MrFlibble Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Does a Fedaykin have to obey a Burseg's command? :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edric O Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Well, hopefully the coloured text, bolded topics and flags will be back soon. In the mean time, here is a list of the custom ranks and the post numbers associated with them:0 posts - Ghola1-24 posts: Sand Flea25-49: Desert Mongoose50-99: Sandwalker100-249: Desert Warrior250-499: Mentat500-999: Swordsmaster1000-1499: Fedaykin1500-2499: Naib2500-4999: Shai Hulud5000-7499: Burseg7500-9999: Siridar Lord10000-??: Padishah Emperor??-??: Secret rank #1??-??: Secret rank #2Two ranks are secret because no one has reached the required post number yet. Currently we have:1 Padishah Emperor (Acriku-)2 Siridar Lords (Andrew and Gobalopper)11 Bursegs (Nema Fakei, Dunenewt, Edric O, Lowzeewee, Caid Ivik, Anathema, Dante, Rene Smeitink, TMA-1, Timenn and Inoculator9).Edit: Updated ranks to reflect the changes made a few days after this post was written. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Does a Fedaykin have to obey a Burseg's command? :PUm, yes! Yes you do. Go clean up Fanfiction for me, it's a terrible mess. All dusty. We may have to make an exception to that rule though. I'm not sure I'm comfortable with the notion of Acriku bossing Gob around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edric O Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Wait until we have two Padishah Emperors running around... it will be civil war! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mihail Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Here it goes again! Didn't we use to have a spam thread? Or forum? Or am I mixing something up? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edric O Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Ok, ok, back to serious conversation.I would have thought that the request for information on obtaining psychedelics was enough to lock the chemistry topic...Well yes, there was that request, but it is not technically against the rules, and no information on the subject was actually provided. Hence my decision to unlock the topic, at least as long as I have no word from other mods one way or the other.Everyone loves the ranks. Heirarchical discrimination, mwa ha!Except, of course, for the fact that they do not give you any actual power. You know, like the British monarchy. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edric O Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 It appears that our colours, bolded topics and flags are back! Hail Gob! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 All hail the Eater of Small Children! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner154 Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 The Maha Gobbie triumphs once again!Man... back in the day, when we had the custom ranks, I think I was a desert mongoose or a sandwalker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunenewt Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Hmm...the ranks aren't quite as I remember them. What happened to Mentat and Swordsmaster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edric O Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 We had no record of the old ranks so we had to make up new ones based on what we could remember.I'm not sure how difficult it is to change the ranks after they've been implemented. Looking over the member list I did notice an enormous number of Sand Fleas - something like 75% of all members are Sand Fleas now (they have under 100 posts). So maybe it would be a good idea to add a couple of extra ranks, if that's not too much of a hassle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timenn Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Adding ranks yourself is not a big problem. Thankfully SMF is that friendly.Getting Gob to do it, well that may take some big loads of goats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner154 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 If Gob requires motivation by food, maybe there's someone who is in charge and NOT Gob after all!I don't think we should add new ranks. Having too many ranks would make each rank less significant than before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khan Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 It's not so much that he requires motivation it's more appeasement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunenewt Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 It was:Sand Flea: 1-25Desert Mongoose: 26-50Mentat and Swordsmaster were higher up, can't remember how high though.Edit - http://web.archive.org/web/20011217002020/www.dune2k.com/forum/YaBB.pl?board=emperor-general;action=display;num=1004581236Take a look at the that poster, Bryon. Is that Bryon Merritt?Anyway:Sand Flea 1 -> 24Desert Mongoose 25 -> 49Sword Master 50 -> 99Mentat 100 -> 149Naib 150 -> 199Duke 200 -> 249Emperor 250 -> 499Kwisatz Haderach 500 + Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner154 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 That seems more familiar. But it wouldn't fit. There would be too many Kwisatz Haderachs then. Oh well :- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunenewt Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I know it wouldn't fit now, but we do need more ranks perhaps? All the original ranks before Duke could be used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner154 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 If the need for additional ranks is that urgent, it would be most fitting to employ the older ranks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunenewt Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 0 posts: Ghola1-99: Sand Flea100-299: Desert Mongoose300-599: Sandwalker600-999: Desert Warrior1000-1499: Fedaykin1500-2499: Naib2500-4999: Shai Hulud5000-7499: Burseg7500-9999: Siridar Lord10000-??: Padishah Emperor??-??: Secret rank #1??-??: Secret rank #2What I am suggesting is:[pre]0 posts - Ghola1-24 posts: Sand Flea25-49: Desert Mongoose50-99: Mentat100-249: Swordsmaster250-499: Sandwalker500-999: Desert Warrior1000-1499: Fedaykin1500-2499: Naib2500-4999: Shai Hulud5000-7499: Burseg7500-9999: Siridar Lord10000-??: Padishah Emperor??-??: Secret rank #1??-??: Secret rank #2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemafakei Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Newt, the numbers don't quite match at 300. I suggest we keep Sandwalker and Desert Warrior below Mentat and Swordmaster, as a human computer is somewhat more 'special' than someone who can do Monty Python impressions.0 posts - Ghola1-24 posts: Sand Flea25-49: Desert Mongoose50-99: Sandwalker 100-249: Desert Warrior250-499: Mentat500-999: Swordsmaster1000-1499: Fedaykin1500-2499: Naib2500-4999: Shai Hulud5000-7499: Burseg7500-9999: Siridar Lord10000-??: Padishah Emperor??-??: Secret rank #1??-??: Secret rank #2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunenewt Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Yes it did cross my mind which ones should be higher up in the hierarchy, and I would go with your suggestion Nema. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edric O Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I also endorse this new ranking scheme proposed by Newt and Nema. Now let us beseech Gob to make it a reality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edric O Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Fun fact: There was a time when you only needed 200 posts to become Emperor. The first Emperor under that scheme was Gob, followed by MarS, Shaddam_Corrino, and myself:http://forum.dune2k.com/index.php?topic=1751 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D2k Sardaukar Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 I will aim for the Desert Warrior, sounds like fun.Are there any more goodies that you can get on this forum? Like personal under title or custom made avatar's from FED2k? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemafakei Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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