It's based off a game called Paranoia.. There are 7 ranks representing the colors of the rainbow (ROY G BIV) and one ultraviolet and one infrared.
Adding more ranks would break the illusion since within the game, there are only that many. Since most people die around the Green level... it is rarely an issue. :) On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 10:44 AM, Dominic Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Don't count ALL the posts, only count the posts since the user joined the >> forum. > > Nice. I'm curious as to why more ranks can't be setup but I'll just > trust that the answer is long and boring ;) > > Dominic > > 2008/5/30 Phillip Vector <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> That's where I ran into my problem. There are only 9 ranks total. >> That's it and I can't add more (I'd go into why, but it would be long >> and boring). :) >> >> I think I figured it out though (it's amazing how an answer can come >> to you while you are writing it down). Don't count ALL the posts, only >> count the posts since the user joined the forum. >> >> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Dominic Watson >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Setup a database table for ranks and have this configurable in the >>> forum admin settings. Stick to no. of posts as the rank measure to >>> avoid the issue you described. >>> >>> When posters 'breach the limits', new ranks can be added ad-hoc with >>> no code changes neccessary. >>> >>> Dominic >>> >>> >>> >>> 2008/5/30 Phillip Vector <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>>> I have a forum set up that I have various rank names based on the >>>> number of posts a user enters.. The more posts, the better the rank.. >>>> >>>> At first, I used a cfswitch and counted that way. Unfortunately, I >>>> realized that I would have to keep it up as more and more posts came >>>> in (if it went over the maximum) and if I separated it out to include >>>> a high maximum, I would still have issues as the spread between the >>>> ranks would grow and grow (there are 9 ranks total) making progress to >>>> the next rank harder and harder. >>>> >>>> I then came up with an idea that I would get what percentage of posts >>>> the user was responsible for and based on that precentage, it would >>>> set the rank. >>>> >>>> Someone just pointed out however that the same issue remains.. New >>>> people would face harder and harder times getting rank as the posts >>>> increased.. >>>> >>>> I was wondering if anyone had any ideas how to combat this.. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:306407 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
