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[skunk works]

Something else;
You could use Chess pieces, Knight, Bishop, Rook, and if that wasn't enough you could have colors red, black, white, not enough yet? Oak leaves, stars, crossed swords, Sashes, not enough yet? Pre-fixes of Royal, Majestic, Honored, Eternal etc..

[Za Rodinu]

Rates of pay...

[Erich]

I'll take Schwarmführer please ..........

[Otto]

So Peppy, have you handed out any reputation to the member that came up with the name for a 1,000 post member or are we still looking?

[Mussolini]

My suggestion (Late as it be) is....


Forum Nazi!

Nazi in this sense: 3.Sometimes Offensive. (often lowercase) a person who is fanatically dedicated to or seeks to control a specified activity, practice, etc.: a jazz nazi who disdains other forms of music; tobacco nazis trying to ban smoking.

I think it is very fitting for some one who reaches 1000 Posts.

[Peppy]

Thanks for all the suggestions from all you Rogues out there.

I've tried long and hard to come up with a term for a Rogue that hits 1,000 posts. So far the best I can figure is veteran. I'm not sold on it just yet, but it's the closest term to what I'm looking for so far. I am however, still fielding suggestions, so keep them coming. Any feedback from you Rogues on this?

Peppy >>> shooting for pefection!

[Za Rodinu]

Veteran is acceptable, I think. It implies long service, consubstantiated by a large number of posts.

[Kai-Petri]

I think veteran is ok. Shows you have been around awhile ( and survived...)

[Peppy]

I like veteran, but I wish we had something a bit more colorful. Two votes for yes is a good omen though.

Peppy >>> wishes he were a veteran

[Otto]

Personally, I like the term veteran, but I've left this decision in the hands of my anal-retentive moderator Peppy. So he's going to have to be happy with it. To move this along though, I'm going to ask that we come to a decision by the end of this month. Who ever comes up with the best term will get reputation from myself as well as Peppy. (That's a lot of juice!)

Keep those suggestions coming Rogues.

[Otto]

We really need to move this along Peppy, there is so much to do!

So as I understand it, we have the following post/titles :

Rogue - the generic term for a WWII Forums member, kind of like grunt, landser or foot-slogger. As soon as you register here, you become a "Rogue." Some of the Rogues can be seen in the WWII Forums Rogues Gallery. If you like, send Peppy an email (HitlerStalin@ww2n.com) or Private Message and he'll add your mug to the gallery. Note that you must have at least 100 posts to submit a photo to the Rogues Gallery.
recruit - less than 100 posts *(new title, see below)
Veteran - 1,000 posts
Ace - 5,000 posts
Expert (aka 10K Elite) - 10,000 posts

* I've just added this one rank to the mix here, that of the recruit. This is any member who has less than 100 posts. Recruits will be given a standard recruit Avatar and will have a reputation power of zero. Once a Rogue hits 100 posts they become a full fledged WWII Forums member with the ability to choose their own avatar and will receive 1 prestige/reputation point. There is no title that replaces recruit once a member hits 100 postings, the only title alteration they receive is that they drop the shameful recruit tag.

It should also be mentioned that these titles are independent from the rank system that will be implemented here. More on the ranks system will be added at a later date.

Finally, I just wanted to update Peppy's list of Veterans, Aces & Experten as in this post here. We have had a few additions to the veterans, so I though it was worth listing this roll of honor again.

Here is our current list:

Experten
C.Evans
Kai-Petri

Aces
Erich
Martin Bull
Friedrich

Veterans
Otto
Za Rodinu
Stevin
Stefan
PzJgr
The_Historian
TA152
TheRedBaron
T. A. Gardner
Sloniksp new
Panzerknacker
Richard
Mahross
No.9
Skipper67 new
Carl G. E. von Mannerheim
CrazyD
KnightMove
FramerT new
urqh

That's 25 Rogues with 1,000 posts or better, cheers to you all, and a special congrats to Sloniksp, Skipper67 & FramerT for obtaining Veteran status!

Thanks to Peppy, Skipper67 and the others who submitted ideas and contributed to this thread.

[Kai-Petri]

Sounds good to me, Otto!

[Za Rodinu]

Looks fine as well. It's a pity we haven't of late seen some of the Veterans listed.

[Otto]

Thanks Kai.

I agree with you Za, but I guess people move on after a time.

I think it should also be mentioned that these titles are not titles alone, they will come with some privileges, including server storage space, custom avatars, custom titles etc.

[PzJgr]

Originally Posted by Otto

Thanks Kai.

I agree with you Za, but I guess people move on after a time.

I think it should also be mentioned that these titles are not titles alone, they will come with some privileges, including server storage space, custom avatars, custom titles etc.

MMMMMM. Treats for the vets! I like.

[Richard]

A super Boss

A outstanding website

And a great bunch of guys

[C.Evans]

Congrats to the new 1000 and above guys (Slon, Skipper and FramerT) ;-))

[Za Rodinu]

Hey, great changes at the bottom of the forum front page!!!

[Otto]

Yeah, the Top 10 Stats are a nice touch don't you think Za? And while the ton 10 lists is a big addition, there is also quite a tiny addition to the user profiles as well. Member profiles now include the % of the total board posts that a particular member has made, Carl has almost 9% of the 125,000+ posts made so far!

[Stefan]

I was thinking that earlier, great update Otto.

[Otto]

Thanks for the feedback and comments gentlemen.

One of the best features of the Top 10 feature is that if you don't like it, you can turn it off so you don't even see it when you visit. Nifty methinks.

[The_Historian]

Otto,
What about a section devoted to the various home fronts? I found myself fascinated by the British home front because I couldn't get to the Continent when I was younger, but there must be some interesting tales from other European members, and indeed American, Canadian, Japanese members. This is stuff that doesn't tend to be widely known.

[Otto]

Good suggestion, home fronts are a must.

I'm actually going to be restructuring the forums, I had plans to do it last month, but I'm sorrily behind. I'll start a thread asking for suggestions on what areas people would like, the home, as at ww2talk.com, will indeed be included.

[dots77]

hello gentlemen,
this is my first message and its quite important as i have a very important request to ask the members. me and some of my workmates have recently stated to refurbish a ww2 model 17 pdr british anti tank gun and i was wondering if any of you could tell me where i could get an illustrated parts manual or even a repair manual as some parts of it are very badly degraded.

if i get enough feedback and information i may put up pictures of my progress.

thanks a lo folks,

daithi.

[Za Rodinu]

Not quite the best place to put this request but I'm sure the Mods will move it to a better place. (nudge nudge, wink wink!)

I stopped at Athenry once on my way to Galway, pretty place! I wish you all the best for your very unlikely endeavour.

How did you came into possession of such a piece?