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Hi there, PST!

 

As some of you might know, today is our 7th birthday. Happy Birthday to US!

 

This site came online on June 30th, 2008, and we’re still here today in great part because of all of you. The community has been what has kept this site going for so long, particularly all the great guides hundreds of members have written, so you deserve all the credit. Give yourself a round of applause. :applause:

 

In recent years we’ve done a special gaming night for the site birthday. This year is going to be a little different.

 

A lot of things have changed recently, and there’s more change to come. Today we’ll be saying goodbye to a long-standing feature and hello to several new ones. Some won’t like it, but we’re not a new site anymore. We’ve been around long enough that you should expect some things to occasionally go away, and new things to crop up. We’re not going to do the same exact things we have been for another 7 years. The new House Championship that starts in a few days is one example of that. We have other things planned too - but you’ll just have to wait to hear about those.

 

There’s a lot to talk about, so get yourself a slice of cake, take a seat, and let’s get to it.

 

 

5 Million Post Giveaway :yay:

You may have already noticed, but in case you didn’t… we’re about to hit 5 MILLION POSTS! (Actually, we already hit it a long time ago, but due to so many archived threads and soft-deleted posts, we’re still under 5 million on the displayed count.) This is a huge milestone, and to celebrate we’re giving away a 3-month subscription.

 

This works like any other giveaway on the site. Post once in the thread (link below) with your PSN ID. Post only once. The thread will be closed in 48 hours from now and a winner chosen at random based on the post numbers. A 3-month subscription is enough to get most of the benefits: name change, award showcase reordering, Subscriber Club, and access to one Subscriber tournament.

 

Enter the giveaway here: http://www.playstationtrophies.org/forum/staff-boards/269546-pst-7th-birthday-subscription-giveaway.html

 

If you’re already a Subscriber, don’t fret! You can still enter and if you win, we’ll simply give you 3 extra months of a subscription when your current one expires.

 

 

Trophy Tagging :cool:

This is a new feature that RoutineX is adding to the site shortly. All trophies will be tagged the following ways:

 

  • :tagonline: Online (Requires access to the internet or PSN)
  • :tagmulti: Multiplayer (Must be done in a Multiplayer mode)
  • :tagcoop: Co-op
  • :tagoffon: Offline or Online (Can be done either way)
  • :tagsolocoop: Solo or Co-Op (Can be done in either mode)
  • :tagstory: Story-Related (Unmissable, earned by just playing the story)
  • :tagmissable: Missable (If progressing too far into the game, by making an opposing decision or failing a specific requirement e.g. saving more X amount of times)
  • :tagunobtainable: Unobtainable (Never worked)
  • :tagglitched: Glitched (Does not always unlock)
  • :tagdifficulty: Difficulty (Requires a specific difficulty)
  • :tagstackable: Stackable (Multiple difficulty trophies can be earned by playing on the hardest one available or you can get multiple trophies at once by completing a single task)
  • :tagviral: Viral (Unlock by playing with/beating others who has it)
  • :tagdatetime: Date/Time Sensitive (specific day or time of day required. Can also mean you have to do a specific action within a particular time frame e.g. do X number of actions in 5 minutes)
  • :tagequipment: Extra Equipment Needed (This can include Move, PS Eye etc.)
  • :tagcollectible: Collectible (Self-explanatory)
  • :tagsubsequent: Subsequent (NG+) (Can only be earned from a new game etc)

 

UPDATE: I've removed Offline & Solo for the moment, as these are essentially defaults for most trophies. If they are needed later, we'll add them back in. Also, some of them are live, here's an example: Killzone 2 Trophies - PlaystationTrophies.org

 

Adding this functionality changes the way we’re doing guides, and guide writers will now be required to denote what tags should be applied to each trophy. The Guide Team will then update the tags on the main site lists when they approve and load the guide. The Guide Walkthrough will be updated to reflect this, so if you are a frequent guide writer, please familiarize yourself with the tags and when they should be used. They will be added as smilies very soon for easier use in guides.

 

Note that not all historical games will be tagged when it goes live. Having every trophy in the database tagged is most likely not possible (we have 3700+ lists currently, and hundreds without guides), but we should be able to get the majority of them done, particularly those that already have guides. Staff is starting to tag older games in the background, and once they go live, if you want to help us out, we’ll have a new thread you can report them in so the staff can add them. Reporting tags will earn you credit towards the Jack of All Trades site award, if you don’t already have it.

 

Please give Noid a big thanks for coming up with those cool tag icons!

 

 

Max Clubs Retirement :eek:

Yes, you read that right. This feature has been around for almost six years now and I know we just finally got the tiered awards implemented last Christmas - but it is true. Max Clubs are being retired.

 

I know this doesn’t sound like much of a birthday gift, that it’s not going to be a popular decision across the board, and that the timing doesn’t seem right... but this has been talked about for a while between myself and the Supers, and we feel that at this point in the site’s life cycle, we need to start preparing for the next 7 years, and this change is part of it.

 

Let me be clear that we’re not doing this because we’re bored, or power hungry. With the trophy tracking sites of today, they are bit of an antiquated feature, to be honest.

 

So what does this mean? What’s going to happen?

 

All Clubs will be retired at the end of July. So if you want those House points or awards before they go away… get moving on them. You only have one more month. There will be bonus points for getting one of the awards as well.

 

The Max Clubs awards will remain, of course, you just won’t be able to earn them anymore. If you still worked on them before the tiering went into effect and benefited from that with an instant gold or plat award… well done. You will have a very rare award.

 

The new Subscriber and Member of the Month Clubs are not going anywhere. They will be moved to the Custom Trophy Lists forum, which will be renamed to Custom Trophy Lists & Clubs.

 

But what about the Max Clubs Directors, you say? You’re just going to be a jerk and lay them all off? :mad:

 

No… they’ve put in a ton of work and trust me, it does not go unnoticed or unappreciated. In fact, we think they have much more to offer the staff and the site than just maintaining lists. This leads into my next announcement…

 

 

The New Events :francis:

The MCD position is going away, and the MCDs will be moving on to other spots on staff, mostly Events. We’ll be sorting that out during July and announce new positions in a month. But what this does is allow us the flexibility to add/remove events and features without having to worry about staffing on a separate position.

 

Once that happens, all Clubs, Custom Lists, Game Nights, Tournaments, Competitions will be overseen by Events. With the addition of Subscriber events, Custom Lists and new types of Competitions (Trophy Survivor, House Championship), the entire team and their focus needed to be revamped.

 

Going forward, each Event will have an “Event Master” of sorts. We kinda already do this, but we’re going to formalize it now since the team will be larger and have more Events to manage. This ED will be responsible for making the event happen, enforcing the rules, etc. Other EDs will add support as necessary, but the idea is to have a single point of contact for any event, and to help focus the workload.

 

The Arena forum will be renamed to Community Events. We will also have some sort of official Calendar of Events, so it’s easier for everyone to track what’s going on. We may even use the actual Calendar function built into the site.

 

This leads to some new types of Events, things that will fill the Max Clubs gap… and why we need a larger Events team...

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Build a Custom List (BaCL) :think:

With Max Clubs going away, we wanted to find something that fit between the Sub/MotM Clubs (low cost, friendly for all gamers, challenge varies between Clubs) and the existing Staff Custom Lists (high cost, very time consuming and challenging overall). We came up with Build a Custom List.

 

These will work similar to the Staff ones (which will still happen for remaining and future Staff), but you, the members, will have a hand in choosing them, and instead of being based on any existing game like the other types of lists, these will be based on brand new games / recent releases.

 

Each list will consist of 24 trophies. Each month the staff will post up to 5 new games in a poll. These games will be recent releases. Members will vote two of the games to be on the current BaCL. Staff will then pick 6-7 trophies from each of those two games, and again, members will vote on which trophies from each to include. The top 3 trophies per game will make the list.

 

Rinse and repeat for 4 months… and at the end of the day we will have built a 24 trophy list together, spread across 6 new games. What makes this vastly different from our traditional Custom Lists is that you can earn them as we build the list. We’re not dumping a 30 trophy list on you and making you search around for 15+ games to complete it. For many of you, these will be the well-known games you’ll be getting anyway.

 

Each BaCL will have its own site award. Staff will create the award tiles. The lists can be completed later on as well, just like any existing Custom List.

 

The first BaCL will start in August, after the Max Clubs have been retired.

 

 

Leagues :gaming:

Instead of just doing random game nights with the same handful of games, why not pick a few of them and have regular game nights, say every week or two? Kinda like a fantasy league? So that’s what we’re going to do.

 

There may be league participation awards. There may be recurring scoring from week to week and a final season champion. We’re still working out the kinks on this, but I think you get the idea - and the potential.

 

The plan is to start this feature after the House Championship, using two different games. Watch the Arena / Events forum for more details.

 

 

Obscure Game Nights :slick:

And because we might pull some activity away from traditional game nights with potential Leagues, we thought we’d start doing some Game Nights for more obscure games, i.e. ones that attract very small groups and that we typically never do because there’s not enough interest. Only four people are interested? It can count as a game night as long as we can verify participation.

 

This was already set in motion with the http://www.playstationtrophies.org/forum/the-arena/267993-battlefield-hardline-game-night-june-20th-2015-a.html. Be on the lookout for more, at least one a month.

 

 

In Conclusion :coffee:

Anyways, tl;dr. We have other things we’re thinking about doing, other types of events and competitions… but we’ll save them for later. Trust me, we’re not going to just remove things without adding something new.

 

A lot of members have passed through the ranks of MCDs over the years… some are still active, some not. But I would like to thank them all for maintaining the Clubs for so long. It was a lot of work and the over 500 members who have a Max Club award can attest to that.

 

Don’t think I’m making short shrift of it, please… we’ll have a proper send off when the Clubs close in a month.

 

But once again, Happy Birthday PST! Thanks again to all the members who make this site worth spending time and effort on. :respect:

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Trophy Tagging :cool:

This is a new feature that RoutineX is adding to the site shortly. All trophies will be tagged the following ways:

 

  • http://imgur.com/PxBsJy4.png Offline (Can be done completely offline)
  • http://imgur.com/qDgzmWZ.png Online (Requires access to the internet or PSN)
  • http://imgur.com/sUPx76a.png Multiplayer (Must be done in a Multiplayer mode)
  • http://imgur.com/f9lLnHE.png Solo
  • http://imgur.com/HxQjtoh.png Co-op
  • http://imgur.com/hwRCgne.png Offline or Online (Can be done either way)
  • http://imgur.com/Kt0obfr.png Solo or Co-Op (Can be done in either mode)
  • http://i.imgur.com/OKkVdjC.png Story-Related (Unmissable, earned by just playing the story)
  • http://i.imgur.com/Abo5Sqe.png Missable (If progressing too far into the game, by making an opposing decision or failing a specific requirement e.g. saving more X amount of times)
  • http://i.imgur.com/xbl93Qr.png Unobtainable (Never worked)
  • http://i.imgur.com/cJNP69v.png Discontinued (Online servers closed or the game/DLC has been delisted)
  • http://i.imgur.com/JVeFB1t.png Glitched (Does not always unlock)
  • http://i.imgur.com/nrBAzEG.png Difficulty (Requires a specific difficulty)
  • http://i.imgur.com/Qmq64u4.png Stackable (Multiple difficulty trophies can be earned by playing on the hardest one available or you can get multiple trophies at once by completing a single task)
  • http://i.imgur.com/uPkhSkm.png Viral (Unlock by playing with/beating others who has it)
  • http://i.imgur.com/c4u3C8l.png Date/Time Sensitive (specific day or time of day required. Can also mean you have to do a specific action within a particular time frame e.g. do X number of actions in 5 minutes)
  • http://i.imgur.com/gIakl9r.png Extra Equipment Needed (This can include Move, PS Eye etc.)

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Lots of reading, but this excited me the most. Nice work adding this to guides.

 

 

Happy 7th Birthday PST!!!

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I'm sad to see the Max Clubs going away. I really enjoyed that part of the site, but I also understand that it is a lot of work and that the trophy tracking sites do a better job. The part I like about it is that is specific to members of this site. I like looking at the Collected Max Clubs thread to see which games members here have completed the most and the least.

 

I also like the more obscure game nights as well as the idea of an ongoing league for multiple game nights. Great ideas.

 

And happy birthday PST!:cake:

 

Lots of reading, but this excited me the most. Nice work adding this to guides.

 

Agreed. The trophy tagging should be awesome! Another great feature.

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Happy Birthday PST!

 

What an announcement. I'll be sad to see the Max Clubs go. They were one of the things I've enjoyed the most, getting my name in lights on one of those lists.

 

However all these positive changes and things to get involved with softens the blow.

 

Really exciting times to be a PST'er :francis:

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Another update on the Trophy Tagging, RX has begun to push them out, here's an example of a game we've tagged:

 

Killzone 2 Trophies - PlaystationTrophies.org

 

They will eventually be visible on the list, guide and individual trophy pages. Hover over them for the explanation.

 

Oh and I'm an idiot for not giving Noid credit for the awesome tag images. :applause:

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Wow, time sure does fly! Here's to the next seven years!

 

Lots of changes coming too, but as you said Vy, the site needs to remain fresh and things need to be revamped every now and again to maintain that. Best of luck to the shifting MCD's in their new role(s) and I look forward to seeing the ideas that you've cooked up. :)

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Another update on the Trophy Tagging, RX has begun to push them out, here's an example of a game we've tagged:

 

Killzone 2 Trophies - PlaystationTrophies.org

 

They will eventually be visible on the list, guide and individual trophy pages. Hover over them for the explanation.

 

Oh and I'm an idiot for not giving Noid credit for the awesome tag images. :applause:

I love how it looks. It's really a great idea you had there. It will improve a lot the guides. :)

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Another update on the Trophy Tagging, RX has begun to push them out, here's an example of a game we've tagged:

 

Killzone 2 Trophies - PlaystationTrophies.org

 

They will eventually be visible on the list, guide and individual trophy pages. Hover over them for the explanation.

 

Oh and I'm an idiot for not giving Noid credit for the awesome tag images. :applause:

 

Could you possibly add the tag descriptions onto the images with a "click" or press of them as im using a tablet and the description's won't show because i can't hover:p edit : its the same for mobile users aswell

 

Just a thought, awesome idea:D

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Trophy Tagging :cool:

This is a new feature that RoutineX is adding to the site shortly. All trophies will be tagged the following ways:

 

  • http://imgur.com/qDgzmWZ.png Online (Requires access to the internet or PSN)
  • http://imgur.com/sUPx76a.png Multiplayer (Must be done in a Multiplayer mode)
  • http://imgur.com/HxQjtoh.png Co-op
  • http://imgur.com/hwRCgne.png Offline or Online (Can be done either way)
  • http://imgur.com/Kt0obfr.png Solo or Co-Op (Can be done in either mode)
  • http://i.imgur.com/OKkVdjC.png Story-Related (Unmissable, earned by just playing the story)
  • http://i.imgur.com/Abo5Sqe.png Missable (If progressing too far into the game, by making an opposing decision or failing a specific requirement e.g. saving more X amount of times)
  • http://i.imgur.com/xbl93Qr.png Unobtainable (Never worked)
  • http://i.imgur.com/cJNP69v.png Discontinued (Online servers closed or the game/DLC has been delisted)
  • http://i.imgur.com/JVeFB1t.png Glitched (Does not always unlock)
  • http://i.imgur.com/nrBAzEG.png Difficulty (Requires a specific difficulty)
  • http://i.imgur.com/Qmq64u4.png Stackable (Multiple difficulty trophies can be earned by playing on the hardest one available or you can get multiple trophies at once by completing a single task)
  • http://i.imgur.com/uPkhSkm.png Viral (Unlock by playing with/beating others who has it)
  • http://i.imgur.com/c4u3C8l.png Date/Time Sensitive (specific day or time of day required. Can also mean you have to do a specific action within a particular time frame e.g. do X number of actions in 5 minutes)
  • http://i.imgur.com/gIakl9r.png Extra Equipment Needed (This can include Move, PS Eye etc.)

 

UPDATE: I've removed Offline & Solo for the moment, as these are essentially defaults for most trophies. If they are needed later, we'll add them back in. Also, some of them are live, here's an example: Killzone 2 Trophies - PlaystationTrophies.org

 

Adding this functionality changes the way we’re doing guides, and guide writers will now be required to denote what tags should be applied to each trophy. The Guide Team will then update the tags on the main site lists when they approve and load the guide. The Guide Walkthrough will be updated to reflect this, so if you are a frequent guide writer, please familiarize yourself with the tags and when they should be used. They will be added as smilies very soon for easier use in guides.

 

Note that not all historical games will be tagged when it goes live. Having every trophy in the database tagged is most likely not possible (we have 3700+ lists currently, and hundreds without guides), but we should be able to get the majority of them done, particularly those that already have guides. Staff is starting to tag older games in the background, and once they go live, if you want to help us out, we’ll have a new thread you can report them in so the staff can add them. Reporting tags will earn you credit towards the Jack of All Trades site award, if you don’t already have it.

 

Please give Noid a big thanks for coming up with those cool tag icons!

 

Happy Birthday PST, sad to see the Max Clubs going away though :(

 

As for the new trophy tagging things, first since it says I should thank Noid I guess I'll say thanks :p Seriously, they look pretty cool though! :applause: I especially like the icon for glitched trophies :D

 

As for guides having this new feature, where would we go to update our own guides for the main site? And also, should we add these icons to each individual trophy on the guide that's stickied or just post a list of all the trophies somewhere and which icon they should have?

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:francis: :francis: :francis: :francis:

 

Awesome announcements.

 

I like the trophy tags, makes it VERY easy to see what kind of trophies are in a list without having to read too deep into them.

 

The more events, the better. Events help keep this a community, giving an even better way to socialize with fellow PST members.

 

RIP Max Clubs. We all appreciate the work done by MCDs, but yes they've become quite antiquated. And honestly, more work than it's worth. Moving the staff from MCD to Events is a great step in the right direction. I like seeing Game Nights and Boosting Nights, and all of these new site competitions (Survivor and House Championship) are exciting.

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PST I LOVE YOU

 

:bearhug:

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Could you possibly add the tag descriptions onto the images with a "click" or press of them as im using a tablet and the description's won't show because i can't hover:p edit : its the same for mobile users aswell

 

Just a thought, awesome idea:D

 

Good point, I'll bring it up to RX. There probably needs to be an official key somewhere beyond the forums.

 

Hopefully everyone will eventually learn what they are though without need for hovering. Study hard... there might be a test later. :p

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