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Everything's Magic
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[QUESTION] Question
Don't you get it? A question!!!

Okay, I'm wondering what "boot" signifies.

It has to do with the post ranks. There's boot, then veteran (I believe), and I can't remember what comes after that. I'm just wondering if it's ARG related or just random.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:07 pm
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SirQuady
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Greenhorn is the lowest, then boot, then veteran...keeps going. Some people have special titles...


I'm pretty sure it's just random Very Happy

Either that or its the groundwork for an elaborate ARG that will begin whence someone reaches 10,000 posts...
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:11 pm
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There's a thread in the General section that deals with all the user subtitles.
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Everything's Magic
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rowan wrote:
There's a thread in the General section that deals with all the user subtitles.


Thanks.

Please Locky!.

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Since I never actually answered what the ranks mean in the other thread, what the hell, I'll do it here.

Of course, I started changing the default ranks immediately when we set up this board. I knew that I wanted to call 0-posters lurkers because, hey, it just makes sense seeing as how that's what we already called people who read along but didn't post.

But what happens when they post? Well, the first thing that sprang to mind was an image of someone poking their head into a room to check things out and this pretty much immediately led me to Kilroy, which is a somewhat dated American pop culture reference from around WWII.

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Naturally, the next thing I thought of was military terms. Hence, we have Greenhorn at 3, Boot (as in boot camp) at 10, Veteran at 70, and Decorated at 150.

At this point, as I am often wont to do, I reconsidered the entire idea and decided it might lead people to think that posting a lot was a good thing, or some sort of competition. I mean why else would you have ranks? So then I started into un-military, more-ARGish terms, such as Unfettered, Entrenched, and Unfictologist. Yeah, for some reason I never suspected anyone would ever hit 1250 posts.

But they did, eventually. So hmmm, those were still looking a little too tempting to try to reach but were just too damn clever to throw out. Clearly, the only solution was to switch it up yet again. Thus, the next ranks added were "I Have No Life," "Pretty talky there aintcha, Talky?" and "I Never Tire of My Own Voice." Yes, there are more.

As far as I'm concerned, post ranks are silly as a measure of a poster's merit but I'm a sucker for statistics so there they are. Most people who have been around long enough to hit those higher ranks should have enough experience to understand that the higher rank names are not meant to insult those who earn them but to serve as an example to newer members: The way these ranks are set up, I hope they encourage new people to join in and participate while also demonstrating that quality over quantity is key.

Some haven't liked them and have requested custom titles, which disappoints me a little. But then I'm still waiting for someone to make an "Unfiction Sucks" bumper sticker.
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Karensa
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Ahh

I'm glad you cleared up the Boot title.

I guess I was suffering from a complex or something - I actually thought it was a warning label - that people in that post ranking were automatically pink slipped for being booted if they couldn't manage to get to a higher ranking, thus proving they weren't trolls and dipshits.

Sort of like "on notice" - boot means you may not be here long, depends on how ya act! This is your trial period!

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I know. Trout
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Everything's Magic
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SpaceBass wrote:
Some haven't liked them and have requested custom titles, which disappoints me a little. But then I'm still waiting for someone to make an "Unfiction Sucks" bumper sticker.


lol... I wouild gladly wear that as a custom title Razz

But thanks for clearing that all up, man. I don't know much about the military, so I gained a bit of added knowledge then.

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Re: Ahh

Karensa wrote:
I know. Trout


Umm, yeah, you might want to take a look at the glossary-entry for trout too, because I'm not sure if you got the meaning for that completely right... at least not if you think it means "silly me, I should have known better" Wink
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SirQuady
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Space, i love the LUE one. (keeping it suitably vague). Very Happy
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Rankings

I love the rankings, i got so excited when I reached Veteran. Yippee Very Happy

i think that once you get to a certain amount of posts you should be able to choose a custom rank. Mine would be "Can't...deny...the glowing box"
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Rankings

MeCon wrote:
i think that once you get to a certain amount of posts you should be able to choose a custom rank.


Talk to SpaceBass - it's a few, the proud, the moderators who end up with specific designations. Keep hanging around and fall into the rabbithole of ARGs, visit with us at an ARGFest, and you might find yourself imbedded in unFiction.

Or just save yourself from hours and hours of internet surfing, puzzle solving, red herring chasing. Wink
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SirQuady
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Quote:
RUN, don't walk, to the nearest exit


I'm less interested in getting my post count up for new titles as I am to see what the next one is when kona, or whomever, gets up to the next milestone.
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MeCon
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yeah, but dont you feel like youve made an accomplishment when you go up in rank?
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SirQuady
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Yes, a bit. Though it usually takes me a bit to notice that the change has occured.

Heck, when i was reading this thread a minute ago, I had to go and look at my current rank just to see what it was!
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i know what you mean, i didnt notice my rank went up from boot till i was ten posts in to being a veteran
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