Ub3r

Ub3r
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Type:	Upgrade

Introduction

The Hack Forums Ub3r upgrade is one of the second and final upgrades that members used to be able to achieve on their account, with the exceptions of the Mentor, Staff and Administrators positions. The Ub3r upgrade is an automated process which can be started by any member that meets the stated requirements.

This upgrade was added to the site on the 21st of December, 2009, however, on June, 2018, it was replaced by r00t. In March, 2019, Ub3r was brought back, although it was changed to be an upgrade that could only be purchased for a year, earning it it's current nickname "yearly Ub3r".

History

The benefits of upgrading to the Ub3r status are as follows:

• All L33t features.
• You are able to junk one of your threads every 24 hours.
• You are able to give out reputation from +3 to -3.
• You are able to have a maximum of 2500 private messages.
• Max Post Length setting is 18,000 characters
• Automatic Sapphire of Ub3r.
• Can view the banned member page, the 24h negative-reputation log page, the amount of posts a member has per section, the reputations given per member, the warnings (and reason) a member currently has and the current stickies around the forum.
• Special username color.
• Special ‘User Star’ color.
• Able to view members who are appearing offline.
• Can open and close their own threads.
• Special Userbar.
• Special Ub3r-Only sections.
• Can track Private Messages to see if they have been opened.
• Access to Trust Scan
• Access to Country Lock

Requirements

In an effort to reduce the amount of Ub3r applications and to make the group even more difficult to apply for, Omniscient set the following requirements for a user to apply for Ub3r:

• Must have at least 250 posts.
• Must have at least 25 reputation.
• Must be a member for at least 60 days.
• If denied, said user cannot apply again for 90 days (3 months, give or take).

In the past, even if an Ub3r applicant passed all these requirements, they would still be subject to a personal account review from Omniscient. This is no longer the case.

Current Status

Ub3r can currently be achieved by members who meet the requirements for a year, after which it must be purchased again.

Conditions of Upgrading

• Successfully passed all the requirements
• Not to abuse the Reputation feature.
• An Ub3r upgrade can only be gifted to another user by another Ub3r.
• You must use real information.
• You are not allowed to refund/chargeback the payment, or your account will be closed and your personal information used in purchasing the upgrade disclosed.

Removal of Ub3r

When some members have done something which the administration team does not feel represents the Ub3r group in a positive manner, they may remove the user from the Ub3r group, returning them to the L33t group. When this happens they are stripped of the latter abilities (including userbar & name color) and only have the abilities of a L33t member. Some members have been allowed to upgrade to Ub3r again, and some have not.

If a member is demoted to L33t and they have over the 1500 Private Messages allocated with the L33t upgrade, they are unable to accept any more PM's until their box is cleared.