Especially the distinction between Member and Regular is the line that can put you in priority queue for seed-run, etc. That is why it is important to know how to reach the status (see here).
What you need to be aware of is that Regular status can be lost when you stop being active in the forums and no longer meet the criteria. That can pose a problem when signing up for community seed-runs (namely here, and lately here and here). To bring some level of certainty, Iāve introduced Regular Emeritus badge.
You will earn Regular Emeritus badge when you first get to the Regular status / trust level 3. This badge is permanent and this badge will authorize you for the seed-run purposes.
Your Regular Emeritus badge can be seen in your profile. Seed-run distributors can also verify all holders of Regular Emeritus badge here on this page. You can navigate to badges by clicking on the āhamburgerā menu in top right corner and selecting āBadgesā.
Please note that Regular Emeritus will be granted from now on, we cannot grant them to users who had been Regulars but have lost their status prior to this post.
Thanks for this, Joe. I think it will be useful for some folks, especially when signing up to receive seeds.
I did think it was odd that people who joined the site this summer were already Regulars by just posting a lot, yet people whoāve been around for years werenāt. Iām glad I read to the end of your post because in the middle of your post I was curious if I would see the Emeritus badge. I even checked my badges, since I attained Regular status in 2018, but then lost it in the interim, and didnāt retain the title of Regular. And now I understand Iāll probably never become an Emeritus because I just donāt post or browse enough to become a Regular under the new rules. Thatās OK though; Iām not complaining. Thanks for clarifying for us.
What I have noticed lately is that many Regular people has chosen Regular Emeritus as title when it is ālessā than Regular, it means you have lost it. For instance in Spain the king Juan Carlos I abdicated in his son Felipe VI, so he is now āking emeritusā and his son king. That happened also with the pope that resigned and is now āpope emeritusā. Wish to see now more Regulars and less demoted Regular Emeritus ā¦
By your definition then George, I (and numerous others who shall remain nameless) definitely qualify for Regular Emeritus; for I have long ago ālost it.ā
Yes, thatās why I say it is sad for me to see them (the real ones), what I donāt understand is a Regular having Regular Emeritus as title , thatās why I tried to explain it ā¦
maybe the mods could set it up so that anyone who has posted in the private lounge automatically gets a regular emeritus badge. The same as how anyone who posts in the original overgrow members thread gets an āold schoolā badge.
That would solve the problem for some of the people who lost their regular status before the emeritus badge was introduced.
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I think it will be useful for some folks, especially when signing up to receive seeds.
, thatās why I tried to explain it ā¦ 