Originally Posted by ChopSuey (Post 2028003)

If you release a 100 different mods, for one version, you'll become a moderator like King Kovifor

Originally Posted by ChopSuey (Post 2028003)

If you release a 100 different mods, for one version, you'll become a moderator like King Kovifor


im only kidding.

Originally Posted by Paul M (Post 2028174)

Ive heard that if you release 101, you get a free Dalmation .....

Originally Posted by King Kovifor (Post 2028823)

Haha! I actually got a good laugh out of that one! I don't have that many...

Originally Posted by Paul M (Post 2028174)

Ive heard that if you release 101, you get a free Dalmation .....

Originally Posted by borbole (Post 2032653)

A bit off topic, and I applogize for that, but this whole Coder, Designer, Coder/Designer ranks have suprised me a bit. I mean I have seen some members holding one of those ranks that have asked some questions that no Coder and/or Designer should ask. So that makes me wonder how deserving that thing is. (holding the rank I mean). I really hope no one will hold a grudge at me about what I said above, but it is something that I have noticed, that is all, nothing personal to no-one :)

Originally Posted by Ryan Ashbrook (Post 2032828)

Even the most advanced coders have questions that they would need to ask. Not a single person can claim they know absolutely everything about PHP (aside from, maybe, the PHP Devs themselves).

Originally Posted by Ryan Ashbrook (Post 2032828)

Even the most advanced coders have questions that they would need to ask. Not a single person can claim they know absolutely everything about PHP (aside from, maybe, the PHP Devs themselves).

That's why we are a community. We help those who need it, and get helped when we need it. :)

Originally Posted by vbenhancer (Post 2033072)

@borbole... do not judge, that's all...

even the worst coder can release something useful...

Originally Posted by vbenhancer (Post 2033085)

already spent too much time in your posts...

Originally Posted by borbole (Post 2033035)

I think you misunderstood my post. Of course that even the most advanced coders ask questions as the knowledge is endless and we all learn and pick up new things every day. That was not what I meant at my post. What I meant is that I have seen here some persons that have the Coder, Designer, Coder/Designer ranks asking some questions that are below the basics and no coder or designer should have asked them. That is all :)

Originally Posted by Paul M (Post 2033245)

Release level is not an indicator of skill level.

Originally Posted by Paul M (Post 2028174)

Ive heard that if you release 101, you get a free Dalmation .....

Originally Posted by vbenhancer (Post 2033249)

no, because everybody would ask why you are level 9, isn't it Paul ?!

rofl...

i mean i have a level 6 just 3 days after releasing my bunch of small products, imagine how much work is to have a descent level... rofl

Originally Posted by Paul M (Post 2033267)

Each level is exactly twice as hard to achieve as the previous level.

Originally Posted by Paul M (Post 2033267)

Each level is exactly twice as hard to achieve as the previous level.

Originally Posted by Ryan Ashbrook (Post 2033274)

I wanna know the mysterious equation that goes into the Release Levels. <_<

Originally Posted by Ryan Ashbrook (Post 2033274)

I wanna know the mysterious equation that goes into the Release Levels. <_<

Originally Posted by Paul M (Post 2033245)

Release level is not an indicator of skill level.

Originally Posted by Ryan Ashbrook (Post 2033163)

I understood what you meant, and I have to politely disagree with the sentiment.

I released mods here back in the vB 2.x days that were so simple I could rewrite them more efficiently now blindfolded and with one hand. Up until they changed it, I held Coder/Designer status for years. My point is, everyone has to start somewhere and we shouldn't discriminate the status because someone released something that isn't up to a certain Level.

Originally Posted by borbole (Post 2033340)

I agree 100% with this.



I am new to vbulletin. I am using it for a little over 3 months now. So when I saw the ranks here I assumed automatically that that person was a coder, a designer and/or both. However later on I saw some of those users asking some very basic questions on how to do a certain thing that no coder should ever ask. I am not talking about mod releases, but questions asked at the forum about the simplests of things. Hence my wondering&confusion as to why someone that holds the coder title should ask something as simple as that even a newbe wouldn''t have asked. But now I have got it.

One more thing I want to clear up. I was not judging anyone nor it was personal. Simply curiousity.

And as to that part about learning and asking questions there is totally nothing wrong with it. Everyone learns new things every day. Personally, I have learnt a lot here just by studing the work of Paul M, Princeton, Marco, Lynne etc. And I am still learning btw as knowledge does not have an end or limits :)

Originally Posted by ericgtr (Post 2033356)

I never hesitate to ask, even simple questions if necessary and I believe everyone should be encouraged to do so. VB is always moving from one version to the next with completely new functions, etc. You can either dig around for hours or simply ask. New or old, we should be welcoming questions regardless of skill level. That's why there are so many forums here.

Originally Posted by borbole (Post 2033359)

Personally, until now I have never needed help with anything and that is why I have never asked a single support question. I have also no problem with the questions being asked, regardless of their level. I like to help out whenever I can. If you checked my post history, here and/or at vb.com you will see what I mean.

But what I don''t understand is that my posts here (at this thread) are being totally misunderstood and/or misnterpreted completly for something else which I never said or meant. It seems to me that I am speaking in chinese over here :D No matter what I say, someone will jump in and say something completly out of context. Ah, forget about it. It ain''t worth arguing and get worked up over something like this.

Originally Posted by ericgtr (Post 2033368)

Well I am a big supporter of asking for help when needed and providing help if able to. More to your point though, about the person who has created a mod and gained status because of it, that person is simply labeled by an arbitrary system that's pretty flawed anyway. So while your point is taken, users shouldn't be mocked for gaining status and then asking for assistance, even on simple things.