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As @crotanite said, don't fear "filling up the database", it's meant for storing and retrieving data quickly. I was doing some recent work for @Vix and on my local computer, their admin panel for "inventory" would time out on my computer after 30+ seconds of running. I then made a single index and it came back instantly. There is so much you can do with it. I've had to deal with millions+ rows per day in a database (with weekly/daily reporting [think point of sale data]) so feel free to ask any performance related questions! I love to help!

Are the stats static (i.e. you will only have a max of 5-10 different ones)? CREATE TABLE pets ( `id` BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT , `user_id` BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL , `species_id` INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL , `name` VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL , `strength` INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL , `intelligence` INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL ) Something like the above should be sufficient. If there are going to be more dynamic ones (or ones that only take place in certain situations), then you may want to make a 1:many table but I won't go there for now because this will provide your most value.

Welcome back @Howey! I really love this idea, encouraging other activities (offline) and learning is such a great thing. It would of course be a really big challenge to implement, but I think it would be amazing overall.

I think I can remember one programmer that did this a while ago. Unfortunately recently they have be found out to be a bit of a fraud, overselling and under-delivering. I like the idea of it a bit, but would never do this sort of trade myself just because it feels like it undercuts both parties. As @Hare mentioned, some will take it on and then fall through, so overall not worth it for you IMO.

I know that this is a little less relevant to game sites, because of most of us source freelancers from all around the world, but how do you think the pandemic will change the workforce as a whole? I've been working remotely since March 13th with my meetup also going remote around mid-May. I have always enjoyed working from home, so that transition for me wasn't really a hard one. The biggest issue was getting my team to collaborate on new development which was a challenge given the limits of video conferencing. I have had several recruiters contact me over the last few months saying that "I'm the perfect fit for the role" (for both new and older companies), and say it's for an office once the pandemic is over. For me, I feel like I never want to step into an office again for work. I know that a few companies have decided they will change their policy to working in the office is optional. Do you think this will be a mainstream change overall?

What an amazing find! Thanks for sharing @Vix

Alex is super friendly, and great to work with

@andrheathecat Take a look at OnlineGaming.Directory - it's a companion site to this one, which is working to list and provide details about other game sites.

The planning of projects is typically what I really enjoy, followed by working the the problems that come up. Being able to make sites more "dynamic" with less code is also fun

I love this project How can I help?

I love the Xephyr's new look!

@Leaftrill I just got an email from Verpets this morning. I tried to log in, and that account didn't work, but I was able to make a new one!

@MissyMaster Any luck finding one for this price tag? I know there are a few free ones out there that are being worked on, like LoreKeeper, and Haunt Framework. Less than $100 is very cheap for all of the work that would need to go into a product like that (with such a niche market).

@pastosaurio It looks like their servers don't have the packages that you need to run it. You may be able to add Smarty templating engine in, but I'm not 100% sure.

@pastosaurio I would start by trying the following, in index.php add: ini_set('display_errors', 1); ini_set('display_startup_errors', 1); error_reporting(E_ALL); Then start seeing what it says, if anything.

@pastosaurio Is PHP 5.6 an option? That's what I have my local environment set up using.

@pastosaurio On your cPanel, or wherever you are publishing it to, are you able to retrieve the error logs to see what it is erroring on? My first guess is the version of PHP, but that is without much information.

@Dinocanid not sure if you are looking for a gig or not

I tried a whois lookup but all there is, is a "[email protected]" email address

I have not tried it - but @Design1online is here if you have questions @TrevorMRose

@rajira What are you trying to change / what questions do you have for it?

About the same here - a few weeks ago my city was deemed a "hot bed" but I haven't heard much of that lately (thankfully). Apparently Ontario is talking about opening up offices starting July 1st. I hope we don't go back that early. I see everyone daily on zoom calls, so don't feel the need. That being said - I'm off for a week and a bit at that point ? so I'm less worried. I found out this past week that my cousin had lost their job for covid which sucks hopefully this sparks a re-entrance into work for him too.

This looks awesome Can't wait to see more updates.

How is everyone doing? Still staying safe and sane?

I've worked with @Pixie in the past and she is amazing!