07-11-2024, 10:37 AM
This post was last modified 07-11-2024, 10:38 AM by FlyingClayDisk.
(07-11-2024, 07:47 AM)CCoburn Wrote: I've wondered about this too. At first I thought maybe it was based on a formula, and then I thought that maybe the admins/staff were changing them to purple.
I believe I saw one "veteran" that did have a purple banner but no purple meter, but they haven't posted for a while so I can't do a comparison - so thinking it's not "veteran" status alone that does it.
I did notice that mine went solid green at around 180 posts, same as OP, and then went purple soon after that.
Conclusion: I'm guessing that the FCD's meter will go purple at 200 posts.
On a kind of related note. After some quick research, "veteran" status appears to be time-driven factor more than any other I can observe. All 'veteran' members have join dates in 2023, and post and/or thread count do not seem to be influencing this. There are numerous members with more posts and more threads who still have 'member' status.
"Fighter" and "writer" status appear to be awards, so these are likely moderator driven. 'Mod' and 'Super Mod' as well as 'Admin' are all fairly self-explanatory. Then there appears to be some other badges which are one-offs, things like 'Disc' (Encia) and 'Just Lysergic' (Lysergic) which look to be custom badges (maybe on request?). Lastly, the 'VIP' (Myke) badge which I can only assume is also a special award status.
Bottom line - It looks like the color of the progress bar is unrelated to any badge/status, except for maybe 'moderator' when the progress bar goes dynamic.
