I'm Nick, aka jacksonj04, and I'm one of Mod DB's Site Managers, specialising in looking after the community side of things. I've been with Mod DB since way back at the beginning, and did (at one point) actually mod. On a personal side, I was born in the UK and have lived there ever since, and I'm currently studying Computing and Cybernetics (That's robotics for those who don't know) at the University of Lincoln. Hobbies include Scouting, kayaking, and the ubiquitous video gaming - something which has far more relevance to life than people give it credit for. Here on Mod DB I look after the community, am one of the English language experts, and I'm also the one you should end up at if you're lost, confused, or otherwise in need of help that nobody else has been able to give you. I can't promise to put your life in order, but at least I can make sure your profiles all work properly. If you need help just drop me a PM or fire me an email. I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
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A couple of observant people have asked why we don't process our news articles in a strictly chronological order - ie sometimes we authorise newer news posts before older ones. There isn't a huge conspiracy and we haven't perfected our time travel device yet, it's purely a matter of balancing what's coming in at one end (the submissions) with what goes out the other end (the front page news) whilst keeping a good mix of interesting stuff.
We get lots of news coming through the system every day, and obviously can't put all of it on the front page or people would get fed up of news vanishing within mere hours, sometimes only to be replaced with total rubbish. As a result we have our editing queue and try to keep a steady flow of articles without overburdening you, and this means we can't always give a yes/no decision on an article straight away. Let me explain further.
Our editing queue.Excellent news articles are authed for front page display immediately, no questions asked. They then appear on the front page straight away (There's some complex buffering and caching going on here, but it's usually pretty quick). At the other end of the scale are the posts that don't deserve front page exposure, the "looking for a coder" and "we've just started" posts. These are relegated to profiles only. Then there are those in the middle which are good enough for the front page, but don't leap out and grab your attention.
On a really good news day, we have loads of excellent articles and so we don't need many of the good-enough articles to keep a steady flow. Conversely, on a bad day we're often forced to lower the barrier to entry in order to keep the front page content fresh. More commonly we have a mix of the excellent and the good-enough, carefully blended to make sure you're not swamped with model renders or too much text (And you thought we just did it all at random). As a result of trying to keep this mix our editors often leave some of the good-enough articles in the queue so that they can be picked up later if we have a drop in excellent submissions, or need something to break the monotony. Since the news articles are sorted by date, sometimes you'll see a 'new' article appear under one you've seen before or see an article posted after yours make it out of the editing queue first.
We aim for pieces of news to spend no longer than six hours in the queue even if they're in the good-enough category, and try to get as much news as possible on the front page.
I hope that's cleared up another point of how Mod DB works behind the scenes and how we make sure we're the best site for mod news.
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Yo,
I'm pretty new to ModDB, and I have a question for a wiser member.
I read you're Knights of the Farce article, and I was wondering if there is a replacement mod, or a mod like it that has been successfully released (a mod that chronicles the Star Wars Saga or is extremely customizable).
There's something a bit odd going on with comments at times, Moddb.com is missing at least three comments from a couple of hours ago - one vanished and has now returned.
DB hiccup?
Yeah, it should all be back to normal now.
ya now moddb is more of a media site than a mod site. All you see on the front page is media media media, i wish they just showed FULL mods as in release versions. I mean isnt that why they have a "email me or pm me if a new release comes on?" on the mod watch. I cant find any good mod releases, so i goto fileplanet now. They actualy have PLAYABLE games on there frontpage, not media shit like oh our new weapon models are in! then 2 weeks later, "dead" its a waste of space and nobody care about your new weapon models lol. I want progress and results not eye candy.
We're here to let people pimp their wares, so to speak. However, new releases always get priority on the news - and I'll have a look at creating a dedicated 'Releases' news feed for people like you who just want the ready-to-go content without the development side.
Want progress? Do it yourself.
I swear, the mod playing community is nothing but a bunch of 'gimme, gimme, gimme' ingrates these days.
i cant change my profile :'(
it says my emailadress is allready in use -_-
i just changed the bio and the custom title
I remember seeing that same avatar 5 years ago :D
What can I say? I like consistency :D