LPC: Inclusive or Exclusive?

[JackFrost22]

I think its fine just put the mods of dp in charge of inviting people when they have enough knowledge or a portable built.

[Unidentified Assilant]

Inductee (0 portables, Decent experience)

Good, that's about me, it's just money stopping me, since I have exprience to build a portable.

[*o*]

same with me!

[Conn]

I say anyone who has made a sucessful portable should be able to join, but whoever has made more portables or whoever makes more challenging portables get higher ranks.

[Turbo Tax 1.0]

i like the portable idea

[*o*]

i agree with conn!

[MilkMonster]

they should have a junior league for noobs

[Sparkfist]

they should have a junior league for noobs

But what would the quilifications be for it, mod a system? I'm not being mean I'm just courious as to how you would become a member.
And I dont think being a member of this forum would work. We already have people here that are quite experianced and knowlegeable.

[SpongeBuell]

Okay, here's what I'm thinking is the best option so far:

Have a memberlist similar to what phpBB has. This will show all of the members, as well as something that shows experience. In addition, there will be a legacy link for the old lpc page, since god knows when some people will register. How do you like them apples? (I like granny smith)

[Sparkfist]

And I prefer Red Delious.

Thats a nice idea but I think we should keep it simple with just a few qualifications. Expericance, portable(s) or possibly even mods. Keep it simple, stupid. We dont need to complicate things anymore then they already are.

[bioniclebert]

about the portable idea. what about people who dont have access to cameras or scanners? My first three portables, NESP, NESP type 2, and the atari Were constructed without a camera, and were taken apart for parts since then.

So would you trust someone by their word? i mean, its obvious that someone that comes in the first day, asking how to solder and wire things, and then when they learn about ranks they say that they made a portable XBOX and dreamcast. That would be easy to detect.

So I would compare the intelligence of their posts, Their ability to stay on topic, and the things they've made to accuratley say: "well, this guys made several portables over a span of years, this guy deserves a (insert word of moderation or seniority).

So Without a camera, you may need to see their ability to explain the things they have created.

[Triton]

i like bicos idea to a point. i would technically be an inductee, seeing as how i have not finished a portable yet. but i have been on the forum for over a year, am a good, inteligent, helpful experienced member and have attempted no less than 3 different types of portable. with bicos method i would be an inductee, and that just doesnt mesh ya know i think length of membership on this forum/ portable attempts/failures/ and experience should count for somthing when in consideration for the LPC

[SpongeBuell]

Unless there is a huge objection by many people, this is how I am doing it.

First, this will reflect on everybody registered at PoD. Those that were on the old LPC will still get respcect, using a link on the bottom of the page. Maybe top. Somewhere.

Next, to show rankings, I will have the following:
Black star: User is registered, still a newbie. This would include trolls and what have you, but not all Black star members are trolls by any means.

Bronze star: User is knowledgable, has good knowledge, positive person towards community, etc. but has never made a portable (I think there will be more of these people than you would think)

Silver star: User has made one handheld

Gold star: User has made more than one handheld

I think this is best, since it compromises as much as possible, and I think compromise is the best solution to all problems (it's just sometimes hard to find the right one)

[Conn]

I like the ranks, but I think people who've made more challenging portables should get a higher rank. For example, dkap01 made only one portable, but it was the only known portable Dreamcast to date.

And maybe make the Gold rank be more than 2 portables. 3 or 4.

Just my $0.02.

[Sparkfist]

I like the ranks, but I think people who've made more challenging portables should get a higher rank. For example, dkap01 made only one portable, but it was the only known portable Dreamcast to date.

He's also made a Jaguar64 portable and his PSp was featured on TSS and won the mod contest of I think '03.