Let's take a look at this shall we?

[Calilasseia]

Meanwhile, imageShack's servers appear to have gone tits up for a while. Just in case it was the one server, I tried accessing several of my images, which currently reside across a range of ImageShack servers as the initial number in the URL informs me, and ALL ImageShack servers appear to be operating at snail on Mogadon speed.

So, while my fun and games with satirical imagery are curtailed for a while, a question now arises. User name colours.

I understand that regular users appear in black, Admins in a sort of medium to dark red, mods in green, but I've seen some other interesting variations floating around. One in a bright red verging on flame orange, one in pastel purple, one in cyan, and one in bright Barbie magenta. Do I take it that bestowing odd colours is a part of the indigenous humour culture here?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Meanwhile, imageShack's servers appear to have gone tits up for a while. Just in case it was the one server, I tried accessing several of my images, which currently reside across a range of ImageShack servers as the initial number in the URL informs me, and ALL ImageShack servers appear to be operating at snail on Mogadon speed.

So, while my fun and games with satirical imagery are curtailed for a while, a question now arises. User name colours.

I understand that regular users appear in black, Admins in a sort of medium to dark red, mods in green, but I've seen some other interesting variations floating around. One in a bright red verging on flame orange, one in pastel purple, one in cyan, and one in bright Barbie magenta. Do I take it that bestowing odd colours is a part of the indigenous humour culture here?

The non-staff colors belong to the Non-Staff Attention Seekers. Exi leads the pack in that currently, with Marmaduke a close second and TA running in the money.

[Thinking Aloud]

Do I take it that bestowing odd colours is a part of the indigenous humour culture here?

Numerous user groups, under the "attention seekers" banner, exist for these colourful individuals.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Cali, if you want a custom rank, just PM an admin. Or DP.

[CJ]

Electric Blue for Cali please.

[AshtonBlack]

Electric Blue for Cali please.

+1

[Calilasseia]

Ah, this'll be the "rainbow colours" referred to in one of the other threads (I think Charlou posted something about this). These are assigned randomly, or is there a chromatic pecking order, as it were, such that one colour signifies a minor attention seeker, whilst another colour signifies someone to whom Warren Beatty's quip about Madonna applies?

(For those who didn't see this, after the filming of Dick Tracy, Warren Beatty uttered the following words about Madonna: "What's the point of talking off-camera? She doesn't live off-camera, much less talk".)

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Electric Blue for Cali please.

+1

We'd need the hex code for the specific color you prefer, Cali.

[Calilasseia]

Oh, and with respect to a custom rank, I already exchanged a few words with LP over this in another thread where she brought up the subject.

[AshtonBlack]

Ah, this'll be the "rainbow colours" referred to in one of the other threads (I think Charlou posted something about this). These are assigned randomly, or is there a chromatic pecking order, as it were, such that one colour signifies a minor attention seeker, whilst another colour signifies someone to whom Warren Beatty's quip about Madonna applies?

(For those who didn't see this, after the filming of Dick Tracy, Warren Beatty uttered the following words about Madonna: "What's the point of talking off-camera? She doesn't live off-camera, much less talk".)

No, I don't think there's any rational explanation to it. The biggest attention whore's do tend to go for pink, for some reason.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Ah, this'll be the "rainbow colours" referred to in one of the other threads (I think Charlou posted something about this). These are assigned randomly, or is there a chromatic pecking order, as it were, such that one colour signifies a minor attention seeker, whilst another colour signifies someone to whom Warren Beatty's quip about Madonna applies?

(For those who didn't see this, after the filming of Dick Tracy, Warren Beatty uttered the following words about Madonna: "What's the point of talking off-camera? She doesn't live off-camera, much less talk".)

No, I don't think there's any Rationalia explanation to it. The biggest attention whore's do tend to go for pink, for some reason.

[Calilasseia]

Hmm. Do I really want a name colour change, knowing that this is associated with attention whoredom?

For the time being, I'm quite happy using my welcome thread as a means of finding out what's what around here, until the moment arises when it's time to start posting something serious. Mind you, I might have to place limits on that, because I've had people asking if my posts were a contributory factor to the crashing of the RDF server, and some of them were only half joking.

[AshtonBlack]

Also I think the custom rank (if you want a pic) is 100x25 pixels.

[Calilasseia]

Ah, that might impact upon my choice. Unless someone knows different of course.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Ah, that might impact upon my choice. Unless someone knows different of course.

The rank icon is separate from the forum rank. Ashton has both, as do several other people.