Questions about the board and pitchforks

[devildeac]

1) On the boards is a good place.
2) Not at the moment. Can you explain why we'd need to see more than five? (IOW, convince the admins why the programmers need to change it. Bribery may or may not work...)

Have there been a lot of new posters here recently since the migration to SBNation? If so, it might be helpful to briefly explain the pitchfork system to them.

[devildeac]

Before it pours to a head?

We are getting a bit bottled up here.

[Indoor66]

We are getting a bit bottled up here.

Sometimes it can get a little too dry here.

[OldPhiKap]

We are getting a bit bottled up here.

Case in point.

[Mike Corey]

Sometimes it can get a little too dry here.

Quit your growlering.

[devildeac]

Quit your growlering.

Tried to give you sporks (cuz you beat me to this one) and send you a PM but found this instead:

"Mike Corey has exceeded their stored private messages quota and cannot accept further messages until they clear some space."

IOW, your momma's telling you to clean up your room, young man .

[Mike Corey]

Tried to give you sporks (cuz you beat me to this one) and send you a PM but found this instead:

"Mike Corey has exceeded their stored private messages quota and cannot accept further messages until they clear some space."

IOW, your momma's telling you to clean up your room, young man .

I poured out some messages. Fill'er up again!

[DukieInKansas]

I poured out some messages. Fill'er up again!

Are you buying another round for the house?

[Mike Corey]

Are you buying another round for the house?

If the house buys rounds 2-4, sure.

[cato]

Alright, alright. Stick a cork in it, folks.

[OldPhiKap]

Alright, alright. Stick a cork in it, folks.

You mean -- can it?

[devil84]

Have there been a lot of new posters here recently since the migration to SBNation? If so, it might be helpful to briefly explain the pitchfork system to them.

I had hoped to tap the community to provide an effervescent discussion of this particular feature of our pub. Apparently we've hopped away from the full-bodied discussion and strayed from the purity laws set forth in the Decorum and Guidelines. Regardless of this prohibition, the witt around here highlights the flavor of our community to our new readers.

[jay]

I had hoped to tap the community to provide an effervescent discussion of this particular feature of our pub. Apparently we've hopped away from the full-bodied discussion and strayed from the purity laws set forth in the Decorum and Guidelines. Regardless of this prohibition, the witt around here highlights the flavor of our community to our new readers.

You forgot to drop the mic.

Thread over. Well done.

[jacone21]

This thread conversation is very tasteful, though not very fulfilling.

[devildeac]

I had hoped to tap the community to provide an effervescent discussion of this particular feature of our pub. Apparently we've hopped away from the full-bodied discussion and strayed from the purity laws set forth in the Decorum and Guidelines. Regardless of this prohibition, the witt around here highlights the flavor of our community to our new readers.

That's worthy of rewards far beyond the reputation points system (or food points)-that should be worth about a million beer points.

Seriously, devil84 and I just finished (started?) an off-line discussion about this and I promised I'd attempt, in 16 ounces or less, to 'splain the system here and get this discussion back on track.

1. If you're new here, you start off with 1 trident and an unknown number of points.
2. For each approve/positive comment you receive via another poster clicking on the red/green icon in the lower left corner of your post, you are awarded "points." The more pitchforks you have personally, the more your comments are worth to that poster.
3. Conversely, for each disapprove/negative comment you receive from another poster, you have points subtracted from your total. The posters with more pitchforks are also worth more "debits" to your account, too, should you incur their wrath.
4. You earn one additional pitchfork for (approximately) each 200 points you are credited.
5. You earn one additional flame for each bundle (100? 200?) of negative points you, umm, earn.
6. Mods' comments are worth even more + or - points to your "account." And yes, some are more disagreeable and cantankerous than others (and that is a direct quote from a mod who will remain forever anonymous ) . Others, like devil84 for example, are kind, loving, sweet, generous, fair, reasonable and qualify for many more accolades than I can possibly list (and asked me to reply here so what else can I say?), and spend a whole lot of their time policing the forums for malcontents and troublemakers and other inane posters like myself, trying to enforce the guidelines.

Hope that covers most of the questions new posters might have. Oh, and BTW, effective January, 2013, your comments are not anonymous so be careful what you type.

PS-beer bribes don't work either-I've tried them, too.

[weezie]

And if a nitwit tries to tell you that a particular post is "over the top with elitism" and if said nitwit has flames instead of pitchforks, it does jack nothing to your tally and will only make you laugh at that particular nitwit and reaffirm your feelings of elitism and pride, snobbish or not when it comes to Duke.

Just a scenario to ponder....

[77devil]

And if a nitwit tries to tell you that a particular post is "over the top with elitism" and if said nitwit has flames instead of pitchforks, it does jack nothing to your tally and will only make you laugh at that particular nitwit and reaffirm your feelings of elitism and pride, snobbish or not when it comes to Duke.

Just a scenario to ponder....

Yes indeed. Now we're talkin smack.

[timmy c]

That's worthy of rewards far beyond the reputation points system (or food points)-that should be worth about a million beer points.

Seriously, devil84 and I just finished (started?) an off-line discussion about this and I promised I'd attempt, in 16 ounces or less, to 'splain the system here and get this discussion back on track.

1. If you're new here, you start off with 1 trident and an unknown number of points.
2. For each approve/positive comment you receive via another poster clicking on the red/green icon in the lower left corner of your post, you are awarded "points." The more pitchforks you have personally, the more your comments are worth to that poster.
3. Conversely, for each disapprove/negative comment you receive from another poster, you have points subtracted from your total. The posters with more pitchforks are also worth more "debits" to your account, too, should you incur their wrath.
4. You earn one additional pitchfork for (approximately) each 200 points you are credited.
5. You earn one additional flame for each bundle (100? 200?) of negative points you, umm, earn.
6. Mods' comments are worth even more + or - points to your "account." And yes, some are more disagreeable and cantankerous than others (and that is a direct quote from a mod who will remain forever anonymous ) . Others, like devil84 for example, are kind, loving, sweet, generous, fair, reasonable and qualify for many more accolades than I can possibly list (and asked me to reply here so what else can I say?), and spend a whole lot of their time policing the forums for malcontents and troublemakers and other inane posters like myself, trying to enforce the guidelines.

Hope that covers most of the questions new posters might have. Oh, and BTW, effective January, 2013, your comments are not anonymous so be careful what you type.

PS-beer bribes don't work either-I've tried them, too.

This is all very informative. Thank you.
But what I really want to know is... Why does pitchfork 6,7,8, etc. appear to have a shadow, while 1-5 do not?

Information needed to make my life complete!

[devildeac]

This is all very informative. Thank you.
But what I really want to know is... Why does pitchfork 6,7,8, etc. appear to have a shadow, while 1-5 do not?

Information needed to make my life complete!

I don't know the answer to that one and not even going to venture a guess. Devil84 or -jk might have an explanation but I sure don't.

[OldPhiKap]

This is all very informative. Thank you.
But what I really want to know is... Why does pitchfork 6,7,8, etc. appear to have a shadow, while 1-5 do not?

Information needed to make my life complete!

They're fatter and cast a broader shadow.

Not polite to ask, really.