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Clinically Insane
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May 18, 2008, 05:10 AM
 
I likey

Freakin' sweet, they change colors all the time

Let's hope it's not just a hampstor prank...

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Posting Junkie
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May 18, 2008, 11:01 AM
 
Yay!

Ooh, and they're always random!
     
Clinically Insane
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May 18, 2008, 12:01 PM
 
Yes, it's very

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May 18, 2008, 12:35 PM
 
Oooh. I have new stars too.

They don't convey my meanness though.
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Clinically Insane
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May 18, 2008, 12:43 PM
 
Who's to thank for this ?

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Posting Junkie
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May 18, 2008, 01:02 PM
 
New stars for me too.

Or at least I didn't notice if they changed before y'all's (yow, I've been in Texas too long) changed.

edit: Oh, I just passed 10k posts; that would explain it.
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May 18, 2008, 01:02 PM
 
New admin messing around.
     
Clinically Insane
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May 18, 2008, 01:12 PM
 
Originally Posted by reader50 View Post
New admin messing around.
Thanks, reader50.

Nice creative touch on insanity

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May 18, 2008, 01:40 PM
 
Blame it on the new guy
I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.
     
Clinically Insane
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May 18, 2008, 02:14 PM
 
Originally Posted by OreoCookie View Post
Blame it on the new guy
Isn't that what you get them for ?

Along that same thought: How about a new hampstor ?

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May 18, 2008, 02:17 PM
 
Why fix what isn't quite dead yet?
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Clinically Insane
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May 18, 2008, 03:10 PM
 
Originally Posted by Lateralus View Post
Why fix what isn't quite dead yet?


I like it.

I'm gonna make that my standard, "Why fix it if it ain't dead ?"

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May 18, 2008, 03:11 PM
 
Sweet. I like it too.

Where do I find the thresholds for star labels again?
     
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May 18, 2008, 04:07 PM
 
Those were posted in the beta forum. But I had to fiddle the top two a bit.

The random stars were originally created for Cipher13 when he hit 10K. Then that script was lost in a board upgrade. So I wrote a new one from scratch. Yesterday, "Clinically Insane" was at 15K with the angle-stars.

Trouble is, Cipher has been slacking on the posting - he's only got 11K and change. So I reset Clinically Insane to 11K posts, and dropped Posting Junkie from 10K to 8K. Those thresholds may get fiddled back up to where they were, if Cipher will get on the ball.
     
Clinically Insane
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May 18, 2008, 04:23 PM
 
Ah, that explains. I was wondering why I got the same stars as other that had already hit 15k.

But couldn't you give Cipher13 custom colored stars, and stick to the old ranges ?

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May 18, 2008, 04:26 PM
 
That's a sensible answer, but it will cost you your random stars. Well, for a few more weeks anyway.

If the random-stars are reset to 15K, only besson3c will show them today. Four other people are high enough, but two are on staff and two are banned.
     
Clinically Insane
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May 18, 2008, 04:48 PM
 
To be honest, loosing them wouldn't be fun, but I think we should keep 15k as random stars for Clinically Insane level.

You could, however, merge my what_the_heck account (banninated under the unwritten "no 2 accounts rule") with my turtle777 account, then I'd be past 15k.


( Yeah, I know, in my dreams )

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May 18, 2008, 05:01 PM
 
These are the users who could be affected if the Insane threshold went up.

16,525 - besson3c (safe)

14,496 - Millennium (inactive)
14,013 - turtle777
13,620 - SimeyTheLimey
12,908 - voodoo
12,220 - olePigeon
12,141 - starman
11,534 - mitchell_pgh
11,352 - Cipher13
11,136 - Eug

Posting Junkie is back to 10K, I wasn't happy with the lower level anyway. But I'd like to hear from the other 6 active people on the list before taking the new toy away.
     
Clinically Insane
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May 18, 2008, 05:10 PM
 
To be honest, I don't think this should be a matter of what the individuals want.

You mods and admins need to decide what's best, and then just do it.
Blame the temporary change on the hampstor and delete this thread, so all traces are gone

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