Re: The First Ten Perl Monks

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I recall seeing mention that both Vroom and merlyn received bonus XP for "services rendered". merlyn's bonus was subsequently removed after some protest from other monks. I've done some Super Searching, but can't find any evidence to back up this story so it could be, to quote herveus, "a peanut-laden steaming three-coiler".

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Re^2: The First Ten Perl Monks (vroom gives himself a million XP) by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Nov 30, 2014 at 02:26 UTC
Stumbled upon this reply by chromatic to princepawn which says: vroom gave himself a million XP, when some people started getting close to his natural level. I don't have a problem with that, either. I think he's done a wonderful job on taking a complex piece of software, extending it to meet his vision, and keeping it running ... vroom started this site, he took a good idea and made it real. His job is to keep it running, and his company foots the bills. Yes, it's the content from users that attracts and retains new people, but your overinflated claims of tyranny and injustice ring rather hollow. Update: Super Search found some more links: RE: Saints: # of writeups vs. XPs by turnstep Should Perl Gurus (Wall,Schwartz,Christiansen et al) receive mega XP based on who they are? poll by vroom RE: Ability VS Site Contribution by davorg (suggests merlyn was given one million XP after he was seen frequenting this site) Re: Re: Chapter 714: The Long Chapter by turnstep (states that merlyn started with one million XP but asked for it to be removed) (jeffa) RE: RE: Monastery Mores by jeffa (states that merlyn asked for his mega XP to be removed) Re: Who are the bishops? by moritz Re: Who pays Larry Wall? by ambrus Re: Mega XP ??????????? by SuicideJunkie Shadow Conspiracies, Experience and General PM mayhem by vroom Voting and XP SuperSearch by ybiC Update: Yikes, I just noticed -- presumably to balance the books following the one million XP gift to vroom -- that Perl Monk antivroom has XP in excess of *minus* one million (-1,002,949 as I write this)!	[reply]
Re^3: The First Ten Perl Monks by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Nov 30, 2014 at 02:41 UTC
Yawn!	[reply]
Re^2: The First Ten Perl Monks by Anonymous Monk on Nov 17, 2014 at 10:17 UTC
but can't find any evidence to back up this story well, IIRC, merlyn said it, vroom said it (and Corion repeated it), vroom(or Corion or ar0n) also explained how early on in the codebase someone needed to have the most XP :) ... yes, these are my recollections of the early days of 2001-2002 ... tye has a better memory :)	[reply]
Re^3: The First Ten Perl Monks (evidence) by tye (Sage) on Nov 17, 2014 at 18:33 UTC
I don't actually remember any details about this (just that there was an award and, quite a bit later, a reversal of it). But RE: Saints: # of writeups vs. XPs says it was 1 million and Gratz Merlyn! shows that the award was retracted. - tye	[reply]
Re^2: The First Ten Perl Monks by herveus (Prior) on Nov 19, 2014 at 15:14 UTC
Howdy! One's words resurface in interesting ways... yours, Michael	[reply]

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