Daniel0 Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 My suggestion: 0+ Irregular 50+ Enthusiast 500+ Devotee 1500+ Addict 3k+ Fanatic 5k+ Freak! 10k+ 'Insane!' 15k+ 'Mind Boggling!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
448191 Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 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" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonLewis Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 I like CV's suggestions, except I would probably switch Devotee with Enthusiast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 yeah that does sound better. switched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 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 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" Hell, thorpe and barand are 15k+ lol. And we could have 'I lost my job because I post here' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonLewis Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Hm, well aren't those tag lines a tad long, although that one about the space/time continuum is funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
448191 Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 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) [attachment deleted by admin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonLewis Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 (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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revraz Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Need one that says "I hit refresh every 5 seconds" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrbnsn Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
448191 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Hehe. Echo Tony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 My suggestion: 0+ Irregular 50+ Enthusiast 500+ Devotee 1500+ Addict 3k+ Fanatic 5k+ Freak! 10k+ 'Insane!' 15k+ 'Mind Boggling!' I like CV's suggestion. The one liners are too long, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerRobot Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 I prefer the phrases over the one or two words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted December 26, 2008 Author Share Posted December 26, 2008 FYI, if I didn't make it clear, everybody can make suggestions. It doesn't have to be the ones suggested by staff. We'll pick the best ones next year, so make sure you post your suggestions if you have some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mchl Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 A bit different idea. On my site I use slightly different numbers for post based ranks They go something along these lines 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 ... I think you get the idea (and if you're not, you're not a freak! ) Since at the beginning of this sequence (let's call it F's sequence) the numbers go up pretty slowly, I combined them into groups of 6, with varying number of 'star icons' So my list looks something like that posts, rank, stars 0, lurker, 1, irregular, * 2, irregular, ** 3, irregular, *** 5, irregular, **** 8, irregular, ***** 13, enthusiast, 21, enthusiast, # 34, enthusiast, ## 55, enthusiast, ### 89, enthusiast, #### 144, enthusiast, ##### 233, devotee, 377, devotee, x 610, devotee, xx 987, addict, xxx //here numbers are growing more slowly, so we can introduce new titles faster 1597, addict, xxxx 2584, addict, xxxxx 4181, fanatic, etc... *,# and x are representing different 'star' icons. Just an idea. I used it and it worked fine for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revraz Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Why would you use Fibonacci? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mchl Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Why would you use Fibonacci? Diagnosis: not a freak. Next! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
448191 Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 On topic please. If you want to have a dog fight over who's the smartest, do it somewhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtopolis Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Titles are better than sentences IMO. Sentences should really be left to our Personal Text fields.. As for suggestions.. I think ranks should be in powers of 2... originally I was going to suggest using the PHP Error notices.. but they aren't very catchy.. Possible titles (for any rank): PleaseHelpPlease Observer Apprentice Problem Solver Amazing PHP Freak Good Potential Pretty Helpful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonLewis Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 You couldn't really put in things like "Problem Solver" or "Pretty Helpful". I mean, what if the person just posts crap responses to get there post count high. You're better off with witty titles, or something along those lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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