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PSN_CloneCharizard
04-10-2011, 12:05 AM
Instead of us posting new threads each time we have an update, the staff will just post the updates in this thread.

And just as this is the first post on the thread...


Welcome to the new PokéStation Forums!


We do hope you enjoy your stay. :D

PixAlchemist
04-11-2011, 07:00 PM
Everyone should be able to edit their user title now! Just click "My Account" at the top of the page, then select "Edit Your Details".

Also a new BB code! Strike code! You can use it by typing: [*s]Text you want here[/s] (without the *)

All thanks to Kyohack (Kyohack)!

Kyohack
04-16-2011, 07:39 PM
The file size limitation for avatar, profile, social group, album, and signature images has been raised to 2 MB. They were originally set to 20 KB.

Credit goes to Dilster3000 for letting me know that this problem existed.

Kyohack
04-17-2011, 03:09 PM
To properly upload an avatar, click "Upload from computer" instead of "from another website":
http://pokecheats.net/db/images/avatar.png

Kyohack
04-23-2011, 12:44 PM
The character limit for signature sizes has been raised to 2000 characters. It was previously set to 1000 characters.

Kyohack
05-03-2011, 11:06 PM
I have added a FanFiction section to the forums.

Before posting a "fan fic", please make sure that it abides to the Forum Rules (http://pokecheats.net/forum/showthread.php?p=1#post1), and does not contain any inappropriate language, or pornographic material.

If you are unsure if your "fan fic" contains such content, then feel free to send it to a staff member before posting it.

Kyohack
05-07-2011, 06:13 AM
I have re-named the FanFiction section to "Creative Writing". I have created "FanFiction" and "Free Writing & Writing Help" sub-forums in the "Creative Writing" section. I have also moved the threads from the "FanFiction" section of the forum, to the "FanFiction" sub-forum of the "Creative Writing" section of the forum.

Kyohack
05-13-2011, 11:39 PM
You can now post your friend codes in your User Profile.

Pokesav for Black and White has been updated. This should fix the incorrect name translations, and typo's. You can download it here:

http://pokecheats.net/pokesav/Pokesav%20BW%20v0.06c%20ENG%20-%20PSN%20[COMPLETE].zip

Credit for this release goes to: COM, CloneCharizard, and Glitch.

Kyohack
05-19-2011, 04:27 AM
The PokéStation Database is now up! http://pokecheats.net/db

Please share your comments and suggestions here: http://pokecheats.net/forum/showthread.php?p=1273#post1273

Kyohack
05-23-2011, 06:29 PM
The maximum amount of images allowed in a user's signature has been raised to 6.

Kyohack
06-25-2011, 09:11 PM
A web interface for my GTS has been integrated into the PokeStation Database:
http://pokecheats.net/db/event_database.php

You can discuss the GTS here:
http://pokecheats.net/forum/showthread.php?p=1525#post1525

Tidus
07-14-2011, 12:48 AM
For those who haven't realized yet, the Pokestation Database is now open and, as you will see, it has been renovated and looks a lot better than before! We're still working on it, however, you can still download the available events. The database. (http://pokecheats.net/db/)

If you have any questions whatsoever, please do not hesitate to ask them in this thread (http://pokecheats.net/forum/showthread.php?t=27), we'll get to you as soon as possible!

btw, hi guys! :)

Tidus
08-09-2011, 10:57 AM
I've created a forum section completely dedicated to our PokeStation Database. Feel free to contribute anything you can in our Event Contribution and PKM Contribution forums. Finally, if you have any questions, suggestions, or any feedback; please post in the General Support forum. Thanks.

http://pokecheats.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=54

Kyohack
08-21-2011, 09:35 PM
EDIT: We are testing out a different ShoutBox, that we think will use less processing power on the server. If the forums last for at least 12 hours without any errors or crashes, then this ShoutBox can stay. Otherwise, we will get rid of it.


Hey everyone!

The ShoutBox has PERMANENTLY been removed due to it causing a heavy server load, it was using up more than 90% of our server's CPU usage, AND crashed the server TWICE. We have also done some further optimization to ensure that the server does not crash again. If you have encountered ANY issues lately, please do not hesitate to report them to an Administrator.

As a replacement, we have our own IRC, if you're interested in using that; it can be accessed via the main site or alternatively go here: General Chat (http://pokecheats.net/forum/showthread.php?4657-Pok%E9Station-Chat-Room)


Here is a list of changes that were made, in an attempt to decrease the server load, and prevent future crashes:

Minimum Time Between Searches: 1 minute
Search Results Posts Per Page: 20
Maximum Search Results to Return: 200
NIX Server Load Limit: 5.00
Show Users Browsing Forums: Yes, Random listing to members only
Maximum Displayed Threads Before Page Split: 20
Display Logged in Users?: Yes, Random listing to all visitors
Show Users Browsing Threads: Yes, Random listing to members only
Maximum Displayed Posts Before Page Split: 10
Who's Online Refresh Period: 200 seconds
Enable Spider Display: No
Forum Archive Enabled: No
[AJAX]Advanced Forum Statistics Auto Reload: 500 seconds

Kyohack
08-22-2011, 02:53 PM
Sorry everyone, the ShoutBox caused the server to crash AGAIN. This time, the crash caused the database that contains all our posts and threads to be WIPED. I have restored a backup that is dated from 5:39 PM Pacific Time, on August 21st. This means that everyone's posts and threads from 5:39 PM Pacific Time, on August 21st untill 7:39 PM Pacific Time, on August 22nd (the time at which the backup was restored) ARE LOST. Please repost anything you find missing. Again, we are extremely sorry that this occurred.

In order to prevent future crashes, we have removed the ShoutBox.

Tidus
08-24-2011, 12:58 AM
New skin added! Riolu! Blue & Silver, thanks to CloneCharizard and PixAlchemist!

http://pokecheats.net/forum/showthread.php?4635-The-Update-Station!/page2&styleid=66

You guys now have a bright skin. Enjoy!

IN ADDITION: We have also added the default vBulletin skin for those that wanted to use it.

http://pokecheats.net/forum/forum.php?styleid=67

Tidus
08-24-2011, 04:35 AM
Added a Debate Forum where all threads will have to get approved in order to be successfully posted for everyone to debate in.

http://pokecheats.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?196-Debate-Forum

The forum will be moderated by Haruko & I.

Don't forget to read the rules!

Dex
09-08-2011, 03:03 PM
Re-added Pokestation Black skin otherwise known as the Dragonite Skin, enjoy!

Also got rid of the big gap in between your post in signature. There might still be a gap at times but it won't be as bad as before.

Tidus
09-08-2011, 03:56 PM
Updated the rank images! Check them out! SM's(Site Managers) and EM's(Elite Members) now have their rank images!

Three new ranks have been added as well!


http://pokecheats.net/forum/images/ranks/member-haxorus.png
Haxorus Rank
Required posts: 3,500

http://pokecheats.net/forum/images/ranks/member-zoroark.png
Zoroark Rank
Required posts: 4,000

http://pokecheats.net/forum/images/ranks/member-volcarona.png
Volcarona Rank
Required posts: 5,500


http://pokecheats.net/forum/showthread.php?4621-Official-Pok%E9Station-Rank-Guide

Credit goes to PixAlchemist for the rank images.

PSN_CloneCharizard
09-09-2011, 01:43 AM
Introducing our new skin Battle Scizor (http://pokecheats.net/forum/forum.php?styleid=71), designed by our amazing Super Mod, PixAlchemist!

Please do give us some Feedback (http://pokecheats.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?162-Questions-Suggestions-Feedback) on what you think of this skin & all our skins overall, and do let us know what you would like for a skin.

Dex
09-09-2011, 05:05 PM
As you can see, your profile information is now at the top instead of the left. We did this because we thought it looked cleaner plus it gets rid of the huge space in your posts. If you do now like it like this you have the option to change it back when you go to edit profile > Postbit Location.

PixAlchemist
09-14-2011, 04:36 AM
A few rank images have been updated! Tech Admin and the NewsBot now have their own rank images.

http://pokecheats.net/forum/images/ranks/tech-admin.png
http://pokecheats.net/forum/images/ranks/NewsBot.png


Because the NewsBot now has Dragonite as it's rank Pokemon, the Dragonite member rank has been changed to the Golurk rank.

http://pokecheats.net/forum/images/ranks/member-golurk.png
Required posts: 700

http://pokecheats.net/forum/showthread.php?4621-Official-Pok%E9Station-Rank-Guide

Tidus
09-22-2011, 04:52 PM
Sorry for the downtime, everyone. We were having issues with the host, but we're back now.

Tidus
09-23-2011, 08:15 AM
Added a books section: The Library (http://pokecheats.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?197-The-Library) Go check it out!

This section was suggested by one of our forum users in this thread (http://pokecheats.net/forum/showthread.php?4904-Forum-Suggestions) and if you have an idea for a new section, why not post there? It might be added if we have enough people agreeing to it.

Tidus
09-24-2011, 06:36 AM
The forum is back online, unfortunately we have decided to re-schedule the maintenance period in order to announce the new feature. It will be around the same time I posted this message, tomorrow.

In addition to that, we have replaced the mood images with new and much better looking images. Check them out!

Dex
09-24-2011, 06:41 AM
You may notice you have quite a few notifications. This is because we added a new feature that shows you how many posts have been made since your last visit and it sends you a notification every time someone thanks you in a post. Hope you enjoy the new features and there is more to come, stay tuned!

Tidus
09-24-2011, 10:02 PM
You might have noticed a Facebook logo on the top of every page near the banner (depending on your skins), and also a "Like" feature on top of every thread. This feature allows you to like a certain thread and share it with your friends on Facebook. This feature was added in the effort to expand our community even further with the most popular social networking site. This Facebook app also allows you to connect to our forums via Facebook! Just click on the Facebook logo near the banner and connect.

http://pokecheats.net/forum/images/misc/facebook_login.gif (http://pokecheats.net/forum/#)

This feature will be useful in the some future features that are to be added soon, as well.

We also have our own Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/PokeStation.net) so please Like the page!

Note: You are not obliged to use this feature if you wish to keep your Facebook personal.

Tidus
09-26-2011, 04:19 PM
Smugleaf, upon request, has been demoted. We thank him for all that he has done for PSN throughout the years as a mod, for sticking with us even through hard times and being the #1 PSN profile stalker! We hope to see you around the community once again as a regular member!

Dex
09-28-2011, 03:36 AM
We recently demoted both Smugleaf and Pix who had requested to be demoted. Smugleaf is just too busy with his personal life. PixAlcemist asked to be demoted due to some problems conflicting with the forums and her personal life. We are sad to see both of them leave their staff positions and hope to see them stick around on the forums.

Tidus
10-02-2011, 10:38 PM
Added a new report system! This time we get a PM instead of having to check our e-mails whenever a user reports a rule breaker.

In order to report a thread/post you have to click on the http://pokecheats.net/forum/images/styles/lifeElement/buttons/report-40b.png report button at the bottom of the thread/post of the user near the "thanks" area.

So, it is recommended to use this feature every time you see someone breaking a rule and/or a spam bot posting spam. DO NOT reply to the person, as that falls under the category of mini-modding which is also against the rules.

Tidus
10-05-2011, 11:33 PM
For the past two days, we've had a decent amount of bots posting spam topics around the forums, while some people are doing the right thing in reporting them, however, there are a few who reply to the thread(s). Let me make it clear that you should NOT reply to a thread created by the bot. We don't need you to post saying whether it's a bot or not, all you have to do is report it and move on. Their topics are already obvious enough, so posting and saying it's a bot topic is completely useless.

Just report and move on. The staff will handle it from there once they get the report.

Tidus
10-17-2011, 03:06 AM
Hey all,

I recently realized that whenever you post in the Forum Games section, your post count gets updated. This was not supposed to happen, and I've made it so it doesn't update anymore. I'm extremely sorry to anyone who has lost a decent amount of posts because of this, but remember that in any forum you go to, you will never find a spam forum that updates your post count. The post count is for useful and serious posts, not games or anything related to spam.

EDIT: I don't think anyone lost any posts (atleast I didn't) but yeah, if you post in there from now on, posts will not count towards post count.

Dex
11-24-2011, 12:23 PM
I had just demoted ProudVegan23 who has not been around much due to working overtime, I am pretty sure he wanted me to demote him due to his inability to do his job. Also while I am updating you folks on this I figured I would let you know that xBlackthornwolfx AKA Sara has recently resigned from her mod duties, she has a lot on her plate and quite frankly lost interest. Both will be missed by the PSN community, especially those of you who have gotten to know these two, they are awesome people. Sad to see them go but what can you really do, real life comes first.

Tidus
12-02-2011, 01:18 AM
We have been getting hit by bots today again, if you guys see a bot posting please report the spambot without posting in the thread. There's a nice little report button at the bottom of everyone's post so make a habit of using it.

---------- Post added at 08:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:09 PM ----------

The forum style Dragonite Ex has been temporarily removed from the drop-down menu. There's going to be some major changes to the skin in the upcoming days. Stay tuned!

Tidus
02-27-2012, 03:14 AM
Forum re-organization will start once again. This shouldn't take too long.

Tidus
02-27-2012, 06:02 AM
..aand we're done!

Tidus
03-06-2012, 09:04 PM
New forum modification added!

You can now Thank, Like and Dislike user posts! Additionally, you can even prevent users from seeing your thread content if they don't "Like" your thread. On your postbit, there will be a dropdown menu displaying the amount of times you have been thanked / have thanked etc..

More features will be coming soon, enjoy!

Tidus
03-06-2012, 09:50 PM
Disabled the thank/like/dislike feature due to it effecting the pokestation database. It will be re-enabled shortly.

Tidus
03-08-2012, 11:43 AM
The thanks/like/dislike mod has been re-enabled. We've fixed the issue that was breaking the database. Enjoy!

Kyohack
03-12-2012, 07:04 PM
Upon request, I have increased the maximum post length to 50,000 characters. The maximum amount of images/videos per post, has been increased to 30.

On an unrelated note, I've developed an automatic backup system that will perform a full backup of our server every 12 hours.

Tidus
03-13-2012, 07:33 PM
A new forum modification has been added!

You can now tag users in your posts. For example:

---
This new modification is pretty cool, thanks Tidus.
---

The "Tidus” Will become a link tomy profile, it will also inform me that I had been mentioned, and link to the relevant thread/post via a new area in the profile section, as well as a new tab in the shoutbox.

It also allows members to “tag” the thread for specific other members by inputting their usernames in the tag box above the posts of the thread.

Kyohack
05-26-2012, 07:09 AM
Some of you have been complaining about the poll system not working, so I decided to take a look. The poll system was indeed broken, and it redirected to a random poll after a user votes. After some debugging, I have identified the cause of the problem within our vBulletin forum database. The poll system has been fixed, and any polls created from now on, should work appropriately.

EDIT:
I also noticed that the upload system would complain that only 5 files are allowed per post, when trying to upload a 3rd file. I have raised the MySQL packet size to 16MB and the amount of allowed files has been raised to 10 in the Admincp. Forum file uploads seem to work now.

Kyohack
06-12-2012, 12:44 PM
The forums have been upgraded to version 4.2.0 Some of you may have noticed that the forums, mainsite, and DB were unavailable for an hour while I upgraded the forum software, and re-integrated the DB into our new forum. Everything is working again, and several new features are now available. First, is the activity stream which lists forum activity from all of the forum members over the past 5 days. There is now a mobile forum, which we are finalizing design details on. You can now see the members who have visited during the day. Double posts are prevented. And, you can see who has read a thread.

I hope you enjoy all the new features available on the forum.

Tidus
06-25-2012, 11:50 PM
As you may of noticed, the main site and forums have had issues throughout the past several weeks. Thanks to Statigar, our tech admin, we have resolved the issue and our servers are now running at full speed. You can now browse the main site and forums at ease!

Kyohack
07-24-2012, 06:42 PM
I would like to apologize for some recent downtime. Our entire site was offline from 7AM until 11:30AM Pacific Time this morning, due to a crashed SQL server. I've fixed the issue, and everything is working again.

Tidus
07-27-2012, 05:42 AM
7/27/2012

Removed the Site Development Lab forum due to the lack of activity and contributions it's been attracting. (none whatsoever, actually)

Made the Questions/Suggestions/Feedback forum a main forum now.

Kyohack
07-27-2012, 08:31 PM
I've added a Google+ button to the forum. Be sure to 1+ us!

Tidus
07-27-2012, 09:03 PM
Fixed the Thanks/Like/Dislike mod. You can thank/like each others posts, which can also give you access to attachements, post content etc, as well as encourage the thanked person to post more great content.

Your statistics are also shown on your postbit (under your avatar) showing how many thanks/likes/dislikes you have received and/or given.

Tidus
08-01-2012, 12:08 AM
Vinnymac (http://pokecheats.net/forum/member.php?20110-vinnymac) has been promoted to Super Moderator on the forums. Welcome to the staff!

Kyohack
08-16-2012, 11:44 PM
Our Pokemon Online and Minecraft servers are back online for your enjoyment! The server address is 199.119.163.34

Tidus
08-20-2012, 06:24 PM
The forums have been rearranged quite a bit. I have removed various sub-forums and main forums in order to reduce the amount of inactive sections we had on the forums. Some forums/sub-forums have been merged and the order in which they appear in has now changed.

Tidus
08-27-2012, 09:53 AM
The Entertainment Center has been re-arranged once again. This time I have divided the section into three parts:


TV Shows/Movies/Music(main forum)
Gamer Zone(sub-forum)
General Anime & Manga Zone(sub-forum)


All threads have been added to their respective sub-forums. TV Shows/Movies/Music is the main core of the forum and the Gamer Zone and General Anime & Manga Zone forums are sub-forums.

Tidus
08-28-2012, 12:10 AM
I have merged the Fan Nation forum and the Smeargles Art Museum (previously known as "Artist & Write Guild") forum.

The main forum of the Fan Nation section is for Fanfic and tips about writing etc, while the Smeargles Art Museum which is generally for you to show off your art and it is displayed as a sub-forum along with the the Roleplaying section and the Let's Play section. In addition to that, I have also merged the Contest sub-forum with Smeargles Art Museum.

Future re-arrangements play take place.