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Post by Uesugi on Aug 2, 2007 16:15:30 GMT -5
Why do I have to be the only one on... Listen, mate, three people, Dagoth, myself, and Me, looked at everyone, looked at how often they wrote, how well they wrote, how often they commented, and what they said in those comments, and made a decision off that. It was not one person sitting in a room, reliving grudges and picking favorites.
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Post by GreyEidolon on Aug 2, 2007 16:25:39 GMT -5
Even if it was broken and poorly thought out, wasn't the original ranking system based off of writing ability? If so, why would you bring this issue up now, Blood? And if it is not based off of that, then what can we base it off of?
As a side note, I believe I am appropriately ranked.
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Post by Raistlin on Aug 2, 2007 17:03:12 GMT -5
Staff members obviously aren't based on how long you've been here either. Still doesn't make any sense.
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Post by Uesugi on Aug 2, 2007 17:10:12 GMT -5
Your point, Raist? You're complaining because of freaking names.... Does it really matter all that much what some rank is really called?
And you could at least be subtle when you smite me.
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Post by BloodMoonWolf on Aug 2, 2007 18:10:12 GMT -5
I guess I'm taking the anger out on the wrong subject. I got to thinking and I figure its not the fact that its the rankings, which should be judged by more than 3 people but whatever, its that fact that you doing it. You said it yourself. Its names who cares. Why not leave it the way it is? If this is the big thing you guys can come up with i'm honestly not impressed. We haven't had a real contest in months. You're just now starting the guild member of the month thing up. You don't even tell us what you guys plan in there. At least death had a newsletter for however short a time it was. So I'm what i'm saying is unless you want people to think you are just laying around and trying to make it look like you are actually trying to help the site then you kinda have to tell us what you are doing.
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Post by Uesugi on Aug 2, 2007 18:26:28 GMT -5
Ranks are not names. They have names, but names alone do not define them. They are defined by order. Raist seems upset because I have the staff rank happens to be called veteran and he was here a few weeks longer than me. The ranks, however, were poorly skewed. They were based on any number of qualities, were handed out like candy, and the council generally never cared. So, with a new council shuffling in, things changed. Now your rank actually says something about what you've done for this site in terms of what the council determined matters: writing and commenting. Now it tells you how well and often you write, and how well and often you comment. It doesn't matter in that sense, you're right. It doesn't define anything about you, other than how much you've contributed to the major aspect of this site.
I remember a contest back in June... I thought it was Me's turn for July... Should be Dagoth this month, and I have September... or, at least, that's how I thought it was going. perhaps I am wrong.
I don't recall the council ever saying anything last fall when it first came about. In fact, I don't think it ever has.
Okay, mate, then when are you going to make a skin? You're skin designer. Me and I are planning a nice big surprise, as well, and that is being kept under wraps. So, for now, I think ranks actually help, because it lets you know how you are doing. But then again, maybe I'm lost in some strange little world where logic has stopped applying.
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Post by Raistlin on Aug 2, 2007 19:57:06 GMT -5
Your point, Raist? You're complaining because of freaking names.... Does it really matter all that much what some rank is really called? And you could at least be subtle when you smite me. If it doesn't matter, then why was it rewritten? You made this thread for us to present our problems with the new system, so here I am. I'm not smiting you. No real way to prove it, but I'm not. Thanks for blaming me for it, though.
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Post by Uesugi on Aug 2, 2007 20:25:44 GMT -5
If we called the ranks ranks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc. would you still have a problem?
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Post by BloodMoonWolf on Aug 2, 2007 20:31:12 GMT -5
you know instead of insulting him you could try, even in the slightest, to understand his complaint. After all this is a thread to make complaints. He's making complaints so why not try listening to him. That's what a good mod would do.
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Post by Uesugi on Aug 2, 2007 20:32:03 GMT -5
Asking why he was complaining over names isn't an insult... And it is something that isn't about how people were ranked.
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Post by Raistlin on Aug 2, 2007 20:33:11 GMT -5
The insult was accusing me of smiting you.
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Post by Uesugi on Aug 2, 2007 20:34:53 GMT -5
That isn't an insult. that is called an accusation. And it has been occurring since you started coming back to the site, whenever you've signed on, so forgive me for assuming that it had some sort of correlation.
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Post by BloodMoonWolf on Aug 2, 2007 20:35:55 GMT -5
no simply asking it would not insult him. But the way you are saying its. With the bloodies and what not. And remember this. I believe you said this. Please correct me if I'm wrong. So, everyone now has their spiffy new rank... If you have any complaints, feel free to complain here, especially if you think it unfair, etc. We're here to help.
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Post by Uesugi on Aug 2, 2007 20:38:04 GMT -5
And... I see no valid complaint beyond him not liking how things were named. When I said that, I was specifically pointing to more relevant complaints such as: I think I should be higher because I write real good/comment a lot/whatever.
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Post by Raistlin on Aug 2, 2007 20:38:25 GMT -5
That isn't an insult. that is called an accusation. And it has been occurring since you started coming back to the site, whenever you've signed on, so forgive me for assuming that it had some sort of correlation. But that sort of negative accusation is taken as an insult, whether you mean it as one or not. It appears as though it has not started when I came; You had low karma when I left, you had low karma when I came back.
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