Author Topic: how does one achieve Veteran status? (Read 9851 times)

G.K. · « **Reply #40 on:** July 28, 2010, 05:28:15 AM »

A bit.

Jonzu95 · « **Reply #41 on:** July 28, 2010, 05:34:12 AM »

Same.

Doomkiller · « **Reply #42 on:** July 28, 2010, 05:42:29 AM »

it could be possible, as long as we don't all of the sudden get a spam of new members

*que the spambots*

JoeBlo · « **Reply #43 on:** July 28, 2010, 06:33:52 AM »

no chance

RedSawn · « **Reply #44 on:** July 28, 2010, 06:34:51 AM »

Quote from: R0B0SH4RK on July 28, 2010, 03:06:43 AM

MikeNCR deserves it too. He's been a member of GTM's since '04.

Crappy logic. By that line of thinking I should be veteran too for being an official forum member or something.

Perhaps there should be a voting process.

ACAMS · « **Reply #45 on:** July 28, 2010, 09:36:14 AM »

Quote from: RedlineM203 on July 28, 2010, 06:34:51 AM

Perhaps there should be a voting process.

I vote that I stay in charge of that............VOTING CLOSED!

How was that?

If you moved up to advanced user just by post count, Sparkey would be an advanced user.....and clearly he is not!

Urjack is Spiderweight......one of the few special catagories that I created by hand....he can be an AU instead if he wants and I will delete the usergroup.

OR, we can do away with special usergroups all togather and everybody can be post count rated.

Sage · « **Reply #46 on:** July 28, 2010, 09:52:17 AM »

Veteran status SHOULD be warranted by building or modding skills. It IS an RA2 forum after all. Being here super long is no warrant by itself.

I also think Veterans should be somewhat scarce so they actually mean something.

Quote from: R0B0SH4RK on July 28, 2010, 03:06:43 AM

Quote from: Sage on July 27, 2010, 07:13:56 PM
Personally I think RObO and Scrap deserve it as well.

If that's the case, you have to include Jack Daniels too.

Not necessarily. You and Scrap are twice the builder JD is, in both DSL and stock. Even if he's been around long.

Just my opinion.

JoeBlo · « **Reply #47 on:** July 28, 2010, 10:03:16 AM »

Quote from: RedlineM203 on July 28, 2010, 06:34:51 AM

Perhaps there should be a voting process.

never fear, when this site needs to decided something it calls for Excessive Complexity!!!!

Urjak · « **Reply #48 on:** July 28, 2010, 10:37:19 AM »

Quote from: ACAMS on July 28, 2010, 09:36:14 AM

Urjack is Spiderweight......he can be an AU instead if he wants and I will delete the usergroup.

.

Nooooooooooo.... I would never give up spiderweight. I just liked my name in orange.

GoldenFox93 · « **Reply #49 on:** July 28, 2010, 10:40:20 AM »

Hey ACAMS, you think I could get a Cassius IIweight ranking at some point? = P

JoeBlo · « **Reply #50 on:** July 28, 2010, 10:48:04 AM »

thats why you have the CT feature

ACAMS can always just set an orange name for the Spiderweight group

Sparkey98 · « **Reply #51 on:** July 28, 2010, 11:27:40 AM »

Jonzu, it's a respect thing. Respect is earned, not pleaded for.

Serge · « **Reply #52 on:** July 28, 2010, 11:30:07 AM »

Oh, welcome back, Sparkey. Have you cured your ~~AIDS~~ Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?

Sparkey98 · « **Reply #53 on:** July 28, 2010, 11:34:00 AM »

I don't feel like arguing, it gets us no were and it depletes this forum

Gigafrost · « **Reply #54 on:** July 28, 2010, 12:06:50 PM »

I'm usually against taking sides, and I don't mean to bring up a past post. But Sage brings up a good point.

I'm pro-Vet nomination, but I think it will be more beneficial to promote those who have made great achievements in the innovation of Robot Arena 2 in various ways in the past. On that note, if everyone ends up becoming Veterans just because they have been on a forum for a period of time. It takes away from the value of the nomination in itself. The nomination started on the old forums for those who have made very big innovations to the game: JimXorb with his discovery of the Rupt Glitch, RadioFSoftware with his various AI Packs and Components, CherryFlavored, whom only a few of us old timers know, who've actually invented the antiballast that we use in our designs to this day, Darkrat with his contributions to the creation of DSL, Starcore for his superhuman skill of creating difficult robots with such percision and perfection for not 1 but 3 AI packs, for starters. These people IMO deserved such a title for their contributions.

frezal · « **Reply #55 on:** July 28, 2010, 01:33:52 PM »

Veteranship, at least during my tenure, wasn't an official deal. The existing veterans either accepted you in as a veteran, or they didn't. I was accepted in amongst those such as Grawss and HackerX within a year or so.

How much one accomplished was fairly meaningless. Be0t did quite a bit, but was never accepted as being a veteran by the community at large. Which just goes to show that you can do amazing things and still be a total n00b (a very kind n00b, but a n00b nonetheless).

R0B0SH4RK · « **Reply #56 on:** July 28, 2010, 03:39:24 PM »

Quote from: RedlineM203 on July 28, 2010, 06:34:51 AM

Quote from: R0B0SH4RK on July 28, 2010, 03:06:43 AM
MikeNCR deserves it too. He's been a member of GTM's since '04.

Crappy logic. By that line of thinking I should be veteran too for being an official forum member or something.

I don't see how that logic is crappy. If someone's been around the RA2 community for a while (let's arbitrarily say five years) and has been an active/contributing member for most of that time, they've been around long enough to be considered a veteran in my eyes. So, if you've been around for that long then yes, you should be a vet as well.

The problem here is few people here agree on what the criteria for a veteran is. I'm getting the sense that quite a few people view building skill as the main factor in determining veteranship, but I disagree with this. toAst and frezal from what I've seen aren't nearly as skilled builders as Virus Bomb, Pwnator and The Ounce and I've never even seen Serge build a bot. But why do we consider them vets? Because they've been around the community for a long, long time. Building skill should be the main factor in the Advanced User group, but tenure definitely defines a vet.

Serge · « **Reply #57 on:** July 28, 2010, 03:59:45 PM »

Quote from: R0B0SH4RK on July 28, 2010, 03:39:24 PM

and I've never even seen Serge build a bot.

Mainly because I suck at building them.

090901 · « **Reply #58 on:** July 28, 2010, 04:11:43 PM »

Quote from: R0B0SH4RK on July 28, 2010, 03:39:24 PM

I've never even seen Serge build a bot.

Here is Serge's bot he showcased

Quote from: Serge on June 13, 2010, 02:52:12 AM

HAI GUISE AMIDOINITRITE?

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RedSawn · « **Reply #59 on:** July 28, 2010, 04:40:15 PM »

Quote from: ACAMS on July 28, 2010, 09:36:14 AM

Quote from: RedlineM203 on July 28, 2010, 06:34:51 AM
Perhaps there should be a voting process.

I vote that I stay in charge of that............VOTING CLOSED!

How was that?

Tck.

'Twas just a suggestion. I initiated no vote.

Quote from: R0B0SH4RK on July 28, 2010, 03:39:24 PM

I don't see how that logic is crappy. If someone's been around the RA2 community for a while (let's arbitrarily say five years) and has been an active/contributing member for most of that time, they've been around long enough to be considered a veteran in my eyes. So, if you've been around for that long then yes, you should be a vet as well.

The problem here is few people here agree on what the criteria for a veteran is. I'm getting the sense that quite a few people view building skill as the main factor in determining veteranship, but I disagree with this. toAst and frezal from what I've seen aren't nearly as skilled builders as Virus Bomb, Pwnator and The Ounce and I've never even seen Serge build a bot. But why do we consider them vets? Because they've been around the community for a long, long time. Building skill should be the main factor in the Advanced User group, but tenure definitely defines a vet.

Well, yeah. The crappy logic call came from how it was apparently just for timespan in the community. Deeds should have a stronger influence.