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Dang this is a really helpful thread. Nice job Duardo!

  • 05.04.2009 12:54 PM PDT

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Posted by: Barzma
Well you guys will have reason to stop whining about losing status

From what I've read, I don't see anyone here whining. There will always be some members who may become confused or curious about their member titles, but aren't whining. They are simply posting there thoughts, and trying to figure out a long-running mystery.

soon enough, Acronos is bringing in a new system at some point soon.
And can you prove this?


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  • 05.04.2009 4:35 PM PDT
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Posted by: guitarplyr
soon enough, Acronos is bringing in a new system at some point soon.
And can you prove this?

Achronos himself had mentioned this in a long ago post. I can't find it myself currently, but I bet someone will.

I definitely can't wait until that update releases.

  • 05.04.2009 4:44 PM PDT

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Posted by: Rob Vokes
Posted by: guitarplyr
soon enough, Acronos is bringing in a new system at some point soon.
And can you prove this?

Achronos himself had mentioned this in a long ago post. I can't find it myself currently, but I bet someone will.

If it was long enough ago that it was said before the prefixes were added, could that possibly be what he was referring to? It's not an entirely new system, but the addition of the prefixes could very well be a new system to determine which members get what base titles with which prefix. I could be wrong, but the prefixes seem like a semi-new system in themselves.

  • 05.04.2009 4:51 PM PDT

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Posted by: guitarplyr
Posted by: Barzma
soon enough, Acronos is bringing in a new system at some point soon.

And can you prove this?
This thread has some discussion about it. Here are his quotes:
Posted by: Achronos
The title system for displaying the trust rating sure has had some interesting side effects. A great social experiment, IMHO. There are lots of different places we could take it, you know. The current system was mostly set up as a way to not constantly just have "Member" for everybody, and the trust system was the datasource because we didn't have anything else to base it on. I often wonder if it would be better to link it game participation (probably keeping the prefixes, I like those) and just lose the Heroic/Legendary/Mythic. Maybe as we make more games available we could think up some alternate stuff. But in the meantime, watching how you guys behave relating to a somewhat arbitrary rating is very intriguing.

Posted by: Achronos
The trust rating already includes elements of game participation. I'm talking about making titles less about rankings and more about just labels. Right now, there is a hierarchy. What if there wasn't really a hierarchy. What if they were just labels that you got? The current idea that I fancy is that they'd be a user setting - there would be a set of titles that you can earn for various things, and then you'd go to your My Settings page and select which one you want to use. The prefix would still be done in the same way it is now, to differentiate a bit more. Not sure what I'd do about the bar colors, maybe they'd be earned too.

You guys think of the forum titles as a ranking system, but that's not how I see their purpose. I see it more for differentiating people on the forums, just like avatars.

Nothing really planned here, just thinking out loud.

Posted by: Achronos
It should be noted that if I did change it to a "pick the title you want from the list you've unlocked" I'd probably make sure that a great many of them would be rather obvious as to how you'd "unlock" them. They'd also be participation in nature for the most part. No "is a level 50 in Halo 3", more of "Played X ranked games" or "Played Y social games" or " Played Z custom games". And the elitism you guys seem so fond of whining about wouldn't be there because nobody could tell if you just like a different title or if you don't have a title because you can't unlock it. With a hierarchy, it becomes just a popularity issue, which is easily controlled.

I think I'd also make the bar color just indicative of join date, not the trust rating. I don't really want to give you control over that.

Eh, maybe, maybe not. Again, thinking out loud. It sure would be funny on release day when everybody's bars change and they revert to member because the old way got removed. The Halo 3 forum would freak out.


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Posted by: guitarplyr
If it was long enough ago that it was said before the prefixes were added, could that possibly be what he was referring to? It's not an entirely new system, but the addition of the prefixes could very well be a new system to determine which members get what base titles with which prefix. I could be wrong, but the prefixes seem like a semi-new system in themselves.

Indeed the prefixes was simply an update to the ranking system, not a whole new one. Although your theory was correctly stated, and perhaps right, you are wrong.

He mentioned this far after the prefix update, and hopefully it will be releasing soon.

Edit: Thank-you OPR. :-)

[Edited on 05.04.2009 4:57 PM PDT]

  • 05.04.2009 4:55 PM PDT

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Posted by: Old Papa Rich
That last quote clears up what I was curious about. That's definitely a far-fetched change for the system, but it sounds pretty interesting nonetheless. If you could, could you send me a link to where you found those posts? I've obviously missed it somewhere down the line, but I would appreciate having it available for future reference.

Edit- Thanks, Rob. I'd rather be incorrectly correct, rather than just flat out incorrect :-)

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Posted by: guitarplyr
Edit- Thanks, Rob. I'd rather be incorrectly correct, rather than just flat out incorrect :-)

Uh? Slightly confusing towards me, but no problem! ;-)

  • 05.04.2009 5:06 PM PDT
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Why can't we put Bungie Cards here?

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  • 05.04.2009 5:37 PM PDT

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Posted by: guitarplyr
If you could, could you send me a link to where you found those posts?
Here it is. It was buried in that last post of mine. It was sort of a mess. The thread is a discussion about special treatment for members with titles.

  • 05.04.2009 6:40 PM PDT

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Posted by: Old Papa Rich
Posted by: guitarplyr
If you could, could you send me a link to where you found those posts?
Here it is. It was buried in that last post of mine. It was sort of a mess. The thread is a discussion about special treatment for members with titles.

Oops, I looked right over that. That's my fault :-P

That's a nice little read for sure.

  • 05.04.2009 8:37 PM PDT

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  • 05.04.2009 10:01 PM PDT

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wow great thread, some very useful info here. Thanks for compiling it!

  • 05.06.2009 11:54 PM PDT

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My title just randomly changed from Honorable Heroic Member to Heroic Member and the grey title bar is gone? Very weird.

  • 05.08.2009 12:58 PM PDT
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I think it's safe to say that unlinking your gamertag will demote you =/
I went from honorable heroic to honorable member overnight lol

  • 05.08.2009 1:10 PM PDT

Its an automatic system, it works in strange ways lol

  • 05.08.2009 1:11 PM PDT

Posted by: Pro Kendog
Its an automatic system, it works in strange ways lol

Why the lol?

  • 05.10.2009 12:50 PM PDT

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Posted by: Pro Kendog
Its an automatic system, it works in strange ways lol

Why the lol?

Why not?

  • 05.10.2009 12:51 PM PDT

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Posted by: xD3AD MAN LIVEx
Posted by: Pro Kendog
Its an automatic system, it works in strange ways lol

Why the lol?

Because strange things are often funny in certain senses. In this case, the trust system is like an invisible mother that magically places different clothes on each individual user.

That's a strange comparison, but it's at least somewhat funny, no?

:-)

  • 05.10.2009 2:49 PM PDT
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I keep on getting demoted and promoted, and I am not even very active on the actual forums, only groups.

  • 05.10.2009 3:29 PM PDT

Someone from a group of mine just got off a six month ban today, and he's already Heroic. Hax?!?

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  • 05.10.2009 4:30 PM PDT
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Don't send me requests to be in your group. You will be blocked.

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  • 05.10.2009 4:34 PM PDT
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Posted by: Blade
Someone from a group of mine just got of a six month ban today, and he's already Heroic. Hax?!?

Strange. Very strange.

I believe it's no hax, but modz? Hmm....

  • 05.10.2009 4:40 PM PDT

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hmmm indeed....a six month ban.....ouch.

  • 05.10.2009 4:48 PM PDT

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Posted by: Cramakazr
I keep on getting demoted and promoted, and I am not even very active on the actual forums, only groups.


I have the same problem.

I think that the rank system is PMSing.

  • 05.10.2009 4:50 PM PDT