We currently have 6 stock member groups covering members up to 1000 posts. Which can be be altered to almost anything anyway.
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The membership is growing, the post counts are rising and I'd like to add some more groups to go with with the new post counts.
Looking for some ideas here for some new groups, gimme your input :wink:
I vote Semps says Jim & Bops dad. :biggrin: Or old fart, he uses that line alot :biggrin: :biggrin:
1) Official Frog Hater , 7 stars, or 1 your choice
2) That's all I have....Seriously, I really have been drinking (Friends came in from Tenn with some honey lemon shine and I need to sleep now
How about indian names,, like bleeding fingers or nevershutup :eyebrownod:
LOL I like that idea nailbender :laf:
Danny.....you better bring us some pics, and dont be dancin on the tables
Quote from: nailbender on June 29, 2007, 10:24:18 PM
How about indian names,, like bleeding fingers or nevershutup :eyebrownod:
lmao :hahaha:
:laf: @ the indian names.
Royalty names like "Sir Postalot" or "King Quickfingers". :shrug: :laf:
I think you need to take 'membergroups' to a whole different level than the traditional post count approach. Something along the lines of earning merit badges..... Craftsman, Turkey Hunter, Fisherman, Predator Hunter, Trapper, Tanner, Shooter, Cook, Jester..... and create special orders that folks can be nominated and earned/voted into.... Order of the Woodsman, Order of the Call Maker, Order of the Greasy Spoon, Order of the Skunk, ......
It could be driven off post counts in particular forums or combinations of forums, but ya might need to differentiate between stuff like :wo: Posting a great joke vs shooting beer through your nose in response to reading it. :shrug: or at least consider those as seperate merit badges :confused: Maybe by differentiating between threads started vs posting in a thread.... or folks being able to mark a particular post with a 'recommendation'.
:shck:
Think of the additional stuff that might come out of it ..... Challenge Coins, Secret Handshakes.......
Shooting beer through the nose :roflmao:
I like that Stu, pretty clever idea. But tell me more. I dont think I'm grasping the entire thing.
And would we have people that belonged to many groups?....how would they be titled or labeld?
:wo: Crossdressers :shrug: :puke:
Actually, I would think that to be the goal.... earn merit badges across many disiplines, and recognized/inducted into an "Order' based on TBD criteria.
I would envision to be inducted into say 'The order of the woodsman', you would have had to contribute [meaningfully :confused: ] in a number of different disiplines. Where as the 'order of the cook' might require contribution of a multitude of items within a disipline. Order inductions typically involve cerimony, so maybe the 'order of the cook' induction involves a cook off at an FNF gathering, or 'order of the jester' requires a stand up comedy routine before the goodie giveaway at the LBL hunt..... :wo: Maybe there is already an inductee and we didn't even know it :shrug:
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:confused: I have no idea what you just said :nono:
I mean break er into dummy terms.
There is a feature on the board that gives Karma. Good Karma and bad Karma to people. Kinda like reputation points.
I got that turned off because I figured it would just cause chaos between members, plus couldnt find out the whole Karma thing would be beneficial..or useful
I was just spitballing...... but for chuckles.....
As you well know, what ya got here is a database run by an application that manages and accepts inputs in a structured way, provides output of those inputs in various forms, does some level of analytics [ie post count], and provides some level of functionality based on those analytics [ie. assignment of members to groups based on post count]. A forum record has a bunch of fields that define it as a unique record in the database and provide correlation accross fields and between fields. Obviously, what you can do is a function of the applications capability. There is also some sort of member table in the database that keeps track of a number of fields [some static ie name, some dynamic ie membergroup]. The fields and number of fields that the app supports in the member table will probably gate what ya can do.
Conceptually, the application has the capability to determine stuff like which forums a member has posted in, how many threads they started, and I'm betting that karma feature provides for a way for other members to input a thumbs up/ thumbs down on a given post, giving you a post quality attribute.
The thought was.....
A disipline is a specific forum category..... Birds, Predators, Fishing, Trapping, Cooking, Humor, Tailgating[?], etc.
A member could achieve a 'merit badge' in a given disipline based on things like... number of posts in that category, number of threads started, etc, possibly tempered by the quality rating of their individual posts..... example 25 posts in a particular category/disipline that have a two thumbs up or better quality rating qualify that member for achieving the merit badge for that category. You could even provide additional weighting for things like starting, participating in, helping with, or contributing to a community activity. The notion here is a system driven and managed set of member activity based groupings.
Orders could be done similarly based on a specific grouping of earned merit badges ie. The order of hunting partners could require the achievement of shooting, humor, and cooking merit badges...... Or ya might want to add some human intervention to further differentiate qualifications for induction [hunts attended, existing order member vote, etc] This might better insure qualified membership vs internet jocky driven.
The whole thing is probably goofy, but some sites utilize some fairly robust member activity driven recognition which I assume has been correlated to membership growth, increased participation of the members, and member fun.
Activating the quality [karma] attribute might also give ya stuff like 'post of the month, joke of the month, etc]
.... course ya could just add a 'needs a woman' membership group for guys with over 2000 posts and be done with it.
ROFLMAO!! :roflmao:
As I started to read that, I was basing it off my last reply for you to break it into dummy terms. So after the first couple sentences I thought to myself, "that sumbitch is calling me a geek." He's doing this on purpose because he knows I can understand the PC lingo" :huh:
Then your very last sentence gutted me :laugh2: :laf:
Quote from: studabaka on June 30, 2007, 02:08:35 PM
.... course ya could just add a 'needs a woman' membership group for guys with over 2000 posts and be done with it.
Your killin me
I think your right though the Karma thing MIGHT be taylorable...I've never dinked with it. It's original intent just doesn't do anything for me.
How about Stranger, Needs a woman, and Get a job. :biggrin:
:eyebrow: Sorry..... ya kinda leaned into it :innocentwhistle:
Does the S/W allow you to assign members to groups on a basis other than post count? ..... and let ya define the what/how of it?
I was following along nicely until it was put into "dummy terms". :shrug:
:roflmao:
I think 5 SHOTS has a good idea too. But what about the "happily" married posters with over 2000 posts?? :roflmao: :roflmao:
:confused: Needs more kids? :shrug:
:laf: :laf:
That's how I felt HaMer, I was lost till he put it into Dummy terms...I'm sacred of WHY though :huh:
Yeah Stu, member groups can be based off something other then post counts...and the something other can be whatever...but it's more of a permission thing since the new member group name wouldn't show up under the persons name like these do now.
For example, I make a new group called best fishermen. It would have to come with some special permissions, otherwise it's just a name no one sees or feels. Put special permissions on it, then that group has permissions others dont, but it remains unkown to the others since the default post based groups will always over ride.
But a member could belong to many groups.
[hide] We use that now for the members forum. Those members belong to two groups[/hide]
In theory I think the idea is great. In practical terms, I can see problems with it. With any system, people will find a way to beat it. That's human nature. Plus there are lots of judgement decisions about what is "good" or "not so good" or "bad" that have to be made. By whom? Hurt and hard feelings might be the result. Cliques will form.
I am not against the idea, just wondering how to make the system "fair" and manipulation proof. :wo:
If ya go forward with it though, put in a Blather Master category. I think I got a good shot at that one. :biggrin:
"Merit badges" Next you'll want to be selling FNF Cookies at the entrence of my local WalMart. :laugh2:
I was thinking more along the lines of 'Coyote Scat Munch'em's' :laf:
Well so far this is what we got for input :laf:
Bleeding fingers
NeverShutup
Sir Postalot
King Quickfingers
NeedsaWoman
GetaJob
NeedsMoreKids
BlatherMaster
Anyone else got any ideas? I'd like to add three just so it doesn't end at 1000 and your done. But I think I need a little more then what ya got to choose from there.
Stu.....I'm not ignoring you. :wink:
I think the other groups is something that will certainly be incorporated in time, it's easy enough to do, but a little off course for what I'm trying to accomplish now.
In fact the ShowCase member is another example of how easy it is to establish groups out of the ordinary. When we go head to head with that we just need to come up with what we want for groups and what it'll take to become. But to convert all the groups over to a non post count based group, this far along would be a real burden.
I'd rather mix them then switch to them. Did that make sense? :confused:
well when ya get over 4300 ya should be called "BOSS HOG" :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
how about chair polisher
Holy crap Ed....your freakin me out. :shck:
That has actually been a nickname of mine since I was 15. Had it one one of my license plates and one of the pubs where I grew up had it engraved on a mug that hung behind the bar for me when I and my buddies stopped in for a cold one.
I even get e-mail from some old high school buddies address to JD Hog :laf:
Jim,
After Life at 1,000
Silver Life at 2,000 or 3,000
Gold Life at 3,000 or 4,000
Platinum Life at 4,00 or 5,000
These could be set at any levels that you felt would fit.
You could possibly also change the color of the member who reaches these levels to match their level - rather than the current light blue it could be the member's name in Silver, Gold, or Platinum.
Jerry
You got ESP, dont ya Yerry :huh:
I was considering the color change, just to help distinguish and break up the monotony. :wink:
In a former life they called me Carnac! I used to do a gig on Johnny Carson.
Yerry
ewwwwwwww brother :iroll: :laugh2: :laugh2:
Except for a couple of us, the rest of you will have to check out the Johnny Carson DVDs to get the full effect of that one.
Yerry
Holding up the envelope - the answers are:
A frog
A beautiful woman
A 15 pound bass
Ed replies:
A frog
A beautiful woman
A 15 pound bass
Opening the envelope - the question is:
Name three things Jim would like to have on a line?
:laugh2: Yerry, go to bed. Your getting punchy :roflmao: :roflmao: :laf: :eyebrownod:
:roflmao: :roflmao:
After 4000 posts I guess you could be called "Isleepnomore". :shrug: :laf: :laf:
I wonder if The Flintstones have any rights to "Grand Pubah" anymore?? :shrug: :laf: :laf:
Yabba, Dabba, Do!
I like Jerry's idea, silver, gold and platinum. Even if it will take me forever to get there!
Quote from: FinsnFur on July 01, 2007, 10:40:53 PM
Holy crap Ed....your freakin me out. :shck:
That has actually been a nickname of mine since I was 15. Had it one one of my license plates and one of the pubs where I grew up had it engraved on a mug that hung behind the bar for me when I and my buddies stopped in for a cold one.
I even get e-mail from some old high school buddies address to JD Hog :laf:
Maybe in Wisconsin, but in Tennessee that's me..... :noway:
My initials are JDH ie James David Holbrook, so they started calling me JD Hog. Then I started getting.....uh......chunky, so that added to it. Then they made me a supervisor and the guys started calling me Boss Hog and now I have a sticker on my office that says "The Boar's Nest".
:eyebrownod:
Hazard county is in Tennessee?
Nope.......it's in Kaintuckeeee, but it ain't that far....... :sneer:
i like the color idea cause i always wanted to be black so i could blend in while night hunting :eyebrow: :biggrin: :rolleye:
"i always wanted to be black so i could blend in while night hunting" But what do you want to be during the day hunts?
Jerry
I kinda like Yerry's idea too. I'll probably use a couple of them to tack on to the end of what we got now.
Or "Buck Private",, "Private" so on & so forth. :shrug: Maybe every 1000 posts can make you another star "General". :shrug:
Jim, I'm sober now and still can't think of anything better than whats already been brought up.
Sorry to say there was no evidence, um....pics of the honey lemon shine episode... :innocentwhistle: (But there was some asprin bought the next day, and the day after that as well) I likes it but it don't likes me :whew:
So what did you come up with Jim?? Inquiring mind(s) want to know!! :laf: :laf:
Bop fell into one :eyebrow:
I made a Silver member at 2000 posts back in July, and then stalled on whether or not to use gold and platinum, and If I do where to place them as far as count.
Still haven't settled on anything
Gold at 5,000 and platinum at 10,000 would be my suggestion. We don't want to make it too easy for Bop.
Jerry
Thats cool. Just wondering. :wink:
I was thinking the same as Jerry.
I was thinking maybe 10,000 for gold and 1,000,000 for platinum.......I'm tired of falling into things...... :eyebrownod:
YOU fall into something?
I think you mean fall ONTO
The only thing your capable of falling into is love...Punkin! :roflmao:
UH OH......We all know what Jimbo just earned.....
BITE ME!!!!!!
Thats about as close to a gold "BITE ME" as yer gonna get Jimbo!! Better enjoy it!! :wink:
:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
I don't know about falling into/onto, but boy he sure steps in it a lot. :iroll: :hahaha:
Ya know, maybe Bop' should start his own member group for those w/ the most "Bite Me"s. :wo:
I think Bop might be the leader in both giving and getting the most Bite Me's.
Jerry