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Ranks and rating in the forum

Post by Michel Zijlema »

Hi all,

I thought it would be fun to have ranks and post rating in the forum like most of us know from the old Applix TM1 forum or other forums. For ranks we could go for the range Newby to Super Member, but I'm looking for some fun alternative suggestions on ranks. So please let your creativity flow.

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Hi Michel

We could start people off as "Executive Viewer".

As they score more points they move up through TM1 Web, Planning Manager, Turbo Integrator to Perspectives 9.2

From there you move backwards until, when you achieve guru status like Alan, you are identified by a stable release number (suggestions anyone?)

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8.1.8 was stable, wasn't it? :lol:
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Michel Zijlema wrote: I thought it would be fun to have ranks and post rating in the forum like most of us know from the old Applix TM1 forum or other forums. For ranks we could go for the range Newby to Super Member, but I'm looking for some fun alternative suggestions on ranks. So please let your creativity flow.
Please please please let's not use "Newby" or anything similar! I know that it's meant in a perfectly innocent context but let's remember what happened once in the old Forum when that word was used (also in a "not intended to be offensive" way)! :?

I can't remember who was involved now, but boy do I remember the thread!
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John Hobson wrote:
We could start people off as "Executive Viewer".

As they score more points they move up through TM1 Web, Planning Manager, Turbo Integrator to Perspectives 9.2
Very funny, but a more cross-tool approach might be more appropriate.

Maybe a Forbes list?
Oprah Winfrey
Larry Ellison
Bill Gates
Warren Buffet

There's the cliche'd army ranks (I'd set myself up as a Brigadier. Love that name, shame about the effort and lifetime you have to put in to get it).

Powerful empires/old timers - British, Roman, Spartan, Greek. Maybe just a little _too_ geeky.

Muppets: Gonzo, Fozzie, Miss Piggy, Kermit, Jim Henderson. Then we have an excuse to call each other "muppets", my current favourite cry during All Black losses to the Springboks.

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"Who wants to be Beaker?"

"mememememmememememememememe!!" :lol:
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How about:
Square, Cube, Tesseract, Penteract, Hexeract ....
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Steve Vincent wrote:"Who wants to be Beaker?"
I guess this has to be mememememe :mrgreen: (I use this avatar already for some time on the Cognos Communities forum).

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The posibilities are endless.... lets see....

1)Classic Cartoons
a)Transformers - Users = Autobots [Optomus, Beatbox, etc], IBoglix = Decepticons [Megatron,Striker,etc]
b)ThnuderCats
c)Family Guy Characters ( know who Stewie is?)
2)Web comic
a) Dilbert - Dilbert, Wally, Alice, Pointy-Hair Boss, Asok
3)Corporate Titles
CEO, VP, Director, Manager, Senior, Staff,Intern
4) Weapon
Bazooka, Sniper Rifle, AK47, Pistol, Fist
5) Beer
Stout, Pale Ale, Lager, Pilsner

That is all I have for now, but I am sure I will have more.
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Eric wrote:The posibilities are endless.... lets see....
1)Classic Cartoons
a)Transformers - Users = Autobots [Optomus, Beatbox, etc], IBoglix = Decepticons [Megatron,Striker,etc]
b)ThnuderCats
c)Family Guy Characters ( know who Stewie is?)
2)Web comic
a) Dilbert - Dilbert, Wally, Alice, Pointy-Hair Boss, Asok
3)Corporate Titles
CEO, VP, Director, Manager, Senior, Staff,Intern
4) Weapon
Bazooka, Sniper Rifle, AK47, Pistol, Fist
5) Beer
Stout, Pale Ale, Lager, Pilsner
OK, you remember that discussion we had about encouraging FEMALE members to join....? :lol:
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Martin Ryan wrote:Powerful empires/old timers - British, Roman, Spartan, Greek. Maybe just a little _too_ geeky.
So if THAT's geeky, I'm guessing that Hastatus -> Princeps -> Triarius -> Equite -> Early Legionary Cohort etc are out of the running. :(
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Martin Ryan wrote:
John Hobson wrote:
We could start people off as "Executive Viewer".

As they score more points they move up through TM1 Web, Planning Manager, Turbo Integrator to Perspectives 9.2
Very funny, but a more cross-tool approach might be more appropriate.
It's not that funny, but if you wanted to go down that path it could always be something like Attribute -> Element -> Consolidation -> Dimension -> Cube -> Server -> OS

(Yes, I know that MSAS and SAP are slightly different in their terminologies...)
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It's not that funny
Yeah well I realise we'll struggle to make you smile at any sentence that includes a reference to TM1Web :lol:
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Eric wrote:
a)Transformers - Users = Autobots [Optomus, Beatbox, etc], IBoglix = Decepticons [Megatron,Striker,etc]
This has my vote. Really looking forward to the second one. Assuming there is a second one. Oh please let there be a second one. With the original theme song.

Happy memories...

Michel, once you've got enough options you can set up a poll in a new post.

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John Hobson wrote:
It's not that funny
Yeah well I realise we'll struggle to make you smile at any sentence that includes a reference to TM1Web :lol:
No, I meant that my suggestion was not that funny.

TM1 Web often makes me laugh.

Only, it's the kind of laughter that you normally hear from a lightning-illuminated castle in one of those old Boris Karloff movies.

You know, the ones where the wild-haired scientist is going increasingly mad as he tries desperately to reanimate his monster?

Only, instead of reanimating a monster it's trying to get action buttons which are formatted as hyperlinks to be aligned correctly.
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Alan Kirk wrote:
Eric wrote:The posibilities are endless.... lets see....
1)Classic Cartoons
a)Transformers - Users = Autobots [Optomus, Beatbox, etc], IBoglix = Decepticons [Megatron,Striker,etc]
b)ThnuderCats
c)Family Guy Characters ( know who Stewie is?)
2)Web comic
a) Dilbert - Dilbert, Wally, Alice, Pointy-Hair Boss, Asok
3)Corporate Titles
CEO, VP, Director, Manager, Senior, Staff,Intern
4) Weapon
Bazooka, Sniper Rifle, AK47, Pistol, Fist
5) Beer
Stout, Pale Ale, Lager, Pilsner
OK, you remember that discussion we had about encouraging FEMALE members to join....? :lol:
2 New suggestions for the Captain
6) Gucci, Prada, Coach
7) Kirk, Picard, Janeway
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