Need Help with Rankings

overstdr · Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:08 pm Post subject: Need Help with Rankings

All,

I need your help to come up with better names for the site's Ranking system. If you go to the Help tab and scroll to the bottom, you can see all the different names/types of rankings we have. The current list is my miserable attempt to come up with something creative. Any new thoughts for the ranking names is needed ASAP.

Dave O

aqualung · Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 9:25 pm Post subject:

Dave, your attempt was a great effort at a tough challenge.

Trying to come up with a fish scheme I bombed completely so far, I haven't given up yet.

I will throw this one out there just in hopes of getting things going, I will suggest the coast guard ranking system as a possibility.
http://www.gruntsmilitary.com/cgrank1.shtml

ehertzfeld · Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:14 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I'm not too thrilled about being a smelt!

bigoutdoors · Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:38 am Post subject:

how about navy rankings

http://www.military-quotes.com/ranks/navy-rank-insignia.htm

bigoutdoors · Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:43 am Post subject:

heres a fish scheme
0 => New Member
5 => Bait (Nightcrawler)
25 => Shiner
50 => Brookie
100 => WeakFish
200 => Perch
300 => Rainbow Trout
400 => Calico Bass
500 => Walleye
750 => Barracuda
1000 => Large Mouth Bass
1250 => White Sea Bass
1500 => Alaskan Salmon
1750 => Striper Bass
2000 => Chain Pickerel
2500 => Yellowtail
3000 => Northern Pike
3500 => Dorado
4000 => Sturgeon
4500 => Tuna
5000 => Channel Catfish
5500 => Swordfish
6000 => Aligator Gar
7000 => Marlin
8000 => Sturgeon
10000 => Shark
10000 + => Is still undecided.

overstdr · Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 10:00 am Post subject:

I like both ideas of using the navy/coast guard rankings and also keeping it fishing related with the rankings above. What do you guys prefer? Keep if fishing related with ranks based on species for example? Or use the navy ranking system?

aqualung · Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:04 pm Post subject:

sheeeesh this is a tough one Dave. I myself still thinks something along the fishing theme as you originally have done, maybe just something as simple as a few name changes.

Where's everybody's 2 cents when you need it

This is a fishing site, which are notorious for having very opinionated individuals, this should have been resolved by now with all the experts we have here.

bigoutdoors · Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 5:35 pm Post subject:

either ones good for me
.put a poll up and see what everyone else thinks.
the navy ranks would be different,most fishing sites have fish rankings

ehertzfeld · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:47 pm Post subject:

You mite want to put up a notice on the home page about the poll. I know I voted, and it looks like I'm the only one who did. I think no one knows it here.

overstdr · Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:03 pm Post subject:

OK, well below is a revised fish scheme for the rankings based on the list from bigoutdoors. I wanted to include a mix of freshwater and saltwater species while at the sametime go from smaller-->larger species. Please add your input for any names that should be changed or added.

Shark --> 5000 Points

Marlin --> 2500 Points

Swordfish --> 1000 Points

Striped Bass --> 500 Points

Largemouth Bass --> 250 Points

Smallmouth Bass --> 100 Points

Weakfish --> 25 Points

Baitfish --> 0 Points

aqualung · Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:30 pm Post subject:

My input

I think Weakfish should be pulled from the low ranking. They are a prize catch in my opinion. If included should be further up the scale.

Maybe Chain pickerel or Trout replacing weakfish, keeping a pattern of freshwater fish together then progressing to saltwater species...

overstdr · Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:05 am Post subject:

OK here's a revised list:

Shark --> 5000 Points

Marlin --> 2500 Points

Swordfish --> 1000 Points

Striped Bass --> 500 Points

Largemouth Bass --> 250 Points

Smallmouth Bass --> 100 Points

Brook Trout --> 25 Points

Baitfish --> 0 Points

aqualung · Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:23 am Post subject:

Looks good to me

bigoutdoors · Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:25 am Post subject:

ehertzfeld · Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 6:29 am Post subject:

at least I'm not going to be a smelt any more!