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I've gone from being Rorthron the Wise to Rorthron the Berk!
Probably more accurate....
Probably more accurate....
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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.
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.
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I think that could be expanded a bit if hardware is the "thing"...chinnyhill10 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2017 5:10 pm16kR-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.
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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)
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@Guesser - You say tomato, I say banana!
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As if the +2A is an advancement over the original +2!
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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...
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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?
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I quite like the current ranks. I'm hoping if I post enough drivel I can be the first to rise above Berkdom!
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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.
Anyway, I agree with Vampyre's suggestion of Elite pilot ratings.
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Me too!Evil Genius wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2017 11:26 pmAnyway, I agree with Vampyre's suggestion of Elite pilot ratings.
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.
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Only in the admin area I think, and I'd best not give the password to an evil genius.Evil Genius wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2017 11:26 pm Maybe I'm being thick here but is the full rank list displayed somewhere?
(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.
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My vote for game characters, in old WoS style: Sabreman, Jet Set Willy, Monty Mole, ... and Fred.
Yes, Fred would be a good rank!
Yes, Fred would be a good rank!
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Is that^ the old WoS list?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!
I remember it had Elite at the top and then Clumsy Colin added, or was that a later WoS list?
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R-Tape wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2017 8:02 amIs that^ the old WoS list? (Surely Sir Fred should be at the top).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!
I remember it had Elite at the top and then Clumsy Colin added, or was that a later WoS list?
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Makes sense to me, and I know that Elite used to be the absolute 'household name' over here in Russia/CIS states, but I do wonder about the UK and Europe. Somehow I'm getting the impression it was somewhat less popular there (not let's say on the level of MM/JSW/Horace).Einar Saukas wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2017 3:31 amMe too!Evil Genius wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2017 11:26 pmAnyway, I agree with Vampyre's suggestion of Elite pilot ratings.
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.
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Elite is/was VERY popular on the Acorn BBC Micro and on some of the other Acorn computer range. It is in the top ten (if not higher) in this community.
But it did not appear to have the same success on the Spectrum. I think mainly due to there being a lot more good quality games available for the Spectrum, so although it may have sold well, Spectrum gamers had lots of other games to play and to talk about. So it did not stand out in the same way. Also, it's hard. Or at least, I'm not much good at it...
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But it did not appear to have the same success on the Spectrum. I think mainly due to there being a lot more good quality games available for the Spectrum, so although it may have sold well, Spectrum gamers had lots of other games to play and to talk about. So it did not stand out in the same way. Also, it's hard. Or at least, I'm not much good at it...
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Agreed - Elite was very popular in the BBC world. After my Spectrum, I graduated to a BBC Master and didn't play all that many games because by that point I had started to program.
I did have Elite though, and I particularly enjoyed the Master disk version because it had more ships - Particularly the Krait, because I liked the back story that it was getting rare and parts were being cannibalised to keep the last remaining ships flying.
It was hard too - I never managed to make Elite, but I did get as far as Deadly.
I did have Elite though, and I particularly enjoyed the Master disk version because it had more ships - Particularly the Krait, because I liked the back story that it was getting rare and parts were being cannibalised to keep the last remaining ships flying.
It was hard too - I never managed to make Elite, but I did get as far as Deadly.
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I'd be very much in favour of user customizable ranks. It gives a nice personal touch and a tiny little corner for people to live out their, uh, creativity
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Even so, I bet they had more copies of Elite sold for Spectrum in comparison to BBC, since a lot more Spectrums (and clones) were produced. That's what I meant...1024MAK wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2017 8:57 am Elite is/was VERY popular on the Acorn BBC Micro and on some of the other Acorn computer range. It is in the top ten (if not higher) in this community.
But it did not appear to have the same success on the Spectrum. I think mainly due to there being a lot more good quality games available for the Spectrum, so although it may have sold well, Spectrum gamers had lots of other games to play and to talk about. So it did not stand out in the same way. Also, it's hard. Or at least, I'm not much good at it...
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We didn't think of that, assuming this is an option (can't check now) I like it. Could be a poll choice.
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@R-Tape: Yeah, pretty sure this is an option you can enable in phpBB. Afaik you can even still assign ranks to users who don't customize the rank field.
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Any more suggestions? So far machine types, Elite ranks and user customisable.
Juan, was your game characters idea a final one to include or something to improve on?
I'll start a poll tomorrow.
Juan, was your game characters idea a final one to include or something to improve on?
I'll start a poll tomorrow.
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Well, I talked about include famous characters, not necesarily the same ones WoS chose... , maybe we must do another poll to choose which character to include!