Talk:Kongregate

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References (to be integrated into the text)

[1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10] and [11]. Damn, that's a shitload of new references. I'll take a few days to integrate this stuff into the article. Shrumster 21:51, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

[12], [13]. Two more. Shrumster 21:54, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalized

Everything under History has been clear by some dumb person. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.246.197.150 (talk) 21:09, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Browser Based

This should be covered by browser based —Preceding unsigned comment added by Atomic1fire (talk • contribs) 23:12, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm... I though it does say that it's browser-based... Zh elⁱel —Preceding undated comment was added at 08:03, 24 January 2009 (UTC).[reply]

Commercial?

The current page says that Kongregate is NOT commercial. However, the site's intent seems clearly to be to make profit, thereby making it commercial. The ads are one clue to this. The $5,000,000 (yes, five million dollars) a company has invested into the site is another. More info on the $5 million: http://erts.bloggingstocks.com/2007/08/17/kongregate-fun-and-games-with-5-million/

--Josh1billion 02:20, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good point. Fixed. Shrumster 04:05, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Chat section

Can somebody clear this up? Most of it clearly doesn't belong in an article... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.117.53.10 (talk) 00:49, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'll have a look thorough it, see what should and shouldn't be there.

-TDF- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.194.182.10 (talk) 13:11, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Badge creator

"The main administrator of the site is in charge of creating badges.[citation needed]"

Completely wrong, Greg, the communtiy manager is responsible for creating new badges and challenges. However he technically holds the rank of administrator in the chat and elsewhere. I don't have time to find a reference right now, but as it's already citation needed, may as well be changed. perhaps some mention of greg as community manager. 79.73.23.242

Card game

Should this page talk about the card game at all? While not completed, it's still a big part of teh site, as teh cards that make up the game are a huge attraction (I'd add this myself but I'm not quite sure how I'd go about doing that). 76.84.12.144 (talk) 13:20, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I do play Kongai and seriously it is one of the main things Kongregate is set up for. It is completed and in fact, I think it is lacking information. There should be examples of cards and what they do. The card system is extremely valuable. Zheliel (talk) 09:57, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Kongai is now part of the main article so we can do away with this unless you intend to elaborate a card list or somethin. Devout Catalyst (talk) 18:15, 23 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The awards that Kongregate has won

Wikipedia does not say anything about awards that Kongregate has won, like the two Webbies. -Juze- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.193.133.212 (talk) 12:53, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Point taken. Any other awards? Zheliel (talk) 10:02, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How To Kongregate

Whoever is adding "How To Kongregate" shouldn't. That site explains how to obtain badges via hacking and Cheat Engine, and is certainly not approved of by Kongregate staff. --61.68.136.98 (talk) 09:46, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Kongai

yo kongai sucks!!!

Now that it's active, Kongai should really have its own page. While obviously not irrelevant to the main article, it (a) has nothing to do with the purpose itself of the Kongregate site, and (b) is significant enough to merit a separate entry, due to its impact on casual gaming and its impact on game design theory (Sirlin, et al). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.180.76.224 (talk) 19:37, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Kongai should have it's own page, I can agree with you. But Kongai should be included in Kongregate as it is extremely important and as far as I know, everyone in Kongregate knows about this game. The game Kongai makes it slightly different from most other game sites which do not have a game by itself. If there is, I am quite sure that none can collect game items (such as Kongai's cards) in other games.Zheliel (talk) 10:01, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In the synopsis section I removed this false information (vandalism?): ..."and it is targeted towards children between 6-10 years of age. It is a turn-based game, in which the best strategy is luck, and it is similar to Yu-Gi-Oh! in the sense that it has very limited action, as well as repetitiveness which leads to boredom."...

I changed the sentences so that it still says Kongai is a turn-based strategy card game. -Searth (guest) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.119.37.27 (talk) 20:01, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

referrer link vandalism

is it possible to get protection for just the link to kongregate's homepage as idiots keep vandalising it by changing it to their referrer link.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by UltraMagnus (talk • contribs) 08:21, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion?

I think this article should be deleted causwe a lot of sites like this are on the internet, but newgrounds is the only noatable one. like the avgn imperonators. who agrees

i think that everything interesting to alot of people deserves a wikipedia page. you were right about avgn though. andrewsad1 22:35, 12 October 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Andrewsad1 (talk • contribs)

Notability is demonstrated by significant secondary coverage or relevant awards, Kongregate has both. Someone another 17:34, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. Anyway, aren't there signature pages and hidden user pages? Well, if you compare signature pages to Kongregate, Kongregate is definitely better and worth inclusion. After all, Jimbo doesn't mind Guest Books. ^{Citation needed}Zh elⁱel 08:02, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nonsense. This is OPs personal opinion. Not even a relevant topic of discussion. Devout Catalyst (talk) 18:19, 23 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What format?

I think the article should mention what format the submitted games have to be in: swf only? Or are exe files permissible? Or any others? 149.254.56.97 (talk) 09:14, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it doesn't what format files have to be in the NG article which is a much better article then this. However if you went and added it, I wouldn't revert. (And yes, it is .swf files only)Wise dude321 (talk) 20:33, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ant

Shouldn't the image of Kong's icon (this one) have the ant in it? If someone downloaded the video in the bottom right corner of this page and took a screenshot, you could resize it and upload it. Jumper4677 (talk) 15:17, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done. I do agree that the image with the ant looks better.Wise dude321 (talk) 16:10, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

offline?

has anyone been able to access kongregate? it's been inaccessable for weeks now.· Lygophile has spoken 13:13, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It works fine. --71.110.67.204 (talk) 13:33, 2 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Clone

LOL another newgrounds clone —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.118.10.79 (talk) 15:28, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Newgrounds blatantly ripped the awards system off of Kongregate (and failed), they have been attempting to get a functional chat system for over 4 years now, after Kong's success (and they're failing), and they still haven't been able to replicate the community civility that Kongregate has (the forums especially), mainly because their primary userbase is 8 year old males. Oh, and this is a page about the article, not the subject, so this isn't the place to voice any bias you may have. Sellyme^Talk 03:32, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

points now mean something

gamestop has linked its loyalty program with kong past points do not apply but there is a badge of the day and any points earned from these go towards gamestop reward ponits —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.223.128.79 (talk) 07:47, 22 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I will be sure to mention the connection with PUR points, thanks for the reminder! Sellyme^Talk 11:26, 22 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Concerning my revert

I made this revert for a few reasons, and I wanted to explain them here rather than let other editors try to figure it out from a vague edit summary. The section of unsourced text was removed due to the fact that this is an overdetailed account of something that almost all forum communities have: forums, chat rooms, PMs, etc. Unless there is some third-party, reliable source that gives weight to such a section, I really don't think it belongs in the article, especially not in this level of detail. The links were reverted per WP:EL. While a link to the primary site should be in the article, it is not necessary to link that many subpages in the external links section, per WP:ELOFFICIAL. - Sudo Ghost 02:51, 20 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

source of revenue wrong.

since the kong + was relised they have a new source of revenue premium services. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Darkfuji (talk • contribs) 10:25, 31 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Facebook?

Anyone notice that the link redirects to Facebook? Can anyone tell me what's wrong? Hardtofindausername 24 June 5:25 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hardtofindausername (talk • contribs) 10:26, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Kong

Kongregate literally destroyed surviv.io. The community manager and moderators are toxic, Kong does NOTHING AT ALL to improve the game even though they say they are, and there hasn’t been a major update to the game in almost a year. The players frequently ask about ANY info relating to a new update, especially an anticheat, but all Kong says is “we’re working on it”. Hackers are more abundant than ever. They also promised a roadmap, but that never came, and it never will. Kong sucks, they gotta get their game going cuz at this rate the games gonna die before 2022. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 135.0.62.238 (talk) 20:34, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]