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What's up with the new titles?

Started by Quire, February 27, 2007, 12:09:29 PM

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Quire

February 27, 2007, 12:09:29 PM
I'm not complaining about being a 'keywalker', and I might even be looking forward to being a 'barb blaster', 'master cleric', 'graduate', a 'server tilter', an 'internet vet' or even a 'filcher'...

...but what's up with all that?

- Q

James McMurray

#1
February 27, 2007, 12:21:19 PM
Have they changed? The title you have is based on your post count and the class you pick in your profile.

I personally think psion has the coolest stuff, at least for the last few titles I've had. I didn't pay much attention before that.

Quire

#2
February 27, 2007, 12:25:31 PM
I only noticed it today, but then I do spend most of my time in a LitFan(TM owned by Glaxo) induced fugue, imagining I am various forms of documentation.

- Q

Mcrow

#3
February 28, 2007, 05:23:08 PM
I'm pretty sure they have been the same ever since pundit took over, probly before then.

Quire

#4
February 28, 2007, 06:25:16 PM
Oh, okay. That's intriguing because up to the day when I asked the question, all the titles (as they appeared to me) were typical default ones for a vBull forum: Newbie, etc.

How odd. I'm a web developer by trade, familiar with vBull and PHP, and I can't think how that would have happened.

???

Never mind. It was an idle query, regardless.

- Q

PS thanks for your reply!

James McMurray

#5
March 01, 2007, 11:00:33 AM
I think the first few levels might be the same for everyone, so if you only happened to glance at people with the same class or very low post counts they might all appear to be typical defaults. Other than that I can't think of a way it would happen either. There'd have to be some sort of code in the background showing you different titles than everyone else sees.

David Johansen

#6
March 04, 2007, 10:46:16 AM
A day or two ago I had "knows how to hide" I think in reference to someone's shock at my having still been on rpg.net in scurrilous guise.  Today it's "brute" which may just be a standard level or a comment on something I said.
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James McMurray

#7
March 04, 2007, 02:10:53 PM
Just flipped through all the titles I could  have and psionicists are definitely broken. Options for others included King for Fighters and Pirate King for rogues. Dragon King of Athas doesn't even notice when it accidentally steps on the rest.

Quire

#8
March 04, 2007, 02:55:24 PM
Aha! Different titles for different classes/post counts! Of course.

D'oh!

- Q

David Johansen

#9
March 04, 2007, 03:11:17 PM
Interesting...hmmm....
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James McMurray

#10
March 10, 2007, 08:16:37 PM
Are there new titles past 2100 posts? I've been wondering what's a psionic step up from a Dragon King of Athas. Although, I'd be kinda sad to no longer be the ultimate defiler.

James McMurray

#11
March 10, 2007, 09:40:19 PM
Either the system has a bug at 2,103 posts or that last post of mine triggered an admin's mean streak. I'm guessing the latter, given my history with certain admins.

It appears my class title has been stolen. LOL
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