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Post by Calavera »

My suggestion is that after an admin has granted you a custom rank (such as mine) you should be able to edit it yourself. So then you could change it without having to bother an admin. So what do you think.
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Post by Jeeba Jabba »

Of course that'd be a great feature but:

A) I dont know of a PHPBB hack that allows such a thing
B) We're not going to add any more phpBB hacks because it, for the most part usualy, fuc*s up the forums.
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Post by Wasgo »

Jeeba Jabba wrote:Of course that'd be a great feature
I don't think so. Many of the the custom ranks are chipper little insults from mods, like Cless's old title of DCEmu Uncool Newbie/
Me? I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest... Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly...stupid.
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Post by -Azathoth- »

Maybe this idea should be held off until either:

The forums are fixed...

or

Someone presents us with a link to a phpbb hack that would allow such a thing rather than just suggest the idea.
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Wasgo wrote:
Jeeba Jabba wrote:Of course that'd be a great feature
I don't think so. Many of the the custom ranks are chipper little insults from mods, like Cless's old title of DCEmu Uncool Newbie/

Maybe you're misunderstanding this thread...

He's saying *IF YOU'RE ALREADY A MOD/RESPECTED MEMBER* you should be able to edit your OWN rank, Instead of having to ask an Admin to do it for you.
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Post by Wasgo »

Jeeba Jabba wrote:
Wasgo wrote:
Jeeba Jabba wrote:Of course that'd be a great feature
I don't think so. Many of the the custom ranks are chipper little insults from mods, like Cless's old title of DCEmu Uncool Newbie/

Maybe you're misunderstanding this thread...

He's saying *IF YOU'RE ALREADY A MOD/RESPECTED MEMBER* you should be able to edit your OWN rank, Instead of having to ask an Admin to do it for you.
No...a name hack is a name hack. There's nothing that makes a good one different than a bad one.
Me? I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest... Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly...stupid.
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Post by bizzle »

Wasgo wrote:
Jeeba Jabba wrote:
Wasgo wrote:
Jeeba Jabba wrote:Of course that'd be a great feature
I don't think so. Many of the the custom ranks are chipper little insults from mods, like Cless's old title of DCEmu Uncool Newbie/

Maybe you're misunderstanding this thread...

He's saying *IF YOU'RE ALREADY A MOD/RESPECTED MEMBER* you should be able to edit your OWN rank, Instead of having to ask an Admin to do it for you.
No...a name hack is a name hack. There's nothing that makes a good one different than a bad one.
What Jeeba means.. like see how Jeeba has the "Loved by all" under his username.. say he gets sick of it, he would be able to change that only to something else like.. say.. Hated by all, without bugging an admin.
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Post by I.M. Weasel »

i cant do that,but i think jeebas a megamod.
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I.M. Weasel wrote:i cant do that,but i think jeebas a megamod.
He isn't. Just OT and Null that I know of.
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Post by Jeeba Jabba »

Wasgo wrote:
No...a name hack is a name hack. There's nothing that makes a good one different than a bad one.

What in the bloody hell are you talking about...?
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Post by Jeeba Jabba »

I.M. Weasel wrote:i cant do that,but i think jeebas a megamod.

Me.. megamod.. :lol:

And only admins can modify ranks.
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Post by Nyarlathotep »

(sigh)

Ok;

I have a custom rank - *as did Cless*.

If anyone who has a custom rank can change it themselves, then there would be no point giving idiots idiot ranks, so everyone knows theyre an idiot when they post - becaue they could easily change it to something good that they themselves wanted.

Making the whokle point of 'warning' ranks so people know theyre dealing with an idiot pointless.
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Post by Calavera »

Nyarlathotep wrote:(sigh)

Ok;

I have a custom rank - *as did Cless*.

If anyone who has a custom rank can change it themselves, then there would be no point giving idiots idiot ranks, so everyone knows theyre an idiot when they post - becaue they could easily change it to something good that they themselves wanted.

Making the whokle point of 'warning' ranks so people know theyre dealing with an idiot pointless.
Then maybe you could only give the ability to some people. So that I could change my rank to KARR or something, but Cless could not change his from Dcemu Uncool Newbie.
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Post by Specially Cork »

The fact is, nobody here knows how to do something so complex, and there isn't a hack anywhere to do it. The feature is actually in the admin panel only, so you're going to have to get it out, make a whole new page for it sort out all the code, then change who can access it etc.

The simple solution is this:
Don't change your custom rank, dont get one in the first place, or pay Nyar a few thousand dollars/pounds/whatever to make you an admin :D
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Post by JoeyStyles66 »

Nyarlathotep wrote:(sigh)

Ok;

I have a custom rank - *as did Cless*.

If anyone who has a custom rank can change it themselves, then there would be no point giving idiots idiot ranks, so everyone knows theyre an idiot when they post - becaue they could easily change it to something good that they themselves wanted.

Making the whokle point of 'warning' ranks so people know theyre dealing with an idiot pointless.
that reminds me, how about tossing this uncool rank off my proflile? it's been like that for a week
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JoeyStyles66 wrote:
Nyarlathotep wrote:(sigh)

Ok;

I have a custom rank - *as did Cless*.

If anyone who has a custom rank can change it themselves, then there would be no point giving idiots idiot ranks, so everyone knows theyre an idiot when they post - becaue they could easily change it to something good that they themselves wanted.

Making the whokle point of 'warning' ranks so people know theyre dealing with an idiot pointless.
that reminds me, how about tossing this uncool rank off my proflile? it's been like that for a week
When you get that rank, it usually stays for at least a month
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Post by Firthy2002 »

Ranks are admin set, so it would be impossible.
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Post by Wasgo »

Nyarlathotep wrote:(sigh)

Ok;

I have a custom rank - *as did Cless*.

If anyone who has a custom rank can change it themselves, then there would be no point giving idiots idiot ranks, so everyone knows theyre an idiot when they post - becaue they could easily change it to something good that they themselves wanted.

Making the whokle point of 'warning' ranks so people know theyre dealing with an idiot pointless.
Thank you, that was the point I was trying to make. (Very poorly I might add, but lack of sleep is bad.)
Me? I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest... Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly...stupid.
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Post by az_bont »

JoeyStyles66 wrote:
Nyarlathotep wrote:(sigh)

Ok;

I have a custom rank - *as did Cless*.

If anyone who has a custom rank can change it themselves, then there would be no point giving idiots idiot ranks, so everyone knows theyre an idiot when they post - becaue they could easily change it to something good that they themselves wanted.

Making the whokle point of 'warning' ranks so people know theyre dealing with an idiot pointless.
that reminds me, how about tossing this uncool rank off my proflile? it's been like that for a week
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Post by JoeyStyles66 »

bah i didn't mean too. his old sig was still in my cache at the time and i made my new sig the exact same size as that one, so i thought it was an appropriate size
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