile. Plus, it would be up to the moderators to make the final decision.
I am active now, but when I first created this account I wasn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by ultama121
It'd be nice to be able to upload files here, saves time going to other places to upload something and post here for others. But how much can this server hold?