+the bonecacher Posted July 9, 2004 Posted July 9, 2004 I loaded an image for the avatar as the forms said. But the text under the photo is not mine. His name is not Tadpole. I have checked my personal settings and don't see the word anywhere. Any ideas??
+CompuCash Posted July 9, 2004 Posted July 9, 2004 you can't change that until you become a paid member - I think it changes with the number of posts.
+Thot Posted July 9, 2004 Posted July 9, 2004 I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to change those words. I think they are automatically chosen by the forum software based on how many messages you have posted unless you are a paying member. If you are a paying member you can customize the words. Tadpole means you have posted fewer than maybe 10 messages.
+Mastifflover Posted July 9, 2004 Posted July 9, 2004 Yep if you are a paid member you can change it to whatever you want. After 10 posts tadpole changes to geocacher.
+art begotti Posted July 10, 2004 Posted July 10, 2004 and then after that... well, come on... ive seen boards where 1-10 is one thing, 11-30 is another, 31-75 is another, 76-150 is yet another, and so forth... like, eight different levels to climb up. and what do we get here? two. not cool. not cool at all. yet another fine reason why i hate having a paid-subscription life.
The Unknown Posted July 10, 2004 Posted July 10, 2004 and then after that... well, come on... ive seen boards where 1-10 is one thing, 11-30 is another, 31-75 is another, 76-150 is yet another, and so forth... like, eight different levels to climb up. and what do we get here? two. not cool. not cool at all. yet another fine reason why i hate having a paid-subscription life. I'm going to pay. It seems so little for so much fun. Sooner or later the tadpole will dissapear under my name no matter what.
+MeIsMook Posted July 10, 2004 Posted July 10, 2004 Its worth paying so you can get .gpx files via email too
+art begotti Posted July 10, 2004 Posted July 10, 2004 im not. no point in it. check the reasons for subscribing... what would it do for you? you get to change one line of text on the boards. you get to keep "special" caches top secret. you get to... thats about it. i can live without one line of text, and no one else in a good hundred miles of me has kept any private caches, so i think i'll be okay for a good loooooooong time.
+IV_Warrior Posted July 10, 2004 Posted July 10, 2004 im not. no point in it. check the reasons for subscribing... what would it do for you? Pocket Querries.
+MeIsMook Posted July 10, 2004 Posted July 10, 2004 (edited) Yeah .GPX files are far better than .LOC files Edited July 10, 2004 by MeIsMook
+art begotti Posted July 10, 2004 Posted July 10, 2004 and then there's people like me, who manually put in digits... ah well...
+Hikezilla Posted July 10, 2004 Posted July 10, 2004 Yep if you are a paid member you can change it to whatever you want. After 10 posts tadpole changes to geocacher. Mine keep saying "Paid Member" instead of Snorkle Hikezilla. I wonder how to change it here......
+CompuCash Posted July 10, 2004 Posted July 10, 2004 and then after that... well, come on... ive seen boards where 1-10 is one thing, 11-30 is another, 31-75 is another, 76-150 is yet another, and so forth... like, eight different levels to climb up. and what do we get here? two. not cool. not cool at all. yet another fine reason why i hate having a paid-subscription life. I'm going to pay. It seems so little for so much fun. Sooner or later the tadpole will dissapear under my name no matter what. but you don't get just two - you get all the different names you can think of to put there - ain't that worth the $30?
+art begotti Posted July 10, 2004 Posted July 10, 2004 uh... slight misconception. the original discussion was on changing from tadpole to somethingelse. the subscriber discussion followed with the "yet another reason" comment.
+Mastifflover Posted July 10, 2004 Posted July 10, 2004 im not. no point in it. check the reasons for subscribing... what would it do for you? you get to change one line of text on the boards. you get to keep "special" caches top secret. you get to... thats about it. i can live without one line of text, and no one else in a good hundred miles of me has kept any private caches, so i think i'll be okay for a good loooooooong time. Since you live right in my area and I am sure you are much more open minded in person, I'd be happy to show you the magic of pocket queries if you ever want to see what the fuss is all about.
+Subterranean Posted July 10, 2004 Posted July 10, 2004 Psst… bonecacher… I risk facing serious consequences for revealing this, but regarding your original topic… I think you can change your forum title even if you’re not a paid member. It’s been mentioned in the forums before. Check out this topic, for example. Try it and see what happens… keep in mind, I think you need to log out and then log back in after making a change like this. …gotta go. I think they’re on to me… Matt
+Subterranean Posted July 10, 2004 Posted July 10, 2004 Hmmm… maybe they’ve recently fixed the little glitch I just mentioned. It seems this non-subscriber hasn’t been able to change their forum title. Sorry. Matt
+art begotti Posted July 10, 2004 Posted July 10, 2004 Since you live right in my area and I am sure you are much more open minded in person, I'd be happy to show you the magic of pocket queries if you ever want to see what the fuss is all about. ....dang... you do! crap! well... just for the sake of staying stubborn... aah, i got nothin. youve won the battle, but you havent won the war.
+welch Posted July 10, 2004 Posted July 10, 2004 im not. no point in it. check the reasons for subscribing... what would it do for you? you get to change one line of text on the boards. you get to keep "special" caches top secret. you get to... thats about it. i can live without one line of text, and no one else in a good hundred miles of me has kept any private caches, so i think i'll be okay for a good loooooooong time. That one line is an option, some use it some don't. Do you understand how MOCs work? They aren't top secret, you can locate them with normal searches, you just can't view the page (or log it). When you find one in a search it will have a black keyhole icon on the left side of the search page. The Other thing you can get are the Pocket Queries. Specific searchs emailed to you . A lot of people like them because you can use them to quickly upload lots of information to your gps and/or pda, etc. But ts your money, spend it how you want.
AC Student Posted July 10, 2004 Posted July 10, 2004 It boggles my mind why TPTB choose to belittle newbies by slapping the "Tadpole" label on them. My advice is to post to the Testing thread till it changes to "Geocacher".
+welch Posted July 10, 2004 Posted July 10, 2004 It boggles my mind why TPTB choose to belittle newbies by slapping the "Tadpole" label on them. My advice is to post to the Testing thread till it changes to "Geocacher". Maybe I'm wrong, but wasn't the forum software to default to NEWBIE? so they changed it something humorous?
Keystone Posted July 10, 2004 Posted July 10, 2004 Welch is correct. We didn't like "Newbies" in the forum software as it came out of the box. For a frog-themed website, being a "Tadpole" is a badge of honor. But that opinion comes from someone who is flying clear across the country to visit his adopted frog in the Seattle zoo next week, so you may wish to take it with a rather large grain of sodium chloride.
i_think_we_are_lost Posted July 10, 2004 Posted July 10, 2004 I thought being a tadpole was cool - now I'm a geocacher. Does this mean I'll have to pay $30 just to be a tadpole again????? <-- if you pound on this does a bell hop come? oops, forgot this isn't abject silliness
+art begotti Posted July 11, 2004 Posted July 11, 2004 im not. no point in it. check the reasons for subscribing... what would it do for you? you get to change one line of text on the boards. you get to keep "special" caches top secret. you get to... thats about it. i can live without one line of text, and no one else in a good hundred miles of me has kept any private caches, so i think i'll be okay for a good loooooooong time. That one line is an option, some use it some don't. Do you understand how MOCs work? They aren't top secret, you can locate them with normal searches, you just can't view the page (or log it). When you find one in a search it will have a black keyhole icon on the left side of the search page. The Other thing you can get are the Pocket Queries. Specific searchs emailed to you . A lot of people like them because you can use them to quickly upload lots of information to your gps and/or pda, etc. But ts your money, spend it how you want. you know, maybe it's high time i admited this... i dont even have a gps of my own. i just borrow a friend's gps... thats another reason i dont really even need the subscription... half the benefits wont even apply to me. i guess first priority is getting the gps, then get the subscription... if i want it then.
+boomhwr653 Posted July 11, 2004 Posted July 11, 2004 I think the money is well worth what I get and it goes to keep the the site up and running.
+welch Posted July 11, 2004 Posted July 11, 2004 you know, maybe it's high time i admited this... i dont even have a gps of my own. i just borrow a friend's gps... thats another reason i dont really even need the subscription... half the benefits wont even apply to me. i guess first priority is getting the gps, then get the subscription... if i want it then. Ok heres what you do... Get your friend hooked onto geocaching. And invite yourself along to fetch him up... and culture their ego. Pretty soon they will either be taking you with them on mass caching sprees, or will need to upgrade to the newest gps of the week and then you can 'borrow' the spare for even longer periods! (oh and to be on topic, I agree or disagree with OP, whichever side has the greater voice right now )
+brewrat Posted July 11, 2004 Posted July 11, 2004 I just started geocaching recently, but I became a paid member to get the pocket queries. I love having all the information I need on my Sony Clie PDA when I go traipsing through the woods. That way I can always cheat a little and look at the encrypted hint if I get stuck on a particular cache. Plus I like knowing I am helping to support the website. This is a lot of fun. Bill
+art begotti Posted July 22, 2004 Posted July 22, 2004 Ok heres what you do...Get your friend hooked onto geocaching. And invite yourself along to fetch him up... and culture their ego. Pretty soon they will either be taking you with them on mass caching sprees, or will need to upgrade to the newest gps of the week and then you can 'borrow' the spare for even longer periods! hm... almost... my friends got me started in geocaching. i have gone on cachehunts with them. i have asked to borrow the gps-es from them. (none have let me have them. dang.)
Keystone Posted July 22, 2004 Posted July 22, 2004 I think that the original question about the title underneath one's avatar has been adequately answered. If anyone would like to talk about the benefits of being a premium member, or how to get started on geocaching if you don't have a GPS, there are other topics for those subjects. Closing this one.
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