13-11-2000 20:08									#31
	Enter the AD-FREE zone

I, for example, try my hardest to post only relevant(ish) comments and I don't live for my post count. OTOH, I felt nothing but pride at passing the 300 needed for Prince.

	14-11-2000 12:28									#32
	Put an end to popups!

I like the post counts for the civish feeling but i don't take it too seriously However not all my posts are civ related and i do go to the coffe shop on occasion and to the OTF. However i dont' spend alot of time there, some of those people are savages

	16-11-2000 10:27									#33
	Increase Your PM Length

I can think of only one person who cares about his post count.

	16-11-2000 02:27									#34
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Mao

	16-11-2000 03:37									#35
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Yours truely

	16-11-2000 03:39									#36
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Andz. Look at the latest two Coffee Shops.

	16-11-2000 05:05									#37
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.hmmm... i gotta start putting periods in front of the sentence in my enlish papers, maybe that will distract the teach from getting a nervous breakdown when looking at my spelling and grammer... anywho, I say we subtract the post count for each post or reset it to zero... then just blame it on the server... or MarkG...

	16-11-2000 15:27									#38
	Tired of ads?

<center><table width=80%><tr><td><font color=000080 face="Verdana" size=2><font size="1">quote:
<img src=/forums/"/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1>
</font>maybe that will distract the teach from getting a nervous breakdown when looking at my spelling and grammer.
<img src=/forums/"/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1></font></td></tr></table></center>Ummm wouldn't doing that be the cause of your teacher breaking down due to terrible grammar?

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	17-11-2000 05:11									#39
	Full PM-box? Change here!

If you need any evidence that post counts matter to some people you only have to look at Mao. He gets to Deity and then promptly disappears.

I find my post count embarrassing.


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	17-11-2000 05:54									#40
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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by Alexander's Horse on 11-16-2000 07:11 PM</font>
I find my post count embarrassing.

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Is that all you find about yourself embarrassing?

	18-11-2000 23:44									#41
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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by onepaul on 11-15-2000 07:05 PM</font>
.hmmm... i gotta start putting periods in front of the sentence
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. Period in front of SENTANCE is not relevant; period in front of PARAGRAPH alloows easy way to indent in this UBB script.

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	18-11-2000 23:46									#42
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. Since not many fess up to thinking their post count is important, I will self theadjack my thread and convert it to

*drum flourish*

Nomintate for the SPAMMASTERS award!!

first prize: an unanticipated VACATION!

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<font size=1 face=Arial color=444444>[This message has been edited by Lefty Scaevola (edited November 18, 2000).]</font>

	01-02-2001 10:20									#43
	Tired of ads?

Settler/chieftain/warlord... system separate people into classes. I dislike it.

Although I try to ignore that system, I felt proud to become "warlord" in the first instance. It is stupid to be proud of such thing. I dislike things that tends me to be stupid.

BTW, settler sounds best for me.
<font size=1 face=Arial color=444444>[This message has been edited by SlowThinker (edited January 31, 2001).]</font>

	01-02-2001 00:19									#44
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<center><table width=80%><tr><td><font color=000080 face="Verdana" size=2><font size="1">quote:
<img src=/forums/"/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1>
</font><font size=1>Originally posted by Lefty Scaevola on 11-18-2000 01:46 PM</font>
Nomintate for the SPAMMASTERS award!!

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Me!

	02-02-2001 13:26									#45
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I thought being a warlord was cool after being a silly settler. I don't like being a Prince. King may be better though. I like the idea one site had about having one set of designations as military ranks, and other more on a diplomacy lines. But it sucked. So I am here. I came here for the SMAC forums, but when I discovered the OTF I nearly quit going to the SMAC forums. Now I spend more time over there. And over there everyone is a valued contributor regardless of number of posts. So no, its not a big deal. I find that there are several kings and emperors that have no clue about how things work. Esp. the Euros.

	02-02-2001 17:38									#46
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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by Sprayber on 02-02-2001 03:26 AM</font>I like the idea one site had about having one set of designations as military ranks, and other more on a diplomacy lines.
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There could be more than two sets, so that anybody can choose the name reflecting his mood/style.

One set could be settler, settler, settler... for people that dislike classes.

	08-02-2001 10:15									#47
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Well, Lefty, you & I are now kindred spirits. I have fought to remove post counts altogether, starting almost 2 years ago, on more than 1 occasion. However, I will admit that with the settler-> deity settings actual post counts aren't as important. Previously all we had were "civver" and "junior civver", and people really talked (bragged) about their # of posts. How sad.

Hope that "kindred spirit" thing doesn't bother you too much.

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	08-02-2001 20:04									#48
	Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

I had an OT thread before Christmas about donating a tenth of one's post count to charity as a symbolic gesture. Went over like a depleted unranium balloon.

	08-02-2001 20:25									#49
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Well, postcount titles may be a bit boring but I do like the legendary ones.

Hope some more posters will distinguish themselves on the boards in the coming year/millenium and earn such recognition.

	19-02-2001 01:07									#50
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I like the post count system. i post my ideas more often because of it.

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	19-02-2001 02:45									#51
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Is there any way of finding out what ones current post-count is ?

	19-02-2001 04:04									#52
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Check in your profile. Either click on the profile button on one of your own messages. Or use the edit profile at the top of the most pages here.

	19-02-2001 06:32									#53
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Post counts and the ranking system became meaningless IMO when the mods introduced post count reductions for infractions. About the only interesting thing about the post count for me was as an accurate record of how many posts I made.

Now anyone whose had a PCR or has had their count messed up by a site crash has an inaccurate post count. What does it measure in that case? Nothing worth worrying about.


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	19-02-2001 19:44									#54
	Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

If no-one cares about post counts why is a p.c.r a punishment?

	20-02-2001 10:32									#55
	Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

Thanks Lefty, I'm sure I looked at that, but I obviously overlooked it.

	20-02-2001 00:31									#56
	Increase Your PM Length

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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by MikeH on 02-19-2001 09:44 AM</font>
If no-one cares about post counts why is a p.c.r a punishment?
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Judging from all the froaning and moaning on the subjecy, It is vlear that many posters do care, and there is the poll taken in another nearby thread on post count.

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	20-02-2001 15:17									#57
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I care. JK I must publically state I don't care, or I shall be deemed a spammer.

anyways I really don't care. Women don't seem impressed when I tell them I have over 2000 posts at Apolyton. I make futile attempts at a real life, so I have no time to get to Emporer or Diety.

	21-02-2001 10:59									#58
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<center><table width=80%><tr><td><font color=000080 face="Verdana" size=2><font size="1">quote:
<img src=/forums/"/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1>
</font><font size=1>Originally posted by MikeH on 02-19-2001 09:44 AM</font>
If no-one cares about post counts why is a p.c.r a punishment?
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Well its quite simple really - some do care. I guess if you were 14 years old and had no real friends losing a few posts might seem akin to the death of a close relative.




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	21-02-2001 18:51									#59
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Ah... some do care but they can't say they care 'cause then they'll look like losers?

	27-02-2001 06:43									#60
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<center><table width=80%><tr><td><font color=000080 face="Verdana" size=2><font size="1">quote:
<img src=/forums/"/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1>
</font><font size=1>Originally posted by Lefty Scaevola on 02-18-2001 06:04 PM</font>
Check in your profile. Either click on the profile button on one of your own messages. Or use the edit profile at the top of the most pages here.
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I tried this and it told me only that I am a 'junior civver', not how many posts I have or what ranking I hold... Is there anything else I can do to see my post counts?

As to why someone would care about post count rankings...

From a newbie's point of view, it does seem to matter at the Settler/Chieftain level, at least to the likelyhood of any responses from the more experienced members... Hell, I almost want to change my name to 'Thread-killer' sometimes... Seriously, I have responded to threads or asked questions and then been deafened by the silence. Other times, people are more forthcoming in their responses, but I still feel that some of the more 'senior' posters are biased against responding to the newbie views or questions...

Maybe that is as good an argument as any to eliminate rankings altogether...

Just my $.02

Bob