New rank system

[White Rabbit]

As you may have noticed, the rank system has been completely overhauled. Once again, I had to code from scratch a new feature because it hadn't already been created by any of the phpbb gurus.

Basically, you now have a little time badge overlayed on top of your rank that tells approximately how long you've been a member. It goes in increments of NEW (for less than a month), 1 Month, 3 Months, 6 Months, 1 Year, 1 1/2 Years, 2 Years, etc.

In addition, because I didn't think the ranks accurately displayed people's posting habits, I drastically increased the posting numbers. It now takes 500 posts to fill up your rank bar. Which also means you have to get 500 posts to get your fancy schmancy title.

Fear not. Everyone who already got above 100 on the old system has been grandfathered into the new one and will get to keep their title. Everyone who was below 100... Sorry guys.

[caver]

I had worked so hard,,,,<sniff,sniff> to get my official
<sniff> fancy schmancy title,,,,,,,,,,my lifes goal,,,......down the toilet....boo-hoo...
........

[FiReDiVeR]

That sucks for everyone who wants a fancy schmancy title and are almost there.

[White Rabbit]

Well, I'm not a total ogre. We'll say there's a one week grace period or something for you guys that are close to go ahead and hit 100.

[Underdog]

I like it. Good job. Now just present your coding ideas to get a nice cushy computer job somewhere.

[Sertile]

Ah. At first I thought I had a life-bar or something.

[mjames]

Ah. At first I thought I had a life-bar or something.

You've been playing way to many RPGs there Sertile.

[Jesta]

I will never have any schmancy on this site

[Sertile]

You've been playing way to many RPGs there Sertile.

Actually, too much Megaman. I said life bar, not hit points!

[Grey]

Plus I think fighting games have more life bars than rpgs...in fact I can't think of many(if any) that use life bars. Anyway, I like the new style.

[caver]

I've almost reached schmancy

My Mom will be proud!!!!

[White Rabbit]

Also, just to let you guys know... As with almost any feature I install around here, this thing is going to be getting tweaked and changed constantly for a little bit.

And to be perfectly honest, I'm not really digging the whole life bar design. The more I look at it in use, the less I like it. Plus, I kind of miss having different dots for different things like Admin and Titled users. So I'm probably going to go back to the dots and mix it with the time icon thing somehow.

Either way, what I said will still be true. You're gonna have a time icon and the posting minimums are going up to 500.

[dawgchain]

can you place the life bar under the dots? so you have both?maybe one above the avatar and one below it.

[White Rabbit]

can you place the life bar under the dots? so you have both?maybe one above the avatar and one below it.

Not without making some major alterations to the code so that it would display two sets of images. It'd be a lot of work.

[Sertile]

I think these changes are a fine idea. And I kind of like the life-bars. Why not just replace all the rabbits and go with a Street Figher II theme?