The Banhammer and You: A User's Guide to the Forums

[Berethond]

Yeah, I'm a loser, aren't I?
And thank you. I still haven't had so much as a probation!

Lol, I didn't mean it in that way! (If I hadn't left and had posted at much the same rate I'd probably be up to 6-7000 posts probably myself... I mean I've put on 100 in a day since I've come back). I haven't had one yet either, but I'm only halfway to Neo. Hopefully I don't say anything stupid.

Well, best of luck to you.

 

[Inverse Skies]

Well, best of luck to you.

Why thankyou, that's very nice of you. It'll be good to see you around once again.

 

[Lord Krunk]

Krunk, do you think it is worth me adding this to the community thread? Especially now it is stickied. I'm planning on a major overhaul of that thread sometime in the coming week so may you please let me know your feelings on the matter? Thankyou.

Hey, welcome back!

I'm absolutely fine with you using it for the Community Thread, and as for the question on its usefulness... well, it'll attract more attention tho the thread. More attention means that less people should get banned/probed, and (ahem) I get the Forum Inferno badge quicker.

Hehehehe...

Anyways, back to the important stuff. Great to see you again!

 

[Inverse Skies]

Hey, welcome back!

I'm absolutely fine with you using it for the Community Thread, and as for the question on its usefulness... well, it'll attract more attention tho the thread. More attention means that less people should get banned/probed, and (ahem) I get the Forum Inferno badge quicker.

Hehehehe...

Anyways, back to the important stuff. Great to see you again!

Ha ha! Oh I see, there's an alterior motive behind it? Badge hunting! Tsk tsk! Lol, no, what you've done here is fantastic and I congratulate you on firstly writing it, and secondly being thanked for it/having it stickied. That's an excellent acheivment and you should be proud of what you've accomplished.

It's good to see you too! I'm going in for a major overhaul of the community thread sometime later this week, so I'll make sure I add it then. Should be good fun!

 

[Zombie_Fish]

Please note that once you receive any form of moderator wrath, then these badges will be unavailable to you. Harsh, but fair.

Also note that having a thread of yours locked does not result in your inability to receive the badges.

Hey Krunk,

I was wondering if you could add the fact that warnings don't affect your chances to get the badges either to this point, as there have been users who haven't realised this until after recieving one or even after recieving one and needing it explained to them, since people just think of it as another form of mod wrath.

EDIT:

Oh I see, there's an alterior motive behind it? Badge hunting! Tsk tsk!

I would agree with you here, but seeing as I'm the administrator of a... certain user group [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/Escapist-Badge-Hunters], it would be rather hypocritical of me.

 

[MrDarkling]

Portal Maniac; Oh man, 10,000 posts?
Is their an ultimate badge of ultimatness for that haha

 

[Dorian]

Portal Maniac; Oh man, 10,000 posts?
Is their an ultimate badge of ultimatness for that haha

No, actually.
It ends at 5,000 posts of no moderator wrath, which I do happen to have though.
The only reward for reaching 10,000 posts is getting this nifty title.

 

[Labyrinth]

And thank you. I still haven't had so much as a probation!

I can totally fix that for you.

Hi Inverse!

 

[Kuliani]

*Snip*

On a somewhat related note, now that [user]tendo82[/user] has lost his yellow name, methinks he ought to be removed from the official posting guidelines for the sake of not confusing new members.

Thanks, done.

 

[n64player]

I thought this was very informative. Thank you for posting.

 

[epunk35]

Speaking as a new escapee I found this to be very helpful. I wondered why Escapist seemed to be a bit more well oiled than other forums with the clutter of every other thread involving sexual vulgarity about Megan Fox usually. Great post and very helpful!

 

[SilentScope001]

How do I get rid of badges? I hate them, they look rather ugly for me, and they seem fairly pointless. If you could please tell me how I can not have badges displayed on my profile and every post I make, I would be greatful.

 

[Berethond]

How do I get rid of badges? I hate them, they look rather ugly for me, and they seem fairly pointless. If you could please tell me how I can not have badges displayed on my profile and every post I make, I would be greatful.

Go to your profile and hit "Forum Signature and Options"
You can turn them off their.

 

[Alex_P]

How do I get rid of badges? I hate them, they look rather ugly for me, and they seem fairly pointless. If you could please tell me how I can not have badges displayed on my profile and every post I make, I would be greatful.

Go to your profile and hit "Forum Signature and Options"
You can turn them off their.

A bit of clarification:
I think that just hides badges from your UI. There's no feature hide your badges from other people who have them turned on.

-- Alex

 

[Lord Krunk]

How do I get rid of badges? I hate them, they look rather ugly for me, and they seem fairly pointless. If you could please tell me how I can not have badges displayed on my profile and every post I make, I would be greatful.

Go to your profile and hit "Forum Signature and Options"
You can turn them off their.

A bit of clarification:
I think that just hides badges from your UI. There's no feature hide your badges from other people who have them turned on.

-- Alex

That's true. I can see Fire Daemon and Labyrinth's badges when, as they have stated at times, they have the feature turned off.

Ha ha! Oh I see, there's an alterior motive behind it? Badge hunting! Tsk tsk!

Oh I see, there's an alterior motive behind it? Badge hunting! Tsk tsk!

I would agree with you here, but seeing as I'm the administrator of a... certain user group [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/Escapist-Badge-Hunters], it would be rather hypocritical of me.

Nah, I was just joking. I really created the thread just to help a friend out; it didn't have any other motive. But what it has done is open up a means to attain these badges where all my other threads haven't lasted beyond 3 pages.

But really, it doesn't matter to me all that much. But thanks for the compliment
Inverse. Your meta-thread ain't too shabby either; I really don't know why you haven't been Thanked yet.

Also note that having a thread of yours locked does not result in your inability to receive the badges.

Hey Krunk,

I was wondering if you could add the fact that warnings don't affect your chances to get the badges either to this point, as there have been users who haven't realised this until after recieving one or even after recieving one and needing it explained to them, since people just think of it as another form of mod wrath.[/quote]
Sorry for the late reply, I was on a holiday to L.A. for the past couple of weeks, and I've only just gotten back. That said, I'll look into it.

After I've finished recovering from the flight.

And by 'recovering', I mean 'Playing TF2 until my fingers bleed'.

 

[Inverse Skies]

But really, it doesn't matter to me all that much. But thanks for the compliment
Inverse. Your meta-thread ain't too shabby either; I really don't know why you haven't been Thanked yet.

Nah, I don't deserve to be thanked for that. I'm just touched whenever anyone says they use it or find it useful, that means quite a lot to me actually, more than I think some people realise. It was like when Nuke said I made good threads, I was touched by that. I don't I do to be honest, so compliments like that are very moving.

 

[Zombie_Fish]

Big snip is big.

I was just talking about badge hunting in general, not this thread. But, as I said, certain user groups stop me from being allowed to frown upon it. Especially since [user]Nivag[/user] gives us the title of 'Hunter' when we're admins in that group.

I can tell that you have just gotten back from LA, though, as you appear to have mis-quoted me But just get on it whenever possible, after 'recovering'.

As for Inverse not being thanked, a post actually made by you in the badges thread sums it up quite well:

The Thanks badge is pretty self-explanatory.

That's my problem. A lot of people with these badges, I can't understand why. If people were genuinely 'earning' it, Anarchemitis, NewClassic, Labyrinth, Ultrajoe and a few more than that would have said badge.More and more are appearing, and for seemingly no reason. That's what I want explained.

I personally think Nomad should have the badge for the thread of his that's now stickied. But hey, editor's choice, I guess.

 

[Lord Krunk]

Hmm, I just noticed NoMoreSanity got banned. What for?

EDIT: Post 4949. Makes me smile, I don't know why.