"Recognized Member"?

[Meow]

i've looked through the FAQ and can't seem to find anything about this award/status/thingy. Does it represent a particular recognition, or is it simply a "we think you rock; have a bag of money" sort of gig? i must know! i cannot rest until i know! But it's 2 in the morning here, so i doubt that'll stand.

Anyway, what's being a recognized member all about?

[m4tt]

Recognized Members are pretty much people who have helped out the forums in some way. And not just once, but many times. Yeah.

[Citizen Bleys]

It's getting harder to get as time goes on, because we don't want to make it less special by giving it out to too many people.

When I retire, I'm going back to regular member, not recognized, for that very reason.

[Dr Unne]

Copycat.

[m4tt]

Retire? That just sounds funny. :p

[Yamaneko]

Originally posted by Citizen Kane
It's getting harder to get as time goes on, because we don't want to make it less special by giving it out to too many people.
I'm glad to hear this. I disapprove of making 50 people RM. *cough* Fool's Gold *cough* ;)

[Citizen Bleys]

Originally posted by Dr Unne
Copycat.

Different reasons, chief. I don't have a *problem* with being a recognized member, I just don't want there to be too many of them, so I'm not taking up a slot.

As a matter of fact, I'd like to see a cap on the number of RMs who can be active at one time--that way, we'd have to de-RM people like Acmlm who never come around anymore in order to bump someone else up. And of course, that would wind up eventually nixing former mods as RMs, so I think it'd be an unpopular notion that I wouldn't be able to push through staff.


Originally posted by Gau
Retire? That just sounds funny. :p

"quit" and "resign" have connotations of "screw you guys, I'm out of here." I don't plan on ever leaving like that. I'm not planning on staying on staff FOREVER, though. I think "retire" gets the idea across--an amicable departure, not someone getting fed up with whatever and storming off in a huff, like some former staffers whom I don't care to name.

[Loony BoB]

I prefer the term 'stepping down'.

[Shoyku]

But then again, that makes EoFF seem like a big staircase.

[Endless]

Or a game of <a href="http://www.surfacing-tada.com/Colour%20Photos,%20Summer%202000/images/snakes%20&%20ladder%20pg%2014.jpg">ladders and snakes</a>.

[crono_logical]

We call it Snakes & Ladders over here :p

And I have no problem with limiting the number of RMs either, not sure where Bleys got that idea :p

[Citizen Bleys]

Yes, because all of my ideas are stolen. I've never had an original idea, EVER.

[Shlup]

It's "Shutes and Ladders," dammit. What kind of person slides down a snake?

[-N-]

<b>C</b>hutes and Ladders, people. <b>C</b>hutes and Ladders.

[Peegee]

Snakes and ladders. I know because I've seen the board with snakes and ladders.

[Citizen Bleys]

Originally posted by ShlupQuack
What kind of person slides down a snake?

must...resist...perverted...comment...

[The Man]

must... resist... Jim Morrison... reference...

[Citizen Bleys]

This is no time to discuss the Muppets.

[Christmas]

Recognized Members are pretty much people who have helped out the forums in some way. And not just once, but many times. Yeah.

I never realized i have contributed to the forum so many times! :bigsmile:

I bet i also contributed a lot to the chat or Discord or other EoFF affiliated entities by not existing in them! I deserve a reward! :bigsmile: