Member Levels (updated 27 July, 2012)

Nick22 · **Reply #60 on:** December 29, 2010, 06:09:07 PM

you get selected to be an admin. post count plays no role in being a mod or admin.

Adder · **Reply #61 on:** December 29, 2010, 06:09:54 PM

Quote from: LBTDiclonius,Dec 29 2010 on 05:05 PM

I have a question. How do you become a Mod or an Admin? Is it how many posts you have or does Petrie choose you?

I can answer that (consider I've created 2 invision hosted forums) other administrators can go to a section called 'Find/Edit/Suspend User' in the Admin CP (control panel) and change your user group. But from what I know, this is normally done for the most trust worthy users.

If you want to be a forum mod; admins go to 'moderators' in the admin CP and they add members by click 'Add Mod' to a certain forum; whole user groups or single members can be added as moderators.

It shows up was:

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Forum Led by: Petrie, Malte279, Action9000, Littlefoot1616

Hope that answers your question.

EDIT:
You can't become an mod/admin by reaching a certain number of posts.

Only time your user group changes is when you reach 25+ posts, you go from 'Members' to 'Members +' which allows you to view the After Midnight forum.

EDIT 2:
Oops...Nick already answered, oh well.

LBTDiclonius · **Reply #62 on:** December 29, 2010, 06:25:18 PM

Thanks for the answers Adder and Nick. I really appreciate the help.

Adder · **Reply #63 on:** December 29, 2010, 06:28:31 PM

Quote from: LBTDiclonius,Dec 29 2010 on 05:25 PM

Thanks for the answers Adder and Nick. I really appreciate the help.

Your welcome.

Well, when you've created two forums with invision as the hosting, you know everything there is too know, heck, I'm still learning. Didn't know HTML other than:

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And several others, but I'm getting off topic.

If you need anything else, send me a personal message.

Nick22 · **Reply #64 on:** December 29, 2010, 09:32:13 PM

always willing to help out other members..

Malte279 · **Reply #65 on:** December 30, 2010, 09:55:05 AM

We don't promote mods or admins unless there is need for more people to do the job. It is not so much a "promotion" or "reward" as it is a staff job to be done

Petrie. · **Reply #66 on:** December 30, 2010, 02:13:48 PM

Yep, staff is based on need here. We're good where we are currently.

LBTDiclonius · **Reply #67 on:** December 31, 2010, 12:25:22 AM

Thanks for all the help guys! Again I really appreiciate it.

Being a new member here on GOF I'm curious about what goes on, rules and such so I know how to stick to the rules and be able to enjoy myself doing it. I'm not looking to become a mod or an admin, I'm just curious and asking questions sharpens the mind. (recognize that reference anywhere?

) Yay! I'm up to 100 posts! Again, thanks for the help!

landbeforetimelover · **Reply #68 on:** December 31, 2010, 01:00:18 AM

Since this topic has been bumped, I wanted to bring up a suggestion here. I just noticed that there are 7 member levels and technically there are 7 members of the gang in the TV series. Should we change the Ultimate LBT Fan and LBt-aholic images to Ruby and Chomper? I should mention that I don't have the fonts originally used in the member level images so I'd have to remake all of them, but I can do it. I'd like to choose some better images for the characters anyway. I just took them from my private image collection and didn't put too much thought into them. Now the Ultimate LBT Fan would have to be Ruby because her skinny neck will make room for the long title. Or I suppose it could be Littlefoot. But I chose the member level characters based on the order in the second movie (Littlefoot, Cera, Ducky, Petrie, Spike) in reverse order.

EDIT: Oh, and I have a really good font I could use on the new images. It's a lot more readable when small than the current font.

Nick22 · **Reply #69 on:** December 31, 2010, 02:15:22 AM

sure thing LBTlover. that sounds like a good idea..

Malte279 · **Reply #70 on:** December 31, 2010, 05:56:53 AM

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I'm just curious and asking questions sharpens the mind. (recognize that reference anywhere?

Absolutely!

In fact it is a funny coincidence that you mention it for just a few minutes ago I told Iris (Mumbling) that I consider curiosity one of the greatest virtues of mankind (clarifying on second thought that I was not referring to that kind of curiosity that makes some people "spy" after their neighbors, but the general curiosity for what we don't know). If I abandoned all curiosity it probably meant that I had abandoned living

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Since this topic has been bumped, I wanted to bring up a suggestion here. I just noticed that there are 7 member levels and technically there are 7 members of the gang in the TV series. Should we change the Ultimate LBT Fan and LBt-aholic images to Ruby and Chomper?

Absolutely (second time in this post)

I really think that it is a very good suggestion to use Ruby and Chomper instead of the Mo and assembly of characters which we have so far (which look good, but may be less in place since the gang happened to be increased to seven)

We may have to determine the the order of the characters / levels though since I am not sure most people would agree for Chomper and Ruby to be the images for the Ultimate LBT Fan and the LBT-Aholic (same as Mo seems to be a somewhat odd choice). Then again people might not be too fond having to wait so long to reach Littlefoot for example (whom many might perceive as the central land before time character) as the LBT-Aholic. So this question is to everyone (and unless enough people respond we might have to check out the recent order of the characters thread for reference though that one was of course not with any reference to the characters):

Which order of the seven characters would you want to see for the seven member levels?

Also I wonder if perhaps we should change the image for the Mods (Topsy) since he is so unpopular (according to the ten character you hate thread)?

Pangaea · **Reply #71 on:** December 31, 2010, 09:32:46 AM

Personally I don't have a problem with the member levels as they are, but if we were to change them, these are my opinions:

ï The first five levels should be kept the same, as should the Admin and Mod iconsóI think the images of Grandpa Longneck and Mr. Threehorn are very appropriate for those levels.

ï The “Ultimate LBT Fan” level should have an icon of both Ruby and Chomper. I think a good option for the image would be from the opening sequence of the TV series, towards the end where the two of them are running together, just before Chomper kicks a rock.

ï The “LBT-aholic” icon should show the whole gang, much as “Ultimate LBT Fan” does now. Perhaps a different image should be used, however, so that Petrie can be included. (He's not in the current “Ultimate LBT Fan” icon.)

Adder · **Reply #72 on:** December 31, 2010, 09:55:24 AM

I've been wondering, considering Littlefoot is the king rank, maybe Bron could be the admin rank and the global mods could have a different icon than the forum mods? Like Shorty or Ali? Then for the forum mods, a picture of Littlefoot's mother?

Newbie: Spike (can stay the same)
Junior: Petrie (can stay the same)
Senior: Ducky (can stay the same)
Queen: Cera (can stay the same)
King: Littlefoot (can stay the same)
Ultimate LBT Fan: All 7 main characters (Littlefoot, Cera, Ducky, Petrie, Spike, Ruby and Chomper)
LBT-aholic: Ruby or Chomper
Moderators: Littlefoot's mother
Global Moderators: Shorty or Ali
Administrators: Bron

landbeforetimelover · **Reply #73 on:** December 31, 2010, 12:54:47 PM

I'm trying to keep things matching and simple here. The Ultimate LBT Fan image doesn't go very well with the rest of them because it has multiple characters. And since there are 7 members of the gang and 7 levels, I think it makes more sense to make Ruby and Chomper a part of the level system. Notice how I made all the shots full body shots? I did this to give the images a sense of conformity. But the Ultimate LBT Fan image just doesn't match. Personally I'm really not fond of Ruby for my level image, but that will make me reach LBT-aholic even quicker!

Malte279 · **Reply #74 on:** December 31, 2010, 01:21:46 PM

One could make it:

Newbie: Ruby (she IS the newbie of the gang).
Junior: Chomper (also not part of the original Gang of Five but has been around before)
Senior: Spike
Queen: Petrie
King: Ducky
Ultimate LBT Fan: Cera
LBT-aholic: Littlefoot

In case of the Mods and Admins I think the change I suggested could be done but is not a necessity unless a majority of the mods and admins is in favor of it. I'm not voting on this one because I'm happy either way, but what does every other mod or admin think, would you like your images to be changed and if so which character (or item (after all there are some of significance in LBT)) would you like to have?

Petrie. · **Reply #75 on:** December 31, 2010, 08:08:34 PM

Quote from: Malte279,Dec 31 2010 on 12:21 PM

One could make it:

Newbie: Ruby (she IS the newbie of the gang).
Junior: Chomper (also not part of the original Gang of Five but has been around before)
Senior: Spike
Queen: Petrie
King: Ducky
Ultimate LBT Fan: Cera
LBT-aholic: Littlefoot

In case of the Mods and Admins I think the change I suggested could be done but is not a necessity unless a majority of the mods and admins is in favor of it. I'm not voting on this one because I'm happy either way, but what does every other mod or admin think, would you like your images to be changed and if so which character (or item (after all there are some of significance in LBT)) would you like to have?

You'd need to switch Ducky and Petrie for obvious reasons.

But I think I like that list.

Admin/Mod change - to what?

I think it needs to stay Grandpa Longneck and Mr. Threehorn (if and when we ever add mods).

Mumbling · **Reply #76 on:** December 31, 2010, 08:13:29 PM

Quote from: Petrie,Jan 1 2011 on 01:08 AM

You'd need to switch Ducky and Petrie for obvious reasons. But I think I like that list.

^agreed though, we could indeed include Ruby and Chomper in the member images. However I must agree with Malte that they should not be very high up there, as our 'main' cast will always be slightly more known/important.

Adder · **Reply #77 on:** December 31, 2010, 08:19:34 PM

Quote from: Petrie,Dec 31 2010 on 07:08 PM

Admin/Mod change - to what? I think it needs to stay Grandpa Longneck and Mr. Threehorn (if and when we ever add mods).

Like I suggested above:

Global Moderators: Either Ali or Shorty.
Forum Moderators: Littlefoot's Mother
Administrators: Bron (because he is the leader of a herd)

Key Word being leader.

But its the admins choice whether they are switched or not.

Mumbling · **Reply #78 on:** December 31, 2010, 08:24:41 PM

Sorry Adder, but I think Grandpa longneck and Threehorn are just fine

Petrie. · **Reply #79 on:** December 31, 2010, 08:29:42 PM

You cannot set separate images for forum moderators. The Bron character is a one-shot character and would not make a good avatar for an admin here.