Yay for new titles!

[vovan]

Thanks for the new titles! They add a nice citybuilderish flavour to the forums. :)

* Vovan peers at all the vagrants around, and wonders when the living conditions will improve? *

:D

Vovan

[Ineti]

Nice added feature. But...an "Elite" what? Noble, craftsman, shopkeeper, vagrant, those all make sense. But "Elite?" :D

[Cironir]

Hey, speak for yourself! I much preferred to be a "Senior Member" than a SHOPKEEPER! :p No seriously, that's a nice gimmick, and makes the boards more personal than "generic" titles....

(But shopkeeper?!)

[Scott7]

Hey! Yesterday I finally made it to "member" and now I'm just some lowly "villager"! ;)

Thanks very much, administrators!

[Pecunia]

I protest against my title :p I'm a craftswoman, not a craftsman ;)

[Cironir]

*laughs* How about "craftsperson"? :p

[Reed]

Hehe, certainly a lot of people got knocked down a few scales. ;) Anyway, I never particularly liked using the generic titles and wanted more of a scope.

And you can thank/blame Ken for the title choices!

[Ineti]

Maybe they could change you to "crafty."

[Cironir]

So, it's all Ken's fault...! *glares*

[Pecunia]

Maybe they could change you to "crafty."
Nah, I think I'll just live with it and get those 139 posts together that will make me a shopkeeper ;)

[Kokopelli]

Say, if we are getting PC in ancient Egypt, I respectfully request my title be changed to unestablished resident. Or you could change it to property reallocation engineer. :D

[Celebithil Dae]

i think i can deal with being a craftsman :)

I like these new htings!

[Jaguar]

*Wonders what she is* Cool titles though. Certainly gives it the CotN touch :)

[Kokopelli]

They do add variety to the boards, nice touch mods. http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_1_10v.gif

[Son of Moose]

I suppose that the rank of shopkeeper suggests the possibility of self-enrichment and, thereby, possible upward social mobility ... :p

[Ken Parker]

Hey! Those are not quite exactly the titles I suggested. Close enough, though, for you all to blame me. They will make more sense when you get your mitts on the game.

[dsmith]

I love the new titles, but somehow Jr. member seemed more dignified than Vagrant... :(

Adds a nice touch though!

[Kokopelli]

I love the new titles, but somehow Jr. member seemed more dignified than Vagrant... :(

Adds a nice touch though!

It beats "F-n N00b!" which was new title on a Freelancer forum I joined a while back.

[Josh]

/me Wonders what my title is (I just got to senior member yesterday)

Edit: Craftsman sounds cool.

[EmperorJay]

A very nice addition, thank you :) .

[Ineti]

Hey! Those are not quite exactly the titles I suggested. Close enough, though, for you all to blame me. They will make more sense when you get your mitts on the game.

Now I'm curious to know what the 'real' suggestions were... :)

[NeilV]

slaps head:o didnt notice till i saw this thread had to post to see what i was. :p but nice idear. :cool:

[Reed]

Now I'm curious to know what the 'real' suggestions were... :) Actually, the only difference is that "Peasant" was removed, which shifted a bunch of them down a notch and one other title was added. Not saying what, cause no one has it yet. ;)

[Ineti]

Actually, the only difference is that "Peasant" was removed, which shifted a bunch of them down a notch and made room for something else. Not saying what, cause no one has it yet. ;)

Hmm...so it's probably above Noble. Overseer, perhaps? Vizier? Pharaoh? :)

[Cironir]

Not saying what, cause no one has it yet. ;)

We should encourage Keith to post more, just to find out! I assume that the new title is gained at the 1000th post. :)

[Kokopelli]

Can we at least get a table of the post count versus the titles? Does not necessarily have to list the titles, just have, xx posts = next level.

[Pecunia]

Can we at least get a table of the post count versus the titles? Does not necessarily have to list the titles, just have, xx posts = next level.
Just sort the member list by post count:
0-24: Vagrant
25-49: Villager
50-199: Craftsman
200-299?: Shopkeeper
300?-499?: Elite
500?-1000?: Noble
1000+: ???

[EmperorJay]

I think one becomes a shopkeeper at 150 and an elite at 300 :) . To become a noble you certainly need more than 500 posts :), I guess 600 because I had exactly 500 posts before I got Luminary and I was still Elite.

[Kokopelli]

Just sort the member list by post count:
0-24: Vagrant
25-49: Villager
50-199: Craftsman
200-299?: Shopkeeper
300?-499?: Elite
500?-1000?: Noble
1000+: ???

Awesome, thank you.

[mouse]

Gee I like being a craftsperson ;) That means there is upward mobility :D

[Ken Parker]

If I'd had my way, you'd all have been peasants up to 1,000 posts. ;)

[Bizkit]

It's ok the way it is.
In a few months a lot of users will have 1000+ posts, so there might be a need for a new naming of titles.

[mouse]

Ken I bet you have a hippo hide whip on your desk :D

[RSchwind]

Cool! Craftsman. What's my craft??

[Ineti]

If I'd had my way, you'd all have been peasants up to 1,000 posts. ;)

Fezzik: Your way's not very sportsmanlike. :)

[Eddy]

If I'd had my way, you'd all have been peasants up to 1,000 posts. ;)

Feh, you should be worried about titles above 1000.

I've been on one board where I have a post count (over three years) of 17,000+

The board admin only had titles up to 1000 and had to invent three new ranks to accomodate me.

:D

[vovan]

Spammer. :p The biggest post count I have on any forums is about 4K... And I've been there since late 2000.

Vovan

[Keith]

Save for the the old original Impressions Games board on the old Impressions servers, VU Community forums, and my own personal forum, I have done more posting here than just about any other forum I belong to. I couldn't give you count figures because that sort of thing is not important to me.

[Bugsy]

Save for the the old original Impressions Games board on the old Impressions servers, VU Community forums, and my own personal forum, I have done more posting here than just about any other forum I belong to. I couldn't give you count figures because that sort of thing is not important to me.
That's how I feel. How is a post count more important than WHAT someone has contributed? I don't post a lot of posts, I don't want to reply to each post, and others feel I've spammed the threads. There are many posts I never replied to for just that reason. There are threads (on here, anyways lol) I could literally have a lengthy discussion based on each person's reply. But, I know for a fact, I tend to babble and talk too much IRL, and in type. So I refrain. My post count is much lower than even Keith's, but I've been posting here a while now. I usually read the new posts every day, most often, several times a day. :D

[StarKey]

I think anything above 1000 posts you should be given the title of politician. :p

[Bizkit]

StarKey: only if most of the posts contain lies. :D

[Josh]

speaking of value in a discussion, does anyone remember on the C3 boards "OT LONGEST THREAD EVER" ?

It was so wide it gave the forum a horizontal scroll bar, and not a lick of usefullness to a single post.

[RSchwind]

Gee I like being a craftsperson ;) That means there is upward mobility :D


I've decided I'm going to be a Weaver of fine linen much prized by the Royal Household. Perhaps one day my reputation will allow me to buy my own shop and have young apprentices seeking to learn from the master. :rolleyes:

[imhotep3147]

I'll bet those with over 1000 posts will be dubbed, "Keeper of the Monkeys" :eek: Oh what a title to aspire to! :D

[RSchwind]

OOOO! Monkey Keeper! Yes, that would be excellent.

[StarKey]

speaking of value in a discussion, does anyone remember on the C3 boards "OT LONGEST THREAD EVER" ?

It was so wide it gave the forum a horizontal scroll bar, and not a lick of usefullness to a single post.


That's a blast from the past...I diffinently do remember that, it was on the old original Impression site wasn't....long, long time ago....ahh, for the good old days. :) For some reason I really liked that format or style of forum. :cool:

[Josh]

Ditto, I liked the threaded style, because every topic could take ten different paths (some off topic, some on) and it would just flow fluidly.

[Son of Moose]

Slowly inching up to 300 --- see what happens then!!

Btw: As most of the heavier posters are now luminaries, I might feasibly be one of the first non-luminaries to reach the magic 300 mark. ;)

[Cironir]

Btw: As most of the heavier posters are now luminaries, I might feasibly be one of the first non-luminaries to reach the magic 300 mark. ;)

You'll have more posts than me! When I applied for a Luminary positition, back in June, I only had a small posting count. So, rest assured, number of messages didn't play a prominent role. I did send some alcoholic beverages.. ah, never mind, let's no go there! ;) I'm interested what title you get at 300 posts! :)

[NeilV]

Slowly inching up to 300 --- see what happens then!!

Btw: As most of the heavier posters are now luminaries, I might feasibly be one of the first non-luminaries to reach the magic 300 mark. ;)

Its a good job we are not on the spellforce forum as OT post dont count there and we would still be Vagrant's :D

[Son of Moose]

NeilV:

I am quite glad that they changed the titles long after I started at the forum. I must admit that I would find the title of vagrant rather disconcerting ... :rolleyes:

I am absolutely sure that most of our vagrants are honourable people who have much to contribute ... ;)

[Keith]

I believe the next step up for SOM would be "elite" then, after that, "noble", of which I am the only current holder of that title now obscured by my newly-minted "lunimary" title.

[NeilV]

I am absolutely sure that most of our vagrants are honourable people who have much to contribute ... ;)

and only 25 times to get diffrent title
:)

[krclark]

What with the Beta coming up, and the current set of contests at CBC, plus my real life stuff (work, kids, wife, et...) I will be lucky if I ever see a change to my title :p

[queenimperiale]

Tell me how the hell am I suppose to be queenimperiale if I am a simple vagrant!!!! :D

[Son of Moose]

I believe the next step up for SOM would be "elite"

Now there's something to aim for!! :) I am sure that a little bit of elitism never did anyone any harm ... ;) ;)

[Son of Moose]

Queenimperiale:

If my mathematics serves me well --- about another 16 posts!! :D

Here's to some good and creative writing ... ;)

[Eddy]

I'd hate to be a vagrant. How about something a little nicer, like peasant at least.

[shellybell29]

YAY went from vagrant to villiger.

[Son of Moose]

Shellybell29:

Congratulations ... :D "One small step for a vagrant, one giant leap for a villager ..." ;)

[shellybell29]

ooh i know. I used to lurk on forums. I was so shy and felt that no one wanted to hear my opinions. So i would just sit back and read their posts. here everyone made me feel welcomed. I like that. It made me feel like home. Thanks everyone. this is the most i posted on a forum before. Others it was if i needed game help. That was basically it.

and when this game comes out i know i'll need help lol. :D

[Eddy]

If you look at my profile, I'm a moderator on another forum which is very friendly.

[shellybell29]

cool. i'll have to check it out. ;)

[RSchwind]

Is anybody worried that people might start posting junk just to get a better title?

Maybe just me....... :D

[NeilV]

hopefull not :D but people might think my post where like that any way :eek:

[Son of Moose]

NeilV:

Not you ... Never!! :p

[Keith]

I'm not worried about it, because it is going to happen, unfortunately.

Maybe they ought to have a rating system on each post. You can give a zero to spammers and posts with zero can be deducted from the author's "post count".

To make it unpopular, you can do like some of my old teachers used to do on some tests. If you guessed and got it wrong and deduct there was a penalty, in this case deduct 2 from his count for each one his offending posts. So his count will be going down instead of up. http://community.vugames.com/Images/emoticons/devil.gif

[Son of Moose]

Keith:

It certainly is an intersting concept --- although it might not be too popular with certain forum members that we know!! ;)

[Traxia]

*Rolls up sleeves*

This means I have to put yet more work into posting to get up to Noble status... sigh...

Never de mind...

Anyone seen the update... I cannae find it and it IS the 7th...

Edit: The punishment would be mean because there's ALWAYS going to be one newbie who goes around marking people down because it's OH so funny...

[Keith]

*Rolls up sleeves*

This means I have to put yet more work into posting to get up to Noble status... sigh...

Never de mind...

Anyone seen the update... I cannae find it and it IS the 7th...

Edit: The punishment would be mean because there's ALWAYS going to be one newbie who goes around marking people down because it's OH so funny...That could be remedied some way by only allowing certain "ranks" to vote, excluding newbies (and even individuals causing abusing the system.)

[Traxia]

Yeah but my speciality is mugging threads! Sure you'd get threads to stay on their original track but it would be so much more boring if that happened.

Please don't punish me for being individualistic.

You can punish me for 'yes' posts cos I hate them.

Y'know when someone just posts yes or ok or something equally small that doesn't actually further the thread but adds to their post number... THAT bugs me...

[shellybell29]

did I spam? I'm so sorry. I never ment to :o I thought i was giving some input. im sorry. i'll try to post less and offer a substance post lol. Sorry again..

Shell

[Keith]

Being off-topic may be more fun for you, but not for me.

Fun for me is to have a topic that isn't being constantly sidetracked with unrelated material, and one that flows in a logical sense from start to finish. The mid-thread chit-chat just kills the "mood" of a good thread.

[Son of Moose]

Shell:

did I spam? I'm so sorry. I never ment to I thought i was giving some input. im sorry. i'll try to post less and offer a substance post lol. Sorry again..

Shell

I am sure that they were not referring to you. :) Please don't be shy or refrain from giving an opinion --- even if it is fairly short. Please remember that the TM folk are actually reading these threads --- so that by posting, your voice can be heard by the devs. :D

[NeilV]

yes I agree :p

[NeilV]

Sorry about that i just had to post that. also did you know a post has to have at least 10 letters in it or it wont let you post it

Shell: no one is spaming at the moment and all imput is nice at the moment we are just killing time until we get the game thats howcome there is so much hyjacking of threads as we need somthing to talk about. :D

[Son of Moose]

NeilV:

Yes --- this is indeed a tricky time having to wait like this (especially for us non-beta testers :( ). I suppose that some tempers could easily become someone frayed during this most arduous period!! :p

[Son of Moose]

I see (as a point of interest) that my title has changed from Elite to Overseer during the course of the previous hour. I wonder what this means --- demotion or promotion? :confused:

[shellybell29]

oooh okay thanks *Grins* to keep me occupied cause the game isnt here yet *sighs* bad mailpeople. i'm playing Zeus. Thank you everyone :)

[Ken Parker]

I see (as a point of interest) that my title has changed from Elite to Overseer during the course of the previous hour. I wonder what this means --- demotion or promotion? :confused:Neither. All of the titles are now occupations; "elite" was a social class, and didn't fit the theme. Overseers are elite citizens, so your status hasn't changed. :)

[Keith]

So what would mine be then? Since I can no longer tell by the Luminary title.

[Josh]

I think the title of vagrant is pretty fitting, since a lot of the one or two posters never post again

[tobing]

So what would mine be then? Since I can no longer tell by the Luminary title.
No titles for us lums. :( Well, being a luminary should be reward enough I think :D

[Traxia]

I'm a bit miffed that I didn't know about the luminary thing. I'm good at ancient Egypt...

[Son of Moose]

Ken:

Neither. All of the titles are now occupations; "elite" was a social class, and didn't fit the theme. Overseers are elite citizens, so your status hasn't changed.

Many thanks for this information. :) Its good to know where one stands!! :D

[mouse]

Ohhhhhhh now Son of Moose is one of those boss types :D Gets to order the workers around and even build pyramids ;)

[Son of Moose]

Mmmm... I wonder just how I can use this newfound authority? :p

[Traxia]

You've more chance of getting a brick wall to march around and take orders than me :D

I'm definately anti-authoritarian.

[mouse]

Son of Moose as long as you don't want me to haul the stones for the pyramid we should be ok :D

[Son of Moose]

Traxia:

Thanks for the interesting (but somewhat disturbing) image of the marching brick wall ... ;) [Perhaps related to Pink Floyd ...]

Mouse:

I would never do that ... :D

[NeilV]

Overseers arnt they just managers :rolleyes: doing nothing but take all the credit :eek: :D

[Ineti]

Overseers arnt they just managers :rolleyes: doing nothing but take all the credit :eek: :D

They also get all the blame when things go wrong. :)

[Cironir]

I'm a bit miffed that I didn't know about the luminary thing. I'm good at ancient Egypt...

Don't be. You just miss out on all the hot inside information we have been getting while all of you are left in the dark ... oh wait, we didn't get any! :D Think of Luminaries as some kind of "missionaries". We hang out in other places and talk about the game, offer information (that you also have) and generate some interest. It doesn't really make us special or anything. We're just part of the community like all of you, too. :)

Hey, SoM, you've become an overseer! Oh my! At which post count did this happen? Is it between Elite and Noble?

[Son of Moose]

Cironir:

Thanks for noticing!! :o

Post number 300 initially conferred the rank of Elite (a class) but it was subsequently changed to Overseer (an occupation).

We are still not too sure what Noble (another class) will become upon post number 500. My suggestion would be either Scribe or Priest (as they were surely fairly close to the "top of the totempole". :) )

[EmperorJay]

I was at 500 before becoming a Luminary and I was still Elite, my guess is that you'll have to reach 600 :) .

[Keith]

I was around 845 and a "Noble", so elite is probably between 600-800. I just hit 900 on the post before this one.

[Son of Moose]

so elite is probably between 600-800

Oh well --- I actually quite like the honorific of Overseer. :) It seems that it will probably be my title for a pretty long time. ;) No problem ... :D