The Escapist: Now With Badges!

[Virgil]

And because they are not solely a function of how many posts you have (200 in a week is normal and stupid) they should add to the community.

We tried to pick ones that would encourage people to behave positively. Hence, no post count badges, or number of threads started, etc

 

[mark_n_b]

Badge Bug: Descriptor appears underneath flash ads.

Edit: I apologize to the staff, I know you knew about it when I posted this thread, but I missed the posts in my quick read of the lengthy thread... it happens on the longer ones.

 

[Thais]

The badges are awesome! If they sort out the minor bugs that seem to have sneaked under the radar they'll be even better. Perhaps you (admins) could give negative badges? Something to remind a person that they suck. Like "Forum troll" if they continue to be a troll or "Acheivement whore" if they beg for a badge?

Why would you present a badge for "suck"?

 

[the monopoly guy]

And then we'd have to change our name to SomethingAwful ohyeahIwentthere!

LMAO. Glad to know I'm not the only one who thinks SA(not you ) isn't the bastion of great minds and fair deals it's held up to be.

Well, the clue's in the name.

You'd be surprised the amount of people who hold up 4chan and SA as the only things bright and original on the web because they created LOLCATS.

Usually they just seem to be full of unemployed photoshoppers looking to shock.

Who's Something Awful...?

Can badges be taken away?

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Something Awful is a site that deliberately creates 'shock' 'art'. It's where the Goon Squad (EVE) originates. Basically, if you have a weak stomach, don't go there.

I don't see how badges could be taken away (as they're based on achievements, but I'd be careful nonetheless)

 

[Susan Arendt]

Badges can absolutely be taken away. Remember, not all badges will be awarded for automatic actions, like making friends or posting in a certain number of forums.

For example, anyone caught cheating (or is suspected of) in the GamerLympics will be stripped of their medals, which are badges.

We're not just going to yank stuff at random because we're bored, however. You'll have to do something pretty boneheaded to rate that kind of punishment. You likely know better.

 

[GoblinOnFire]

Badges....WE DON'T NEED NO STINKING BADGES!

Where is that quote from anyway? (the real one, not Ace Ventura or that Weird Al movie)

Alright! Badges! Let's get some more! Still no avatar, though.. can't seem to get mine to show up...

 

[Anton P. Nym]

Badges....WE DON'T NEED NO STINKING BADGES!

Where is that quote from anyway? (the real one, not Ace Ventura or that Weird Al movie)

An old Bogart movie, "Treasure of the Sierra Madre". Bogie and friends go to into the Sierra Madre mountains to mine gold in the Depression; the line quoted is by a Mexican "police officer" after being asked for his credentials before our intrepid miners let him and his "posse" into the camp.

-- Steve

 

[Conqueror Kenny]

What about having a "User of the week." every week the lovely staff/mods pick one user that has shone above the rest bases on there own unknown fields of judgement. Then give said user a badge for achieving this.

 

[GenHellspawn]

So if I understand correctly, the badges are shown on how recent they are, correct?

So why is creating a user profile more recent than creating a topic with more than 10,000 views?

 

[Anton P. Nym]

So if I understand correctly, the badges are shown on how recent they are, correct?

So why is creating a user profile more recent than creating a topic with more than 10,000 views?

At a guess, because the "topic" badge was turned on earlier today than the "profile" one. After all, the system's new; I doubt it can go back in time and track *when* the forum achievement happened... just when the new system awarded it.

-- Steve

 

[Virgil]

Fun, fun, fun. I don't really like the way it makes each post longer - it makes everything a less short and snappy than it was. But I do like collecting things.

I you don't want the clutter, you can disable the badges from appearing on forum posts in your forum options [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/profiles/forum_options]. You'll need to log out and back in for the change to take immediate effect though, otherwise it'll take a few.

some of these badges are a little...unnecesary. Like adding friends and setting and avatar. It's the forum equivilent of "acid reflex"

Some are simple on purpose, to encourage people to do things. Like setting avatars, and filling out profile info - that kind of thing makes the forums and community a better place.

If you're using IE7, there seems to be a conflict between the tooltip code and the flash ads that are running. There's also a more general problem of the tooltips floating under the same flash ads. We're trying to get those worked out right now.

This has been fixed. It was the ads behaving badly.

So if I understand correctly, the badges are shown on how recent they are, correct? So why is creating a user profile more recent than creating a topic with more than 10,000 views?

It's the order they were awarded in, not necessarily the order the conditions were met in. They were all awarded today. You'll probably be able to sort them and choose the four you want to display in the forums relatively soon.

 

[AnGeL.SLayer]

I must admit I'm slightly amused by them. One more thing to show my greatness. Alright yeah, that was WAY out of character for me but someone had to do it. hehe Who got to pick out the avatars for them? Fun Fun.


^_^

 

[Bling Cat]

You'll probably be able to sort them and choose the four you want to display in the forums relatively soon.

Can we do this yet? and if we can how? Ive looked all around the the profile options part of my profile, and I cant seem to find it. Because, you know its fun having both of the PM badges up there, but kinda unnecessary...

EDIT: Because I apparently cant read good, I missed a crucial word in that sentence. Whoops!

 

[ElArabDeMagnifico]

When I read this I thought it said "The Escapist: Now with badgers!" - so maybe for those who get lots of typos and are ridiculed by the grammar police can get a mark of shame called a "badge-r".

 

[PurpleRain]

This frightens me a little. I'm worried what people (and I) will do for the sake of badges. I agree with Pedro though, a reward for not getting banned or probated after a 1000 posts would be great.

Badge Whores. I think 2 people I didn't know added me as a friend this morning. I thought I was popular.

Anyway I have lots of them so I'm happy. All fun to get a reward for my obsessive posting.

 

[OverlordSteve]

This would take me back to my Boy Scout days if I was ever in the Boy Scouts, so it just reminds me of Psychonauts.

Which one's for Pyrokenesis, again?

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Which one's for Pyrokenesis, again?

Forum Inferno

 

[OverlordSteve]

Which one's for Pyrokenesis, again?

Forum Inferno

That's for creating Popular Topics, isn't it? It's always for the thing you're worst at...

 

[Woe Is You]

Not terribly sure how wise this is, but we'll see how it goes.