Change BU's User Title - A Monthly Contest.

[Buster's Uncle]

For those who missed it, I appended the test clusters over and over to the end of what's now there and my title ran nine lines and looked sorta awkward extending the height of my postbit a couple inches, which made all but long BU posts take up substantially more vertical space.  Having to scroll more when I post for a month is something you might factor in about long title suggestions.

We still do not know what it would do with longer words that don't pack as neatly on a line.  The test seemed to cut off at a char. limit -one "test" was 9th line- I expect there is no line limit.

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I'll throw out myself for member feedback something on the line of "Activity Machine".

[Buster's Uncle]

For the fun of it, I could gift winners with the "Change Other's Title" Shop item, and let them do it to me themselves.

-Naturally, if trust is not kept, it will be wasted as soon as I come on in the morning, at very latest...

[Buster's Uncle]

Geo, I reworded your current Title suggestion to still fit, but not say something odd for an absolute -if Benevolent- dictator of this forum to say here w/ far less possibility that the message can be taken all Nazi-like...

[Geo]

Have at it, your next title is only a short while away anyway.

[Buster's Uncle]

On that note, I'll mention that tomorrow is February and Geo's submission -at least some version of- is currently winning.  It's not to late to thrill me...

Sorry Uno.  I'll keep beheading in mind if February submissions for March are slow.

Geo, would you like the "Change Other's Title" Shop item option?  I can hook you up before I go to bed.  Maybe we kick around exact wording first to explicitly reflect I'm "Little Terraformer That Could" on AC2's tenth anniversary.  Perhaps prefixing with "AC2 10-Yr Little Terraformer That Could" -might still fit.  I count 39 char., but maybe we'll take the second line.

I'll test now if I can put in a carriage return and control what line where in text.  BRB.

Edit: No.  Perhaps I'll try to expand that prefixing to full words close to 32char.  I'll think about it today...

[Geo]

If you're willing to take the risk, I can change your user's title, yes. 


If you want to have the 10th year anniversary mentioned, perhaps use blank spaces between the two lines to separete them?
Like this:

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AC2 10-Yr old [insert spaces until it switches to the next line]
little terraformer that could

If using blank spaces to fill a line works, you could even spell out the forum name completely, like:

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AlphaCentauri2's 10-year old [insert spaces until it switches to the next line]
little terraformer that could

[Buster's Uncle]

"On AC2's Tenth Anniversary I'm
The Little Teraformer That Could"

-That's 30char first line, 32char second; should work like that.  I'll jigger the wording slightly tomorrow if your attempt doesn't quite align.  "I'm The" are both actually superfluous, I think.

I'll now go get the shop item and gift you - IF I can recall/find the workaround we found for your gifts to come through.  I'd be mighty obliged if you got that first thing in your morning.  Replace the carriage return with a space and join the lines before you copy/paste.  Enjoy.

[Buster's Uncle]

Okay, I snuck and tested.  Copy/paste "On AC2's Tenth Anniversary, Little Teraformer That Could" and that worked just fine for two neat lines.

Shop Item ASAP.

[Buster's Uncle]

Soon wasn't very soon.  Buster showed up, and I was multitasking while she wasn't here.  -She loved my ROTJ plot alters, BTW.
ANYway, I see the gift went through okay, and 2 in my morning is ideal.

[Geo]

Little problem. Your lines have a grammar error in it. Teraformer instead of Terraformer.
And I can only make the adjustments from my home computer. Not enough time during workbreak, and I don"t trust my tablet to copy/paste text correctly.
Perhaps better do it yourself?

[Buster's Uncle]

Here:

On AC2's Tenth Anniversary, Little Terraformer That Could


I went to some trouble and want you to enjoy your winnings.  The 1char won't make a difference.

Are you working second/third shift or something?  It's past midnight there (?), and I assumed you were gone for the day...  7:37pm here in the heimat, and no rush.  Get it when you're home.

[Geo]

I'm on first shift. I'm leaving now.

[Geo]

You'll have to do it yourself. I get an "User doesn't exist error", even when I copy/paste your username on a forum post.

[Buster's Uncle]

Username is BUncle.  That's what I used on a whim when I signed up.  Buster's Uncle is my current display name.  Maybe I should throw that up for grabs, too.

[Geo]

Ah okay. After work I'll try again.