Hey what is goign on now i see a picture of some, soon to be dead looking, guy under my name when I post?

Do you mean "the magister" Like mine says manshoon? If that is what you mean... then I shall answer!

That is your rank. As you post more uh... posts ( ;) ) you get higher in rank... you hit magister when you posted 100 times... you will hit manshoon when you post 150 and so on and so on. I don't know all of the ranks or the interval between them all, but there are alot! So, in conclution, the more you post the better rank you get, and the cooler you rank becomes, and the more people look up to you.

There! Hope that helped!

But what exactly is The Magister?

Who knows what the magister is. To me, he looks like a psionic.

Magister is an old medieval term for a Professor. It's been acquired in very recent years and thrown into the hopper as a sort of generic leader type for magical AD&D nonsense, probably because of confusing "magic" with "magisterial." Very long ago, both words came from the same root--Magi or Magians, the Zoroastrian religion that is regarded as the first monotheistic belief system of note. The later Muslims who converted (often, forcibly) the Magians of the MidEast demonized the religion, regarding Magians as infernal spell-users who had made contracts with the devil, Iblis. Hence, Magians become synonymous with spellcasting (magic) and all-encompassing knowledge (magisterial).

Well, you did ask. ;)

The True question here is: What ia a manshoon? I am dutch and though I consider myself to be speaking fairly good english I have never heard of this (or him) (or her) before.

Manshoon is a Forgotten Realms villain, high-up in the Zhentarim, all-around kickass character.

Yeah he is pretty cool. There was a link to a site about him, or a site with a quick description.... but I don't remember where it is on the forum... mayhap someone else does?

BTW, you can click on "Rules and Regulations" at the top of the screen, and it will tell you all the ranks. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Thanx for the info guys!

BTW: Sir Mandorallen; I saw your sig. You don't happen to be Tim the Enchanter who posted under that name at the old Developer's Corner from BG1? If so we have met a few times in the old days [img]smile.gif[/img]