p0rtalplayer wrote:
I've got an idea.

Since we're a mapping site, why not do what we're best at?

We create an ad hoc tour map. We introduce the core character, and have him guide you around the "site." (an in-map imagining of it, maybe with random other cores as us)

yes.

Sven Core should be awesome, all-knowing and wise

Reepblue Core needs the BP symbol as it's eye

Colossal Core must be like Space core but with blue cones :3

P0rtal Core is the only core capable of firing portals.

Camera Core should be stuck in the wall, looking at others via the camera system.

vanSulli Core should be calibrating turret vocal cords to ensure they can sing properly.

Omni Core should be at the Programming Language Translation, Creation and Deletion Centre, and leading it.
He should say cryptic messages.

EDIT: Grox Core can be Quinn: Loves plants, works in the Mapping department and is a bit quirky.

groxkiller585 wrote:

p0rtalplayer wrote:
I've got an idea.

Since we're a mapping site, why not do what we're best at?

We create an ad hoc tour map. We introduce the core character, and have him guide you around the "site." (an in-map imagining of it, maybe with random other cores as us)>

yes.

Sven Core should be awesome, all-knowing and wise

Reepblue Core needs the BP symbol as it's eye

Colossal Core must be like Space core but with blue cones :3

P0rtal Core is the only core capable of firing portals.

Camera Core should be stuck in the wall, looking at others via the camera system.

vanSulli Core should be calibrating turret vocal cords to ensure they can sing properly.

Omni Core should be at the Programming Language Translation, Creation and Deletion Centre, and leading it.
He should say cryptic messages.

EDIT: Grox Core can be Quinn: Loves plants, works in the Mapping department and is a bit quirky.

Seriously? I was thinking Camera should be more like a camera and Omega could be a flying pink core.
And On-Topic, I suggest some animated Bendy emoticons.

p0rtalplayer wrote:
I was thinking actually a video of this map, that could go on the main page, but that would work too.

Must've read it wrong. Sorry.

groxkiller585 wrote:

Sven Core should be awesome, all-knowing and wise

You flatter me.

Camera wrote:

groxkiller585 wrote:

p0rtalplayer wrote:
I've got an idea.

Since we're a mapping site, why not do what we're best at?

We create an ad hoc tour map. We introduce the core character, and have him guide you around the "site." (an in-map imagining of it, maybe with random other cores as us)>>

yes.

Sven Core should be awesome, all-knowing and wise

Reepblue Core needs the BP symbol as it's eye

Colossal Core must be like Space core but with blue cones :3

P0rtal Core is the only core capable of firing portals.

Camera Core should be stuck in the wall, looking at others via the camera system.

vanSulli Core should be calibrating turret vocal cords to ensure they can sing properly.

Omni Core should be at the Programming Language Translation, Creation and Deletion Centre, and leading it.
He should say cryptic messages.

EDIT: Grox Core can be Quinn: Loves plants, works in the Mapping department and is a bit quirky. >

Seriously? I was thinking Camera should be more like a camera and Omega could be a flying pink core.
And On-Topic, I suggest some animated Bendy emoticons.

The point was everyone had to be cores though. A camera isn't a core

Sven wrote:

p0rtalplayer wrote:
I was thinking actually a video of this map, that could go on the main page, but that would work too.

Must've read it wrong. Sorry.

groxkiller585 wrote:

Sven Core should be awesome, all-knowing and wise

You flatter me.

Nah I realized after you posted that I hadn't made it clear what I was thinking

If we're all cores, though, who is the guide? Grox has to be the plant-obsessed green sphere.

p0rtalplayer wrote:

If we're all cores, though, who is the guide? Grox has to be the plant-obsessed green sphere.

Different cores guide through different sections?

groxkiller585 wrote:

The point was everyone had to be cores though. A camera isn't a core

Same basic color scheme?

Sven wrote:

groxkiller585 wrote:

The point was everyone had to be cores though. A camera isn't a core >

Same basic color scheme?

I like it. However, I think that most people will want to learn about the site quickly and without having to listen to anything or whatever. I think Colossal's idea for that was best, but that we should also have a map with a bunch of custom cores (whether as a video, a downloadable map, or both).

I used to be a core like you, but then I took GLaDOS in the proccesor.

...No.

No Skyrim jokes.

p0rtalplayer wrote:

Sven wrote:

p0rtalplayer wrote:
I was thinking actually a video of this map, that could go on the main page, but that would work too.

Must've read it wrong. Sorry.

groxkiller585 wrote:

Sven Core should be awesome, all-knowing and wise

You flatter me. >

Nah I realized after you posted that I hadn't made it clear what I was thinking

If we're all cores, though, who is the guide? Grox has to be the plant-obsessed green sphere.

Clearly Sven will be the guide, as he is our leader.

Speaking of sven, yh we could use that color scheme, and it'd make people have funny ideas too...

Plus Cam could say he was in Portal 2 Beta (the old beta)

I - or rather my computer - calls a toaster!

So what's happening? Any advance?

Pilchard123 wrote:
I - or rather my computer - calls a toaster!

So what's happening? Any advance?

It's in the "idea" phase I think xD

Aperture Science is now happy to announce the amusing fact: Ideas do not exist. Everything you feel that is actually the result of your own free will and creative thinking is actually a clever illusion fabricated by the lab boys from the control group. By the way, you are not part of the control group. Anyways, Cave Johnson, we're done here. Don't forget to sign off when you are done testing, so you can get your 60 bucks.

Most of the basics of the site are still being set up. If you guys have any suggestions for forum stuff, like layout, categories, etc, I can do stuff with that right now.

p0rtalplayer wrote:
Most of the basics of the site are still being set up. If you guys have any suggestions for forum stuff, like layout, categories, etc, I can do stuff with that right now.

Categories:

[u:2n7tbfuh]Maps n' Resources[/u:2n7tbfuh]
...-Portal
.........-Resources
.........-Maps
...-Portal 2
.........-Resources
.........-Maps

[u:2n7tbfuh]Off Topic [/u:2n7tbfuh] (covered)

[u:2n7tbfuh]Site Discussion[/u:2n7tbfuh] (covered)

[u:2n7tbfuh]Portal/Portal 2 Discussion[/u:2n7tbfuh] (covered)

Can't think of much else we'd need right off the bat.

Needs also Help & How-to sections like mAL had...

groxkiller585 wrote:

p0rtalplayer wrote:
Most of the basics of the site are still being set up. If you guys have any suggestions for forum stuff, like layout, categories, etc, I can do stuff with that right now.>

Categories:

[u:9oap93rm]Maps n' Resources[/u:9oap93rm]
...-Portal
.........-Resources
.........-Maps
...-Portal 2
.........-Resources
.........-Maps

[u:9oap93rm]Off Topic [/u:9oap93rm] (covered)

[u:9oap93rm]Site Discussion[/u:9oap93rm] (covered)

[u:9oap93rm]Portal/Portal 2 Discussion[/u:9oap93rm] (covered)

Can't think of much else we'd need right off the bat.

Map pimpage and map-making needs to be seperate,

Camera wrote:
Map pimpage and map-making needs to be seperate,

Naa they work best under Maps, we can't have too many categories or some will never get visited.