Re: Armin deleted his account.

[HempRope]

How sad. If this happened to me and an account can't be recovered, I would want to create a new account with the same name (I could care less about post count, and I save all my PMs elsewhere). Is that possible?

[Oldrine]

This is me, Armin. I would love to say that this royally sucks.

[HempRope]

Well, I see that the answer to my question is 'yes.'

And I'm sorry, dude.

[Daedrous Avari]

Dang.

[Were-Sandwich]

Ouch.

[Malachi, the Lich King]

It does strike me as weird that the buttons to update your account and to delete it are so stupidly close to one another. When I've updated my profile I've been very careful to double-check which button I hit.

[Ikkitosen]

Unless you give a damn about post count then just put something in your sig letting people know it really is you and you're done.

If you do....well....isn't that where SMBG began? ;)

[Charity]

Or perhaps a dam?

[Azrael]

Levee? Sandbags? Perhaps one of these:

http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/falkirk/falkirkwheel/images/basinx.jpg

[Chris the Pontifex]

I hear you are in need of a civil engineer?
well... I'm an engineer and reasonably civil too.

[Daishi]

Ouch, that hurts. You were a titan, right? *Looks horrified and covers mouth*

[Blood]

Can his post count be recovered for a new account?
::)

I personally, don't really care about post count. And no one should, since we're not supposed to talk about them. Everyone always seems horrified when someone loses their post count. It doesn't mean anything.

[Zherog]

Everyone always seems horrified when someone loses their post count. It doesn't mean anything.

I agree - let's set 'em all back to zero!

;D

[HempRope]

I'll agree with that, too!

I think the loss was being able to look up his old posts. Not for him, but if I looked at Armin now, I couldn't look up his posts from before.

[Rawhide]

You will currently find all of Armin's 1756 posts if you do a search.

[HempRope]

Oh... sweet! Applause for RawBear. That's a neat little trick. Now why don't we all delete our accounts, and just get him to do that for each of us, and we can carry through with Zherog's suggestoin after all!

Wouldn't you like that, Ray?

[Samiam303]

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(I'm not going to point out that that's Rawhide, not Rawbear... :P)

[Shhalahr Windrider]

(I'm not going to point out that that's Rawhide, not Rawbear... :P)
You know, if we just cooked one of them, we wouldn't have this problem. There'd only be one Raw, and the other'd be Cooked.

[RawBearNYC]

Oh... sweet! Applause for RawBear. That's a neat little trick. Now why don't we all delete our accounts, and just get him to do that for each of us, and we can carry through with Zherog's suggestoin after all!

Wouldn't you like that, Ray?
yeah, um, sure, delete your accounts, er, sure, yeah, I'll restore them all, why don't you start first, HempRope. You can trust me, right? I won't leave you hanging, right? Right?

[Zherog]

I bet Ray could write a script to reset all the post counts to zero much easier than he could restore even one account. ;)

[Rawhide]

Actually, to restore one account, all you need do is recreate it with the same account name...

[HempRope]

(I'm not going to point out that that's Rawhide, not Rawbear... :P)
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No, I definitely meant RawBear. I was assuming it was he who fixed Armin or whatever.



yeah, um, sure, delete your accounts, er, sure, yeah, I'll restore them all, why don't you start first, HempRope. You can trust me, right? I won't leave you hanging, right? Right?
I knew you had my back, buddy!

[Samiam303]

I was assuming it was he who fixed Armin or whatever.

I don't think anyone fixed anything. It's just that the posts still have Armin's name on them.

[HempRope]

So, if I delete my account, I can create another account with the same name? And then, if I go to the recent posts thingy or whatever, I can look up the posts the first HempRope made?

...that's what I meant, I think I didn't explain clearly enough what I meant by 'search.'

[NEO|Phyte]

Actually, if making the new account with the same name "relinks" your account to those posts, I don't know about YaBB, but other boards have a Recalculate Posts option on the admin panel.

[RawBearNYC]

I don't think anyone fixed anything. It's just that the posts still have Armin's name on them.

Well, then you'd be wrong, but only because he did something else wrong that prevented relinking from working.

[HempRope]

Would you care to enlighten us so that others do not follow in his footsteps?

[Roland St. Jude]

Would you care to enlighten us so that others do not follow in his footsteps?

Step One: Do not delete your account.

[Blood]

Step One: Do not delete your account.
Step Two: Always follow Step One.

... ;)

[Flabbicus]

Step Three: Don't throw stones.

[HempRope]

Step Four: Don't ask stupid questions.

[Zherog]

Step 5: ...
Step 6: PROFIT!

[Lilly]

But there is no step 6!

Stupid Monty Python got my brain! Ahhhh it's trying to make it into a flying sheep!

[Roland St. Jude]

What have I started! :P (RawBear is not going to like this!)

[Charity]

Tsk tsk

Scurfing up Rawbears tidy forum with your banter, and you mods, well you should know better, *scold scold*

Never find me doing such a thing. *attempts to look angelic*

*fails*

[WampaX]

Voice of the Wampinator: Oy! How many times do I have to tell you people. I created Random Banter for a reason.

Go random banterize in the designated area.

Sheesh.