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Just to inform you all, that on Friday (tomorrow) some important updates will be taking place on the Gaming & Design sites.

Please be aware that you may come across some errors at the time of these updates. Should you do so, we ask that you please come back to the site again in a few minutes' time.

We apologise for any disruptions and inconvenience caused.

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hippyman wrote:
> Not sure if it is in the process of being updated, but when i
> looked at my profile, I see my place in the cheats hall of fame
> and walkthrough hall of fame have "N/A" next to them.
>
> Is this feature being removed, updated or could it just be an
> error (can't check the cheats and walkthrough section to see if
> it is there as my work has filtered those pages out...- could the
> N/A be down to this...)

Morning Hippy, it will be an error if anything. I'm looking at your profile, and it seems to be working fine for me? Do you mean your public profile, or the page in your MyFreeola account?

Not sure if it is in the process of being updated, but when i looked at my profile, I see my place in the cheats hall of fame and walkthrough hall of fame have "N/A" next to them.

Is this feature being removed, updated or could it just be an error (can't check the cheats and walkthrough section to see if it is there as my work has filtered those pages out...- could the N/A be down to this...)

Tony wrote:
> Clarification on how to win, when it is judged, how many prizes
> and how the categories are separated will, I hope, be appearing
> on the Win Free Games page very soon. Most likely it will break
> down to one prize each week for cheats, walkthroughs and tips,
> one prize for technical, chat and reviews, and potentially a
> third prize for challenges.

Much of this information is now shown on the Win Free Games page.

Tony wrote:
> BlackholeAlfonse wrote:
> But there's no GADs for chat posts anymore :(
> Surely that's the reason why it's been eons since I've won.
> (That and my being cripplingly untalented)
>
> Clarification on how to win, when it is judged, how many prizes
> and how the categories are separated will, I hope, be appearing
> on the Win Free Games page very soon. Most likely it will break
> down to one prize each week for cheats, walkthroughs and tips,
> one prize for technical, chat and reviews, and potentially a
> third prize for challenges.

I think that's a goot idea (much as I'd like a seperate 3rd prize for chat and reviews!) but putting technical and reviews together makes sense as you'll get people writing more cheats and walkthroughs which will, in turn, bring more hits to the site and I won't feel so intimidated on a thursday when the guys who write those wonderful technical posts roll up their sleeves!

I was kind of under that impression on how the GADs were distributed. I seem to count time by the number of Tuesday deadlines for reviews I miss. Which reminds me...got to have one for the next deadline!

BlackholeAlfonse wrote:
> But there's no GADs for chat posts anymore :(
> Surely that's the reason why it's been eons since I've won.
> (That and my being cripplingly untalented)

Untalented? Your deadpan delivery of some posts are brilliant! Most of the time I'm in fits after reading some of your pure genius posts...shame some of the others don't undertstand your humour.

Well now you said you've finished your exams and have a summer of xbox, you can review your games and write walkthroughs - you'll be winning again in no time!

BlackholeAlfonse wrote:
> But there's no GADs for chat posts anymore :(
> Surely that's the reason why it's been eons since I've won.
> (That and my being cripplingly untalented)

Clarification on how to win, when it is judged, how many prizes and how the categories are separated will, I hope, be appearing on the Win Free Games page very soon. Most likely it will break down to one prize each week for cheats, walkthroughs and tips, one prize for technical, chat and reviews, and potentially a third prize for challenges.

But there's no GADs for chat posts anymore :(
Surely that's the reason why it's been eons since I've won.
(That and my being cripplingly untalented)

ButchML wrote:
> t1mmie wrote:
> Oh and by the way, we're no longer using the term 'GAD award'
> or
> 'GAD'. Instead we are using 'Gaming Award' or occasional 'Chat
> & Gaming Award'. This is as far as I am aware, anyway.
>
> I'm with Hmmm... on this, not so sure. I like the whole GAD
> prizes thing. They are awarded for Gaming And Design so why not
> keep it?
>
> Then again it's none of my business really!


As far as I am concerned they are Any Game of Your Choice or a £30 Amazon Voucher. That makes them AGYCOAV's. Sounds like a name for the latest Toyota.

Anyway, officially they are now "Free Games".

cjh wrote:
> Hmmm...:
> "The small
> images
> on the main forum pages "thread title" "last
> post"
> etc. work fine in FF but look clunky in IE7 where the
> background
> displays without the gradient."
>
> This looks like IE has some extra space (padding / margin) at
> the top of the row, so everything within it is pushed down, and
> hence out of line.

Yup, someone added padding rather than margin. All sorted now.

Well spotted, thanks.

Hmmm...:
"The small images on the main forum pages "thread title" "last post"
etc. work fine in FF but look clunky in IE7 where the background
displays without the gradient."

This looks like IE has some extra space (padding / margin) at the top of the row, so everything within it is pushed down, and hence out of line.