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I think 50,000 posts is a bit too much .
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OK, the new rankings are in place, and I don't envisage changing them too much from now on:

0: 12th Man
20: Test Debutant
50: Short Leg
100: 3rd Man
250: Extra Cover
500: First slip
750: Captain
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3000: Middle-Order Batsman
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Admins --> Match referees

Mods --> Umpires

Any better ideas?
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I don't want to be an Umpire or indeed the ICC for that matter.

Captain has a nice ring to it, but you'd need to remove that from the post bands then
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Yes, captain - coach - manager kind of thing then?
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I'd say that works yeah
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Mods = captain, Admin = Manager

Done.
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Good hope ths wont change now .
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I like this new ladder system. Although how many post to you need to be square leg?
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Mods = captain, Admin = Manager

Done.
 
Well if new members don't see this trhead then they will not know who the moderator and admins are.
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Originally posted by -JP-

Mods = captain, Admin = Manager
Done.


  Pity I've been away JP !!     Can't we take some of the names thrown at us over the years?

    A western theme such as "Sheriff" of "Lawman"  would be pertinent.

   But is it ruthless enough? Personally I'd prefer something with a little more venom ....

   "Dictator"  or    "Despot"  has a nice ring to it .   "Caesar" would get the message across to the more argumentative members....
                            
       Best of all though   must be "The Terminator!"

    ....something very sinister in that title mate!!


Edited by Sledger - 07 December 2006 at 8:53am
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That would be great Sledger
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Originally posted by -JP-

Mods = captain, Admin = Manager

Done.
 
Well if new members don't see this trhead then they will not know who the moderator and admins are.


I don't see that as a bad thing as I think it helps them interact more naturally without the fear of thinking "best not say that to a mod".

If they need help from a mod or admin it isn't to hard to figure out how to get it, even for a noob.
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I like the sheriff idea! It's fantastic me thinks!
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This new ladder system might make post-boosting popular again.
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Originally posted by -JP-

OK, the new rankings are in place, and I don't envisage changing them too much from now on:

0: 12th Man
20: Test Debutant
50: Short Leg
100: 3rd Man
250: Extra Cover
500: First slip
750: Captain
1000: Wicket-Keeper
2000: Opener
3000: Middle-Order Batsman
5000: Number 3 Batsman
7500: Opening Bowler
10000: All-rounder
20000: Cricket Legend
 
I think that looks very much Ok to me, but why the captain before opener , middle order, bowler and all rounder, just switch captain a little higher. Otherwise this reminds me of times in pakistan cricket where a few players only played as captain as they could not find a place as a bowler or batsman! 
so far so good!
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True.
 
I would prefer it if we used non-cricketing jargon, or of we used actual players. Like for someone with 2 posts they would be Giles.
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Ouch Mik !!!
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That's what you get for embarassing 60 million plus Englishmen and women.
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Originally posted by wiseguy

I think that looks very much Ok to me, but why the captain before opener , middle order, bowler and all rounder, just switch captain a little higher. Otherwise this reminds me of times in pakistan cricket where a few players only played as captain as they could not find a place as a bowler or batsman! 


The captain issue has been solved now, as now mods are captains, admins are managers.


Edited by -JP- - 08 December 2006 at 3:50pm
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Originally posted by crownmethod

This new ladder system might make post-boosting popular again.


Which in turn will make deleting posts and dishing out warnings popular again among the Captains and Managers
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I like the Bradman idea, you should keep that just in case someone reaches it by the 2012 olympics or something LOL
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 I'm not a massive fan of ladder systems - they do encourage spamming. However I suppose they work in a few ways.
County Sim on extended break until I've got less work and more free time. When I have a specific date, I'll post it in the thread.
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 JP is it possible whereby a post that we feel is rubbish can be scored as MINUS 1 ? (we'd have to be able to make that input)

   Instead of just deleting the daft ones , the post booster actually loses out? 
    
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Nice idea Sledger. I'm not sure that it could be done in an automated fashion, but we do have the ability to change users' post counts, I know that much.
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When a post is deleted, the post count is also lessened by 1.
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Yes but I think Sledge meant they also get an additional one taken off their count.
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How much work do you guys want to make for yourselves!!
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 Initially it might create a little more work JP , but the members will think hard before posting dross.

            Ultimately I believe the forum will benefit - in a perfect world ALL the posts will be worth reading!!   (cue musical crescendo and amazing sunset as John Wayne waddles into the sunset) 

        Sighhhhhh   I'm an incurable romantic at heart lads...
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OK, if you want to go for it, do it.

At your own discretion though - if something is utter dross, I'd be inclined to take 5 or more posts off, never mind 1.
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