What are the requirements to become a Coder or Advanced Coder here?

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Originally Posted by zsdave

There isn't really much point seperating coders and advanced coders. Especially if the coders 'advanced' status is achieved via churning out a mass number of (sub-standard) hacks or by "updating" or "re-releasing" hacks coded 90% by other people. Not that I would directly accuse anyone of that. Wouldn't it just be simpler to either be a coder or a member, rather than having the advanced coder classification which does not directly correlate to ability or devotion?

If you're putting out sub-standard hacks, no one will install them. I would think that your Install Count would not be a bad way to measure the perceived quality of your work...