Pixelfuckers

Hey folks, thanks to all who participated in this years CustomCork. I had a lot of fun making it.

Nows the time of the year where we turn our attentions to those skilled in the art of the ScreenShot. What will this years crop unfold in ways of delicious goodness?

Head to the forum and discuss our plans for this years contest, we’re open to ideas.

Head to the forum and get your pictures in. It takes little time and you’ll be taking part of what we hope to carry on as an old tradition.

I COULD ADD ANOTHER ROW OF 4 or 7 IF PEOPLE COULD GET THEIR PICS IN, OTHERWISE THE CORK IS FINISHED.

The Submissions are amazing, and the website Scott designed is awesome.

We can’t wait to show you what we’ve come up with, so check out the site at
The Memento Project.

The Submissions are amazing, and the website Scott designed is awesome.

We can’t wait to show you what we’ve come up with, so check out the site at
The Memento Project.

I. Contribute to the the Pixelfuckers suite! Join the conversation in the Forums.

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II. SSC 12, our annual screenshot contest is coming up soon, maybe around the end of April. Give us your input and help us figure out the details and logistics.

Mark over at Customize.org has been in touch with Josh and me over the past few weeks, and made an offer for Pixelfuckers.org. I can’t publicly disclose the particular terms of the acquisition, but we couldn’t refuse such a generous offer.

Lampy promised that nothing will change to the site, aside from the admin structure and advertisements (he apparently wants to monetize it somehow, to make back the ridiculous amount he’s paying us).

I just wanted to formally announce the acquisition to our family here at Pixelfuckers first, and thank everyone who’s been along on the ride. The sense of community is amazing and inspiring, and we appreciate all the time, patience, and effort you’ve contributed in helping making Pixelfuckers what it is today.

Hey guys and gals, I’m jumping back on to doing a pf suite of sorts and figured I’d spread the word to all who might like to take part in some fashion.

This can be our way of giving back to the site, and who knows maybe it might become tradition with a yearly release.

Memento|2012

I also realize SSC 12 is coming upon us and it might not be a good time for some.

However if you like to take part, I’ve continued the conversation in the Forums. So go check it out and let me know what you think.

Cheers!

Discuss!

in the forums.

It’s almost spring. You know what that means? Spring Screenshot Contest!

For those of you who are new to the customization community, SSC is probably the definitive customization showcase. It started back on customize.org and through community turmoils, twists and turns, it’s persevered and brought out the best that the customization community has to offer.

Personally, this contest has a special place in my heart. SSC07 is one of the few reasons I got serious about customizing and for every year since, I’ve been blown away with how people can make something as boring and functional as a stock desktop and turn it into a work of art.

SSC is a time when all of the titan gods of customizing come out of hiding and present their masterpieces, and when newcomers show the oldies that there’s a new top dog in town. It’s a time when old trends are broken, new trends are set, and history is made.

So let’s kick it off. There’s a lot to do! We need to plan categories, work out a rating system, prizes, and publicity. Traditionally the contest has a deadline of late April/Early May, but we’re open to suggestions.

Let’s get to it folks. This year is going to be the best yet. I know it.

- mango

EDIT:
Also, try to keep everything to one window. There are quite a few shots on here that have two screenshots combined into one image. I know you may want to show off your desktop wallpaper, but this is a customization website, not a desktop showcase site. Unless you have a very, very, good reason to use more than one desk (you have too many skinned apps to fit on one screen), keep it to one. Thanks =)

OP:

Just thinking out loud. Feel free to discuss in the comments.

I’ve seen lots of 100s here lately. While it’s good that people are finding things they like, I don’t think that handing out perfect scores is in keeping with the spirit of PF. I see PF as a place I come to when I want real critique on my work, not just “yay, it’s great!” praise. A low score may be disheartening, but it can also be very good for you! I think that PF is drifting away from this.

For the most part, admin/mod scores are fairly well balanced, with some admins & mods being more generous or critical than others. I try to offer critique with each score, and generally I think the other admins/mods do a decent job of that as well.

In any case, here are some guidelines that I propose – for the benefit of raters, and for authors, who might be insulted by what they feel is an unfair rating.

Ratings (for screenshots):

• 100 – Perfect. Flawless. Could not be better in any conceivable way. imho, 100s should only be given when you cannot think of any way to improve the submission. These are are shots that push the boundaries and go on to really impact customization in a big way (like pep’s snohetta, for instance :3).


• 95-99 – Excellent. Extremely good. Submissions that are amazing, and push the boundaries, but suffer from 1 or 2 minor drawbacks, like padding issues or minor font discrepancies. These are god-tier submissions.


• 90-94 – Great. Very, very good. Submissions that are almost there. These shots bring a lot of new ideas to the table, or demonstrate a new twist using a pre-existing style. They may suffer from 1 or 2 minor drawbacks, or have one semi-major flaw (maybe the icons just don’t fit).


• 85-89 – Very Good. Submissions that are well-executed and composed. Don’t necessarily bring new ideas to the table or push the boundaries, but nonetheless show a good mastery of customization. An explorer window must be shown.


• 80-84 – Good. Submissions that, apart from a major flaw, or 1 or 2 minor flaws, are good. These shots demonstrate a good understanding of customization, but have lots of room for improvement. An explorer window may or may not be shown.


• 75-79 – Above average. Submissions that show a decent understanding of customization, but suffer from 1-2 major flaws that prevent it from being a good shot (maybe the style doesn’t work, or the shot has too many elements that don’t fit together).An explorer window may or may not be shown.


• 70-74 – Average. A decent shot. Not good, not terrible, just average. There are some good elements to the shot, but they aren’t utilized very well, and don’t contribute to the whole. I’d like to stress that these aren’t terrible shots, just average.An explorer window may or may not be shown.


• 60-69 – Below average. Questionable. These shots demonstrate a superficial understanding of customization, or a lack of effort. Feels thrown together. An explorer window may or may not be shown.


• 50 and below – Good chance for moderation. An explorer window is not shown. Large parts of the setup are not customized, and the shot demonstrates an apparent lack of customization knowledge.

So there you go. Thoughts? Discuss below.

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mango

It’s time to get a new feature up on the banner! What do you guys want to see up there?

:3

2011 is almost over and 2012 is starting to show it’s face, which means that it’s time to start planning for failure making New Years Resolutions!

What are you guys resolving to do?

Merry Happy!

=)

Hey my fellow f@%kers. A little shout out to see who’s still alive and kicking. I know as we’re getting older time is a luxury which can sometime be hard to spend on doing things or visiting sites we once used to. Just drop us a little or big hello if you can to let us know the ‘fellowship’ is still kicking ass.

Cheers mates!

Boo!

Phew, finally. Firstly I like to apologize for the long span of time in between updates. This is mostly do to PF going from Rails 2 to Rails 3. Not only does that require a big set of code refactoring, but also a big server refactoring as well. Because I updated PF’s code to Rails 3 I couldn’t routinely push small updates to the live Rails 2 version. The good news is that I finally bit the bullet and just started over on a new server that should be a bit more flexible in the future and is now running Rails 3. In other words now that the upgrade is done I can get back to my routine updates.

In addition to the Rails upgrade there are a ton of small bug fixes and changes around the site. The forums database has been restructured and should now work properly. We have notifications (still kinda beta-y). Just use the twitter style format with a user’s username and they’ll receive a notification that they were mentioned. You can now navigate forward and back between submissions by clicking on the links or using the shortcut keys “j” and “k”.

There is a lot more stuff as well, too much for me to remember.

Because of the massive upgrade there’s bound to be bugs. As always, please use the repository to mark the bugs and I’ll do my best to mow through them.

My next focus is to clean up some of the code in the application. A lot of it is old from when I just first started RoR and could be refactored more nicely. From there we have another big upgrade to Rails 3.1 and then finally PF 2.0 which will consist of a massive front-end restructuring and the addition of a ton of features that I think will benefit the community and making sharing our submissions much more enjoyable and easier to do!

As always thanks for your continued help and support with PF!