- MikeNeel
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Posted by: burritosenior
Posted by: borrowedchief
Posted by: MikeNeel
Hmmmm....I still don't know if I like them or not. I know I'm not supposed to care about them, but if I didn't care about them, why would we have them. Circular logic abounds. It's a silly little system. I'll enjoy it if I have to, but if they were gone, I'd be happier.
So your "Exhalted". That means no bans for a long while. But you are Heroic. Which leads me to believe that status is largely based on forum involvement. (Amount of posts)
Well his account was made in 05. I'm assuming that means no bans (or 1?) since then. However, he might not have too much forum activity, therefore he's a Heroic member. Makes sense.
Apparently he only has a 2.8301 post per day average. So yeah, it does seem to work out.
No bans, No warnings. I'm a decent enough guy. I know my Code of Conduct. Because I don't post a whole lot is probably why I have avoided bans so much. I'm just not the guy that has to throw an oppinion for every topic. Sometimes, I don't even know the topic or point of discussion well enough to give a decent opinion, so I just stay quiet.
But I'm not saying it doesn't work in my first post. I'm saying that I just don't know if I really like the system as a whole or not. I like it to an extent that it's moving more and more to a customization that you can directly affect(this seems to be the big new fad among game developers now days, so why not their site too?). That said, I also don't know if I like it yet because in a sense it does promote elitism(But what doesn't know days), it's a big "Gaudy", and it promotes people to simply just post "Yeah", "Ok" and "I agree/disagree" posts in an effort just to raise post count. These in no way promote discussion or benefit the forums.
Like I said, I'm not sure if I like this silly system. Part of me does, the part that enjoys being able to obtain a higher status than the rest of you(I know this isn't the purpose, but you would be lieing if you didn't act dissapointed when you were demoted at some point in your b.net life) but it's for those same reasons that I don't like it. I know that my oppinion will be overlooked and ignored simply because of my rank, and yes I'm guilty of this too. Generally I only look for Legendary and higher posts or familiar faces in all the wrong places in super threads breaking 10 pages. Doing this, I know, will only hurt me because I'm probably missing great points and opinions, but it's just how this system leads things along. It's a by product of the design.