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Re: Forum Ranks
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 11:26 pm
by Evil Genius
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.
Re: Forum Ranks
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 3:31 am
by Einar Saukas
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.
Re: Forum Ranks
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 6:44 am
by R-Tape
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.
Re: Forum Ranks
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 6:58 am
by Juan F. Ramirez
My vote for game characters, in old WoS style: Sabreman, Jet Set Willy, Monty Mole, ... and Fred.
Yes, Fred would be a good rank!
Re: Forum Ranks
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 8:02 am
by R-Tape
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?
Re: Forum Ranks
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 8:03 am
by R-Tape
R-Tape wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2017 8:02 am
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? (Surely
Sir Fred should be at the top).
I remember it had Elite at the top and then Clumsy Colin added, or was that a later WoS list?
Re: Forum Ranks
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 8:31 am
by Hikaru
Einar Saukas wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2017 3:31 am
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.
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).
Re: Forum Ranks
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 8:57 am
by 1024MAK
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...
Mark
Re: Forum Ranks
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 9:45 am
by ramsrc
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.
Re: Forum Ranks
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 10:02 am
by utz
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
Re: Forum Ranks
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 10:10 am
by Einar Saukas
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...
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...
Re: Forum Ranks
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 10:18 am
by R-Tape
utz wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2017 10:02 am
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
We didn't think of that, assuming this is an option (can't check now) I like it. Could be a poll choice.
Re: Forum Ranks
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 10:23 am
by utz
@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.
Re: Forum Ranks
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 12:13 pm
by R-Tape
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.
Re: Forum Ranks
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 1:04 pm
by Juan F. Ramirez
R-Tape wrote: ↑Fri Nov 17, 2017 12:13 pm
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.
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!
Re: Forum Ranks
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 7:03 pm
by R-Tape
utz wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2017 10:23 am
@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.
It's very possible I'm being hopeless here, but I can't see how to allow the users to customise their own rank, it looks like the admin has to do it. The admin software is the most boring and confusing hall of mirrors I've ever seen. If you can find a link that makes it bloody obvious how to get phpBB to allow
users to set their own rank it I'll include it in the poll
Otherwise just two options, unless there are more suggestions before ~lunchtime UTC tomorrow.
Re: Forum Ranks
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 1:58 pm
by utz
Seems that tcommon way of doing this is by installing a mod:
https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtop ... &sk=t&sd=a
Disclaimer: I have no experience with phpBB myself, so I don't know how well it works.