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I don't understand the posting levels

Centerfield Aug 30 2006 02:06 PM

Why does Milner follow Seaver?

Edgy DC Aug 30 2006 02:11 PM

He doesn't. Cooby got the opportunity to choose a custom posting designation --- presumably someone besides the 500 players she just went throug --- at 11,000. She drove around the block with Mrs. Payson for a while, but, while I was away, transmogrified back to a player.

metirish Aug 30 2006 03:10 PM

When I reach 11,000 posts in the next few years can I choose Pete Flynn,do we have a pic of him?

Edgy DC Aug 30 2006 03:11 PM

If nobody beats you to him (and that's no reason to rush). I'm sure we can find a photo.

Yancy Street Gang Aug 30 2006 03:41 PM

I thought the rule was that once you passed 11,000 you had to choose a non-player, like Rube Walker or Joan Payson, so that there would be no overlap with people still rising through the ranks. Whatever. I notice that I've passed the 11,000 mark. Are there any papers I need to fill out?

Edgy DC Aug 30 2006 03:43 PM

I thought that was the rule, but coo' just somehow got around me when I wasn't looking. Just e-mail me what you want, design your own avatar if you like. Try and stay within size standards and all.

Willets Point Aug 30 2006 03:44 PM

="Yancy Street Gang"] I notice that I've passed the 11,000 mark. Are there any papers I need to fill out? Yup! ©

cooby Aug 30 2006 04:37 PM

I did not know that

KC Aug 30 2006 06:28 PM

I didn't know either. cooby asked, cooby got ... she's the coobster!

cooby Aug 30 2006 06:44 PM

I'm the one whose wish is fulfilled :) Well, this time anyway.

Edgy DC Aug 30 2006 07:45 PM

I'm just not sure if'n' I should take The Hammer out of the great list of all players now.

KC Aug 30 2006 08:06 PM

You're joking, right?

Edgy DC Aug 30 2006 08:10 PM

Yeah, SC is about 89-90%. I just thought the fun was earning and having a unique designation. The Hammer is the Hammer though. One other alternative is that you can pick peeps like Mookie, Hernandez, and, um, Dallas Green, but the name would be followed by "Coach," "Broadcaster," and "Manager" (and the avatar so depicting them), rather than their playing roles.

ScarletKnight41 Aug 30 2006 08:13 PM

The fun is in earning the designation of the poster's choice. If cooby's concept of fun is different from yours, is that really such a big deal?

Edgy DC Aug 30 2006 08:16 PM

I thought my post expressed understanding of that. There is no big deal. This has gone without mention until Snoopy up there chimed in.

ScarletKnight41 Aug 30 2006 08:21 PM

Gotcha

cooby Aug 30 2006 08:43 PM

ScarletKnight41 wrote: The fun is in earning the designation of the poster's choice. If cooby's concept of fun is different from yours, is that really such a big deal? Er, actually I was just paying him my respects....

Centerfield Aug 31 2006 09:26 AM

It's all my fault. Sorry.

cooby Aug 31 2006 09:54 AM

CF you and your Snoopy will be right in style if they do name it MetLife Park

Yancy Street Gang Sep 06 2006 08:55 AM

Edgy DC wrote: Just e-mail me what you want, design your own avatar if you like. Try and stay within size standards and all. E-mail, and avatar, has been sent.

Centerfield Sep 06 2006 04:11 PM

I guess you fixed your photoshop! The avatar looks great. I just realized that by the time I get to 11,000 posts all the good ones will be gone. I'm gonna end up as Ted Robinson.

Yancy Street Gang Sep 06 2006 04:20 PM

Thanks! (My Photoshop just suddenly started working again. I wish I knew how I fixed it!) If you want, we can reserve Lorn Brown for you.

ScarletKnight41 Sep 06 2006 04:22 PM

CF - I guarantee you won't want to be what I have in mind for myself.

Willets Point Sep 06 2006 04:39 PM

SBS Princess in a pink gown with fairy dust?

seawolf17 Sep 06 2006 04:53 PM

Ah, crap. Willets stole my idea.

ScarletKnight41 Sep 06 2006 05:49 PM

Willets Point wrote: SBS Princess in a pink gown with fairy dust? Nope

Willets Point Sep 06 2006 08:02 PM

I was trying to think of something girly.

ScarletKnight41 Sep 06 2006 08:08 PM

It is, indeed, something girly.

Yancy Street Gang Sep 06 2006 08:18 PM

Nancy Seaver? Lorinda de Roulet? Margie Backman? Nancy Lopez? Anna Benson? Jane Jarvis?

KC Sep 06 2006 08:22 PM

It's a 160 pixels of pure knockout ... ... pure knockout of how wide I think avatars should be.

ScarletKnight41 Sep 06 2006 08:28 PM

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Nancy Seaver? Lorinda de Roulet? Margie Backman? Nancy Lopez? Anna Benson? Jane Jarvis? No No No No No No Lorinda de Roulet? Who the heck would ever want to be her?

ScarletKnight41 Sep 06 2006 08:29 PM

KC wrote: It's a 160 pixels of pure knockout ... ... pure knockout of how wide I think avatars should be. Do you need me to resize it?

SteveJRogers Sep 06 2006 08:31 PM

Ruth Ryan? Basement Bertha? Ms. Met? (the real one, not the Internet Message Board poster)

ScarletKnight41 Sep 06 2006 08:38 PM

You'll all see when the time comes.

SteveJRogers Sep 06 2006 08:52 PM

Yourself? =;)

ScarletKnight41 Sep 06 2006 08:53 PM

Nah - that's not my style.

cooby Sep 06 2006 09:14 PM

Nice idea Yancy!

Zvon Sep 06 2006 11:56 PM

="cooby"]Nice idea Yancy! that is an awsum job with the avatar, and funny to boot. I tip my cap to you and Ralph, yance.

SteveJRogers Sep 07 2006 12:07 AM

] "So Ralphie. Ya think I'd make a great cleanup hitter? Back in my day they called me 'Da Grimm Reaper!'

MFS62 Sep 07 2006 06:18 AM

ScarletKnight41 wrote: It is, indeed, something girly. Derek Jeter? Later

Yancy Street Gang Sep 07 2006 11:06 AM

="Zvon"] ="cooby"]Nice idea Yancy! that is an awsum job with the avatar, and funny to boot. I tip my cap to you and Ralph, yance. Thanks everyone. I wanted to get back to having one avatar. I never really liked that "stacked" look. I didn't want to give up the rocky orange guy, and I didn't want to diss Ralph, so the only alternative was to create a combined avatar. Surprisingly, I couldn't find a preexisting picture of Ben Grimm with Ralph Kiner. So I had to create one. To me, it looks like Ben is saying, "Anybody who makes fun of my buddy Ralph is gonna get clobbered!" And Ralph is thinking, "Who is this guy again?" When it came time for me to pick a "permanent" designation, I knew right away that I wanted to pick one of the original broadcasters. Bob Murphy has become almost deified; I couldn't bring myself to try to become him. (I might even argue that nobody is worthy of that honor!) I did consider Lindsey Nelson, especially since I have an affinity for the name Lindsey. (It's my daughter's name.) But Ralph has been part of the family for such a long time I had to ultimately go with him.

metirish Sep 07 2006 11:12 AM

That's very cool Yancy.

cooby Sep 07 2006 07:28 PM

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Surprisingly, I couldn't find a preexisting picture of Ben Grimm with Ralph Kiner. HAHAHAHA

Zvon Sep 07 2006 11:42 PM

cooby wrote: ="Yancy Street Gang"] Surprisingly, I couldn't find a preexisting picture of Ben Grimm with Ralph Kiner. HAHAHAHA ditto-LMAOOOO.

Willets Point Sep 12 2006 11:52 AM

Mr. Demille, I'm ready for my custom designation!

Edgy DC Sep 12 2006 11:55 AM

Understood.

Willets Point Sep 12 2006 04:47 PM

Am I still George Feaver?

MFS62 Sep 28 2006 11:39 AM

Seems to me the level changes should be coming less frequently as we move up the list. (A post in the rankings forum says that) My player has changed three times within my last 100 or so posts. It that a Jamie in the system? (Jamie Quirk seemed like a nice guy; too nice to be burdened by the negative connotation of his last name) Later

SteveJRogers Sep 29 2006 11:24 PM

I think they are probably getting around to adding the 2005 rankings to the rankings

Rockin' Doc Oct 01 2006 07:41 PM

I keep getting bizarre error messages when I try to post the final 2 POTG polls. Is anyone else experiencing similar difficulties?

SteveJRogers Oct 01 2006 10:55 PM

I've been stuck on 1824 for about 5 posts! So it appears the post count is going screwy as well

cooby Oct 04 2006 02:31 PM

Is my John gone?

SteveJRogers Oct 21 2006 09:27 PM

ScarletKnight41 wrote: You'll all see when the time comes. Awwwwww now that is CLASSIC! Boop boop dee boop! Though are you sure the Old Gal wouldn't be a MFY fan? She made her debut as the Yanks were winning in the 30's =;) Case no one knows, thats an icon of cartoons since the 1930's, Betty Boop [url]http://www.toonopedia.com/boop.htm[/url]

seawolf17 Oct 21 2006 10:09 PM

Steve's obsession with the Yankees borders on the disturbing.

SteveJRogers Oct 21 2006 10:31 PM

="seawolf17"]Steve's obsession with the Yankees borders on the disturbing. I find your lack of faith in my Met Fandom disturbing!

Yancy Street Gang Oct 22 2006 06:23 AM

Let's test him... Hey, Steve! A-Rod sucks! He always chokes in the big games!

Centerfield Oct 23 2006 06:05 PM

Scarlet, where did you find the picture?

ScarletKnight41 Oct 23 2006 06:11 PM

Google led me to eBay. I actually have a copy of that image in my house, signed by Tom Seaver. He has some deal with the art dealer.

KC Oct 23 2006 08:08 PM

SK: >>>have a copy of that image in my house, signed by Tom Seaver<<< The more we learn of Tom Seaver, the worse off we are. I can't believe you didn't tell me that, but we can fight about that via email.

ScarletKnight41 Oct 23 2006 08:09 PM

Come over to my house some time. It isn't the Andy collection, but we have some things that you'd appreciate.

KC Oct 23 2006 08:32 PM

This ain't about Mets stuff, it's about Tom Seaver signing high priced Betty Boop nonsense (just my taste, or lack thereof) for money while he treats life- long fans like garbage who might run into him at the Diamondclub or in the press level hallways.

ScarletKnight41 Oct 23 2006 09:21 PM

Take it up with D-Dad - he bought the Seaver-signed Betty Boop as a present for me a few years ago.

KC Oct 24 2006 07:51 AM

Assclown.

Centerfield Oct 25 2006 10:16 AM

ScarletKnight41 wrote: CF - I guarantee you won't want to be what I have in mind for myself. I will admit Betty Boop was not one I had been considering. It looks great though. Good job.

ScarletKnight41 Oct 25 2006 11:53 AM

Thanks CF :)

metirish Oct 26 2006 12:45 PM

Why is it that sometimes when I send a PM it goes to my outbox and not my sent box?

cooby Oct 26 2006 12:48 PM

If it's working right, it will go in the outbox after that person has read it, it stayed in the sent box until it's read. However, I don't think it always works right lately