Time for real feedback on user titles

[Gunner]

I'd like to see leet CS labels (afk-noob-camper-cheater-haxor-etc...), either that or custom titles.

 

[CREMATOR666]

Camper? Who will be a camper? :hmph:

 

[Raziaar]

Camper? Who will be a camper? :hmph:

The spammers of course. The ones with the real high post counts! Camping the threads...

 

[The Monkey]

Now the Newbies are called "Newbie"

 

[Dinkleberry]

I agree with badger. Have DM or CSS related ones:
RPG
Stunstick
Crowbar
crap Pistol
good pistol (Magnum)
SMG
Shotgun
Assualt Rifle
Grenade
Slam
Gravity Gun

 

[el Chi]

I think we should implement a proper feudal system:
The top should be Emperor followed by King (or Queen, depending on your gender/sexual orientation), then Lord, then Knight all the way down to Peasant and then Serf.

 

[CREMATOR666]

The spammers of course. The ones with the real high post counts! Camping the threads...

I am afraid that's me, sir

btw, nice idea El Chi

 

[Dinkleberry]

Can't we just have custom user titles for people with over, lets say 227 posts?

 

[Murray_H]

I think we should implement a proper feudal system:
The top should be Emperor followed by King (or Queen, depending on your gender/sexual orientation), then Lord, then Knight all the way down to Peasant and then Serf.

Encouraging elitism and spamming

Elements all the way

 

[el Chi]

Encouraging elitism and spamming

Elements all the way

This is UBER-elitism. This is WAY beyond anything that which mere HL2 enemies could inspire.
I think the longer you've been here, the easier it is to climb the ladder, that way we REALLY keep the n00bs off the feudal ladder.

Just to clarify - I'm joking. In a big way.

 

[KoreBolteR]

i think ranking should be how long youve been a member.. tbh.

0-30days -> Newcomer
30days - 3 months -> Still here!
2 years + -> stuck on my pc chair

etc etc...

 

[CREMATOR666]

Munro didnt show up for quite a while now...:|

 

[outpost]

The element idea kicks ass

I want to be Uranium!

 

[Dinkleberry]

Oh, I just remembered: check out the weebl forum.
There is a points based system which means you can have a custom user title if you have enough points. Score points by posting good posts i.e. they are ranked + or - by people. It stops the spam thing... oh yeah and if someone chooses a dodgy title, all it takes is a PM from an admin or a stern telling off.

 

[kaf11]

I think we should implement a proper feudal system:
The top should be Emperor followed by King (or Queen, depending on your gender/sexual orientation), then Lord, then Knight all the way down to Peasant and then Serf.

i second your idea. i would just like the sound of "The Duke of Off-Topic"

 

[Hazar]

Lot's of good suggestions

where's munro now?

 

[Maxi]

I want to be viking.

 

[Lanthanide]

Here is one that I think is vary fair (and admittedly it'd give me a higher rating than most).

Although it's probably difficult.

Have your ranking depend on your average length of post.

That way people who spam useless things like "use the search" or "shut up noob" to threads won't be rewarded because it'll drag their user rating down by lowering their average. Whereas people who post well-thought out long answers will be rewarded.

I guess the problem with this though is that it's:
1) Probably difficult to incorporate, I don't think this forum software has this sort of thing in it by default
2) Exploitative, people would start quoting entire posts (and quotes of quotes) in order to artificially increase their rankings. Although it would be possible to modify the code to ignore anything within a QUOTE block, I suppose.

The other problem is how do you decide what cut-off points to use to assign rankings.

 

[Ames]

Pffftt, just give it to people who deserve it.

Like not me.

 

[Murray_H]

Here is one that I think is vary fair (and admittedly it'd give me a higher rating than most).

Although it's probably difficult.

Have your ranking depend on your average length of post.

That way people who spam useless things like "use the search" or "shut up noob" to threads won't be rewarded because it'll drag their user rating down by lowering their average. Whereas people who post well-thought out long answers will be rewarded.

I guess the problem with this though is that it's:
1) Probably difficult to incorporate, I don't think this forum software has this sort of thing in it by default
2) Exploitative, people would start quoting entire posts (and quotes of quotes) in order to artificially increase their rankings. Although it would be possible to modify the code to ignore anything within a QUOTE block, I suppose.

The other problem is how do you decide what cut-off points to use to assign rankings.

Ever heard of the phrase quality not quantity? I could literally write the limit of characters for a post of pure bullshit.

 

[Tr0n]

Here is one that I think is vary fair (and admittedly it'd give me a higher rating than most).

Although it's probably difficult.

Have your ranking depend on your average length of post.

That way people who spam useless things like "use the search" or "shut up noob" to threads won't be rewarded because it'll drag their user rating down by lowering their average. Whereas people who post well-thought out long answers will be rewarded.

I guess the problem with this though is that it's:
1) Probably difficult to incorporate, I don't think this forum software has this sort of thing in it by default
2) Exploitative, people would start quoting entire posts (and quotes of quotes) in order to artificially increase their rankings. Although it would be possible to modify the code to ignore anything within a QUOTE block, I suppose.

The other problem is how do you decide what cut-off points to use to assign rankings.

No one listens to noobs.

 

[el Chi]

i second your idea. i would just like the sound of "The Duke of Off-Topic"

I dub thee thus.
I call "Lord Earl of the Lounge and Her Encompassing Territories"


Or "Earl Chi" :| Sorry, couldn't help myself. The Lord Earl of the Lounge and Her Encompassing Territories demands that you forget that section of this current post forthwith! On penalty of torture...
<Cheering>

 

[Murray_H]

I dub thee thus.
I call "Lord Earl of the Lounge and Her Encompassing Territories"


Or "Earl Chi" :| Sorry, couldn't help myself. The Lord Earl of the Lounge and Her Encompassing Territories demands that you forget that section of this current post forthwith! On penalty of torture...
<Cheering>

What happens when the user 'Grey' comes along and then becomes Earl? They will be taunted with hot water

 

[Hazar]

bwahahaha, that would be really funny

I wouldn't mind having those names

 

[CREMATOR666]

Then I nominated myself the "Earl of Absolute Spammage"

 

[Bleeder]

Can I keep "the only gay in the village"?

pleeeeese? I'm an idiot.

 

[Raziaar]

Can I keep "the only gay in the village"?

pleeeeese? I'm an idiot.

There can be only one only gay in the village. It's like highlander. But instead of lobbing off each others heads, you swear a vow of silence. And if you break that vow, you lose. So the person who shuts up for the longest period of time, will be the only gay in the village.

 

[CREMATOR666]

Elimination Round! Bleeder's the first to go!

 

[ríomhaire]

I loose!

 

[Narcolepsy]

Hmmm... Why does everyone's say "member" sans one guy that has a really strange title?

 

[el Chi]

What happens when the user 'Grey' comes along and then becomes Earl? They will be taunted with hot water

This "Grey" fellow can take the consequences of his name, be turned into a delicious brew and be damn proud of it.

Then I nominated myself the "Earl of Absolute Spammage"

Very well!

I nominate TDE as "Sir Spamsalot"

 

[ríomhaire]

Are you close to coming to a decition?
Who's idea do you like best?

 

[Tr0n]

Are you close to coming to a decition?
Who's idea do you like best?

Don't expect an answer for a while.

 

[Lanthanide]

Ever heard of the phrase quality not quantity? I could literally write the limit of characters for a post of pure bullshit.

Yes, but surely that would be more obvious and easier to catch than the hundreds of useless posts that get generated. If there is a post that's just completely off-topic rambling about nothing, it could easily be deleted.

Whereas something that is 1 sentence but still on-topic, well, why should that get deleted?

I think, if it were possible to implement this, it should hopefully give people a bit more of a reason to write sensible, well-thought out and helpful posts, rather than 1 or 2 line throw-aways like 95% of the forum posts are these days.

That, or everyone would just ignore the ranking system. But even if they ignored it, we'd still see fewer 1 or 2 line throwaway posts because people wouldn't have as much of a reason to be doing them any more.


As for your "quality not quantity" line, that is exactly what I'm wanting: a higher quality of fewer posts, rather than a sprawling mess of spam of pointless posts. I know you were talking about the quality of the words within posts rather than about the quantity of words (as I was), but technologically speaking it's currently impossible to screen posts to see if they are "good quality" right now, so you might as well do the next best thing which is assume that a long post is better than a short post. Because in most cases, they are.

 

[CREMATOR666]

Yes, but surely that would be more obvious and easier to catch than the hundreds of useless posts that get generated. If there is a post that's just completely off-topic rambling about nothing, it could easily be deleted.

Whereas something that is 1 sentence but still on-topic, well, why should that get deleted?

I think, if it were possible to implement this, it should hopefully give people a bit more of a reason to write sensible, well-thought out and helpful posts, rather than 1 or 2 line throw-aways like 95% of the forum posts are these days.

That, or everyone would just ignore the ranking system. But even if they ignored it, we'd still see fewer 1 or 2 line throwaway posts because people wouldn't have as much of a reason to be doing them any more.


As for your "quality not quantity" line, that is exactly what I'm wanting: a higher quality of fewer posts, rather than a sprawling mess of spam of pointless posts. I know you were talking about the quality of the words within posts rather than about the quantity of words (as I was), but technologically speaking it's currently impossible to screen posts to see if they are "good quality" right now, so you might as well do the next best thing which is assume that a long post is better than a short post. Because in most cases, they are.

The mods are going to work their assess off then :|

 

[AgentXen]

Gamer 0-100

Casual 101-400

Junior 401-800

Senior 801-1500

Super Nerd 1501-6000

Tr0n 6001-10000

I have no life 10001+

 

[Tr0n]

Gamer 0-100

Casual 101-400

Junior 401-800

Senior 801-1500

Super Nerd 1501-6000

Tr0n 6001-10000

I have no life 10001+

I don't know if I should laugh and be happy to be a title...or be ashamed by the fact I have that many posts to be considered a title.

 

[15357]

I don't know if I should laugh and be happy to be a title...or be ashamed by the fact I have that many posts to be considered a title.

be ashamed. spammer.

 

[Lahire149]

How about multiple ranking systems that a user can choose.
The Xen The Sentients
Leach.................Citizen.........................0
Headcrab.............Manhack......................50
Fast Headcrab......Civil Protection..............100
Poison Headcrab...Resistance Member.........150
Houndeye............Nova Prospekt Guard.......200
Bullsquid..............Overwatch Soldier..........250
Antlion................Vortigaunt.....................300
Zombie................Marine..........................400
Mawman..............Combine Elite.................500
Poison Mawman.....Black Ops.....................600
Leaper.................Shock Trooper...............750
Antlion Guard........Xen Grunt.....................1000
Gonarch...............Voltigore......................2000
Tentacle..............Xen Controler................3000
Pit Worm..............Gene Worm...................4000
Antlion King...........Nihilanth......................5000
Custom Title...........................................7500+
And then a non-HL related one (for trators)

this is probablly the best choice.

 

[Razor]

Just be a Member until one of the moderators has gone through enough of our posts for them to choose a suitable custom title for us.