Reduce the 8mths needed to personalise user titles.

[Spatvark]

Actually, thinking about it; I like the idea of the Custom Title being only possessed by staff and recognised users, of which I'm neither. It just seems to me to actually be a really kewl reward; this thread going as evidence that people do indeed revere the awesiftyness of custom rankness. =P

[Raistlin]

Custom rankness. Hehe

*in reality, couldn't get a rat's hairy arse about the subject*

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Originally posted by Raistlin
Kishi: Then what are you talking about? :P

I was made a Knight awfully early after arriving here--less than a month, so when it all went down BOU mentioned that I was indeed just a three-week-old newbie. This stuck with me because sometimes people are cool. Then, when I had been at EoFF for eight months, I quite naturally made my custom rank "Eight-Month-Old Newbie." So, I found it funny that you incidentally used nearly the very same term just then.

And the fact that I had to explain this to you goes to show that intense oldbies--such as yourself--who registered at the Highwind nine minutes before it even existed can be just as clueless as any given twenty-eight-months-and-three-days-old newbie if they haven't really been here the whole time. *drop-kicks*

[Citizen Bleys]

Point to 'Kishi.

[Raistlin]

Bah. I'd like you to tell me a long-term vet that has been here every single day.

And, Kishi, when I got my mod powers removed, I did reccomend you to Sean. :P

[Dr Unne]

I think if we're going to start "ranking" people it should be by how much time they've spent at the MB and how much they've contributed, not how much time has passed since their registration.

[Spatvark]

Refining my previous idea:

BOTH requirements must be met
1) Minimum time: 8 months.
2) Must be either Admin, mod, Recognised user or Site Staff/Senior Site Staff

This covers people who have been around EoFF for a while AND those who've contributed to EoFF as a whole.

[Dr Unne]

I'm talking about ranking in the sense that Raist thinks he outranks everyone. I think limiting custom titles to the people you listed would be unnecessarily restrictive and elitist.

[Burtsplurt]

Originally posted by Purgatory
2) Must be either Admin, mod, Recognised user or Site Staff/Senior Site Staff

But all the people mentioned there already have nice colourful, spangly lettering under their name. To only allow those people custom ranks would be a bit of a kick in the teeth to just about everyone else.

Cynics might note that Site Staff now appears in your list... just as you become one! Heh.

[Raistlin]

*sigh*

Unne, I'm just joking.

As I've said, I couldn't care less about custom titles, or any titles for that matter. What's under someones MB name doesn't make them better or worse. *shrugs*

EDIT: Except for "Recognized member" titles, solely because when scrolling down I can find my last post easier if the page(and thus, my avatar) hasn't fully loaded yet. :P

[Spatvark]

Originally posted by Purgatory
Actually, thinking about it; I like the idea of the Custom Title being only possessed by STAFF and recognised users, of which I'm neither.

I count Site Staff and Senior Site Staff as Staff in general since they have Staff in their name. Therefore, I included them BEFORE I got this shiny orangey thing underneath my name =P

[Del Murder]

What about people who pretend to be staff?

[Heath]

Originally posted by Del Murder
What about people who pretend to be staff?

Then they get their own pretend, special, colourful writing that doesn't not exist because it's pretend?

[Loony BoB]

I say we scrap them altogether and replace them with a counter that goes by dddd:hh:mm or something. Then we'd all get nothin' but the TRUTH, dammit.

But then again, the people who registered in uBB / past vBB would have to remember when they joined or something. But that's okay, because I know mine. So yeah.

Orrrrrrrr, we can bring back the post count system and live in a loverly paradise.

[Yamaneko]

Here's an idea: keep it exactly how it is now. Change is bad.