How about a "ladder" of custom user titles ?

[TruB]

since n00b could be an insult.. well then i cant propose one.. n00b is my best..
if somebody could get some cool cs sayings.. or DoD too maybe.. not n00b but anything else.. then could someone just make a list of that´..

like:
sniper
rifleman
'nader
team leader
camper (insult?)
SAS
TKer (insult?)

maybe another system.. i dont mind the insults.. its just ranks..

[stefanhendriks]

Some titles (from beginner till l33t guy)

1. One of many
2. Visitor
3. Frequent Visitor
4. Member
5. Busy Member
6. Walking library

... i ran out of ideas now

[Onno Kreuzinger]

allthough i write a lot (too much allready?) i dont think a rank system woud be good (this leads to spamming). i would suggest a soft vote system with only few possibilities, e.g.
if someone helps many people others will also notice that, and they should then also be able to influence the helpers "rank".
an extra could be some temporary titles like "helper of the month" or "book of the year" , "summers hot lips"... which are shown only for that time but also boost that rank. this for each forum and one for all. at this point mods (right now there are enough) could also interact to filter and encourage certain behaviour.

just my 2 cents

[Pierre-Marie Baty]

wow this is getting complicated...
I'm not sure it's a good idea after all... actually I don't have any opinion anymore... o_O

so I'll let it for you guys to debate

[stefanhendriks]

I suggest to drop an automatic ranking system as it can be abused. I know admins can change people ranks, so when they earn it, they might get a rank. If not, then i don't think people should be just staring to much at their 'rank', its still a name. Heck, i don't even look at it.

[rob]

Originally Posted by stefanhendriks

Some titles (from beginner till l33t guy)

1. One of many
2. Visitor
3. Frequent Visitor
4. Member
5. Busy Member
6. Walking library

... i ran out of ideas now

i think that is clever.
frequent visitor cracks me up.

Originally Posted by Pierre-Marie Baty

wow this is getting complicated...
I'm not sure it's a good idea after all... actually I don't have any opinion anymore...

im so glad it got this complicated.
this is my favorite thread right now.

perhaps you could base the ranking on registration date...

rank = startDate / activity;

thank you for letting me share.

[botmeister]

Originally Posted by rob

perhaps you could base the ranking on registration date...

rank = startDate / activity;

1. Comatose
2. Some Movement
3. Awake
4. Active
5. Hyperactive
6. Flying

[Pierre-Marie Baty]

LOL @ botmeister's!!!

Unfortunately the forum software won't allow the ranks to be based on anything but the post counts.... and I think we need more ranks... no less than 10, I'd say

[botmeister]

and I think we need more ranks... no less than 10

OK, last one ...

1. Sperm / Egg (M/F)
2. Embryo
3. Baby
4. Toddler
5. Tween
6. Teen
7. Adolescent
8. Adult
9. Middleaged
10. Senior
11. R.I.P

[Onno Kreuzinger]

Originally Posted by botmeister

5. Tween
6. Teen

i know i'm childish *g*,
but didn't know all tweens are like this