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Levels vs. Fame vs. Skill

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Introduction

I've wanted to write something like this for a while now, and it's been on my mind pretty much since I joined PMC. I have just been a little busy lately. Levels, fame (by this, I mean the fame of the person, not their submissions), and skill are often lumped together, and they often do roughly mean the same thing, but there are exceptions. There could be high-level people out there that actually make terrible skins, or a little-known highly-skilled blogger at level 3. Their level doesn't reflect their skill (and I wouldn't expect it to), but most people would look at their forum posts, for example, and assume something wrong.

Levels

This one has particularly been bugging me. For starters, level does not technically reflect skill, because if it did, that would require either some kind of incredibly elaborate system that could be easily fooled, or a staff member to rate each new submission, which would be both biased and time-consuming. Also, like I said before, level does not reflect fame, because there is simply no easy way to track how many members know another member. Look at Furry, for example: level 1, but high-quality submissions (drafted) and who doesn't know her? "Levelism" is the assumption that a low-level member is a noob at PMC. Havingfun_ISKEY, for example, doesn't allow anyone below level 10 to request a skin. So you wouldn't let Furry request a skin? Huh? (That last bit was just a joke, I don't mean to offend or attack the Queen of Blogging. She has stated in the comments below that the rule is flexible and if it's someone she knows is awesome despite their level, she'll gladly accept them)

Fame

There is a big difference between being well-known on PMC and being a content creator on PMC. I've already talked about Furry, but let's talk about perhaps the most known member of PMC: yoda473 Paril. Yeah, if you don't know who that is, you need to get out more. But what's this? Paril isn't in the top 50 highest-level members? Okay, so you probably know the top three or so, but what about some of the others? These people have worked hard at their submissions, producing quality work and reaping in the diamonds, but yet, somehow, you've never heard of them? Unfortunately, their time has been and gone. And then you have members like Chron and Havingfun_ISKEY (yup, picking on her again xD) who are really well known right now for their submissions, but are less than half their level. Newbies don't usually recognise the difference, so they assume the higher-level members are the more active and well-known ones.

Skill

I have seen so many unappreciated members of this site. People who create amazing things in Minecraft or draw beautifully, and yet they are as invisible as a member that joined yesterday (they may also be a member that joined yesterday). They may even be accused for plagiarism just because they are new. But some people do come to this site with a lot of experience. For example, if you asked me what my favourite adventure map of all time was, I would tell you, "Limbo: Chapter 1". You've never heard of Ekkra? The map is amazing: better than the likes of Herobrine's Mansion and the Dropper, in my opinion. I'm not going to ramble on about it - I already did that in another one of my blogs - but let me tell you, it's great. There are probably many other examples out there, but that's the thing: if I knew a lot of examples, they wouldn't make very good examples, would they?

So, this is where my blog ends. Level does not necessarily reflect skill or fame, and vice versa. So next time you see a level 1 member on the chat room, don't immediately judge. You don't know how good or well-known they are until you check out their profile. Before you comment, remember that this is just my opinion, and I didn't mean to offend anyone in this. Feel free to post your own opinion and constructive criticism in the comments below. Have a nice day! :)
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Update #1 : by yoda473 03/10/2016 1:59:07 amMar 10th, 2016

Added disclaimer for Havingfun_ISKEY and re-worded some of it to lessen the name-drops

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04/23/2016 9:26 pm
Level 28 : Expert Geek
Histor the Noob
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I couldn't agree less with this!
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04/07/2016 9:18 pm
Level 29 : Expert Ranger
Soybeam
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Fame
-------- ----> Nubs always have the highest rank........
Skill
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03/10/2016 4:46 pm
Level 62 : High Grandmaster Engineer
ManOnTheM00ns
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I agree with this so much, I can't say I am a low level or that my posts are nearly the greatest on pmc but I see builders, skinner, texture producers, mod makers, bloggers, who are so skilled but remain unseen due to level especially. Absolutely beautiful post, great job.
You just got another sub :)
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03/11/2016 12:21 am
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yoda473
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Thanks! Your builds are awesome and your level is accurate to your skill, I love Teslur.
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03/10/2016 1:50 am
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yoda473
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Thank you so much for all the feedback everyone! I logged on to PMC yesterday and was kinda shocked to find twelve notifications, and then seven today, all on this blog. xD
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03/09/2016 10:57 pm
Level 52 : Grandmaster Zombie
asixn
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My level to my friend : over 9000
my level to me : I need a life

fame to my friend : UGH WHY CANT I BE FAMOUS LIKE YOU
fame to me : if I was famous, I'd be making it rain -woah no real names-

skills to me : wow - woah no real names ppl-, your really skilled!
Skills to me : mhm. I'm literally invisible in case you didn't know

Level, fame, and skills to me : I could care less
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03/10/2016 1:47 am
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yoda473
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Haha, who's your friend? Is he/she on PMC?
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03/10/2016 6:04 am
Level 52 : Grandmaster Zombie
asixn
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I can't say her real name, but I made an account for her that's currently inactive called LuckySenpaiii
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03/11/2016 12:17 am
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yoda473
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Welp, you just earned her a sub. :)
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03/11/2016 6:42 am
Level 52 : Grandmaster Zombie
asixn
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Yyaaayy. Congrats to her!
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