Ok..lets figure out titles.

[Strydur]

Shoot me your ideas. We will NOT do user selected titles. This will just be a discussion on post count titles only. What names and at what post count is what I am looking for at this time. Other special titles may come later.

[Malaki Skywalker]

0-50 Initiate 50-100 Padawan 100-200 Jedi Knight

Just a few possibility's for a traditional Star Wars theme :D

[Tom Starkiller]

200-400 Jedi Master

400-800 Sith Lord

800-1600 Lifeless :roll: :P <--- Gag title XD

[Barmic Rin]

I think:

0-50 Force aware

50-100 Youngling

100-200 Initiate

200-300 Padawan

300-500 Knight

500-700 Guardian

700-850 Consular

850-1000 Sentinel

1000-1500 Master

1500+ Council Member

Just NO Grand Master! (Except Tim, X-wing or SaberGirl)

That keeps the titles from in-universe in there to a certain degree.
I guess we can do without Jedi Shadow LOL!

Maybe a custom title given to older members by Tim & co. if requested.

Dr.Pepper fetcher, Jester, Jedi Tailor, Loremaster etc.
Something the person getting the title is reknowned for.

But if they were done like that, then it should be on a limited window of availability & for Older members only.
But then maybe that'd be asking for too much trouble.

The Brotherhood should still have the sithlord title available to them though.

[xwingband]

200-400 Jedi Master

400-800 Sith Lord

800-1600 Lifeless :roll: :P <--- Gag title XD

The majority of this forum is made up of people that have posted 1600+ :P

I'm up for whatever... It's not like it will make a difference to me.

[Barmic Rin]

Or if he keeps it up, it won't matter to Hasid Either!!!!!!!!!!

[Tom Starkiller]

The majority of this forum is made up of people that have posted 1600+ :P

I'm up for whatever... It's not like it will make a difference to me.

Lol, I haven't actually noticed that XD

maybe throw an extra "0" on the end :P

[Lord Maul]

Barmic, I agree with your idea. There were waaay too many Jedi Grand Masters last time.

[ArkaiHalon]

I'm all for Barmic's idea. with the optional darkside version for those who prefer.
Custom titles at Tim's discretion.

[Do-Clo]

I will admit that senior member just doesn't sound as cool as Sith Lord

[Darth Morbius]

I will admit that senior member just doesn't sound as cool as Sith Lord


I would totally have to agree there!

[Lord Maul]

Upon reflection, I've got something to add to Barmic's list.

Something like 3000+ posts that can be Jedi Grand Master. Tim has always been Owner of TCSS, Sabergirl is Strydur's Better Half, and Xwing is Master of the Posts. You've got to have Grand master somewhere.

[987654321a]

I also agree with barmic. But you should have more of them,

[valeon]

I think we should have a choice of Sith/Jedi title in our control panel, maybe a little checkbox, further than that, I like Barmic Rin's ideas.

[Hasid Lafre]

Dosent bother me much but will add to it.

I like BRs idea But grand master should be in the 5K posts area and I like valeons idea of a choice of jedi or sith in the control panel.

Then at say 10K posts we get to have a custom title.

[Lord Maul]

No one has 10 thousand posts. The most is Xwing, who has what, 6000?

[Hasid Lafre]

yeah something like that.

And?

[TimeRender]

Dosent bother me much but will add to it.

I like BRs idea But grand master should be in the 5K posts area and I like valeons idea of a choice of jedi or sith in the control panel.

Then at say 10K posts we get to have a custom title.

I don't think that's a very good idea. Even though 10k would be nearly impossible to reach anyway, the promise of custom titles after a certain number of posts will just promote postwhoring. Honestly I think we would be better off setting the maximum "rank" on the low end of the scale. This way we won't have people clogging up the forum with useless chit chat just so they can be a jedi grand master or whatever. The old setup was just fine, although perhaps being able to choose between light and dark side ranks would be a nice feature.

[Darth Zecks]

What ever is decided I definitely think we should be able to choose light or dark of the same level.

[Hasid Lafre]

IT dosent matter. the titles are just that titles, persionally I think they should be done away with untill you earn a title.

But people will postwhore anyway no matter what weather it be a custom title or just cause they feel like it.

[strengthofrage]

Old system is cool, Barmic had some cool title additions as well. Jedi/Sith option sounds cool as Lord Do-Clo just wouldn't make a good Jedi Knight lol

...No offense Do-Clo, but I sense the dark side in you.

[Firebird21]

Is there a way to get one of those "Reputation Meters" going? I've seen them on other boards but I don't know how they're calculated. I was figguring on having a "Force Meter" instead. This would, in a perfect world, require the post whores, like me in my day, to post subjects with meaning. Otherwise their rank goes nowhere.


Just a thought.

BTW... I'm not going to bi$%^ and moan, but if there was a way to get the "Origonal" custom rank names back I'd be all for it.

[Do-Clo]

Old system is cool, Barmic had some cool title additions as well. Jedi/Sith option sounds cool as Lord Do-Clo just wouldn't make a good Jedi Knight lol

...No offense Do-Clo, but I sense the dark side in you.

My preference for all black atire must have given it away

[Strydur]

Ok..let me look into our options. We might be able to do a light and dark side with different titles.

[Lord Maul]

As it stands, Do Clo, Lan Ed Tul, Wolverine, Seth22, and Oulebitte (sp?) all had the Sith Lord title. Firebird had Jester, James had Don't get me started. Xwing was going to give me Dr. Pepper Fetcher, but didn't have time.

Tim, light and darkside options would be really cool.

[Strydur]

I am trying to figure out a easy way to have a light side and dark side with different post count given titles for each. So let me know what the titles should be for light and dark side.

[DarthFender]

Sith Initiate
Sith Minion
Sith Apprentice
Sith Lord
Dark Lord of the Sith


There really aren't many titles for the Sith as there are only supposed to be two at a time. Someone who know more about EU could probably add to this.

[Strydur]

Ok well at this point you can join the dark side or light side from the user control panel. Dont join both as that would just not make any sense. I cant make it so users can only join one at this time so you guys will just need to knock anyone who joins both over the head. At this point it will just make you be listed as dark side or light side. I will set ranks for each once you come up with lists.

[valeon]

I can't believe my idea took flight this fast. I love the option Stryder, thank you!

[TimeRender]

Wookiepedia includes lists of ranks for both jedi and sith.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Jedi_ranks#Jedi_ranks
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Sith

This might be a good starting point for someone who wants to tackle this problem.

[Lord Maul]

I can't for the life of me find the Dark/Light Side option. Help please:confused:

[TimeRender]

Click on User CP at the top of the screen, then at the far left near the bottom look for group memberships.

[Lord Maul]

Thanks. That is the one category I didn't look in :roll:

[TimeRender]

Here's a modification of the rank list that Barmic wrote. I thought it had a few too many ranks for my taste.

Board Lurker 0 posts
Force Aware 1-50 posts
Youngling 51-150 posts
Jedi Initiate or Sith Minion 151-300 posts
Jedi Padawan or Sith Adept 301-500 posts
Jedi Knight or Sith Acolyte 501-800 posts
Jedi Master or Sith Warrior 801-1200 posts
Jedi Council Member or Sith Lord 1201+ posts

[Lord Maul]

I think the highest title should require more posts than that TR. I liked on Barmic's how it is 1500 posts. Not as many people will be Sith Lord/Council Member that way.

[TimeRender]

Only 12 people on the forum have more than 1200 posts. Only 9 have 1500 or more. That's only a difference of three board members, so I don't think it matters much either way. It definitely won't matter to me because I'm not going to see either of those ranks for years.

[Jay-gon Jinn]

I like where you guys are going with this title thing. Right now, if we used Timerenders post count list, I'd be listed as a Jedi Master....so I kinda like what he's got there, Maul!

[TimeRender]

That's unfortunate... because after considering Maul's concern I thought about changing the range for Jedi Knight to 501-1000 posts and the range for Jedi Master to 1001-1500. Personally I could go either way, but I think I might be leaning toward the first way I posted it with the lower rank requirements.

Edit: Just out of curiosity, does anyone remember exactly how it was set up on the old forum?

[valeon]

I say we leave it how it used to be, only add sith equivalents.

[Darth_DevilGuy]

if we need more sith titles, emperor's hand might be a good one, palpatine trained a bunch of darkside users to act as agents for him, Mara Jade was one of them before vader threw him down the well.

[Hasid Lafre]

The rep counter is based on users giving a person rep points.

Persionally I like that idea and would love to see it implimented.

[Barmic Rin]

I like the Rep counter idea, though not fussed if that doesn't come up for a while.

I'm glad so many liked my idea.
The only reason I put so many in there is so that you get a sense of achievement as you go, not having to wait for huge landmark numbers.

It's Tim's choice at the end of the day, so i'll be happy with whatever outcome.

[Angelus Lupus]

I gotta say I like the idea of the different groups and all the titles.
Maybe we could even add a neutral option? Or that might be too complicated.

[valeon]

I think a "Grey Jedi" Area would be pretty cool, not everyone is as decisive as light and dark. I say go for it.

[drakeion2]

yea for me the tittle is somewaht doesnt matther i post rarely even if i love this forum
titlle would be fun but i would consider given it just for the helper one, like most people help here i like the idey a bit but titlle like i say is no deal for me ,, im either no sit or jedi
just a plain old fool that like beautiful thing in life

[Hasid Lafre]

Ahhh...what?

[DarthFender]

yea for me the tittle is somewaht doesnt matther i post rarely even if i love this forum
titlle would be fun but i would consider given it just for the helper one, like most people help here i like the idey a bit but titlle like i say is no deal for me ,, im either no sit or jedi
just a plain old fool that like beautiful thing in life

I see what your saying.... nope lost it. Can you try that post again?

[Barmic Rin]

Ahhh...what?

What he said. :.P

[37H4N]

I'm looking forward to the new titles. I do hope there will be a "grey jedi" option 'cause I am VERY indescisive. If, not then I guess I'll stick with jedi. Though the suth titles intrigue me.
The rep meter thing sounds cool too. I like that it only goes up if you post things of merit rather than "poastwhoring."

[Strydur]

I considered using the rep setup. There is even a punish system but I dont think I will implement either. I think it would just lead to more trouble than its worth.

I can add a grey side but I need title names for them also.

[TimeRender]

Gray Jedi were members of the Jedi order, so they wouldn't have their own ranks.

[valeon]

These are some ranks I found for Grey jedi, after checking google.
There arent many that I could find.
Crusaders

Shadow Watch

Sentinel Guard

Apprentice

and here are some alternates from another site.
Grey Jedi Padawan:
Grey Jedi Overviewer, Grey Jedi Physical Specialist, Grey Jedi Force Learner

Grey Jedi Knight:
Grey Jedi Guard, Grey Jedi Duelist, Grey Jedi Force Tamer

Grey Jedi Master:
Grey Jedi Watchman, Grey Jedi Weaponsmaster, Grey Jedi Force Msater

The Lord of the Grey Jedi


You can pick and choose from this list, if anyone wants to take the liberty.

[TimeRender]

These are some ranks I found for Grey jedi, after checking google.
There arent many that I could find.
Crusaders

Shadow Watch

Sentinel Guard

Apprentice

and here are some alternates from another site.
Grey Jedi Padawan:
Grey Jedi Overviewer, Grey Jedi Physical Specialist, Grey Jedi Force Learner

Grey Jedi Knight:
Grey Jedi Guard, Grey Jedi Duelist, Grey Jedi Force Tamer

Grey Jedi Master:
Grey Jedi Watchman, Grey Jedi Weaponsmaster, Grey Jedi Force Msater

The Lord of the Grey Jedi


You can pick and choose from this list, if anyone wants to take the liberty.

I looked for this after you posted it. The first four ranks are just something made up for a fanclub, it doesn't appear to be remotely canon. Everything else just seems to be a rank or specialty that already exists in the Jedi order, but with the word "Gray" added to the beginning.

[valeon]

It's better than nothing.

[Strydur]

Well I wasnt paying attention when I added them so the numbers went up a tad. Here is what it is set at. We can use symbols/pics instead of text if you guys wanted.

Light/Grey Side

Board Lurker 0
Force Aware 50
Youngling 150
Jedi Initiate 300
Jedi Padawan 500
Jedi Knight 800
Jedi Master 1,200
Jedi Council Member 1,800

Dark Side

Board Lurker 0
Force Aware 50
Youngling 150
Sith Minion 300
Sith Adept 500
Sith Acolyte 800
Sith Warrior 1,200
Sith Lord 1,800

[strengthofrage]

Perfect, that looks cool. Definitely a neat thing to be able to choose Jedi/Sith.

[Firebird21]

Perfect, that looks cool. Definitely a neat thing to be able to choose Jedi/Sith.

Read the rest of the topic...

You can change it in the User CP

[TimeRender]

FB, maybe you should re-read SoR's post.

[Firebird21]

Yup! You got me... Guess my day was a little longer than I thought...


Sorry 'bout that...

[Lord Maul]

Excellent Tim. I really like it.

Now it's just custom titles. I posted who had em all on like page 3.

[37H4N]

Yay titles are back!
Man I'm gonna be a youngling forever! I guess I should get busy and more involved in stuff here. :|

[Barmic Rin]

Excellent Tim. I really like it.

Now it's just custom titles. I posted who had em all on like page 3.


Awww....... Maul misses his title!!! Dat's so Coot!!!!!!! :.P

[DarthFender]

He can fetch me a Dr. Pepper while I up my posts so I'm no linger a "lurker".

hehehehe

[Angelus Lupus]

Gotta say I'm liking the way the titles are set up right now. Probably would be too confusing to add grey or neutral jedi titles. I guess I'm just one of those light-siders that strays a little from the 'don't get involved' attitude

[37H4N]

Gotta say I'm liking the way the titles are set up right now. Probably would be too confusing to add grey or neutral jedi titles. I guess I'm just one of those light-siders that strays a little from the 'don't get involved' attitude

Yep me too.

I'm usualy with the jedi but if I feel like hanging out with the sith, I'm going. ;)

[elrond.406]

Hmm...
Coming out of hiding after about two months and my post count is down around 200 posts! =0
Were there really that many threads deleted in such little time?

[Lord Maul]

It is entirely likely that Xwing lowered your post count. He did that to me once.

[Angelus Lupus]

Maybe he just mis-remembered his post count? I know I don't memorise mine.

[elrond.406]

Now why would X-wing do that? I'm pretty sure I didn't sin during my exile...:confused:
Oh well...

[Angelus Lupus]

I've just remembered, X-wing said he didn't have moderator privileges since the move, so he couldn't have lowered your post count.

[37H4N]

Ok well at this point you can join the dark side or light side from the user control panel. Dont join both as that would just not make any sense. I cant make it so users can only join one at this time so you guys will just need to knock anyone who joins both over the head. At this point it will just make you be listed as dark side or light side. I will set ranks for each once you come up with lists.

By order of Lord Strydur, I knock you over the head elrond. Unless I'm mistaken, it looks like you joined both sides. Because under your name it says Jedi Knight Sith Acolyte Jedi knight.

[Lord Maul]

He joined all THREE sides, actually. There is a gray jedi side as well now.

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n187/aluke_2006/Smilies/icon_tim.gif

[37H4N]

Oh realy? So thats why it said jedi knight twice. The rankings are different for grey right?

[Ashron]

I like the new titles that I am seeing. Now I need to get out of lurker status.

[DarthFender]

I like the new titles that I am seeing. Now I need to get out of lurker status.

I agree with you there. 36 and 48 posts is hardly lurking.

[Darth Tollo]

HA! Bow to me you lurkers.:cool:

[Lord Maul]

HA! Bow to me you mere force aware young ling. :cool:

[Firebird21]

HA! Bow to me you mere force aware young ling. :cool:


http://www.gaownersclub.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_bow.gif to me http://www.gaownersclub.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_newbie.gif


http://www.gaownersclub.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_firedevil.gif

[Lord Maul]

Awww man. I just got http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n187/aluke_2006/Smilies/icon_owned.gif

Okay master...http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n187/aluke_2006/Smilies/icon_bow.gif

[DACOTA]

Ok I'm now in the sith group. Yeah! Uh hugh, I mean kneel before my power! Please.

[Angelus Lupus]

And I've now switched to Grey. Not sure what the full range of titles is for that, but now at least my ethical options are a little more... open, hehe

[elrond.406]

By order of Lord Strydur, I knock you over the head elrond. Unless I'm mistaken, it looks like you joined both sides. Because under your name it says Jedi Knight Sith Acolyte Jedi knight.

Oh so that's what the groups are for? I guess I'll have to leave two of them then...Now the matter of deciding which side I'm on...:rolleyes:

[valeon]

I think Tim made it pretty clear not to join more than one. I'm just saying. People really should read the whole thread before they post in it. No offense.

[37H4N]

I think Tim made it pretty clear not to join more than one. I'm just saying. People really should read the whole thread before they post in it. No offense.

Yep.

Yay, Dacota joined a group! I think I'll stay with grey since thats realy what I am, but I realy want to know the rankings. I realy like the some of the sith rankings sobut I'll wait and see if grey has titles better than those of the sith.

[Strydur]

This was posted a few pages back. Light and grey have the same titles currently.

Light/Grey Side

Board Lurker 0
Force Aware 50
Youngling 150
Jedi Initiate 300
Jedi Padawan 500
Jedi Knight 800
Jedi Master 1,200
Jedi Council Member 1,800

Dark Side

Board Lurker 0
Force Aware 50
Youngling 150
Sith Minion 300
Sith Adept 500
Sith Acolyte 800
Sith Warrior 1,200
Sith Lord 1,800

[Barmic Rin]

I think Tim made it pretty clear not to join more than one. I'm just saying. People really should read the whole thread before they post in it. No offense.

Well, that's the sort of thing Elrond doesn't do...... LOL!!!!!!

Maul & FB can be just as bad at times, those crazy kids that they are!!!

[37H4N]

This was posted a few pages back. Light and grey have the same titles currently.

Oh ok. Light and grey having the same titles "currently", does that suggest grey will have different titles in the future?

[Darth Tollo]

Ashron and I have been discussing the Grey Jedi titles to help Tim out. The most renown Grey Jedi seem to be the Imperial Knights. Using that we have come up with this:
Board Lurker
Force Aware
Youngling
Imperial Squire
Imperial Warrior
Imperial Guard
Imperial Knight
Imperial Lord

We were just spitballing. Feel free to take some all or none of this for the ranking.

[Lord Maul]

Maul & FB can be just as bad at times, those crazy kids that they are!!!



Hey, that's not nice...even if it is true :mrgreen:

[Hasid Lafre]

I think Iam gonna stay off this bandwaggon.

[37H4N]

Hmm, I like those titles tollo! I'll have to do some research on the Imperial Knights though, 'cause I know nothing about them.

[Darth_DevilGuy]

they're from the legacy of the force era, circa 100+ years after ANH took place.

they look like this:
http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/f/fc/Imperialknights.jpg

they use standardized silver lightsabers and are loyal to the empire before the force, that about sums them up.

[Angelus Lupus]

Loyal to the Empire? Doesn't really sound like 'neutral' or 'grey' to me.

[Darth_DevilGuy]

its the post yuzaan vong war empire, it kinda got taken over by a sith again but the emperors aren't evil up to that point. Think of it like a more authoritarian version of the new republic, it has more order, less freedom, not really evil though. Remember this is 100 to 130 years after the first film, so it really isn't much related to palpatine's galactic empire other than in name.

[DACOTA]

That is very interesting. I am loving the titles so far. It would be cool to have customs though, but oh well. These are still pretty sweet!

[Mor-El Kesav]

It matters little to me as long as I don't have to have any sort of Sith Title associated with my name. Maybe offer two tracks with equivalent rankings, one for Jedi and one for Sith. That way the Jedi aren't stuck with Sith ranks and the Sith aren't stuck with Jedi Ranks. You could make it incumbent up which side of the force a forum user picks when they sign up. I think this chat engine is capable of supporting that structure but I'm not sure.

[TimeRender]

Good idea Mor... except... how is that different from what Tim did? Wait... it's NOT different... it's EXACTLY what we've been talking about for days and what Tim implemented last week.

Edit: Earlier this week, not last week.

[Lord Maul]

Good idea Mor... except... how is that different from what Tim did? Wait... it's NOT different... it's EXACTLY what we've been talking about for days and what Tim implemented last week.

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n187/aluke_2006/Smilies/icon_roflmfao.gif


http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n187/aluke_2006/Smilies/icon_owned.gif

[37H4N]

:shock: Um... did you read any of this thread Mor - El?

Go to your user CP and choose your side.

[Mi Gin Gonn]

I will admit that senior member just doesn't sound as cool as Sith Lord
or "Master of the Tune" for that matter.

[Nightwing]

Oh man, I would LOVE to be an Imperial Knight. I think they would technically be light side, though. (but only if you HAD to choose)

But what's there fore non-force users?
What about Bounty Hunters? After all, many of them killed Jedi and stole their sabers. Maybe you could have ranks based on "Bounty Hunter Reputation" or something like that?

[DarthFender]

Maybe you could have ranks based on "Bounty Hunter Reputation" or something like that?

What's a Bounty Hunter doing with a lightsaber? Ha ha ha

[Darth Tollo]

Oh man, I would LOVE to be an Imperial Knight. I think they would technically be light side, though.

The Imperial Knights are what brought up "Grey Jedi". There were Jedi before the that were called "grey" because they were nutral but these guy are the first to stand firm and say "Maybe." They are loyal to the emperor, regardless of his path. They only seem to be lightside right now because the current emperor is a fair ruler. Those of us who are costumers are having an issue right now because the 501st won't accept us because they are not "villains" and the Rebel Legion won't because they are loyal to the Empire.

[37H4N]

The Imperial Knights are what brought up "Grey Jedi". There were Jedi before the that were called "grey" because they were nutral but these guy are the first to stand firm and say "Maybe." They are loyal to the emperor, regardless of his path. They only seem to be lightside right now because the current emperor is a fair ruler. Those of us who are costumers are having an issue right now because the 501st won't accept us because they are not "villains" and the Rebel Legion won't because they are loyal to the Empire.

What? Thats a stupid reason not to accept you! I'm mean I see what they mean, the Imperial Knights aren't "villains", but consider this; neither are tusken raiders. They're just a people living in the dessert who just happen to have bad manners. :lol:

[Hasid Lafre]

There not loyal to the empire, there loyal to that emperior guy. They could care less about the empire but the life of that emperior guy is.

[Nightwing]

What's a Bounty Hunter doing with a lightsaber? Ha ha haRead my post. :P
I said:


What about Bounty Hunters? After all, many of them killed Jedi and stole their sabers.

[DarthFender]

OK, so I'm flippin' blind, too! Ha ha ha.

I'd still put any Padawan up against a Bounty Hunter with just lightsabers. I mean, how good could you get, if you don't start learning till your already grown and don't use the force to guide you?

[Darth Tollo]

What about Force sensitive and ex-Jedi bounty hunters like Cade Skywalker?

[DarthFender]

What about Force sensitive and ex-Jedi bounty hunters like Cade Skywalker?


Hey, have you guys seen the episode of SNL with William Shatner at the Sci-Fi Convention?.........

[Darth Tollo]

Yes. Besides the fact that I am a gigantic nerd, what is your point? :D

[Barmic Rin]

The Imperial Knights are what brought up "Grey Jedi". There were Jedi before the that were called "grey" because they were nutral but these guy are the first to stand firm and say "Maybe." They are loyal to the emperor, regardless of his path. They only seem to be lightside right now because the current emperor is a fair ruler. Those of us who are costumers are having an issue right now because the 501st won't accept us because they are not "villains" and the Rebel Legion won't because they are loyal to the Empire.

Try joining a splinter group of the 501st.

Flagshipeclipse accept imp. Knights. I'm sure Knights of the empire do too.

[Obi-Dar Ke-Gnomie]

Yes. Besides the fact that I am a gigantic nerd, what is your point? :D

Heh... Let him who isn't holding a lightsaber cast the first stone.

When I was trying to choose a user name, it came down to Obi-Dar or Ennie Ardee.

[Darth Tollo]

Try joining a splinter group of the 501st.

Flagshipeclipse accept imp. Knights. I'm sure Knights of the empire do too.

Flagship is a 501st detatchment for expanded universe. You have to be in the 501st to be an official member. They just have a section on the Imperial Knights for when and if they are accepted. I have not heard of the Knights of the Empire so I'll check them out.

I do find it funny that in the comic, the Knights are loyal to the Empire and the true Emperor instead of Darth Krayt and so is the 501st but the 501st won't take us. :rolleyes:

[Barmic Rin]

Those guys take themselves FAR too seriously at times....

That's why i'm signing up with Firespray, once I have my Buyce painted up & all my Beskar'gam parts arrive.

(Mando Helmet & Armor for those who don't know!)

[DarthFender]

Yes. Besides the fact that I am a gigantic nerd, what is your point? :D

No point, I just thought we were getting too bogged down in details and wanted to bust it up with a little with some humor.

Now, if you guys don't mind I'm gonna go ply 3d chess against the computer with one hand while I practice my saber spins with the other. (Keeps me out of trouble.)

And no, I have not eve kissed a girl. Ha ha ha ha.

[Angelus Lupus]

I actually have a 3D chess set (not as complicated a game as you'd think)

Oh, and unlike DarthFender I have done that Earth thing called 'kissing'. :D

[Darth Tollo]

I have a baby so guess what I did...just like in the Sims, a heart appeared between me and my wife, then suddenly a crib appeared in the kitchen.:mrgreen:

[DarthFender]

I actually have a 3D chess set (not as complicated a game as you'd think)

Oh, and unlike DarthFender I have done that Earth thing called 'kissing'. :D


I never liked the kissing, I just went straight for the Heart Over the Bed and the Crib appearing out of nowhere. :wink:

[sar-oi]

I think Tim made it pretty clear not to join more than one. I'm just saying. People really should read the whole thread before they post in it. No offense.


they're from the legacy of the force era, circa 100+ years after ANH took place.

they look like this:
http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/f/fc/Imperialknights.jpg

they use standardized silver lightsabers and are loyal to the empire before the force, that about sums them up.


Loyal to the Empire? Doesn't really sound like 'neutral' or 'grey' to me.

and having checked out some definitions of Sith and Jedi what's a poor old fella to do??? :confused:

Having had a Dark Lord of the Sith try to seduce me to the dark side and being of a curious, studious and yet passionate nature, I learnt all that he would teach of the dark side. But my journey began with the light side of the Force and the discipline within it's influence still keeps the passion in check.

Comfortable to mix with either. Loyal to the Force. Ready to serve but to do what is right, by any means. :roll:

Or maybe I'm a Sith trying to infiltrate the Jedi ranks, or a Jedi, the Sith? ;)

In any event I obviously can't be grey since I'm not an Imperial and loyal to the Force before any Emperor.

[Novastar]

This is a LOT of hoopla about titles, but... my two cents would be--if a poster has been determined to have helped people... why not AWARD them titles over a period of time so that the ratings/titles actually MEAN something to the forums/shop? Further, this would differentiate TCSS from other forums, I believe.

Granted... this MIGHT take a lot of manual work... but... it might not. Hear me out... If posts or users are able to somehow easily be "rated" (which I sort of see somewhat already, aka "rate this thread"), there could be a:

"Did you find this user's comment helpful/useful/accurate/noteworthy/innovative/etc.?"

...and people could simply mark it as they see fit. 1 to 5 stars. Or whatever. 1 to 5 rebel cookies. Doesn't matter. In time, if enough ratings are cast for someone, or... the votes add up to "X" or whatever is determined to be the formula... bang. They "upgrade" their rating. Further, maybe they are allowed to switch from a "dark side" title system to a "light side" one (and back) whenever they choose? I don't know.

So... anyhow, maybe not by sheer VOLUME of posts... because heck--Novastar talks a lot. And you all know--what a waste of digital text, right? ;)

Seriously though. Comments? Good idea? Bad idea? No cookie? ;)

[Hasid Lafre]

Wow noone listened to what I said about the imp knights.

[Lord Maul]

Go get butthurt about it Hasid.

Novastar, I think that's a good idea, but it would take a lot of work to get it started. I still like just having the titles we have now, and then when someone deserves a custom title they get it.

Mi Gin Gon = Master of the Tune
Lord Maul = TCSS Dr. Pepper Fetcher
Madcow = TCSS Qui Gon
Xwing = Master of the Posts
SaberGirl = Strydur's Better Half
Novastar = CF Sound Master

Those are all I can think of now. All of them except Novastar's were already in effect (or were about to) before the forum change.

[Hasid Lafre]

Thats very mature of you.

[sar-oi]

Wow noone listened to what I said about the imp knights.

Hey! I listened.

You're "staying off the bandwagon on this one" and "emperor" rather than "empire."

Trouble is a lot of other people are offering up tit bits of info about imp knights and I haven't a clue who's bang on without doing all the research myself! You guys are teaching me. I'm just lurking at the mo!

I mean I'll go along with all this and have a bit of fun but the truth is I just love tinkering with sabers and want to make something pretty special but am waiting for the parts to turn up. I don't get why someone would want a sith title but call themselves jedi, then want to change to grey and probably back again.

I agree completely that if you're going to have ranking then it ought to be based on quality rather than quantity of posts but I gotta role with what you've got running already haven't I?

I sort of got the impression from Tim's post that us guys rating each other might be more trouble than its worth because lets face it, if you rub someone up the wrong way once by simply having an opinion your rep might get trashed for good. You could end up with a false rating system like with ebay where so many sellers won't post positive feedback for a good buyer until that buyer posts positive themselves. Well what if the seller didn't deserve a positive rating but the buyer did? What's going to keep a rating system honest on this site over others? Or has someone got to spend time dealing with disputes about feedback?

Seems even ranking yourself isn't hassle free though!:rolleyes:

[Darth_DevilGuy]

honestly programing a rating system thats based on feedback from other members wouldn't be easy, from a programing standpoint it's not that big a deal, but you need to figure out titles first, and integrating it with the PHP board code may not even be possible.

IMO the reason the number of posts = rank thing is so prevalent in internet boards is because it's easy to do and fairly accurate, if a person is a tool they'll probably get themselves banned long before they get a high post count, if a person has a really high post count especially on a small board like this one, they probably have a lot of knowledge on the subject, and are proven to at least not be a tard.

my two cents on forum ranking systems.

[supertrogdor]

cookies to NovaStar i say, not sure how much work would be involved in setting it up, but it should not be too hard to code into a profile.

[Obi-Dar Ke-Gnomie]

"Rebel cookies"

Will they have chocolate chips? 'Cause if they do, I definitely want in on that action.

If they have raisins, I'm casually indifferent...

[987654321a]

How about 987654321a- Master of the Quiet Lol.

jk.

[Barmic Rin]

Barmic Rin - Generally nice bloke.

Go on Tim & Sabergirl!!! You know you wanna!!! LOL!!!

[37H4N]

Will the grey side ever have it's own titles? The Imperial Squire, Warrior, ect. sounded good, so maybe Tim will use those?
The grey side aren't jedi so they shouldn't have the same titles as the light side. I'm sure Tim is busy so I don't want to be pushy but I do hope that the titles will be changed in the near future.

[Hasid Lafre]

Gray jedi are jedi. Qui gonn was a gray jedi. Gray jedi beleaved in teh ways of the jedi but not monk like ness that the jedi seemed to be.

[37H4N]

True, I forgot about Qui-Gon.

I still would rather have different titles though. But if not, no biggy.

[Hasid Lafre]

Well we could prolly do a different set instead of gray jedi.

Like indipendent force users that dont follow any jedi or sith path.

[Dandura]

yeah gray jedi or dark jedi, whichever you want to call them. It would be cool if you could choose your path when you obtain your first title. As in Sith, Jedi, Gray/Dark Jedi. Probably a little too far out of reach though.

[DARTH KALEL]

yeah but i thought grey and dark jedi still had ranks of knight sentinel and master just not much of anything else mainly titles they carried over from being Jedi and some sith that lightened up lol

[Hasid Lafre]

Persionally the only ranks That I would cara about are Initiates, padawan, knight, and master.

The rest is that kotor crap.

[DARTH KALEL]

well revived in KOTOR, lucas has made reference to sentinels and guardians since early 80's. Plus we all live in the EU anyway so why not embrace it. My character is actually listed as a Jedi Bethgyar. Not light or dark but ruler of his academy.

[Jak'Kan-Ur]

It's your intent that determines if you are Dark or Light.
MWHAHAHHAHA!!!

[Voice]

Rather, it is your *actions* that determine whether you are Dark or Light. As the saying goes, "The road to Hell is paved with good intentions."

[DarthFender]

That's a very valid point, Voice.

[Barmic Rin]

I prefer the Duke Nukem/ Ash from Evil dead school of thought:

"Kill'em all, let God sort them out"


LOL!!!



My real philosophy is " No matter how bright the light may be, there will always be those that wanna sit in the shade."

[Nightwing]

Okay, so back to the subject of titles...
What if we had another group of titles, based on the rankings of the Imperial and Rebel armies? After all, half the active members of the board are in one "squadron" or another.

I know that the Rebel ranks for pilots (and all Alliance Navy personnel) are:

Admiral
Vice Admiral
Rear Admiral
Commodore
Captain
Commander
Lieutenant Commander
Lieutenant
Sub-Lieutenant
Ensign

Alliance Army:
General
Lieutenant General
Major General
Brigadier General
Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel
Major
Captain
First Lieutenant
Second Lieutenant

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Rank_insignia_of_the_Rebel_Alliance

Some of these ranks cross over, actually, since we know that Luke, Lando, and Han were all generals although they commanded space forces. Maybe we should come up with a mixed ranking system, as was devised for the X-Wing PC game?

[DarthFender]

Hey everyone on this thread....

That dead horse called....

Can you stop beating it?

[Jedi Ranger]

Hey everyone on this thread....

That dead horse called....

Can you stop beating it?

Ohhh.......I think there's still some squishy goo left in it somewhere!! :P

And back on topic.............looks like I have a stealth "rank"! Did I miss something in the last 15 pages?

[Lord Maul]

you have to go into the user CP and choose your ranking group. Click on "group memberships" and pick jedi or sith.

[Hasid Lafre]

I would like to see rebel, empire, bounty hunter and maybe some others.

[Jedi Ranger]

Ahhhh........thanks Lord Maul!

[Drichar Deis]

Ok, called me old fashioned and straight laced, but this is a light saber forum, Im quite happy with Jedi or Sith ;)

[Hasid Lafre]

No this is a lightsaber building forum attached to a store that sells lightsaber parts.

Not everyone here is a jedi or sith, we got pilots, tuskens, bounty hunters, ect ect.

[darth ney]

And i think i can say this thread has just been killed

[tinfoilhelmet]

so then it's decided...just call me supreme admiral.

[samurai_rob]

Love the titles! Hope to have one soon!

[Swordlord]

New post by new user on old thread.

Perhaps TIm could change the initial titel 'Board Lurker' to 'Mynock' - a new board member feeding on the datastream in the hope of becoming Force Aware.

[Maven]

awww.... man!!

i have to post alot to get a not-stupid title....

some one, quick.... give me something relevant to post about!!!

[Thaxos]

awww.... man!!

i have to post alot to get a not-stupid title....

some one, quick.... give me something relevant to post about!!!

Excessive posting is frowned upon, but I'm sure you were just kidding ;)

[Jedi-Loreen]

He did say relevant...... ;)


But yeah, postwhoring, to put it bluntly, is indeed frowned upon.

[Maven]

i am at a grand total of 10 posts... and i didn't post a word for my first 3 days... i understand how sensitive this board is about spoonfeeding and over-posting.

I'll play by the rules, dont you worry.

[Thaxos]

i am at a grand total of 10 posts... and i didn't post a word for my first 3 days... i understand how sensitive this board is about spoonfeeding and over-posting.

I'll play by the rules, dont you worry.

Good to hear! :D

[Revan]

well looks like i have a long way to go to get a title fit for my user name ha ha!

[Barmic Rin]

So, I see that the noobs have gone into the backyard and started digging up threads we'd pretty much left buried....

The Unique names are no longer set up, they're all now jedi/sith rankings.

Postwhoring makes me use the dark powers of british intellect on you until your brain starts to leak out of your ears. It's messy and unpleasant for all around, so please don't postwhore.

[Revan]

Postwhoring makes me use the dark powers of british intellect on you until your brain starts to leak out of your ears. It's messy and unpleasant for all around, so please don't postwhore.

...wait. did you say *British* INTELLECT? LOL!!! :roll:

(i clicked on "new posts" and this one popped up so i commented on it after i read ALL 16 pages of the wasted jabbering about "titles"... who gives a ripp?)

at least Thaxos had something encouraging to say to the dude who dug it up...

[JediMasterDak]

i am at a grand total of 10 posts... and i didn't post a word for my first 3 days... i understand how sensitive this board is about spoonfeeding and over-posting.

I'll play by the rules, dont you worry.

I didn't post for 2 months!!! :p:p:D:D;);)

[Jedi-Loreen]

That's partly because you couldn't, Dak. Not while you were waiting for your parent's approval. :p

[Revan]

That's partly because you couldn't, Dak. Not while you were waiting for your parent's approval. :p

LMAO!!!!! good one Lori :cool:

[Jedi-Loreen]

Funny but true.

[JediMasterDak]

Ya whatever.... I was reading

[galen marek]

first thing i posted on my old account was "competition: who has made the best lightsaber" :lol: that was my first day, Boy did the old flamey come out. I was always over enthusiastic on these forums:-|

[Hasid Lafre]

I think the gray jedi should be changed to dark jedi and have different titles that go with it.

Heres a list of good ones.
http://www.darkjediorder.org/data/ranks.php

Also maybe these could be added to the jedi ranks as well.
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Jedi_ranks

Sith Ranks
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Sith_ranks

The limited ranks there are spread accrost what, 1k posts? and then no more after that. Could we get a little more out of it?

[galen marek]

i dont have a title, wtf is wit dat holmes?

[Jedi-Loreen]

That's because you haven't chosen a group.

You need to go to the UCP and click on Group Memberships in the Networking section on the left and click on the Group you want to join.


And, please refrain in the future from using "wtf". If you were to write it out, that last word is forbidden here.

[galen marek]

thanks, and,what? fudge?

what...

the...

Fudge.

[Jedi-Loreen]

You know that's not what that really means. :roll:

[cardcollector]

Back on topic...
I really like Hasid's Idea.!:cool:
The Grey Jedi is just the Jedi with a different title.

[galen marek]

the gray jedi does not see the world in shades of black and white, he sees everything as pure as the next regardless of how it came to be or its motive:cool: lol

[Hasid Lafre]

Gray Jedi was a term, sometimes used pejoratively, that described Jedi who were thought to operate independently and often outside the strictures of the High Council.

The term itself dated back as far as the Old Sith Wars . During this time period, Gray Jedi themselves became associated with a certain variety of robe. In the following millennia, the term continued to increase in usage, most likely due to the increasing trend towards centralization of power in the Order, and the increased prominence of the Jedi Council itself.
By 130 ABY, the term Gray Jedi was used to refer to those Force-sensitive individuals and groups that, while not following the dark side, were not part of the NJO and/or served other institutions above the will of the force.

[cardcollector]

Gray Jedi was a term, sometimes used pejoratively, that described Jedi who were thought to operate independently and often outside the strictures of the High Council.

The term itself dated back as far as the Old Sith Wars . During this time period, Gray Jedi themselves became associated with a certain variety of robe. In the following millennia, the term continued to increase in usage, most likely due to the increasing trend towards centralization of power in the Order, and the increased prominence of the Jedi Council itself.
By 130 ABY, the term Gray Jedi was used to refer to those Force-sensitive individuals and groups that, while not following the dark side, were not part of the NJO and/or served other institutions above the will of the force.

Finally!!!! Someone gets it right!!!;):cool::-x

[DarthHideous]

Who actually assigns these titles anyway? Is it Tim? Also, has this system actually been decided upon and made formal or is it just topic for conversation? I wanna be a Knight dang-it !!! :rolleyes:

[Jedi-Loreen]

That's because you haven't chosen a group.

You need to go to the UCP and click on Group Memberships in the Networking section on the left and click on the Group you want to join.


If you want a title under your user name, you have to do what I said on the page before. The actual title is based on how many posts you have.

But if you want to be a Knight, then why did you choose Darth as part of your user name?

[Barmic Rin]

More importantly, why do folks keep digging up this topic?

We decided, way back in the good olde days, that we'd have ranks set up at certain posts, so long as you don't postwhore to get there.

Personal CUSTOM titles are no longer done unless you own the site. Simple as.

[DarthHideous]

If you want a title under your user name, you have to do what I said on the page before. The actual title is based on how many posts you have.

But if you want to be a Knight, then why did you choose Darth as part of your user name?

I only came up with this name as a joke. I've had it long before this forum. I just couldn't come up with another one at the time. Besides, I didn't realize how anal people get about names on here.

BTW, I was jk about being a Knight, although I'm not really a "Darth." I'm really a good guy, I promise ;)

[Barmic Rin]

I have to say, there are afew exceptions to the general DarthJediMasterAwesomeLord of theSithROFL rule.

Unfortunately, too many have ruined it for others by coming on and proclaiming "I am DarthNastiness, I am the ultimayt Sith worriar!!!"

The Special folks that don't read and try to treat this place as a roleplay site, those are the DarthJediMasterSith that have ruined it for so many.

[Jedi-Loreen]

You don't have enough posts to be a Knight yet, anyway. :p

[Ambo]

I swear the "I WANT A TITLE CAUSE IT MAKES ME LOOK COOLER" posts and threads will never die.....as long as there are immature persons that can join forums there will be this topic....but then agin....it always brings us out to comment on it....lol

[Barmic Rin]

Well, I call smiting the lil'uns a perk of being part of the 'Olde Guard'..... :-p

[Invisas1979]

Funny how many people name themselves darth or master before reading the posts in this forum.

Personally anyone who reaches Knight level inside of a year with nothing (figuratively speaking)to show for it should be demoted..... that for me is a really annoying thing.

I'll make what ever rank when I've done enough work and been here long enough.

5 months and 4 saber projects in the works ranging from a Maul conversion (pending) to a full build with a RGB led gives me but a little amount of knowledge. I still haven't moved onto crystal chambers, accent leds and quality (you really don't break these) boards.

For those who want a "title" sooner rather than later are clearly missing the point of titles in the first place.