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Community => Council Room => Topic started by: bvanevery on January 13, 2018, 06:28:38 PM

Title: How am I a Newb?
Post by: bvanevery on January 13, 2018, 06:28:38 PM

That's what the sidebar says I am.  283 posts, a member for 1 year, and I practically own the AAR subforum... how does that make me a Newb?  I might be relative to some long timer, but in absolute terms, no way.  I think the categorization algorithm could use a little tweaking.

Title: Re: How am I a Newb?
Post by: Buster's Uncle on January 13, 2018, 06:51:30 PM

Your profile>Forum Profile>Personal Text>type in something clever/charming.
That's the new member default text...

Title: Re: How am I a Newb?
Post by: bvanevery on January 13, 2018, 06:58:43 PM

Done!  I took your suggestion quite literally.

Title: Re: How am I a Newb?
Post by: Geo on January 14, 2018, 07:30:35 AM

Talkin' about being charmed!  ;hippy

Title: Re: How am I a Newb?
Post by: bvanevery on January 14, 2018, 01:49:30 PM

How have you folks managed a "custom title" ?

Title: Re: How am I a Newb?
Post by: Buster's Uncle on January 14, 2018, 01:56:13 PM

Whim of the manager - although I believe Geo bought his in the shop.

Title: Re: How am I a Newb?
Post by: bvanevery on January 14, 2018, 02:38:18 PM

I am better now!   ;yang;

Title: Re: How am I a Newb?
Post by: Geo on January 14, 2018, 10:02:08 PM

Quote from: BUncle on January 14, 2018, 01:56:13 PM

Whim of the manager - although I believe Geo bought his in the shop.

Yes, yes I think I did... :P

Title: Re: How am I a Newb?
Post by: bvanevery on January 14, 2018, 11:09:47 PM

I realized I don't need 2 things that sound like a rank or title, so I'm not charming anymore.

Title: Re: How am I a Newb?
Post by: Geo on January 14, 2018, 11:37:43 PM

You just love to recycle (yourself)?  :D

Title: Re: How am I a Newb?
Post by: bvanevery on January 15, 2018, 04:01:29 AM

I'd like to think of a more clever way to make the 2nd reference than using the word "tanks" again.  That said, "Into the tanks!" is my favorite phrase ever, related to SMAC.  And I don't mean the kind you drive on a battlefield.  I originally thought of being "Emperor of Paste" but that didn't quite seem right.  "Emperor of Soylent Green" introduces a completely different fiction, not right either.

Title: Re: How am I a Newb?
Post by: Geo on January 15, 2018, 07:45:53 AM

Well, the result should after a while become kinda gooey, so...

Title: Re: How am I a Newb?
Post by: bvanevery on January 15, 2018, 03:33:02 PM

Well it would cost me 500 to change to "Emperor of Goo", and I think "Emperor of the Tanks" is better anyways.  It doesn't cost me anything to change the "Into the tanks!" line so I'll wait until I have a better inspiration about it.

Title: Re: How am I a Newb?
Post by: Buster's Uncle on January 15, 2018, 04:58:34 PM

You ought to deposit $1,000 in the Bank, and be gaining daily interest...

Title: Re: How am I a Newb?
Post by: bvanevery on January 15, 2018, 05:02:39 PM

I did recently.  So unless it didn't work...

Title: Re: How am I a Newb?
Post by: Buster's Uncle on January 15, 2018, 05:46:50 PM

You tell me - I can't check anyone's bank balance below the top 10...

Title: Re: How am I a Newb?
Post by: bvanevery on January 15, 2018, 06:09:20 PM

Seems to be working.  I have earned a massive 87 credits of interest.

Title: Re: How am I a Newb?
Post by: Buster's Uncle on January 15, 2018, 06:15:11 PM

Since when?

It adds up if you wait a while - the #2 guy deposited a few thousand in early 2013 and disappeared, and he'd have passed the one trillion cap several times over -if I hadn't repeatedly reduced the top five earners by an order of magnitude- on interest alone.

Title: Re: How am I a Newb?
Post by: bvanevery on January 15, 2018, 06:17:05 PM

Not that long ago, a few weeks at most.

Title: Re: How am I a Newb?
Post by: Buster's Uncle on January 15, 2018, 06:34:18 PM

Sit on it for six months or so, and you'll never be short of funds to buy anything in the Shop...

Title: Re: How am I a Newb?
Post by: bvanevery on January 15, 2018, 06:53:46 PM

I haven't even used the quiz access I bought a few weeks ago.  When is one going to sit still?