SydLexia.com - The Forums :: View topic - At what point do you become a "vet" here?

Posted: May 31 2009 04:13 pm

Here they are called "regs" on other boards it's "vet(eran)". How long must you be frequenting and posting the boards before you are widely considered a vet here?

I was going to make a thread about being here for a year but fogot. So I've been the Panda with the same avatar and same "sexual harassmant panda" title for over a year.

Also, just a curious question, out of the regulars who has had the same avatar for the longest? I would change but the whole panda schtick seems to have become part of my identity here.

Posted: May 31 2009 04:20 pm

I'd say you become a reg here about the same time you worry about your identity being impinged by an online avatar change.

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Posted: May 31 2009 04:25 pm

Syd has had his since he started the site, I think.

Posted: May 31 2009 04:31 pm

I'm pretty sure Me, Syd, Spanky, Jeebus and Samantha McPoopenstein have always had the same avatar. I think I changed mine for a day once as a RegalSin tribute.

Posted: May 31 2009 04:31 pm

I've been here for a year and I haven't gained any respect. On the other hand, people who came later just got over with the 'vets' faster, probably by posting everyday, everywhere, cleverly.
So, I'm not the right guy to say what people need to be a 'reg/vet'.

Posted: May 31 2009 05:00 pm

Close to two years since registering, I tend to come and go for long periods. Don't know if that counts as being a vet or not.

Title: Alexz Aficionado Joined: May 21 2008 Posts: 2889

I don't know where the 'vet' line is either. I've made my first year here just recently, but I don't think that's long enough.

Depending on the site, I think the biggest factor is how long you have been there compared to how long the site has been there. For some here, that's like day 1. I'm very new compared to that, so I may need to gain another year or two before any label of 'vet' comes to me.

I am a "regular" though, posting often whenever I get online. I just don't have the age factor of a vet.

Posted: May 31 2009 05:50 pm

Terms like 'vet' are elitist. The Elite is an American Dream. Know your enemy.

Posted: May 31 2009 05:51 pm

When I think of vets, I think of only a handful of people on the site. It doesn't really matter to me as long as you don't have your head up your own ass all the time and persist in doling out idiocy in whatever thread or chat room you decide to show your face in. If you avoid the aforementioned behavior, then you're at least okay in my book, vet or not.

Posted: May 31 2009 05:57 pm

I see vets as people who have name recognition(GOOD recognition...) on the site, like Val, Zarak, Spanky, Rycona, etc.

Posted: May 31 2009 06:03 pm

Valdronius wrote:

I'm pretty sure Me, Syd, Spanky, Jeebus and Samantha McPoopenstein have always had the same avatar. I think I changed mine for a day once as a RegalSin tribute.

Dammit. I changed mine, although just a recolor and words added.

I think to be a vet you have to have been posting consistently since 2006, as cattivo is widely considered a vet and thats about the year he showed up. Your post quality also has to be notable and ideally admirable, though in the late vet FNJ's case, not always.

Who cares. New members shouldn't have to spend the rest of eternity playing catch-up cause they registered later. Its the post quality that matters.

Banned Joined: Sep 13 2008 Posts: 3129

i would say two years before you become a vet

Posted: May 31 2009 06:53 pm

I would just say someone who's been here "long enough". I don't think there's an exact time... You'd just know.

Also, I forgot how avas and sigs I've had the whole time at this place. I know me, FNJ, Char and Murdar changed those like clothes.

Posted: May 31 2009 07:33 pm

Four years is the official line. Once you have been on the forums for 4 years, you are considered a vet.

I still have two months to go Sad

Posted: May 31 2009 08:12 pm

Mr. Bomberman wrote:

I would just say someone who's been here "long enough". I don't think there's an exact time... You'd just know.

Also, I forgot how avas and sigs I've had the whole time at this place. I know me, FNJ, Char and Murdar changed those like clothes.

I hope you change your clothes more often than that.

Posted: May 31 2009 09:35 pm

If you have to create a thread like this, you're not a vet. Honestly, I don't even know if there's a time requirement. The biggest thing is the quality of your posts, starting from the day you join the forums. Honestly, here are the people are consider regulars or veterans or whatever on this site (Also, I don't know where the term "regulars" came from, because I haven't heard that on this site at any point. Anyway, in order that they registered:
Syd Lexia
Spanky McCracken
Valdronius
Tebor
Kubo (Although with the avatar change, I often miss his posts at first)
greeneyedzeke
SamanthaMcPoopenstein
Dr. Jeebus
lordsathien
Rycona
Mr. Bomberman
Black Zarak
DarkMaze
Chrisby
Cattivo
Char Aznable
RobotGumshoe
Ross Rifle
Knyte
Douche McCallister

It's worth noting Douche is the only person on that list that's past the first 3 pages on the memberlist. Also, it's worth noting that frequency of posts or number of posts isn't terribly relevant as some of those people post EXTREMELY infrequently, some haven't posted in at least a year, and some have barely 100 posts in over 3 years.

Also worth noting is that there are some people who I will NEVER consider veterans no matter how long they stay or how much they post because of terrible first impressions:
Hacker
Togdor or whatever the fuck he's called now
Jack Slater
blkplaguelmc
Kin 2 Goldfish
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I would worry less about whether or nor you're considered a veteran and just focus on being the best damned sexual harassment panda you can be. Post intelligently and other forum members will respect your posts, even if they disagree with you.

Posted: May 31 2009 09:42 pm

What about creating the most prolific thread in forum history? HUH?! Megaman

Posted: May 31 2009 09:51 pm

Then you get an e-cookie.

Posted: May 31 2009 10:19 pm

-bjork- wrote:

What about creating the most prolific thread in forum history? HUH?! Megaman

In all fairness, I did try to lock that thread when I was locking all the other forum "games".

Posted: May 31 2009 10:20 pm

Their have been a few forums that I've been on for years however I've never truly considered myself a vet on any of them. I just enjoy what little time I spend here whenever I can think of something to say, although I often fear that I get off-topic too much...like now. Anywho their is no need to worry about getting a vet status. Ever since I first came here the one thing I've noticed is that the forum is pretty laid-back so their is no need to compete with anyone as long as you don't go about blatantly flaming or hating mindlessly.

Joined: Dec 06 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 11244

I definitely think that the less frequently an avatar/signature changes the more likely a person is to become identified with a community. I firmly believe that a physical representation of a person's digital persona helps to put a perspective on one's posts before they are even read. This can have positive or negative results, but the impact is real.

Posted: May 31 2009 10:46 pm

Speaking of signatures, what is the story behind yours? I've always wondered about it.

Posted: May 31 2009 11:04 pm

Dr. Jeebus wrote:

-bjork- wrote:

What about creating the most prolific thread in forum history? HUH?! Megaman

In all fairness, I did try to lock that thread when I was locking all the other forum "games".

What a killjoy!

Posted: May 31 2009 11:35 pm

On the subject of changing avatars, just look my name up in the Sydapedia and you'll see I've used quite a few.

Banned Joined: Sep 13 2008 Posts: 3129

Dr. Jeebus wrote:

Also worth noting is that there are some people who I will NEVER consider veterans no matter how long they stay or how much they post because of terrible first impressions:
Hacker
Togdor or whatever the fuck he's called now
Jack Slater
blkplaguelmc
Kin 2 Goldfish
SevereFlame

I love how I'm on the top of your list