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Out of Character => OOC Discussion => Archived OOC Posts => Topic started by: Lucky Wolf on April 10, 2009, 10:04:58 AM

Title: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Lucky Wolf on April 10, 2009, 10:04:58 AM
Okay, just want to know if I am pissing anyone off. I've gotten about six growls within two weeks.

Anyone want to come clean so that we can talk about it out like adults?
Title: Re: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Taweret on April 10, 2009, 10:30:04 AM
Pssh.

*looks at own growls*

.....Pssh.
Title: Re: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Lucky Wolf on April 10, 2009, 10:31:39 AM
yeah, but you have been at RAtC for about two years and I barely have half a year under my belt.
Title: Re: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Arianna_Fireau on April 10, 2009, 10:34:08 AM
It's okay Emmy, I'm beating everyone but Mike :) (and in the past two months I've gained over thirty. Sooo :) )
Title: Re: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Carter Heyward on April 10, 2009, 10:41:03 AM
Joe, the two years doesn't count as Mike reset them last year sometime, not long before you joined the game.
Title: Re: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Taweret on April 10, 2009, 10:49:23 AM
Yes, so in only a few months I've gotten that many.
Title: Re: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Lucky Wolf on April 10, 2009, 10:52:12 AM
O,0.....

and I thought that I was getting on others nerves.....
Title: Re: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Taweret on April 10, 2009, 10:55:42 AM
Not as much as Kat or I do, apparently. :P
Title: Re: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Lucky Wolf on April 10, 2009, 10:56:38 AM
Must be a girl thing.  :P

Title: Re: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Taweret on April 10, 2009, 10:58:20 AM
I blame Mike.
Title: Re: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Arianna_Fireau on April 10, 2009, 10:59:34 AM
Mike has more than either of us ^_^
Title: Re: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Lucky Wolf on April 10, 2009, 10:59:51 AM
For the growls or that it is a girl thing?
Title: Re: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Johnny 'The Judge' Machelli on April 10, 2009, 11:22:35 AM
Hmmm, does Mike count as a girl or a gay?
Title: Re: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Carter Heyward on April 10, 2009, 11:24:57 AM
Yes.
Title: Re: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Lucky Wolf on April 10, 2009, 11:28:00 AM
either way, I am sure that he could kick your ass danny. But don't worry, I'd jump in to save you... unless there is guinness involved.
Title: Re: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Johnny 'The Judge' Machelli on April 10, 2009, 11:31:23 AM
Well, most gay men actually try to keep themselves in shape. Exercise is an interesting concept, to me, but I believe it's best done by contemplating it from a distance, preferably while asleep....
Title: Re: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Baron Tarl on April 10, 2009, 01:14:27 PM
what i don't even play in this game and i got more then most.

Dan
Title: Re: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Stalks the Truth on April 10, 2009, 01:57:54 PM
what is the point of them
Title: Re: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Carter Heyward on April 10, 2009, 03:17:52 PM
Dan, that's because we like to kick you when you cannot kick back.

Dave, there's no point. They're just silly little things that add to the 'forum experience'. Or some shit like that.
Title: Re: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Justin Northwood on April 10, 2009, 07:22:59 PM
There was talk of resetting them a couple of years ago, but they never were.  The numbers you are looking at are the original numbers for each player.  Guests are allowed to howl and growl too- anyone with an account on the forums can, so it could really be anyone.

For those who used to be around in the original days of RAtC, they used to be called "Props" and "Smite."  The overall feature is called Karma, and it is a feature of Simple Machines, the software we use for our forums.

Do people think it's time for the numbers to be reset?  If people are not happy with the feature, it can be disabled.
Title: Re: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Carter Heyward on April 10, 2009, 07:35:49 PM
Mike said he did reset them...?
Title: Re: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Justin Northwood on April 10, 2009, 07:48:12 PM
Hmm...  apparently, it was (http://rageacrossthecape.com/forums/index.php?topic=1798).  Well, it's everyone's call if it's time to do it again.
Title: Re: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Alexander Amarandus van Bokkelen on April 11, 2009, 12:49:31 AM
Unless I know what people are expressing approval or disapproval of, and why, the fact that people have made a note of one or the other is not really useful information, at least not to me.

(... this is me saying I don't care if they're reset or not.)
Title: Re: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Arianna_Fireau on April 11, 2009, 06:20:54 AM
I think it's neat. But is someone else has an issue, I wouldn't cry over it :)
Title: Re: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Carter Heyward on April 11, 2009, 07:15:35 AM
*echo*
Title: Re: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Justin Northwood on April 11, 2009, 11:52:39 AM
Karma essentially boils down to an "I feel good about myself" or "I feel bad about myself" number that can't really be measured accurately for the reasons Conor stated.

For the time being, I've disabled Karma altogether.  The numbers are still in there though, so if there are strong arguments to bring it back, we can, with or without resetting the totals.
Title: Re: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Justin Northwood on April 11, 2009, 03:01:10 PM
The more I think about it, the more I think it should stay disabled.  All it does is give people an (in all likelihood false) idea of how much they are liked and/or disliked in our game.  There is no way to determine how many people howl/growl at you, nor is there any way to know how often or rarely each does.
Title: Re: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Arianna_Fireau on April 11, 2009, 09:10:15 PM
:-( And I was going to bribe you with cookies too....
Title: Re: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Carter Heyward on April 11, 2009, 09:26:01 PM
I'll bake some, too!

No idea exactly what I will use them to bribe Marc for, though...
Title: Re: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Taweret on April 13, 2009, 09:47:25 AM
I don't need growls to know that people don't like me, thankyouverymuch.
Title: Re: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Owen Smith on April 14, 2009, 08:39:09 AM
Growls? Those little +/- things? I'm supposed to pay attention to them?

Since I can't tell why I get them, I can't use them to improve my board RP. I just ignore them.

If anyone would like to encourage/discourage certain types of RP with me, feel free to send me a PM.

Thanks,

Ken
Title: Re: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Johnny 'The Judge' Machelli on April 15, 2009, 03:43:48 AM
Ummm, stop being like a really cool Ahroun CoG, the rest of us can't measure up....
Title: Re: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Lucky Wolf on April 15, 2009, 05:48:23 AM
could be worse, could be a Puerto Rican Wendigo.
Title: Re: Not that I care about the growls... but
Post by: Mike on April 27, 2009, 10:01:52 AM
Im pretty sure where the influx of growls came from,

Emmy what was it like 2 months ago I watched my growls go up by like 10 in 2 days or something like that?  haha

I wore my growls like a badge
To me it means I was breaking minds and taking prisoners :)

Just my thought