Spectrum Computing

For those wondering why they have 'Berk' under their username, it's because we quickly set the forum ranks to the first Spectrum characters that popped into our heads. It then goes onto Dizzy, Manic Miner and others, but doesn't mean much as there is no obvious gradation.

If anyone has any good ideas for forum ranks could they post them here pleez. Then in a few weeks we'll have a poll.

Will the avatr limit be raised a bit? Wanted to use a picture but struggling to get it down to 6kb. Closest I could get was 6.9

Thanks for clarifying that

Given that Berk is short for "Berkeley Hunt", and with its associated rhyming slang connotations, one could almost be offended.

ramsrc wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2017 3:34 pm Thanks for clarifying that

Given that Berk is short for "Berkeley Hunt", and with its associated rhyming slang connotations, one could almost be offended.

EDIT - in which case we should get the new ranks sorted sharpish!

Didn't know that! I might suggest to Peter that we change the swear filter for the c-bomb to "Berkely Hunt"! I opted for the strict dictionary definition

Are “ranks” just a label awarded every certain number of posts? In that case, I couldn’t care less. An odd metric, in my book. A combination of the number of posts (perhaps even posts marked as “helpful” or something similar) and membership period would be a much better representation of the term “rank.”

R-Tape wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2017 11:21 am For those wondering why they have 'Berk' under their username, it's because we quickly set the forum ranks to the first Spectrum characters that popped into our heads. It then goes onto Dizzy, Manic Miner and others, but doesn't mean much as there is no obvious gradation.

If anyone has any good ideas for forum ranks could they post them here pleez. Then in a few weeks we'll have a poll.

16k
48k
48k+
128k
+2
+3

chinnyhill10 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2017 5:10 pm

R-Tape wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2017 11:21 am For those wondering why they have 'Berk' under their username, it's because we quickly set the forum ranks to the first Spectrum characters that popped into our heads. It then goes onto Dizzy, Manic Miner and others, but doesn't mean much as there is no obvious gradation.

If anyone has any good ideas for forum ranks could they post them here pleez. Then in a few weeks we'll have a poll.

16k
48k
48k+
128k
+2
+3

And the best rank of all:

SAM Coupé

What was the old wos ranking, maybe that's the best solution?
I would personally like the forum to be the same style and design as wos before big crash (from Martjin era) ...
Does anyone have a copy of that old web page, I almost forgot how it looked simple but great.

Pegaz wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2017 5:30 pm What was the old wos ranking, maybe that's the best solution?
I would personally like the forum to be the same style and design as wos before big crash (from Martjin era) ...
Does anyone have a copy of that old web page, I almost forgot how it looked simple but great.

I think you might find that style looks a bit dated now. Yes I know we aren't the kind of people that bothers but so many different types of display these days.

Gyzor who runs the CPC Wiki forum has done a nice job of making that forum clean and work on a variety of screens.

Pegaz wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2017 5:30 pm What was the old wos ranking, maybe that's the best solution?
I would personally like the forum to be the same style and design as wos before big crash (from Martjin era) ...
Does anyone have a copy of that old web page, I almost forgot how it looked simple but great.

I think that was fairly standard forum software - I remember seeing the same style and layout on a few sites, I visited but they've changed since then. Maybe it got deprecated or something?

I've gone from being Rorthron the Wise to Rorthron the Berk!

Probably more accurate....

I always like the old WoSF gradings - think I got up to Manic Miner. Be damned if I can remember what they all were though.

An obvious one could be the Elite ratings: http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Pilots_Federation, but personally I'd prefer something a bit more Speccy-fied.

chinnyhill10 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2017 5:10 pm

R-Tape wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2017 11:21 am For those wondering why they have 'Berk' under their username, it's because we quickly set the forum ranks to the first Spectrum characters that popped into our heads. It then goes onto Dizzy, Manic Miner and others, but doesn't mean much as there is no obvious gradation.

If anyone has any good ideas for forum ranks could they post them here pleez. Then in a few weeks we'll have a poll.

16k
48k
48k+
128k
+2
+3

I think that could be expanded a bit if hardware is the "thing"...

1. ZX80
2. ZX81
3. Spectrum 16k
4. Spectrum 48k
5. Spectrum+ 48k
6. Spectrum+ 128k
7. Spectrum+2
8. Spectrum+2A
9. Spectrum+2B
10. Spectrum+3
11. Spectrum+3B

Best that any more modern (and maybe controversial) machines are not included...!

Mark

1024MAK wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2017 3:43 pm

1. ZX80
2. ZX81
3. Spectrum 16k
4. Spectrum 48k
5. Spectrum+ 48k
6. Spectrum+ 128k
7. Spectrum+2
8. Black +2
9. Spectrum+3
10. Spectrum+3B

Best that any controversial machines are not included...!

FTFY


p.s. it should be Spectrum+ and Spectrum 128. Also I think when I have seen any official designation for the amount of RAM in a ZX Spectrum it was styled 16K and 48K (yes I know that is wrong for kilo)

@Guesser - You say tomato, I say banana!

Mark

As if the +2A is an advancement over the original +2!

If you ban a user can his rank be set to "ZX Vega+" ?

Oh, and I was actually thinking that twelve ranks would be nice number, but could only think of eleven at the moment... then I wondered if a "space" should be left, depending on how we look back on recent past events from a perspective in the future...

Mark

PeteProdge wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2017 4:01 pm As if the +2A is an advancement over the original +2!

Of course it is an advancement, it has crap sound
More seriously, at least the +2A is the correct colour And they quickly produced a new +2B PCB with the sound problem "fixed".

And to be fair, Amstrad were just continuing the Sinclair tradition of not getting it 100% right (See the QL story...).

Back to the thread subject (sorry, forgot that most of you are used to WoS thread drift).

If not hardware, then what other lists do members think would work well?

Mark

I quite like the current ranks. I'm hoping if I post enough drivel I can be the first to rise above Berkdom!

Maybe I'm being thick here but is the full rank list displayed somewhere?

Anyway, I agree with Vampyre's suggestion of Elite pilot ratings.

Evil Genius wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2017 11:26 pmAnyway, I agree with Vampyre's suggestion of Elite pilot ratings.

Me too!

It's an easily recognizable list, that better fits this purpose since anyone can easily distinguish which names have higher ranking than others.

Although this game was originally created for another machine, it's probably even more popular among Spectrum players.

Evil Genius wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2017 11:26 pm Maybe I'm being thick here but is the full rank list displayed somewhere?

Only in the admin area I think, and I'd best not give the password to an evil genius.

(Oh go then, it's "password")

Two good suggestions so far, machine types and Elite ranks. Any more? Well have a poll at the end if the week.

My vote for game characters, in old WoS style: Sabreman, Jet Set Willy, Monty Mole, ... and Fred.

Yes, Fred would be a good rank!

Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2017 6:58 am My vote for game characters, in old WoS style: Sabreman, Jet Set Willy, Monty Mole, ... and Fred.

Yes, Fred would be a good rank!

Is that^ the old WoS list?

I remember it had Elite at the top and then Clumsy Colin added, or was that a later WoS list?