I'm jealous

[philnrunt]

OK, I'm not what you would call a social climbing type of person, and I feel that you need to take life's rewards as they come, but HOW DO I GET STARS BY MY NAME?
What do they signify?
I've been trying to edit my profile some, as I was tired of being the anonymous guy.
Oh, and by the way, I've just been a member since Tuesday, and already I've had more fun here than ANY other site. You guys and gals are great, funny, informative and the most helpful group, bar none!
Being a lone wolf is great as long as you have 156,000 other people to do it with!

[METRO]

The stars represent the number of posts you've had. I think I have two blue stars, as I don't post too often, and there are some with thousands of posts and I think the highest I've seen is five gold stars.

Just be patient, stars will come in time lol.

And glad to see you're enjoying yourself, it is a great forum.

[CP5415]

Welcome Phil!

No sense being jealous.
As Metro said, the more posts you do, the stars will come.

Gordon

[cwclark]

i see lots of stars...every time i wack my head on the benchwork under the layout...uck...uck...uck...it's a joke son...it's a joke...

[ndbprr]

One other thing. Don't assume the stars mean that we know what we are talking about either.

[CP5415]

True NBD

Stars usually mean you're more active in the forums.

Gordon

[AntonioFP45]

Philnrunt,

Relax. Don't look at stars as a "status" achievement. Enjoy exchanging information with fellow modelers and railfans. The quality and value of the info is what helps us here. The stars simply come as a by product.

By the way, don't forget to update your profile by filling out the Bio and Hobbies categories. Let us know a little more about you so we can be more helpful when you post questions. Most of us will agree that age group and interest will help shape a good reply to a modeler who has posted a question.

For modelers a lot of the info on this forum is priceless! This is whether you answer posts, create new posts, or point someone to another post to find answers. I did this recently when someone asked about RDCs pulling trailers. There was already a highly detailed post on it, so I pointed the person to that post. Litltle things like this are what can help you accumulate stars.

Don't be in a rush. A lot of guys will just reply to a topic with words like: Yeah! or OK. Guys that do this too often make it obvious that they more concerned about getting stars than giving helpful info.

Enjoy the forum and learn as much as you can.

[MAbruce]

You can always boost your post count in the "Neverending Story" thread... [swg]

But then again, some of us don't need no high stinkin post count to prove anything. [:P][;)]

[Anonymous]

50 posts= 1 Purple Star

100 posts= 2 Blue Stars

500 posts= 3 Green Stars

1000 posts= 4 Orange Stars

2000 posts= 5 Red Stars

I haven't seen anyone with more than that.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by 4884bigboy

50 posts= 1 Purple Star

100 posts= 2 Blue Stars

500 posts= 3 Green Stars

1000 posts= 4 Orange Stars

2000 posts= 5 Red Stars

I haven't seen anyone with more than that.

Box of Lucky Charms = Lots of Yellow Stars
[(-D][swg][:-,][(-D][swg][:-,]

[fec153]

thanks for asking,Phil. I too was curious.thanks to all who answered.
Phil.

[Anonymous]

hi