I've went from Seasoned to Veteran; back to Seasoned (when 40 posts disappeared) then up to Veteran; and now I'm Seasoned again...damn, now I know what Vivaldi's Four Seasons are!
I like most of the existing titles, however, I think the gaps from 1,000 to 2,500 and 5,000 are too much - there should be milestone titles for 2,000 3,000 etc
1,000 posts = 1K Hobbyist
2,000 posts = A 2K Specialist
3,000 posts = 3K Stalwart
4,000 posts = 4K Aficionado
5,000 posts = 5K Maestro
6,000 posts = 6k Svengali
7,000 posts = 7K Guru
etc, etc...
It isn't a personal fashion statement - it was thrust upon me by two conspiring mins!
Unless there is something someone hasn't told me, I am still a guide.
I assume guide will reappear in my name when Craven has teased me for long enough.
Bib,
You had 40 posts in the testing forum? The only way for you to have lost 40 posts is to have been quite prolific in that auto pruning forum.
Monger wrote:Statistically unfulfilled
Nebulous menace
Comrade in crime
Dependable evil
Much loved, especially when naked
Funky junkie
100% pure god
<grins>
that was funny
all i can think of is
crumb
cookie
cake
i need to find myself something to eat.
testing the waters
diving in
making waves
riding the crest
commanding the seas
And maybe a military ranking (some actual ranks to be omitted) will be good:
Private (0-10)
Sergeant(11-50)
Sgt.-Major(50-100)
Lieutenant(100-250)
Captain(250-500)
Major(500-1,000)
Colonel(1,000-2,500)
General(2,500-5,000)
Field Marshal (>5,000)
Substantial, yes - substantive?.....hmmmmmm - that could easily be argued with - and would be. By me. Heehee. Senior? No way. Not even, it seems, in age...heehee.
I think forum guide is by far the safer option, since it seems teasing hyperbole is open to misinterpretation.
How come St Paddy's Day is tease the Bunny especially day?
Shy? When? Nobody told me.
I'm a shy little fraidy cat - you never see me on any of the controversial threads! I'm too frightened of all those bullies!
Hmmmmm.....
catatonic
fraidy cat
cat on a hot tin roof
cat on the mat
puddy tat
hearth rug cat
cool cat
requiescat in pace
Whaddayouthink?
Get those damn cats out of here.
As much as I'd just luvv to make fun of anyone with "cat" in their title,
I'm going with Bibliophile's as ze best yet!
Bibliophile the BibleGuru wrote:
Hobbyist
Specialist
Stalwart
Aficionado
Maestro
Svengali
Guru
I'm thinking the top rank should be 'Get a Life'...
But that's just mean.
PDid's ranking system is great and honest I think. Awh SP, you think we don't have lives.
Just Planted
Putting Down Roots
Sapling
Branching Out
Bud
In Full Bloom
Who wouldn't want to be.... a "Stalwart"???
I like Bibilophile's best, too, except for Guru. He's already taken that! What about something in Latin? Pontifex Maximus.
Bib's got some good ones.
I particularly like Svengali as the top rank above Guru. Or perhaps one of these:
Einstein
Nostrodamus
Confucious
(specifically leaving out the God-heads such as Buddha, Mohammed, Yah-weh, etc.)
Queen.....Yay!!! I certainly defer to her as a senior representative in the guides. And the likelihood of anyone overtaking her as top poster any time soon is zero or less, so she should be recognised as a person of substantive input for this forum.