User talk:Dr. Clayton Forrestor


 * exerpt from forum re:dlc

"maybe not a whole planet . . .id settle for a forest moon . . . with ewoks to shoot (heh, heh)Dr. Clayton Forrestor 10:41, December 2, 2009 (UTC)" =Welcome= Hi, my screen name is Dr. Clayton Forrestor. you can call me Dr. F. i am a sysop (administrator) for this wikia. if i can be of service in any way please contact me. enjoy.

Minions of Dr. F
Darkseide

The Chatting Sysops
DR. F available for chat on aim/google user = DrCForrestor - and on xfire = drclaytonforrestor

is available as thedarkestmeepit on google

is available as Fenrakk101 on google
 * I prefer MSN over AIM =P 18:50, February 20, 2010 (UTC)

=Glossary of (un)familiar terms= drop your term here and someone will define it.

shotty: shotgun

DPS: damage per second

proc: Proc is a common term used primarily in game programming to refer to an event - a "procedure" - triggered under particular circumstances.

stack: end result is additive (+150% critical damage from sniper rifle stacks with mordecai's +6% critical damage from deadly skill)

RB: Right Bumper

DOT: damage over time

area of effect: "splash damage" non-point focal damage over area

FPRPG: first person role playing game

Flinch: is when you shoot an enemy and they temporarily stop, like how shooting a charging Badass Psycho enough can make it stop for a moment.

Non-Trigger Damage: bullet and rocket damage only, not elemental (proc:see above) damage. directed damage not involving DOT or area of effect.

Accuracy Recovery: this is the time it takes your sights to stop wavering and give you an _accurate_ sight picture.

=Conversations=

DR.
A, Dr.F, are you a real Dr., or is that just your screen name?
 * i am in fact not a doctor of any kind. dr clayton forester was a character from war of the worlds and on mystery science theater 3000, a tv show on comedy central and the sci-fi channel. 17:47, February 27, 2010 (UTC)

Signatures
Do only sysops,moderators or admins get unique custom signatures? ☻BLObOrt☻ 16:18, March 17, 2010 (UTC)

No, Any user can have a custom signature if they wish, there is a section on my talk page which tells you how, look for Claptraps post< 16:58, March 17, 2010 (UTC)

j-nox is correct. anyone can have a custom sig. make a page with your sig. then make a page refering to the first. enter the second page into your preferences pane for signature. it is preferable to have these pages under your user:namespace (such as user:blobort/sig & user:blobort/sig/prefs)  20:20, March 17, 2010 (UTC)

Just a little help with mine a min, i think i'm getting there just need a push. IDave Ja Vu
 * been there. done that.   07:35, April 10, 2010 (UTC)

Re: migration :common
Why list it common if it's name is in blue? Fen
 * it _could_ be green or purple. its variable, this would avoid color confusion. or thats the idea anyway. -dr. f

I see, its for guns with multiple possible rarities in the wild. What if "(Common)" then linked to an article describing that, so any visitor that isn't sure what it meant could easily find out. And then all the "(Orange)"'s could be changed to "(Rare)" or "(Legendary)". Just thinking out loud. Thanks. --31stCenturyMatt 12:41, July 10, 2010 (UTC)
 * while your thinking why not add some o' that to page? 14:12, July 10, 2010 (UTC) my thinking is explain it where the link leads. editing that page will not affect the categorization.

Hmmm ... what improvement does it provide to change from "White/Green/Blue/Purple" to "Common"? What's the goal? -- MeMadeIt 17:12, July 10, 2010 (UTC)
 * intended goal is relief of perceived color requirements for (multicolourarity) items. your example of White/Green/Blue/Purple yields Category:White/Green/Blue/Purple which just gets silly.  the rarity color is still available for personal pages as i will soon show.  possibly only for those pages if this is followed by 3.1kmatt's idea.   02:22, July 11, 2010 (UTC)

Re: Common

Sounds like a good idea, could add some more order - perhaps the category could state that they are, of course, common, and can drop from bandits, lance, etc or something of that nature. -- 23:36, July 10, 2010 (UTC)

3PDLC
I can't get these working... Now whenever I load into the map hub the game loads a brand new Lvl 1 solider character rather than my main character. I think the fact that I have a Steam copy of the game might have something to do with me not being able to work them. Bukkithead 01:43, July 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * yes, you are correct sir. steam requires maneuvres of a different stripe.  let me see if i can hunt that down.   11:33, July 18, 2010 (UTC)

re:re:chimera
Since I spend nearly one week with Starting the Game, Checking Vendors and exiting the Game to find a weapon like that chimera of mine, I am a little bit ... let's call it confused ... what it is to make you think it is modded. I can't say Savage Chimeras are rare and it wasn't my first one either. Mitleidspender 21:17, July 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * damage requires material 3. with that set of parts bloody has a higher priority and pearl is higher still.  even barrel 1 is bloody with mag 5.  others must have been mag 4, 2 or 1.   21:39, July 18, 2010 (UTC)

sig images
Is there a way to get my scorpio turret from appearing on the main page every time I sign off? 23:26, July 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * oddly no, not until the server resets. that could be two days, but usually 12 hours.  this happens to everyone, even when they just change or rename the image.  the good thing is its a real spiff image.   23:44, July 18, 2010 (UTC)

Q&A/Gearbox Userbox
Hey Dr.F. I just made a Q&A Userbox and a Gearbox weapons Userbox and was wondering if you could add it to the userbox gallery for me. I tried and when I hit preview... It didn't go well.

Ok. I didn't know it had to be a Userbox Gallery and in source mode... I put them both in there, and I'm 99.999% sure that I did it right.

question
I created this account as you suggested. Do you happen to know the answer to my question in the forum post: How do I duplicate items on 360 using split sceen?

Andrews213 07:13, July 19, 2010 (UTC)Andrews213

My sig.../

As you probably know, my sig (made by fry) takes up like 4 lines of code and he expects me to be able to customize my sig but i cant bcus my comp. wont allow...and for some reason he wont reply to me when i leave him a message so can you please contact and explain to him that i need a sig...thx JCEHunter
 * undo his last edit to your sig page. and maybe stop making demands and learn how to talk to people. unless you meant to come off as a spoiled child, in that case, mind me not.  carry on.   18:41, July 19, 2010 (UTC).

Can u dup me a x4 nemisis and a serpens? (downfall443) Can u dup me a x4 nemisis and a serpens? - User:Downfall443

My sig
i neeeeddd a sig...fry isnt replying to my pleas of a needed sig...he said (as you probably know) that my regular sig takes up 4 lines of code...have a remedy? my comp. wont allow me to customize my sig
 * as above - undo his last edit to your sig page.   18:41, July 19, 2010 (UTC).

Signature help!
Hey Doc,

I just made my own custom signature, and have changed the preferences so it comes up when I put the four tildes. Problem is, the date and time of the any post I make seems to be included within the box of my signature. How can I fix this? 22:24, July 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * you are missing a  add at end and try again.  22:27, July 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, that seems to have worked :D 22:29, July 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, that seems to have worked :D 22:29, July 19, 2010 (UTC)

Additional Userboxes
Hey Dr.F. I spent a LOT of time today making a bunch of userboxes and was wondering if they could be included in the Userbox gallery. It would probably take a long time to add 'em all in, so I was thinking about adding a link to all the Userboxes.

Maybe just have a link at the bottom that says Additional Userboxes  or something like that. I'm happy with how they all turned out.
 * we have been watching you make them. i like what you have done however, i want to keep the gallery standard high and the page uncluttered.  i think the ubxs added earlier today will fit nicely, add the rest to Talk:Userbox gallery as i mentioned on your talk page.  thank you for all your hard work.   23:47, July 19, 2010 (UTC)

Photo deletion
Hey Dr.F. I decided to redo some of the pictures and instead of updating them, I uploaded new pictures. Since the newer pics are better quality, is there a way to delete pictures that I uploaded, because I looked around a little, but couldn't find an answer.
 * only sysops, bureaucrats & staff can delete. edit the pages of the images no longer needed with  and i will get to them directly.   20:55, July 20, 2010 (UTC)

Just a thought
Hey Doc, I was just thinking; just as 'Muster by System' is split into subpages according to, well, system (oddly enough) whether it would be possible to do the same for the Item Trading forum? I think it would make finding trades/eligible people finding your trade much easier if the forum was subdivided like that.
 * i shall endeavour to make it so. Dr. F
 * did. anybody wanna help? 19:48, July 21, 2010 (UTC)

On a related note, Muster by PC seems to have disappeared from the 'Muster by System' Page... 17:48, July 21, 2010 (UTC)
 * header was overwritten by wheeldogz and i did not catch it. many thanks. 18:05, July 21, 2010 (UTC) ps - i adore the awesomeface sig
 * I can help if you want but I'm not entirely sure what I should do... :s 22:09, July 21, 2010 (UTC) ps - thanks, I am quite proud of it :D (took me ages to find one that worked properly in the sig)

Dr.F You now have a new monion to help you move all of those item trading pages to the correct forums.
 * go for it lads. 14:55, July 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * Did I have it wrong for the pc forum? I just copied & pasted it. I'll start using the one you put in there.
 * Did I have it wrong for the pc forum? I just copied & pasted it. I'll start using the one you put in there.

no change. i just suggested that so you/we can copy paste without editing for pagesource. undo if you like. 16:08, July 22, 2010 (UTC)

Ok. when I'm editing, I have the page that I'm editing open and another with the templates on my talk page in edit, so I can click on the template, ctrl C, click on the old template on the page I'm editing and ctrl V. It's working really nicely for me.
 * dont mind me. Newbie Pic.png 16:43, July 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * Well. I made a dent in the list. Got up to March 12. I need a break. If I see another "I NEEED xxxxx to kill Cramatrax" I'm gonna lose it. Break time!
 * does take a toll, dont it? - Chemicalweapon.png Dr. F
 * does take a toll, dont it? - Chemicalweapon.png Dr. F

We broke through to April (whoop whoop!). At least I'm getting major edit counts for this - I've effectively quadrupled my edit count (yay)

Bukkithead and I  are done  moving all of the pages!!! all that's left are pages that can be deleted. There is one that needs to be deleted right away. It's got some weird code in it.

Indeed, that is the case. Some of the crap that was lurking in the forums... Just, wow. I actually saw an entry that started with the poster saying that he was aware that the topic was not about item trading. And another asking for a gun that shoot faeces. I feel like we've cleaned up the place... good time for a shower. 16:20, July 23, 2010 (UTC)

One last thing, are the separate pages staying as is or going under the main Item trading page (like the Muster page)? 16:26, July 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * the main category will be removed from the forum list and held in reserve to watch for misplaced threads. 16:39, July 23, 2010 (UTC)

I think that everyone who helped earned this...

Honestly, I tried to make a userbox with parameters, but my copy & paste attempts failed. I will look it up in the help section right now.

ps the moving award one was just a special one since moving ALL those pages was a (ungodly) task, but I like the Idea of the parameter usbx for various awards.

Ok... I tried but the parameters are just a little over my head. Think you could fix This ?
 * i will get on that after midday break. ty for doing the research. 17:33, July 23, 2010 (UTC) ps yes, you 2 get one when its done. - Chemicalweapon.png Dr. F

Wow. The awards look great. So now I'm guessing that they can be customized and given out for various deeds and such?
 * indeed. that is why i asked it to be changed.  please note changes to template for future ref.  Bravo Zulu to both of you!

pearlscent weapons
If your still doing pearlscent weapon things i would like a few i have a mic i left a messege on the forum PSN SPAWN-o-GRIMMACE
 * sorry GRIM - SP A WN . i am not the original poster, i was just tidying the page.   - Chemicalweapon.png  Dr. F

side effects
we need a good long list of crazy-ass side effects. e.g.: "do not take ENGORGE! if you or your loved one plan to become pregnant as ENGORGE! will turn your baby into a firemonster Goddam Sexual Tyrannosaurus. " (snl) 06:27, July 23, 2010 (UTC)

the credit was well-deserved and -earned. 04:09, July 24, 2010 (UTC)

Ammo Regeneration
Hey Dr.F. I was looking over class mods and I noticed that on the siren's merc. mod, it's listed as 0-31 smg ammo regen. I think that this should be changed to +28, as I have only seen them go that high. I have seen the +31 before, but on modded level 61's and Bad@ss class mods. The soldier is listed as +27 as well and it's only on modded level 61's and WeeWee's super booster mods. The highest obtainable in the game is +24, so should this be changed?
 * high end COMs should spawn @ craw & 3pdlcs. wait a bit and well take a look, but im thinking yes as 3pdlc=unsupported. 04:36, July 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * I have a +29 merc 06:06, July 24, 2010 (UTC)

from Crow's Nest? or supported game? what level? 06:18, July 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * Knoxx. level 55. 07:24, July 24, 2010 (UTC)

Hmmm. That's weird. I've found a crazy amount of merc mods, but they all cap out at 28 regen. I'm still not sure about the soldier and +27 though.

new forum page creation intro
Is there something that can be done to MediaWiki:Newarticletext to make it more original & ensure that fewer people remove the forumheaders? 15:06, July 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * ty nagy for looking that up. is it better now?  i changed the pageheadings yesterday.  i tried creating one today and was presented with nothing to overwrite.   18:54, July 24, 2010 (UTC)

rakk question
In the in game loading screen it says there is a type of rakk called "fledgling rakk" I think there is another one that doesn't show up either. Were these just removed from the game? Helpme19 02:20, July 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * a very good question. look for fledgling rakk around fyrestone PT1 and i will look as well.  some content did not make the final cut, notice your proficiency lowers the level of weapons once equipped.   02:23, July 25, 2010 (UTC)

LF Services...
Should LF-xxxxx- be moved to the item trading section, even though it's technically not an item? I know that there are a couple of things such as LF powerleveler, LF Craw team, ect.

Since I now know how to migrate pages do you think it would be a good idea to move these pages to their respective item trading categories when they appear?
 * took me 15 minutes to figure out LF = looking for. vanguard's is in the right place. if you desire you may edit Uaticker's since that user has not edited or logged into wikia since 30mar10. i do not think all LF's should be moved as looking for does not imply 'i will bribe you with' as demonstrated by Uaticker. if you see something you feel must be moved, go ahead. you might get reverted but you obeyed your conscience. if you become troublesome i will give you a one week timeout. NBD, look how many times we blocked d1g. 19:24, July 25, 2010 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. I wasn't trying to cause any trouble or anything, just wanted to know if you thought it made sense to have the LF's in item trading. I'll won't change anything then...

Category:Alien Guns
The hydra kept resurfacing every time a head was cut off because there were several prominent links pointing back to it. I've just removed three main ones. Hopefully that will slow it down a bit more than just turning the category into a redirect. -- WarBlade 02:22, July 27, 2010 (UTC)
 * as i see it, it is only linked to talk pages now. 02:40, July 27, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that's the idea. The three I fixed up were two articles pointing to "Alien Guns", which itself was a redirect to the category of the same name. I suspect those two articles were a prime reason why the category kept resurfacing. -- WarBlade 02:44, July 27, 2010 (UTC)

achivement problem
this problem has been driving me crazy forever now. when i got the game i played it for ours on end with brick and i got to like lvl 37 once i beat it once, at the time i didnt have the expantions yet so i stopped playing for a while. a bit after cristmas i bought underdome and zombie island. when i turned tha game back on to play, it would let me access my acout and said it wasnt in that file,, i tried everything to fix it but it nothing worked so i deleted the acount and strarted again with mordecia. i am now at lvl 53 with everything beat but 3 missions in secret armory. heres the new problem, since i started playing the new acount, i never unlocked 1 achivement. i knew something was up because i didnt have any lvl achivements or the 10 missions in fyrestone. can i fix this, worst comes to worst i wast another 60 hours off my life because i have to redownload the game. plz get back as soon as u have spare time.
 * you should be able to save any number of characters with an account. im curious as to why and how you deleted your account. if this is still your active account (deleted or not) you will see no progress on a new/offline account. please check your account settings with xboxlive and confirm which account has right of way. i have no idea what may have happened to your brick. the account is online but saves are local (hence the save editing, maybe backup next one). 01:17, July 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * what about the achivement problem. also i have ps3 not 360.
 * what about the achivement problem. also i have ps3 not 360.

Prank userbox
Hi Dr.F I made a userbox with a picture of a green claptrap that says "He's watching you..." Do you know of a way to make the userbox say the name of the person viewing on the next line as kind of a joke.

I think it would be sweet for example to have you click on some ones userpage and have it say "He's watching you... Dr. F". Just wanted to know if this is something that I (or you) would be able to do...

Fancy signatures messing up text wrap?
I've noticed a couple of the fancy sigs seem to be messing text wrap.

Specifically, whenever I post after Bukkithead or Uberob, my text doesn't wrap. If I move my post ahead of theirs, the text will wrap correctly.

I've notice that, unlike yours, Nag's, and others', these two guys have an extra vertical bar character that appears on the next line below their sigs.

Examples: Your own talk page and http://borderlands.wikia.com/index.php?title=Forum:You_play_Borderlands_too_much_when&t=20100728233429

Could you take a look at their sigs and see what's wrong? Or is it me?

THX! -- MeMadeIt 01:18, July 29, 2010 (UTC)
 * better now? 02:04, July 29, 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry if I was screwin anythig up, I copy and paste alot, so something could of went wrong... Orb  Talk
 * dont worry orb. i didnt catch it either until MMI said something.  go ahead and use your sig with my last edit.  i checked its fine.   06:02, July 29, 2010 (UTC) ps changing sig doesnt change past sigs which used your template
 * dont worry orb. i didnt catch it either until MMI said something.  go ahead and use your sig with my last edit.  i checked its fine.   06:02, July 29, 2010 (UTC) ps changing sig doesnt change past sigs which used your template

Great! That worked! Silly cut-n-pasters. ;) -- MeMadeIt 05:54, July 29, 2010 (UTC)

Pearl rarity hypothesis
I'm a religous follower of both the wiki and Gearbox forums.

There is one theory I have that I have not observed on any of the two forums. When I first started farming Crawmerax I couldn't get a pearl for weeks. My friends and I farmed and farmed again with no pearls. Most of my 660 class mods and my legendaries come from this period.

I was told by someone in a public game that weapon quality increased with the number of missions completed. At this point I gained 100% completion on my powerleveled siren, including the third detonation of the Crimson Armory. At this point I would get a pearl drop every day on average. I actually recieved my sixth less remarkable than the first Rose shield and a very nice Jackal in the same Cramerax kill.

My question is this; is there an intangible that the community has overlooked such as the amount of money held, missions completed, all three armory detonations completed, or number of critical hits?

I very rarely post, and do not understand the Wiki, so if you find any merit with these questions feel free to share them in the correct venue Willp602 09:24, July 29, 2010 (UTC)


 * I am honestly surprised that the GBXforums have not completely brainwashed everyone into thinking the wiki people are a bunch of retards. Moving right along. Most of the Craw runners have all missions completed, and either have max money or ~10mil like I do (I frequent the Bullet just to keep death costs down). I would think that the forum people would have cracked an intangible determinant by now. 09:42, July 29, 2010 (UTC)
 * actually, i figured this out the first time i went up against craw with an uncompleted mission line.  the loot sucked, i figured it was a bum run and tried again.  the loot sucked.  i confirmed this with my siren who piggy backed (read:sidelined it and manned the elevator) to 61.  i tried her in the crow's nest.  the loot sucked.  since catching her up on missions i do not go after any boss fights w/o a _completed_ mission line.  thank you for bringing this up because i thought everybody knew and i was just slow figgering it out.   Loot is better with 100% missions .  the money bit is likely but unsubstantiated.  if i do one armory i do them all so i do not know on that front.  critical hits should only count toward proficiency however comma you could look into that.   10:05, July 29, 2010 (UTC)