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Death_Wish wrote:

Check out this cool guide by JJRocker after reading this if you're not completely sure you understood it (It's more resumed  ).

So, random New Scratcher, before you make a new topic asking how to get rid of it, I'd recommend reading this.

Chapters:

1.) Why it's here
2.) How to get rid of it
3.) Things that will make you have less chances of getting rid of it
4.) For people that have been on for like 5 months and still aren't Scratchers

1: Why it's here
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There was once a day, a peaceful day, where not too many moderators were online. Then came quite a big wave of trolls posting images of very inappropriate stuff. Eventually, though, many moderators and Scratch Team members came, though, and deleted everything. Since then, the ST decided to put this rank, making people not be able to link, post images, etc. (And have to wait 180 seconds to prevent spamming without images or links, such as commercial spam).

2: How to get rid of it
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Be active on the forums, and the site. Truly, I don't think comments are very important, but posting a couple of projects would probably be a little boost. And by active on the forums, I don't mean posting 50 times will get you the rank. I mean, be active for a couple of weeks, if you post a lot every day, though in almost every case it'll take one month or more (Sometimes it's less, though. I'm not sure why, but people like 4lover got promoted in 2 days). And when I mean post a lot, I don't mean hundreds of "lolz" "roflcopterz!" "Cool story bro!" I mean, helpful comments. Welcome other New Scratchers, try helping out All About Scratch and Advanced Topics (If you understand enough to, of course). And also, if you have a question about Scratch, post it in All About Scratch. If it's about PHP, HTML, etc., post it in Advanced Topics. But as that isn't necessarily related, I'll go on to the next chapter.

3: Things that will make you have less chances of getting rid of it
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Posting a topic saying, "Can I be a Scratcher now?" would probably drop your chances of being a Scratcher soon down the drain. Just be patient. It isn't that bad though, you can post links like http://www.google.com, just not disguise it in text other than the link itself. Posting negative posts (And probably comments, too) is bad as well. For example, if somebody posts a project that isn't good, don't say "This sucks.". Give constructive criticism-And don't say stuff like "This sucks, I can make it better if you'd like." or "This sucks, you should add powerups.", put stuff like, "It's okay, but I think it'd be better if it had powerups.". Stuff like that. Also, never say bad words. And when I mean bad words, I mean some not-too bad words. I can't post them, of course, but even if you think it's not a bad word, think about it. People of 5 years old might be reading your post (Well, if they can read yet... Now that I think of it, make it 7, most 5 year olds don't go on the forums). And also, don't post stuff that has nothing to do with anything until you're a full Scratcher. For example, posting a Minecraft topic in New Scratchers, as you can't post in Miscellaneous, would be pretty bad.

4: For people that have been on for like 5 months and still aren't Scratchers
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Okay. You've been on for 5 months, and you posted like, 5 posts a month. "Why am I not a Scratcher?" you may ask. Well, it's simple-If somebody only posted 25 times, the Scratch Team wouldn't have found them and put them as a Scratcher, or can't trust them yet, as they've been very inactive. You'll probably have to have around 200-300 posts before being a Scratcher. I mean, it's not official, it could be more, it could be less, but that's what I'm estimating. So, if that happened, don't make a thread complaining. Just post some more, and the ST will notice you've been on the site for quite a while, and probably promote you.


And I guess that's that. If you have anything for me to add, please suggest. And any constructive criticism about the writing is greatly appreciated 

hey Im 7 I spend 50º/. of my spere time on scratch forums and I read chapter books at school and they are easy to read you are worng

I dont really understand this forum xD this is actually my first post. So yeah... lots to learn. It is going to be a very VERY long time before I'm not considered "new" anymore. Btw, how do you start a new topic?

Protostar wrote:

I dont really understand this forum xD this is actually my first post. So yeah... lots to learn. It is going to be a very VERY long time before I'm not considered "new" anymore. Btw, how do you start a new topic?

If you're active and helpful enough, it'll take around a month to be upgraded. And to start a new thread, simply go the forum you want to make it in, and in the top right (ish) of the screen, there'll be a "Make new thread" button. Click it, fill in the boxes, and you're done! 

Thank you very much for posting this! This really helped me! I was a little confused about why it  said,'New Scratcher' so thank you for making it clearer!

I have 600 posts and I am still a New Scratcher. 

RedRocker227 wrote:

fruitmanninja wrote:

I have 600 posts and I am still a New Scratcher. 

Don't worry, I'm sure you'll become one soon    You know, you're close to setting the record of having the most posts as a New Scratcher 

I think JimmyJermaine had 1000.

Here's my research into the matter:

You need 0 forum posts.
Waiting time is exactly 1 month
You need at least 3 projects(?)

On my old account I got Scratcher status before my first post, but I had put up a project (can't remember how many). With this account I got Scratcher status EXACTLY 1 month from my registration.

Ah, I see you guys are learning a little php!
That's awesome. But let's not talk too much about this on Scratch, ok? We don't want commercial spammers figuring out how to game us.

(They once had a page up on some spammer site explaining exactly how to game our old sig rules.)

camzie99 wrote:

I Love this it really helped me

Oh, I see you discovered transparent text. 

ProgrammingFreak wrote:

RedRocker227 wrote:

fruitmanninja wrote:

I have 600 posts and I am still a New Scratcher. 

Don't worry, I'm sure you'll become one soon    You know, you're close to setting the record of having the most posts as a New Scratcher 

I think JimmyJermaine had 1000.

Never heard of him XD

RedRocker227 wrote:

Liru wrote:

Here's my research into the matter:

You need 0 forum posts.
Waiting time is exactly 1 month
You need at least 3 projects(?)

On my old account I got Scratcher status before my first post, but I had put up a project (can't remember how many). With this account I got Scratcher status EXACTLY 1 month from my registration.

My old account (who I'm not gonna say because I was so nooby on it)

You had another account?!

@topic I always thought it was three, though. Hmm...

I just became a Scratcher! Thanks Scratch Team! 

SJRCS_011 wrote:

Lightnin wrote:

Ah, I see you guys are learning a little php!
That's awesome. But let's not talk too much about this on Scratch, ok? We don't want commercial spammers figuring out how to game us.

(They once had a page up on some spammer site explaining exactly how to game our old sig rules.)

Are we allowed to mention it on the wiki, or just keep it as is?

The first rule about the Scratcher's club is nobody speaks about the Scratcher's club...