User Ranking Revision?

Post by **Colonel Olrik** » 2003-03-28 01:24pm

I want to be Harbinger of Doom

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-03-28 01:36pm

Colonel Olrik wrote:I want to be Harbinger of Doom

So do I, there isn't any rank on my proposal that would retitle the Horsemen. Although Executor has a nice ring to it.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-03-28 01:57pm

fgalkin wrote:
Alyeska wrote:Why not go away from Star Wars? This is a scifi sight that sticks with a semi military theme. Why not just pick real life military?

As an example here is the US military rank structure.

http://www.clancyfaq.com/milranks.htm
Is it possible to use several different ranking systems? I'm sure that there are quite a lot of people here who wouldn't mind a Soviet rank.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

One possible issue is that the Imperial rank system has more ranks than the modern ones. We could attempt to use the Rebel/NR/GA system as well - IIRC, its somewhat similar to the Imperial one. You could also switch between army, navy and starfighter commands if phpBB allowed it.

EDIT: Unfortunately, the Republican system lacks a rank truly equivilant to Grand Admiral. After High Admiral you get Supreme Commander, of which there can only be one by default.

EDIT2: Additional thought; perhaps instead of Grand Admiral we could create a rank "Admiral of the Fleet" as the high-end, functionally equivilant to a 5-star Admiral in time of war on Terran navies.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-03-28 02:00pm

Stormbringer wrote:
Colonel Olrik wrote:I want to be Harbinger of Doom
So do I, there isn't any rank on my proposal that would retitle the Horsemen. Although Executor has a nice ring to it.

Imperial Executor?

Obviously, this is only an excercise in thought; I hardly expect the Four Horsemen to give up their titles!

Stormbringer wrote:My take on Phongn's idea. And with the exception of the Grand Admiral/(Grand) Moff discrepancy the whole thing fits the heirarchy of the Empire.

I found little problem there, as Grand Admirals in the Imperial era had little or no political power. Moffs and Grand Moffs did.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-03-28 02:11pm

Code: Select all



      1-   19 Midshipman
     20-   50 Ensign
     51-  100 Acting Sub-Lieutenant
    101-  250 Sub-Lieutenant
    251-  500 Lieutenant
    501- 1000 Lt. Commander
   1001- 1500 Commander
   1501- 2500 Captain
   2501- 3750 Line Captain
   3751- 5000 Commodore
   5001- 6000 Rear Admiral
   6001- 7000 Vice Admiral
   7001- 8000 Admiral
   8001- 9000 Fleet Admiral
   9001-10000 High Admiral
  10000+      Grand Admiral

Moff [Moderator]
Grand Moff [Super Moderator]
Sith Apprentice [Darth Wong] 
Emperor [Administrator]

awww man! that will fuck up my login name! if you guys do decide to go ahead with this coul my name be changed to just 'Crackpot'?

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-03-28 02:15pm

If Mike decides to use this, just ask him and I'm sure he'll oblige - but does it really matter?

Phil Skayhan · Post by **Phil Skayhan** » 2003-03-28 02:45pm

phongn wrote:If Mike decides to use this, just ask him and I'm sure he'll oblige - but does it really matter?

Not to me. Even after almost four years on ASVS, I'm still below the 1,000 post mark there.

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2003-03-28 04:12pm

phongn wrote:
fgalkin wrote:
Alyeska wrote:Why not go away from Star Wars? This is a scifi sight that sticks with a semi military theme. Why not just pick real life military?

As an example here is the US military rank structure.

http://www.clancyfaq.com/milranks.htm
Is it possible to use several different ranking systems? I'm sure that there are quite a lot of people here who wouldn't mind a Soviet rank.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
One possible issue is that the Imperial rank system has more ranks than the modern ones. We could attempt to use the Rebel/NR/GA system as well - IIRC, its somewhat similar to the Imperial one. You could also switch between army, navy and starfighter commands if phpBB allowed it.

EDIT: Unfortunately, the Republican system lacks a rank truly equivilant to Grand Admiral. After High Admiral you get Supreme Commander, of which there can only be one by default.

EDIT2: Additional thought; perhaps instead of Grand Admiral we could create a rank "Admiral of the Fleet" as the high-end, functionally equivilant to a 5-star Admiral in time of war on Terran navies.

I have no desire to see a purely SW based rank system. This is not a pure SW site. Hell, throw a curve ball and use enlisted ranks. But don't try and limit the options solely to SW only.

Jadeite · Post by **Jadeite** » 2003-03-28 05:36pm

The Imperial ranks sound neat. Im all for it.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-03-28 05:40pm

Question:

Howmany posts are needed for:

Dark Lord of Mordor

or

His Imperial Magesty Palapatine's High Lord Sith Executioner (I suggest for L.T. Hitman if he get's a decent number of posts in)

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-03-28 06:37pm

Alyeska wrote:I have no desire to see a purely SW based rank system. This is not a pure SW site. Hell, throw a curve ball and use enlisted ranks. But don't try and limit the options solely to SW only.

www.Stardestroyer.net

Why not have a vote on a couple of proprosals?

Post by **fgalkin** » 2003-03-28 06:43pm

Stormbringer wrote:
Alyeska wrote:I have no desire to see a purely SW based rank system. This is not a pure SW site. Hell, throw a curve ball and use enlisted ranks. But don't try and limit the options solely to SW only.

www.Stardestroyer.net

Why not have a vote on a couple of proprosals?

Note the abundance of forums that are not realted to SW.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-03-28 07:18pm

fgalkin wrote:Why not have a vote on a couple of proprosals?

Note the abundance of forums that are not realted to SW.[/quote]

You're point being? It's not the title aren't all ready Star Wars related.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-03-28 07:24pm

I might mention that the Emperor title is unnecessary, since Mike uses Lex Animata (literally, incarnate law) for the administator account. And it sounds cooler, anyway

jegs2 · Post by **jegs2** » 2003-03-28 07:25pm

Col. Crackpot wrote:awww man! that will f*ck up my login name! if you guys do decide to go ahead with this coul my name be changed to just 'Crackpot'?

Perhaps not. After all, it is based on a ranking system first recommended by Grand Admiral Thrawn...

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-03-28 07:35pm

Crayz9000 wrote:I might mention that the Emperor title is unnecessary, since Mike uses Lex Animata (literally, incarnate law) for the administator account. And it sounds cooler, anyway

Hence a suggestion to have a primary rank and administrator-granted secondary usertitle. Only a suggestion, of course.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-03-28 08:20pm

I'm curious as to what Darth Wong thinks of all this. "Hey Mike, since you're not doing anything,(kids, job, keeping watch over us), how about changing this, this, and this? Sound like fun?"
However, I might be tempted by Y. Bear's "Great Old One".

Post by **fgalkin** » 2003-03-28 11:14pm

Stormbringer wrote:
fgalkin wrote:Why not have a vote on a couple of proprosals?
Note the abundance of forums that are not realted to SW.

You're point being? It's not the title aren't all ready Star Wars related.[/quote]
Tis is a ST vs. SW board, meaning that at least the feddies should be represented in some way.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

ArmorPierce · Post by **ArmorPierce** » 2003-03-28 11:16pm

hmm... then if that was implemented I wouldn't have a title till I had like 15,000 posts.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-03-29 10:20am

The Ranking system seems fine to me as it is. maybe we just need to incread the Post Count Requirements for each rank?