Relative newbie to the forums, so thought I'd ask a question I've always wondered: What's the history behind the various name badges people have?
Some of them are pretty clear (admin, mod, playtester), but I'm curious behind the story behind Foote getting 'Harmony' or some of the various other badges that I see from time to time.
Rabit did forum awards and that's what got them added. Probably best to let him explain.
Crush your enemies, drive them before you, and laminate their women! - Guise, Prime Wardens #31
Powerhound obviously took a number of tokens from his lucky pool and did 3 damage to that many targets.
Some Links:
Here #1
Here #2
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
-Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
I got my badges by posting exclusively in limericks for about a month or so. (It felt longer at the time)
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
- Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
It did seem like you kept up at for longer for sure. I was more amazed you kept it up for as long as you did.
Crush your enemies, drive them before you, and laminate their women! - Guise, Prime Wardens #31
See Pydro's link, above. There wasn't much interest in continuing them, so we haven't done them since the second round.
"See, this is another sign of your tragic space dementia, all paranoid and crotchety. Breaks the heart." - Mal
Unicode U+24BD gets us Ⓗ. (Thanks, Godai!)
So I get to keep my badge indefinitely then?
Crush your enemies, drive them before you, and laminate their women! - Guise, Prime Wardens #31
Or until someone kills you to steal your power.
*Fun fact! Forum badges confer Highlander-style immortality!*
Worth noting the second link is access denied, at least for me. :B
My badge is pretty much 100% ironic. I have a long history on these forums with debating folks well past the point of usefullness, especially with Skippy back in the day over old rules interpretations and even more so with a fella who has since been given a lifetime ban. Fun times!
I wish we could make our own badges.
Steam Username: General Specific
You gotta know when to hold 'em,
Know when to fold 'em,
Know when to hold fast
And when to turn loose!
I got my badge for my sprites I made a while back (still some to go, but they're coming along nicely).
I THOUGHT I was the the last Scion but it's actually .....
I got mine because I used to be a very active member of the community and would frequently be the first to answer a rules question.
I got mine for ... oh
Stop lurking, it makes you look like a villain target
When you do things right, people won’t be sure you’ve done anything at all
Pretty sure mine's for comedy ranting.
Just assume I'm always doing that.
Damn it, Ronway!