[Desche]

I didn't see any, so I'm assuming they don't exist. But I thought, maybe add some random ones like "favorite character" and stuff.

Profile Fields are the things under your avatar, like the "member number" stuff.

[Eugine]

Got any specific suggestions?

[Desche]

I figured more specific suggestions should be made by the older members, but yea.

Favorite Character
Favorite Town
Current Game
GS3 % of happening

etc. If you had to code it even, I would imagine it wouldn't be too hard... you could do an easy SQL table addition and PHP echo

[Someone Else]

GS3 % of happening is actually a good idea...

[Golden Legacy]

I quite like this idea too (especially the GS3 chance of happening field).

Let's have people start listing and suggesting custom fields they'll like then. I'm curious about what other custom profile fields people would like to see before implementing any.

Good suggestion, Desche.

[Mallick]

Golden sun related ones are a little late.

However, Wii codes, XBL tags, steam IDs/names etc. would be a great idea for playing online.

Real name, too.

[Split Infinity]

Why not just put all those things in your sig, or profile?

[Folcon]

how about Elemental Alignment

[Eugine]

PDM is right imo, Golden Sun related ones are a little late. I like the real name field though.

While you're at it, I think you should remove "Joined" and "Member No." I think they are more suited for the member profile. Anyone agreez?

[Folcon]

*holds up hand*

I agree with eugine.

[Ironsight]

EDIT: You know what, ignore this please. I don't really have anything to add except "this is a good idea".

[Max]

Hm, while I understand where you all are coming from, I have some reservations about this idea. First off, Joined and Member No shouldn't be removed, as they are pretty critical bits of information (and, without looking, I'm not sure you can even remove them). With regards to adding new ones, I would hesitate, because that stuff really belongs in a signature or profile page.

The point of that info under the username/avatar is to allow people to identify the user, plain and simple. It's not a way for users to display their opinions or anything else, that stuff belongs in a sig or profile page or something else.

[Toasty]

I can understand that, but I think it wouldn't be a bad idea to at least add a section for your Wiicode/XBL tag/etc.

I could see how that would make things look cluttered though.

[Mallick]

Max, on Apr 8 2008, 12:14 PM, said:

Hm, while I understand where you all are coming from, I have some reservations about this idea. First off, Joined and Member No shouldn't be removed, as they are pretty critical bits of information (and, without looking, I'm not sure you can even remove them). With regards to adding new ones, I would hesitate, because that stuff really belongs in a signature or profile page.

The point of that info under the username/avatar is to allow people to identify the user, plain and simple. It's not a way for users to display their opinions or anything else, that stuff belongs in a sig or profile page or something else.

My "real name" field stands.

[Someone Else]

Max, on Apr 8 2008, 12:14 PM, said:

Hm, while I understand where you all are coming from, I have some reservations about this idea. First off, Joined and Member No shouldn't be removed, as they are pretty critical bits of information (and, without looking, I'm not sure you can even remove them). With regards to adding new ones, I would hesitate, because that stuff really belongs in a signature or profile page.

The point of that info under the username/avatar is to allow people to identify the user, plain and simple. It's not a way for users to display their opinions or anything else, that stuff belongs in a sig or profile page or something else.

Joined can be viewed in your profile, though Member no. doesn't seem to be in there. Moving member no. to your profile page and removing both from the info under the avatar seems like a good idea. Normal members don't really need to see that all the time anyway.

As for cluttering up space which seems to be your issue, simple. Keep the custom fields short, maybe one or two categories? And limit to only a few characters to get the idea out.

For example, if GS3 % of happening were a field you only need to allow 3 characters for numbers 1-100.

Wii code would be 16 characters. For XBL and PSN, however many characters are the maximum.

[Eugine]

Yea. Keep everything, since they are 'crucial' (don't see why though x3), but how about changing "AKA" to real name?

[Desche]

I know a lot of popular forums such as IF and ZB are allowing members to add some stuff - I can see where it would be cluttered with a lot of different options though. I think something like a wiicode would be cool

[Max]

If this was a Wii fanboy forum, or a Xbox fanboy forum, or a Sony fanboy forum, or a social club, then maybe I could see why everyone should have those fields under their name. Alas, it is not, this is a GS fanboy forum, but even not so much anymore.

The point of member number and joined date is so that you can access someone's seniority and experience on these forums at a glance, and allows both new and old members to ascertain another person's history quickly. AKA is to allow old/current members to identify other members who have had their display names changed, and thus avoid some confusion.

So basically, the only one that satisfies all the above criteria would be the GS3 percentage, but even that seems like a bit of a stretch, since that's more suited for a discussion thread. Anything else is great for a sig, like many of you already do.

[Split Infinity]

Yeah, just put that kind of stuff in your sig. The only field that seems practical at the moment is Real Name.

[Gio]

Mallick, on Apr 7 2008, 11:43 PM, said:

Golden sun related ones are a little late.

However, Wii codes, XBL tags, steam IDs/names etc. would be a great idea for playing online.

Real name, too.

I thought these were pretty good ideas. O well w/e

[Eugine]

Real name is a great suggestion imo. Max is just a killer of hopes and dreams, so let us move on x3.

I say replace AKA with real name. Why? Real name always remain the same (don't get complicated here guys, no Affidavits or w/e). So despite someone changing their display name, we'll ALWAYS have their real name to fall back on.
... but then, so much people are named Daniel Here >>

[Ironsight]

I think AKA is much more usefull than a real name thing. Any returning memebers might be hard pressed to find out who's who without it.

[Golden Legacy]

Which is what the main intent of it was, and I do agree that "AKA" is more useful than "Real Name", since not everyone here knows the real names of everyone, but everyone (especially older members) knows a member's username(s).

Also, I too can't find a way to remove "Member No." and "Joined", so those are obviously staying. Adding anything else would just clutter it up, I feel.


Hmm. I actually need to ask you something Max, I'll do that by PM right now...

[Eugine]

Alright.

How about having both?

[Mallick]

Golden Legacy, on Apr 8 2008, 08:18 PM, said:

Which is what the main intent of it was, and I do agree that "AKA" is more useful than "Real Name", since not everyone here knows the real names of everyone, but everyone (especially older members) knows a member's username(s).

Also, I too can't find a way to remove "Member No." and "Joined", so those are obviously staying. Adding anything else would just clutter it up, I feel.


Hmm. I actually need to ask you something Max, I'll do that by PM right now...

*facepalm*

That's why you add a real name profile field so we do know.

[Elliott]

It's a bit excessive and unnecessary.

[Mallick]

So is quoting 5 different people who said the exact same thing.

[Nick Presta]

I agree entirely with Max on this issue.

If you have additional information, not pertinent to your profile at GSSF, it can either go in your signature or personal statement (I have chosen the latter).