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Tom Achronos
Bungie.net Overlord
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"I have no words that would do justice to the atrocities you commit to the English language, as well as your continued assaults on the concepts of basic literacy and logical reasoning."
Your understanding of how they work is lacking. Join dates are not what is determining the title. Your trust rating is the determining factor. And that rating can be affected by lots of different things. Getting warnings, for example.
And after having the trust ratings being calculated for more than a year without them being used for anything, I decided this was the best way to start using them for positive reinforcement. Given that a glance at who has the highest trust does give me a list of people who aren't troublemakers, I'd say the system works.
I'm frankly sick and tired of the cries of elitism everyone also makes here. We've tried removing titles, removing join dates, banning the word noob, yet you people still create divisions like this anyway, be it on skill level in the game, using various words, grammar, etc. I've come to the conclusion that part of the problem around here is that there is no real incentive for people to behave well other than "you won't get banned." And even then, some of you just create new accounts and continue being jerks on those accounts.
So, we're changing tactics, something I was originally going to do last year but had to stop work on it because of Halo 3. So, this is the first of a few ideas I have for rewarding people who do well. And as for your cries of "elitism" - well, if you see it, you have a shiny "report as spam" button to report it. If people don't report stuff, now, it is your own fault, not the moderators' lack of coverage.
Posted by: The First Legend
Titles based on join dates? You have to be kidding me. Why take out join dates from in forum viewable profiles, always talk about combating elitism, then give titles like heroic member, and legendary member? That is the dumbest most selfcontradicting thing I've ever seen. I am deeply dissappointed in any system that promotes elitism, but even more so in one that promotes elitism, based on time, not any type of contribution. Its simply stupid to me to see someone who has just gotten off a ban, and yet they are supposed to be "heroic." I find this to be really stupid.
That being said, I like the report as spam option, and I hope it isnt abused, or used in a pointless manner.
[Edited on 12.10.2007 1:12 PM PST]