Rankings (post count) have been added

Post by **KiltanneN** » Wed Aug 20, 2003 11:26 pm

Superenigmatix wrote:I'm lost - I know how the ranks progress but not at what number of posts they change

sE

that's the idea sE

kilt

Post by **Darb** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 7:45 am

my guess is that kilt will double your current stipend

Yeah ... double nuthin is still nuthin.

Trebor1503 · Post by **Trebor1503** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 11:46 am

Kilt... you are an evil genius... Perhaps I should have been tracking Brad's changing names along the way (but you probably mix them up every once in a while to further confuse us)... wow, it's like job titles for Government workers

Post by **Darb** » Mon Nov 17, 2003 10:14 am

Looks like I fell off the top of the ranking system ...

999 = Devoted Scholar
1000 = Devoted Scholar (unchanged)

bob k. mando · Post by **bob k. mando** » Wed Nov 19, 2003 10:04 pm

Looks like I fell off the top of the ranking system ...

pffffftt! not bloody likely. i'm sure, being the hard core sci-fi fan-boi that he is, that kilt has set the next title change to kick in at 2001 posts.

[brad mode]

[/brad mode]

Post by **KiltanneN** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 12:08 am

Uhhh...

At least one more Level Brad - and then who knows - I may just invent another whole schema for overachievers...

Kilgore Trout · Post by **Kilgore Trout** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 2:43 pm

OK, I'll admit that I am deep into a tall glass of Chardonnay (goes well with leftover turkey), but I would think that after reading this entire thread, and having the advantage, via another board which shall remain nameless if not blameless, of having at least a passing familiarity with alien rape ships, BBTL, and Stella Artois, I should have gleaned from this thread some minimal concept of how the ranking system works. Alas, I have not.

Oh well, maybe I have earned a complaint point somehow. And another for longest sentence.

By the way, a single 2-bbl carb. on any 455-cu engine was, is, and always will be an abomination.

Post by **KiltanneN** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 3:25 pm

Bookworm
Apprentice Scribe
Scribe
Master Scribe
Literature Addict
Assistant Scholar
Scholar
Devoted Scholar
Master Scholar

These rankings above are attained through simple post count - what the levels are shall remain slightly a mystery - mostly because it is too much effort to dig them out

* Site Admin
* Wordsmith
* Critic
* Editer
* Defender of Database Integrity et Critic
* Defender of the Chronicles stylesheet

* These rankings are bestowed at the whim of yours truly...

btw - love the Avatar...

Kilgore Trout · Post by **Kilgore Trout** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 8:41 pm

Thanks, Kilt. A case of "less than meets the eye." I couldn't figure out if points for reviews, author additions, etc. had been implemented.

kiltannen wrote:btw - love the Avatar...

Thanks. Me to!

Post by **KiltanneN** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 2:31 pm

kiltannen wrote: I may just invent another whole schema for overachievers...

Looks like it could be time to develop something for our chronic Overachiever Poster!

Suggestions anyone?

kilt

MidasKnight · Post by **MidasKnight** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 3:04 pm

WEll, I'm a Forum Whore on my other forum....so that's an idea.

Perhaps something like "Needs to get some exercise" or "Apparently Bored."

I dunno.

Trebor1503 · Post by **Trebor1503** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 4:02 pm

How about "The Unbeliever"

MidasKnight · Post by **MidasKnight** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 6:52 pm

ROFL!!!

Nobody is REALLY an unbeliever.

Post by **Darb** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 6:35 pm

Bookworm
Apprentice Scribe
Scribe
Master Scribe
Literature Addict
Assistant Scholar
Scholar
Devoted Scholar
Master Scholar

Master Scholar kicks in at 1,000 posts. We should probably re-scale all the numbers, because capping out at 1,000 is a little too fast.

I also think "Professional Wordsmith" would sound a little more spiffy than just "Wordsmith".

Post by **KiltanneN** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 6:47 pm

Brad_H wrote:Master Scholar kicks in at 1,000 posts.

I don't think so Brad

in your own words

Brad_H wrote:Looks like I fell off the top of the ranking system ...

999 = Devoted Scholar
1000 = Devoted Scholar (unchanged)

in actual fact I made quite an effort to ensure that all the changeover in rankings happenned at "odd" moments rather than following a stately progression.

Brad_H wrote:because capping out at 1,000 is a little too fast.

Agreed - however - I am more keen to add rankings at the top end rather than space them out - I am hoping that we can come up with a few more ideas that work...

Brad_H wrote:I also think "Professional Wordsmith" would sound a little more spiffy than just "Wordsmith".

Agreed. Done.

kilt

Post by **Darb** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 7:27 pm

I made quite an effort to ensure that all the changeover in rankings happenned at "odd" moments rather than following a stately progression

Well gosh golly, I wonder what sort of suprise is waiting for people at the 1,337 post mark (pauses to check post count)

Oh, and 2,001 should definitely be something Clarke-esqe, like "Monolith Dancer"

Post by **KiltanneN** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 8:33 pm

Brad_H wrote: 1,337

Brad_H wrote:Oh, and 2,001 should definitely be something Clarke-esqe, like "Monolith Dancer"

Sounds good - I suspect some thematic numbers within major fiction would be pretty cool.

Clarke-esqe 2,001 is an obvious one - what other numbers hit it big? [Or even hit it small...]

666 Is OBVIOUSLY one I should play around with!..

kilt

MidasKnight · Post by **MidasKnight** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 8:53 pm

1337 is leet in leetspeak

MidasKnight · Post by **MidasKnight** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 9:02 pm

umm, how about 1937 for the year The Hobbit was first published?

1954 FOTR

1864 Journey to the Center of the Earth

Post by **KiltanneN** » Sun Feb 15, 2004 2:04 pm

1 Bookworm
50 Apprentice Scribe
125 Scribe
225 Master Scribe
350 Literature Addict
451 Book Burner <- An allusion to the flashpoint of paper 451Âº F and the book of the same name.
500 Assistant Scholar
666 A Lamb With Horns
675 Scholar
875 Devoted Scholar
1100 Master Scholar
2001 Monolith Dancer

Post Count Rankings

* Site Admin
* Professional Wordsmith
* Critic
* Editer
* Defender of Database Integrity et Critic
* Defender of the Chronicles stylesheet

* These rankings are bestowed at the whim of yours truly...

OK - so this is the face of the rankings map right now.

I am looking for more suggestions - I am considering how to incorporate LOTR into the ranking nomenclature.

kilt

Trebor1503 · Post by **Trebor1503** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 3:28 pm

Opinion:

Change Book Burner to Fireman... in the book it means the same thing, but to the ignorant it as a better connotation.

How about 1492 : Explorer of Wisdom.

Post by **KiltanneN** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 5:04 pm

Trebor1503 wrote:Change Book Burner to Fireman... in the book it means the same thing, but to the ignorant it as a better connotation.

OK - I like - but not until MK is no longer burning books

kilt

MidasKnight · Post by **MidasKnight** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 5:27 pm

10 more Posts.

Can I have a special rank, like Resident Arguer or Pervert?

Trebor1503 · Post by **Trebor1503** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 11:02 am

Kilt, you could grant him the title of "Master Flim-flam man and Expert Bottlewasher"

Post by **Darb** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 11:03 am

Trebor - only 6 more posts until your DoD +1