Big50 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Wonder how our "status" is actually determined? How does one get to be a "SASS Wire Vet" versus "Member". Just curious. Is it number of posts you think? Or longevity? Or just number of times on the site, maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunt Jen Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Well, The Vet, to me, is the one who gives the shots, and the Member is the one who pays the bills. At least, that's the way it's always been for me. Aunt Jen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Max Henry Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 I dont know but you are not alone in wondering that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder SASS #13056 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 It is truly a mystery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Not only do you have 'Members' and 'Vets', but if you look at Utah Bob's post, it list him as 'The Man'. Go figure. (maybe its got something to do with hats) ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouse River Kid #16901 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Been wondering that myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cholla Bob Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 As an amateur forum poster, I never really paid attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 It's scientific but somewhat random. Has something to do with sunspots vs gravity I bleeve. Sometimes the Wire Fux Capacitor fluxes a bit too much. How do you think that DeLorean got there? You need to check yourself for mis-matched socks also. I'm told that can effect your status. Alcohol can also affect the post count drastically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Oops, I forgot that yesterday I self-banned me from the Wire for a week. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 6,500+ posts = Member ..... 321 posts = Wire Vet !!! Like no cross on "Chapel" it makes no sence ................................ Jabez Cowboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 <--- Posting to see what I am. Cool, I'm a Vet... today anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrus Cassidy #45437 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 <--- Posting to see what I am. Cool, I'm a Vet... today anyway. I'm doing the same. Nine years on the forum and just shy of 2000 posts, and I don't count as a "vet?" Whiskey tango foxtrot, over?!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 That IS an interesting question. I was just looking at my last post, with over 1700 posts, 10 years here, I'm a "member". Another poster on the same thread has 260 posts, 6 months here, and is a "vet". Not particularly important, just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. John Campbell, SASS #58165 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Absolutely no rhyme or reason whatsoever as to how they determine member status on this forum. I've been on the forum a long time, still listed as a member, folks that sign up today, and post once, get listed as a wire vet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 You can always just ship BH a nice bottle of wine or two. That usually smooths the way for near 'bout anything here on the WIRE. The better the wine, the better your 'status' will be. This one comes up about every 'cabin fever season'. I've around here for quite a while, I've got over 4K posts and I'm still a member, too. Oh, the August 1, 1999 join date on my profile is merely from the time that the 'join date' carried over from one version of the WIRE to the next. I don't remember exactly when I started hanging out around here but it's actually at least 2 or 3 years prior to '99. For the record, I think it is a leftover from the change over to the LAST forum design (this incarnation is either 4 or 5 since I signed up back in the '90's). There's no rhyme or reason for the Vet or Member status designations and, to tell the truth, they don't mean much. The WIRE never has used any sort of ranking system for its' members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Ears Wilson, SASS #77948 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 I was tolt by a very reliable source that said status is based on your attractiveness to the opposite sex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Texas Jack Black Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 It has to do with skin thickness and scars. T J B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepnmud#33546 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 I strongly suspect 'The Man" Utah Bob is pulling the strings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Dog, SASS #20401 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 It is totally random and meaningless. It's a glitch that everyone noticed in the version of the Wire before this last one. It never got fixed on the last one and carried over to this one. Your ranking has no meaning whatsoever. A pard with 20000 posts could get assigned a rank of "Junior Member" while a pard could be ranked as "Member" or "SASS Wire Vet" with their first post. Totally random and meaningless. The only way to get your status changed is for BH or another mod to go in and change it manually. That's how UB got to be "The Man". BH playing a joke on UB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 I was tolt by a very reliable source that said status is based on your attractiveness to the opposite sex. If that's true, I'm surprised I'm even allowed ON here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shoer 27979 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 I have to post just to see what I am lol :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flinthills Dawg Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 well gotta see where i stand! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Nick Billock SASS #53521 Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Didn't the vets used to be in the military? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Didn't the vets used to be in the military? Nope. Yore thinkin of SASS Vets not Wire Vets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driftwood Johnson, SASS #38283 Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Ya have to have a bazillion posts. Helps if you're naturally blabby too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horace Patootie, SASS #35798 Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Lone Dog is correct. A glitch in a previous version of the wire. Horace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Pepper Kid, SASS #60463 Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Guess I gotta check too. CPK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake River Clay SASS #34984 Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 What am I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Howdy Pard! Here's the scoop as I recall it. Once upon a time it meant something (Vets were long time posters...) and then we had a forum upgrade that seemed to reverse things. Newbies became SASS Wire Vets and Vets became Junior Members. A few of us became something else entirely. For example, Utah Bob is "The Man." Tennessee Stud is "Wire Stud Muffin." I am a "Vet-e." The quirky names were compliments of our Guardian Angel, Black Harris. So, "it is what it is," which is meaningless. Regards, Allie Mo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Max Henry Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 It's scientific but somewhat random. Has something to do with sunspots vs gravity I bleeve. Sometimes the Wire Fux Capacitor fluxes a bit too much. How do you think that DeLorean got there? You need to check yourself for mis-matched socks also. I'm told that can effect your status. Alcohol can also affect the post count drastically. Oh , I thought it had to do with the "Conservation of Angular Momentum" or was that the "Oblequity of the Eclyptic" It has to do with DArk Matter thats all I know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Dan Troop 70448 Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Part of the "Homeland Security". MT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 PM Black Harris - he will probably change it to whatever he see's fit...but, ask him. GG ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purly SASS # 57438 Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Hmmmmmmmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big50 Posted March 7, 2011 Author Share Posted March 7, 2011 Oh I am happy with what I have...just like I said I am curious. Not a big deal, kind'a like our dates...couple of "upgrades" ago we all had to "re-enlist" and that started our dates over. Not a big deal ..just a deal. I like it that Black Harris has "personalized" some folks and if you remember he had a post back sometime ago offering to contact him if you wanted something different. I really appreciate the way that "they" take care of the WIRE and have no complaints at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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