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Reinstatement of post based ranking system
« on: December 21, 2008, 06:18:59 PM »
We are looking at bringing the post based ranks back in action again. The reason why they were removed in the first place was because they could be seen (and sometimes was actually seen) as skill indicators or as staff endorsements, which wasn't really the point. As I said, you can now have them back, so we need your help making up some good rank titles.

Post your suggestions here and then we, the staff, will decide which ones that should be used, and for which post count intervals they should be used. Remember though, anything that may imply skill will be rejected (this rules out stuff like wizard, guru, master, genius, etc.) It seemed that a forum addiction theme was pretty popular among the staff, but I'm sure the staff members who already gave suggestions will post them here as well.

You will have until next year, i.e. Jan 01, 2009, to post your suggestions in this topic. This topic will be closed sometime on that date.

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Re: Reinstatement of post based ranking system
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2008, 06:52:45 PM »
My suggestion:

0+ Irregular
50+ Enthusiast
500+ Devotee
1500+ Addict
3k+ Fanatic
5k+ Freak!
10k+ 'Insane!'
15k+ 'Mind Boggling!'
« Last Edit: December 22, 2008, 01:04:15 AM by Crayon Violent »

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Re: Reinstatement of post based ranking system
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2008, 09:59:12 PM »
0-499         "You don't know me, but I rock"
500-1499    "Before this, I collected twinky wrappers"
1500-2999  "The disclaimer doesn't say you'll be hooked for life"
3000-4999  "My boss didn't appreciate being told to read the stickies"
5000+        "Deleting my posts causes a rift in the space/time continuum"

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Re: Reinstatement of post based ranking system
« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2008, 12:16:13 AM »
I like CV's suggestions, except I would probably switch Devotee with Enthusiast.
Good luck with your coding.
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Re: Reinstatement of post based ranking system
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2008, 01:04:29 AM »
yeah that does sound better.  switched.

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Re: Reinstatement of post based ranking system
« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2008, 04:09:19 AM »
One of my favorite ones I've seen on a forum so far was "I skip showering sometimes to post."


I like CV's and 448191's though.
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Re: Reinstatement of post based ranking system
« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2008, 04:44:52 AM »
The following is from the topic in "staff cafe" with the discussion about whether we should actually do this or not stripped:

I'm for putting them back in place.  But I'd say let's stick to "active, addict, I quit my job to post here" type titles.

But I'd say let's stick to "active, addict, I quit my job to post here" type titles.

That's the kind of theme I was thinking about actually. Something witty and funny. My imagination isn't so good though, so that's why I suggested that the regular users could suggest titles as well.

Hmm I guess I could live with something humorous that implies solely activity. I like "I quit my job to post here", good find. Also that's much more a tagline than any sort of title, which I guess is also a reason why I like it. If we could come up with more of that, I'm for it.

0-49 irregular
50-499 devotee
500-1499 enthusiast
1500-2999 addict
3000-4999 fanatic
5000+ freak!

Those are good, IMO. The 10k club could then get the "I quit my job to post here" title :D

thorpe, barand and fenway are the only ones even in that group.  maybe they should get to pick 10k+, if any.  Hell, thorpe and barand are 15k+ lol.

"$myPostCount > $yourPostCount"

10k-15k 'Insane'
15k+ 'ipwnj00'

0-49 irregular
50-499 devotee
500-1499 enthusiast
1500-2999 addict
3000-4999 fanatic
5000+ freak!


I would really prefer if we used "bylines" rather than titles.

0-499 "You don't know me, but I rock"
500-1499 "Yeah, me again"
1500-2999 "I was gonna write a book..."
3000-4999 "I had to quit my job..."
5000+ "deleting my posts causes a rift in the space/time continuum"

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Hell, thorpe and barand are 15k+ lol.

And we could have 'I lost my job because I post here' :)

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Re: Reinstatement of post based ranking system
« Reply #7 on: December 22, 2008, 04:49:37 AM »
Hm, well aren't those tag lines a tad long, although that one about the space/time continuum is funny. :P
Good luck with your coding.
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Re: Reinstatement of post based ranking system
« Reply #8 on: December 22, 2008, 05:39:19 AM »
Doesn't look that bad to me (FireBug edit):

(of course members with special titles such as moderator, Guru, etc would not have that special title  -- sorry guys)

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« Last Edit: December 22, 2008, 05:45:56 AM by 448191 »

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Re: Reinstatement of post based ranking system
« Reply #9 on: December 22, 2008, 06:09:43 AM »
Mmm... It takes up two lines though. New people would have no idea what they are as well. They might. It's okay I just thought it might be TOO long.
Good luck with your coding.
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Re: Reinstatement of post based ranking system
« Reply #10 on: December 22, 2008, 07:28:45 AM »
(of course members with special titles such as moderator, Guru, etc would not have that special title  -- sorry guys)

That's configurable. You can have it show above the group title.

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Re: Reinstatement of post based ranking system
« Reply #11 on: December 22, 2008, 05:39:38 PM »
Need one that says

"I hit refresh every 5 seconds"
If I can't make it better, then I'll make it worse, but it definitely won't be the same.

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Re: Reinstatement of post based ranking system
« Reply #12 on: December 22, 2008, 06:03:06 PM »
Need one that says

"I hit refresh every 5 seconds"

I have a bot that scrapes unsolved threads and sends me a summary of the OP to my blackberry.


Not really.

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Re: Reinstatement of post based ranking system
« Reply #13 on: December 22, 2008, 08:35:21 PM »
How about a SciFi theme??

0+ Lost in Space
50+ Star Trek - TOS
500+ Star Trek - TNG
1500+ The Dark side of the Force
3k+ The Force is with you
5k+ Grok
10k+ Don't Panic!
15k+ 42

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Re: Reinstatement of post based ranking system
« Reply #14 on: December 22, 2008, 10:16:48 PM »
How about a SciFi theme??

0+ Lost in Space
50+ Star Trek - TOS
500+ Star Trek - TNG
1500+ The Dark side of the Force
3k+ The Force is with you
5k+ Grok
10k+ Don't Panic!
15k+ 42

Ken

Please god, no!