Implemented New Member Rank Ladder

[BlackSheepVegan]

Any improvements folks?

Light changes -

Getting ready to flip?

 

[BudWarrior]

Can we stay away from gendered terms, and weird Anglo-centric bro nonsense?

Just a bit silliness while everyone comes up with ideas . Means we need more diverse silliness.

But in all seriousness, just having fun while everyone discusses sensible level names. I am not the original definition of a warrior, just like I guess that you are not literally a black sheep . And I don't really drink, but it coukd have been Budweiser Warrior. Ok, turning silly mode off....

 

[BudWarrior]

I'm still fully setting up the forums and part of that is the automated ranks given to members based on their post count. In the future we may limit some newer accounts permissions until more established on the forum - for example disallowing messaging other members until the account is older than a week, or has 10+ posts or whatever else.

The fun part of all this is deciding on a rank ladder and what the titles should be, so far we just have the following as a placeholder:

• New Member - default
• Member - 5+ posts
• Senior Member - 25+ posts

We probably should build the system so the top rank requires at least 1,000+ posts, and probably have 5+ ranks overall.

Feel free to chime in with suggestions.

How many levels do you need?

The real problem is how to have clear seniority that's obvious from new naming. If it gets difficult to decide, maybe two to three obviously distinct hierarchical terms (like the default three, or seed, sprout, plant, etc. or better ideas). And then subrank in their wording e.g. with "Senior". It doubles the number of levels and might simplify choice and meaning

 

[BudWarrior]

like the default three, or seed, sprout, plant, etc. or better ideas). And then subrank in their wording e.g. with "Senior". It doubles the number of levels and might simplify choice and meaning

1. Seed
2. Senior Seed
3. Sprout
4. Senior Sprout
5. Plant
6. Senior Plant

Or similar, is what I mean

 

[BudWarrior]

Didn't work in my grinder though

 

[Muiredach]

Can we stay away from gendered terms

Agree We will be sticking with ranks on the plant cycle for sure, the list just needs finalising.

and weird Anglo-centric bro nonsense?

I don't think that was any anyone's intention above, people are just correlating the idea of ranks with more militarist terms and having fun

 

[Muiredach]

Light changes -

Getting ready to flip?

Works pretty well, but I think we're going to have about a 12-15 character limit to fit each rank properly on one line. We'll have to do some testing shortly.

How many levels do you need?

The more the merrier really, I'd say about 7 minimum, maybe 15 max.

The real problem is how to have clear seniority that's obvious from new naming. If it gets difficult to decide, maybe two to three obviously distinct hierarchical terms (like the default three, or seed, sprout, plant, etc. or better ideas).

Acknowledge your point here for sure, I did suggest earlier in the thread that each rank gets some icon next to it as a visual indicator of what's higher/lower. The best way to do this is probably with numbers as opposed to trying to draw tiny icons for every rank:

• I. Fresh Seed
• II. Germinating
• III. Sprout

etc.

And then subrank in their wording e.g. with "Senior". It doubles the number of levels and might simplify choice and meaning

This works using 'Junior and Senior' or something similar, though I'm not sure we're going to need so many overall.

That said, I don't think anyone wants the rank of 'Senior Plant'

 

[Bruce Nolan]

Can we stay away from gendered terms, and weird Anglo-centric bro nonsense?

 

[Muiredach]

Fleshed this out a little further, the plan so far:

I	Fresh Seed	No Posts	Default State for Accounts
I	Stale Seed	No Posts	No Post for a Month After Registration
II	Germinated	1
III	Sprout	10
IV	Seedling	25
V	Branching Up	50
VI	Branching Out	100
VII	Filling Out	250
VIII	Budding	500
IX	Flowering	750
X	Pollinating	1000
XI	Seeding	2000
XII	Mother Plant*	5000

Special Ranks:

• Top Kola - those whom have previously donated.
• Verified Clinic/Phamacy/Producer/Specialist/Pharmacist etc.
• Patient YouTuber

I'm also thinking we may not need the numbers in the titles after all, from testing it looks a little messy - and I think most will realise quickly it results to the plant cycle.

The ranks are now live, feel free to make any final suggestions for changes.

*@BlackSheepVegan, I think using the term 'mother plant' while gendered is acceptable? Any thoughts?

 

[BlackSheepVegan]

Fleshed this out a little further, the plan so far:

I	Fresh Seed	No Posts	Default State for Accounts
I	Stale Seed	No Posts	No Post for a Month After Registration
II	Germinated	1
III	Sprout	10
IV	Seedling	25
V	Branching Up	50
VI	Branching Out	100
VII	Filling Out	250
VIII	Budding	500
IX	Flowering	750
X	Pollinating	1000
XI	Seeding	2000
XII	Mother Plant*	5000

Special Ranks:

• Top Kola - those whom have previously donated.
• Verified Clinic/Phamacy/Producer/Specialist/Pharmacist etc.
• Patient YouTuber

I'm also thinking we may not need the numbers in the titles after all, from testing it looks a little messy - and I think most will realise quickly it results to the plant cycle.

The ranks are now live, feel free to make any final suggestions for changes.

*@BlackSheepVegan, I think using the term 'mother plant' while gendered is acceptable? Any thoughts?

Yes absolutely it is.
Plants are not binary but this is specific female plant due to its nature the Mother indeed!

 

[Muiredach]

Indeed! Believe the minority of sexed plants like cannabis are called 'dioecious'.

 

[BudWarrior]

I find the number of levels bewildering, but might not really matter in practice.

Does it need so many levels? Gamification implications?

Could just be me and doesn't seem like an existential issue

 

[Muiredach]

It's been a thing on all forums I've administered for about 20 years now, just harmless fun, and certainly a bit of gamification.

Bare in mind no-one is likely to see the top 5 ranks or so for many months, it's really all been built for future years - so ranks don't run out; and to always positively acknowledge the most active participants on the forum.

 

[Muiredach]

New rank title colours to be implemented shortly:

	Dark Theme	Light Theme
I	Fresh Seed	Fresh Seed	No Posts	Default State for Accounts
I	Stale Seed	Stale Seed	No Posts	No Post for a Month After Registration
II	Germinated	Germinated	1
III	Sprout	Sprout	10
IV	Seedling	Seedling	25
V	Branching Up	Branching Up	50
VI	Branching Out	Branching Out	100
VII	Filling Out	Filling Out	250
VIII	Budding	Budding	500
IX	Flowering	Flowering	750
X	Pollinating	Pollinating	1000
XI	Seeding	Seeding	2000
XII	Mother Plant	Mother Plant	5000

 

[Muiredach]

Now live

EDIT: I've also been experimenting a little with using rank colours for username colours, eventually I want to remove much of the neon green from the dark theme, and also tighten up the light theme which has some bad colour clashes at the moment.

Some examples of potential changes from the dark theme:





All of this is more involved editing that will require a few hours, so I'm unlikely to get to it immediately.