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amishprn86 Archon

Posts : 4313 Join date : 2014-10-04 Location : Ohio
 | Subject: Ranks? What? Fri Jul 07 2017, 15:28 | |
| I literally been here in TheDarkCity for 3years and just notice we all have ranks (most forums do).
What are the ranks in order? or is there a post about them? lol _________________ New to Blogging, just starting https://maddpaint.blogspot.com/
Harlequins 5k+ Dark Eldar 10k+ AoS: BoC 8k, CoS 3k
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Count Adhemar Dark Lord of Granbretan

Posts : 7333 Join date : 2012-04-26 Location : London
 | Subject: Re: Ranks? What? Fri Jul 07 2017, 15:34 | |
| Rank and number of posts needed to achieve it are: Slave 1 Hellion 25 Kabalite Warrior 100 Sybarite 250 Wych 500 Hekatrix 1000 Incubi 1500 Klaivex 2000 Trueborn 2500 Dracon 3000 Archon 3500 _________________ You have been weighed, you have been measured, and you have been found wanting. In what world could you possibly beat me? | |
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amishprn86 Archon

Posts : 4313 Join date : 2014-10-04 Location : Ohio
 | Subject: Re: Ranks? What? Fri Jul 07 2017, 15:42 | |
| Ah snap! didnt know that lol, i thought it was for the mods and new members for a while then i saw mine was different. _________________ New to Blogging, just starting https://maddpaint.blogspot.com/
Harlequins 5k+ Dark Eldar 10k+ AoS: BoC 8k, CoS 3k
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ncshooter426 Hellion

Posts : 35 Join date : 2017-02-20
 | Subject: Re: Ranks? What? Fri Jul 07 2017, 18:01 | |
| Yay slave! _________________ ================ + Drukari WIP + Sisters of Battle (since 1997 baby!) + Necrons are coming 2017 + Sons of Medusa WIP ================
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trumoi Slave

Posts : 22 Join date : 2017-06-21 Location : GTA
 | Subject: Re: Ranks? What? Fri Jul 07 2017, 19:08 | |
| I've seen one or two users with "Helliarch", how'd they get that one? | |
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Squidmaster Klaivex

Posts : 2092 Join date : 2013-12-18 Location : Hampshire, England
 | Subject: Re: Ranks? What? Fri Jul 07 2017, 19:32 | |
| Can't tell you how glad I was to get out of the Wych themed titles..... | |
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Count Adhemar Dark Lord of Granbretan

Posts : 7333 Join date : 2012-04-26 Location : London
 | Subject: Re: Ranks? What? Fri Jul 07 2017, 20:27 | |
| - @trumoi wrote:
- I've seen one or two users with "Helliarch", how'd they get that one?
Some people have custom titles, generally through winning a competition. _________________ You have been weighed, you have been measured, and you have been found wanting. In what world could you possibly beat me? | |
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Mppqlmd Incubi

Posts : 1844 Join date : 2017-07-05
 | Subject: Re: Ranks? What? Fri Jul 07 2017, 20:29 | |
| - @trumoi wrote:
- I've seen one or two users with "Helliarch", how'd they get that one?
I think contributors to the forum's financial existence also recieve a title ? Might be that ? | |
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Count Adhemar Dark Lord of Granbretan

Posts : 7333 Join date : 2012-04-26 Location : London
 | Subject: Re: Ranks? What? Fri Jul 07 2017, 20:52 | |
| Could be! _________________ You have been weighed, you have been measured, and you have been found wanting. In what world could you possibly beat me? | |
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Evil Space Elves Haemonculus Ancient

Posts : 3717 Join date : 2011-07-13 Location : Santa Cruz, ca
 | Subject: Re: Ranks? What? Fri Jul 07 2017, 23:28 | |
| - @Count Adhemar wrote:
- @trumoi wrote:
- I've seen one or two users with "Helliarch", how'd they get that one?
Some people have custom titles, generally through winning a competition. Or being awesome.  | |
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amishprn86 Archon

Posts : 4313 Join date : 2014-10-04 Location : Ohio
 | Subject: Re: Ranks? What? Fri Jul 07 2017, 23:38 | |
| hahaha lol _________________ New to Blogging, just starting https://maddpaint.blogspot.com/
Harlequins 5k+ Dark Eldar 10k+ AoS: BoC 8k, CoS 3k
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PFI Kabalite Warrior

Posts : 206 Join date : 2017-02-12
 | Subject: Re: Ranks? What? Sat Jul 08 2017, 03:57 | |
| I think I'll be a slave forever, but I'm ok with that. | |
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Keast Kannegaard Hellion

Posts : 71 Join date : 2017-02-15
 | Subject: Re: Ranks? What? Sat Jul 08 2017, 08:08 | |
| You are 2 posts away from Hellion?  | |
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Kinnay Wych

Posts : 625 Join date : 2011-06-06 Location : Hamburg, Germany
 | Subject: Re: Ranks? What? Sat Jul 08 2017, 10:06 | |
| Might I add that "Incubi" is plural, while its singular form is "Incubus"? Something that has always annoyed me.  Likewise, "Succubi" and "Haemonculi" are all plural forms as well and should be written in their "-us" forms when referring to an individual. Off-topic bonus: - The plural of "Carnifex", "Haruspex", (and everything that ends in -ex), but also "Hekatrix" is formed with "-ices", so: "Carnifices", "Haruspices", "Hekatrices". (Usually the plural of "Codex" is "Codices" as well, but in English people tend to say "Codexes".) - The plural of "Talos" and "Cronos" is "Taloi" and "Cronoi". - The often used "41st millenia" is wrong as well, as "millenia" is plural and "millenium" is singular. /linguistic rant _________________ Visit my project log [last update: February 10th]: The Ebon Fire | |
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Mppqlmd Incubi

Posts : 1844 Join date : 2017-07-05
 | Subject: Re: Ranks? What? Sat Jul 08 2017, 14:48 | |
| - @Kinnay wrote:
- Might I add that "Incubi" is plural, while its singular form is "Incubus"?
You could always consider that Dark Eldars are just an italian mafia, and decline it "Incubo" "Incubi". For the rest of your rant, fellow linguist, i can only approve and applaud. | |
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Logan Frost Sybarite

Posts : 465 Join date : 2016-01-25
 | Subject: Re: Ranks? What? Sat Jul 08 2017, 16:11 | |
| Also linguistic: Why most titles are of Latin etymological origin while Talos and chronos are Greek? | |
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Mppqlmd Incubi

Posts : 1844 Join date : 2017-07-05
 | Subject: Re: Ranks? What? Sat Jul 08 2017, 16:17 | |
| - @Logan Frost wrote:
- Also linguistic:
Why most titles are of Latin etymological origin while Talos and chronos are Greek? Because those units are somewhat of a mythological reference I wonder why they never made an Ouranos Engine. The electric engine. Could have been fun, a flying MC crapping loads of haywire shots. | |
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Kinnay Wych

Posts : 625 Join date : 2011-06-06 Location : Hamburg, Germany
 | Subject: Re: Ranks? What? Sat Jul 08 2017, 16:26 | |
| @Mppqlmd: That could very well be, but "Incubi" would still be the wrong name for an individual warrior.  And great to know there are other llinguists around here. Do you specialize in anything particular? I do in etymology, typology and general phonology.  @Logan Frost: Well, "Archon" (ruler), "Sybarite" (citizen of Sybaris, later synonimous to "hedonist"/"voluptuary") and arguably "Dracon" (dragon), too, are Ancient Greek as well. The reason? I guess because it just sounds cool, simple as that.  _________________ Visit my project log [last update: February 10th]: The Ebon Fire | |
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Logan Frost Sybarite

Posts : 465 Join date : 2016-01-25
 | Subject: Re: Ranks? What? Sat Jul 08 2017, 17:16 | |
| @Kinnay Draco is Latin for dragon, yet Draco was a Greek legislator, from which the term 'draconic' derives, possibly used with Archon to follow the Eldar Greek naming style (Autarch, Exarch). I have a passion for linguistics, but is not my field of study, also I'm Italian so Latin is almost my second language. | |
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Kinnay Wych

Posts : 625 Join date : 2011-06-06 Location : Hamburg, Germany
 | Subject: Re: Ranks? What? Sat Jul 08 2017, 17:38 | |
| However the indeed latin term "draco" is derived from the Ancient Greek word "drakōn" for "serpent", which is why I've written "and arguably Dracon" in my initial reply.  But yes, gotta love some linguistics. There are worse interests to have! (E l'italiano è la lingua più bella del mondo, secondo me. Vorrei tanto sapere parlarla fluentemente! Mi sono assolutamente innamorato con tutta la cultura italiana e sono un po' invidioso di tutti gli italiani.  ) _________________ Visit my project log [last update: February 10th]: The Ebon Fire | |
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Logan Frost Sybarite

Posts : 465 Join date : 2016-01-25
 | Subject: Re: Ranks? What? Sat Jul 08 2017, 18:06 | |
| Surely you can write it fluently. It's not easy to write in Italian like you did. You could almost pass for a native speaker if not for 'sapere parlarla ', in the impersonal indicative form it would be 'saperla parlare', Italian grammar is hell (I had to Google the exact name of the conjugation  ) But we are derailing the thread hard. | |
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Mppqlmd Incubi

Posts : 1844 Join date : 2017-07-05
 | Subject: Re: Ranks? What? Sat Jul 08 2017, 18:37 | |
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Imateria Wych

Posts : 510 Join date : 2016-02-06 Location : Birmingham
 | Subject: Re: Ranks? What? Sat Jul 08 2017, 23:27 | |
| Haemonculus is also greek, seems to be a common theme amongst the Dark Eldar. | |
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Sarkesian Kabalite Warrior

Posts : 223 Join date : 2016-01-12 Location : Utah
 | Subject: Re: Ranks? What? Sun Jul 09 2017, 01:01 | |
| Aren't the translations for each army derived from the Imperium, which is based around Greek/Latin? I wonder what the Drukhari translations would be. They at least gave us that name to work with, no longer the name the Imperium calls us. | |
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Sslyth Hellion

Posts : 33 Join date : 2017-05-23
 | Subject: Re: Ranks? What? Sun Jul 09 2017, 01:37 | |
| After reading the second post I was about to go on a linguistic crusade when I realized that everything was already taken care of. I'm starting to like this forum  | |
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