A little fun with ranks :-)

[cthulhu77]

so far, so good. Look, massive balls of snot floating around in the ocean aren't all of thaaaaat bad, are they?

You could be a cat. Cat's smell bad.

 

[chrono_war01]

Greg, you're spelling it all wrong. It's Kat, not cat.

 

[sorseress]

Greg, you're spelling it all wrong. It's Kat, not cat.

It's a good thing that a certain someone is not at her computer or you would really be stacking up demerits!

 

[tonmo]

I am pleased to announce the revised ranking system. I think this is much better than the last! There's only one revision, highlighted in bold.

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 2499
Colossal Squid 2500
Titanites 5000
Cthulhu 10000

 

[cuttlegirl]

AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhh!

Sigh, this is so unfair... I guess that's why you are called the WebMASTER...

Are you tired of our pointless posts just to graduate to a better life???

 

[tonmo]

Ah well, ok, that was fun. I'll try again...

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
Sepia elegans ("The Elegant Cuttlefish") 750
Architeuthis 1000
Colossal Squid 2500
Titanites 5000
Cthulhu 10000

 

[Phil]

Interesting. Architeuthis rank is just for one post before promotion to Colossal Squid. I assume that this is to reflect that to spot one on TONMO will be as rare as spotting one in reality.

If Drs Kubodera and Mori ever log onto this forum (heaven forbid), I'm sure they'll find one.

 

[Phil]

Oh dear. Tony's gone and changed the rank system again in the few seconds between me reading it, writing the above and pushing 'send message'. Consequently my post above makes no sense.

No changes there then.

 

[cuttlegirl]

Tony is just trying to annoy the gelatinous blobs and their campaign to better themselves...

By the way Tony,

Thank you!!!

I feel so much better now...

 

[sorseress]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

 

[Cephkid]

Why is it so bad to be Haliphron atlanticus anyway?

 

[sorseress]

Do you really like being thought of as a large gelatious blob???

 

[Cephkid]

Well there must be something to them besides being "blobs", why else would they have been chosen to make up an entire 250(before was 500, as you well know) posts in the first place?

 

[sorseress]

They are larg(ish) and bathypelagic, so they are rarely seen.

 

[erich orser]

I happen to have been quite proud to be a large gelatinous blob, thank you very much! Made me feel a bit like later-period Orson Welles! Only a marine variety...