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| 23 DEC 2005 at 11:11pm |
IviniaGuild Master
Posts : 4459
Joined: 7 JUN 2003
Location: US
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Fickfack (22 DEC 2005 11:40pm)
There are few people who are likely to ever pass 5000, let alone tens of thousands as suggested by ShadowWalker.
Unless of course they are real chatty. Which reminds me...Caroline would be pretty darn close to 10,000 if she had never reset her post counts when she was up in the 6,000s.
[size=14]NOT that I am insinuating Caroline is chatty or anything like that. :
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| 24 DEC 2005 at 1:28am |
RecklessJourneyman
Posts : 962
Joined: 14 NOV 2002
Status : Online | I don't give a *** *** what titles are used. Personally I think people are FAR too interested in post counts and titles. Time for a change.... well you could always just remove 'em
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| 24 DEC 2005 at 4:25am |
ShadowWalkerJourneyman
Posts : 997
Joined: 27 JUL 2005
Status : Offline | Hello There!
Hello Caroline. Supreme Goddess! [smiley=wave.gif]
Professor Kingsfield is the character played by the actor John Houseman on the movie "The Paper Chase"
He was a stern, authoritarian, misanthropic, demanding, and intimitading Harvard Law professor. Not that I am calling you that you understand.
In the movie, Timothy Bottoms, played as James T. Hart. A new student of law who made the "mistake"
of not being prepared to answer one of professor Kingsfield's questions.
The penalty for this, was that professor Kingsfield would then treat him as a "Ghost", by "Shrouding Him"
Meaning that he would not call upon him ever again in his class. Meaning of course that he would fail the class automatically. In short. James T. Hart did not exist at all as far as professor Kingsfield was concerned!
As as far as other students in the class told him. Professor Kingsfield "NEVER" went back on his shrouding of a first year student.
How James T. Hart resolved this dilemma is truly hylarious.
The movie is highly literate, and gives a good idea of how demanding a law school can be.
That is all!
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| 24 DEC 2005 at 10:05am |
snowtimeJourneyman
Posts : 1014
Joined: 28 JUN 2005
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Reckless (24 DEC 2005 1:28am)
I don't give a *** *** what titles are used. Personally I think people are FAR too interested in post counts and titles. Time for a change.... well you could always just remove 'em
It's a bit of fun. {pats both thighs simultaneously}
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I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
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| 26 DEC 2005 at 12:49am |
The Terror of the Wolf part 3Schattenjger
Posts : 2391
Joined: 11 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Ahhh, here goes.... Ready all?
0 - 50... "Lowly swine"
50 - 100... "He who cleans the gunk from under the chairs in the cinema"
100 - 250... "A Møøse once bit my sister ..."
250 - 500... "Have you ever seen 'Happiness of the Katakuris'? Damn that's a trippy movie!"
500 - 1000... "The opening band at a gig by Pink Floyd"
1000 - 2500... "You can write better than Dan Brown. Not that this says much..."
2500 - 4000... "Member of Wolfboy's harem"
4000 - 8000... "Almost on par with Wolfboy in his greatness and magnificence"
8000 onwards... "Lord of all we survey"
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| 26 DEC 2005 at 12:21pm |
| Deleted User | Does it matter?
8-)
(Although I like to be part of Wolfboys Harem. Seems he got a lovely sister.)
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| 27 DEC 2005 at 7:05pm |
SusanGuild Master
Posts : 5485
Joined: 13 OCT 2002
Location: 0
Status : Offline | One question: How is being able to choose your own ranking that much different from being able to change the name for yourself that everyone sees?
On some forums, the username you pick is the one that appears, so if you pick "The_Unbelievably_Slow_Kate_Walker," everyone's going to see that, because you can't have "Susan" be your visible name. Except you couldn't choose Susan to begin with, because it was already taken. : In that case, I can see being able to have custom titles because it's a way of being able to change things later on if you choose.
And I think there should be less of a leap after 2500 ... something before 5000.
I miss my Bubba: 1986 - 2006.
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| 28 DEC 2005 at 2:50am |
AndromusGuild Master
Posts : 5536
Joined: 6 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | Well, that way you could be "Susan, the Sagittarius babe" and also have a title of say, "Private Investigator" or "Super Sleuth", or whatever detective related title you fancy. Think of how cool it would be! How many Sagittarius babe P.I.'s are there? None, but you could become the first!
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| 28 DEC 2005 at 7:18am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | Somehow, I don't think 'lowly swine' will encourage newbies to stay....
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| 28 DEC 2005 at 11:27am |
snowtimeJourneyman
Posts : 1014
Joined: 28 JUN 2005
Status : Online | Here are the suggestions so far (I've taken the editorial decision to ignore Wolfboy's idiosyncratic suggestions - sue me!).
I'll leave it a bit longer to see if anyone else has any suggestions. More ideas from adventure games would be nice.
Here's a couple more from me:
Guild Captain
Guildmaster
Based on the D'ni guilds from the Myst series. Obviously it would have to be the Writer's Guild.
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Journeyman (qualified apprentice and reference to Journeyman Project)
Explorer
Junior Enchanter (from Zork GI)
PermaSuck Salesman
PermaSuck Regional Sales Manager
Luckless Adventurer
Acolyte Spellcaster
Junior Enchanter
Enchanter
Assistant Sorcerer
Sorcerer
Executive Spell Manager
Vice Wizard
Wizard
Uber Wizard
Dungeon Master
{All from Zork Grand Inquisitor}
Investigative Reporter (Laura Bow)
Private Detective (Tex Murphy)
Journeyman (Journeyman Project)
Schattenjäger (Gabriel Knight)
Mighty Pirate (Monkey Island)
Draic Kin (Longest Journey)
Grand Master (Broken Sword)
Apprentice Wizard
Piece o' the Furniture
Decorative Gargoyle
Dodgy Old Crone
Spellmaker
Travelling Gypsy
Neophyte
Acolyte
Apprentice
Shaman
High Priest/Priestess
Wizard/Enchantress
Magus
Necromancer
Sorcerer Supreme
Mighty One
Ancient One
Primordial
Grand Inquisitor
Serf
Peasant
Freeman/Freewoman
Baron/Baroness
Viscount/Viscountess
Count/Countess
Marques/Marchioness
Duke/Duchess
Grand Duke/Grand Duchess
Prince/Princess
King/Queen
Emperor/Empress
Intergalactic Janitor
Sleuth
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
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| 28 DEC 2005 at 11:59am |
Frank BPrivate Detective
Posts : 449
Joined: 10 JAN 2005
Status : Online | Great list. I think we should have them all. :-)
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| 28 DEC 2005 at 12:29pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | Gee I don't fancy Val's job...... :-/
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| 28 DEC 2005 at 10:27pm |
SusanGuild Master
Posts : 5485
Joined: 13 OCT 2002
Location: 0
Status : Offline | One additional suggestion ... some forums have a ranking to separate the just-registered people from the newbies ... so for posts 0-5 you could be a Stranger (from the Myst series).
I miss my Bubba: 1986 - 2006.
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| 29 DEC 2005 at 4:33am |
SarahJourneyman
Posts : 913
Joined: 13 JUL 2004
Status : Offline | Gee, Snowtime listed a very long list there. That's a lot to choose from and Val's going to that alone? Those names are great but I don't want to be a ghost!
Still busy being a mom &&
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| 29 DEC 2005 at 2:03pm |
AvatarPrivate Detective
Posts : 661
Joined: 3 JAN 2004
Status : Online | At that rate, we'll be changing levels every week!
And anyhoo, I don't know if i'm so fond of the "PermaSuck" label... I'm bad enough in the trivias already!!!
My goal in life is to be as good of a person as my dog already thinks I am.&&&&The measure of civility in a society is not how it treats those that are loved, but how it treats those that are hated.
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| 1 JAN 2006 at 6:45pm |
The Terror of the Wolf part 3Schattenjger
Posts : 2391
Joined: 11 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Okays, let's see if I can come up with some serious suggestions, eh?
Atlantean - Indy, naturally
Rah - as in the Egyptian title used to signify divine status
Mythos Expert - Lovecraft, Call Of Cthulhu
Knight Templar - numerous games
Chosen One - numerous games
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| 1 JAN 2006 at 7:32pm |
ValGuild Master
Posts : 3464
Joined: 2 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | I would prefer using game related level names. But, some of the current ones aren't really game related so this whole thing is making me nutso!!
My biggest problem is going to be where the new levels will be falling. I do think that we need some levels above 2500 but don't know what I'm going to do about the Grand Master title. I really like Grand Inquisitor so Grand Master may change to Grand Inquisitor but it may be the top level name which would not be 2500 anymore. *thinking thinking* Maybe 7 levels: 0-250, 251-750, 751-1500, 1501-2500, 2501-4000, 4001-6000, 6001-10000. And 10000 would be it and would have some crazy title (not the Grand Inquisitor title).
Oh, oh!! I just had a neat idea!! If we had an indy jones level, instead of stars it would have some little tiny indiana jones icons and for the Grand Inquisitor level, it would have little Zork lanterns, etc!! That would be awesome!! [smiley=hyper.gif]
We can be heroes, just for one day.
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| 1 JAN 2006 at 9:58pm |
Frank BPrivate Detective
Posts : 449
Joined: 10 JAN 2005
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Valadmin (1 JAN 2006 7:32pm)
Oh, oh!! I just had a neat idea!! If we had an indy jones level, instead of stars it would have some little tiny indiana jones icons and for the Grand Inquisitor level, it would have little Zork lanterns, etc!! That would be awesome!! [smiley=hyper.gif]
That's a great idea?
Does the number of stars/icons/lanterns change each time the title changes?
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| 1 JAN 2006 at 10:31pm |
ValGuild Master
Posts : 3464
Joined: 2 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | I suppose it would be one more than whatever the icon was at the user's previous level. I'm experimenting with the Zork lantern and it's not looking too good so far when made tiny so this may not work but I'm gonna try!
We can be heroes, just for one day.
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| 1 JAN 2006 at 11:18pm |
AndromusGuild Master
Posts : 5536
Joined: 6 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Valadmin (1 JAN 2006 7:32pm)
Oh, oh!! I just had a neat idea!! If we had an indy jones level, instead of stars it would have some little tiny indiana jones icons and for the Grand Inquisitor level, it would have little Zork lanterns, etc!! That would be awesome!! [smiley=hyper.gif]
I like it! Perhaps little whips or fedoras for the Indy level, maybe a talisman for the Schattenjaeger level.....sounds like fun!
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| 1 JAN 2006 at 11:22pm |
AvatarPrivate Detective
Posts : 661
Joined: 3 JAN 2004
Status : Online | Ooooh! I see the mini lanterns! toooooo cute!
Edit: oops they went away... glad i caught them quickly!!
My goal in life is to be as good of a person as my dog already thinks I am.&&&&The measure of civility in a society is not how it treats those that are loved, but how it treats those that are hated.
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| 2 JAN 2006 at 7:32pm |
Jenny100Guild Master
Posts : 3510
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | Is there any way of letting people choose which level name they want within a level - or which "theme" level name they want to use? (e.g. - Discworld Noir theme, Tex Murphy theme, Space Quest theme, Gabriel Knight theme, Infocom theme, etc.)
For example, within the 500-1000 post category the person could have a choice of, say, Wizard, Schattenjäger, Spellcaster, Private Investigator, Viscount, Plumber's helper, Guild Captain etc.
A while back, I had my post count turned back by something like 800 posts because I didn't want to be a "Guru." I'd just as soon not have to do it again.
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| 2 JAN 2006 at 7:57pm |
IviniaGuild Master
Posts : 4459
Joined: 7 JUN 2003
Location: US
Status : Offline | I like the theme idea, with appropriate icons.
Myst fans can select the theme that has myst like titles, Monkey Island fans can choose pirate themed ones, etc. and those of us who play them all can have the general titles from many AGs.
It seems like it would be a win-win for all and takes out the potential bad feelings some people might have with certain titles.
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| 2 JAN 2006 at 11:17pm |
ValGuild Master
Posts : 3464
Joined: 2 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | Sounds good but unfortunately, the software doesn't have any options that would do it. I can check for add-on mods.
[edit]Just checked and there is only a mod for post independent groups (member groups where there would be no post counting at all). This doesn't help.[/edit]
We can be heroes, just for one day.
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