Stupidity.
 

http://oi53.tinypic.com/5plixf.jpg

No explanation required.

You should not grab the block in the first place. You've been warned!

This is what came to mind.

you should talk to tim

:D

This is actually what should of come to mind.

rofl

I should think of a redundant onCreated? Weird, But rest seems good.

1. Insert Fist
2. ?????
3. Profit

Move the informational block down 1 tile (0.5 of a tile even), out of reach of grabbing, and problem solved. How hard would that be? o_O

Yeah I think all staff have a NPC object mover (I had one). All they had to say was :move 0 .5 and click the object :D

What is the problem with grabbing the block?

Changes the text of the block to say who placed it instead of the informational message. By repeatedly grabbing the block you can prevent other people from seeing the "very important message".

Not sure why the "Placed by" message even needs to be there anymore since all staff tools are logged now. If for some other reason it is still needed it should be converted to use the message system rather than chat text.

Secondly, isn't this the sort of thing that should be getting put in the news window anyway?

Shouldn't be using ****ing staff blocks as bulletin boards.

^ This. Period.

Yep, looks stupid. Era iPhone refuses to use them

Why not change the 'placed by' to a message-on-right-click type thing instead?

Ya thats what I mean by the message system.
When you right click a dropped item it sends information to the message system, so it'd only make sense.

Although it makes even more sense to put new information in the news window and only use staff block to actually block off certain things/areas.

I had made a version of the staff block that did exactly that, as well as some other improvements with interaction. I'm not even sure why that didn't get used.

My thinking at the time of doing that was seeing things in Trivia where there were blocks all over the place and depending on your font type and size, often it overlapped other blocks. It's not a fix to the problem, but it's definitely a way around it.

As Demisis said, there is information that can simply be stashed in the News GUI which has been moulded to do what it's typically meant for: Informing people, and making itself clearly visible when a new version of the information is added. What is on that block is a perfect example of what belongs in the news section of the GUI. It wasn't designed to just sit there and look pretty.

I guess im the only one that knows this??? All a staff member has to do is say ":i" and then grab the block. it will remove the "Placed by ____" thing.

That's the point.

Honestly, who cares?

I actually knew that, and I'm not (and never have been) a staff with blocks.
:asleep:

"!addvar y 1" *click*
I suppose my tool is long gone, though.

Me, Stefan, Unixmad and pretty much everyone that's trying to make Graal more popular. gg

Maybe focus on fixing actually problems?

I mean, he's right..
Who cares about staff blocks when there's clearly much bigger problems that need to be fixed.

They're not making Graal more popular or better.
They're neglecting Graal to do iPhone stuff, but they neglected it beforehand so nothing here is new.

gg? Are you five? The point you made is neither valid or related...
Go play your iPhone and leave our forums alone.

Doesn't matter how much you make the server look good when it looks like a ****ing playground with all the staff blocks scattered around. This isn't some minor point that has never been brought up before. It detracts from the server and makes it look less professional than it already is.

Also your whole point is moot. "Why worry about staff blocks when they could be fixing other things?" There is nothing to fix about staff blocks. They just need to stop being used, aka staff need to stop being lazy. Will staff not placing staff blocks suddenly mean a gun won't get released or something? That doesn't make sense.

I hate it when people use that piss-poor excuse to cover up lazyness. "Blah blah, if they do that then the IMPORTANT STUFF won't get done." Development does not work like that. Small things can be done alongside of bigger projects. If they can't manage that then they're doing it wrong.

Dusty, You just earned major respect outta me. Not like you didn't have little or anything before for you just earned more <3

Staff Blocks: Useful for marking out levels that require certain elements completed.

Era Staff Blocks: Used to force players to read news and other reports that would be more appropriate in the News window.

Era Staff: Still not fixing the problem properly.

:(

Yeah it would be good if there was somebody on the server who was in charge of all the staff and could direct/govern/oversee/officiate/guide/mentor them.
Is there somebody who could manage to do that? http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...3kk_9MAmtg&t=1

Thanks dusty, nailed my point.

He might have nailed your point, but he completely missed mine.

Nope, addressed your point completely but it doesn't seem that you understood mines.

No era current staff even reads these forums, pfft save your breath; guys.

I did ;)

I disagree. If you want something changed, post it in a todo list or ask a specific person to do it, don't litter the level with blocks that are just unprofessional to begin with.

99% certain he's talking about unreleased levels.

If he is, I don't have a problem with it. :D

Yeah he is, that's the only reason I ever used a staff block :D

Just stopping by to confirm that I was indeed talking about using them in levels only accessible to development.

staff blocks are good for temporarily use such as blocking of glitches or warning players some important information, but they shouldn't be there really much longer than a day. At the very least make the blocks look nice. You can change their image, so change it to an NPC that matches the surroundings (i would change it to the image of my character's statue Jen made a while back), so it doesnt look like a random block