Dozer Posted June 27, 2011 Report Posted June 27, 2011 Those little stars under the username...My understanding is they're automatically awarded by the forum software based on who-knows-what. I think they're meaningless and pointless, and they offended that guy who hysterically changed his username when he thought he'd been down-starred as a very petty form of attack. I suggest we get rid of them! Quote
Cameron Posted June 27, 2011 Report Posted June 27, 2011 ..and they offended that guy who hysterically changed his username when he thought he'd been down-starred as a very petty form of attack.Did they? Last I heard straight from his mouth he liked them. Quote
FlorianR Posted June 27, 2011 Report Posted June 27, 2011 I believe the stars increase the more you post. One star when you start out, two stars when you have 50 posts, and so on. About the "person" who received the 5 pink stars... he complained about having too little stars, and so someone was nice enough to give him 5, despite him only have 300 something posts. Quote
Dozer Posted June 27, 2011 Author Report Posted June 27, 2011 ..and they offended that guy who hysterically changed his username when he thought he'd been down-starred as a very petty form of attack.Did they? Last I heard straight from his mouth he liked them.Wasn't someone saying something about how none of the .org moderators have more than 3 stars here, then Ben said he gets 5 stars in one subforum and 1 star in another? I might have my wires crossed about Guy Who Changed Username.I may have missed an explanation of what they mean when I joined the forum, but in my view, if they're misunderstood they're a negative benefit. Quote
Ben Russell Posted June 27, 2011 Report Posted June 27, 2011 I consider them a junk and broken feature, wish they were hidden. They add nothing but confusion. Quote
Cameron Posted June 27, 2011 Report Posted June 27, 2011 I may have missed an explanation of what they mean when I joined the forum, but in my view, if they're misunderstood they're a negative benefit.Wouldn't it just be easier if you cared only about what matters to you, and not made a stink about what doesn't?Some people like it, others (like you) see no benefit. Use what you care about in this forum. Block everything else out. Quote
Dozer Posted June 27, 2011 Author Report Posted June 27, 2011 Making a stink am I? I blame the unusually warm English weather today. I did shower a few hours ago...I thought the stars are broken & misunderstood & X-Pilot would benefit if they were removed. I don't really have anything else to say about it. Quote
YYZatcboy Posted June 27, 2011 Report Posted June 27, 2011 If you are talking about me, I love my new stars, and have thanked Cameron for them in private, but would like to take the opportunity to thank him here again!! Quote
Dozer Posted June 27, 2011 Author Report Posted June 27, 2011 If you are talking about me, I love my new stars, and have thanked Cameron for them in private, but would like to take the opportunity to thank him here again!!Oh hi, did you change your name in that long thread that got locked? I was mostly thinking of what you wrote when I started this thread. I don't like it when people get accidentally alienated! Quote
Cameron Posted June 27, 2011 Report Posted June 27, 2011 Oh hi, did you change your name in that long thread that got locked? I was mostly thinking of what you wrote when I started this thread. I don't like it when people get accidentally alienated!Not sure what's going on with you today, Dozer. YYZ never changed his name, and was not the same person you are talking about.You're thinking of David Rogers, he changed his name to "He who is not welcome here" and last I checked still has it that way.Thread here: http://forums.x-pilot.com/index.php?topic=2675.0Not the same people. Not the same situation. Quote
Dozer Posted June 27, 2011 Author Report Posted June 27, 2011 Oh hi, did you change your name in that long thread that got locked? I was mostly thinking of what you wrote when I started this thread. I don't like it when people get accidentally alienated!Not sure what's going on with you today, Dozer. YYZ never changed his name, and was not the same person you are talking about.You're thinking of David Rogers, he changed his name to "He who is not welcome here" and last I checked still has it that way.Thread here: http://forums.x-pilot.com/index.php?topic=2675.0Not the same people. Not the same situation.Ah that's what I was thinking of. That guy who got very offended over... something... I'm still not sure exactly what. He was upset over people smiting his karma and I'd conflated YYZ's comment with his complaint:"I have to say that I found it funny that when I mentioned to Cameron about the .org staff group only having one star, the next day Ben had one star. After a few months Ben was back at 5 stars. A couple of days ago I put my little note under my username and today I see that he is back at one star... "And then there was Ben's comment about being five green stars in one subforum and one yellow star in another. In my head, HWINWH had seen the same thing and come up with some paranoid persecution theory that led to nastier things. But he hadn't, so it's all good (forum-star-wise anyway).Sorry YYZ for not recognising straightaway you're not the same guy as HWINWH. Actually I haven't looked closely at your username til now - I'd been subconsciously reading it as 'YZ Yacht Boy' for some time. Now I get the link between your username, your website, and those excellent VATSIM planning articles. Sorry for not being quicker on the ball there! Quote
YYZatcboy Posted June 27, 2011 Report Posted June 27, 2011 It's funny, lots of people think my name is Zach because of my user name LOL. Off to milk cows now! Quote
Nicola_M Posted June 27, 2011 Report Posted June 27, 2011 If you are talking about me, I love my new stars, and have thanked Cameron for them in private, but would like to take the opportunity to thank him here again!!Jeez, Joe. Do you think he could've made them any bigger?? ;D Quote
YYZatcboy Posted June 27, 2011 Report Posted June 27, 2011 If you saw me in my theatre days.... Quote
hobofat Posted June 29, 2011 Report Posted June 29, 2011 must. collect. all. the. STAAARRRRRSSSSSSSSSSS 8) Quote
Jacoba Posted August 20, 2011 Report Posted August 20, 2011 I consider them a junk and broken feature, wish they were hidden. They add nothing but confusion.Really, and I thought that only occurred over on Avsim Forums... Quote
Jacoba Posted August 20, 2011 Report Posted August 20, 2011 must. collect. all. the. STAAARRRRRSSSSSSSSSSS 8)They're magically delicious! Quote
UltimateFlier Posted September 25, 2011 Report Posted September 25, 2011 i might be missing something, this went from stars, to fighting over stars, to star fetishes, to mario stars and than Lucky Charms MUSHROOMS???HOW???? Quote
Simmo W Posted September 26, 2011 Report Posted September 26, 2011 Ha, you know the forum's quiet when stars are the main topic! Quote
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