I'm sorry, but I have been out here for awhile, and I have to ask:

What's with the penguins?

I started out as Pingu, went to Pengo, Bud Ice Penguin, and now I'm Nestor.
How often do these change? Is there a chance we could possibly pick which one we want to reach?

I like to be educated, and right now, I feel rather dense.

I don't know that I've been told why the penguin thing started.  An earlier incarnation of these boards had the various levels (i.e. number of posts) as different species of penguin (macaroni, rockhopper etc.) with Chucky being the only Emperor penguin.

When this version of the board started the level were changed to different penguin characters.  There is a list around somewhere of the various names but there is no choice as to which one you get.

chucky just likes penguins.

I'm sorry, but I have been out here for awhile, and I have to ask:

What's with the penguins?

I started out as Pingu, went to Pengo, Bud Ice Penguin, and now I'm Nestor.
How often do these change? Is there a chance we could possibly pick which one we want to reach?

I like to be educated, and right now, I feel rather dense.


You get a new penguin title for each number of posts you get.  Here's what's next for you ...

1,000 = Tuxedo Sam
5,000 = Badtz Maru
10,000 = Feathers McGraw
15,000 = Chilly Willy
25,000 = Opus

Penguins are cute and everyone should have one in their bathtub.

I'm sorry, but I have been out here for awhile, and I have to ask:

What's with the penguins?

Penguins are cute and everyone should have one in their bathtub.


be wary of the ones on your telly, they could explode at any moment

You get a new penguin title for each number of posts you get.  Here's what's next for you ...

1,000 = Tuxedo Sam
5,000 = Badtz Maru
10,000 = Feathers McGraw
15,000 = Chilly Willy
25,000 = Opus


So, how many must I post, before I reach Pablo level?

So, how many must I post, before I reach Pablo level?


Pablo?

So, how many must I post, before I reach Pablo level?



There isn't a Pablo level.

There isn't a Pablo level.

You get a new penguin title for each number of posts you get.  Here's what's next for you ...

1,000 = Tuxedo Sam
5,000 = Badtz Maru
10,000 = Feathers McGraw
15,000 = Chilly Willy
25,000 = Opus


Yep...and there are some levels below 1,000.

On the old board (which ended in April 2004), the highest level that a typical user could reach was "Royal Penguin", at 500. Now we got a lot more variety, which I think is cool. :)

So I guess there isn't a position beyond opus... :-\\

So I guess there isn't a position beyond opus... :-\\


there's no better penguin than Opus...

there's no better penguin than Opus...


How about "Oswald Cobblepot"?  Not really an attractive penguin name though

http://www.thecomicguru.co.uk/prod_images/large_p_4037_image.jpg

Pablo?


Yeah. Pablo.

In the Disney film, "The Three Caballeros", there's a story about Pablo, the Penguin. He's trying to reach the Tropics, and he carries a potbellied Franklin stove with him.

You don't know about Pablo?

Penguins are cute and everyone should have one in their bathtub.


No no.  Penguins are evil and they want to take over the world!

What's with the penguins?


Hey, yeah.  I like penguins as much as anybody, but this should probably be in the FAQ or something.  I've also wondered exactly why did we settle on penguins as our rank indicators in the first place?

Hey, yeah.  I like penguins as much as anybody, but this should probably be in the FAQ or something.  I've also wondered exactly why did we settle on penguins as our rank indicators in the first place?


Chucky did it all - no clue why.
It was like that even before I arrived. ;)

Chucky did it all - no clue why.
It was like that even before I arrived. ;)
Penguins are cute!

For a while there was an argument over weather penguins were evil (my side) or should everyone have one in their bathtub (another poster).  That was around the time the penguin ratings began.

I still say they are evil. ;D

Penguins are cute!


And everyone should have one in their bathtub

And everyone should have one in their bathtub


http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8wAUHkoJ5WQ/S31nZUnzaWI/AAAAAAAABBI/TpF4iMq3V7A/s640/IMG_8069.JPG

Tell me about it.

Interestingly enough, given the fact that penguins are rather hard to domesticate, and that they're rather hard to find in the wild, I was unable to find a picture of a real penguin in a real bathtub.  Nobody with a bathtub has taken a penguin into their home, and nobody in the business of researching or rescuing penguins has ever needed to take a picture of one in a bathtub.

But I did find a 6-part series about penguins and bathtubs in the webcomic Two Penguins One Iceberg.  (SFW.  Really!)

And everyone should have one in their bathtub
Where can you buy a Penguin Licence?

And everyone should have one in their bathtub
http://www.commamac.com/pictures/penguins/penguin-bath.jpeg

And everyone should have one in their bathtub


No, penguins are evil. ;)

No, penguins are evil. ;)
Penguins in an evil bathtub?

penguins will destroy your bathtub

penguins will destroy your bathtub
With their beaks?

I don't know how they do it, I just know there's no pictures of penguins in bathtubs.

I don't know how they do it, I just know there's no pictures of penguins in bathtubs.



http://www.commamac.com/pictures/penguins/penguin-bath.jpeg



Or did you mean real penguins?

Surprised this old thread has gotten so much life lately...

I picked penguins (real classifications the first time, fictional ones the second time I upgraded) because I didn't like the original rankings of the software and just wanted some sort of animal I could use for a small to large ordering.  Penguins are seen as kinda goofy and cute, so I figured it would make a good pick.

Then there is THIS classic clip.


http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/penguins.gif?w=320&h=205




Cat

Then there is THIS classic clip.
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/penguins.gif


http://i717.photobucket.com/albums/ww173/prestonjjrtr/Winter/penguinsrevenge.gif

Payback time!

http://i717.photobucket.com/albums/ww173/prestonjjrtr/Winter/penguinsrevenge.gif

Payback time!



That's funny.


Cat

That's funny.


Found the culprits!

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/8f5c482d-1bc4-4d5d-bf18-040f8ce86ac2.jpg

I looked in the mirror; what did I see?
I saw the responsible subspecies!

http://i717.photobucket.com/albums/ww173/prestonjjrtr/Winter/penguinsrevenge.gif

Payback time!
Brilliant!