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Post by forgedchaos on Sept 18, 2019 6:34:06 GMT -9
Community Guest (0 posts) Community Member (10 posts) Community Participant (25 posts) Forum Contributor (50 posts) Major Forum Contributor (100 posts) Grand Forum Contributor (500 posts) Forum Architect (1,000 posts) Major Forum Architect (5,000 posts) Grand Forum Architect (10,000 posts) Legendary Forum Architect (20,000 posts) Now I like this one a lot
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Post by shep on Sept 18, 2019 6:59:59 GMT -9
Community Guest (0 posts) Community Member (10 posts) Community Participant (25 posts) Forum Contributor (50 posts) Major Forum Contributor (100 posts) Grand Forum Contributor (500 posts) Forum Architect (1,000 posts) Major Forum Architect (5,000 posts) Grand Forum Architect (10,000 posts) Legendary Forum Architect (20,000 posts) This is outstandingly awesome, as it completely leaves behind the whole builder/creator thing and instead focuses on community, which basically is reflected by the number of posts... Is it perhaps possible to give everyone two ranks? Or a rank and a "nom-de-plume"? Ths way, we could be whatever community rank we have by posts, and have an attachment like "PUBLISHER", "CREATOR", "BUILDER", "MODDER", etc.
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Post by forgedchaos on Sept 18, 2019 7:12:44 GMT -9
Community Guest (0 posts) Community Member (10 posts) Community Participant (25 posts) Forum Contributor (50 posts) Major Forum Contributor (100 posts) Grand Forum Contributor (500 posts) Forum Architect (1,000 posts) Major Forum Architect (5,000 posts) Grand Forum Architect (10,000 posts) Legendary Forum Architect (20,000 posts) This is outstandingly awesome, as it completely leaves behind the whole builder/creator thing and instead focuses on community, which basically is reflected by the number of posts... Is it perhaps possible to give everyone two ranks? Or a rank and a "nom-de-plume"? Ths way, we could be whatever community rank we have by posts, and have an attachment like "PUBLISHER", "CREATOR", "BUILDER", "MODDER", etc. I like it but I think thats what hes doing with the color coding.
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Post by squirmydad on Sept 18, 2019 7:16:16 GMT -9
Yup.
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Sept 18, 2019 7:25:05 GMT -9
Regarding colors - black matches plain text, so publishers stand out less than the normies. I'd rather that the normies are black text, and publishers get a special color.
Normal Member Publisher Admin
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Post by Cardstock Dane on Sept 18, 2019 7:39:58 GMT -9
For real though, its a good idea. Shake things up a bit and knock the dust off. I really like Vermin Kings idea. Something like: Tissue paper Initiate Paper private Cardstock corporal Cover stock Sgt Label Lt Cardboard Captain Matteboard Major Foamcore Colonel Gluestick General Etc.. I like the idea very much! And no, I don't think there's a link between title and skill any more than the old system had a link between your title, and how religious you are.
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Post by wyvern on Sept 18, 2019 9:22:40 GMT -9
Black for standard members makes sense for the colour scheme as mproteau (Paper Realms) suggested, with colours to designate the different types of more active members. However, is this suggested list of new titles meant to be additional to the freshly-introduced Illuminator Scribes - Publishers - Admin - Everyone Else system, or is it meant to replace it? For the titles list, I'm not keen on the idea of military ranks, and I agree that suggestions of skill don't really tally with the reality here either. While the Community - Contributor - Architect system has merit, the actual titles are often too long I think. Plus the early ranking order maybe needs a tweak - I'd set "Participant" below "Member", as being less involved overall. Thinking of the D&D comments, and drawing on what's been noted already, made me wonder if this system might be useful instead: Guest (0-9 posts) Participant (10-24 posts) Member (25-49 posts) Iron Correspondent (50-99 posts) Copper Correspondent (100-499 posts) Bronze Correspondent (500-999 posts) Silver Correspondent (1,000-4,999 posts) Electrum Correspondent (5,000-9,999 posts) Gold Correspondent (10,000-19,999 posts) Platinum Correspondent (20,000 posts +) Corresponding - i.e. writing - is how we're all communicating here after all. Gemstones might be another alternative for the "Correspondent" levels, perhaps.
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Sept 18, 2019 10:26:00 GMT -9
I'm only responding to get my post count up. "Platinum Correspondent" is only 3 characters shorter than "Legendary Forum Architect" so if you're worried about titles being too long, you're not saving a whole lot. also, here's the breakdown of current membership into those top tiers: 20k+: 0 members 10k+: 0 members (Go Vermin King!) 5k+: 2 members 1k+: 17 members 500: ~30 members Anyway... I like the metal rankings too. If you're concerned about length of the labels, you can simply change "coorespondent" to "member", or "tier".
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Post by wyvern on Sept 18, 2019 10:40:42 GMT -9
Yeah, of course, I couldn't think of an alternative when I was typing it... However, "Scribe" might work better than "Correspondent", perhaps, and keep within a loosely gaming/D&D related idiom. No, idioM I do think something other than "Member" would be preferable for those with more than 50 posts, certainly. Oh, and do we also keep the line of skulls in the post's author box?
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Sept 18, 2019 10:56:58 GMT -9
Really, at this point, I'm ok with being called ANYTHING 'cause my name is green now
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Post by shep on Sept 18, 2019 11:00:19 GMT -9
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Post by squirmydad on Sept 18, 2019 15:41:55 GMT -9
shep Perhaps 0 posts=klingons And build from there?
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Post by shep on Sept 18, 2019 23:57:41 GMT -9
shep Perhaps 0 posts=klingons And build from there? LOL Nice idea, but no, I don't want the forum to be all Trek, just because my avatar is...
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Post by aleks on Sept 19, 2019 2:38:22 GMT -9
I second wyvern proposal, using "Scribe" instead of "Correspondant". Since it may be very little gaming related, it has some "archaic" and "mystic" flavour Thumb up also for oldschooldm and shep ideas, that suggest the belonging to a "builder guild" with various degrees of skills and/or seniority. By the way....I really LIKE to be an "Illuminator Scribe"
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Post by squirmydad on Sept 19, 2019 5:46:47 GMT -9
By the way....I really LIKE to be an "Illuminator Scribe" I've been rolling back through the old Forum Hoards and looking to see who contributed to them and then making sure to add those members to the Illuminated Scribe group. Thank you for your contributions.
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Post by yifferman on Sept 19, 2019 10:18:47 GMT -9
i am like wandering ghost XD
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Post by emergencyoverride on Sept 19, 2019 13:53:11 GMT -9
So many good ideas being floated around. This is awesome! I understand if some people don't particularly like the military ranks. It was the first thing that popped in my mind because I mostly use these minis and stuff for wargames and fighting centric rpgs. I really love the submissions. Especially the ones that evoke an older time. "Architect, craftsman, yeoman, apprentice" Things like that are cool as well.
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Post by Parduz on Sept 20, 2019 5:36:55 GMT -9
Hey! I'm slow but i'm here!!! Now: i lack the proper english to give specific suggestions, but i liked shep amd mproteau ideas. They both gives me some sort of ...corporation feel (i mean "corporation" like the ancient commercial organization of artisans in italy, not modern companies). And while this forum have no "theme", i think i feel it a bit "biased" toward ancient/medieval/fantasy, so i think they're appropriate. But since i HAVE to Parduz someone , I'd remove the "community/forum" words in the mproteau suggestion.
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Post by Vermin King on Sept 20, 2019 6:10:41 GMT -9
After the discussion thus far, I'm leaning towards a combination of wyvern's suggestion and mproteau (Paper Realms)'s Guest (0 posts) Member (10 posts) Participant (25 posts) Iron Contributor (50 posts) Copper Contributor (100 posts) Bronze Contributor (500 posts) Silver Architect (1,000 posts) Electrum Architect (5,000 posts) Gold Architect (10,000 posts) Platinum Architect (20,000 posts) Still needs tweaking
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Post by Brave Adventures on Sept 20, 2019 12:29:40 GMT -9
Hereβs what I posted on FB: Recruit Squire Scout Soldier Veteran Warrior Knight Paladin Champion Hero Commander
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Post by mesper on Sept 20, 2019 18:39:54 GMT -9
Well I don't get into the breakdown /distinction by the number of posts. But regarding ranks and corresponding tittles /descriptions let's be practical. IMHO ranks should be both understandable and at the same time simple, easy to distinguish and so readable to all users. So you should be able to immediately notice and assess /understood the rank of the author of the post (there should be no room for guessing) /*No matter what description we assign to the rank (may it even be a " Naked Princess"... still we should be able to assess the "level" of the author immediately, without thinking if let's say the " Warrior" is higher rank than the " Princess" or some " Paladin" or vice versa - so there should be no doubt whether we're dealing with a brand new user or an forum's old stager. We can call ranks as we want - but let them be clearly graduated - so let's add a visible gradation like "Rank xxx" (or ehm... rather "Rank nnn") in addition to the description, e.g: Rank n - Description /nameRank 1 - Apprentice /or Rookie /or... Rank 2 - Journeyman /or Challenger /or... ... Rank 9 - Mastermind /or Warchief /or... well, name it as you want etc. Anyway, just my 2 coppers:) /* BTW IMHO a very good example is the newly introduced clear and transparent COLOUR distinction between guest, member, publisher, admin.
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Post by oldschooldm on Sept 21, 2019 7:26:58 GMT -9
Eh. I don't think the titles matter at all. You could literally label them "Rank 1, Rank 2..." and get the "clarity" attribute.
You could name them all "contributor" - and that'd be fine too.
To me, what matters is how the titles reflect on the community (if we even want that.)
So - I'll submit those lists:
Guest, Contributor, Contributor, Contributor, Contributor, Contributor, Contributor, Contributor, Contributor, Contributor, Contributor
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Guest, Contributor 1, Contributor 2, Contributor 3, Contributor 4, Contributor 5, Contributor 6, Contributor 7, Contributor 8, Contributor 9, Contributor 10
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Post by Vermin King on Sept 21, 2019 8:22:54 GMT -9
Would there be anything wrong with using Wyvern's suggestion and just leaving 'Correspondent' off? Or replacing with 'Member'?
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Post by cowboyleland on Sept 21, 2019 18:21:02 GMT -9
Well I don't get into the breakdown /distinction by the number of posts. But regarding ranks and corresponding tittles /descriptions let's be practical. IMHO ranks should be both understandable and at the same time simple, easy to distinguish and so readable to all users. So you should be able to immediately notice and assess /understood the rank of the author of the post (there should be no room for guessing) If we keep the actual number of posts visible along with the rank there can't be any confusion. It also clearly makes the ranks just a bit of fun.
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Post by wyvern on Sept 22, 2019 11:39:18 GMT -9
Would there be anything wrong with using Wyvern's suggestion and just leaving 'Correspondent' off? Or replacing with 'Member'? I did suggest replacing "Correspondent" with "Scribe" later. I appreciate that may be a bit too "medieval/fantasy" for some, though it could be arguably used to demonstrate a loose continuity with the old One Monk schema. Simplifying the higher-ranked section of the list to be of the indicated metals followed by "Member" would make sense as an alternative, however. As squirmydad 's original post did state: ...I do want to change the titles to something more reflective of the forum's interests. some kind of actual title, rather than just a bland "Contributor #", say, as oldschooldm proposed, would seem in order. I'd be a little wary of relying too much on any colour-coding rather than actual ranking titles, as that has disadvantages for the roughly 8% of men and 0.5% of women who are colour-blind to some degree. While the nature of the artwork published here suggests few to none of our artistic contributors are subject to colour-blindness, it may be more problematic for other Forum visitors/members.
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Post by ignatious on Sept 22, 2019 23:22:13 GMT -9
Interestingly, as I recall, the initiator of the color coding is color blind.
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Post by squirmydad on Sept 23, 2019 4:13:11 GMT -9
Interestingly, as I recall, the initiator of the color coding is color blind. You are correct. I'm also a theatrical lighting and scenic designer.
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Post by decapitatedmarkers on Oct 1, 2019 18:43:05 GMT -9
How about futzing with the Fighter levels a bit: Cardboard Watcher Cardboard Veteran Cardboard Warrior Cardboard Swordsman Cardboard Hero Cardboard Swashbuckler Cardboard Myrmidon Cardboard Champion Cardboard Superhero Cardboard Lord Heh heh, I know that's a bit dopey, but the Ftr level titles from the 1E PHB came to mind when I got the PM. I was glad to see it already there. --Ron--
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Post by factoria tabletop on Oct 8, 2019 5:49:43 GMT -9
wow, very cool ideas!! i am not very sure wich one is the best... am i the only one i liked the originals???
anyway, i Will try to think something and post it as son as i can best regards to everyone!
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Post by Vermin King on Oct 8, 2019 6:09:21 GMT -9
Unfortunately, this has already been decided
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