Personally, I'm one to love just about any kind of forum that isn't in an overcrowded niche. I've started to really love a few new communities lately, and as long as they have a unique character and feel as a community, I enjoy them.

What is your favorite forum genre?

I am pleased to announce that today, Makestation is now five months old. We also recently hit 100 members and 5,000 posts, making today a good day to release our very first community newsletter.

I play Minecraft. I just started a new single player world, and also play multiplayer, both survival and creative.

In my new CSP (creative single-player) world I decided I was going to build a castle first. It didn't take me long to find a hill in a forest which I would build it on. I immediately named it Castle Hill, and the finished building would be named Hill Castle.



After clearing the hill and starting the foundation...



Then the foundation was completed and I started on the ground floor walls...



And soon most of the walls were completed.



I decided to do a few more upstairs rooms before putting the roof on.





I decided on just doing some simple stairs at the entrance..



And the finished building viewed from a distance.

So I wrote down a number between -2 and 87 today, and I have that stored somewhere so that I will remember it. The first person who guesses this number correctly will be awarded $100 station cash.

I will tell you if the number is lower or higher on each guess. Obviously, only one guess at a time.

EDIT: Turns out station cash isn't appearing on the postbit. I'll fix that soon. It's related to the MyBB update to 1.6.11.

Hello forumers!

2020 update: Paid exhcanges are allowed and encouraged. Our goal is to expand upon this section considerably in the coming months. If you have a paid exchange, you are welcome to post it here!

We are pleased to introduce the all new marketplace of Makestation. This is a place where you can exchange various services for station cash (or for other things as well) freely with members of the community. Here are some ideas on how the marketplace can be used:

- You can exchange posts or registrations on blogs, forums, etc...
- You can exchange youtube subscriptions, software licenses (if obtained legally), etc...
- You can use the marketplace to request graphics designs, themes, etc...
- You can make community related threads here as well. For example, you could make predictions about a football game or a website and make a bet based on it.

Guidelines:

1) You are permitted to do exchanges using station cash or real cash. Paypal is the only payment method that is currently accepted for advertising in this marketplace. If you intend to do an exchange with real cash, please state clearly in your thread.

2) Don't PM users and solicit exchanges. Let users find your thread in this board instead. Also, bumping is allowed, but please don't bump your threads excessively, as it appears to come across as spam to viewers of this board.

3) Reputation exchanges are strictly prohibited

4) If you set up a deal, please follow your end of the deal. We want to build a good reputation here at Makestation, so please don't abuse this section. Also, any event of a scam from any user in this board that involves station cash or real money will result in your account being banned from the marketplace.

-Darth Apple

www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/15779466-us-debt-leaps-by-record-328-billion-day-after-congress-approves-debt-ceiling-extension

This is insane. That's literally 1/3 of $1,000,000,000,000 borrowed in one day. This has really become a bit concerning lately.

What are your thoughts?

I figured I'd throw this together. Just score yourself on each question, then add up the points to determine whether or not you are a modern social networking junkie.

A: How many social networks are you registered and active on?
1: None
2: only one.
3: 2-3
4: 3-5
5: 5+

B: How much time daily do you spend on social networks?
1: ten minutes or less
2: 10-30 minutes
3: 30-60 minutes.
4: 1-3 hours.
5: 3+ hours

C: How many times in the course of a day do you check social networks, on average?
1: Once or twice per week (or less)
2: Daily
3: A few times daily
4: Every hour
5: I get notifications on my phone.

D: How many facebook friends do you have? (Come on, we all have a Facebook account. )
1: <100
2: 100-250
3: 250-500
4: 500-1,000
5: 1,000+

E: How often do you make status updates (between all social networks)
1: less than once per week
2: A few times per week
3: Daily
4: A few times per day
5: Hourly

F: What best describes your posts on social networks?
1: "Hey guys! I need to make some money for a good cause. Come help us out by visiting our garage sale at..."
2: "I just got a new car! Feeling excited..."
3: "I hate oxyclean."
4: "OMG I just went to walmart! I haven't gone for 5 days. "
5: "I hate my life, my coworker did X, Y, and then ditched me because of Z. What a jerk!"


Simply score yourself on each one of the questions, then add up the points. Anywhere from 5-30 points can be made.

Scoring
<10 points: Go get a facebook account.
10-15 points: Go log into your facebook account.
15-20: Average social network user
20-25: Social network junkie
25-30: Asdf?

Personally, I'm only subscribed to about five. I'd like to find a few new ones to subscribe to. There are some amazing channels up on Youtube.

How many are you subscribed to? Be sure to vote in the poll!

I personally love Maximum PC, although it's been a while since I last picked up one.

What are your favorite magazines?

Hello Makestation!

I figured it'd be a good idea to pull in a mini-competition here, so this will serve as a simple, graphics design competition. Basically, we'll get two people to put in their submissions, and users will vote in this thread. After a few votes have been placed or a new submission is made, we'll determine the winner based on the votes, and a new round will begin. This should be pretty simple.

I'll kick us off with my submission. (click for full size). Feel free to place your own submissions, and we'll get our first round started!