At 8/13/13 04:28 PM, TomFulp wrote: The NG database is now UTF-8, the way most modern databases are. Hopefully this was a good idea. Today's update addresses long-standing issues with special / foreign characters not being supported on NG. If you posted special characters in the past week (when we had a bandaid), those will now be broken again. Moving forward, they should work.

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♡♡♡⊙○○●¤♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ love ya, fulp

At 8/13/13 05:36 PM, cast wrote: Pure ascii artwork should be accepted to the Art Portal, @TomFulp.

I've always wanted to have an ANSI category, like in the dial-up BBS days. Could be ASCII / ANSI.

Hmm

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w00t!

At 8/13/13 05:41 PM, cast wrote: For those who use as3 http://www.tropzilla.com/OfficalAs3ClockdayPreloader2.fla

for those who use as2, http://www.tropzilla.com/TropicanaClock/cdaycs4as2.fla

you might be shit out of luck if you dont have a higher version.

thanks mommy

At 8/13/13 05:44 PM, deathink wrote: ╔════╗
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w00t!

We still don't support multiple spaces. :)

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At 8/13/13 04:43 PM, BigFatKid wrote:

At 8/13/13 04:42 PM, FBIpolux wrote: Yééééé! Enfin je peux utiliser tous les caractères spéciaux du français!

This isn't a Quebec-based website.

Va te faire foutre! Français c'est le meilleur!

ありがとう, トムさん.

illegal text ;_;

디스 이즈 그레이트
♥ 뉴그라운즈 ♥

We get unicorns? (･ัω･ั)
Oh, just unicode.
Aww

At 8/13/13 05:56 PM, Conal wrote: I refused to accept.
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Myth confirmed
/ : €

I can finally use the £ sign, I am mildly appeased by this.

At 8/13/13 06:01 PM, MikeyS9607 wrote: Looks like long word-wrapping is up on the list too :P

Hm?

While this is a good thing, seeing people getting carried away initially gives me a bad taste in my mouth. Using unicode is undoubtedly fine (i.e. for talking about money in British pounds, occasional emoticons, foreign titles and phrases, etc.), but abusing it isn't. The line between use and abuse shouldn't be hard for many people to figure out. Soon enough, the excitement will die down and we'll be back to square one, and that's something I'll just patiently wait for.

At 8/13/13 06:08 PM, GoryBlizzard wrote: While this is a good thing, seeing people getting carried away initially gives me a bad taste in my mouth. Using unicode is undoubtedly fine (i.e. for talking about money in British pounds, occasional emoticons, foreign titles and phrases, etc.), but abusing it isn't. The line between use and abuse shouldn't be hard for many people to figure out. Soon enough, the excitement will die down and we'll be back to square one, and that's something I'll just patiently wait for.

I think people are just having fun with it right now since they've never been able to here. Like you said, the fun will die down. I don't think too many people will be getting carried away with it. If anything, this thread is for people to dick around with it right now.

At 8/13/13 06:08 PM, GoryBlizzard wrote:

Everyone is just hyped right now mate , dont worry. Things will go back to normal and most of us will even forget unicode exists here , unless we need it for some reason.

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Whee. ☺

More like UTF-LATE.

also in b4 me.

WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIEEEEEEEEEE

At 8/13/13 05:53 PM, Kajenx wrote:

At 8/13/13 04:43 PM, BigFatKid wrote:

At 8/13/13 04:42 PM, FBIpolux wrote: Yééééé! Enfin je peux utiliser tous les caractères spéciaux du français!

This isn't a Quebec-based website.

Va te faire foutre! Français c'est le meilleur!

Kajenx, mind your language.......
And seriously guys.... the French-speakers over here (myself included) are ecstatic.

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At 8/13/13 05:34 PM, Sinclairian wrote: Yay!
I was so lost this morning when NG was down, so lost...

Same here, damn my empty life. Tom really has to give us a few hours lead time before putting the server up on blocks :|

At least he updated NG's satellite sites, nice to have something to read while the HD's were clicking away. Oh and @tomfulp, Sabtastic's gone and made a Twitter page for the artists of NG (with mods and pretty pictures) http://www.twitter.com/NG_Artists Maybe you could include it in the Official NG Twitter page?

At 8/13/13 06:37 PM, MikeyS9607 wrote: I meant like stuff going really far horizontally of the screen. Mightn't be word-wrap.

Yeah, I guessed what you meant - I'm just curious as to where you're seeing problems... if you are seeing problems.

html5 next?

Cool now I can pretend to speak japanese.

ALL HAIL THE UNICODE

At 8/13/13 04:29 PM, supergandhi64 wrote: the power of unicode is nearly unlimited . . . with great power comes great responsibility

--supergandhi64

For great knowledge in trade also comes with great sense, this I have no doubt about.

looks like unicode in news posts and comments died

At 8/13/13 06:32 PM, Troisnyx wrote: Kajenx, mind your language.......

Hehehe

awesome, ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็ กิิิิิิิิิิิิิิิิิิิิ ก้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้ ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็ ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็ กิิิิิิิิิิิิิิิิิิิิ ก้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้ ก็็็็็็็็็็็