Horrible noob question...

[rehkal]

I've been trying to quietly poke around the forums for some time now to find an answer to this question. I haven't been able to find anything about it at this point so I'm just going to ask.

What are the yellow circles under peoples names/ranks on the board?

And is there a post/list of the board ranks? I'm curious about that.

[Hive Carnithrope]

He he. I asked this question for my very first post...that takes me back...

In answer to your question, they are basically a star system that tells you how many posts you have made.

Ripper is 0-9
Termie is 10-50

Etc...

They don't really mean anything and the highest you can be without being a Mod is a Hive Tyrant.

[wisdomseyes1]

The site keeps track of how often you post. This is ment to tell you how long they have been on the forum, and nothing more. Basically a ranking system.

It is not the same as skill level however. A ripper can be the most amazing and intellectual player on the hive, and a Hive tyrant can be an utter moron (I'm looking at you *insert name of non-existant user here*)

[killercroc]

You mean Salamut? ;D

But really, the stars do not matter at all.

[Major Chrispy]

Ikr, look at my sars and I'm a moron...wait, (whispers to the side) (Oh I'm supposed to call someone else a moron, I never read the script...)

[wisdomseyes1]

Jun 8, 2011 22:45:47 GMT killercroc said:

You mean Salamut? ;D

But really, the stars do not matter at all.

That actually makes me wonder what happened to paalam... did he get ban?

[Overread]

There are also some special ranks on the site - given at whims by the mighty godly ones - these appear below the little yellow circles and are not linked to the post count.

Eg killercroc is This Croc Kills
and I'm The Huskie

Then you have your user uploaded avatar and then the text below that is a user message you can put in yourself through your user profile.

[The Tomato]

*noods at totheark*

[t⊗theark]

Yeah, He was permabanned again. Palalam = salamut as speculated. Infact, this is one of the accounts he made but I'm good friends with him so he gave it to me when I wanted expressed interest in tyranids once more.

As for forum ranks - they mean nothing. Ignore them.

[rehkal]

*nod* I knew the ranks didn't really mean anything. I just wasn't sure what the little yellow circles under the ranks meant. They were confusing me.

[carnogaunt]

The yellow circles are a Tyranid symbol from 2nd Ed 40k. The number of circles correspond to your ranks, which corresponds to your post count. It goes like this (from memory):

1 star	Ripper	0-9 posts
2 stars	Gaunt	10-49 posts
3 stars	Genestealer	50-99 posts
4 stars	Tyranid Warrior	100-249 posts
5 stars	Tyrant Guard	250-499 posts
6 stars	Hive Tyrant	500+ posts
8 stars	Norn Queen	moderator
9 stars	Influence of the Hive Mind	administrator/moderator level 2
10 stars	The Hive Mind	forum creator/owner

[Hive Carnithrope]

Only the Hive Mind is the Hive Mind. There can be only one Hive Mind!

On the subject of Salamut/Palaam, couldn't he just create another account with a different name? How did the mods find out Palaam was Salamut? And why was he banned in the first place?

[1deadcop]

dont posted in gen not count?



and Hive Carn that story is better left untold. just leave it at that. If you really want to talk to him i can pm you his book of faces.

[killercroc]

^ yeah, general posts do not count

[Hellbreaker]

Jun 9, 2011 16:09:35 GMT Hive Carnithrope said:

On the subject of Salamut/Palaam, couldn't he just create another account with a different name? How did the mods find out Palaam was Salamut? And why was he banned in the first place?

Because if you know the guy's posting habits it is bloody obvious when he does and doesn't post.