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[Mark]

I only ever use "neg rep" on people who (. . .)

Particularly if you have a grudge from other boards . . .

 

[tuxgeo]

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Unfortunately, I am now offended. What to do? Oh no!

Use the "Total Defense" action to counter an offended condition.*

I, on the other hand, am not offended -- I am more "off-handed" . . . sort of like a main gauche.


*shimRot!**

**of course, if your shims do rot, then your house starts falling down. . . .

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I just checked out the "leader boards" page.

How in the heck did I wind up in the top 10 XP points?

Oh yeah- I also REALLY dig the way the comments for a post show up in the relevant post. Nice touch.

 

[Dire Bare]

You know what? I didn't like the proposed naming, but I decided not to say anything, until I read your lovely interpretive dance that pretty much perfectly captures everything about the idea that offends me. Nice non-apology, too. I am sorry you don't get it. You just don't, and I understand and accept that and wish you no ill will for it. Just accept that I would welcome 4e-themed tier names about as much as you would welcome finding moldy food in the fridge.

Mouseferatu actually puts on a killer interpretive dance, I'm told. Done to music from Die Fledermaus. That's easier for me to believe that he somehow encapsulates what some find offensive about a game edition.

I, like Mouse and probably more than a few others here, just don't get it. We just don't.

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

I just checked out the "leader boards" page.

I fail my ENfu, where is this leader boards page?

[Edit] A little plugging around and then I finally unearth it. Emily Litella moment.

 

[Lanefan]

Am I the only one who thinks it would be nice to have:

Prestidigitator (Lvl 1)
...
Archmage (Lvl 18 and up)

Or would that be offensive to those who have never played older edition magic users?

Why stop there?

When signing up, choose a class; note that you're stuck with your choice once made. Your ExP titles then echo those of the class you chose.

Lan-"I'd have chosen Fighter, as that's what Lanefan-the-character is"-efan

 

[Lanefan]

I fail my ENfu, where is this leader boards page?

Click on anybody's experience point title under their name and avatar, it'll take you there.

Lanefan

 

[Jack99]

You know what? I didn't like the proposed naming, but I decided not to say anything, until I read your lovely interpretive dance that pretty much perfectly captures everything about the idea that offends me. Nice non-apology, too. I am sorry you don't get it. You just don't, and I understand and accept that and wish you no ill will for it. Just accept that I would welcome 4e-themed tier names about as much as you would welcome finding moldy food in the fridge.

How many times did you complain over the old XP-titles, cause they were 4e - or at least 4e-inspired, and yet, I never read a single complaint. Granted, Morrus might have been swamped by emails, but in my opinion, if you guys really want to complain about something, you start a thread for the world to see.

 

[FireLance]

Why stop there?

When signing up, choose a class; note that you're stuck with your choice once made. Your ExP titles then echo those of the class you chose.

Lan-"I'd have chosen Fighter, as that's what Lanefan-the-character is"-efan

Alternatively, you can change your class, but you start again from 0 XP. At least, until the level from your new class exceeds the level from your old class, after which you can use both level titles.

Alternatively, changing classes at will might be a Gold subscription perk.

 

[Orius]

I like that the titles now appear without having to point at the green boxes to check the hovertext.

However, the "add experience point" icon has been changed from a scale to a post it note. As a Libra, that offends me.

I noticed the other day that "Ignore Thread" uses a scale too, so maybe Morrus changed it to avoid overlapping?

Yup. There are a lot of ways to reduce "me too" posts; this is the least invasive of them.

On one hand, I didn't like the public nature of the comments; I've usually seen them used as private. But avoiding me toos is pretty useful.

How in Gygax's name did I end up among the most visited profiles? I guess it must count self views...

I think the really active users are on there, I'm lower on the list and it's not that surprising. I've gotten people looking at my page whose user names I'd never seen before. What is surprsing is that I've gotten more page views than people like Mouseferatu and the Rouse. How'd THAT happen?!

It's not the same, since the titles are now clearly visible, and the comments are inline. I think making the titles more prominent was a very good move, since it will (in theory) give an incentive to people (myself included) to up the quality of posts in order to attract XP awards.

In theory, really. I've made some fairly constructive posts that only got a few XP here and there, so I'm not sure how much it will help. Though maybe it's because people were ignoring the system too?

Has the limits on giving XP been changed? I know there was the whole "give to 50 different people" thing going on. If that's still the same, I think that number is pretty high given how many people regularly use the boards, I know some users, including myself, have been given out proxy XP because some people couldn't.

Also, I'm not sure negative rep is a good idea. I've seen it used elsewhere, and sometimes it creates unnecessary drama and hostility among board users. It can be helpful when someone is being offensive, but I'm not sure it's worth the trouble. I think negative rep is probably best restricted to the board moderators, and probably inflicted when a post needs moderation or if someone crosses the line and gets banned for a few days.

Why stop there?

When signing up, choose a class; note that you're stuck with your choice once made. Your ExP titles then echo those of the class you chose.

I call dibs on wizard, naturally.

OOPS, my bad, that's supposed to be M-U.