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[Darth333]

The other thing is the ability to change one's own title. While I have no desire currently to change the custom title I made for myself I would like to be able to edit it again. I hope I'm not going to have to rearn all of those posts again just for that feature.

You should be able to change your title in your user CP>Edit profile.

 

Lion54: the rankings will come back. It's just that for now the priority is bugfixing. Candy will come in due time

[Bob Lion54]

I agree with stoffe, too.

That's why I used quotations on "earn."

I just thought it might be more interesting then 1000 post as the only benchmark.

That and some of the other rewards could make the forums a bit cleaner.

I figure by a certain number of post, people will have a general feel for the forums. Most people that have sigs that are really long tend to be newer. Some places might not care, but LF is a lot more organized and user friendly than alot of other sites.

 

Thing is, I would prefer a way to reward quality over quantity. In terms of Holowan, people with less than 1000 post but have help the community grow should be rewarded. stoffe, for example, has greatly helped the advancement of modding Kotor. Not to mention he/she is always willing to give a helping hand to the "lost."Unfortunatly, unless the modderators want to rate every post and member for rewards, it looks like LF is going to have to stick with the post number as a way to give out "goodies."

 

Lion54: the rankings will come back. It's just that for now the priority is bugfixing. Candy will come in due time

 

I thought I remembered someone saying they would be back. To be honest, I have't noticed that many. A few minor bugs, but nothing to bad. The staff did a really great job with the move.

[TheOssusKeeper]

i agree with Stoffe as well, quality over quantity... some people can be members for years and still not get the amount of posts they need to change the title and glow thingies... like me, although i haven't been a member a real long time, i had well over 100 posts and and when the new system went in effect i lost everything and had to start over from stratch... and that was without spamming, i don't get to be on here very often, so i have few posts, which leads me back to the same point Stoffe had quality over quantity... but thats just IMHO

[Darth333]

err..but that's kind of impossible to implement and it could create problems between members and with the moderators.

 

First, this would be a lot of work for moderators and admins as a computer cannot weight the quatlity of posts.

 

Second, I don't think titles should be awarded only to a very few who made very exceptional contributions. We need a bit of everything, including humor, on the boards to make it fun.

 

Just imagining all the PMs saying "why him and not me..." makes me feel

 

On the other hand, when you see some inapropriate posts/threads, spam, etc, you can contact the moderators by clicking on the yellow button below each avatar and we will look at the situation

[tk102]

Just imagining all the PMs saying "why him and not me..." makes me feel

Aww... but with great power comes great responsibility.

[stoffe]

err..but that's kind of impossible to implement and it could create problems between members and with the moderators.

 

First, this would be a lot of work for moderators and admins as a computer cannot weight the quatlity of posts.

 

Agreed to that, it would be a terrible amount of work for something that isn't all that meaningful. That effort is better spent on something else. Forum posting isn't a contest after all.

 

I wasn't suggesting that the current system should change. I was merely pointing out that awarding some people bonuses with post count as the only qualifier sometimes has a tendency to lead to pointless spam (of the non-humorous, non-community forging variety, posted for no purpose but to increase the post counter). While arbitrary "rewards" has its own set of problems, breeding bad blood, as you said.

 

Personally it doesn't bother me one bit to be a Registered User, getting a getting a fancy line of text below my name is hardly the reason I visit these forums after all.

 

In terms of Holowan, people with less than 1000 post but have help the community grow should be rewarded. stoffe, for example, has greatly helped the advancement of modding Kotor. Not to mention he/she is always willing to give a helping hand to the "lost".

Uh, me? Have I done something that would deserve special recognition? I'm just answering questions when someone asks about something I happen to know something about, and occasionally post when I have created something in Holowan. Nothing different from what most of the regulars there do. Don't see what would be so special with that.

[General Kenobi]

By Darth333:

Second, I don't think titles should be awarded only to a very few who made very exceptional contributions.

 

I agree totally D333! Our poor moderators would be bombarded with PM's like you said. Besides who's to say Stoffe's or ChAiNz posts are "better" than Svösh's or T7Nowhere's anywho?

 

Our moderators have enough to do already as is...lol "work..work...work"...lol

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Since it is the "feedback" thread I do think all you gals/guys that moderate on the forums do a very good job. I've read through some forums out there and I was shocked! All the cursing and fighting going on in most every thread in every forum and no one actually discussing how to do something modding wise.

 

That's the reason I do like posting/helping out with info/ and all the rest on Lucasforums is it is simply a calm point the forum storm.

 

I think the main reason that Lucasforums (in particular to Holowan and others) is so successful I think is directly related to the friendliness, helpfulness of most of the people who've been around for awhile helping others. Also, it is the most informative "learning site" for modding a game I've ever seen. All kinds of organization in the tutorials and the like all to help the newbie learn to mod I think is simply wonderful.

 

HOWEVER

Personally for my own tastes I DO NOT LIKE the multi-split Holowan now.

It was handy for me at least to be able to view all of the relivant threads to modding in one forum. To be quite honest I think if you get in the habbit of posting in one you most times stay in one.

 

I think it also cuts down on feedback for mods/mod ideas because most casual posties will only go to the newly released mods forum and check that to see whats up. That I think also is sorta annoying to have to have one thread for a W.I.P on a mod then another to release it because your gonna have bug fixes and such in the release thread and possibly in the original W.I.P. thread. If you'd release a Beta in your W.I.P. it would be 2 threads talking about bugs for the same mod.

 

I love the idea of a detailed kotor and tsl walkthrough. Maybe you guys and gals on the staff of StarWarsKnights.com could collaborate with the folks who did http://www.gamebanshee.com/starwarskotorii/walkthrough.php KILLER walkthrough that I've used a bunch in the beginning.

 

Anywho GREAT JOB!!!!! to the staff of both LucasForums & StarWarsKnights

 

General Kenobi

[General Kenobi]

Uh, me? Have I done something that would deserve special recognition? I'm just answering questions when someone asks about something I happen to know something about, and occasionally post when I have created something in Holowan. Nothing different from what most of the regulars there do. Don't see what would be so special with that.

In response to Stoffe's above question on why you?

Stoffe the reason why people remember you and single you out is simply your a very good modder who is nice enough to try to help others and is very knowledgable in all types of scripting modding stuff. I remember you explained out in detail the contents of the appearance.2da one night in a thread. I copied it and it helped me directly to learn what all those columns were for. People remember the helpful and kind; both of which you are.