A Home for the Nexus

PinkDragon · Post by **PinkDragon** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:39 am

I'm desent at making collages look good if people wanted to send me imags to use i could whip one up for the site

Mystic Dragon · Post by **Mystic Dragon** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 2:52 pm

Here we go! These guys are site censors. They let people know what kind of content we have in the Nexus before they set their nubile little five year old to browsing. I think they're cute. And they're even adoptable!

http://www.mabsland.com/Adoption.html

Shard · Post by **Shard** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 3:02 pm

Maybe we should make our own

Mystic Dragon · Post by **Mystic Dragon** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 3:04 pm

Now there's an idea! Anyone willing to pitch in?

Shadow · Post by **Shadow** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 3:07 pm

I'll pitch in. I need something to do!

DNS · Post by **DNS** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 3:57 pm

<3>.> making our own censors would be neat.

squee, btu yes. i like the idea, tell me if i can help~

Mystic Dragon · Post by **Mystic Dragon** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 4:07 pm

Do you guys want to run this like we did the logo contest? Everyone submits a censor template, then we vote on which one we want. Or possibly we could offer them all and just use the voted one as our "offical" censor.

Shadow · Post by **Shadow** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 4:12 pm

I don't really care. I wasn't here for the logo contest. Whichever way is best.

Shard · Post by **Shard** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 4:22 pm

I like how there are 3 different kinds on the panda-cute site, and I think a lot of us work best with different sizes or shapes of items. I'd like to have one set that we vote on, but I would think that having a similar 'style' with our own images would suit everyone too. An 'official, for use if you don't want to make your own' set, to vote on, in other words, but not stopping anyone from making similar ones.

I would also like to point out that it does surprise me that she's still 'getting away' with the RIAA's 'version' of ratings. They've literally sued companies for the same thing, because it's 'their' rating system (hence why there are different rating systems for movies, electronic games, and comics).

I'd put a vote in for:

All Ages (good for everything, "g" but not 'goodie two shoes')
Younger Viewers (best suits classic "g" rating)
Teen Viewers (some violence, perhaps a swear word but nothing serious "pg/pg13")
Young Adults (violence, sensible realism in language and situations "r")
Adult (language/violence and sexual situations portrayed realistically - a "hard r")
Mature (over the top for any reason "nc")
Unrated

Also feel free to adapt my "naughty bits" and other buttons - it was just something I came up with to simplify the way I looked at the Naughty dragons, because THEY have ratings lol. "Naughty Bits"(nudity) "Bad Words" "Gender Issues"(glbt/identity) "Violence" and "PR0N" are all touchy... but not every story has everything.

Mystic Dragon · Post by **Mystic Dragon** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 4:23 pm

Huh.... I didn't even know about that. Good thing you pointed it out. Yeah, our own rating system would be good too.

Astra · Post by **Astra** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 5:01 pm

It's a good idea to warn people I don't see why we need our own system however.

Post by **Dray** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 5:19 pm

Nifty idea!

Instead of a contest (or maybe a contest for people who wanna participate), Perhaps we could make things more unified by offering guidelines for how large each one should be? Like... 100x35, 100x100, whatever, with a black background and white letters, so that whatever the person makes, it'll be easily recognizeable between sites?

X3 It's a nifty idea, though.

DNS · Post by **DNS** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 5:27 pm

I wasn't aware of the fact that that rating system was owned. :/ eh. I know a number of fanfic sites that use the ratings too, but they're all non-profit, so sueing would be unproductive? that, or they just haven't noticed yet.

Maybe we should specify ages-- albiet, not the same ones? like, the ratings baove, but with numbers. ^^ But then again, maturity is relative... X.x All it would do would give people a context, i guess, since, like astra said, "young adult" has a lot of different ages asscoaited with it, as do others.

Astra · Post by **Astra** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 5:33 pm

First of all I think that is bullsh*t that you can claim a rating system.

Second I like Shard's but I'd really just feel more comfortable with Mature Teen instead of Young Adult -- I know that's me being anal, but I think of things like Animorphs and Goosebumps when I think of Young Adult, and that's just really misleading as a rating higher than teen ... we'd get like 10 year olds coming and thinking young adult was acceptable and then seeing the naughty-bits, and it could just be ... messy. *whistles*

Post by **Dray** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 5:36 pm

*snorts* People need to stop seeing 'naughty bits' and freaking the fleck out in the /first/ place. T_T"

DNS · Post by **DNS** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 5:37 pm

Tru dat.
-snorts at the thought of animorphs- oh, that series makes me so nostalgic. >.>

It is bullshit, though. :/ eh, it's like people claiming poses and the concept of brightly coloured huskies as a general whole. But people do that. -.- and that's the sad bit.

squee~

Shard · Post by **Shard** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:12 pm

It's MPAA, not RIAA my mistake (though they're essentially the same people) and here's their wiki on it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPAA_film_rating_system

I totally agree: naughty bits are only naughty if you think they don't 'belong' to a nice society. Since we're not nice... lol.

Post by **Dray** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:16 pm

XD I like the way you phrase it, Shard.

Shard · Post by **Shard** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:42 pm

Here's the new list:

Sweet ^___^
Nice >^.^<,
Normal

Abnormal .....
Naughty! (.)(.)

heh.

<-- normal!

JKatkina · Post by **JKatkina** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:46 pm

XD Naughty makes me giggle.

Post by **Dray** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:49 pm

....

Is it sad that that makes /more/ sense then 'G', 'PG', etc? XDDDDD Shard, you win the internets.

Shadow · Post by **Shadow** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:05 pm

I agree with Dray. i like the new listing. More plain an obvious. *jots it down for the fun of taking notes on absoutely nothing* That's what ghappens when you loose sleep and have a stressed mind...

Snow man!!

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Mystic Dragon · Post by **Mystic Dragon** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:05 pm

You Don't Want To Know ~\o/~

Post by **Dray** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:15 pm

>_> I can't help but see that as spread-legs. XD I /know/ it's supposed to be an emoticon, but... Mystic, you shouldn't pair things up with that phrase! XDDD

DNS · Post by **DNS** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:21 pm

-DEATH!-

best ever, dray. >.> I saw it as someone with amazingly bad armpit hair, but that's only cuz of an inside joke with a friend... >.> yours beats mine! Spread legs emote 4evah!

Starburst · Post by **Starburst** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:51 pm

o_0

Have I ever mentioned that I am scarred for life since viewing some topics on these forums?

XD Nevertheless, I like the rating system. Keep it up.

Mystic Dragon · Post by **Mystic Dragon** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:26 pm

:3 Actually, it's supposed to be spread legs. Now guess what the squiggly lines are.

Cacopheny · Post by **Cacopheny** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:40 pm

Arms, yes?

Shadow · Post by **Shadow** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 7:08 am

Don't be alone Star. I'm scarred for life as well. Though not because of any of these topics. I simply know more than whats healthy for me. A lot more. But My snowman is nice! Yes? *hugs snowman*

Starburst · Post by **Starburst** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:49 am

Is it sad that that makes /more/ sense then 'G', 'PG', etc? XDDDDD Shard, you win the internets.

You know, you're right. When I was little I thought 'PG' meant 'Pretty Good'. This would clear those kinds of misconceptions right up. XD