Proposal to update the forum member rankings plus some other things

[Vega]

Proposal to update the forum member rankings plus some other things

Some members have contacted me wanting to have the member post count rankings updated. This does make a lot of sense since due to the 'Make it to 10,000' thread, many users are going to reach the top ranking (Member: God) soon. Might as well implement more ranks to encourage posting since it will take years upon years to reach 10,000 posts in the 'Make it to 10,000' thread.

Here's a quick rough draft for the new rankings (creds to NinjaKing for the initial list)

0 - Banana - Beginner 
10 - Green Shell - Intermediate
20 - Red Shell - Advanced
40 - Shroom - Expert
80 - Blue Shell - Pro
160 - Mega - Master
320 - Star - Legend
640 - Bill - Myth
1280 - Shock - God

Every time you reach a new rank, you need double the posts for the next, pretty self explanatory

Btw, for reference, here is the current system - https://mkwii.com/showthread.php?tid=4

NinjaKing did bring up the idea of having special privileges for users who reach the final rank. Back when i first started these forums there were some bugs for making users be placed in a new role/group automatically based on post count. Since mybb has been upgraded multiple times since then, I could go ahead and add this in. And if it doesn't work, its not a big deal for me to do it manually as long as the user doesn't mind the small wait.

Some ideas of extra privileges for the members who reach the final rank
- Bold username (or maybe the ability for each user to choose their own color?; if that's the case automation won't work as each user will need their own unique role)
- Increased Post Count limit, maybe other privileges (able to undo poll votes, etc)?

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I'm open to ideas, please discuss. Thank you!

And final note: After this change, I don't plan on ever updating these again, unless a future mybb upgrade/change forces me to.

[Zeraora]

Maybe the higher levels can have specified colors, I can also recommend some if you'd like.

[Mewmaster99]

the list for post to rank count doesn't look bad, idk about special perms for higher roles tho

[Zeraora]

the list for post to rank count doesn't look bad, idk about special perms for higher roles tho

I feel like only like basic special perms should be in place. (like maybe 320, 640, 1280 have special colors and post limit doubled for each one, if someone reaches 1280 it can be announced or something)

[Vega]

To be fair to ppl with Coder/Dev role, I may remove the specific rank titles (beginner, intermediate, pro, etc etc) and have all members listed as Member. But ofc your icon (item) will still upgrade over time based on post count

Thoughts?

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Here's another option:

Allow all coders/devs ability to change user titles, and keep the specific rank titles to normal Members

[Zeraora]

To be fair to ppl with Coder/Dev role, I may remove the specific rank titles (beginner, intermediate, pro, etc etc) and have all members listed as Member. But ofc your icon (item) will still upgrade over time based on post count

Thoughts?

Eh, I feel like the title is good for each role. You want the users to have an incentive to keep grinding the site. So, The name should remain. But maybe coder could have either a different set of icons or maybe only one icon that slightly changes over time.

[Vega]

Alright, so keep specific rank titles for Members (beginner, pro, god, etc).

And allow coders/devs ability to change to any custom title.

[Zeraora]

Alright, so keep specific rank titles for Members (beginner, pro, god, etc).

And allow coders/devs ability to change to any custom title.

Hmm, maybe allow them to have custom titles rather a set of titles.

[Vega]

Can you clarify? Are you saying allow Members the ability to set any user title they want? As well? That would mean everybody can set custom user titles

[Zeraora]

Can you clarify? Are you saying allow Members the ability to set any user title they want? As well? That would mean everybody can set custom user titles

Oh No! Coders should have the ability to change their title to any word they desire (as long as its under 16 characters).
Members keep their title and go thru standard role rules.