Paranoia? "The computer is your friend" Paranoia? Seriously? Cool.
'80s RPG flashback moment there. On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 12:46 PM, Phillip Vector <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:306415 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
