To be honest, I'm not sure where I was before but seem to remember having several medals (whatever that means) and thought my point count was higher as well (again whatever that means)
The upgrade is really nice. I've been lurking on TPL for a while but could not post anything. The new site automagically fixed some things and added some fine bells and whistles.
@Londy3,yes it does work with my iPhone, login is fast with no waiting ,I can post during the day instead of waiting until I go to work and setup my laptop!
@judandhispipe I have been told by @NicoleSTGLaneLtd that the developer team is working on it but that have a few other things more critical that they are focusing on to keep the new site up and running.
I'm sure when those issues are resolved they will fix the badge and rankings.
IF I had to GUESS, I would say the problem is the interface between the new ranking system which was put in and the old ranking system which gave out more badges and points. The part of the "code" where we kept what we had didn't work for all of us and we got what the new system said we had. That is just my guess. I really don't know anymore than anyone else on here.
I suppose we'll all keep asking until we get some "official" updates, not that it matters all that much. Still I have to say, I'm hoping they eventually are able to restore both.
I'm hoping they finally restore me back to professor and return my badges, I was planning on using the info on my next resume. It made me feel like a cross between a college professor and South American Dictator with all those badges on my smoking jacket ... and now I'm once again reduced to being just ... plain ordinary Joe.
@PappyJoe Let me tell you something PappyJoe, those badges are a big hit with the ladies. Of course you have to add a little 'BS' to the story when explaining what the badges are for. Play it up real big like you're some kind of hero and the 100 comment badge represents killing 100 enemy combatants in hand-to-hand combat. And that six month badge was actually awarded by the President himself for service beyond the call of duty. Pointing to a badge on my chest and telling a woman I received it for participating in the discussion on 'why does my pipe taste like gym socks when smoking straight Perique' isn't going to impress her enough to get you laid. I told my wife I had x-amount of badges and was promoted to Professor and her response was "did you remember to take out the garbage?".
@ghostsofpompeii - Good deal! I'll take all the military awards off my smoking jacket and replace them with the 9 or 10 badges I had. Hell! Maybe I'll just put them together. I think the 100 comment badge will go great right next to the "I can it a target at 50 Yards" ribbon.
Nice!!! I have been unable to log in to the discussion forum since the site launched. So glad the updates fixed the issue!!! Looking forward to being more active here.
Hey! Welcome @Olfacty! I look forward to your comments and contributions. Any questions? Just ask -- someone will help you (We're a friendly bunch!) Do you have a preference in pipe tobacco? English? Va/Per (Virginia/Perique)? or Aromatic? Or a particular brand, or -- like so many of us -- do you smoke what is on hand and comes to mind? Just askin'..... Right now I'm smoking one aromatic blend exclusively. Go figure.
At least you were not bumped back as far as me, I was once a Connoisseur a step above professor, talk about losing tenure.....LOL I think I was bumped the furthest down. Not going to suggest improvements for this page again.
@wolf1035 I guess I should at least be grateful for that. That's quite a demotion. Even your point total is lower than what mine should be. I'm sure they'll eventually get it right. And I did see you're listed as Connoisseur on your profile page so that should count for something.
@motie2 - Well at least you got back to Connoisseur. I'm still stuck on professor. Under the old system I was like the second member to become a Connoisseur. @NicoleSTGLaneLtd is working on fixing this I hope. Maybe an explanation on how the new point system is working would be nice.
@PappyJoe -- "Got back to Commonsewer?" I was NEVER a commonsewer before the upgrade. I told @ghostsofpompeii that I was surprised I made it before he did, in that he's begun far more discussions than i have. Ditto you.
Comments
And look what they've given us to romp in: a real whiz-bang of a site!
The old site was a basic get-around-town vehicle; this is a well tuned Tesla.
I'm sure when those issues are resolved they will fix the badge and rankings.
IF I had to GUESS, I would say the problem is the interface between the new ranking system which was put in and the old ranking system which gave out more badges and points. The part of the "code" where we kept what we had didn't work for all of us and we got what the new system said we had. That is just my guess. I really don't know anymore than anyone else on here.
I'm feeling smarter already.
@PappyJoe Let me tell you something PappyJoe, those badges are a big hit with the ladies. Of course you have to add a little 'BS' to the story when explaining what the badges are for. Play it up real big like you're some kind of hero and the 100 comment badge represents killing 100 enemy combatants in hand-to-hand combat. And that six month badge was actually awarded by the President himself for service beyond the call of duty. Pointing to a badge on my chest and telling a woman I received it for participating in the discussion on 'why does my pipe taste like gym socks when smoking straight Perique' isn't going to impress her enough to get you laid. I told my wife I had x-amount of badges and was promoted to Professor and her response was "did you remember to take out the garbage?".
Do you have a preference in pipe tobacco? English? Va/Per (Virginia/Perique)? or Aromatic? Or a particular brand, or -- like so many of us -- do you smoke what is on hand and comes to mind? Just askin'..... Right now I'm smoking one aromatic blend exclusively. Go figure.