http://www.pcgameshots.com/

The members of the Halo Maps forum are invited to beta test a new community website. The PCGameShots.com is a FREE social networking website for the PC Gamer Community that allows members to create unique personal profiles, upload and share screenshots of the PC Games they play. All "Game Shots" on the website are for PC games ONLY. Become a member today, create a photo gallery and post your favorite Game Shots.

http://www.pcgameshots.com/

Rules for uploading A Game Shot

• Upload Game Shots from PC Games only!
  


• Anyone may upload a Game Shot - All Uploads will be reviewed


• Anonymous uploads will not be made available until after review.
  


• PC Game Shots reservers the right to delete any image we deem unsuitable


• Image formats supported: jpeg, jpg, gif, png, tiff, tif, pcx, bmp, tga

DO NOT Upload:

• Game Shots from console games!


• Photographs, Digital Camera Images, Pictures


• Shots containing nudity, pornography, explicit or excessive violence, or shots depicting or containing messages of hate, racism, or profanity


• Any original copyrighted works not of your ownership
  

This beta test opportunity is courtesy of UXB Internet and PCGameShots.com. Note: Features, layout and functions are subject to change without warning during the beta test .
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Well guys don’t say I never did anything for you. I have arranged for you to be part of the beta test team for a new website for the gaming community. This test is so you can make suggestions find errors and generally debug and shape what I believe will become a booming place for PC gamers.

I have set up a forum for reporting bugs or making suggestions or lists of things you would like to see. Please report the information in that forum and NOT in this thread.

Enjoy and start posting your game shots!

http://www.pcgameshots.com/

+Dennis

ty man. :)

Awesome! So now we can post pictures here? Can we link to them for say another website?

EDIT: Wait, I tried to signup and I got this:
Error Occurred While Processing Request

Error Diagnostic Information

Cannot find CFML template for custom tag BHCAPTCHA. ColdFusion attempted looking in the tree of installed custom tags but did not find a custom tag with this name.

The error occurred while processing an element with a general identifier of (CF_BHCAPTCHA), occupying document position (221:6) to (230:21).

Date/Time: 03/13/08 19:12:50
Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.12) Gecko/20080201 Firefox/2.0.0.12
Remote Address: 24.149.166.15
HTTP Referrer: http://www.pcgameshots.com/
Edited by DarkZealot on Mar 13, 2008 at 08:14 PM

Will try out thanks. :D

EDIT: Yeah I got the error too.
Edited by supersniper on Mar 13, 2008 at 08:18 PM

What browser did you use. I tried IE 7 and Firefox 2.0.0.12

EDIT: Never mind it is working now. :D I can't wait to try it out.
Edited by supersniper on Mar 13, 2008 at 08:29 PM

I got THAT error away, but now CAPTCHA isn't letting me in. ;_;

Lol when entering the code guys the letters appear in All caps but for it to accept it type it all in lower case. I guess it is case sensitive.

Intersting. Is this a site of your own idea or something from your company?

This error and the case sensitivity issue has been resolved. Thank you.


This is a site we have put together as a proof of concept for a client, which is why it is being beta tested live with you guys and also why it may have issues and may be missing some features. More than that I can not say, but I think it is a cool idea.


please reports bugs and or features in the PCGameShots forum.

We want your opinon but please post them in the PcGameshot forum so we can keep track of them otherwise it is just noise that gets overlooked.

This site looks awesome. I think I'm going to join.

Question: Are game shots allowed from different games other than the ones listed on the site?
Edited by Killer247 on Mar 13, 2008 at 09:47 PM

Awesome idea!

There is a thread in the PC Game Shots forum for you to post PC games that may missing from the list.

Below the Portal section: Look down.

Dennis have you thought of doing small video clips? Like 15 second long at most?

So, weapon animation videos?
Edit: Wait no, can't you just do that .GIF or something? Those pictures that can move, I'm not familiar with picture formats and so on.
Edit: Changed it to .GIF
Edited by ODX on Mar 13, 2008 at 10:39 PM

I don't like that sites layout

No, I think it will do very well. Dennis already has a big community and people can trust the sites. So I think it will be a nice addition.

Dennis you said this is for a client. So does that mean you won't be the moderator and you are just desighning it and then handing it over to your client? How does that work?

Please post bugs and or comments in the PC Game Shots forum







All you opinions are valid and we want them but they will be meanless unless you post them in the correct forum. Please post bugs, comments, opinions, features requests and discussion about it in the PC Game Shots forum

I am not a liberty to say at this time. Sorry

Corporate Intrigue!

Kiwi still hasn't got a conformation email and he sent one in two hours ago.
Edited by Kiwi on Mar 13, 2008 at 11:47 PM

Kiwi might have made a mistake somewhere in the email address, checking the bulk folder was the first thing he did. So now Kiwi can either wait two days for the name to clear up or make a different one.

Well I have been looking for some time now. I can't find this so called forums you speak of. Where exactly is it? And Dennis I think this might tell you to place it in a different spot.

Very bottem of the list of forums on this site.

I like the fact that you can add your Xfire name onto the site.

how long is this beta gunna last? and will it get wiped after the beta?

Console game = game pn xbox/Playstation/nintendo whatever.

http://forum.halomaps.org/index.cfm%3Fpage=forum&forumID=19

Months and most likely no unless the client decides not to proceed with the project.

As I said this is a proof of concept. I told them I knew a group of people who play PC games and want nothing more than to BETA test things. I convinced them that you guys would give honest feedback, offer suggestions, help find bugs and have strong opinions on what they like or dislike and would want to see. Please do not make me wrong. This is a chance to have a positive impact on the development of new website.

Just outta curiosity, is this related to that one poll you had asking us what games we played months ago?

Smart fella... yes it is.

BTW: Thanks for sending me the image. I believe we found the problem, but the solution may not be as easy.

Update summary from PC Game Shots forum threads:

Numerous bugs have been squashed and some existing security measures were tightened, in a couple of places we found that will need better explanations and received a few suggestions for improvements. The following are the current suggestions for new/updated features you think should be added to the PCGameShots website http://www.pcgameshots.com/

• Private Message System


• Abbuse Reporting System


• Web Forum


• Allow user to Hide time


• show when a user was last on.


• alows Users to leave Comments for each image


• Tags system for searching


• Allow animated avatars and don't resize them


• Random picture of the day


• Video Hosting - not a feature in consideration

Over all this has been the most pitiful beta test group I have ever worked with. Now I know why no one will let you guys beta test their maps. The feedback was lacking and only a couple of you tried all the features. I am sorely let down. With all this talk of beta test this and beta test that and “I wanna beta tester” I figured you would be up to the challenge.

Can I assume that if we added the list of features above then the website would be 100% perfect? I doubt it. Not one of you complained about the ability to sort by date ascending or descending, by user or within sections. No one complained about the profile layout information, no one suggested a gamer blog and no one suggested a hide profile option. Did anyone check the various instant messaging options to see if they worked?

Come on guys I told my client you would give the site a good look over and immediately find 20 to 30 things that were missing. All you found was 10.

What features would make you want to use the website on a regular basis?

The "break the site" I am not so worred about those things will be found in due course but am interested in features that would make you want to use it more often.

Bulk uploading is one I forgot to meantion.
Edited by Dennis on Mar 17, 2008 at 08:05 PM

When you go to rate a picture, there should be a different down state of the button then the up state. I didnt know if it was rated or not. That or a nice little message that says ("The image has been rated")
never mind, there is one
Edited by __napalm__ on Mar 17, 2008 at 08:05 PM

Kind of like a "User Rating" thing. If the user uploads a lot of pics and they get good ratings then the user gets a high rating.

I am genuinely curious about one particular item in your list:

Do you mean the login option in the main top menu? I ask because what if you are using a shared PC - you and your brothers - (and you didn’t want to mess with his account) and wanted to login to your account. Would you prefer to have to logout lthen og back in again or just click login to visit the login page and login to your account? I ask because a couple of people have mentioned some confusion over this feature and I am not sure if I fully understand why.