*nods* Actually, our company (5th Wall Gaming - www.5thWallGaming.com) does LARPs (Live Action Role Playing Games). However, one of the favorites is Paranoia.. So we decided to take the ranks from that. :)
and by the way friend citizen... What pray tell is an RPG and how do you know about the vulture squads new weapon? On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 11:25 AM, morgan l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paranoia? "The computer is your friend" Paranoia? Seriously? Cool. > > '80s RPG flashback moment there. > > On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 12:46 PM, Phillip Vector <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> It's based off a game called Paranoia.. There are 7 ranks representing >> the colors of the rainbow (ROY G BIV) and one ultraviolet and one >> infrared. >> >> Adding more ranks would break the illusion since within the game, >> there are only that many. Since most people die around the Green >> level... it is rarely an issue. :) >> >> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 10:44 AM, Dominic Watson >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Don't count ALL the posts, only count the posts since the user joined >> the forum. >> > >> > Nice. I'm curious as to why more ranks can't be setup but I'll just >> > trust that the answer is long and boring ;) >> > >> > Dominic >> > >> > 2008/5/30 Phillip Vector <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> That's where I ran into my problem. There are only 9 ranks total. >> >> That's it and I can't add more (I'd go into why, but it would be long >> >> and boring). :) >> >> >> >> I think I figured it out though (it's amazing how an answer can come >> >> to you while you are writing it down). Don't count ALL the posts, only >> >> count the posts since the user joined the forum. >> >> >> >> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Dominic Watson >> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Setup a database table for ranks and have this configurable in the >> >>> forum admin settings. Stick to no. of posts as the rank measure to >> >>> avoid the issue you described. >> >>> >> >>> When posters 'breach the limits', new ranks can be added ad-hoc with >> >>> no code changes neccessary. >> >>> >> >>> Dominic >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> 2008/5/30 Phillip Vector <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >>>> I have a forum set up that I have various rank names based on the >> >>>> number of posts a user enters.. The more posts, the better the rank.. >> >>>> >> >>>> At first, I used a cfswitch and counted that way. Unfortunately, I >> >>>> realized that I would have to keep it up as more and more posts came >> >>>> in (if it went over the maximum) and if I separated it out to include >> >>>> a high maximum, I would still have issues as the spread between the >> >>>> ranks would grow and grow (there are 9 ranks total) making progress to >> >>>> the next rank harder and harder. >> >>>> >> >>>> I then came up with an idea that I would get what percentage of posts >> >>>> the user was responsible for and based on that precentage, it would >> >>>> set the rank. >> >>>> >> >>>> Someone just pointed out however that the same issue remains.. New >> >>>> people would face harder and harder times getting rank as the posts >> >>>> increased.. >> >>>> >> >>>> I was wondering if anyone had any ideas how to combat this.. >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:306417 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
