Would anybody like to suggest some ranks; on the original message board we have junior member up to 30 posts, then member after that and nothing else.

We could have Discworld related ranks, or any names of our choosing really for any amount of posts.

For now we just have 'Newbit'; we need to decide (if we want to) what the next level will be called and how many posts you need to get it, probably 20 or 30. We could stop after that but it's quite nice to have lots of ranks to demonstrate how long you've been around, how many posts you've made. The increments usually get farther apart like:

0-30 : Newbit
30-100 : ?
200-500 : ?
1000 - 2000 : ?
2000 - 3000 : ?
3000 - 4000 : ?

and so on. Of course the increment don't have to be so huge so quickly, we could have them every hundred after 100. We could use the traditional amounts that people like to announce?

There are also special ranks that can be applied to individuals, but that's for another thread I think.

Edit: to add poll.

Dragon's Kingdom - Stop typing "alot" when you mean "a lot"! - Disappointed

No ranks. I hate them. Number of posts shouldn't confer any status. it's what you post.

Okay, but we can have fun names that don't have to confer any status as such, although I suppose they do in a way. I'm not all that bothered about them myself; I never announce when I reach a certain number of posts but I know a lot of people do and like it, this is just another way of announcing mile stones in posting really.

Edit: of course some individuals will have unique rank/names of their own that befits their personality - or an individual could opt out of the ranking system and have something alse there instead like a dot, or 'non-conformist' or something.

Dragon's Kingdom - Stop typing "alot" when you mean "a lot"! - Disappointed

I do think that postcount counts for a little. If you are a newbit you're more likely to listen to someone whith a high postcount than just a few post.

Though I like the idea with funny names, but I'm not sure I'll be able to make any up

That which does not kill me has committed a serious mistake.

I'd like the idea of names that suit your chatacter e.g 'Doorman' or something. Stuff that reflects who you are, rather that how much you post.

I think it best if we don't think of them as 'ranks', it's just the technical term for the silly names we give each other for posting, for making a good contribution to the community. Obviously if someone has lots of posts but is a deliberate total idiot, we can put the rank, 'total idiot' or something under their name so newcomers know not to listen to them.

Dragon's Kingdom - Stop typing "alot" when you mean "a lot"! - Disappointed

But,but, I want new comers to listen to me?

[quote:c01d5f7011="Rincewind"]I'd like the idea of names that suit your chatacter e.g 'Doorman' or something. Stuff that reflects who you are, rather that how much you post.[/quote:c01d5f7011]Well ceretainly the Doormen will have the rank 'Doorman', it makes perfect sense. We can have all the priesthoods, churches, knighthoods, sainthoods that we like for individuals. We could even have polls for cannonising members?

But I think it would be nice for the normal folk to have something to aspire to too, or maybe not?

Dragon's Kingdom - Stop typing "alot" when you mean "a lot"! - Disappointed

How about a limited number of ranks? Like two or three. One at 100, one at 1000 or just one at 30 like the old board. It confers some status without actually making them much a goal.

I like the idea of personalised ranks, but I think there shouldn't be too much of them.

But how do you get the specialised ranks? Should we limit them to only appear after, say, 30 posts? (ie when anyone else gets out of newbithood too)

That which does not kill me has committed a serious mistake.

I don't really like the idea of ranks, post count isn't everything

Unless it was a joke type thing, eg:

0-30: Hasn't posted much
30-100: Hasn't posted that much
100-500: Posted a bit
500-1000: Posted quite a bit
1000-5000: Posted a lot
5000+: Posted shitloads

(Playing blind Pictionary, me drawing)
Ella: Is it a giraffe?
Me (stops drawing): No
Ella: Star Trek?
Me: Yes!

I like having the doormen and priesthood special ranks listed.

About ranks by number of posts, I don't believe in judging people by post count either, but you can look up the post count anyway, so it would just be a fun thing to have fun names.

Cat Clash

[quote:abb02f5d72="Electric_Man"]I don't really like the idea of ranks, post count isn't everything

Unless it was a joke type thing, eg:

0-30: Hasn't posted much
30-100: Hasn't posted that much
100-500: Posted a bit
500-1000: Posted quite a bit
1000-5000: Posted a lot
5000+: Posted shitloads[/quote:abb02f5d72]

Well yes, something like that would be cool.

I'd say the specialized ranks don't really have anything to do with number of posts, they're more to do with a reflection of the person themselves - like Buzzfloyd, for instance, might be called 'Grammer Ogre'. Obviously that's just an example, there's nothing ogrish about Buzzfloyd... Or, in some cases, more of a boardania-related title like 'Doorman' which you have to be accepted as a doorman to get. It's mostly all for fun really.

The titles for most posters could be simply, newbit, member, boardian or boardia newbit, boardia member, or something like Electric_Man
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Dragon's Kingdom - Stop typing "alot" when you mean "a lot"! - Disappointed

Wouldn't 'newbit' and 'Boardanian' suffice?

That which does not kill me has committed a serious mistake.

I think this would be a good idea. Kind of like EM suggested, but perhaps more random ones.

Some examples (from another forum):

[i:930a7a8884]Big Fluffy Shookums
Grand Poobah
Mr/Ms Know it All
Forum Expert
Basic Member
Hear me now![/i:930a7a8884]
etc, etc.

I realise they dont serve any purpose, but I find them quite fun to have. Also, by having unusual ones like that, even though it is a rank associated with posts, no one knows if any rank is higher than another without looking at the number of posts. For example, you wouldn't know if a [i:930a7a8884]Mr/Ms Know it All[/i:930a7a8884] would be associated with a higher post count than a [i:930a7a8884]Big Fluffy Shnookums[/i:930a7a8884] without actually looking at the post count.

Names like Grammar ogre and Doorman are good too, but that then leaves others who dont have such a name out, unless they were allowed to make one up for themselves.