Author Topic: i have a carazy idea (Read 12506 times)

PIAC · « **on:** September 16, 2003, 12:36:28 AM »

well not that crazy, but anyway.

how hard and what would be the likelyhood of you guys (well rick i guess) coding in a set of say 20-30 user titles (like you guys have, VIP, Staff Writer, etc) and letting people vote for the one that best suits other people, for example one of the options could be 'insane' and we could all vote that one for Infernal Monkey (read his posts ;P)

just an idea i came up with

KnowsNothing · « **Reply #1 on:** September 16, 2003, 09:19:21 AM »

Perfect! Great idea! Not happening, though. What would I be?

KnowsNothing
"Local Idiot who people think is Australian"

manunited4eva22 · « **Reply #2 on:** September 16, 2003, 01:10:47 PM »

I suggested something similar a long time ago. Have a poster of the month, staff can decide who, as it will give a good example to the new guys to follow. Billy gave a no, but hey it's still out there.

KnowsNothing · « **Reply #3 on:** September 16, 2003, 01:33:11 PM »

hhhhhmmmmm....also not a bad idea. But then the title "poster of the month" would only last a month. I'd like something permanent. but like I said, I don't see it happening.

Grey Ninja · « **Reply #4 on:** September 16, 2003, 05:23:15 PM »

I'm for that, but I want to be Princess of the Month.

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #5 on:** September 16, 2003, 05:43:40 PM »

I think they should bring back user titles- they wouldn't have to give them out to everyone, just the posters they like best, but it'd be cool to see some titles on us.

Grey Ninja · « **Reply #6 on:** September 16, 2003, 05:51:44 PM »

No No No! Not their favorites! I would NEVER get a custom title then. I vote we give the custom titles to the people closest to being banned.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #7 on:** September 16, 2003, 07:42:20 PM »

I've wanted custom titles for a while now...It's boring to see "PGC forum user" all the time...

I would like "Demure Miko" ^_^

KnowsNothing · « **Reply #8 on:** September 19, 2003, 04:51:35 PM »

Mods? What'd ya think? Yes or no? Si o no? Yarg or narg? Pie or poo?

Infernal Monkey · « **Reply #9 on:** September 19, 2003, 07:39:18 PM »

Ahahaha, awesome idea.

The 'PGC Forum User' for everybody is getting a bit stale! Kind of like this breadroll sitting here that was meant to be lunch....

Grey Ninja · « **Reply #10 on:** September 19, 2003, 08:10:36 PM »

heh... I made myself a banana paralyzer milkshake last night... you should see how stale THAT is. It just looks nasty right now. I can't believe I was drinking out of that glass last night.

robofish · « **Reply #11 on:** October 24, 2003, 04:36:50 AM »

What I've seen on some forums is after a person posts a certain number of times (say, 1000), they can put up a custom name. Which forum was it I saw this on...? I forget.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #12 on:** October 24, 2003, 04:39:10 AM »

It's N-philes, I think...The only thing on another forum that I would like here ^_^

robofish · « **Reply #13 on:** October 24, 2003, 04:52:06 AM »

Naw, actually it was a Star Wars forum... I totally went blank concerning the name though.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #14 on:** October 24, 2003, 05:58:33 AM »

The official Serious Sam forums had that as well. Minimum was 500.

The Omen · « **Reply #15 on:** October 24, 2003, 06:47:17 AM »

Good idea. I also like my idea(if i do say so myself) thats in the 'there should be a way to...' thread below. But either way would be cool.

vudu · « **Reply #16 on:** November 05, 2003, 11:57:25 AM »

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Originally posted by: robofish
What I've seen on some forums is after a person posts a certain number of times (say, 1000), they can put up a custom name. Which forum was it I saw this on...? I forget.

bad idea. all that does is encourage people posting large amounts of crap to hit the minimum.

CardBoardBox · « **Reply #17 on:** November 05, 2003, 03:53:56 PM »

they should give the titles to the people who post regularly!!! not the ones that just sit here....

CardBoardBox · « **Reply #18 on:** November 05, 2003, 03:55:12 PM »

and sleep...

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #19 on:** November 05, 2003, 04:21:45 PM »

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Originally posted by: kingvudu
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Originally posted by: robofish
What I've seen on some forums is after a person posts a certain number of times (say, 1000), they can put up a custom name. Which forum was it I saw this on...? I forget.

bad idea. all that does is encourage people posting large amounts of crap to hit the minimum.

Very true- maybe the mods could decide who gets to have custom titles based on people's posts, encouraging people to post good rather than a lot.

CardBoardBox · « **Reply #20 on:** November 05, 2003, 04:31:52 PM »

do you mean like if you hit 500 you automatically get a title...cause on some forums people at like 500 lets just say they become a ninja...but everyone with 500 posts would be a ninja...and thats bad..cause its not special...but i dont like the number of posts thing. I say it should be for the people who post regularly or active.! so it encourages people to be active etc.

Bloodworth · « **Reply #21 on:** November 05, 2003, 11:39:13 PM »

Maybe we should make anti-post count titles. Like instead of saying you're an "elite samurai ninja ogre" or something, they could say things like "My girlfriend hates me now", "I have no life", or "Have you seen my legs?"

People would probably still be dumb enough to think that the titles make them cool or something, and unfortunately, would continue posting to raise their count. But I'll think about it.

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #22 on:** November 06, 2003, 02:28:46 AM »

If you have those titles, Daniel, the boards will be even slower than they are now, and you don't want that, do you?

Pale · « **Reply #23 on:** November 06, 2003, 02:40:01 AM »

What about having good titles but basing them on a rating instead of straight up post count... Say any user can vote on a post based on some different things...

CaraZy, Informative, Funny, Boring, IT BLOWS, etc.

Kind of like what the mods on /. do..... Then you take those ratings and give titles out based on that. That way if someone votes a ton, but its all stupid, they will end up with a title like "I'm a F*cking Moron". =P

vudu · « **Reply #24 on:** November 06, 2003, 04:18:19 AM »

if pgc really wanted to have some sort of minimum number of posts to get a custom title, they should put another minimum on like such as must be a registered member for at least 6 months, or an average number of posts per day of such-and-such.

now that i think about it, average number of posts might not be such a good idea, because it could encourage someone posting 30 times in one day after not posting for a month just to get up to one post per day. perhaps mode would work better? anyone here who's mathmatically inclined have a suggestion as to how it could work?

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