How to get my first badge?

Sarah24! · May 17, 2019

Hello,

The best advice I can give is from my brother who is now out of the marine corps (not sure for good but), he told me one doesn’t need to wear or have a badge to have honour, and be a good person. Yes they are pretty and if I get them great if not it’s okay. Because I still love all the people here, and I have close friends and I’d help anyone I can. I use to be on a lot more but I work crazy stupid hours and sometimes I can’t be here (even though I want to be so I’m jealous of those who are). But badge or no badge id do anything to help those in need and I recently had some not soo good luck with my tank. It was amazing of the support I received and it was equal to badges and no badges. I will say lol even if I don’t have any, I’d always and do anything to help someone in the hobby we all love.

Do I get the clavin and Hobbs banner for my newphews urinating in my sump? I so deserve that one lol.

solitude127 · May 17, 2019

I had to post just to see what badges I have lol..

KrisReef · May 17, 2019

cracker · May 17, 2019

How do I "avoid " the sparkles fairy banner ?

Crabs McJones · May 17, 2019

cracker said:
How do I "avoid " the sparkles fairy banner ?

Lol, it's like the hammer of thor, only those who are worthy get it. And it's just me

cracker · May 17, 2019

Well said ! I'm just jealous of all the banners You have ! Oh Ya & all the Likes? How do Ya carry all those around ? LOL

Crabs McJones · May 17, 2019

cracker said:
Well said ! I'm just jealous of all the banners You have ! Oh Ya & all the Likes? How do Ya carry all those around ? LOL

And I got them by welcoming all those new members!

cracker · May 17, 2019

Hey Miami Reef just just hang out & be interactive with other members . The banners will come . You buy an annual membership .Best 25 bucks Iv'e spent.

Peace River · May 17, 2019

KrisReef said:

ROFL! Just awesome - this truly made me laugh out loud (and now everyone in the area is looking at me funny

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erk · May 17, 2019

These badges are getting out of hand, if ya ask me. Making me have to scroll forever. Any time you have any staff in a thread, it adds like 3 pages extra worth of scrolling from all the badges.

Captain Quint · May 18, 2019

Shep said:
Lol care to link a thread asking for help that got nothing but greetings?

I would not accept that challenge.

Captain Quint · May 18, 2019

erk said:
These badges are getting out of hand, if ya ask me. Making me have to scroll forever. Any time you have any staff in a thread, it adds like 3 pages extra worth of scrolling from all the badges.

I need a 7th because I really like the number 7

(true about the number 7...four of them to be exact)

erk · May 18, 2019

Captain Quint said:
I need a 7th because I really like the number 7

Lol, be careful what you ask for. You might be scrolling even farther in your own threads. Crabs might give you more just to keep you from having exactly 7.

Tyler Bullock · May 18, 2019

I will say, I am fairly new to this forum. I was a reefer back in 2004-2011, and I truly wish I never got out of it. I had boring stuff to do like get married and have kids............the real money pit. Then I found this forum and just seeing all these beautiful tanks, and helpful member, made me want a small one. That didn't last but 6 months before I upgraded. I like the welcome to R2R messages. I just like the interaction between people!

Captain Quint · May 18, 2019

erk said:
Lol, be careful what you ask for. You might be scrolling even farther in your own threads. Crabs might give you more just to keep you from having exactly 7.

Captain Quint · May 18, 2019

Colin Adams said:
Did I say that was a thing?

My statement was with the excessive "Welcomes" in threads outside of the meet and greet forum.

And for the nonsense argument of "it bumps threads back up" let me kill that now.
If I post a thread "Sick Clownfish" and the Welcome Wagon comes and throws 3 greetings on the thread and someone else puts in their $.02 then someone scrolling by only sees that the thread has 4 answers. How many people would assume that a thread asking for help with 4 answers still needs help? Probably not many, and probably not the majority of people.
I have seen plenty of threads fizzle out, imo, due to this.
If the Welcoms would be mainly confined to the proper forum then the serious threads quality would improve.

And if you want to come with the "What do you know newbie" angle dont, I followed the Rev here from "another" site at the start, I just couldn't remember my old username when I got back in the hobby lol

If the above is wrong change my mind.

With all due respect.

Some may not know the answer to the question but still many will say something such as 'fingers crossed' and a greeting. I'd rather have that kind of response than an incorrect answer given if the subject matter is/was not known. To me, it still shows concern which I can respect.