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I agree. Every person, upon reaching custom avatar status (500 posts, or a year), shall get to choose their own title, subject to peer review (all other custom avatarers), and if after three choices, they cannot get a title that adequatly suits their personality or contribution to the site, then the peers vote a selection commitee, who then propose three more title suggestions, which are then voted upon by the community as a whole, via a poll here in the Apolyton/Community forum.
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Concrete, Abstract, or Squoingy?
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I dont ahve Jan 1970 so your argument falls down, i want the originals here to be recognised ...Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Blah, blah, blah. Are the elitists powering up again so no 'newbie' such as even myself should get a look in. Oh what a surprise, you have a Jan 1970 after your title.
you dont need the elder title, elder is to do with age (in this case age of regsitration) not how much of a mark you hav emade. you have been rewarded with an emporers title for all your postsI know the score around here, I know who is who, better than most 1970s and I have made my mark on the Apolyton forums, both off- and on-topic. I should, hypothetically, be just as eligable for the 'elder' title.
again each of these two have a title showing their role hereOr what about MLeonard or MichaeltheGreat, both registered in the latter part of 1999, who can most certainly be described as significant members of the community, a damn sight more than many Jan 1970s.
the merit is that they joined before apolyton existedSo no, this would not be a sensible move, and I am sure the admins/mods would agree with me. Each case should be judged on it's merits.
jan 1970 is before most of us had a computer .....
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Prvovost, "Blah, blah, blah. Are the elitists powering up again so no 'newbie' such as even myself should get a look in. Oh what a surprise, you have a Jan 1970 after your title."
Oh what a surprise, you're near deity. Maybe you’re the real elitist around here and just anxious the value of your deity status would be diminished.
Either that or you failed to grasp what my proposal is all about. The elder status would complement the current titles based on spam stimulating post counts, not replace it. The intention behind an age based title is not to reward your current contribution to the forums, something which post-counts also fails to achieve, but to reward longevity.
The 1970’ers are the founders of the community, they created its traditions, preserved its heritage and they are a fountain of wisdom and knowledge of our history. My conclusion is that they ought to be respected as such.
Wombat, you're proposal is a fine one, but I believe it's a bit elaborate and thus impractical.DISCLAIMER: the author of the above written texts does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for any offence and insult; disrespect, arrogance and related forms of demeaning behaviour; discrimination based on race, gender, age, income class, body mass, living area, political voting-record, football fan-ship and musical preference; insensitivity towards material, emotional or spiritual distress; and attempted emotional or financial black-mailing, skirt-chasing or death-threats perceived by the reader of the said written texts.Comment
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too complicated
hope you werent serious there IW.....
And if number of posts equals status then i guess for the past month i am the most influential
but PC does not represent contribution, not in al lcases anyway, we know all of ALexander Horses posts are valauble and he justly deserves the title of diety, but do we think all posters who get to 10000 posts are deitys NO... most will be dirty rotten spammers
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... and some have contributed massive amounts of verbiage without actually having any impact beyond making a thread longer. One high-ranking person has posted essentially the same message thousands of times (in a nutshell, "I'm great, you suck"). It seems that much of what some deity/emperor players post is just spam spam spam. (If they contributed before my arrival, then I stand corrected.)Originally posted by Provost Harrison
...some people have contributed more in 3 months than some have in 3 years...
How to separate contribution from blather? One might suggest the number of words per post, but that would be too imprecise. It seems that using post count isn't really going to resolve this.The first President of the first Apolyton Democracy Game (CivII, that is)
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This is getting old
All of this just makes me think that I was right in my belief that titles cause nothing but problems, and PC is a waste of time.
You want titles? Here are some, all that is needed:
For Mark and Dan: Administraters/Owners
For all the forum mods: Moderator
For everyone else: Apolyton poster
Enough of this stuff.I believe Saddam because his position is backed up by logic and reason...David Floyd
i'm an ignorant greek...MarkGComment
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No titles !!!
ahhh sounds like communism Comrade, we are all equal !!!GM of MAFIA #40 ,#41, #43, #45,#47,#49-#51,#53-#58,#61,#68,#70, #71Comment
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No Ras, it's democracy, and freedom, not communism.Originally posted by Rasputin
ahhh sounds like communism Comrade, we are all equal !!!
And to get back on point, I'm perfectly serious about my proposal. We debate this endlessly, but the fact is, PH is right, there are a few elist people here who cling to titles, and would never go for it.I believe Saddam because his position is backed up by logic and reason...David Floyd
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Democracy isnt about us all having the same title, thats communism , freedom is about being able to post absolutely whatever we want. we cant do that either here as these are private forums not public ones, it is a priveledge to post here not a right...Originally posted by Chris 62
No Ras, it's democracy, and freedom, not communism.
to suitably honour those who have been here from the start, and seen all the changes and yet stayed with it, it would be nice to give them a new title..... not to remove the titles already earned by the mutli posters who have posted their way to emporer and above with very meaningful posts both at OT when it counted and here on Topic.
come on mark/dan/ming etal please give this serious consideration !!!GM of MAFIA #40 ,#41, #43, #45,#47,#49-#51,#53-#58,#61,#68,#70, #71Comment
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too complicated - but very fair
Not entirely serious, and I realise it will never be accepted, but that would be democratic, rather than the kill-all-post-counts communist approach.Originally posted by Rasputin
hope you werent serious there IW.....Concrete, Abstract, or Squoingy?
"I don't believe in giving scripting languages because the only additional power they give users is the power to create bugs." - Mike Breitkreutz, FiraxisComment
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Another way to say it:Originally posted by Chris 62
All of this just makes me think that I was right in my belief that titles cause nothing but problems, and PC is a waste of time.
You want titles? Here are some, all that is needed:
For Mark and Dan: Administraters/Owners
For all the forum mods: Moderator
For everyone else: Apolyton poster
Enough of this stuff.
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won't somebody think of the elders?
I'm extremely disappointed so many people engage themselves in ideological warfare instead of caring to bring recognition to the 1970'ers by granting them a well-earned title.DISCLAIMER: the author of the above written texts does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for any offence and insult; disrespect, arrogance and related forms of demeaning behaviour; discrimination based on race, gender, age, income class, body mass, living area, political voting-record, football fan-ship and musical preference; insensitivity towards material, emotional or spiritual distress; and attempted emotional or financial black-mailing, skirt-chasing or death-threats perceived by the reader of the said written texts.Comment
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I still think my suggestion is the fairest.Concrete, Abstract, or Squoingy?
"I don't believe in giving scripting languages because the only additional power they give users is the power to create bugs." - Mike Breitkreutz, FiraxisComment
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Not entirely. As I said previously, it's too elaborate and it lacks transparency so it's open to external manipulation. A standard exams would be much fairer because it ensures a level playing field and it also simplifies the entire process thus making it more transparent.DISCLAIMER: the author of the above written texts does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for any offence and insult; disrespect, arrogance and related forms of demeaning behaviour; discrimination based on race, gender, age, income class, body mass, living area, political voting-record, football fan-ship and musical preference; insensitivity towards material, emotional or spiritual distress; and attempted emotional or financial black-mailing, skirt-chasing or death-threats perceived by the reader of the said written texts.Comment
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For Mark and Dan: Administraters/Owners
For all the forum mods: Moderator
For everyone else: Apolyton poster
*Ahem* I think 'News Editor' should be title too.
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