How does member status work?

From the FAQ..

https://www.frenzforum.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=faq#usertitles

I've heard that another way to climb the ladder of member status is to PayPal US$20 to moderators@frenz.com, but I don't know if that's true.

Paul.

Not true PLUS that's not a valid Paypal account. Sorry, Paul!

lol Paul. I figured that was a joke. I knew we didn't give you money to get up in status, though nice wishful thinking. You can always try sending paypal money to easy_e77@msn.com. lol. Not saying who that is.

Links are now broken ...

Unilooney,

Member status (Karma) just goes up according to how many posts you make to the forum. If you want to see the various levels and how many posts it takes to reach them, just go to the top of the page to GO, then MYSPACE, then KARMA.

All the best,
Tracy

Ahhh ... haven't really played around with this forum since it changed host... Would have had no idea that was what 'karma' meant (and I thought I was net savvy). Thanks Tracy.

Oooh thanks Tracy... I remember seeing that when we first transferred... but had forgotten where it was!

Very excited I've just made it to Something So Strong... but I just want to be a Sacred Cow!!!

Well done on getting to SSS Alx. Sacred Cow here we come

Ok, I have a question. My post count at the bottom is up to 337 at the moment, this one'll be 338. But when I go into my profile, it says I've got 347 points.
So where did those extra ten come from? Or is it just a mistake?

I think it's just a mistake, Mag. I have two more in my Karma than my last post, so mine is off too. Don't really know. Oh, and thanks btw, for the change in my title, I think you were responsible for that.

My post count and Karma points don't match up either. I think anytime that you add/edit your own posts or delete them perhaps that could have some kind of influence over Karma levels? My level reached 'Slave To Ambition' today but by the above explainations don't you need at least 70 odd... whatever Karma points to reach this level?
Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Just be careful that your kar-ma, doesn't run over your dog-ma.

Hmm, there is something a bit odd about the thought of becoming a sacred cow. Although Secret God is what we all aspire to.

But as they say in the classics,

"it's a long way to the shops, if you want a sausage roll".

& that would be a tofu sausage folks.

It's all quite Darwinian when you consider it. & to think, once upon a time, i was but a pittied rhino, happy roaming the plains in search of chewy grass. & then i was a lounge lizard, (well, more Komodo Dragon really).

One more post, & i'll be a multi-cellular life form, (we live in hope folks)

Seany, PLEASE try to stay on topic and not waffle off! You can waffle in W2S endlessly, should you so want.

The Karma points don't always match up, and my post count got reset when we moved to the new forum software last November. So it's not perfect, but it's not meant to be a measure of anything but silliness.

Nobody should take Karma levels seriously!

My Karma and my post count is the same... weird, no?!


Btw, Debs... I know this is slightly off topic, but is it supposed to say "Something So Strong" under my name in here, rather than "Moderator" like the other new mods? Have I not done something? :S

Whadaya mean? Karma status is everything!!!

Alx, did you do Custom User Title? That can override other titles. Like mine. It doesn't say mod or admin. It says what I wrote.

Ah, I didn't realise I had to do it like that

I've changed it for now

Thanks Deb - I will learn!

Look it's Captain Waffle here,

About this karma thing, are posts in the PM also counted towards karma? I'm sure this question has been asked before (parhapse by me in a past incarnation ), so bare with me.

Hmm, i did try to join the W2S, but first had to sign up for paypal, which i thought i did. Cheched my emails, expecting to find my username & password, but nuthin'. Maybe i didn't fill in one of the fields, (or left one blank?!). Tried it again, & the same thing happened, zilcho. I got so tired & hungry waiting, i logged off & made some waffles.

I wish there was a easy Credit Card payment option. Guess it must be my karma (or calmer). Cest la ve.

Right, this has been Captain Waffle.
As you were.

Might I enquire as to what PAYPAL is

Paypal? Well Nfaddict, despite what Dan Brown would have you believe, it has absolutely nothing to do with the Vatican.

PayPal is a means of electronically transfering funds without the use of paper, (ie cheques/money orders). But i am still having trouble registering for PayPal. It just doesn't seem to work for me.

I'm sure Leonardo wouldn't have had any trouble signing up.

Seany,
I signed up for W2S and I didn't need to get a Paypal account. I just used my credit card.
Funnily enough, when I joined I got a message back from Groupee saying my Frenz account would be deleted in 2106!! Guess I won't be needing it when I'm 142!

Oops, we're off topic, aren't we?

Thanks for that Kazzie,

Clearly i've been barking up the wrong cyber-tree. We now have lift off!

Where were we? Oh, Karma. Well, i think the lag time in posts & post numbers is probably some weird net-congestion thing. Kind of like,
Cyber-Lag.

So in one's personal Karma Summary, where it says
"Karma Level X of 11 (11 is Best)"

What does that mean? I get from reading this thread that the Karma Points are vaguely related to number of posts, but nowhere can I find Karma Level discussed.

I'm quite sure it's nothing important...I just wanted to know if it was something unimportant, and if so, what!

To see the Karma levels, click as follows:

Go

Personal Zone

Karma (8th one down)

There is a list.

I think 11th is best just means that Addicted, which is 11th, is the best Karma you can attain (or at least that's my interpretation).

I'm not aware of a Karma discussion as such anywhere though.

Karma is just related to your post count

Aw jeez, I'm dumb. The Karma level number is just what corresponds to the nickname.

Thanks!

every now and then my karma level changes and i'm like "what just happened?" then i remember.

yeah. i'm dumb too. LOL

Ok then, 25 more post and I'll have some credibility!

Aw crap. I'm about to get demoted! In about 222 posts.

Well even though this conversation is years old thanks for putting that information on there, I was wondering why I had those titles under my name... where has everyone gone anyway????

Did we leave?

Looks like all but two of the posters on this page are still active as of this very March 2010! (Zebrasnake and Seany, where have ye goney?)

But you know Hermit McD, I think the time between album/heavy touring activity is usually a bit of a (relatively) fallow time on the boards. Less people coming in chatting, since there's less to come in chatting about.

quote:

Originally posted by Hermit McDermit:
where has everyone gone anyway????

Many posters in this topic are still here, however life circumstances often change for people and they may not have the time to post as often as they once did. Also, Mr Sadly is right about less people coming in to talk when there is less to talk about. When our artists go quiet, these boards tend to go relatively quiet.

quote:

Originally posted by Half-Full:
Did we leave?

I certainly hope not!

By the way, that 25 post comment was from when I was a Pitied Rhino waiting for the moment I would become a more noble Longeroom Lizard. I have some credibility now... don't I?

You have 130 posts worth of credibility! Actually, I'd have thought you had more!

I was wondering how do I put a persoalised quote up to appear with every entry and also are there any frenz shirts available, can't access appropiate link for some reason...
Thanks

I was originally going to send this via the PM circut, however I feel that this is something that should be said publicly for the benefit of any future newbies to the board who may not be as forum-savy as the rest of us.

quote:

Originally posted by Hermit McDermit:
I was wondering how do I put a persoalised quote up to appear with every entry and also are there any frenz shirts available, can't access appropiate link for some reason...
Thanks

Can't help you with the frenz shirts but if the personalised quotes you are talking about are the signatures that appear underneath each post, they can be made in your personal profile.

First, click on "GO" in the taskbar at the top of every page. There, you will find the link for your Personal Zone. Go to the personal zone and click on "profile". You should see in the top right hand corner of the screen a link that reads "View/Edit Complete Profile". Click on that then scroll down to where you see the word "Signature". Next to that there should be a blank box. In that blank box is where you write whatever personalised quote/signature you wish to use. After that, scroll to the bottom and hit "submit". Once you have done all that, every post you make should automatically have your personalised signature attatched.

Hope that helps.