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  • Silvuh
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    FFR Simfile Author
    FFR Music Producer
    • Apr 2005
    • 938

    #61
    Re: New Veteran Status - Opinions?

    I don't know about anyone else, but I keep reading "Veteran Status" as "Venetian Snares".

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    • rushyrulz
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      FFR Music Producer
      • Feb 2006
      • 12985

      #62
      Re: New Veteran Status - Opinions?

      I like devonin's idea on the 7 years = veteran ; 1 year = GTS/posts.

      But I think it would be easier if there were a BUNCH of factors that could contribute, like say there's a point-based scale where you would need 1000 to become veteran. There could be factors such as:

      Every 1 billion GTS = 100 points
      Every 1000 forum posts = 150 points
      Every 6 months on the site = 150 points
      Every 5000 FFR Games played = 150 points
      Every token (skill/reg) = 15 points
      Maybe something for profile votes or MP games

      I think it should be a high points goal with a ton of possibilities. This way, the amount of work is more equal. If someone plays the game a ton and doesn't go on the forums, they could rely on the game metrics of the point scale and they wouldn't have to go whore posts in the forums. If someone's more social and on the forums, they could obtain Veteran Status by racking up points with posts/profiles and wouldn't have to play the game if they don't want.

      Subtracting from 7 years just seems odd to me, but the concept is great.

      Oh, and additional rewards for people who rock the forums and the game
      Last edited by rushyrulz; 11-21-2010, 04:01 PM.


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      • Izzy
        Snek
        FFR Simfile Author
        • Jan 2003
        • 9195

        #63
        Re: New Veteran Status - Opinions?

        Originally posted by ~kitty~
        To be perfectly honest, I think the Veteran Status is way too easy to obtain.
        Aperson intended it to not be an exclusive group that people can't get into. It's just a little reward for being moderately interested in the game for a reasonable amount of time.

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        • DarkbearX
          Shimose
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          • Feb 2006
          • 1995

          #64
          Re: New Veteran Status - Opinions?

          Originally posted by rushyrulz
          "complicated stuff."
          That's all -really- too complicated. Honestly I agree with Rubix. Second best plan is devonin's.
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          • rushyrulz
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            FFR Music Producer
            • Feb 2006
            • 12985

            #65
            Re: New Veteran Status - Opinions?

            Seems pretty one-sided IMO. Say someone got 3 years and 3 billion GTS on the money. This would award Veteran Status to them by Rubix, devonin, and my own standards. But with mine, you could make up for that 3 year gap by gaining more knowledge of the game by playing more, or becoming more social and posting more. It's just not as restricted to YOU MUST have 3 years and YOU MUST get 3 billion GTS. Instead you could have 4 years, 2 billion gts, 30 skill tokens, and 1000 forum posts, or 2 years, 8 billion GTS, 10k gameplays, etc.

            Look how "complicated" everything else is on this site. Skill tokens for instance are based on certain achievements in songs and have many criteria, but we don't find those insanely difficult do we?

            The more rounded the opportunities to get Vet, the merrier IMO.
            Last edited by rushyrulz; 11-21-2010, 04:06 PM.


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            • DarkbearX
              Shimose
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              FFR Music Producer
              • Feb 2006
              • 1995

              #66
              Re: New Veteran Status - Opinions?

              Originally posted by rushyrulz
              Seems pretty one-sided IMO.
              No your idea is just bad, IMO. How about we add 2.5 points per login as well? See all that's probably a real pain to code, why not just keep it simple? It's just a silly status anyway.
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              • ~kitty~
                FFR Player
                • Jun 2007
                • 988

                #67
                Re: New Veteran Status - Opinions?

                Originally posted by Izzy
                Aperson intended it to not be an exclusive group that people can't get into. It's just a little reward for being moderately interested in the game for a reasonable amount of time.
                Well, I feel like 3 years may be a little too short and 3b a little too small of an amount. I'm not asking it to be like 6 years and like 11b with this and that. That would most likely discourage people. However, I feel like this isn't really an accomplishment, much. Maybe I'm just biased though.

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                • Netjet!
                  Sic itur ad astra
                  FFR Simfile Author
                  • Jan 2008
                  • 4701

                  #68
                  Re: New Veteran Status - Opinions?

                  The best solution to use, in my opinion, would to just have two different types of veterans: Game Veterans, and Forum Veterans. The constant factor between the two would be longevity on the site (so you could attain either with the same join date), but the secondary factors from both would be either GTS or forum posts.

                  So:

                  Game Veteran - x amount of years on the site, y Grand Total Score

                  Forum Veteran - x amount of years on the site, z Forum Posts

                  This would be the easiest route to take. If there were different "tiers" for the veteran statuses, it would still be fairly simplistic:

                  Game Veteran:
                  Tier 1 - x+2 years, y+2 score
                  Tier 2 - x+1 years, y+1 score
                  Tier 3 - x years, y score

                  Forum Veteran:
                  Tier 1 - x+2 years, z+2 forum posts
                  Tier 2 - x+1 years, z+1 forum posts
                  Tier 3 - x years, z forum posts

                  The above was just a simple example of a tier system, if people wanted that at all. The bottom amount would be Tier 3 (Or Bronze, etc) with the standard x amount of years, and y score/z posts. Tier 2 would be those both adding 1 (1 year for x, 1 billion for y, or 1000 for forum posts, as an example). Tier 1 would be the highest, and would be the same as the aforementioned example plus 2 (2 years added for x, 2 billion for y, 2000 posts for z).

                  This is really just my take on the whole issue and how you could go about doing the system.

                  In summation:

                  • Either just have the regular veterans, split into the two categories:
                    • Game Veteran - x amount of years on the site, y Grand Total Score

                      Forum Veteran - x amount of years on the site, z Forum Posts

                  • Or have the Game/Forum Veterans Split into tiers:
                    • Game Veteran:
                      Tier 1 - x+2 years, y+2 score
                      Tier 2 - x+1 years, y+1 score
                      Tier 3 - x years, y score

                      Forum Veteran:
                      Tier 1 - x+2 years, z+2 forum posts
                      Tier 2 - x+1 years, z+1 forum posts
                      Tier 3 - x years, z forum posts


                  EDIT: Granted, this is if you wanted to use forum posts and GTS. If not, join date only would be fine.
                  Last edited by Netjet!; 11-21-2010, 04:08 PM.
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                  • rushyrulz
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                    FFR Music Producer
                    • Feb 2006
                    • 12985

                    #69
                    Re: New Veteran Status - Opinions?

                    Originally posted by DarkbearX
                    No your idea is just bad, IMO. How about we add 2.5 points per login as well?.
                    Troll more.


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                    • devonin
                      Very Grave Indeed
                      Event Staff
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                      • Apr 2004
                      • 10120

                      #70
                      Re: New Veteran Status - Opinions?

                      I think you guys are trying to dramatically overcomplicate things.

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                      • Zageron
                        Zageron E. Tazaterra
                        FFR Administrator
                        • Apr 2007
                        • 6592

                        #71
                        Re: New Veteran Status - Opinions?

                        Overcomplicated systems are awesome.

                        But, I'd prefer to just use Devonin's system.

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                        • Crashfan3
                          FFR Player
                          • Nov 2006
                          • 2937

                          #72
                          Re: New Veteran Status - Opinions?

                          I've been here almost 4 years. Where the cake is my vet status? ;_;

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                          • iamgoodhehe
                            Banned
                            • Nov 2005
                            • 221

                            #73
                            Re: New Veteran Status - Opinions?

                            I really don't find nothing wrong with the idea. So far I like it.

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                            • Vanilla Mnm
                              cavs
                              • Dec 2007
                              • 3258

                              #74
                              Re: New Veteran Status - Opinions?

                              I'm not arguing & saying take away my veteran status, but how did I get it? I have 18.6bil score & 2.94 years. So technically I wouldn't qualify because I don't have 3 years right?

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                              • Izzy
                                Snek
                                FFR Simfile Author
                                • Jan 2003
                                • 9195

                                #75
                                Re: New Veteran Status - Opinions?

                                Originally posted by Crashfan3
                                I've been here almost 4 years. Where the cake is my vet status? ;_;
                                Pretty close. Just get 700 million more points.

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