New Ranking System - Will the l33tness Stop?

taskara · Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2003 1:35 pm Post subject:

if you're gonna change it, no problems.. just it's late and I'm tired and perspective on what is important and what isn't just differs from 9am in the morning with a hot cup of coffee

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masseya · Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2003 1:38 pm Post subject:

Moving from Off The Wall. Please post forums related threads in GFF.
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axxackall · Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2003 4:22 pm Post subject:

another alternative, in case if the frequency of posts is in count:

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Carlos · Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2003 10:58 am Post subject:

Personally, I really like the 'l33t' rank, and I've been mildly yearning for it ever since I learned of its existence. It's not like I'm a script kiddie who calls himself a 31337 h4x0r, I just find l33tspeak to be ridiculous enough that you can use snippets of it in a self-parodizing manner which I find funny.

But if 78% want a change, then it'll probably happen sooner or later; I voted #2 because the penguinness is great. I don't think something Jedi-based (or based on any other mythos) would be a good idea, if we had to do something like that I think it'd be more interesting to take ranks from various different worlds (but then people would spend weeks arguing about whether Paul Muad'Dib could kick Yoda's ass - and in any case it wouldn't be all that appropriate to our forums anyway).

I can't wait to be a zippy fast Gentoo penguin.
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idl · Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2003 11:20 am Post subject:

Just change the damn ranks and be done with it!

This has been going on for ages...
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masseya · Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2003 1:02 pm Post subject:

razamatan · Apprentice Joined: 28 Feb 2003 Posts: 159

i want custom ranks...

screw rank systems based on # of posts... let our creativity show up a little more....

i offered a suggestion on the other thread, but it didn't show up here... maybe b/c i didn't solidify actual ranks.
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Carlos · Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2003 6:21 am Post subject:

axxackall · Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2003 7:15 am Post subject:

Carlos · Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2003 7:43 am Post subject:

Carlos · Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2003 12:47 pm Post subject:

In any case, the penguin vote, even split, is still a plurarity, and accounts for 37% of the total vote, and 43% of those who want to change the ranking system. I think this is at least grounds for starting an official poll on whether to change the system, perhaps after we settle on a final proposed penguin-based ranking system. Mods, admins, what do you say?
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PowerFactor · Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2003 1:49 am Post subject:

Pleeeease dont take my l33tness away from me! :cry:

Having Guru by my nick was the one that bothered me most (or maybe it was that snooty looking owl I had for an avatar :roll:

). l33t seems much more tounge-in-cheek to me.

I voted 1, but 2, 3 or 6 woud be fine.

I couldn't care less really, I just want to be l33t forever.

pilla · Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2003 3:06 am Post subject:

Change your username to l33t or l33t.something

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PowerFactor · Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2003 3:11 am Post subject:

lol, It just wouldn't be the same.

shagrat · Apprentice Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 218 Location: Norway

Only about half a day until the poll closes, so do all your final woting now.

insanecanuck · Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 9:28 pm Post subject:

I'd have to say number 6, as it represents exactly what the ranks do: count the number of posts.
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someguy · Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2003 8:36 am Post subject:

i agree i think we should just leave it the way it is i mean does it really matter ive seen people on the forum with the rank of noobie and they know more than i do :-P

my 2 cents
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Genone · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2003 4:12 am Post subject:

Ok, this is my last post as l33t (number 999) and in about 2 weeks I won't even be a Veteran anymore, so the topic doesn't affect me much. From the given choices I think #6 is the best as it links to Gentoo Forums experience. I agree that the ranking system isn't much important, but it can motivate some people to answer more threads sometimes (I know it motivated me in the last days of my apprentice status, just to get rid of that one :wink:

, and the people who know me should know I'm not spending a lot of my time with chatting), so it might be of some use.

That said, is there any deadline when this poll takes effect ?