GameraGX
Gunner
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Student of Occult Studies
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« on: November 14, 2010, 10:04:36 pm » |
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Like "Deck Hand", "Gunner", etc. How do they work?
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Rockula
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« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2010, 10:27:15 pm » |
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It's based on the actual amount of time you spend contributing on the Forums. However, they mean very little apart from indicating to new arrivals who the sad gits with nothing better to do actually are.  |
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GameraGX
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Student of Occult Studies
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« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2010, 10:38:53 pm » |
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oh ok, i was wondering....hey wait a minute! lol
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Dareece
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« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2010, 10:51:07 pm » |
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is there a list of rank names i can view
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Lucius Voltaic
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« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2010, 11:50:36 pm » |
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is there a list of rank names i can view
You can look at the member list sorted by seniority or post count or something, and you'll be able to find all of them. |
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"The man who is clever and lazy however is for the very highest command; he has the temperament and nerves to deal with all situations."
--General Baron Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, clearly talking about me.
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« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2010, 12:04:28 am » |
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Does that make me a 'mop head' (2nd post here)  |
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akumabito
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« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2010, 05:24:23 pm » |
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However, they mean very little..
Well, apart from gaining you access to the Aetherlord Lounge, that is...  |
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Just call me Rob
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« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2010, 05:34:42 pm » |
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Log into the forum,
Forget you are logged in and leave the computer on while you go to work.
Come home.
Instant promotion.
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Be vewy vewy quiet, I'm hunting aiw kwacken.
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Just call me Rob
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« Reply #8 on: November 15, 2010, 05:36:54 pm » |
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Ahh, there are a few exceptions.
A while ago there was a bit of a fund raising drive for brass goggles and a few people donated sums of money.
Some Ranks were awarded in accordance with money donated.
Purchasing commission has long been recognised as a perfectly legitimate method of promotion.
I believe one or two very generous people were offered a rank akin to demigod.
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Rockula
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« Reply #9 on: November 15, 2010, 05:47:42 pm » |
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Log into the forum,
Forget you are logged in and leave the computer on while you go to work.
Come home.
Instant promotion.
I believe there was mention of this before and there are certain 'protections' to stop that. Long periods of inactivity may negate the time recorded. Anyway, why worry? If you spend enough time here you'll soon get a new rank. I'd personally like to pick my own rank. 'Suspected Deserter' or 'Guerilla Spy' maybe? |
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Lucius Voltaic
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« Reply #10 on: November 15, 2010, 06:01:41 pm » |
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However, they mean very little..
Well, apart from gaining you access to the Aetherlord Lounge, that is... I find myself skeptical as to the existence of this "Aetherlord Lounge". |
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« Reply #11 on: November 15, 2010, 06:12:51 pm » |
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I find myself skeptical as to the existence of this "Aetherlord Lounge". And that's just how the Aetherlords like it.. |
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I say, Joe it's jolly frightening out here.
Nonsense dear boy, you should be more like me.
But look at you! You're shaking all over!
Shaking? You silly goose! I'm just doing the Watusi
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akumabito
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« Reply #12 on: November 15, 2010, 07:04:38 pm » |
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I find myself skeptical as to the existence of this "Aetherlord Lounge". And that's just how the Aetherlords like it.. Damn straight..!! |
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Sir Nikolas Vendigroth
Captain Spice
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United Kingdom
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« Reply #13 on: November 15, 2010, 07:10:36 pm » |
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However, they mean very little..
Well, apart from gaining you access to the Aetherlord Lounge, that is... I find myself skeptical as to the existence of this "Aetherlord Lounge". I have days like that. The quality of the claret is somewhat a bit iffy.  |
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Rockula
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« Reply #14 on: November 15, 2010, 08:34:07 pm » |
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Here's a question....
We all have a fair idea of WHAT Steampunk is (within admittedly broad perameters)..
We have a reasonable idea of WHEN the term was coined and of the elements that existed before it was given the name...
But does anyone have a suggestion as to WHY Steampunk happened or why it became, and is still, so popular?
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GameraGX
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Student of Occult Studies
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« Reply #15 on: November 15, 2010, 08:46:21 pm » |
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Here's a question....
We all have a fair idea of WHAT Steampunk is (within admittedly broad perameters)..
We have a reasonable idea of WHEN the term was coined and of the elements that existed before it was given the name...
But does anyone have a suggestion as to WHY Steampunk happened or why it became, and is still, so popular?
Something along the lines of it being a brain child of the same people who thought up cyberpunk...i think. and it became so popular because we see the steampunk world as a better, simple, and more fantastic way to live; it's a world filled with so much adventure and brilliant madness that everyone make sup upon its glorious essence! *breathes heavily, with a frenzied look in his eyes, then realizes people are looking* ahum...excuse me ^_^ |
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Mr Peter Harrow, Esq
Master Tinkerer
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« Reply #16 on: November 15, 2010, 11:57:49 pm » |
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Zeppelin Admirals are allowed into the Rogue Aetherlord Lounge, but only to remove empty dishes and glasses, and we are under strict instructions not to look the Aetherlords in the eye, or to speak to them without being directly addressed.
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Dr Fidelius
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« Reply #17 on: November 16, 2010, 12:14:07 am » |
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Oh good. Something to look forward to.
I was satisfied with getting a key to the officer's head, personally.
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The opinions expressed here are my own, and do not represent any other persons, organizations, spirits, thinking machines, hive minds or other sentient beings on this world or any adjacent dimensions in the multiverse.
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Herr Döktor
Gadgeteer, Contraptionist, and Inventor, FVSS
Governor
Time Traveler
United Kingdom
Herr Döktor, and friend.
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« Reply #18 on: November 16, 2010, 12:19:17 am » |
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Then, it should be noted, the Immortals look down upon your petty squabbles and trifling struggles, and gain amusement from them. In a way that is in no way elitist, of course. |
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« Reply #19 on: November 16, 2010, 12:24:28 am » |
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Then, it should be noted, the Immortals look down upon your petty squabbles and trifling struggles, and gain amusement from them. In a way that is in no way elitist, of course. Aye, Gov'ner. May I sit down now? (removes hat and bows) |
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Reality is for those who cannot properly commit to the absurd.
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Herr Döktor
Gadgeteer, Contraptionist, and Inventor, FVSS
Governor
Time Traveler
United Kingdom
Herr Döktor, and friend.
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« Reply #20 on: November 16, 2010, 12:28:09 am » |
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The joy of being an Immortal is that your petty mortal needs mean nothing to us, so of course you can sit down!
Make yourself at home, and help yourself to tea and cake, as they are beneath me.
(but do save me a piece of battenburg, that's my favourite)
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Dr cornelius quack
Rogue Ætherlord
United Kingdom
Arrant Carney. Phmebian Cultural Attache.
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« Reply #21 on: November 16, 2010, 12:32:16 am » |
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Here's a question....
We all have a fair idea of WHAT Steampunk is (within admittedly broad perameters)..
We have a reasonable idea of WHEN the term was coined and of the elements that existed before it was given the name...
But does anyone have a suggestion as to WHY Steampunk happened or why it became, and is still, so popular?
Steampunk was invented to give steampunks something to do in their spare time. Up till then, all the steampunks had been just milling around, getting in the way and muttering "If only someone would invent a Genre that we like, it would give purpose to our existence." They could be seen peering though the windows at conventions, wailing, 'Oh why is there nothing of interest to us?' Occasionally, one would be seen despondently pushing a few bits of scrap metal around near a soldering iron, saying. 'If I had a coherent cultural context, I could make this mean something, and bask in the smug glow of aliteration.' |
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Such are the feeble bases on which many a public character rests.
Construction of illegal outdoor Privvys on common land a speciality. Our customers always come back.
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« Reply #22 on: November 16, 2010, 12:53:53 am » |
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Ahh, there are a few exceptions.
A while ago there was a bit of a fund raising drive for brass goggles and a few people donated sums of money.
Some Ranks were awarded in accordance with money donated.
Purchasing commission has long been recognised as a perfectly legitimate method of promotion.
I believe one or two very generous people were offered a rank akin to demigod.
Actually, no, I don't believe they were. The title of "Baron," however, was, and was accepted...it does not appear as "rank," though. The "demi-god" rank, or some such, was considered, but was respectfully declined. I got the "Admiral" under my name the old-fashioned way, by posting and participating. I think the "Brass Goggles Roll of Honour" is still on here somewhere, with the various levels of participating contributors. Sgt.Major Thistlewaite ( also the Right Honourable Baron Luxborough.) |
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Yet well thy soul hath brooked the turning tide, with that innate, untaught philosophy,Which, be it wisdom, coldness, or deep pride, is gall and wormwood to an enemy.
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Dr cornelius quack
Rogue Ætherlord
United Kingdom
Arrant Carney. Phmebian Cultural Attache.
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« Reply #23 on: November 16, 2010, 01:14:49 am » |
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was respectfully declined.
Sgt.Major Thistlewaite ( also the Right Honourable Baron Luxborough.)
With most proper and becoming modesty, If I may say so, considering the service rendered. |
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« Reply #24 on: November 18, 2010, 06:52:02 am » |
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thank Heavens I made officer; it was quite distressing to try and tug a forelock around the lordlings without sufficient hair... |
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