in reply to Re: Gaining & Losing Experience?
in thread Gaining & Losing Experience?

It's "XP" not experience

If people want to call it XP, or mana, or karma, or popularity, or "made up number that usually means you post a lot" that's fine by me -- but having it say "Experience:" to the left of "It" on your node implies that it has something to do with your "experience".

Or am I just thinking crazy talk?

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Re: Re: Re: Gaining & Losing Experience?
by belg4mit (Prior) on Feb 10, 2002 at 18:32 UTC
    Well it's a form of experience. But roughly speaking what it really maps to is gold stars for participation &| good work.. A loss of XP is getting your name on the board.

    As for labels on the site, well you can find lots of interesting bits. stumbit, beans, link (more interesting for what it replaced), etc.

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      What do you mean by "A loss of XP is getting your name on the board"?? TIA
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        Sorry, I suppose this assumes some familiarity with the Ameircan school system. Traditionally when someone is misbehaving in class their name gets put on the blackboard. Sometimes a few ticks are added for additoinal offenses eventually resulting in being sent to the principal's office.

        It was the only thing I could think of to counter reception of a gold-star. Which I might as well explain just in case. Often Kindergarten and first grade teachers will award well-behaved students with stickers. Sometimes they keep a bar chart of the class, and students might have silver or gold stickers added to their bar.

        UPDATE: Thought this might be relevant :-D

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