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Posted by: Delta 15t
Okay, the OP likes analogies. So I have one for the OP and then I have a solution. Please bare with me here.
Analogy:
Let's say B.net is the community pool. At the pool we can get the expert swimmer badge (Mythic) by being a member for a certain amount of time, good swimming ability, and of course following the rules.
The OP has the expert swimming badge (Mythic, highest badge). The OP became a member of the pool back in 2004. Great swimmer. Over time more members joined the pool. Over time they have excelled in their swimming ability. Some of those members are now going to get their expert swimming badge in the near future. They have met the requirements.
The OP now says well you didn't join the pool when I did. Even though you have met all the requirements that I have, you shouldn't be an expert swimmer because I was here before you. As a matter of fact, we should now make it so it takes longer to get the expert swimmer badge and harder. Harder than what it took me to get it.
It should be harder for you because I've been here longer. No, you can't have that badge. Yes it took me X amount of years to get it. Oh, you have been here x amount of time now? Never broken the rules? I was here first.
Sounds sort of ridiculous huh?
Solution:
Since once a member here will get Mythic by following the rules and being an active member over a certain period of time, Mythic members should also have a Roman numeral to the right of their title, regardless of their prefix.
Examples:
Elder Mythic Member XII
Noble Mythic Member VI...and so on.
The Roman numeral shows how long you have been here. It should be available to Mythic members only. It gives positive incentive to everyone, plus acknowledges members tenure here. It is also slightly educational. I think I know a few Roman numerals...you get what I am saying. If you have to look up what a Roman numeral means, well you just educated yourself.
This continues to give acknowledgment to even Elder Mythic members. It also keeps people around as in, "Wow, I only have two more months and I get my XV, fifteen years!"
I think this is a fair and just solution. It in no way can be manipulated and all the same rules still apply. Just when you get Mythic, your number of years are shown next to your title. You get banned, God forbid, hey you loose that blue bar and your nifty Roman numeral. All the more reason to play nice.
Delta
I think Delta has it. While reading through the thread I had a similar idea a page or two before this.
I think (note this is a mere educated guess, who knows, I could be very wrong here) that no one really wants something higher than mythic. Now, someone who joined back in '04, had to work X number of years to get mythic. But someone who joined in '07 had to work that same X number of years to get mythic. So they're both mythic, but one has worked more than the other (assuming the '04 member hasn't stopped posting since he got mythic. So while the '07 member was getting his/her mythic, the '04 member was solidifying his/her mythic status). So instead of setting their titles perfectly equal, but keeping them both at mythic, give the '04 member a better prefix.
Thank you Delta for giving an excellent way to explain it.