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Welcome to the Beta Test of the new Level Portal!

Uh, Suyo, what are we doing now?
Glad you asked, Steve.
My name is Jack...
Shut up. Anyways, your task now is to head to the Level Portal right here and submit levels, rate, test, comment, just use it as if you were a normal user.

How can I submit a level?
Once you are in one of the portals for either SM63 or LL, click the New Topic button. There will be two textfields for code and description. Paste, click Process, click Submit, done.

What about multi-part levels or series?
ONLY ONE LEVEL PER TOPIC. Believe me, this has a point.
You can still edit the text in the posting field, just submit all the levels and link to each other.

Where's the rating?
In the first post of a topic below the Report Button. You can rate 1 to 5 stars. You can click the ? to see how the ratings differ. You can also do this on a users profile, so you can quickly spot and report downraters.

So the Level List is just those few top and newest levels?
Have you tried clicking the game names in the boxes?

Is everything done?
The only thing left for now is the level listing for a certain author. When the beta test is over in 2 weeks, I will ask you some questions, and depending on those we decide if we use the old or the new portal. If it's the former, I will update the main site and talk with Runouw on how we can implement the new portal in the games.

What about the old portal?
If the new portal succeeds, we will still retain the old portal for a while (without submitting/commenting/rating) and then it will be deleted.

I have another question!
Ask here.

1) When will the completed version of portal submitted to public?
2) What's different between Alpha and Beta Testers?
3) Will you do appropriate announcement to those who are using the old portal? I thoguht we'll lose many users because of that.
4) Will you hire more Lemons?

Suggestion:
1)Lengthen the level list top 5 to top 10, latest 5 to latest 10.
2)Also, the "Top Level" title and "Latest Level" is cut-off.
3)Nerf the Top level Requirement to 3 users, to prevent abuses or new level are all rated 5.

(I thought that not all user in user group LP testers is in the forums RECENTLY or FREQUENTLY or USUALLY.)

My old levels will still work on the new designer right?

Yes. Just post your old levels to the new portal using the level coding system.

I'm not saying I don't want to be an LP Tester anymore but I thought this was for a new level designer.

Y NO AUTOMATIC LEVEL TRYING



Also..

Republic wrote:2) What's different between Alpha and Beta Testers?

Absolutely nothing. Beta just means that the portal is further in development.

goweegee365 wrote:I'm not saying I don't want to be an LP Tester anymore but I thought this was for a new level designer.

What do you think this is, lord of the rings? Of course there'll be one, but only for LL. Sm63 is finished, but were going to try and get the new LP to work on sm63 to fix downrating, spam, anything bad. Even glitchs!

Well, since the computer I'm using is half-assed and crashes on loading 'Do Not Press', I think I'll just rate 'n' comment and all that. See how it is from a stranger's point of view.

EDIT: Actually, ex that out, SM63 pretty much runs smooth on this computer. How strange.

Suyo wrote:What about the old portal?
If the new portal succeeds, we will still retain the old portal for a while (without submitting/commenting/rating) and then it will be deleted.

I suggest no old portal deletion in case if all the levels submitted so far there gets deleted, and the existance of it can actually keep the downraters there, not coming to the new LP.

Koopa Yoshi wrote:

Suyo wrote:What about the old portal?
If the new portal succeeds, we will still retain the old portal for a while (without submitting/commenting/rating) and then it will be deleted.

I suggest no old portal deletion in case if all the levels submitted so far there gets deleted, and the existance of it can actually keep the downraters there, not coming to the new LP.

Downraters are taken care of for the new portal. Suyo can check who rates each level, and what they rate them. So, if they rate loads of levels really low then Suyo will know and the user will be taken care of.