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Ranks & Metals
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Ranks & Metals
>>>F.O.D. Mods. In another forum at a wargammer web site they award ranks in the forum only, by the number of post that a person submits.
These are the following Ranks:
NCOs [img=
http://jpspanzers.com/fr/rnk/01_private.jpg
]Private -- 1 post up to[img=
http://jpspanzers.com/fr/rnk/10_command_sergeant_major.jpg
]Command Sergeant Major -- 250 posts
Warrant Officers [img=
http://jpspanzers.com/fr/rnk/20_warrant_officer_one.jpg
]-- 300 posts [img=
http://jpspanzers.com/fr/rnk/24_master_warrant_officer_five.jpg
]Chief Warrant Officer Five -- 450 posts
Commissioned Officers [img=
http://jpspanzers.com/fr/rnk/30_second_lieutenant.jpg
]Second Lieutenant -- 500 posts [img=
http://jpspanzers.com/fr/rnk/40_general.jpg
]Lieutenant General -- 2,000 posts
General Staff & Special Ranks are given to Mods and Staff members [img=
http://jpspanzers.com/fr/rnk/40_general.jpg
] they even use emblems from other sountries where some of the Mods live for example [img=
http://jpspanzers.com/fr/rnk/70_tenente_generale.gif
]= Itlay [img=
http://www.jpspanzers.com/sb/jppost/escrank.gif
]= France [img=
http://jpspanzers.com/fr/rnk/49_general_royal_army.jpg
] = Canada and so on.

Medals are also awarded for service, good conduct,quality post, length of participation and other reasons, for example:
[img=
http://jpspanzers.com/fr/med/dsc_r.gif
]The Distinguished Service Cross


[img=
http://jpspanzers.com/fr/med/dsc.gif
]= This was awarded for an exceptional cortributon or suggestion.

I am not suggesting that F.O.D. should copy this, but I believe the cocept is good. If F.O.D. did do something like this For Tanx players the ranks should be seperate than the ranks earned on the battlefied.
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Great Idea I see this working here...

lol.....great name DreamWeaver i would never of thought of it...
I'm going to change it. I honestly didn't know someone had it :|
Yea nice idea Bluze but there must be some exceptions i mean it takes Suit 1 day to become a Lieutenant General.

the idea is great BUT can you imagin the amount of ermm how can i put this (not so good posts) we will see in the forums so people can recive a higher rank??
>>>Thanks for the support fellow tanxters. Those were good points Şŋΐρέ and Forever.England. It would have to be controlled somehow, and the awarding of ranks on the number of posts could be modified. There could be a limit as to how many a person could post in a certian time frame, or maybe it wouldn't matter how many generals there would be. Also a person could be busted down a rank for improper posting. There are many options here and maybe F.O.D. isn't interested [img=
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>>>The awarding of medals I think would help promote positive posting. All I know is that I would like to be the General over pizza and[img=
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]
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]

 


 

Or maybe FOD could put what kind of attitude you have in the forum, like character qualities. ;)
yea .gd idead bluze , i have seen something like that on other forums before its good but i agree with forever.england , i mean some individuals would just post spam and useless posts..but yea if f.o.d could find someway of makin this work then it would be great
 :D

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Thats a great idea bluze. It would be cool :p I would have a l.General :D
U could also tie it into how long somebody has been at FOD i think that would resemble there "FOD knowledge" just as much as anything.
good idea. We will replace the current forum software next year and I guess the new one already has this feature built in.
Does that mean we can have remote linking :|
what do you mean on "remote linking"? You can already insert links in the forum.
hmmm , i dunno wut he means either..also dshk on other forums (like the ones bluze mentioned) underneath the players name you can insert a small picture representing that player...sometimes they are animated..so ermm... is the "new forum" going to have this in it ?


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]
if u done know what im talkin about..underneath my name on the left
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>>>small picture representing that player...

yes

>>>
yea you've got it dshk , i just didnt think some players would understand me ..:|

>>>anyways.. if FlyOrDie have started this already ..then could we possibly have a release date please ..(in the spirit of christams of course
 :p)
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Ok good. Now I will have my glorios Flag in my post.
>>>Tank Master you and I are thinking along the same lines. What I envisioned was in the column that has the onformation about the author would look something like this:
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TANK_MASTER [img=
http://www.3dflags.com/assets/XV21AE/gif/2/u/3dflagsdotcom_usa_2faws.gif
]
[img=
http://jpspanzers.com/fr/rnk/07_master_sergeant.jpg
]
Posts: 183 
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] [img=
http://jpspanzers.com/fr/med/agcm_r.gif
]
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http://jpspanzers.com/fr/med/dddsm_r.gif
]
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http://images01.gograph.com/Images-9876/AnimatedGif/tankclr.gif
]
*****************************

>>>The way it would break down would be:
TANK_MASTER your name
A flag to represent your country or an emblem of a group.
The rank of Master Sargent for having over 150 post
[img=
http://jpspanzers.com/fr/med/lom_r.gif
]

[img=
http://jpspanzers.com/fr/med/lom.gif
] The Legion of Merit for activie since June 2002

[img=
http://jpspanzers.com/fr/med/agcm_r.gif
]

[img=
http://jpspanzers.com/fr/med/agcm.gif
]The Good Conduct Medal (for not having any post deleted over a period of time)

[img=
http://jpspanzers.com/fr/med/dddsm_r.gif
]

[img=
http://jpspanzers.com/fr/med/dddsm.gif
]The Defense Distinguished Service Medal (for posting and defending a topic that has good merits and substance)

 [img=
http://images01.gograph.com/Images-9876/AnimatedGif/tankclr.gif
] some type of icon 
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http://213.239.164.115/screensavers/nokia/1000075.gif
]
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http://213.239.164.115/screensavers/nokia/1000399.gif
] [img=
http://jpspanzers.com/hst/wc/emoticon/sherman.gif
]   [img=
http://jpspanzers.com/hst/wc/emoticon/tiger1.gif
] 
 
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The Flag of my country? HMMMMM...I'm going to have to make a special request to FOD.
Tank master is English! He formed the BT Group! 
:O
dshk, when you replace the current forum software, will our post counts go back to zero ?:| 
yes bluze ...thats what i invisioned , ermm virus maybe they will i dont know? 
as a few people have posted , it encourages players to start new threads and replies .Many  forums have this idea encorporated into the design of that particlar forum..
oh and bluze could you please post the website you got those medals from ..i want to make a new sig
:p
 

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oh ...virus i am english , but bluze didn't know that i was..
 :|
>>>There was concern regarding people doing entering a large amount of post to gain a rank. Well firet of all that would be one of the reasons for startinf a ranking system. also I did a quick check and the highst is suit u sir at 813 at this point. Under the system that I mentioned befor he would be a [img=
http://jpspanzers.com/fr/rnk/36_brigadier_general.jpg
]Brigader General. So as you can see it takes time to do a number of post.
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Thanks Bluze :D
It is a very good idea for the forum and I really do hope that FlyOrDie will include it and not just say they will...

-suit [img=
http://jpspanzers.com/fr/rnk/36_brigadier_general.jpg
]
But Bluze u have to keep in mind.....
That if you add my secound name to my first name.....
I meant to make last post with this name soz.
i have 400+ posts

¤§ñípêr¤ / Şŋΐρέ
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http://jpspanzers.com/fr/rnk/24_master_warrant_officer_five.jpg
] plus we should get bonus for knowing how to post pics ;)
>>> Good pont Şŋΐρέ aka ¤§ñípêr¤. Iam just suggesting a format. If F.O.D. did decide to do something like this they would have to fine tune the rules. If you have a number of identities may be you could be in different divisions, like [img=
http://www.afmo.com/images/products/1stcav.jpg
]1st Cavalry Division or[img=
http://www.irwin.army.mil/11acr/1-11/new%20cr1.gif
]11th Calvalry of in diferent platoons=[img=
http://www.irwin.army.mil/11acr/1-11/air_defense/images/adaguns.gif
](1st platoon)
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]


"Bravo 6" image size reduced, it really was quite large...but looks good


[Edited by: GHOST RIDER MP on Dec 29, 2003 5:51 PM]
Sorry guys didn't mean to post that last one.
Too big
Mr. Bluze

Snipe, even if you did add both your together, you wouldnt have 
half
 as many posts as I do :D
Were talking 
Quality
 posts so i think i do :p
I'm not exactly a spammer... I don't spam, I just post alot :|
Use a Post Flood Safety Check similiar to ezBoard's system:

1) User cannot consecutively post using two or more windows (Post Flood warning given on second+ post).

2) Posts cannot be submitted from the same IP in less than 10 seconds (Post Flood warning).

In addition, a daily post limit could be made.


ezBoard does incorporate user ranks.  Try 
http://www.ezboard.com
 to search for boards. 

ezBoard

http://pub47.ezboard.com/bfinalfantasysaviors

(Ranks Apprentice, Adventurer, etc.)

Which forum are you using exactly

UBB.thread 
http://www.kingmanusa.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php


http://adventurecompanygames.com/tac/forums/ubbthreads.php


Snitz

http://forum.atlasrr.com


phpBB

http://haegemonia.wanadoo-edition.com/phpBB2/index.php?sid=


vBulletin
Ill have to get an example of this later





Use a Post Flood Safety Check similiar to ezBoard's system:

1) User cannot consecutively post using two or more windows (Post Flood warning given on second+ post).

2) Posts cannot be submitted from the same IP in less than 10 seconds (Post Flood warning).

In addition, a daily post limit could be made.


ezBoard does incorporate user ranks. Try 
http://www.ezboard.com
 to search for boards. 

ezBoard

http://pub47.ezboard.com/b
 finalfantasysaviors
(Ranks Apprentice, Adventurer, etc.)

Which forum are you using exactly

UBB.thread http://www.kingmanus a.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php
http://advent urecompanygames.com/tac/forums/ubbthreads.php

Snitz

http://forum.atlasrr.com


phpBB
http://haege monia.wanadoo-edition.com/phpBB2/index.php?sid=

vBulletin
Ill have to get an example of this later

Post Flood Safety Check
 
Thats a bit hippocritical... and ironic, posting it twice :p
Sorry...hehe the post wouldnt show up so I figured I forgot to post message (when I preview I do that alot), and now I guess its here :p
lol, i see arsen is still smart as can be :p
i think tho you guys are goin a little over board with this lol. Its a great idea, but I just dont see it happening anytime soon :|
ooo i think i got about 300 posts including my CobraR2000 name :D:D:D hehehe, but erm...dont think anybody will beat suit anytime soon, he takes the cake lol ;)
:p
Actually, hannibal and General Hawk could beat me if they tried :D

dshk, Will this new forum software include a signature at the bottem of your every post?

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-Suit
So, bluze are Flyordie going to do that ranking on forum thing, thats very gd
I would recommend UBB.threads personally since all of the sites using them have very little problems and the software is very customizable.
I forgot to give an example of vBulletin the other good forums software.  Its in PHP language.


http://www.golemlabs.com/forums/
Oh yeah that was just a feature that should be on whatever forum software theyre gonna use.   It (helps)stops spam from anyone who posts crazy, the rest of pointless posts can be deleted by forum moderators :)
I say bluze and arsen should be mods.
very helpful and very imaginative.
also I would like to see Da Master as a Mod  he is very helpful also (y) good work guys

yeh DaMaster would be a great mod:p
You both are correct all three would make good Mods for fod
Ditto on the above. I hope fod does decide to set up the ranking for posting. Great idea Mr. Bluze.
That is rubbish lol you just copy and pasted from other sites. you realize they may have copyright under those pictures :P any way tanx is rubbish
Its an Idea for FOD to make there own site. The only thing rubbish is your reading comprehenion.