A little fun with ranks :-) [Archive]

tonmo

Apr 18th, 2003, 06:44pm

The TONMO.com Message Board system is now taking advantage of the "rank" feature. Members are ranked based on the number of posts they've posted to the message board. For example, users who have posted between 1 and 15 posts are given the rank "Larval Mass". From 15 to 40 posts you are a "Baby Bimac". You get the idea...

Member rank status appears to the left of member posts, above the avatar. The Webmaster (that's me) and Moderators are simply identified as such.

Note that you shouldn't try to post lots of meaningless/blank notes just to improve your rank, we'll all know what you're trying to do... :wink: :D

11/5/05 Edit: Here is the current list:

Lurker 0
Larval Mass 1
Pygmy Octopus 7
Cuttlefish 15
Blue Ring 30
O. bimaculoides 50
O. vulgaris 75
GPO 100
Wonderpus 175
Vampyroteuthis 250
Haliphron atlanticus 500
Architeuthis 1000
Colossal Squid 2500
Titanites 5000
Cthulhu 10000
TONMO.com Supporter - (special)
Moderator - (special)
Webmaster - (special)

tomossan

Apr 18th, 2003, 10:03pm

LOL, would i post a meaningless post? :P

LOL but yeah, it sound slike a good idea, althought possibly alkl it will do is encouarage ppl to spam.

kinda like this....

im confused.

tonmo

Apr 18th, 2003, 10:07pm

Nah, it's a well tested board feature, I just hadn't gotten around to using it here. Believe me, spam has no place here, it will be removed...

WhiteKiboko

Apr 18th, 2003, 11:00pm

i hope architeuthis, haliphron and mesonblahblah (whatever the full name is) lay beyond vapyroteuthis......maybe even put the highest level beneath moderator as cthulhu.....

Colin

Apr 19th, 2003, 04:35am

So what are the names for ranks anyway???

tonmo

Apr 19th, 2003, 07:56am

Ok, here are the ranks. Whitekiboko, right on the money!

(THIS HAS BEEN UPDATED, SEE NEW LIST ABOVE)

Ranks subject to change as the community grows... :cthulhu: I should note that ranks mean nothing at all -- just some fun eye candy. :cyclops:

WhiteKiboko

Apr 19th, 2003, 10:53am

Ok, here are the ranks. Whitekiboko, right on the money!

im either a genius, psychic, or neither.... so i guess people can only unofficially pull rank on someone....hmmmm not quite the power trip i was looking for, but i guess itll do... :)

"I am so smart, I am so smart, S, M, R, T.....i mean S, M, A, R, T"
- Homer Simpson

Colin

Apr 19th, 2003, 11:17am

So we are the only Architeuthis then? 8)

Architeuthoceras

Apr 19th, 2003, 04:02pm

I will be posting alot the next couple of days, just to get out of my diapers.

And Thanks for adding the Fossil Forum Tony :D

And Thanks to Tintenfische for the ammonite smiley :D :D

:ammonite:

tonmo

Apr 23rd, 2003, 09:14am

I've revised this slightly... :-) ...and subject to further edits.

THIS HAS BEEN EDITED, SEE MOST RECENT LIST ABOVE

lawfish

Apr 23rd, 2003, 11:55pm

Finally!

A way in which my verbosity (or is it typosity) will pay off! :yinyang:

Fujisawas Sake

Apr 24th, 2003, 01:45am

Giant Pacific Octopus?!?

I should be a Japanese Firefly Squid! :squid:

Hee hee! Thanks for the rank!

ROCK ON! :band:

Sushi and Sake,

John

Fujisawas Sake

Apr 24th, 2003, 03:00am

Oh, and if what Steve and Tintenfisch said is true, their squid specimens are already somewhat "rank" anyway...

Sushi and Sake, but hold the Tako-yaki

John

Steve O'Shea

Apr 24th, 2003, 06:22am

I think we should include this colossal ammonite Titanites in there somewhere (2000+).

Heavens, at 257 posts I haven't even made Architeuthis yet!!!! I'm still a giant gelatinous octopus.

tonmo

Apr 24th, 2003, 09:34am

Good idea Steve, will incoproate. Meanwhile, I've added rank values to the memberlist. Can't sort by them though...

tonmo

Apr 30th, 2003, 01:42pm

FYI, I've updated the Board Stats page to include all kinds of new statistical information about usage on this board.

It includes the breakdown of member ranks, plus a lot more. Perhaps most interesting is the "most commonly used words" list... I like the one that came in first... :)

The page will take several seconds to load (it takes a lot of work to crunch those numbers)... Enjoy!

[link removed!]

tonmo

Jun 10th, 2003, 10:10pm

The latest -- just finally added Titanites and made Cthulhu less... attainable... and added the most important rank of all, TONMO.com Supporter (http://www.tonmo.com/store/subscribe.php) :wink: :notworth:

(Note that even as a "special rank" such as Moderator, Webmaster or TONMO.com Supporter, your posts are still tallied and you are assigned your rank on the TONMO.com stats page.)

THIS LIST HAS BEEN EDITED; SEE SEED POST

:yinyang:

Fujisawas Sake

Jun 11th, 2003, 01:08am

Hell, I'm shooting for Cthulu! :P

Mr. Data, set course for Innsmouth. Damn the shadows! Full speed ahead!

Sushi and Sake,

John

WhiteKiboko

Jun 11th, 2003, 10:44am

what no Idioteuthis? maybe i could just use that as my title then....

:cthulhu: :heart: :beer:

chrono_war01

Feb 2nd, 2005, 01:06am

O..I'm already a Archi! :grin: No long before I go to Colossal when i post like 30 posts a day, right?

Squidman

Feb 20th, 2005, 09:28am

It's been a while since I checked how many posts I have, uh, posted. Wow, GPO already!

I think "Squidman" should be the top rank :wink:

chrono_war01

Feb 20th, 2005, 09:38am

Chrono should be the top rank, dumby.
And ha a GPO...Mr. General Post Office...

Squidman

Feb 20th, 2005, 11:02am

Chrono should be the top rank, dumby.
And ha a GPO...Mr. General Post Office...
:lol:

GPO87

Mar 6th, 2005, 11:47pm

... you guys have too much time on your hands... or maybe I'm too busy :mrgreen: . I'm at 20, although eventually in 500 years I might reach my goal, 125. Well, I wish you both luck in figuring out who is going to take over the top rank...

(By the way, sorry chrono, but I'm going to have to place my vote for squidman... it just sounds cooler!) :yinyang:

clownfish

Apr 20th, 2005, 10:08pm

wow thanks I wanted to now what that meant.

monty

Apr 20th, 2005, 11:42pm

So, I was a little sad that I couldn't see my rank anymore once I became a paid supporter... I was thinking it would be nice if it appended the rank after the supporter string...

Obviously, this isn't a big deal, but I thought it might be an easy change. Then again, maybe some people pay to hide their rank, I dunno....

cthulhu77

Apr 20th, 2005, 11:47pm

You have to send Tony nude photos to keep your rank, no, really.

Colin

Apr 21st, 2005, 03:19pm

hey, was i supposed to get to keep my rank for that?

tonmo

Apr 21st, 2005, 09:01pm

No need to show the full monty, monty.... :smile: your suggestion is somewhere on my to-do list... will get to it!

monty

Apr 21st, 2005, 09:07pm

No need to show the full monty, monty.... :smile: your suggestion is somewhere on my to-do list... will get to it!

Oh, ok. And if you don't mind, would you mind shredding any mail you get in a plain brown wrapper for about a week? :wink:

um...

Apr 21st, 2005, 09:41pm

:heee:

I thought about sending nude photos, but then it occurred to me that it would probably come across as more or less begging to be busted back to 'Larval Mass'. (Yep, that's meant to be dirty.)

cthulhu77

Apr 21st, 2005, 09:49pm

Oops, I did it again.

a rabid squid

Apr 21st, 2005, 09:52pm

that would be cool to be a cthulhu... im goin for it

a rabid squid

Apr 21st, 2005, 09:53pm

make cuthulhu 1000 posts thats cooler!!!

cthulhu77

Apr 21st, 2005, 10:05pm

got lost in the game,
ooohh, baby ,BABY...

GPO87

Jun 25th, 2005, 12:28pm

:confused: ... i don't really want to know :neutral:

chrono_war01

Jun 25th, 2005, 02:35pm

know what?

Chance180

Jun 26th, 2005, 08:04pm

Finally I understand why I'm a larval mass....sheesh, I was trying to change all kinds of things in my profile to get that off LOL. Now I find out all I have to do is post more? Okay, I'll try.

cthulhu77

Jun 26th, 2005, 08:17pm

See? You just did !!!
"you think I'm in love..."

greg

chrono_war01

Jun 26th, 2005, 10:50pm

well whoopeed do.

Squidman

Jun 29th, 2005, 02:05pm

got lost in the game,
ooohh, baby ,BABY...

Ha.

See? You just did !!!
"you think I'm in love..."

greg
Ha again.

I've learned not to ask about things like that, I just play along.

chrono_war01

Jun 29th, 2005, 03:14pm

never question one's sanity if you think he's insane.

cthulhu77

Jun 29th, 2005, 05:42pm

" a gift from above...."

"but I'm not that innocent..."

sorseress

Jun 29th, 2005, 07:10pm

Ok, I get all the rest of it,but what makes a "special contributor" so all fired "special"???

cthulhu77

Jun 29th, 2005, 10:52pm

I get to ride on the short bus ?

Chance180

Jun 30th, 2005, 12:47am

If the short bus is for short people, I'm in.....LOL :wink:

sorseress

Jun 30th, 2005, 01:22am

If the short bus is for short people, I'm in.....LOL :wink:

You too? I've been called shrimp so much I figure I'm octa bait.

chrono_war01

Jun 30th, 2005, 01:50am

yeh, and I'm squid chum, then.

Squid Queen

Aug 18th, 2005, 12:44am

You have to send Tony nude photos to keep your rank, no, really.
Oh my! I didn't know that was approved of! :grin: If being short means a one-way ticket on the short bus... I'm in!

tonmo

Nov 5th, 2005, 06:41pm

See seed post for updated list!

...and everyone now has their rank and title displayed on screen...

Phil

Nov 5th, 2005, 07:04pm

Excellent Tony. I always wanted to be an Architeuthis, and now I am. It's a secret, please don't let on....

tonmo

Nov 5th, 2005, 07:22pm

I'll repost it here for easy reference:

Lurker 0
Larval Mass 1
Pygmy Octopus 7
Cuttlefish 15
Blue Ring 30
O. bimaculoides 50
O. vulgaris 75
GPO 100
Wonderpus 175
Vampyroteuthis 250
Haliphron atlanticus 500
Architeuthis 1000
Colossal Squid 2500
Titanites 5000
Cthulhu 10000
TONMO.com Supporter - (special)
Moderator - (special)
Webmaster - (special)

cthulhu77

Nov 5th, 2005, 09:48pm

If I'm "special"...do I have to ride in the short bus?

chrono_war01

Nov 6th, 2005, 02:42am

If I'm "special"...do I have to ride in the short bus?

Hm...guess so, lead the way, Greg!

Dam, I've been demoted to a squid again.

GPO87

Nov 16th, 2005, 01:01pm

I'm a GPO, THAT'S APPROPRIATE!!!!:lol:

chrono_war01

Dec 23rd, 2005, 01:24am

Sure you are, Mr. General Post Office.

monty

Mar 9th, 2006, 10:22pm

Dang it, I've left the vampyromorphs and become a gelatinous blobule... there's no going back, so I guess I'll have to pay the price of posting silly nonsense: I have to post enough further silly nonsense to get back to the squids!

Speaking of posting silly nonsense, do posts on supporters count the same toward ranks? How about snide comments in response to spam threads which are subsequently deleted?

tonmo

Mar 10th, 2006, 06:04am

Posts in the Supporters forum DO count... as for deleted posts.... I just tested, and it does seem to affect your post count... i.e., if your post is deleted, your post count decreases...

Castor

Mar 10th, 2006, 09:39am

I guess I had better get posting silly nonsense!

cthulhu77

Mar 10th, 2006, 01:17pm

I guess I had better get posting silly nonsense!

We thought you had been ?

Castor

Mar 10th, 2006, 02:41pm

:roflmao:

More silly nonsnse.

cthulhu77

Mar 10th, 2006, 07:39pm

Aha ! I knew it ! And now...for the silly walks.

Castor

Mar 10th, 2006, 09:38pm

By the by, I got the card you sent. Thank you from all of us!

And now on to more silliness! And maybe some ceph stuff.

Animal JoBio

Mar 15th, 2006, 06:38pm

ok cool

tonmo

Mar 15th, 2006, 08:21pm

ok cool
...and as stated earlier in this thread, please DO NOT try to post aggressively for the sole purpose of trying to boost your rank. We have ways of bring folks back to zero.... :twisted: :wink:

um...

Mar 15th, 2006, 09:24pm

I want a negative post count! What rank do I get then? Some kind of stupid vertebrate or something?

cthulhu77

Mar 16th, 2006, 08:50am

-10 : Slug
-100: mouse
-1,000: Neil Diamond

Mar 16th, 2006, 09:32am

-2,000: Neil Diamond fan

cthulhu77

Mar 16th, 2006, 09:53am

whooooo...that one cuts deep !!! :lol:

Mar 16th, 2006, 10:12am

Better be careful, lest my status be re-established as "neurotic woman" :smile:

Tintenfisch

Mar 16th, 2006, 02:22pm

-2,000: Neil Diamond fan

:roflmao: :thumbsup:

Henceforth we shall call ND 'the Antisquid.'

Mar 16th, 2006, 03:42pm

Would that be this one? :grin:

bigGdelta

Mar 16th, 2006, 05:42pm

And lo, the skies did break open and a horrible sound as of the gnashing of teeth and a thousand fingernails upon a cosmic blackboard and the anti-squid began to sing.

GPO87

Mar 19th, 2006, 08:41pm

I think I'm afraid to post now... I took all this time just to get up to a GPO level (impressive considering my name) and I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO ZERO!!!!!

sorseress

Apr 20th, 2006, 12:58pm

OMG! I'm about to become a short, wide, gelatinous bathypelagic blob!
Arrrgh! I like vampys better.

monty

Apr 20th, 2006, 01:08pm

OMG! I'm about to become a short, wide, gelatinous bathypelagic blob!
Arrrgh! I like vampys better.

Yup, but it's really just the waiting room until you get :archi: status...

sorseress

Apr 20th, 2006, 01:17pm

But it's such a l-o-n-g wait.

cuttlegirl

Apr 20th, 2006, 01:27pm

monty

Apr 20th, 2006, 02:31pm

Sorceress,

I was thinking the same thing. It took me so long to get through Vampyroteuthis and while I want to get to Architeuthis, I kind of want to skip the gelatinous blob stage... I guess I will just have to post a lot of meaningless stuff in supporters (500 or so... :razz: ). Only 14 'til I get to the gelatinous blob stage...

And to that end, I humbly submit the lyrics from the theme song to the (original) "The Blob" movie, as best I remember them:

Beware of the blob! It creeps, it leaps, it glides and slides across the floor, and to the door, and all around the room(?), look out, be careful of the blob!

Hard to believe I've wasted brain cells on that, but it's a catchy tune...

(doing my part to escape gelatinousity)

sorseress

Apr 20th, 2006, 02:45pm

chrono_war01

Apr 20th, 2006, 02:57pm

I prefered the ND thread. :grin:

sorseress

Apr 20th, 2006, 03:15pm

That's a good one too. We can get lots of mileage out of that one! I wish we had a smilie of "the Scream" That would be perfect for the ND thread.:lol:

chrono_war01

Apr 20th, 2006, 03:49pm

Poor Steve O.......

I propse that Posters with 0 posts be ranked as "Neil Daimonds"!

monty

Apr 20th, 2006, 04:01pm

That's a good one too. We can get lots of mileage out of that one! I wish we had a smilie of "the Scream" That would be perfect for the ND thread.:lol:

How's this? It's from the lithograph version, which appears to be public domain, cropped and shrunk.

2387

I don't know how to have Tony add that to the icons, though... Tony?

edit: here's a try with transparency:
2388

sorseress

Apr 20th, 2006, 05:43pm

Very good!!! Tony?

cuttlegirl

Apr 20th, 2006, 10:52pm

Originally posted by Sorceress
OMG! I'm about to become a short, wide, gelatinous bathypelagic blob!
Arrrgh! I like vampys better.

Me too!

bigGdelta

Apr 21st, 2006, 01:02am

the scream would make an excellent smilie. Sorry about both of your impending blobhoods. Guess I'm just a couple of months away myself.

sorseress

Apr 21st, 2006, 01:49am

Mine is no longer impending...I am officially a blob. :cry:

monty

Apr 21st, 2006, 02:40am

I think it's time for a Neil icon, as well as the anti-Neil:

2389

2390

just so we have something to scream about...

bigGdelta

Apr 21st, 2006, 03:12am

Now I really need the scream smilie. is it possible to die from sequin poisoning?

cuttlegirl

Apr 21st, 2006, 07:49am

AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

tonmo

Apr 22nd, 2006, 09:49am

I'll be adding these soon, thanks Monty!

tonmo

Apr 30th, 2006, 07:23pm

I haven't forgotten about these -- technical difficulties are preventing me from doing this on a whim. But I will get to it soon!

cuttlegirl

May 19th, 2006, 10:26pm

As posted by Tony
Lurker 0
Larval Mass 1
Pygmy Octopus 7
Cuttlefish 15
Blue Ring 30
O. bimaculoides 50
O. vulgaris 75
GPO 100
Wonderpus 175
Vampyroteuthis 250
Haliphron atlanticus 500
Architeuthis 1000
Colossal Squid 2500
Titanites 5000
Cthulhu 10000

Tony, why is there only a generic cuttlefish at 15 posts and all of these species of Octopus? Aren't they cool enough/big enough/loved enough???

WhiteKiboko

May 19th, 2006, 11:46pm

Is this not The Octopus News Magazine Online? :smile:

cttlfish

May 20th, 2006, 12:43am

Equal rights for cuttlefish! are we to believe that cuttlefish deserve less love just for not being octopuses? did they choose to be cuttlefish? I ask you is discrimination based on species justified?

.....:tomato:

sigh, I've never been a good philishophical speaker, but this imbalance seems a bit pronounced....

tonmo

May 21st, 2006, 03:21pm

finally got the smilies up!

:no_diamond:

cuttlegirl

May 21st, 2006, 03:39pm

Wow Tony!

Thanks for the ND one...:sagrin:

I guess I better be careful or :oshea: will :yelling: and I will be :silenced:

May 21st, 2006, 05:15pm

:no_diamond: :no_diamond: :no_diamond: :no_diamond: :no_diamond: :no_diamond: :no_diamond: :no_diamond: :no_diamond: :no_diamond: :no_diamond: :no_diamond: :no_diamond: :no_diamond::no_diamond: