Forum ranking structure explained!

[GarethW]

There are currently 11 special ranks that registered forum members can achieve! They are automatically assigned and are dependant on the number of posts that have been made. Here is the full list of ranks and amount of posts that are required for each:

Awaiting approval....: 0 posts
New Member: 1-9 posts
Junior Member: 10-24 posts
Forum Member: 25-99 posts
Regular Member: 100-199 posts
Experienced Member: 200-499 posts
Senior Member: 500-999 posts
Professional Member: 1,000-1,999 posts
Veteran Member: 2,000-4,999 posts
Master Member: 5000-9,999 posts
Elite Member: 10,000+ posts

Have fun!

[mvalenti]

Shweet! All my hard work loafing around at work paid off!

[swertel]

Wow! To think someone may actually get to 10,000 posts.
At a post a minute = 10000 minutes
10000 min = 166.667 hrs
166 hrs = 6.9 days

Time to get started. 1 post each minute for a week.

[mvalenti]

LOL +1

[swertel]

As an engineer, I probably should have been more accurate in my estimate. It's fine for a purely man-hours schedule, but for a calender schedule I need to consider:
* sleeping
* eating
* restroom breaks
* general fatigue and potential loss of productivity
* lack of useful things to say
* average and standard deviation of the average post length to determine if 1 post per minute is even possible (we're not texting or tweeting here)
* etc, etc, etc.

In other words, I don't think I'll get there in a week.

[mvalenti]

Everyone builds slip into thier schedules. But in this case, i can double my efforts by posting from my iPhone while on the throne....

[mvalenti]

I just have to get to 130 posts today... or my weekend will be spent sulking...

[GarethW]

Congrats to mvalenti - you're our first member to have a gold star. Go to the top of the class.

Pete - you're not far away from one too!

[Pete]

Gutted. 2nd place is the 1st place loser....

My excuse is that I moved house and started a new job at the same time. Anyway, it's quality not quantity.... :roll:

[mvalenti]

Pete? Pistols at dawn?

LOL

I hear ya.. Life is getting in the way here as well. We have 4 boys, 13,10,8,and 5... School and sports... wife works 3 nights a week 7p-3a, mortgage company sent us a foreclosure notice even tho we have never been late and havnt missed a payment.. (looong story) we hired a lawyer anyway.. Should be cleared up in a few months... blah!

Insanity...

[Pete]

Oh puuulleeeeeeeeease, get some perspective! .... ok, so that's quite a good excuse... but still!

[Pete]

Can't think of anything constructive to say with my 100th post.. so YEY ME!

[GarethW]

Can't think of anything constructive to say with my 100th post.. so YEY ME!

Yey Pete!

[silva3design]

Nice.... 8-)

[mvalenti]

Go Pete GO!

[GarethW]

Shweet! All my hard work loafing around at work paid off!

Looks like someone's 3 posts away from being an "Experienced Member"

[mvalenti]

Really? Thats awesome! Who?

[mvalenti]

Wouldnt it be funny if it was me?

[GarethW]

Wouldnt it be funny if it was me?

Hooray! Welcome to the slightly exciting world of being an "Experienced Member"

[bogdan.taranu]

Lol U guys are funny... do you also work in the mean time?

PS: I think you are missing a smily... the :-B (dork/ geek) for me