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Title: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Roughtrade on December 05, 2012, 07:51:37 AM
Wot the frell are the meanings behind the yellow/green/red dots under the names and above the avatars here?
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Sometimes I have two.  Sometimes I have one.  Some people have red ones in some areas and green ones in others.

Where's the map key?
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Tenzhi on December 05, 2012, 07:54:27 AM
Perhaps it indicates amount of activity in a particular section?
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Roughtrade on December 05, 2012, 08:15:39 AM
Perhaps... or for a day...  Or color coded for being able to mod one area and not the other.

I dunno.
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: mikoroshi on December 05, 2012, 08:44:46 AM
I did some research into the bulletin board system that Tony implemented on this site.  Although the source code's been modified somewhat, a few hours of delving into the deepest, darkest functions and calls of the system.  Into the labyrinthine depths of code I ventured, with naught but my ever-dimming flashlight and a SQL coding book 5 years out of date.

You may not like what I've found:

The yellow squares are indicators of the likelihood of the user to give pie to the poster below them.
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Tenzhi on December 05, 2012, 08:59:11 AM
The yellow squares are indicators of the likelihood of the user to give pie to the poster below them.

Seems plausible.  I'm strongly inclined to keep all pie to myself and possibly steal yours.
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: faith.grins on December 05, 2012, 09:08:20 AM
Fairly sure the red blocks are for moderators.  I imagine some people (like Tony) are red everywhere, and some people (like project leads for Plan Z: Pheonix City) are only mods in one area, so only red there.  I'm color-blind, so I've never noticed green ones.

As for how many?  It seems to me to be related to the rank under your name.  Underlings get one, minions get two, lieutenants get three, bosses get four, elite-bosses get five.  Not 100% on that.
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Thirty-Seven on December 05, 2012, 09:11:16 AM
Well... I have Admin privs... look how many blocks I get!

(Oh, and I always thought of them as orange, not red... until this thread.)
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: eabrace on December 05, 2012, 09:21:29 AM
If the dots are yellow, it indicates the number of posts (as does a user's title.)

If the dots are green, it indicates that the user is a moderator within the section the current thread was posted.

If the dots are red/orange and there are four of them, it indicates that the user is a forum admin/moderator throughout the forums.

If the dots are red/orange and there are five of them, it indicates that the user is a network admin (with all the privileges of the forum admins and then some.)
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Electric-Knight on December 05, 2012, 09:51:59 AM
If the dots are yellow, it indicates the number of posts (as does a user's title.)

If the dots are green, it indicates that the user is a moderator within the section the current thread was posted.

If the dots are red/orange and there are four of them, it indicates that the user is a forum admin/moderator throughout the forums.

If the dots are red/orange and there are five of them, it indicates that the user is a network admin (with all the privileges of the forum admins and then some.)

See... sometimes knowing just takes all the fun out of it...
 :o ;D
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Rae on December 05, 2012, 11:09:05 AM
..I'm sorry, what was that about pie?
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: KoA on December 05, 2012, 01:41:17 PM
And to think the whole time I thought we were playing red light green light.  You mean I've been running around my desk all this time for absolutely no reason?   :gonk:


OK seriously, tho, I thought they were equalizer levels, and the more dots the louder the person was saying what they were typing.  Red means extremely loud, pretty much shouting.    :P


OK now I'm being serious.  I had no idea what they meant, thanks for clarifying.    ;D
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: chasearcanum on December 05, 2012, 04:35:40 PM
If the dots are yellow, it indicates the number of posts (as does a user's title.)

If the dots are green, it indicates that the user is a moderator within the section the current thread was posted.

If the dots are red/orange and there are four of them, it indicates that the user is a forum admin/moderator throughout the forums.

If the dots are red/orange and there are five of them, it indicates that the user is a network admin (with all the privileges of the forum admins and then some.)

I read that entire sequence expecting at least some bit of geek humor... like a "there... are.... four.... dots!" reference or something.   Please modify your post to reflect that. 

Thank you.
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: dwturducken on December 05, 2012, 04:48:06 PM
If the dots are yellow, it indicates the number of posts (as does a user's title.)

If the dots are green, it indicates that the user is a moderator within the section the current thread was posted.

If the dots are red/orange and there are four of them, it indicates that the user is a forum admin/moderator throughout the forums.

If the dots are red/orange and there are five of them, it indicates that the user is a network admin (with all the privileges of the forum admins and then some.)

Also relative to what you are worth if killed. And the likelihood that "FPARN" will find its way to this board.  ;D
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Copper Cockroach on December 05, 2012, 04:57:44 PM
I read that entire sequence expecting at least some bit of geek humor... like a "there... are.... four.... dots!" reference or something.   Please modify your post to reflect that. 

Thank you.

There ya go.

(https://i.imgur.com/H27t0.jpg) (http://imgur.com/H27t0)
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Glass Goblin on December 05, 2012, 05:05:03 PM
I like pie.
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: KoA on December 05, 2012, 05:47:49 PM

(https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.mememaker.net%2Fstatic%2Fimages%2Fmemes%2F1074264.jpg)
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: KoA on December 05, 2012, 05:49:57 PM
If the dots are yellow, it indicates the number of posts (as does a user's title.)

If the dots are green, it indicates that the user is a moderator within the section the current thread was posted.

If the dots are red/orange and there are four of them, it indicates that the user is a forum admin/moderator throughout the forums.

If the dots are red/orange and there are five of them, it indicates that the user is a network admin (with all the privileges of the forum admins and then some.)


(https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.mememaker.net%2Fstatic%2Fimages%2Fmemes%2F1074276.jpg)
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Codewalker on December 05, 2012, 05:52:32 PM
Just wait until you guys see the BLUE dots we've been working on.
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: mikoroshi on December 05, 2012, 06:07:18 PM
Just wait until you guys see the BLUE dots we've been working on.

FFFFFFFFFFFFF--
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: dwturducken on December 05, 2012, 06:45:21 PM
There ya go.

(https://i.imgur.com/H27t0.jpg) (http://imgur.com/H27t0)

OK, I officially cannot look at the forums in class, anymore. Not a good place to LOL. :)
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: chasearcanum on December 05, 2012, 06:53:19 PM
There ya go.

(https://i.imgur.com/H27t0.jpg) (http://imgur.com/H27t0)

Thank you.  Much better
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Electric-Knight on December 05, 2012, 07:32:29 PM
I'm just going to be a cornball for a second and say that... it's good to still be around you sillies.
 ;D

Thank you!

Carry on!

Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: corvus1970 on December 05, 2012, 07:38:01 PM
..I'm sorry, what was that about pie?
(https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.corvusonline.net%2Fforum_images%2FMattThis02.jpg)
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: mikoroshi on December 05, 2012, 09:55:47 PM
Oh god the yellow squares are growing!  I had two this morning now there are three!  AGH!
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: corvus1970 on December 05, 2012, 11:19:43 PM
I think there's a cream for it. Over-the-counter too!
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: eabrace on December 05, 2012, 11:24:27 PM
See... sometimes knowing just takes all the fun out of it...
 :o ;D
(https://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y38/eabrace/th_ignore_me.jpg) (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y38/eabrace/ignore_me.jpg)
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: TimtheEnchanter on December 05, 2012, 11:27:15 PM
Who gives a crap what color the Dots are? Eat them and shut up.  8)
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: corvus1970 on December 05, 2012, 11:28:54 PM
No! I don't wanna! /em tantrum
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: TimtheEnchanter on December 05, 2012, 11:31:02 PM
No! I don't wanna! /em tantrum

Comeon now... it's time for the power pellets to fly into the Pac Man.
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: corvus1970 on December 05, 2012, 11:35:06 PM
NO! /em jerks head away from spoon
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Epelesker on December 05, 2012, 11:45:51 PM
Just wait until you guys see the BLUE dots we've been working on.
Sign me up!
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: corvus1970 on December 06, 2012, 12:04:10 AM
I have it on good authority that the blue dots are too mediciney-tasting.
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: KyleJCrb on December 06, 2012, 12:05:40 AM
I want some pie.
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: corvus1970 on December 06, 2012, 12:09:42 AM
I want some pie.

(https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.corvusonline.net%2Favs_and_icons%2FSoSayWeAll02.gif)
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Triplash on December 06, 2012, 12:39:47 AM
I think there's a cream for it. Over-the-counter too!

A cream for the pie?

I'll take two please! :D
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: dwturducken on December 06, 2012, 12:42:13 AM
Yeah, my mind went in a completely different direction with that. I'll still take two, though... 8)
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Roughtrade on December 06, 2012, 12:52:40 AM
Pie?

I was promised a pony.

At least I know why they change color now.
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: eabrace on December 06, 2012, 01:07:25 AM
They actually change color because we're secretly all fans of the song "Karma Chameleon".

Red, gold, and green.  :D
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Ashen Fury on December 06, 2012, 01:10:05 AM
I want the blue dots...
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: eabrace on December 06, 2012, 01:13:44 AM
Blue dots can only be awarded through a complicated ritual involving a sweat lodge, fevered dreams, and smurfberries.
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: corvus1970 on December 06, 2012, 01:14:54 AM
They actually change color because we're secretly all fans of the song "Karma Chameleon".

Red, gold, and green.  :D

LOL!

Wait, why am I laughing?
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: dwturducken on December 06, 2012, 01:30:55 AM
[whisper]It's really just the smurfberries. The rest is just window dressing![/whisper]
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Triplash on December 06, 2012, 01:32:08 AM
I know what you're thinking, 'cause right now I'm thinking the same thing. Actually, I've been thinking it ever since I got here: Why oh why didn't I get the BLUE dots?
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: epawtows on December 06, 2012, 01:37:27 AM
I want the blue dots...

For a small price, the blue one brings the forum down.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_for_Leaving (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_for_Leaving)
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: faith.grins on December 06, 2012, 01:50:58 AM
Did anyone else think British *ahem* "erotica" when they heard "blue dots?"  A la Bill Hicks' bit in Relentless?  ("I thought, man, that must be a horrible job, to be the guy who has to hold the blue dot!")
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Ashen Fury on December 06, 2012, 01:59:41 AM
I feel as though there have been many things to be confused about since my last post.
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: corvus1970 on December 06, 2012, 02:17:23 AM
I feel as though there have been many things to be confused about since my last post.

Drat. Ashen has discovered our plan, folks!
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: dwturducken on December 06, 2012, 04:04:15 AM
I feel as though there have been many things to be confused about since my last post.

Hi, and welcome to Titan Forums. It's like the official forums, only more fun.
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Electric-Knight on December 06, 2012, 04:24:14 AM
Drat. Ashen has discovered our plan, folks!
Alright, everyone. Good job. Pack up and let's head to the next one.
Collect your check on the way out!
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: faith.grins on December 06, 2012, 04:43:47 AM
Alright, everyone. Good job. Pack up and let's head to the next one.
Collect your check on the way out!
We got paid for this mess?
Damn, I woulda tried harder if I'd known that.

Actually, can I just get my payment in carp?  I still have some ideas about Carp Melee that I'd like to do some Real World testing on...
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: corvus1970 on December 06, 2012, 06:06:27 AM
Carp-Melee is most effective when listening to "Fish Heads" by Barnes and Barnes.
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Electric-Knight on December 06, 2012, 06:24:37 AM
Actually, it's not payment so much as just someone with a magic marker, drawing a check on each of you before you leave.
Sorry... didn't mean to mislead...
 :roll:
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Codewalker on December 07, 2012, 10:21:16 PM
*cackles maniacally*
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Arachnion on December 07, 2012, 10:54:42 PM
*cackles maniacally*

FOUR. ROWS. OF. DOTS!

AND THEY'RE RAINBOW COLORED
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Roughtrade on December 07, 2012, 11:14:06 PM
Carp-Melee is most effective when listening to "Fish Heads" by Barnes and Barnes.
Did you know one of Barnes and Barnes was Bill Mummy?
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: corvus1970 on December 07, 2012, 11:17:19 PM
I did indeed :)
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Triplash on December 07, 2012, 11:22:46 PM
*cackles maniacally*

I think with that many dots, you can bump your title up from EB to AV. Maybe even Giant Monster.
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: faith.grins on December 08, 2012, 12:41:18 AM
*cackles maniacally*
That... is almost as evil as taking out a wonderful lady for a nice lobster dinner and then never calling her again.
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: FatherXmas on December 08, 2012, 06:43:40 AM
There ya go.

(https://i.imgur.com/H27t0.jpg) (http://imgur.com/H27t0)
Thanks, I needed a good laugh.
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: healix on December 08, 2012, 06:50:31 AM
Taste the rainbow!!!!!
(https://i.imgur.com/1k40G.gif)
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Electric-Knight on December 08, 2012, 06:59:17 AM
*cackles maniacally*

Well played, Codewalker... well played.
 ;D
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Tenzhi on December 08, 2012, 07:24:01 AM
Taste the rainbow!!!!!
(https://i.imgur.com/1k40G.gif)

Alright now, let's not get cheesy.
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: healix on December 08, 2012, 07:50:00 AM
Not to worry...cheese flavored Skittles don't appeal to me. :D
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Electric-Knight on December 08, 2012, 04:57:10 PM
Alright now, let's not get cheesy.
(https://images.weserv.nl/?url=farm4.staticflickr.com%2F3303%2F3657519337_c9b36b7044.jpg)
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Triplash on December 08, 2012, 09:03:11 PM
(https://images.weserv.nl/?url=farm4.staticflickr.com%2F3303%2F3657519337_c9b36b7044.jpg)

Careful, now. That's dangerously cheesy.
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: healix on December 09, 2012, 09:09:11 AM
QUICK!!! Call these guys!

(https://i.imgur.com/Qn9q5.jpg)
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: johnrobey on December 09, 2012, 09:33:44 AM
Hi, and welcome to Titan Forums. It's like the official forums, only more fun.

WAY more fun!!  Hey, would you pass me the soda, please?

<---  *schemes and dreams of how he can be the Uber Elite Underling Minion, halve his dots (parallelograms!) and still get a discount at the car wash.*   Bwahaha!
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: dwturducken on December 09, 2012, 07:24:59 PM
Way more fun. It's mostly the lower percentage of pancake-head unicorns.

(Ya know, I mostly avoided the actual words, but the substitute words are just so fun to play with...  ;D)
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Merseine on December 09, 2012, 07:57:52 PM
OK, we've got these colors explained:

If the dots are yellow, it indicates the number of posts (as does a user's title.)

If the dots are green, it indicates that the user is a moderator within the section the current thread was posted.

If the dots are red/orange and there are four of them, it indicates that the user is a forum admin/moderator throughout the forums.

If the dots are red/orange and there are five of them, it indicates that the user is a network admin (with all the privileges of the forum admins and then some.)


Then Codewalker jumps in with this....


Just wait until you guys see the BLUE dots we've been working on.


But Codewalker...you don't explain the white dots!!!  What are those all about??? And don't say "marshmallows."
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Ashen Fury on December 09, 2012, 08:05:27 PM
OK, we've got these colors explained:


Then Codewalker jumps in with this....



But Codewalker...you don't explain the white dots!!!  What are those all about??? And don't say "marshmallows."
Square TicTacs.
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: KnightHawk Prime on December 10, 2012, 05:45:54 AM
"So!" He asks innocently, "What are the white dots for?"

*Ducks*

2cp. ;]

Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: corvus1970 on December 10, 2012, 06:20:20 AM
They are NOT square tic-tacs. GOD!

...

They are actually Chiclets! :D
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Aggelakis on December 10, 2012, 06:38:55 AM
Blue dots can only be awarded through a complicated ritual involving a sweat lodge, fevered dreams, and smurfberries.
....oh god, please, no. I am not getting hazed again!
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Arachnion on December 10, 2012, 06:15:35 PM
They are NOT square tic-tacs. GOD!

...

They are actually Chiclets! :D

(https://images.weserv.nl/?url=4.bp.blogspot.com%2F--XKtGGT2fLw%2FT5mMo5iIFKI%2FAAAAAAAAB3A%2FKZ-Tm77roP4%2Fs1600%2FChiclets.jpg)
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Merseine on December 10, 2012, 06:17:22 PM
[nitpick] Those are really more rectangularish than squarish, aren't they?  [/nitpick]
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: corvus1970 on December 10, 2012, 06:59:04 PM
I was wondering who would make that observation. Congrats! You win!  ;D
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Merseine on December 10, 2012, 11:37:26 PM
I was wondering who would make that observation. Congrats! You win!  ;D

Yay!!  http://youtu.be/KlJM4UhbQ7A (http://youtu.be/KlJM4UhbQ7A)

[announcer voice] Tell her what she's won, Jay! [/announcer voice]
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Tenzhi on December 11, 2012, 05:21:27 AM
[nitpick] Those are really more rectangularish than squarish, aren't they?  [/nitpick]

They look sorta like quadrilateral parallelograms that aren't quite rhomboid to me.
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: healix on December 11, 2012, 07:26:38 AM
I keep these around because they remind me of inspirations....
(https://i.imgur.com/vtYoMl.jpg)
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: corvus1970 on December 11, 2012, 09:31:15 PM
You should chew a few yellow ones right before playing darts ;)
Title: Re: This is making me crazy...
Post by: Triplash on December 11, 2012, 10:58:47 PM
You should chew a few yellow ones right before playing darts ;)

For a real hoot, try a few red ones. Explode the dartboard and punch a hole in the wall. :o