100th Post = Avatar
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Ive had mine since post 14! 
Apparently because I joined the forum (2011) before the rule was created? I dont know why it exists in the first place.
Apparently because I joined the forum (2011) before the rule was created? I dont know why it exists in the first place. 0
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I have no idea what the criteria is. :XD:
Does anyone know or want to share this information?
Thanks
the criteria as some will use it to spam to fulfil them. At least this way you have to "earn" them by being productive (or something like that...
Message I received is below...
I could be wrong, but that is how the message I got reads to me.
I think we all get that same message.... I could be wrong.
But I wasn't very helpful at that point
Yes, it is pretty random, it seems, at first. As some of the other posters have mentioned, some get promoted after less than 20 posts. I was over 100 before I got promoted. And as the person above me said, it is basically tied to posting close to the actual promotion date. Of course, trying to be helpful, answering other people's questions in a sincere and thoughtful manner never hurts and is good for karma if nothing else
I do not know the forum members actual name, something like mesa joe 1234, he definitely has the word mesa, a name, and some numbers, in his member name, but I have noticed that his post count has always been higher than mine, and I believe he even joined before I did, but he still has not been promoted the last time I saw him post. I feel for him, although it may not actually make a difference as far as he is concerned.
Start answering questions.
I will start you out.
What season is The Simpsons currently on?
( I know... :oops: super lame question. I am trying to do my part!)
I never ever got a message promoting me. Thats the strangest thing of all. For all I know I could have been able to have an avatar even before my 14th post.
We are humans. I would even compare it to sales with incentives. The whole point is to motivate you to do something, to incite you into action. People will go about it many different ways and approaches, but the end result is the goal. If you make it there, you should be rewarded. There can and are different tiers to the rewards, but this, being able to post an avatar, is fairly basic, and should be rewarded accordingly. I do love promotion day, and seeing the new avatars people may come out with. As several others have said, it is so much easier to remember forum members with avatars as well. Just keep posting in the run up to promotion day and you should be good.
I also got promoted on 22nd December
That's what in was told as well. And that the more frequent you post the faster you get promoted. I think I was at 80ish and got the message the 24th.
Personally, if "spamming" the forums on a given day, in the hopes of getting promoted, is what it actually takes, then I suppose I am a-okay with never getting promoted. I do not frequent the other sections of the forum, spending most of my time here in Game Discussion (which makes me wonder why this thread is even in here, come to think of it, since it isn't game related discussion, but anyhoo). I could leave a one-word/one-sentence comment in every thread created, just for the sake of "being active", I suppose. I know that many posters like to have mini-conversations in certain topics (posting images and back-and-forth banter that can often go off-topic or are simply "lol" replies) but me being me, I try to avoid that kind of behavior myself. I prefer to only try to leave a comment when I feel it might actually contribute constructively to the discussion.
That isn't to say that I never leave the one-liners, but for the most part, while I contribute as much as I deem worthwhile, that tends to mean I post infrequently, as compared to many others here.