Question

[Jeff]

otherwise, ju57 d0n'7 7yp3 y0ur w0rd5 |1k3 7h15, 4nd y0u 5h0u|d b3 ju57 f1n3.

How long did that take you to type out?

[Mav]

I always thought it was a token of appreciation to the more active and permanent members of LF. If you post 1,000 times, you've either taken spam to new levels and will soon be (if you haven't already been) banned, or you've shown that you're interested in staying. Posting that much is proof someone's at least interested in the forum, thought it is by no means a reason to judge their worth.

That is one way to look at it, as I said it all depends on one's point of view. However, even if it is given as "a token of appreciation" who says that once you hit 1,000 posts you should be appreciated, there are several people who deserve(d) recognition before they ever got near 1,000 posts, i.e. Fred Tetra, deserves his custom moniker. Also in regards to dedication of a forum, I have hardly ever posted in the other forums here at LF, and I wouldn't call myself consistently active here either, yet I have my "tokens of appreciation" and they carry over to other forums. My point is just that "reward" or "token of appreciation" they are still governed by a system that takes into account quantity and not quality, and in the end serves almost as if to say quantity equals quality which surely is not the case. In any event I think we (mostly myself) are looking into this in too much depth, I think we can all agree that post count shouldn't be the determining factor of whether or not you respect someone.

[The Doctor]

I tend to judge a poster by the way they post as well. If they don't use punctuation or capitalisation, I ignore them completely. Bad spelling bugs me, too - especially synonyms being mixed up. That really gets me. 'Leet Speek' gets people on my mental ignore list.

 

I also judge posts by the avatar with it. For example, someone had an avatar with the Pope on it that blended smoothly to a picture of Palpatine. Not cool. I couldn't take him seriously until he changed it - I just thought 'this guy is a moron' and didn't read his posts.

[Davinq]

^^^

QFT. Even more of a generalization than my own. Although I think the avatar thing is a bit harsh (I'll make an exception for milo ), and were this 'moron's' posts worth reading, or was he a complete loser?

[Emperor Devon]

That is one way to look at it, as I said it all depends on one's point of view. However, even if it is given as "a token of appreciation" who says that once you hit 1,000 posts you should be appreciated, {snip}

 

It's not the fact that you made 1,000 posts is what's appreciated, but the fact you've stayed around long enough and shown an interest in the forums to do so.

 

Fred Tetra doesn't have 1,000 posts, but he has a custom title. So do a few others who don't have that many posts.

[Arátoeldar]

So long as the post has substance or is witty. It also needs proper spelling and grammar. Then the poster is good in my book. I will be the first to admit that when I was in school neither grammar nor spelling was my forte. So both of these do not need to be perfect. So far as avatars are concerned, I usually find that the tasteless ones are used by those who do not use proper grammar or spelling.

[Mav]

It's not the fact that you made 1,000 posts is what's appreciated, but the fact you've stayed around long enough and shown an interest in the forums to do so.

 

Fred Tetra doesn't have 1,000 posts, but he has a custom title. So do a few others who don't have that many posts.

You pretty much just re-stated what I meant to say, I probably just wrote it in an encrypted code only I understand, . But 1,000 posts doesn't always show dedication or interest in the forums, at least not specific forums. You can post 1,000 posts in the KotOR forums, but you'll still have your custom title what you visit the Battlefront forums, yet you've shown no dedication to those forums.

 

Edit: this is getting off-topic, I'll not continue extrapolation on the inner workings of my mind.

[Emperor Devon]

You can post 1,000 posts in the KotOR forums, but you'll still have your custom title what you visit the Battlefront forums, yet you've shown no dedication to those forums.

 

I think that part could use improvement, but a lot of people stick to specific forums, and that strikes me as something which would require too much effort to make on such a reason.

 

Edit: this is getting off-topic, I'll not continue extrapolation on the inner workings of my mind.

 

So shall I.

[Sabretooth]

Meh. I don't take anyone seriously here. All a bunch of classified idiots.

[JediMaster12]

[psychology mode]So Sabretooth are you a classified idiot as well? Seeing as you don't take anyone seriously maybe you don't take yourself seriously and want others to feel the same about you.[/psychology mode]

[stingerhs]

How long did that take you to type out?

about one second with one of those handy |337 translatorzz. XD

[Negative Sun]

I tend to judge a poster by the way they post as well. If they don't use punctuation or capitalisation, I ignore them completely. Bad spelling bugs me, too - especially synonyms being mixed up. That really gets me. 'Leet Speek' gets people on my mental ignore list.

 

I also judge posts by the avatar with it. For example, someone had an avatar with the Pope on it that blended smoothly to a picture of Palpatine. Not cool. I couldn't take him seriously until he changed it - I just thought 'this guy is a moron' and didn't read his posts.

I think that avatar is quite funny...As is the one I saw of Bush changing into Hitler (with the stretched arm and everything)

 

Having an avatar like that doesn't make someone stupid, they just have a different sense of humor...Like people can have a different skin color or language...

[HerbieZ]

I agree. I prefer people with reputation and what they have written. I prefer the ones that put a decent post in but also add humour to it because i can't stand dead serious posts and threads. I think theres nothing more depressing than 3 pages of "Political Debate" that makes my face want to implode. I don't like people who are offensive feel they have to elaborate their posts with rows of stars. ***** ****rs **** ****** Like that see. :/

[Darth InSidious]

I agree. I prefer people with reputation and what they have written. I prefer the ones that put a decent post in but also add humour to it because i can't stand dead serious posts and threads. I think theres nothing more depressing than 3 pages of "Political Debate" that makes my face want to implode. I don't like people who are offensive feel they have to elaborate their posts with rows of stars. ***** ****rs **** ****** Like that see. :/

STFU, n00b, you ******ing *****er, **** your *****ing ****er ****!!!!!

 

 

 

Good points, over-serious debates = skim-reading, skim-reading = crap debates, cause no-one really reads what the others are saying...

[Negative Sun]

STFU, n00b, you ******ing *****er, **** your *****ing ****er ****!!!!!

 

 

 

Good points, over-serious debates = skim-reading, skim-reading = crap debates, cause no-one really reads what the others are saying...

I agree, there's no need to post five paragraphs if what you are saying can be summoned in five words, people would much rather read those five words...

[milo]

I agree. I prefer people with reputation and what they have written. I prefer the ones that put a decent post in but also add humour to it because i can't stand dead serious posts and threads. I think theres nothing more depressing than 3 pages of "Political Debate" that makes my face want to implode. I don't like people who are offensive feel they have to elaborate their posts with rows of stars. ***** ****rs **** ****** Like that see. :/

I don't think they're doing it on purpose. Try typing the F**k word in one of your posts. It's automaticaly censored with the stars. Though you're partially right, sometimes people add in their own stars.