Guest paco Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 hey i have seen one to many newbies (including me) why are there so many newbies and how do you become a member or jonior member i would like to know:flasher: :cussing: :2women: :modrod: :bash: :blowup: :smoke: :alcohol: :devil: :flaming: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semjaza Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 Well you could start by not posting a million smilies at once. Otherwise the rankings are based simply on post counts. That doesn't mean you should post as much random crap as you can, because it'll be considered spam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artemis Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 Funny, I've noticed the same thing! I think the popularity of this place grows exponentially. (Ergo, each time someone joins, they introduce 3 or 4 people to it, so the number of newbies will just keep on growing!) :laugh: I think it's also b/c it takes so long to become a junior member. ~Artemis~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fyxe Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 [SIZE=1][COLOR=darkblue]Well, the reason why there are so many newbies is because, so many different people join the OB every day. It is all in how many posts you have, I am almost a junior member. You need 250 posts to become a junior member, but I'm not to sure about the other ranks. Plus make sure not to have bad posting quality. Don't just post crap/spam to get your post count up. If you do that often, you [I]will[/I] be banned. But welcome to the OB, hope you have a good time here.[/COLOR][/SIZE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtakuSennen Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 Well, you can look at the term "Newbie" in two ways, if you want to be sort of deep regarding this topic. 1) You can simply consider one a newbie by post count. To get out of this range you have to have 250 posts. Or you can have the "deeper" way of thinking of a newbie. 2) One can be considered un-newbie-esque (Yep, I'm good at making up words) once they produce long, coherent posts without a dozen random smilies at the end of the post that have nothing to do with anything. This also entails they use proper typing and spelling, along with deep, on-topic thoughts and express them well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Samedi Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 OtakuSennen has the idea down.... He knows whats up. And Yeh....cut back on the smilies... 250 posts=Junior Member 500 posts=Member ?=Otaku ?=Extreme Otaku ?=No Life ?=I live here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valen Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 To make things easier, I've noticed it doubles every rank. Building on what Baron has: 250 posts=Junior Member 500 posts=Member 1000=Otaku 2000=Extreme Otaku 4000=No Life 5000(I think, ask Raiha)=I live here I think that's all... I guess we'll have to wait for Raiha to break the ranks again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 I think no-life is 3000, because I could almost swear seeing a no-life with 3000-some-odd posts. Then again, I can't count to thirty-nine without a calculator... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krademon Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 I thought no-life actually came from posting a massive number of posts in a short time. Like 2000 in a month or two? Anyway it's no prob being a newbie. I don't even worry about it. I've been a newbie for over a year because I left posting for a long time and have only come back recently. Respect on the boads dosent come from ammount of posts, it's the quality of your writing. My problem is I think too fast for my hands and tend to have speeelings mastakes :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest paco Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 ok i got that down but dont you get more stuff as you go up in rank like more smiles or avitars i will try to cut back on smiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 [size=1]I believe you can have a custom avatar as soon as you join. There are no smilies to "unlock," either. WYSIWYG. Please work on your post quality as well. Punctuation is your friend.[/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Sara [/i] [B][size=1] Punctuation is your friend.[/size] [/B][/QUOTE] [color=#707875]Oh yes, ain't that the truth? ^_^ Post quality is the thing that will get you furthest at OtakuBoards -- not number of posts or custom titles or any of that other pointless stuff.[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark666 Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 Well I am a really newbie as I have no idea how to do anything so if u have any tips please tell me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyo no Ryu Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Krademon [/i] [B]I thought no-life actually came from posting a massive number of posts in a short time. Like 2000 in a month or two? [/B][/QUOTE] HAHA! That might be me soon, I made like 30 just yesterday. Anyway the only thing pontless posts, overuses of smilies/capitals, weird grammer, and bad speeeling will get you is banned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest paco Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 I dont care if grammer is your friend and it is stuppid YOU WILL NOT GET KICKED OFF FOR BAD RIGHTING OR GRAMMER AND I HATE HOW YOU ARE ATTACKING ME I SHOULD REPORT YOU! IT IS CALLED INTERNET RIGHTING YOU DONT HAVE TO USE PUNCTION OR CORECT SPELLING IT IS THE INTERNET YOU *****' YOU DONT HAVE TO BE PERFECT ON THE WED I HATE HOW YOU THINK IT IS FUNNY TELLING ME DONT USE SO MANY SMILES USE BETTER GRAMMER I DONT CARE JUST ANSWER MY QUESTIONS AND KEEP YOUR COMENTS TO YOUR SELF THIS IS SUPPOST TO BE A THREAD FOR ANSWERS NOT ATTACKS BY THE WAY WORRY ABOUT YOUR OWN ISSUES:mad: :flaming: :wigout: :cussing: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyo no Ryu Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 Dude you are so banned. When James sees this he'll ban you faster than... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by paco [/i] [B]I dont care if grammer is your friend and it is stuppid YOU WILL NOT GET KICKED OFF FOR BAD RIGHTING OR GRAMMER AND I HATE HOW YOU ARE ATTACKING ME I SHOULD REPORT YOU! IT IS CALLED INTERNET RIGHTING YOU DONT HAVE TO USE PUNCTION OR CORECT SPELLING IT IS THE INTERNET YOU *****' YOU DONT HAVE TO BE PERFECT ON THE WED I HATE HOW YOU THINK IT IS FUNNY TELLING ME DONT USE SO MANY SMILES USE BETTER GRAMMER I DONT CARE JUST ANSWER MY QUESTIONS AND KEEP YOUR COMENTS TO YOUR SELF THIS IS SUPPOST TO BE A THREAD FOR ANSWERS NOT ATTACKS BY THE WAY WORRY ABOUT YOUR OWN ISSUES:mad: :flaming: :wigout: :cussing: [/B][/QUOTE] [FONT=arial]I really don't understand why you pointed this out to me yourself. First of all: Yes, you can be banned for poor post quality. This is a discussion-based site. If your post quality is poor, no one will care about what you say, and you drag down the community as a whole. Secondly: I was not attacking you. If anything, you're attacking me right now. And who, exactly, would you report me to? The administrators of the site? James agrees with me, as he's clearly stated [i]in this thread.[/i] "Newbies" are viewed in two ways here. One, the member who has not been here very long, or does not post frequently enough to "graduate" the newbie title. Two, the member who somehow slipped thorugh the system and manage not to be banned when his or her post quality is below standard and/or reminiscent of stereotypical "newbie" attitudes. Members in this thread have kindly pointed out to you how to achieve non-newbie status in both cases. Finally: There are plenty of sites online who will allow you to post with whatever "righting" and smiles you like. I suggest you seek them out, for you are no longer welcome here. [/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 [color=#707875]The point is that [i]we[/i] require good post quality. Other sites may not -- it's their own choice. So, if you don't like putting effort into your posts, you are free to leave at any time. EDIT: I fully support Sara's decision to ban Paco, by the way. It's one thing to disagree with our rules...it's another to flame staff and members over it.[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuroraDragon Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 Wow, he was here and gone faster than.....well, I can't think of anything at the moment. Geez oh peats, people like that are just looking for themselves to be ban. Many thanks to Sara and James on that one. Shouldn't this thread be closed though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig8429 Posted October 12, 2003 Share Posted October 12, 2003 You should really try posting, earn people's respect......otherwise you'll allways be a newbie in people's eyes. And his ideal of internet right's...... when your on a internet board the moderators/admins create the rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 [size=1][i]Shouldn't this thread be closed though?[/i] If I have to close it to keep people from continuing to answer a now-irrelevant question, I suppose so. / [/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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