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CptKipling
07-25-2004, 03:20 PM
How does

lifetransform have 9500 points in 3 weeks without any posts?

Is there some secret? 'Cos I wanna know :D

cuddlebear
07-25-2004, 03:57 PM
Maybe you can get points by

doing well on the arcade or something .. I don't know ... I'm happy with my 6000+ points anyways :p

As I am

writing this, you are number 1 in the points dept ... cheers :D

CptKipling
07-25-2004, 04:53 PM
:cheers:

I thought you

could only play in the arcade if you had some posts, and hence points, under you belt.

cuddlebear
07-25-2004, 05:21 PM
Oh, yeah .. hmm .. next

theory? :p

einstein
07-25-2004, 07:25 PM
donation from a friend?

cuddlebear
07-25-2004, 08:17 PM
Just thought of something ..

there used to be someone named *DO NOT DELETE* who had several thousand points and now that person isn't on the

charts at all .... possibly a new username and a transfer of points? Just a thought ....

bjf
07-25-2004, 08:45 PM
I don't get the points stuff. There

are some people with very few posts with seemingly way too many points (even if they started threads).

But

maybe that is just the way it is.

Bruce
07-25-2004, 10:03 PM
There are a few ways you could get

points without ever having posted.
Donation
Referring a new user
Reputation points (you get quite a few

store points every time someone good reps you)
Arcade jackpot

What happened to Don't Delete... and other

banned users' points is no mystery. On the advice of one of the mods, I deleted all their points. They were just

taking up space on the leader board.

Other than Lifetransport, nothing surprises me. If you start a bunch of

popular threads in the Pheromone Discussion or Research sections, you can retire and move to Tahiti. You get points

every time someone VIEWS the thing, and the amounts are tripled in the PD section and 5X in the research

section.

B

Rover The Dog
07-26-2004, 11:04 AM
I know this is kind of off

topic but i have been wondering how users become banned and how other users names become DONOTDELETE? Anyone know

how this comes about?

belgareth
07-26-2004, 12:19 PM
A user is banned for cause by

Bruce or one of the moderators, usually after repeat warnings. They can no longer post on the forum or use PM or

SMS.

A "Do Not Delete" user is somebody who has requested that all reference to them be removed from the forum.

It allows us to retain their input while removing their name. That is a time consuming process and is pretty rare

but has been done when a user had an over-riding reason for it.

Bruce
07-26-2004, 01:24 PM
The DoNotDelete thing is actually a

carry over from a previous forum application. At the moment, we can delete a user and all his/her posts will

immediately be switched to having been posted by a "Guest".

Bruce

upsidedown
07-29-2004, 08:15 PM
How does

lifetransform have 9500 points in 3 weeks without any posts?

Is there some secret? 'Cos I wanna know :D


I can tell you exactly how he got his points. I've discovered that if you score high enough to place second in

Seal Bounce in the arcade, you get half the jackpot points. I know this because I've gotten points that way

twice. Lifetransform placed second over the past week ( I know cause he edged me out of second by 4 points :( ).

So, that answers your specific question.

CptKipling
08-01-2004, 04:30 PM
Cheers upsidedown!

lifetransform
08-05-2004, 04:31 AM
oh...so that's what it

was...
are points awarded to all the top 10 rankings or what?

Bruce
08-05-2004, 07:39 AM
oh...so that's

what it was...
are points awarded to all the top 10 rankings or what?

I thought you had to get to

#1 to get the jackpot. I guess that is not right, at least for Seal Bounce.

B

lifetransform
08-05-2004, 07:50 AM
Lifetransform placed second over the past week ( I know cause he edged me out of second by 4 points :( ). So, that

answers your specific question.
hehe upsidedown i lucked out that time with 2 450+ jumps...but still a

long way from 1767. it's gonna take 4ever to beat that score... :whip: