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Well, I don't like being a ghoul.
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octagon wrote:Sheep: very early, probably after Blob


You can't have that for very obvious reasons. :P
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Post by octagon »

I didn't like it too.
You could suspect Zefz to have included the Ghoul rank to push posts because everyone wants to get rid of the Ghoul status quickly :P
But being a trog is cool. (Grub bugs, yummy!)

penguinflyer5234 wrote:
octagon wrote:Sheep: very early, probably after Blob

You can't have that for very obvious reasons. :P

And those reasons are...?
It's a monster, after all.
Must it be something that attacks you?? Then I've missed that rule.
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Post by penguinflyer2222 »

Sheep aren't monsters! :P
They're just things that follow shepherds and die.
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octagon wrote:
penguinflyer5234 wrote:
octagon wrote:Sheep: very early, probably after Blob

You can't have that for very obvious reasons. :P

And those reasons are...?
It's a monster, after all.
Must it be something that attacks you?? Then I've missed that rule.


Maybe I want it for my 2500-post rank thing?
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penguinflyer2222 wrote:They're just things that follow shepherds and die.

LOL, that sounds awesome.
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Even shepherds need meat shields...
Or is it the other way around? Because that would explain some things.
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Of course it is! The sheep are planning to rule the world...
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Post by penguinflyer2222 »

They're using the Pot attackers.. I forgot their real names though.
But they're hiding in pots and telling them stuff..... but the humans attack the pots so it doesn't look suspicious. To them at least..
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Now that I'm gone, I figure this is going to have to work one of three ways:

-The ranking system will be kept, and custom ranks will be frozen (no new ones will be given out).
That means I'll have to make a rank or two that was overdue... Primarily, Alazamir and I need "retired" ranks.

-The ranking system will be replaced and somebody else will maintain it from now on.

-The ranking system will be kept, and somebody will be able to keep making new ranks that fit with the look of the ones we already have.



...Does anybody have any insight into which of these is going to work out?
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PurpleSquerkle wrote:That means I'll have to make a rank or two that was overdue... Primarily, Alazamir and I need "retired" ranks.

Uhm... doesn't the Tome Mimic rank mean "ex developer"?

I would like the Ranking System to continue. I already suggested a few ranks that could be added... and adding new Senior Member ranks isn't much work if the images are there, is it?

And the rank images are just screenshots/renderings from module viewer, aren't they?
If there is no working model viewer or alternative right now, one could just make a "bluescreen module" (not in the meaning of BSOD, but in that of a bluescreen at movie sets, an empty background) that you can enter with the critter in question, make a screenshot (just use windowed mode), make the BG transparent and add HP bars - rank image done.
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Post by penguinflyer2222 »

No that's Alazmir's Tome Mimic rank.
And I like the rank system how it is.. just when people get new ranks we'll call up Purple or something. XD
I'd do it if module viewer was working *_* but that's not a problem right now nobody needs new rank soon.
I mean new rank like the custom rank whenever you get however many posts that is.
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The current ranks work with the health bar, so we don't need any more normal ones. I think the timing with posts and everything is pretty good the way it is now.
The whole deal is with custom ranks.

The idea was that every developer and every member with 2500+ posts gets a unique rank. The "Senior Member" rank could be any monster in the game, and would have a full red health bar... And the "Developer" rank could be any monster, regardless of whether it was in the game yet or even had an existing model/skin.
So the issue is that I never got around to making Xenom's rank, and he had the same one as Alazamir... Now it looks like they're both gone, but I still feel like they need separate ranks.
Meanwhile, I was thinking the "retired" one would either be a gray bar or one of the otherwise unused colors from the mana bars.
Maybe the yellow Divine Mana bar would be appropriate? Because it seems "heavenly", and in the past we have used death as a metaphor for departure. (For example, we have the graveyard in Bishopia with the names of former developers and community members... None of whom, as far as I am aware, have actually died.)
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Post by penguinflyer2222 »

Oh yeah, didn't Xenom want a chef grub bug or something like that?
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PurpleSquerkle wrote:-The ranking system will be kept, and somebody will be able to keep making new ranks that fit with the look of the ones we already have.

THAT. I HOPE.
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