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"So much of what we do is ephemeral and quickly forgotten, even by ourselves, so it's gratifying to have something you have done linger in people's memories." John Williams
First off, this idea has spun up numerous times in the community forum. It's most recent appearnce was from dazzerobo and SonicJohn in this thread. Yes, a point system for Bungie - pretty neat eh? Please bear with me as I try to transfer my thoughts to yours, bypassing both of our brains.
I had an epiphany!
So many of you may have heard of the Xbox Live Rewards point system and not to mention the Bungie.me points system. These points are great an all but what is the point in earning them, to get something in return!?!
Of course, so my idea was to simply have....wait, I'll let Joseph Staten say it better.
What if Bungie points.....
...could be used in forums?
:/
Of course! What if there was a "rewards" system on Bungie.net? Some cool gears and unlocks that users could redeem points and get special benefits on!
It would basically work like this - do positive things on Bungie.net and in the forums, get rewarded. Do negative or unwanted activity on Bungie.net and lose points. This would be very similar if not almost completely like the Bungie.me system of rewarding points. Although there could be ways to constanly earn points on a daily basis.
Ex: In addition to the current point system on Bungie.me which is mostly based on similar criteria below:
>Get 50 responses in a thread you create
>Get 100 responses in a thread you create
>Get 250 responses in a thread you create
>Get 500 responses in a thread you create
(These would occur on your Bnet Birthday)
>Be a member of Bungie.net for 1 year
>Be a member of Bungie.net for 2 years
>Be a member of Bungie.net for 3 years
>Be a member of Bungie.net for 4 years
>Be a member of Bungie.net for 5 years
>Be a member of Bungie.net for 6 years
>Be a member of Bungie.net for 7 years
>Achieve Heroic Status
>Achieve Legendary Status
>Achieve Mythic Status
>Create a private group
>Attain 20 members in a private group
>Attain 50 members in a private group
>Attain 100 members in a private group
You can ALSO, earn points by other ways on a daily basis, such as:
>Signing into Bungie.net = 1 point (max of 1 pt/day)
>Linking your Xbox Live Gamertag = 7 points (max of 1 time)
>Creating a thread = 3 points (max of 21 pts/day)
>For every 7 posts on the mains and in private groups earn 1 point. Max of 7 points/day.
>Have a user save your thread = 2 pts/save
>Get a topic on "pinned topics" = 30 points
>Another user quotes you on the mains = 1 point (max of 7 pts/day)
>Participate in "reporting" an unwanted post/collapsing a post = 1 point (max of 7/day)(reports must be valid - users that "spam" reports for points will be deducted points and possibly banned - Bungie can tell)These ideas are just examples, there can definitely be more that we "the community" think of.
On the flip side, you can also LOSE points
Yep, that's right. You can also lose points for doing negative behavior on Bungie.net. The banning system would work somewhat like this:
If you're warned for a post by a forum moderator/employee: Lose 75 points and you cannot gain points for the remainder of that day. You can still redeem points for that day.
If you're banned, lose 100 - 250 points (depending on previous ban history and length of ban), you cannot gain points or redeem points for the duration of your ban. A "perma-ban" causes your points to reset to 0. However, getting banned doesn't cause you to lose previous redeem purchases on your account.
In other words, Do not pass go, do not collect 200 dollars!
So what are the prizes?
This is where the community comes in. We need prizes and incentives for people to post positivly and contribute on the forums. Having privledges and special unlocks for users to work towards is giving users a reason to keep and stay active while contributing discussion on the forums.
Of the top of my head, here are a few ideas:
>Unlock ability to select which prefix you wear: 200 points - Reference to Duardo's thread.
>Ability to see signatures under users posts: 100 points
>Ability to use embedded pictures in private group news posts: 250 points
>Send up to 10 PM's simultaneously : 200 points
>Unlock X minigame on Bungie Forums: 150 pts/game
>Unlock number of views on each thread: 150 pts
>Permalink to user's posts: 30 points
>Unlock "friends list" for Bungie.net: 250 points
>Custom Avatar: 700 points (must be a member for at least 3 years to unlock)
>View stats on users profile page: PPD, Account Age (in days): 150 points
>Ability to submit events to the Bungie Community Calendar: 150 points
>Additional posting options (bb code): 50 points
>Redeem 10 Bungie Render Minutes: 150 points - not sure if this would be possible...you get the idea. We can think of more, these were just ideas from brainstorming.
In Conclusion:
The idea is rewarding users based on a point system. Users that post regularly and contribute to the forums, will unlock privileges through a rewards system on Bungie.net. I think it would be a great way to add future updates and unlocks from the administration side. At any time, the webteam could add more unlocks for users to work towards.
I forgot to mention, that users couldn't start gaining points until their account has been active for 14 days after their join date. Somewhat like the "can't create a group" rule that already exists. That way accounts that are made and rarely used won't notice a trend unless they're regular forum goers.
I also forgot to mention it should be made an "opt in/opt out" system. Like other rewards programs. It's disabled ("opted out") by default for all users. If users want to unlock cool swag for their profile, it's by their choice and would select to "opt in".
FEEDBACK!
This is where you come in. Do you like this system? What other features could be added? Would you like this system or not care for it to be integrated? How would this impact users to make positive contributing posts?
Thank you.
[Edited on 02.08.2012 3:05 PM PST]