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Topic Started: Jun 2 2009, 12:28 AM (11,163 Views)
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Mar 3 2010, 08:06 PM
(facepalm) sorry this is the first thing i thought of when i heard of the updates...

Don't worry i think you will be visting jagex soon Big Ticket>?
yea, if they dont invite you they can go --- for the rest of their lives

im serious, make a vid of all of the things that have changed max hits/made you have to start over
gl having to remake everything ;)
how much has it cost you so far (both vids) 200m+
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I'm starting work on the editing now, I'll be uploading the video with the old hp system, no way I'm remaking it all because of this update.

I'm sure people will understand it was done with the old hp and it would just be a case of multiplying it by 10.

I'm also going to be cutting a few weapons out due to lack of footage and just generally not having very high hits (especially now with the 10x thing, they just seem even more unimpressive).

So these will be the main weapons in the video:

Mage short bow (spent quite a while trying to get the spec combo so i'll leave it in)
Diamond bolts
Hand cannon
Onyx bolts
Morrigans Javs
Morrigans throwing axes
Dragon bolts
Dark bow

I will probably add a short bit to the end with a few of the lower hitting weapons, but i'll only show the max hit, not the compilation of high hits leading up to the max. So they're not completely wasted.

Hopefully have the vid done soon :)
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Haven't had much to post for a while, but I should be doing some work on Epic Ninja soon so will probably be posting here over the next few weeks.

If you use Epic Ninja you may have noticed the ads have been complete crap lately, mainly get rich quick schemes, pointless annoying "play" & "download" buttons and how to loose weight. This is because Google have decided to disable ad serving to the site and will not reply to my appeals. So I've had to switch to a different ad network (adbrite) who don't seem to have any half decent ad to display what so ever.

Reason for ads being disabled according to Google is labelling ads in a fashion that encourages clicks, I'm guessing it was due to an ad on the homepage that was labelled "recommended". I've fixed that, appealed to get ad serving re instated, but over a month later I am yet to get any form of response.

After a few weeks with adbrite hoping the ads would improve, they haven't and the ad revenue from adbrite is like 5% of what it was from Google which isn't even enough to cover the server costs. So with crap ad revenue combined with horrible spam ads I'm gonna have to do something x.x

There are a few options, Google haven't disabled my account, just ad serving to epicninja.com, so my first thought is I'm going to have to move to a new domain. I've registered epic-ninja.com and will probably end up having to move the site there. I'll probably redesign the site too, to make sure Google can't disable it again for the same reasons, even though I fixed them.

They have such a ridiculous monopoly on internet ads it's unbelievable.

Oh well guess I'm working on a new site design for a while x.x


To do

- Set up hosting
- Create new pages - index, play, games, categories and fullscreen. (+css)
- Remove accounts/login, probably replace comments with facebook comments. (User accounts are kind of a mess and their only benefit is the ability to favourite games).
- Make sure Google can't have their way with my anus again - make sure ads are labelled "advert(isement)" or "sponsored link" NOTHING ELSE.
- Remove store
- Replace tweetmeme button with the official tweet button
- epicninja.com will remain up, but will be used as a media hosting domain, to save the hassle of transferring all the games/images etc over to the new domain. php pages will redirect to the new domain - make sure links to specific games are forwarded to the specific game on the new domain.
- Look into more ways of discovering new games that are already on the site - random game button etc (well over 1000 games, only a small fraction are actively played over long periods of time).


And more, I'll add when I think of them
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Oct 6 2010, 10:01 PM
Haven't had much to post for a while, but I should be doing some work on Epic Ninja soon so will probably be posting here over the next few weeks.

If you use Epic Ninja you may have noticed the ads have been complete crap lately, mainly get rich quick schemes, pointless annoying "play" & "download" buttons and how to loose weight. This is because Google have decided to disable ad serving to the site and will not reply to my appeals. So I've had to switch to a different ad network (adbrite) who don't seem to have any half decent ad to display what so ever.

Reason for ads being disabled according to Google is labelling ads in a fashion that encourages clicks, I'm guessing it was due to an ad on the homepage that was labelled "recommended". I've fixed that, appealed to get ad serving re instated, but over a month later I am yet to get any form of response.

After a few weeks with adbrite hoping the ads would improve, they haven't and the ad revenue from adbrite is like 5% of what it was from Google which isn't even enough to cover the server costs. So with crap ad revenue combined with horrible spam ads I'm gonna have to do something x.x

There are a few options, Google haven't disabled my account, just ad serving to epicninja.com, so my first thought is I'm going to have to move to a new domain. I've registered epic-ninja.com and will probably end up having to move the site there. I'll probably redesign the site too, to make sure Google can't disable it again for the same reasons, even though I fixed them.

They have such a ridiculous monopoly on internet ads it's unbelievable.

Oh well guess I'm working on a new site design for a while x.x
GL getting EpicNinja up and running (with google ads) :)
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soso when will the guides page be back up :c
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Thanks Maniac c:

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soso when will the guides page be back up :c


Probably a while :\ All the stuff got lost when I had to move hosts.

A lot of it was out of date anyway with all the game updates, they'll need to be re-written sometime.
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Oct 6 2010, 10:59 PM
Thanks Maniac c:

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soso when will the guides page be back up :c


Probably a while :\ All the stuff got lost when I had to move hosts.

A lot of it was out of date anyway with all the game updates, they'll need to be re-written sometime.
u shud post a thing where if people want to add a guides for monsters they can and ul re add them, like say which ones got lost and remake them
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Gonna start off doing a basic layout of the pages in photoshop before I start on the actual pages. Started on the header first since it's at the top and on every page :rollseyes:

Not sure if I'll go with something like this yet, but it's an idea (note: games/community icons would need to be remade, they're just quick icons I used from stock photos for ease, can't use them on the actual site):
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An alternative version without the icons:
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May swap the search and navigation links, so the search is underneath.

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Oct 6 2010, 11:05 PM
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Thanks Maniac c:

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soso when will the guides page be back up :c


Probably a while :\ All the stuff got lost when I had to move hosts.

A lot of it was out of date anyway with all the game updates, they'll need to be re-written sometime.
u shud post a thing where if people want to add a guides for monsters they can and ul re add them, like say which ones got lost and remake them
I think thats a good idea. B)
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That looks pretty good, but I would choose a different font if I were you. Here's something I whipped up in Photoshop:

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It's not perfect. I think the search box and a couple other areas need to be improved but I mainly just wanted to show you how I think this type of font would suit it better. I was thinking that the EpicNinja mascot (the screaming ninja cartoon guy XD) could maybe go on top of the splatter or something XD. Anyway, hope you like it, not saying you need to use this or anything - just wanted to show you what I think would be a bit better. :)
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I've tested out a few fonts previously when redesigning stuff, but none of them feel right. Might just be because I'm used to that one being the epicninja font, but I think a more distinctive font is better for the logo.

This is only going to be a slight re-design, I will be re-coding most of the html/css, but still want to keep a similar look & feel, just trying to improve it in some places.

The text for the navigation links will more than likely be plain text if it looks ok. I want to avoid using images for navigation links unless I have to.

I'll just stick with what I have in mind thanks :D don't wanna make too many big changes to the style of the site atm.


Got the domain up and running and will be working on it live. Got a bit of time to start work on the header today which is looking ok so far, decided to go with a mix of the 2 layout ideas I posted, so the search is under the logo and the navigation links will be the smaller boxes without the icons. Also moved the ninja head to the left hand side because it looked a bit better there. The random link won't be going where it is in the pics either, I'm stuck on where to put it atm. It could either go below the header next to a 728x90 banner ad (to fill the empty space, site is 960px wide), but that would mean having to put the banner ad on all pages (since I want the random game button on all pages, would prefer not to have to put wide banner on all game pages though). Or it could go in the header above the navigation links since there's a bit of space there. I guess I'll see how that looks, if it doesn't fit there well, I'll have to go with the banner one.

Search form still needs finishing. Found out about a nice feature of html5 'placeholder', it adds some default text to the input field when it is empty and not in focus, shame it's not supported by ie/firefox (works in chrome), I'll just leave it blank for them though, it's should be fairly obvious it's a search box anyway.

I'll try get the header finished tomorrow, maybe start work on the homepage too.
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Been slacking a fair bit on new site design (not been in the mood/addicted to dung B) ), but I should be working on it a bit more now. I've been slowly working on the homepage and have more or less finished it. Overall this shouldn't really take that much time if I work properly on it, so I think I'll try spend the majority of this weekend getting the bulk of it done. Would be nice to get it finished before the end of the month.

I'm starting work on the game browsing page now (games.php) and the play page after that (play.php). Once those two pages are done and the game submission process is modified to work on the new domain, I think I'll start redirecting the old pages to the new ones, since they're the ones being used the most. Other pages should be pretty straight forward to add later since they're not really used that much.

Got Firewind's new album recently, been listing to it non stop since x.x should help get some work done though because it's absofuckinglutelyawegasmsome :pengwin:

Can't stop listening to this very, very loud :horsey:






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Been working on games.php most of today and have it finished I think, so just play.php to do tomorrow before the site is more or less usable. Gonna go round friends house for the rest of the night, probably play black ops and maybe have a few drinks o.

New pages:
Home - http://www.epic-ninja.com
Browse Games - http://www.epic-ninja.com/games.php
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Are you still updating the sosolid2k.co.uk home page? just wondering because you're still missing some of the shortcuts to pages/they dont work ;)
also whats the first songs you play in "6k mith drag kills vid?"
New vid or event too soon plz?
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I'll just be using it for posting blogs for a while I think, might add some guides and stuff in the future, but I doubt anything soon.

Song is DJ-Nate - Crying Soul [remix] (free to download)

Dunno about vids lol, kinda in the mood to do another RSMV sometime, but I'll have to see if I feel like doing it when I'm not busy x] Might have some events around Christmas/december. Been thinking of a long term league thing for PvP with some out of game strategy stuff (similar to the deathmatch tournament in feb with the AP) so we can have little fights over a period of a few months (with more relaxed rules/options for fights), with some strategy stuff on the forum. It would take a bit of planning though, so will probably have to wait a while (and I don't want a bunch of biggish events all crammed in together, already got dm tourny & monster massacre for feb & mar).




Managed to get a decent amount of work done over the weekend, the new site is usable now for playing games, but still needs a little more work before it'll become the default site.

Got most of the play page done today, most of the time spent fiddling around with the rating system x.x Found out that it didn't actually work in internet explorer, even the old site...dunno how I missed that, but I did and it's been like it all that time lol >.<. Managed to fix it though (at one point I got it to work in IE and managed to break it for other browsers -.-) so it should hopefully work now in all browsers. I decided to get rid of the comments (and user accounts for that matter) and replaced them with Disqus comments which should be easier to moderate, more secure, better commenting features and more accessible. Favourite button has also gone since there are no longer user accounts.

Main things left to do for play page are adding the game stats (rating/no. of plays), putting in the 'more games' bit so there are a few games to try out on the same page (should be going beside the comments again) and the facebook like widget under the comments. Still debating whether or not to put the dim lights option on the new site, not really sure how many people even use it, but I've personally not had any real use for it since adding it. I will probably keep the fullscreen option though, I've found that handy sometimes c:

Decided I'm definitely gonna update the header/navigation to match the rest of the site better, it's getting more and more annoying everyday because it doesn't match up well enough :c Layout will stay pretty much the same, I'll just make a few adjustments to the links/background gradient/search box to make them more sexy. Also think I'll have to make the ninja head click-able as a link to the homepage, found myself moving my mouse in that direction a few times then realising the home button is in the middle.

Now it's time for some Ugly Betty B)
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The new site design looks great. Everything feels much faster and smoother, too. The list of games on the homepage is now more spaced out which makes it easier to look at and read - gives everything some room to breathe. I'm not too fond of the hyphen in the new URL, but apart from that, it's all good (Y) :) BTW, I would suggest integrating a comment system such as DISQUS into EpicNinja (or improving the current one by adding more features). Making it social would also be a way forward (e.g. most sites these days let you use your Twitter or Facebook accounts to log in). Of course you're trying to get the site design done and dusted at the moment, but once that's done then adding some more features and other stuff would be a great plus :)
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