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Board question (and embaressed to ask it)
« on: November 05, 2008, 07:50:03 PM »
Now that I feel sufficiently stupid......

What do the stars under the author's/member's name indicate?

I tried looking through the site, without an answer.
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Re: Board question (and embaressed to ask it)
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2008, 07:53:26 PM »
Rank/Title
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Re: Board question (and embaressed to ask it)
« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2008, 08:24:31 PM »
Not a whole hell of a lot, really.
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Re: Board question (and embaressed to ask it)
« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2008, 08:38:35 PM »
The less actually knowledge you have on a topic.
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Re: Board question (and embaressed to ask it)
« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2008, 08:56:39 PM »
Quote from: Ex-MA Hole on November 05, 2008, 08:38:35 PM
The less actually knowledge you have on a topic.

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Re: Board question (and embaressed to ask it)
« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2008, 09:25:13 PM »
We're all Sneetches, you mean you didn't know?
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Re: Board question (and embaressed to ask it)
« Reply #6 on: November 05, 2008, 10:30:41 PM »
The stars show just how much Obama loves each of us...
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Re: Board question (and embaressed to ask it)
« Reply #7 on: November 05, 2008, 10:37:17 PM »
They're a measure of life quality. The more stars a person has, the more he/she needs to get a life.
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Re: Board question (and embaressed to ask it)
« Reply #8 on: November 05, 2008, 11:23:03 PM »
What Monkeyleg said

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Re: Board question (and embaressed to ask it)
« Reply #9 on: November 05, 2008, 11:57:41 PM »
You SHOULD be embarrassed to ask it.  To even ask the question shames you, me, and the entire Armed Polite Society.  People like you should be run out of the country, and your families should be enslaved. 
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Re: Board question (and embaressed to ask it)
« Reply #10 on: November 06, 2008, 01:00:06 AM »
When you come to this board, you are immediately assigned a number of stars, which was determined LONG before you ever heard of APS.

Star predestination.

It's very Calvinist, but it works well.
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Re: Board question (and embaressed to ask it)
« Reply #11 on: November 06, 2008, 01:11:49 AM »
Total Depravity

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Re: Board question (and embaressed to ask it)
« Reply #12 on: November 06, 2008, 11:00:45 AM »
Give it a rest, Bunnyboy.
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Re: Board question (and embaressed to ask it)
« Reply #13 on: November 06, 2008, 12:08:05 PM »
I see that the OP failed to notice that not only are there different numbers, but also different colors.
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Re: Board question (and embaressed to ask it)
« Reply #14 on: November 06, 2008, 01:54:04 PM »
Quote from: scout26 on November 06, 2008, 12:08:05 PM
I see that the OP failed to notice that not only are there different numbers, but also different colors.

Yep.  The reddish-yellow ones with horizontal slashes are reserved for the 'tards.  The five star post-'tards are to be avoided at all costs.

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Re: Board question (and embaressed to ask it)
« Reply #15 on: November 06, 2008, 01:57:26 PM »
Everyone please pay their respects to former member Brad Johnson.....

:P  :laugh:
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Re: Board question (and embaressed to ask it)
« Reply #16 on: November 06, 2008, 09:54:24 PM »
So, how does one accumulate / lose stars?

Seriously, how does it work?
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Re: Board question (and embaressed to ask it)
« Reply #17 on: November 06, 2008, 09:58:14 PM »
They are determined by post count for ordinary members, friends and mods are on a different system. Preacherman listed the breakdown of posts per title such as new member, member, senior member, etc a while ago. You can try and search for it if you like. I think you get a star for every change in title, but I am not sure.
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Re: Board question (and embaressed to ask it)
« Reply #18 on: November 06, 2008, 11:00:21 PM »
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Everyone please pay their respects to former member Brad Johnson.....

I remember Brad Johnson. Was a good man that one.

 :lol:
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Re: Board question (and embaressed to ask it)
« Reply #19 on: November 06, 2008, 11:26:08 PM »
Quote from: Don't care on November 06, 2008, 09:54:24 PM
So, how does one accumulate / lose stars?

Seriously, how does it work?
It is entirely arbitrary and doesn't mean a thing.  You can't accumulate them or lose them.
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Re: Board question (and embaressed to ask it)
« Reply #20 on: November 07, 2008, 03:43:02 AM »
Quote from: freakazoid on November 06, 2008, 11:00:21 PM
I remember Brad Johnson. Was a good man that one.

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Re: Board question (and embaressed to ask it)
« Reply #21 on: November 07, 2008, 05:19:45 AM »
I would like take this opportunity to disavow all prior or existing knowledge of Brad Johnson.

If I had ever known him, he would be dead to me now.

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Re: Board question (and embaressed to ask it)
« Reply #22 on: November 07, 2008, 05:35:20 AM »
Who is Brad Johnson?
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Re: Board question (and embaressed to ask it)
« Reply #23 on: November 07, 2008, 07:47:48 AM »
Quote from: Headless Thompson Gunner on November 06, 2008, 11:26:08 PM
It is entirely arbitrary and doesn't mean a thing.  You can't accumulate them or lose them.

I had no doubt about that.

I'm just inherently curious about everything I suppose.
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Re: Board question (and embaressed to ask it)
« Reply #24 on: November 07, 2008, 07:55:15 AM »
No, the stars are not completely arbitrary.

Admins have 5 gold stars.

Moderators have 4(?) blue stars.

For those who have a status of "member," the number of stars you have depends on how many posts you have made.

For those with a status of "friend" or "friends," I believe they have two stars, which does not change.


I could fairly easily change this, as it would just require a few minutes tinkering with the forum settings, but I figure why bother.
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