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So I was thinking the level ranks are awesome but... kind of lacking. Its fairly easy/quick to level up and once you've reached level 10 then what (I only started frequenting the forums and posting mods recently and am already level 7 moving onto 8, 2 away from max level although I feel like I'm still a newcomer to the forum...). Also why not name each level something fun or level worthy to spice things up a little and make levelling up in the forum enjoyable and something we want to achieve and be rewarded for it?
To do that I was thinking why not adjust the amount of XP recieved for things so that people who just post in order to download mods don't have an easy means to levelling up quickly (high level mod downloaders - professional mod users B-) ) and to make it harder to level up as we get higher in levels (The more someone contributes by taking part in the community the more XP they gain to level meaning the higher the level someone is the more experienced they will be in the forums)... turn it into a game of sorts that creates immersion in the site/forum itself and make each higher level member feel like they have earned it and to show that higher level forum members have been around for a while and know their way around the forum. You could make it so that a person cannot post the exact same message twice in a row within 5minutes of eachother across the entire forum as a means to fight 'thanks' spammers so they'd have to post something different on each topic to download.
Optional: You could introduce level permissions whereby the higher the level you are the more you can do in the forum and the lower the level the least you can do for example; level 0/1 cannot use the chat, create topics, use PM or post on others profile walls as well as other features but they can post comments in order to download and to reply to other topics made by people - they'd have to take part in the community in order to level up by not only downloading but also leaving mod feedbacks. Level 2 can gain acces to posting on others walls but will have to continue taking part in the forums. Level 3 gain chat access and post topics in certain forums. Level 4 gain PM access and the right to post topics in more forums etc. those are just examples but what I mean by level permissions is basically something like that. This can weed out the people who appreciate the site and everything SBenny because they'd try to level up and take part in the community from people who are just here for the mods.
From level 4 onwards each level up could bring rewards such as new medals specifically for levelling and contribution to the site and Sbenny cash rewards.
Our level Ranks titles/naming examples:
Lv0: Strange benny
Lv1: Mysterious Lurker
Lv2: SBenny's Stalker
Lv3: SBenny's Buddy
Lv4: Lover of Mods
Lv5: Forum Crush
Lv6: Committed B-) :headbang:
Lv7: SBenny's Associate
Lv8: Inner Circle
Lv9: SBenny Family
Max Level: Don of the Mods
From level 8-10 these members could get their names highlighted or something. And instead of having to come up with actual names to use for each level we could have everyone have their levels stated as they are but then have a random name/title generator make up a title per level rank so it'd be unique for each member?
If it's possible you could introduce Level rank branches, ones for forum users and modders for example, everyone is on the forum users level branch but lets say someone starts modding first they gain permission to post mods through verification (as you are doing now) but once they are established they start on the modders level branch from 'humble beginnings' 0 - 5 'Master Modder' (Of course for this it would be harder to level up by way of releasing mods and also reviews from SBenny and other Master modders maybe?) - Won't effect already trusted and established modders who have been here for a long time. Also for new joiners who are modders they can contact the TZ team and tell them and well as show them proof they are modders in order to gain access to releasing mods in the forum.
The reason behind this suggestion is to differenciate people who are experienced and been apart of SBenny for a long time from newcomers. If someones been here for a long time and is level 10 but then theres some who's been here for a couple months or so and is the same level how can you tell them apart other than the date they joined the site? That removes the point of levels doesn't it? The point of this idea is to bring reason and worth to each level in order to make people who have contributed and been apart of SBenny for a long time stand out from others who have been here a short time.
This is just a suggestion, an idea I thought would be cool if its possible to implement that would be great if not thats fine
So I was thinking the level ranks are awesome but... kind of lacking. Its fairly easy/quick to level up and once you've reached level 10 then what (I only started frequenting the forums and posting mods recently and am already level 7 moving onto 8, 2 away from max level although I feel like I'm still a newcomer to the forum...). Also why not name each level something fun or level worthy to spice things up a little and make levelling up in the forum enjoyable and something we want to achieve and be rewarded for it?
To do that I was thinking why not adjust the amount of XP recieved for things so that people who just post in order to download mods don't have an easy means to levelling up quickly (high level mod downloaders - professional mod users B-) ) and to make it harder to level up as we get higher in levels (The more someone contributes by taking part in the community the more XP they gain to level meaning the higher the level someone is the more experienced they will be in the forums)... turn it into a game of sorts that creates immersion in the site/forum itself and make each higher level member feel like they have earned it and to show that higher level forum members have been around for a while and know their way around the forum. You could make it so that a person cannot post the exact same message twice in a row within 5minutes of eachother across the entire forum as a means to fight 'thanks' spammers so they'd have to post something different on each topic to download.
Optional: You could introduce level permissions whereby the higher the level you are the more you can do in the forum and the lower the level the least you can do for example; level 0/1 cannot use the chat, create topics, use PM or post on others profile walls as well as other features but they can post comments in order to download and to reply to other topics made by people - they'd have to take part in the community in order to level up by not only downloading but also leaving mod feedbacks. Level 2 can gain acces to posting on others walls but will have to continue taking part in the forums. Level 3 gain chat access and post topics in certain forums. Level 4 gain PM access and the right to post topics in more forums etc. those are just examples but what I mean by level permissions is basically something like that. This can weed out the people who appreciate the site and everything SBenny because they'd try to level up and take part in the community from people who are just here for the mods.
From level 4 onwards each level up could bring rewards such as new medals specifically for levelling and contribution to the site and Sbenny cash rewards.
Our level Ranks titles/naming examples:
Lv0: Strange benny
Lv1: Mysterious Lurker
Lv2: SBenny's Stalker
Lv3: SBenny's Buddy
Lv4: Lover of Mods
Lv5: Forum Crush
Lv6: Committed B-) :headbang:
Lv7: SBenny's Associate
Lv8: Inner Circle
Lv9: SBenny Family
Max Level: Don of the Mods
From level 8-10 these members could get their names highlighted or something. And instead of having to come up with actual names to use for each level we could have everyone have their levels stated as they are but then have a random name/title generator make up a title per level rank so it'd be unique for each member?
If it's possible you could introduce Level rank branches, ones for forum users and modders for example, everyone is on the forum users level branch but lets say someone starts modding first they gain permission to post mods through verification (as you are doing now) but once they are established they start on the modders level branch from 'humble beginnings' 0 - 5 'Master Modder' (Of course for this it would be harder to level up by way of releasing mods and also reviews from SBenny and other Master modders maybe?) - Won't effect already trusted and established modders who have been here for a long time. Also for new joiners who are modders they can contact the TZ team and tell them and well as show them proof they are modders in order to gain access to releasing mods in the forum.
The reason behind this suggestion is to differenciate people who are experienced and been apart of SBenny for a long time from newcomers. If someones been here for a long time and is level 10 but then theres some who's been here for a couple months or so and is the same level how can you tell them apart other than the date they joined the site? That removes the point of levels doesn't it? The point of this idea is to bring reason and worth to each level in order to make people who have contributed and been apart of SBenny for a long time stand out from others who have been here a short time.
This is just a suggestion, an idea I thought would be cool if its possible to implement that would be great if not thats fine
