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"I pledge to punch all switches, to never shoot where I could use grenades, to admit the existence of no level except Total Carnage, to never use caps lock as my "run" key, and to never, ever, leave a single BoB alive."
2B || !2B - Why don't you look Inside the Machine?
My problem is this: "How well would colors fit into the current scheme and hierarchy of Bungie.net?"
Of course people, those who end up banned, would abuse the colors if they were permitted, but my concern isn't whether idiots will persist in idiocy. As of now we have a hierarchy of colors: Grey-ish Color - Normal Users, Orange - Ninjas, Gold - Bungie Employee's/Superusers. The coloring system is used to show who is who on the forums. It is much easier to search through a wall of posts and find the gold text indicating a potential solution to any problem that you might have rather than have to search through 3 - 5 different other colors at the same time.
Also, "How would colored text effect the layout/scheme of the website?" Assuming that colors were permitted, I believe, that only a handful of colors would be at our disposal. Why? Simple, to prevent a bad looking forum system. It doesn't make sense, if permitted, to allow users to post in colors that don't seem natural to the design of the forums - like cyan, green, and hot pink (except Stosh). So now with that possibility in mind, what would be the benefits of a coloring system that was natural to the scheme of the website? What if we weren't limited to natural colors to the site's scheme?
Benefits:
* Potential for users to express themselves and potentially organize lengthy posts better by coloring different sections.
* Make users happy by giving them "powers" that they can use.
Drawbacks:
* Potential for illegible or really annoying text.
* If colors are not regulated to specific natural colors to the sites design, a potential for a messy/ugly looking forum.
Can't really think of more than that at the moment...let us continue.
Now how would colors be added to Bungie.net? Would they be available for everyone immediately? Would colors be gradually handed out as gifts? How would all of this be achieved?
I see one of two ways that colors could be distributed: everyone gets them at once with all available colors, people earn them.
If everyone gets them at once with all colors available (assuming colors are selected to match the natural surroundings of the site) then it wouldn't really hold any meaning or value, significantly. That in and of itself might be a good aspect because people are less likely, in my opinion, to fight and quarrel about "Oh you got THOSE colors?" Everyone would be the same and would have the same power, color-wise, as anyone else.
Now, assume the colors would be given out as a merit for being good. What types of things/merits would you have to achieve to gain color power?
Now that members have "ranks" or at least "good behavior" ranks/titles, I think it would be cool if colors were released to help extend the depth of the new behavior titles. Something like:
Member - Default Color & 1 other color
Heroic - Default & 2 colors
Legendary - Default & 3
Mythic - All Access
Maybe not exactly like that, but I think it would give extra incentive to people to be really good to gain a benefit. It is kind of like unlocking a special present that is precious to you.
About Elitism:
Poppycock, Bologna, and Poo. Those who wish to be idiots and elitist jerks get dealth with. People need to stop being so danged pessimistic about the community and post nicely and behave. Complaining about the problem isn't going to get the problem solved...taking action will. Taking action does not mean "complain" about a problem (such as spam/elitism) becaues there are appropriate methods for taking care of them. The methods are called: "Contact a Moderator" and Report as Spam button. /my peace
[Edited on 12.25.2007 2:58 PM PST]