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  1. Here are some alternative SaaS platforms: Vanilla: https://vanillaforums.com/features/forums/ Discourse (open source): https://www.discourse.org/features IPB's SaaS platform: https://invisioncommunity.com/buy Tribe is great but too expensive ($500 per month) Or we could move to a traditional forum software like phpBB which is free and self-hosted. Many other forums use it. Only issue is that it looks even more dated than IPB.
  2. The lowest tier should be fine for us. Migration cost is $250, but waived off if we pay for the full year up front. But I'm a bit concerned about getting stuck with a 1 yr commitment if their servers are sluggish and they aren't able to optimise performance. Would everyone be okay with having these forums as read-only and switching to an entirely platform from scratch?
  3. IPB has an SaaS offering, and they can also port our content and database from here for a fee: https://invisioncommunity.com/buy
  4. Moving to a new platform is an option. There are similar software suites, and also SaaS solutions like Tribe. The question is how much can we export and use on those platforms. If not posts and threads, we should at least be able to transfer the members database.
  5. I've been trying to find a solution to it, but the forums have become so bloated over the last 10+ years, there doesn't seem like much can be done, short of dumping it and starting from scratch. Even our AWS billing is through the roof (35k per month) because the forums have become so unoptimised that its taxing the server. The forums software company (Invision) has a service where we can move the forums to their own server but they can't guarantee that it will run any smoother.
  6. Hey guys, Those of you visiting IVG through Tapatalk may have noticed notifications issues and other bugs. We've been trying to resolve those but it seems like Tapatalk doesn't seem to support this forum platform very well at the moment. So I've removed Tapatalk entirely, and we'll keep it that way - partly because there are frequent issues with their plugin and each update seems to add more bugs, but also because the mobile browser version of the forums is actually quite good (a lot better than Tapatalk IMO) and it will just be a far smoother experience over time.
  7. Pro Evolution Soccer 2022 | PES 2022 Developer/Publisher: Konami Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Xbox One, PC Release date: 2021
  8. Hey guys, I don't think we already have a thread about this so I thought it might help, especially given the global scenario we're in. I also thought of starting this thread because an ex-colleague is working on a story around how online gaming and gaming communities have helped people deal with mental health issues, and also helped people make friends. There's a lot of evidence out there that gaming can help people dealing with conditions like anxiety, depression and autism. I personally know a couple of people who, through IVG and the people they met here, were able to over come their mental health troubles. So it would be great to hear some stories of how gaming has helped you or someone you know. You don't have to if its too personal, but sharing your story might help someone else. --------------------------------------- Sharing below a message from Anu, who is looking for inputs for her story: I am an independent journalist based in Mumbai and I've written for Huffington Post, India Today, Scroll, Mumbai Mirror, National Geographic Traveller and so on. Please find more information about me and my work here: anuprabhakar.contently.com. I am now hoping to write an article on how the gaming community can be a source of support and comfort for those battling anxiety, depression and other mental health issues in India, where seeking help for mental health is still largely considered taboo (although things are changing, slowly). I am looking for people who have made friends through gaming - I believe multiplayer games are very popular for this reason as well - and think of the gaming community as a safe space where they can share their struggles. I would love to get in touch with gamers who would like to participate in my article and share their story. Members can remain anonymous in the article. My email id is anuprabhakar2016@gmail.com. If this article interests you at all, please do reach out and I would love to take this forward. Thank you.
  9. Hey guys, Since many of you here might be creating gaming content on YouTube or platforms, you can use this thread to share your content, get feedback from other members, and maybe even gain a few fans. A few rules for this thread: Do not spam your content. Post gaming content only. Don't just post links. Provide a description and details to what you are posting. DO NOT SPAM Posts that ignore any of the above will be deleted without warning.
  10. The IVG Community on PSN is called IndianVG. Join away! Guide: https://manuals.playstation.net/document/gb/ps4/communities/about_communities.html You can also use this thread to post your PSN IDs to connect with fellow IVG members
  11. New year, new thread. You know how this works - post photos of what you bought this week! Previous threads:
  12. If you have bought an Xbox Series X or Series S console, or even if you own an Xbox One, you can join the IVG club on Xbox. Clubs are online meeting places created by the Xbox community for like-minded people to enjoy multiplayer gaming and socializing. Find out how to join a club so you can chat, play games, share content, and join other players’ parties. Once in a club, youu can share the screenshots and clips of games that you are currently playing on the Club's activity feed - other members can like and comment on such shared content. Parties can be created. There are a tons of options for increasing engagement. The club is called IVG Community and is open to everyone. This is different than game-specific official clubs like Horizon Clubs for Forza Horizon 4. FH4 players can freely join the IVG club, called [IVGC] Steps to join the IVG Club: 1. Press the Xbox button on your controller to pull up the Xbox guide 2. Switch right to the People tab, where you will find the option for Clubs 3. Once in the Clubs menu, select Discover Clubs 4. Next, select Explore all clubs 5. On the next screen, you will find the option to Find a club. 6. Search for "IVG Community" and request to join and I or one of the admins will accept your request. If your request is not accepted, drop a message here. If anyone who is regularly on Xbox would like to be a club admin, please post in this thread.
  13. All interested buyers please post here along with which edition. We can also use this to share info on which retailers have or are getting stock. List of interested buuyers: @HundredProofSam (Standard - Ordered) @Snake (Standard - Skipped) @CarbonCore (Digital - Waiting) @nash (Standard - Ordered) @hope (Standard - Ordered) @dylanjosh (Standard - ???) @KrIzAliD (Standard - Ordered) @hussain (Standard - Still looking) @kittoo (Standard - Ordered) Members still looking to buy: @Lazyboy8134 @hussain @babywinchester @SneakyFunk List of authorised (Indian version) retailers: PS5 preorders 100% confirmed Shop at Sony Center Amazon Flipkart Reliance Digital Games The Shop Vijay Sales Croma Other authorised Sony retailers (preorder confirmation awaited) Gameloot Sayonara Ninja Games Jai Ganesh Games, Movies & More, Viviana Mall
  14. Take-Two to acquire Codemasters The Grand Theft Auto publisher will use a mix of cash and shares to purchase all currently issued and yet-to-be-issued shares in Codemasters, giving Take-Two 100% ownership. It was previously suggested the deal could value Codemasters at £759 million ($994 million), but the latest notice says this will instead by £726 million ($956 million). The acquisition is expected to be completed by March 31, 2021.
  15. IVG FIFA 20 FAREWELL CUP With FIFA 21 around the corner, it’s time for the IVG community to bid FIFA 20 a final farewell. The IVG FIFA 20 Farewell Cup is an opportunity to compete with fellow FIFA 20 players in the IVG community one last time, with the added incentive of some cool prizes in store for those looking to jump into FIFA 21. The IVG FIFA 20 Farewell Cup will be conducted in a knockout format, featuring 18 players. The tournament will be conducted on PS4. Before we get to the rules and entry process, here are the prizes we have in store thanks to support from Games The Shop. IVG FIFA 20 FAREWELL CUP: PRIZES Winner: FIFA 21 Champions Edition (PS4) Runner-up: FIFA 21 Standard Edition (PS4) Final 8: FIFA 21 T-shirts All participants: INR 250 discount coupon for FIFA 21 valid on GamesTheShop.com IVG FIFA 20 FAREWELL CUP: RULES & REGULATIONS 1. General 1.1 Each participant must be aware of all the rules listed below. Insufficient knowledge of the rules cannot be used as an excuse for breaking the rules. 1.2 Teams should be submitted before the start of the tournament kick-off date. Teams cannot be changed after the tournament has started. 1.3 Matches need to be completed within the days mentioned for each round. Contact your opponent via PM on IVG to set a date and time. 1.4 Players are required to play with the PSN ID they have specified at the time of registration. 1.5 Every player is responsible for his own connection and has to have a good internet connection to avoid possible ‘lag’. We have heard from multiple members that whoever is hosting has an advantage. Everyone will be playing a home and away match and hopefully this will minimize the lag handicap. 1.6 In case of a serious lag issue – quit the game within the first 15 mins of the game and report to the organizers. Save a video of the gameplay to back the claim. 1.7 We encourage and appreciate if everyone can save their games using the PS4’s Share button and upload it to YouTube. We did not have this option during last generation, and we are excited to watch some great games. 2. Specific game settings FIFA 2.1 General: Settings: Standard settings Match duration: 12 minutes (6 minutes per half) Game speed: Normal 2.2 All matches should be played in ‘Friendly Match’ mode 2.3 All matches have to be played with the online squads. 2.4 Only tactical defense is allowed. 2.5 When the connection is lost, the match will be resumed at the remaining time and the current score. In scenarios like these, extra time is always counted as +5 mins to the remaining time. 2.6 KO stage: All rounds in the knock-out stage will be Best of Two. Everyone plays a Home and an Away match with the away goals rule being active. When you are the home team, you invite the opponent to the match and vice versa. In case of the aggregate score being a tie at the end of the second match (including the away goals), there will be a new match at a neutral venue with Golden Goal. (The first team that scores, wins the match) Golden goal game: Select a neutral venue for the golden goal game. If there was no lag issue in the previous two games - the one who hosted first game can host the golden goal game in a neutral venue. If either player had lag, Organizers will randomly select the host. 2.7 Players are allowed to play with club and national teams. Adidas All Star XI and MLS All Star XI are not allowed. 2.8 It is NOT allowed to change your team during the tournament. The team you choose for your first match has to be used throughout the tournament. 3. Reporting scores 3.1 Both players must posts the score after finishing the game in the tournament thread. 3.2 The total score of a match must be reported by both players. 3.3 Both players need to report the scores on the same day after the end of the match. 4. Behavior rules Play Fair and be nice to your fellow IVG members. Bad language and/or threats against the players are not tolerated.
  16. PS4 version of Marvel’s Avengers donated to the IVG Library for piper. Posting and dispatching on his behalf
  17. This is the one common thread for the IVG Podcast. Rather than creating new threads for each individual episode, we'll use this thread to post whenever a new episode is published. ================================= IVG Podcast 49 Just one episode to go before the big five-o, and there is a lot to cover in this episode of the IVG Podcast. So without further ado, here are the topics for episode 49: Month two of the IVG Community Showcase The Halo Infinite delay A console without a big first-party launch title DC FanDome: Will we see any gameplay? Horizon: Zero Dawn and Marvel's Avengers PC ports Does Games as a service work for superhero games? Fall Guys: A pleasant surprise You can subscribe to the IVG Podcast on the following platforms and others:
  18. Donating The Last of Us Part II on behalf of @piper for the IVG Library. Condition is new.
  19. Starting this thread on behalf of @piper who is donating God of War. Condition is new.
  20. Donating Uncharted: The Lost Legacy for the Game Library. Game is without its original packaging, so will be shipped in a different box.
  21. List of IVG Game Library titles (in alphabetical order) Battlefield 1 (PS4) Battlefield: Hardline (PS4) Days Gone (PS4) Dishonored : Definitive Edition (PS4) Dishonored 2 (PS4) DeadPool (PS4) Deathloop (PS5) Death Stranding (PS4) Detroit Become Human (PS4) Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (PS4) Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen (PS4) Driveclub (PS4) Far Cry 5 (PS4) Ghost Of Tsushima (PS4) God of War (PS4) Hitman 2 (PS4) Horizon zero dawn complete edition (PS4) Horizon Forbidden West (PS4 & PS5) Infamous: Second Son (PS4) Kena - Bridge of Spirits (PS5) Ni No Kuni 2 (PS4) Marvel's Avengers (PS4) Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (PS5) Metal Gear Solid V - The Phantom Pain (PS4) Metro Exodus Nier Automata (PS4) Outlast Trinity (PS4) Persona 5 (PS4) Ratchet & Clank (PS4) Red Dead Redemption 2 (PS4) Shadow of the Tomb Raider (PS4) Spiderman - Miles Morales (PS5) Tearaway Unfolded (PS4) The Last of Us Part II (PS4) x 2 The Last Guardian (PS4) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Game of The Year Edition (PS4) Uncharted : The Lost Legacy (PS4) Watch Dogs 2 (PS4) Wolfenstein 2 - The New Colossus (PS4) Yakuza 0 (PS4) Yakuza 2 Kiwami
  22. Introducing the IVG Game Library Console games can be expensive, even when you buy and sell them pre-owned in the IVG Trading Post. So, with so many great games coming out, as well as PS5 and Xbox Series X games to come, it’s the perfect time for us to bring back the IVG Game Library. The IVG Game Library is an initiative we had first started in 2008, and for those who weren’t IVG members back then, the concept it simple. IVG community members volunteer to donate a game (or multiple games) that other members are free to borrow for a limited period of time. There are no fees involved, and no middlemen. The library system is built on trust, and so there are a few eligibility criteria members would have to meet to be allowed to borrow or lend games in the IVG Game Library. You can read more about those eligibility criteria, library rules and other details below. MEMBERSHIP CRITERIA 50 reputation points Donate a game that is approved by IVG Library Staff (see list of staff below) RULES Game eligibility Game donated must be on a current-gen platform that people will be interested in playing Only disc-based console games are accepted Games without original box and cover would be accepted The IVG Library Staff will judge whether a game is eligible for entry into the IVG Library The member who is sending the game bears the cost of courier Sender must use a well-reputed courier service to ship games to other members Donating Donor agrees that if a game is lost or damaged, no compensation will be due If more than one person wants a game, a wait list will be created by the donor Donor may not ask for the game back while it is with a borrow during its borrowing period Donor may ask for the game back once borrowing period is over and there are no other members in the wait list Donors cannot request their donated games back while they are borrowing a game from the library Members may donate more than one game; additional games do not require Library Staff approval Borrowing Borrowing period would be 2 weeks from date of receipt. In exceptional cases where games are long, it can be 1 month. Borrowing period to be decided by Library staff Once the borrowing period is over, member must courier game to next person in wait list A member may only borrow a new game once the previously borrowed game has been received by next borrower or donor If there is no one in the wait list, game may be kept until someone else requests it or returned to donor – whatever donor prefers Members may not borrow more than one game at a time PROCEDURE Membership Once you have met the above library membership criteria, you may contact one of the IVG Library Staff members When contacting IVG Library Staff member, mention 1) The game you would like to donate, 2) The platform, and 3) The condition of the game – with/without box, etc Do check the game request thread here to see if you can fulfill a request added there. Final decision on whether a game will be accepted into the library rests with the Library Staff Donation Once membership into library is approved, donor must open a new topic/thread in the IVG Library section Library game threads must follow the naming system: [LIB] Name of game (Platform). For example, if you are donating Doom Eternal for PS4, the thread title should be [LIB] Doom Eternal (PS4) Donor must share pics of the game and box at the time of listing it in the library along with picture carrying IVG display name and date – games without original box will also be accepted Donor must also reserve the first reply in that thread, which he must update as and when the game has been borrowed or returned. It must also contain the wait list for the game When the game is requested by a library member, the donor must dispatch the same at the earliest convenience. Cost to be borne by sender. Donor is obliged to lend donated game to any library member who requests the game Borrowing Members interested in borrowing a game must comment in the game’s respective library thread Before borrowing a game, the member must show their post proving that previously borrowed game has been returned Borrower must update the game’s library thread once the game is received If received in damaged condition, borrower must share photos displaying the damage. If condition is not disclosed, it would be assumed that the game was received in good condition Borrowers must abide by the borrowing time periods Upon completion of borrowing period, borrower must dispatch the game to the next borrower on the wait list. Cost to be borne by the sender. If there are no other borrowers in the wait list, donor may request for it back. If so, dispatch game back to donor. Cost to be borne by sender IVG Game Library Staff @kmkaks @b!T @adity @HundredProofSam
  23. Support IVG For over a decade, IVG has provided a platform for Indian gamers to meet like-minded people and discuss their passion for games in a friendly and welcoming environment. What began as a message board in 2006, has grown into a comprehensive community for all things gaming. We have always resisted the temptation to monetise the IVG community, and we are determined to keep it that way. We believe the IVG forums should remain accessible to everyone for free. However, as we look to the future, we could use all the help we can get to ensure that IVG continues to function smoothly, while being steadily updated with the newest community features. To that end, we have set up a system to accept voluntary donations from members and readers who would like to support us in keeping the IVG community going strong. There are several ways that you can do this. Option 1: Automated monthly contributions If you'd like to make regular contributions to IVG, we offer automatic monthly donations in three denomination options. Through this method, you would be charged every month for your chosen amount for a 12-month duration, with an option to stop any time. Automated monthly contributions can be done in one of three amounts: Rs 100 per month Rs 500 per month Rs 1,000 per month If you'd like to contribute monthly, please fill out this form and we'll send you a payment link for the same. Option 2: Single contribution You can also choose to make a single contribution for an amount of your choice. To do so, please click on the button below. Click here to make single contributions via PayPal. Payments security and privacy: We use Razorpay's payment gateway to receive all payments. It is a secure platform and all payments happen entirely on the payment gateway. Rest assured that no payment information is collected, stored or accessible to IVG or any other third party. Razorpay is used by reputed organisations such as RBL Bank and Hotstar. You can read their terms and conditions here. We also offer PayPal as an option, which is well established as a safe and secure payments platform. What your financial contributions will help with. Every single Rupee that is contributed by the community will be used towards the community. These are some of the costs that would be covered through these contributions: Server costs Maintenance expenses Software and technical support expenses Upgrades and feature additions If we find ourselves in a situation where contributions go beyond our costs, we will give those funds back to the IVG community by way of contests and giveaways. Can't contribute financially? You can still help We understand that many users may not be able to contribute to IVG financially, and that's okay. But there are several other ways through which you can show your support. Use our affiliate tags when you shop at Amazon If you shop at Amazon, you can help us by using our Affiliate tag or links before adding items to your shopping cart. This way, we earn a small commission on your purchase. There are two ways to do this: Affiliate tag: Simple add &tag=i030-21 to any Amazon product page URL before adding it to your cart Affiliate link: Visit Amazon through this link. Any purchase you make during that session will benefit us. Show our podcast and social media channels some love While the forums remain core to the IVG experience, social media is a great way for new gamers to find IVG. So it would be great if you could follow, like and subscribe to us on the following platforms YouTube channel IVG Podcast Facebook Instagram Twitter Thank you for being part of the IVG community. Contributors Hall of Fame 1. @rAgHaV 2. @eddy4823 3. @Bird Bird Bird 4. @SpearHea:D 5. @quixote_1989 6. @dylanjosh 7. @Engineer 8. @playstationdude 9. @Snake 10. @dante77 11. @Assassins Creed 12. @-13- 13. @KJD 14. @kunjanp 15. @kold_war 16. @b!T 17. @ayush12ice 18. @VelivolusDas 19. @adity 20. @hope 21. @Mr.Copyright© 22. @Big Boss 23. @STICK3Rboy 24. @DinJo 25. @AtheK 26. @GeraltOfRivia 27. @Masterjack 28. @Bhpian Bali 29. @Maximus 30. @Pacifier 31. @icestrok 32. @abhinav sharma 33. @Mizanurification 34. @Banz 35. @Narukami_Yu 36. @Keano 37. @'Pranay 38. @Jigsaw
  24. eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020 Developer/Publisher: Konami Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, PC/Steam Release date: 10th September 2019 Demo launch date: July 30
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