Why is Level 39 still called ???, then? Or are they waiting for more people to reach 10000 first?
Almost every new level was ??? at some point. They generally wait until a bunch of people get to that level, make a social board for them that only they can access (like Iconia, Temple of the Ancients, and The Mushroom Kingdom), then have a poll there where they can vote on what they think the level should be called.
It's the main reason why Level 38 became "? Block" - since they were all ??? already and it was just after the character contest fiasco, they decided it would be funny to just go with ? Block.
Sadly, it's always going to be more or less the same people who get to make those choices, because they're so far out ahead of everyone else and there's no real way for anyone else to ever catch up. Sure, some of them eventually drop off and leave the site from time-to-time, but the top of the list has always been pretty regularly the same bunch of accounts.
And level 39 is kind of ridiculous anyway. I mean, I've been here for almost 20 years, and I'd still need to log in every day for the next 10 years (and more) to get to it. So it's probably never going to happen for most people (especially with them not really doing karma boosts anymore).
Which is a shame. Because I kind of wish the site could get to the point of having a Level 42. Because I would campaign SO HARD to get people to vote for that level to be called Something About You, and their social board to be called World Machine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt7LFpB9epI
Also, here's some relevant info from The Mushroom Kingdom:
MathMurderer posted...
There's no user level 40 (yet?), so my profile doesn't have a next level:
So, update. Having now checked everyone who was previously on the hku list, more or less yes, folks don't visit as much and a few seem to have left. Or at least they just haven't logged in for a long time.
As you can see below there are 58 users I've listed who are at 9000+ karma, some of whom were never on the top 50 list. I know there are others at 9k+ besides those listed here because I've run across them in random topics around the site, but they weren't on the old hku list and I didn't tag them for anything, so they're not included.
I put CVagts on the bottom, despite him only having 8200 karma, because for a few years he was the top karma user. Then of course karma was given for buying t-shirts and he dropped a few spots and now he barely visits, like other former top 50 karma users. I didn't feel it was necessary to list all the others who dropped below 9k as well, so sorry if you were hoping for that.
Almost every new level was ??? at some point. They generally wait until a bunch of people get to that level, make a social board for them that only they can access (like Iconia, Temple of the Ancients, and The Mushroom Kingdom), then have a poll there where they can vote on what they think the level should be called.
It's the main reason why Level 38 became "? Block" - since they were all ??? already and it was just after the character contest fiasco, they decided it would be funny to just go with ? Block.
Sadly, it's always going to be more or less the same people who get to make those choices, because they're so far out ahead of everyone else and there's no real way for anyone else to ever catch up. Sure, some of them eventually drop off and leave the site from time-to-time, but the top of the list has always been pretty regularly the same bunch of accounts.
And level 39 is kind of ridiculous anyway. I mean, I've been here for almost 20 years, and I'd still need to log in every day for the next 10 years (and more) to get to it. So it's probably never going to happen for most people (especially with them not really doing karma boosts anymore).
Which is a shame. Because I kind of wish the site could get to the point of having a Level 42. Because I would campaign SO HARD to get people to vote for that level to be called Something About You, and their social board to be called World Machine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt7LFpB9epI
Also, here's some relevant info from The Mushroom Kingdom:
Thanks for the info! Looks like even more people have reached ??? since that list was compiled, too, so the site really oughta work on that new level.
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