a suggestion

Started by UnHoly April 14th, 2007 8:57 AM
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Age 32
England
Seen August 18th, 2007
Posted May 1st, 2007
306 posts
17.4 Years
I personally would like to see a forum shop.
Where you get points for posts then you can spend the points on something e.g Name Change or certain powers for a limited time.

This is very successful on 2 forums i moderate, these are www.echostorms.net and http://acid.b1.jcink.com/index.php?act=idx

Another suggestion is an Army system customised for pokemon like the one at http://acid.b1.jcink.com/index.php?act=idx, but perhaps more like NetBattle.

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Morkula

Get in the Game

Age 34
Male
Virginia
Seen February 6th, 2020
Posted March 4th, 2018
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19.3 Years
It's been brought up before and it's not going to happen. There's just no point in it on PC, and even if there was, our server couldn't handle the stress. We have rules for name changes, and there's no way we'd just hand out powers to random people - we have a very stringent mod selection process.
Age 32
England
Seen August 18th, 2007
Posted May 1st, 2007
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Fair enoguh these were just something's which kept me going back to other forums, but if it goes agaisn't PC policy and server limits then never mind.

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Age 34
New Jersey
Seen September 2nd, 2007
Posted August 13th, 2007
1,773 posts
17.7 Years
From experience as a moderator and administrator at several areas, I really do not like the idea of points if they're linked to posting. One forum I particularly like had such a system for some time that required members to amass a certain amount of points to access certain features. This I dislike because I believe it takes away from the general resourcefulness of the site for anyone who just wants to gather evidence or research.

On top of that, awarding moderator powers when someone reaches a certain total undermines the fact that such powers belong with one whom they won't corrupt. You're likely to have a lot of people who will think of crafty ways to increase their total just to get a job. I think, though, a name change could work if the member is the one setting it, but that's my opinion.
Age 32
England
Seen August 18th, 2007
Posted May 1st, 2007
306 posts
17.4 Years
i didnt mean they get to keep the powers swinub, they could use their points to do something a mod would be able to do for A Limited Time and this would be something like Sticky a thread of your choice or delete your own thread.

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Sylphiel

Between your fantasy and my reality
Seen March 28th, 2023
Posted January 9th, 2023
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18.5 Years
I wouldn't want people to be able to "buy" powers even for a limited time, mostly for the whole thing of anybody getting them, including the people who shouldn't have power of any sort.

Plus we already have enough of a problem at times with people posting merely for the sake of a higher postcount. No need to add even more incentive for them to do so.