member titles

[SingingGandalf]

I think things should be kept as they are, though i think that the admin should be called Asterix God, or Toutatis.

[Bernard]

AsterIX Administrator (AsterIX Chief)
AsterIX Moderator (bard)
AsterIX Newbie (Villager)
AsterIX Junior Member (Warrior)
AsterIX Full Member (Shield bearer)
AsterIX Senior Member (Soothsayer)
AsterIX Super Member (druid)

Here's a line-up for those who live in the camps:







Administrator: Caesar.
Moderator: Censor.
Newbie: Auxiliary.
Junior Member: Legionary.
Full Member: Centurion.
Senior Member: Senator.
Super Member: Consul.

Edit: Optio removed from Roman ranks as Optio = Centurion's aide: Erik

[Erik]

Hello,

Newbie: Legionary.
Junior Member: Optio.
Full Member: Centurion.

Junior Member = Decurion would be more logical, because a Centurion is ten times higher than a Decurion - in the Asterix comics at least (Golden Sickle, p. 19, panel 2). The Optio is just the Centurion's substitute.

But anyway, I don't think this is an actual debate. The "new" member descriptions are already set since almost two years now.

Regards
Erik

[Bernard]

Hello,

Newbie: Legionary.
Junior Member: Optio.
Full Member: Centurion.

Junior Member = Decurion would be more logical, because a Centurion is ten times higher than a Decurion - in the Asterix comics at least (Golden Sickle, p. 19, panel 2). The Optio is just the Centurion's substitute.

But anyway, I don't think this is an actual debate. The "new" member descriptions are already set since almost two years now.

Regards
Erik

Actually, I think that perhaps:

Newbie = Auxiliary
Junior = Legionary

as it may not be appropriate for a Junior member to be an officer anyway. Moreover, I was only kidding here as I don't think that the Roman ranking system would be particularly popular anyway.

[Erik]

Hello Bernard,

Actually, I think that perhaps:

Newbie = Auxiliary

but Auxiliary doesn't appear in the Asterix albums very often, does it?

as it may not be appropriate for a Junior member to be an officer anyway.

Why not? At this moment, there are not more than 84 of the 373 members of this forum, who have got the 10 or more postings to be at least a "Junior member". So, it can't be wrong to give them some euphemistic titles.

Regards
Erik

[SingingGandalf]

AsterIX Administrator (AsterIX Chief)
AsterIX Moderator (bard)
AsterIX Newbie (Villager)
AsterIX Junior Member (Warrior)
AsterIX Full Member (Shield bearer)
AsterIX Senior Member (Soothsayer)
AsterIX Super Member (druid)

I take it that that is what it currently stands at? But where do ones like new villager come from?

[Bernard]

but Auxiliary doesn't appear in the Asterix albums very often, does it?

Well, strictly speaking the archer in Chieftain's Shield should probably have been an auxiliary as Caesar used archers from Crete for his Gallic campaigns.

Why not? At this moment, there are not more than 84 of the 373 members of this forum, who have got the 10 or more postings to be at least a "Junior member". So, it can't be wrong to give them some euphemistic titles.

Hehe, yes indeed.
I was deliberately trying to avoid using 'Decurion' to avoid the confusion that might arise with the municipal magistrate (member of a city council) of the same name. Also I think that Legionary equates better with 'warrior,' my Gallic equivalent of the same rank. However, I shall remove "Optio".

[Erik]

Hello SingingGandalf,

I take it that that is what it currently stands at? But where do ones like new villager come from?

No, this was just Bernard's idea. You can see the currently "titles" here:
http://www.comedix.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11

Regards
Erik