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Chosi
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Germany1306 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-09-21 22:45:00
December 12 2006 23:55 GMT
#1
Can someone tell me how the rank icons are calculated? I only found some hints but no real explanation. Time_registered and posts are counted, but how are they combined? Are there other factors?



This one was ezpz because I am in a good mood.

Your next clue is the distance in km between Seoul and Pusan.

You have a choice now. You can take the blue pill or the red pill and further burrow yourself in my madness.

Someday, you’re going to fuck up so magnificently, so ambitiously, so overwhelmingly that the sky will light up and the moons will spin and the gods themselves will shit comets with glee. And I just hope I’m still around to see it.
ToT)Testie(
Profile Joined September 2006
Canada723 Posts
December 12 2006 23:57 GMT
#2
I'm posting just to see what i am
vGl-CoW
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
Belgium8305 Posts
December 12 2006 23:59 GMT
#3
it's a secret (seriously)
Moderatorfollow me on twitter if u think ur so tough @BooyaCow
AmorVincitOmnia
Profile Joined March 2005
Kenya3846 Posts
December 13 2006 00:02 GMT
#4
tell the staff you're xellos :D
r.i.p. Bud Shank May 27, 1926 - April 2, 2009
St3MoR
Profile Joined November 2002
Spain3256 Posts
December 13 2006 00:06 GMT
#5
i tought it was only postcount matter

as for special icons you have to be staff or cool friend of tlnet, dunno
Prophet in TL of the Makoto0124 ways
LazySCV
Profile Blog Joined September 2003
United States2942 Posts
December 13 2006 00:08 GMT
#6
--- Nuked ---
NeoIllusions
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States37500 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-12-13 00:10:25
December 13 2006 00:09 GMT
#7
Forum icons are based on post count AND how long you've been registered on the site. For the most part, only Saro/Meat/Naz are privy to what the exact formula is for each icon upgrade. And no, they won't tell us the formula.
ModeratorFor the Glory that is TeamLiquid (-9 | 155) | Discord: NeoIllusions#1984
davidgurt
Profile Joined September 2006
United States1355 Posts
December 13 2006 00:10 GMT
#8
Let's just have FA compile it for us.
There's crashing?
Chosi
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Germany1306 Posts
December 13 2006 00:16 GMT
#9
curious if the time registered just adds to your "score" or if its calculated to something like posts per week.. I might also (kinda) quote Ripley but I don't want to get off the ship, just an icon (:
Someday, you’re going to fuck up so magnificently, so ambitiously, so overwhelmingly that the sky will light up and the moons will spin and the gods themselves will shit comets with glee. And I just hope I’m still around to see it.
NeoIllusions
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States37500 Posts
December 13 2006 00:20 GMT
#10
Only two factors: the date that you registered and the total post count. Things like time registered and post per week are not calculated.
ModeratorFor the Glory that is TeamLiquid (-9 | 155) | Discord: NeoIllusions#1984
Chosi
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Germany1306 Posts
December 13 2006 00:21 GMT
#11
Thanks for the reply. So if noone (in charge) remembers the scene i quoted I'll just keep posting (:
Someday, you’re going to fuck up so magnificently, so ambitiously, so overwhelmingly that the sky will light up and the moons will spin and the gods themselves will shit comets with glee. And I just hope I’m still around to see it.
greatmeh
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
Canada1964 Posts
December 13 2006 00:28 GMT
#12
check this thread
Kennigit *
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada19447 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-12-13 00:30:43
December 13 2006 00:29 GMT
#13
Calculating you Rank Icon.

1) Apply you the inverse reciprocal of the your post count relative to the negative regulatory buffer zone of your days spent reading posted and time spent typing posts.


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2) Using this graph, plot you result.
- if you result lands in the gradient part, you are close to being promoted to the next rank
- if you are in the white hoop, you have a ways to go yet
- if you are outside the bounds, you have been banned

hope this helps
Chosi
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Germany1306 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-12-13 00:35:09
December 13 2006 00:30 GMT
#14
..which is calculated by a combination of your total posts, and how long you've been a member here at TL.net


This is what I already knew and mentioned as hints (fist post) but thanks. Guess, how long you need to be registered to get a marine with just 1 post, or is it even possible?
Someday, you’re going to fuck up so magnificently, so ambitiously, so overwhelmingly that the sky will light up and the moons will spin and the gods themselves will shit comets with glee. And I just hope I’m still around to see it.
Hasse
Profile Joined November 2003
Sweden579 Posts
December 13 2006 00:32 GMT
#15
its about 250 for a marine I think -.-
You can get alot more with a kind word and a gun, than just a kind word - Al Capone
jkillashark
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
United States5262 Posts
December 13 2006 00:38 GMT
#16
I would love to explain how it works but I don't know all the times you get upgraded. Plus this is supposed to be a secret too.

Upgrades depend on two things. They depend on the number of posts you have and how long you've been with TL.net. Just because you have a gazillion posts doesn't mean you can be a Wraith, but being with the site since 2002 and posting zilch don't mean much either.

I'll let you in on the first upgrade:
250 posts, 30 days.
Do your best, God will do the rest.
SCNewb
Profile Joined June 2006
Canada2210 Posts
December 13 2006 00:57 GMT
#17
Its a secret Chosi

Someone made a thread about it not long ago, and Mani warned us of Saro's evil monkeys
Huge iloveOov fan
DarK]N[exuS
Profile Joined April 2006
China1441 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-12-13 01:15:55
December 13 2006 01:15 GMT
#18
Does anyone have a BC/Carrier/Ultralisk?
Where joy exists despair will always beckon.
RaGe
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
Belgium9950 Posts
December 13 2006 01:19 GMT
#19
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=16170#1
Moderatorsometimes I get intimidated by the size of my right testicle
NeoIllusions
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States37500 Posts
December 13 2006 01:22 GMT
#20
On December 13 2006 10:15 DarK]N[exuS wrote:
Does anyone have a BC/Carrier/Ultralisk?


There are people that have those level icons but many of them have been veterans on TL.net for so long and have been actively posting that they've become staff and/or they have specialized icons now.
ModeratorFor the Glory that is TeamLiquid (-9 | 155) | Discord: NeoIllusions#1984
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