No one appears to read the blogs, so I'm posting some changes here, however I'm not making a news post for every small change I make, so if you want to know about them visit my blog.

I've updated permissions, they should be consistent throughout the forum, and now that members have read rights to categories, you can see sub-categories on the main page.
If you're still having problems doing something you know you should be able to do, let me know.

The group colours have been updated:
Admins now look like this.
Banned users now look like this.
Guests now look like this.

Also, instead of having that weird Guest_<name>_* formatting that looks really stupid, guests names are now in Italics and have (Guest) after their name.


You can now add your SteamID to your profile. This way, if there is a Steam games competition, Admin application, ban request/appeal, etc we don't have to keep asking you what your ID is. If you're worried about privacy, remember that your SteamID is a public thing, anyone on the server you're on can see it, and there are converters for changing your SteamID64/Custom URL/etc (Featured in the XML feed of your community page) into your SteamID.

And finally, guests are now allowed to upload files in the 'Report a Player' forum (So that small screenshots, demos, etc can be hosted locally and not lost by the external link going down).



Full changelog:

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Alright, it's been a while since I updated our game server list etc... Everything is now up to date.
You may view it here: http://forum.happyfacegaming.com/index.php?/topic/185-offical-hfg-game-servers-list/

We are currently still running the two spacebuild servers AND a build server. We are progressing on the RP server which shouldn't be expected very soon.

Well that's that. Feel free to invite friends and such, you all know the drill.

We will be rolling out a few changes and additions to the forums and the community to help better our community and our participation of our members. The forum and website is the heart of this community and the basis on which we communicate with the community.

The game servers are working nicely as I have given Montacode the management role of managing said game servers. He is a much more active member on steam and does enjoy the game servers he maintains. I want to thank him for this as I have very little time my self to take care of them. We have removed the gofish server as it was more of just a lulzy test server that I put up myself that got very boring as time passed. Our RP server kinda fell through the cracks again, However our two GarrysMod spacebuild servers and the build server remain. I also would like to bring a death match CS:S server into the community as I predict the new CS:S is going to have further capability's that were not available in the old version that will allow a community to commune.

I have also added a points system to the forums, this is a very basic points system that will award points for making posts and topics. These points (Happy Points) will be redeemable for in game items and special privileges. We will also hold small raffles in which users may purchase a ticket with their points and will be able to win free steam games or even computer hardware.

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Hunterdew will be running the first officially HappyFaceGaming.Com blog. This blog will feature a variety of gaming news, world news, game reviews, and member articles. We will be looking for a few members who would be interested in participating in our new blog and we hope you will enjoy reading and listening to it as well

Ever wanted to chat with somebody on the forums? Well soon you can! As soon as the IPS staff finish installing their chat software into our forums users will be able to jump into a large chatroom with the community. This will be a live updating chat room and will require no additional user registration. We are also looking into integrating the game server chat log with the forum chat to allow cross platform chatting so you can keep in touch with any community member playing on the game servers or the forums at any time!

Our theme is old, generic, basic, default, and boring. I have been installing a bunch of different themes you can view them at the bottom left corner of your screen by selecting a different theme. Some themes do not function fully with all features of the forums because they require some additional modding. If you like a specific theme much more than our old one please let me know via PM and I will make note of your favorite.

Well this is about it for all the changes ( additions really ) to the community, I would like to close with a common statement that many of you have herd me repeat countless times before... "I welcome all new members of the community and I'm very happy to see activity among community members and am very much thankful for any member inviting and or helping to expand our communities borders with new members! Keep up the great work guys!"

Oh, and I can keyboard rape too