I seem to have lost my board ranking status!

Oh, you have too... Oh, Cep....?

:wibble: Me too, Mads ... I am rankless!! Courtmarshalled with no explaination! Hey, Mads ... does this mean we can get all ebil and bad now? heh heh .... :giggles:

Originally posted by SJ_SwanJun :wibble: Me too, Mads ... I am rankless!! Courtmarshalled with no explaination! Hey, Mads ... does this mean we can get all ebil and bad now? heh heh .... :giggles:

Hmmm...You're not all ebil and bad already?

* snortle* I wonder if this means we can choose our own status.....

I am a berry berry good girl, Green ... dincha know? :smiles oh-so-innocently: Butter wouldn't melt in my mouth

Yeah, SJ, no one believed me when I tried that and there's way more evidence against YOU... I even tried the puppydog eyes to no avail, so the whole butter not melting in your mouth thing - pfft, not gonna work.

Okay, you got me ... I try and try, and just can't keep a straight face.. haha Well, young lady ... just let me tell you something... I've got plans for youuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...

You know that is probably the most scary thing I have ever read on the boards here... Seriously.

You will notice Amethyst has as well. It had to do with the Awards threads that were set up.

Dag nabit, you can tell I haven't played on these for a while can't you Ok Ok, erm....... What titles do you want?

Ummm, you are GIVING them special titles? A few years ago we had to EARN special titles, if you are just handing them out then they are not so special .... are they. If that is the way it is going I think all your regular posters should be given "special" titles.

Well not really no, for a number of reasons, 1. They are running the awards, so therefore they have earned them and will continue to do so having made an effort to put something together that promotes the site and fanfic. 2. They have had a number of disruptions caused through no fault of their own by myself and I feel it must be made up to them in some way. 3. They have contributed to this site to achieve their previous ranks which have now been lost, again through no fault of their own, so it is only fair they have new ones.

I don't believe that CD is objecting to having their titles reinstated. She is just wondering why they deserve special titles. I agree, having your account disrupted is not fun, but this does not deserve a special title. However, if you feel that they deserve special titles because of their fanfic awards, then that's your prerogative, Cep.

:Blinks in absolute shock: Wow ... Just ... wow... Cep, obviously the suggestion to make me and the ladies a "special" rank is upsetting to some people. This is groovy, I was at the level of "Forum God" I think... I am happy to stay at the level of a regular poster -- titles really aren't so important to me. You moved upon all of our problems so fast, that hon .. you don't need to give me anything in return ... It's not important... What is important is that I still have the chance to mess around and play here at this AWESOME home and can help with promoting and recognizing those who are amazing in our fandom. Might I suggest: "Mistress of Ebil" for Mads, though? HAHA!!

OK people - let's all calm down a little. This is so trivial it really isn't worth the stress! First of all, I apologise for this thread. I realise now that I should have PM'd Cep with my question (which was made purely out of curiosity, I might add after a workmate who was visiting asked a question) and obviously I shouldn't have made the joke about status (which was born out of a problem that the workmate and I were - by that time - discussing over e-mail to solve the problem which involved Super Users on a database and a whole new class of users having to be created to fix). I apologise if I have offended anybody. It was not my intention. Cloud - thank you for pointing out Amethyst's status as well. I hadn't noticed- just as I hadn't noticed mine or SJ's until they were pointed out to me. Once SJ had mentioned it though, I did start to suspect the cause but wanted Cep to confirm rather than just assume. Personally - I neither need nor want any special rankings - especially if such a thing was going to cause such a furore! Hopefully we are all good enough friends that this can be put behind us and we can all go back to playing together.

I have to agree with what Maddy said. I'd really be happiest if the traditional ranking method to my current level can be restored and continue to grow as I post. And if it can't, I can live without it.

I don't think there were any bad feelings here. I think CD was just confused, because it looked like the policy on special rankings had been changed. I will admit to some confusion on that part myself! I'm certainly not angry. And of course we can all keep playing here! We have a wonderful site, and I love interacting with everyone.

Yes my confusion lay in the fact that the other titles were WON though one competition or another and I did not understand it would be a hassle for Cep to reinstate you at your old rankings.

Titles are actually given out at my discretion, either as part of a competition or in other circumstances where a member has made a consistent contribution to the site which goes beyond post counts. For example tatsunokofan was awarded a special title for his continued contribution to the community with gatch history, news and knowledge. Hopefully this clears up any confusion.