Administrator Jatheish Posted December 9, 2015 Administrator Share Posted December 9, 2015 Greetings Survivors! We’re very excited to announce that we’re ready to start opening up the new ARK Community Hub. We’ve been working hard on the Hub in order to bring our awesome Community and Game platform agnostic home where we can better communicate, interact and meet your needs. www.survivetheark.com Due to the immense and continued growth of our community, our need for a central platform to discuss and interact with one another is highly important. We want to ensure that we maintain our promise of constantly iterating alongside your feedback, listening to your suggestions, hearing out your concerns, sharing your content, and working together as a team to create both a better game and a better community! Something to keep in mind is that the new forums are still in their early days. We’ve added a lot of functionality thus far, but as the game continues to grow and we have more time to spend on it, we plan to improve it a lot further and add a lot more. Here are some of the features you can expect to see with the new forum; Forums With the launch of the Community Hub, we’ll be having a much larger forum which will have platform specific and game-mode specific sections to make discussion a lot easier to keep up with and relevant. We found that with the current boards, often threads were being buried due to the limited sections available for posting, and that other sections weren’t getting as much attention because they weren’t shown as predominantly when on the site. With our new forum, you’ll be able to see all the sections and hide the ones which are irrelevant to you as you please. They are more structured so that it’s a lot easier to find something that you want to read about or talk about. You’ll also be able to keep track of the latest discussions, shared content, and other neat tidbits such as knowing instantly when we start broadcasting live on our Twitch Channel! Gallery Something incredibly important to us was seeing the amazing content you guys create, seeing you share your experience and joy in game with one another as well as with us! This is why one of the first features that we created for our hub was the ability for survivors to create their own ARK picture and video galleries (soon™)! Platform Integration We understand that many of you will be playing ARK from all sorts of different places, some of you survivors will be on the PC, others on the Xbox, and some on the Playstation. Due to this we wanted to ensure that we could fully integrate as many of those platforms as possible into our hub. Initially we will be launching with Steam integration, so you’ll be able to find your friends and keep up with their steam changes via their new profiles! As we get further along in our development process, we’ll also be integrating as many other ARK platforms as possible. Support & Getting Involved We realize a major concern that has been identified with ARK was getting in touch with us. Due to this, in our new community hub we have incorporated a form system. This will give survivors the opportunity to contact us directly regarding support issues, reporting a player, and even application and eligibility for testing builds early! It’s still a work in progress and there’s a lot more we aim to do with it, however the basic functionality exists now and it will definitely be a lot easier for us to keep track of issues and reports, as well as for you to get in touch with us. Something we have consistently made a high priority for ARK is the absolute destruction of cheaters. This is something that will never change, we are going to continuously iterate on our in-game defenses against them, as well as work on new things with other industry leaders to stop cheaters. We don’t like them, you don’t like them - we want it to stop. Taking this into account, you guys won’t have to worry about any hackers being present on our Community Hub as our VAC-linked system will track anyone with a VAC ban and then automatically and permanently ban them from accessing the hub. We will also be taking steps in game to further recruit more GMs to assist us with overseeing the game and keeping the peace. Profile Page Who you are matters. On our new hub, each member won’t just be a name. Our profile pages will enable you to create an identity. You will have the ability to customize your profile, with images, signatures and earn achievements and badges. We want to know more about our community and the best way to do that is giving you as much opportunity to express yourself as possible. With our profile pages you will also be able to register different platforms (currently limited to Steam), so you’ll be able to instantly find one another, as well as check out the other games that your friends are currently playing! -- Though don’t worry, if you’re the bashful type then you’ll be able to keep all that information private from other survivors! You can also make use of the extended post information to keep track of your own, your friends, and developer topics and posts! Announcements Similarly to the Steam Forum, we will also have our own Announcements that will be visually featured on our main-site and Community Hub! You’ll be able to leave comments and stay up to date on all of ARKs latest news! Calendar Keep up to date with our upcoming events with our Calendar feature! This will show survivors, in incredible detail, when an event is taking place, as well as include other useful information such as relevant threads, images, and the option to let us know what you think about the event. You’re able to leave comments, reviews, follow, and this is something we encourage you to do as the more feedback we receive, the more we will know about bettering our events in order to ensure that our community is having a fantastic experience. Steam Forums Don’t worry Steam users! We aren’t abandoning you! We will still be active on the Steam boards to ensure that the latest patch-notes are up to date, as well as our latest news and information is always posted and available for you to check out. We will be moving over our community-posts to the new hub though, including the ARK Digest and the Community Crunch! However we do encourage you to join our new Community Hub and make full use of it! As our developers and forum moderators will be actively discussing on the new boards, as well as using it as the primary place for reading your reports, concerns and suggestions - so please do join us! ARK Community Hub - www.SurviveTheArk.com Thank you guys! All the best and we’ll see you on the Hub ;)! Wildcard Jat & the ARK Survival Evolved Team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 It's an exciting day for ARK and it's community! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quantumfuzzics Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 the question is whether or not we have to repost questions for this weeks digest from steam to the new website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteer Moderator GP Posted December 9, 2015 Volunteer Moderator Share Posted December 9, 2015 I'm so excited about this place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTX2GvO Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Fresh spawn from the steam forums. Have to say. registering via a steam login was very quick and easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Jatheish Posted December 9, 2015 Author Administrator Share Posted December 9, 2015 23 minutes ago, Quantumfuzzics said: the question is whether or not we have to repost questions for this weeks digest from steam to the new website We'll be doing it from the next editions, the current will still continue on Steam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerachiel Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judqment8 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 The site looks cool and it's clean to browse. Just wondering that isn't it gonna be tedious to post all the stuff twice here and on steam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iby102 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 I love the site so far after messing about on it for a bit and overall it's much more appealing and smooth compared to the steam forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Glad to have you all here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twutti Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Very nice. Clean design and good idea!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent_Of_Change Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 This is great guys!!! Thanks for putting this together, I've been feeling for a while like ARK was outgrowing what the steam forums could offer.\ Quick suggestion though... Is there anyway you can visibly link the official are Wikia from this site? it'll make it more visible and it's a great tool for all ARK players I just think it's just not visible enough to get the attention it deserves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Chris Posted December 9, 2015 Administrator Share Posted December 9, 2015 22 minutes ago, Agent_Of_Change said: This is great guys!!! Thanks for putting this together, I've been feeling for a while like ARK was outgrowing what the steam forums could offer.\ Quick suggestion though... Is there anyway you can visibly link the official are Wikia from this site? it'll make it more visible and it's a great tool for all ARK players I just think it's just not visible enough to get the attention it deserves. Look in the main menu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaedan Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Very nice! enjoying the steam integration part as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jojo Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 The pictures are so amazing and then i visited the link.. Now im speechless! I'm so happy to stay with this great community at one place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent_Of_Change Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 10 minutes ago, Casanova said: Look in the main menu **edit: this post may be a hallucination. Please ignore.** I appear to be blind today. my congestion appears to have affected my vision. So uh... good on them... maybe they could make it blink bright colors.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iby102 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 3 minutes ago, Agent_Of_Change said: I appear to be blind today. my congestion appears to have affected my vision. So uh... good on them... maybe they could make it blink bright colors.... It's not you lol I'm pretty sure it was just done a short while after you asked about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent_Of_Change Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Just now, iby102 said: It's not you lol I'm pretty sure it was just done a short while after you asked about it. I'm a bit distracted... If it was after my request (because i would have sworn it wasn't there) then I (and of course the person who made the change, i assume this fine Casanova fella) am Awesome. If not I am blind but still great, anywho point is this whole endeavour is full of positive things so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteer Moderator GP Posted December 10, 2015 Volunteer Moderator Share Posted December 10, 2015 Having seen the appalling reactions to the Xbox One announcements and the Rex skin over on the Steam forums, I have officially left the Steam forums. Thank god this community hub has been set up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsundere Dragon Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 1 minute ago, GamerPerfection said: Having seen the appalling reactions to the Xbox One announcements and the Rex skin over on the Steam forums, I have officially left the Steam forums. Thank god this community hub has been set up. Same, this forum in functionality and community seems much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyKitten Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 I hate to be That person but is there a post anywhere about forum rules and regulations >.> I may have missed it in all of the cool new content but I am a stickler for that stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighFlyer15 Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 6 minutes ago, GamerPerfection said: Having seen the appalling reactions to the Xbox One announcements and the Rex skin over on the Steam forums, I have officially left the Steam forums. Thank god this community hub has been set up. Same here. I tried to calm them a bit, but it's just an endless storm which cannot be stopped. Here's to hoping moderating will be more strict here. In terms of spam not being allowed as much or it at least being funneled into one big thread, like the Giga rage merge thread You can get quite depressed seeing how a community act, simply because someone else is given something special. Think of all the costumes we have, which they won't have access to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iby102 Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 1 hour ago, HighFlyer15 said: Same here. I tried to calm them a bit, but it's just an endless storm which cannot be stopped. Here's to hoping moderating will be more strict here. In terms of spam not being allowed as much or it at least being funneled into one big thread, like the Giga rage merge thread You can get quite depressed seeing how a community act, simply because someone else is given something special. Think of all the costumes we have, which they won't have access to. Right, this whole issue relating to the skins mainly comes from the fact that people want to have it all so they can suit their egos, what is a skin in a video game worth!? Especially since these skins are likely not going to be tradeable or marketable if that's what some people are expecting. Also we never know what the devs have in store, there's probably scores of things we don't have a clue they're working on, there could be many more skins to come for PC and they're just holding out on it and giving Xbox skins now to, as I've said before, help market the game and give people more of a reason to get the game. But overall this is the internet and I doubt there can be much done about a winging community other than to hope that there is lots of moderation on here to keep this forum how it is currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2TonStreama Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 I like Steam but there are limitations there so it's nice that you guys have this new site! Gratz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2TonStreama Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 No signature option? Is that something you'll add later? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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