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Re: Site Discussion Thread

Postby HeroLinik » Wed Jun 21, 2017 1:42 pm

Why do we still have the egg ranks? From what I heard, we were going to keep them for the entirety of April, but the Easter egg hunt has been long shelved, it's been nearly three months since Easter and summer's pretty much just started. With these points in mind, I see no point in keeping the ranks to be honest, and I have a feeling the staff have forgotten to remove them.

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Re: Site Discussion Thread

Postby Mable » Wed Jun 21, 2017 1:48 pm

I mean if you don't want to keep it just ask someone from the staff to remove it from you and give you back the other rank pictures.

Honestly why complain about it tho? Ranks don't mean anything they just a simple picture with a text above them.

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Re: Site Discussion Thread

Postby underFlo » Wed Jun 21, 2017 3:24 pm

the april fools joke was that the ranks are permanent have fun

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Re: Site Discussion Thread

Postby marioluvvva » Wed Jun 21, 2017 5:26 pm

Hiiiii alll! Im new here and i luv to play super mario since i was a kid ( im a late 80s KID) LOL

Sorry i think i posted my intro in the wrong thread. Is this what you guyz are talkin about https://dmowiki.com/Beast_DigiEgg or no?
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Re: Site Discussion Thread

Postby kr4k1n » Wed Jun 21, 2017 11:43 pm

marioluvvva wrote:Hiiiii alll! Im new here and i luv to play super mario since i was a kid ( im a late 80s KID) LOL
hi
marioluvvva wrote:Sorry i think i posted my intro in the wrong thread. Is this what you guyz are talkin about https://dmowiki.com/Beast_DigiEgg or no?
no we're talking about Image ranks

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Re: Site Discussion Thread

Postby ElectriKong » Thu Jun 22, 2017 2:26 am

They are ranting on about how they still have them and that they want to get rid of them.

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Re: Site Discussion Thread

Postby HeroLinik » Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:15 am

Electriking wrote:They are ranting on about how they still have them and that they want to get rid of them.
Do you even know what ranting is? I'm just making an observation about something unusual.

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Re: Site Discussion Thread

Postby Mable » Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:59 am

But really what does it matter? Rank is rank it doesn't mean anything special anyway.. it's just a pixel image

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Re: Site Discussion Thread

Postby Snessy the duck » Thu Jun 22, 2017 10:52 am

Spinda wrote:the april fools joke was that the ranks are permanent have fun
Oh shit.

Also, I know I say this a lot, but why do we even have ranks in the first place? As Mable said, they mean absolutely nothing, and the only reason I can think of that they're here is to show the amount of posts people have made, which you can already see right below it.

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Re: Site Discussion Thread

Postby ElectriKong » Thu Jun 22, 2017 11:02 am

Snessy the duck wrote:
Spinda wrote:the april fools joke was that the ranks are permanent have fun
Oh shit.

Also, I know I say this a lot, but why do we even have ranks in the first place? As Mable said, they mean absolutely nothing, and the only reason I can think of that they're here is to show the amount of posts people have made, which you can already see right below it.
Probably to show where the milestones are

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Re: Site Discussion Thread

Postby Quantix » Thu Jun 22, 2017 11:03 am

Snessy the duck wrote:Also, I know I say this a lot, but why do we even have ranks in the first place?
why not

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Re: Site Discussion Thread

Postby Snessy the duck » Thu Jun 22, 2017 11:04 am

Electriking wrote:
Snessy the duck wrote:
Spinda wrote:the april fools joke was that the ranks are permanent have fun
Oh shit.

Also, I know I say this a lot, but why do we even have ranks in the first place? As Mable said, they mean absolutely nothing, and the only reason I can think of that they're here is to show the amount of posts people have made, which you can already see right below it.
Probably to show where the milestones are
That would be a good reason, but I don't really think we really need to show milestones like that.
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Re: Site Discussion Thread

Postby ElectriKong » Thu Jun 22, 2017 11:05 am

Snessy the duck wrote:
Electriking wrote:
Snessy the duck wrote: Oh shit.

Also, I know I say this a lot, but why do we even have ranks in the first place? As Mable said, they mean absolutely nothing, and the only reason I can think of that they're here is to show the amount of posts people have made, which you can already see right below it.
Probably to show where the milestones are
Why exactly do we need milestones tho?
Quantix wrote: why not

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Re: Site Discussion Thread

Postby Snessy the duck » Thu Jun 22, 2017 11:06 am

Man, I hate it when I edit a post to say something different but someone has already replied to the old one while I was editing.

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Re: Site Discussion Thread

Postby Cedur » Thu Jun 22, 2017 11:24 am

Snessy the duck wrote:As Mable said, they mean absolutely nothing
that's just a nihilistic view from both of you, our ranks are nice, and while I'm not fussed about the yoshi egg rank, I'd still prefer to go back on the normal rank track after a while.

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Re: Site Discussion Thread

Postby Snessy the duck » Thu Jun 22, 2017 11:26 am

Cedur wrote:our ranks are nice
Wouldn't you mind giving an explanation for why you think that?

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Re: Site Discussion Thread

Postby Emral » Thu Jun 22, 2017 11:31 am

Cedur wrote:
Snessy the duck wrote:As Mable said, they mean absolutely nothing
that's just a nihilistic view from both of you, our ranks are nice, and while I'm not fussed about the yoshi egg rank, I'd still prefer to go back on the normal rank track after a while.
'kay let's be a bit less "nihilistic" and list some of those things the ranks system does, alright?
-encourages spamposting to increase postcount and rank (people still make "yay xth post i am now a thing" posts or "what does the cheep cheep mean" topics)
-confuses new members
-creates dissatisfaction with users like in the post i quoted
-bloats right side of the posts

Snessy and Mable have a point too. The way ranks are used on this forum has nothing to do with displaying actual ranks of users within a system to display their status (moderator, admin, founder, contest winner, idk) but creates the illusion of such a ranking system linked to post count. "Oh man that guy has 1474 posts, he's gotta be smart and important and a great and loved member of the community." I can honestly not see any benefits to the system.

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Re: Site Discussion Thread

Postby Snessy the duck » Thu Jun 22, 2017 11:51 am

Enjl's totally right. The ranking system does more harm than good imo.

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Re: Site Discussion Thread

Postby Mable » Thu Jun 22, 2017 12:37 pm

Boy i didn't know having a different opinion about ranks is so bad.

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Re: Site Discussion Thread

Postby glitch4 » Thu Jun 22, 2017 12:40 pm

Can I ask to remove a rank from my account?


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