Kuuki Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Well, as Lynky Wynky PMed me, I got this nice 'Forum Vet' tag here, and given a reason: Aresener ^_^ I actually got two questions on this: 1: Like this award and the other ones that can be given, as I'm sure the Admin and S Mod's are working on still, is there like a full list coming on what the other various awards are? and 2: The 'Forum Veteran' thing, where Lynk made mention that, well, I AM the Minister of Silly Walks in those parts , could there be a sub structure on that award? I.E. it normally shows in post that the user is a forum vet, but in their profile it can show what forum or forums or even what particular common past-time that said user is part of? (For instance, give a forum vet award to someone who has gone through an entire year posting in the 1yr thread over at XWA?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 I've been thinking about those kinds of awards too, Scar... 1. We'll have plenty of other kinds of awards posted up soon... it's just that we gotta give the current awards out to everyone and it takes time. It also takes time to make the icons and such and think up good awards to have listed, etc... 2. This thought has crossed my mind too... I'll see what I can do.... but part of what you're asking may require some technical stuff... right now we're only able to manually give out awards. If there is a way to automatically give awards to those who have a certain amount of posts in a particular forum... I guess stoffe and/or tk could help you there XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderWiggin Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 I just want to tell Lynk &the rest of the staff how great they look... One thing though, they're big enough that if someone gets five they'll start not to fit. What will we do then? _EW_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuuki Posted February 8, 2009 Author Share Posted February 8, 2009 yeah, I was looking at a few other people's awards, I saw a Forum Vet one that had a reason like: 'It wouldn't be LucasForums without you.' If you guys can make that type of 'sub structure' award, that not only should it be automatic, but also make it available to be made where awards can be given out manually. I mean, like for instances like above [edit] After reading your post EW, I'm not sure how to change that, i guess thats upto who ever likes to tinker and redesign everything *glances at Lynk* but how about pulling a page out of the Military Handbook for labeling multiple awards for the same type, i.e. adding a bronze star for every additional award of that type, and add a star to replace the bronze ones for every 5 accumulated awards? [edit2]and for stuff like 'forum contributor' you can add special marks, like the gun qual ribbons in the military, where you have a 'base' qual is just being qualified for that type, but then there is expert and sharpshooter. basically would equate to exactly how anal one would be in 'contributing' to the forums Lynk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 I just want to tell Lynk &the rest of the staff how great they look... One thing though, they're big enough that if someone gets five they'll start not to fit. What will we do then? _EW_ I believe once a user gets more than 4 or 5 awards it will only show the most current awards, and all of a user's awards are listed on the awards tab in your profile page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Though to be honest, I hope someone can come up with a way where it lets you choose upto 4-5 awards you can "stick" as the awards you want to show on your postbits instead of the last 4-5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZBomber Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Now, this award I received, will it help increase the current flow of ladies (0) to an even larger number (1)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Nine Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 We are still running tests on this, we will let you know as soon as we have results. ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serpentine Cougar Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 They look cool; nice job, guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Jones Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 You guys won't ever stop to find great new ways to kill bandwidth and server space with, will you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 lf should be a text-only dial-in bbs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth InSidious Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 lf should be a text-only dial-in bbs In cuneiform >:| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 THIS IS AMERICA JACK, AND FURTHERMORE, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leXX Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Now, this award I received, will it help increase the current flow of ladies (0) to an even larger number (1)? Well I'm more attracted to you already. <.< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Now, this award I received, will it help increase the current flow of ladies (0) to an even larger number (1)? Be glad someone rememebered you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 MAGICAL GIRL AWARD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kjølen Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 While I like the idea, will old awards be replaced when they become insignificant or built upon? Like "Notable Contributor" to "Significant Contributor" to "Massive Contributor" depending on how many things they've done/won? Also, "10 Year Veteran" should replace the regular "Veteran" if you ask me. I personally think that the awards should be scarce. Everyone shouldn't get one simply for existing, like elementary school stickers. They'd seem more impressive that way. I'd suggest combining the "Contest Awards - Fanfiction" with "Notable Contributors" and such. Just my rambling. I don't want this potentially great idea to become another LF Store name-glow mishap. Otherwise, me rikey-rikey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da_man Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 So what sort of awards can we get? Haven't seen a list of what awards are available around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 So what sort of awards can we get? Haven't seen a list of what awards are available around here.List is located at http://www.lucasforums.com/awards.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astor Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I agree with others - I like the idea, and feel that those who have made notable contributions to LF should be recognised, as should those who wins contests, etc, but i'm concerned that it may lead to big-headedness - I certainly don't want to hear about how awesome a person is because they have one. Are there measures in place to prevent that? (I hope that people don't think this as petty, it seems like a valid point) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 We're tweaking the system as we speak... We're no longer calling them "Awards" now... they're now known as "Badges"... just little notes about a member. We'll try to get a balanced system going, it won't be 100% perfect but we'll try to get the bugs ironed out in all aspects of the system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igyman Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Well, I like the idea, even though it's not the final version. Basically, as I see it, you need to do one of two things regarding award, or badge types: 1) make more precise categories (for example, if there's a fan-fiction contest award, there should probably be a fan-art contest award too, since art is also accepted, at least at Javyar's), or 2) make more general categories (for example, as some suggested merge the contest winner categories with the notable contributor category). I do agree that the staff member award/badge seems kind of redundant, seeing how both current and retired staff members are easily recognizable and respected for their status by most, if not all members (another option is to simply limit it to retired staff members as a form of "thank you for your long service" plaque). I agree that the veteran awards shouldn't be given based on the number of posts, as it could cause spamming problems. I do think, however, that the criterion for the veteran award/badge should be more clear and the same for everyone (perhaps a good solution is to put the number of years a person has been a member as a criterion as it's more objective and makes it easier to give the badge automatically, if at all possible) As for winning the same award over and over, my suggestion is to, if possible, define a quantity column in the awards/badges profile tab, or to limit the award category as one-per-member (meaning one member can't win the same award type more than once). The third option is to keep it as is - when someone wins one more award of the same type the mods add another item to the "reason for the award" list. Though this option might prove overwhelming for the mods as they have better things to do than spend time editing and adding awards. Considering this, there might (or might not) be a need for a special moderator category - award moderator, which would be people who would solely be in charge of maintaining the award/badge system (giving out, editing awards, etc). That's about all I've got when it comes to constructive suggestions. I hope it helps at least a little. As for anything else, I can only offer to help out with the award/badge pictures, as I'm very skilled with Photoshop, but I hear you have that covered (the offer stands, though, if the need arises). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiE23 Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I'm game for anything that can help build up my e-peen. *Crosses fingers for something* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikinor Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 MAGICAL GIRL AWARD That should be the best of the best award. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
True_Avery Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 We're doing another overhaul to the system soon, and we need some ideas. Things like: "You have received a badge for having 500 people post in a thread made by you" stuff. So, any ideas? The staff pool of ideas is beginning to run dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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