Boredom badge check...

[zelkova]

I don't care to have badges put into my sig as I dislike the system personally. The reason is simple...I am a perfectionist and I pretty sure I missed a few 1-time only badges and I doubt I will be able to get the admin badge. =P

Currently waiting for the dan ball update so I thought I should see what I could get if I put my mind into it.

Outstanding Achievement: Meh...What count as an achievement? Something as simple as making 20 update threads in a row or something as hard as finding a deadly bug on the forums?

Special Award: I bet I could win one if I put some time into it.

Debate: I dislike debating on forums as it is often the thing that cause members to hate each other. I could get this easily but the question is would I want to?

Judge: lol staff only

Veteran: Do the time before the forums were remade count? I was known as Randomness (the less famous one) at the time.

Chat Moderator: lol mod only

Recruiter: I most likely have gotten a few users to come over here even if it was just so they could leave us a dead account. I post about the forum usefulness sometimes on the comment board. Sadly the comment board seem to disallow links now. I may be able to get a friend over so this is something earn-able.

Highly Respected: I bet I could get a few votes if I wanted it.

10k Dan-Ball Break: Sure...Only 5k posts. On my main forum I have Off-topic: 3568, Spam: 2947 posts...My total easily get that on two boards that don't even count the posts. My post count (meaning on boards that did count the posts) is 6068 (7.519 per day) based on the forum stats.

1k Posts: I laugh at this...Read what I put above. My main forum have less boards so I could easily flood this forum with a few comments if I care enough to do so.

Contest Winner: I think I can win one...

Outstanding Help: This forum is so inactive but I think I can get this with some time.

Top Provider: Sorry but this may be one that I will be unable to get. I can't give my 2 cents on everything without it seem like complaining. I could easily spam the idea board with "ideas" but like I said, it would pretty much be spam at that point.

Artistic: My MS paint may be funny but I did took a few art classes and I had a few art pieces in a art show (won some cash by getting 3rd place too =D). With some time I could get this.

Active Member: I may not post but I am indeed active. I could care less about my post count. If I said something then you better read it as I took my time to type it out and it usually there for a reason.

Early Poster Badge: typing this at 3:28 right now...

Late Poster Badge: I often go to bed around midnight, this is laughable for me.

Staff Member: lol staff

Administrator: lol admin

Graphic Artist: This is something I could do but it would take ton of my time and honestly not worth it. If I going to make something that EVERYBODY will see EVERYDAY then I would make it perfect. I am the type of person who have a deviantart account with no art on it. I honestly don't post my stuff unless I think it is worthy. I laugh like hell when I see MS paint on deviantart, to me that show that you have no self esteem and willing to label yourself as skill-less when it come to art.

Member of the Month: lol depends...What the conditions?

Advertising: EASY, that main forum happen to be a forum where I am one of the "admins" (high power mods, the real admins are known as "Overlords".) I could post a link in the news for a few days...I can't abuse my powers but it should be enough to get a few peeps and just small enough so the overlords won't mind. =P

Programmer: I fail at codes.

Knowledge: Easy.

Story Writer: Would a MS paint comic count? People seem to like my MS paint style. =P

Board Owner: Seem pointless to have a random board but I guess I could get.

Shop Owner: I could get this...At least if people even check the shops once in a while. =P

Member: I already unlock the requirement. =P

Original Member: Used to be the less famous Randomness so I already have the requirement? (Also this is the reason why I dislike the badge system...one-time only badges. It just by pure chance that I have an account before.)

Gamer: Betting thread seem to be successful. I did not know that this badge even exist...I made that thread to kill some time and make the forum seem more active.

Karma: People don't seem to care much for karma. I could get over time. I already have about 1/3 of the requirement.

Dan-Ball Game Badge: Technically I only need to claim my SR badge. This is the 2nd reason why I dislike the badge system. Some badges cancel out other badges. It not that bad but that just a pet peeve that I have. I either get them all or I don't take any.

Nonja: I dislike some forum games but I could hit&run for the badge...But I not an evil jerk like that so this would be one that I would skip.

Element Keeper: I could get.

Shopper: I could get...

Purple Heart: I believe the "Original Member" badge cancel out this badge? If not then I got it but if so then this would be the 3rd example why I dislike the badge system...This badge is pure chance and oddly enough require BAD luck to get.

Filthy Rich: Seem cheap to me, I could get with a few more posts.

Chatter: I could get with time.

I don't expect you to change the badge system and honestly I don't want you to. It would be stupid to change something just for one person. The reasons why I dislike the badge system is more of a personal problem then a system problem. I am somewhat OCD with my pixels. =P

Well it is currently 3:50 AM...In 10 minutes I could get the early badge if I wanted. =P

EDIT: 4:00 AM...Screen shot just in case I ever want the badge.

[Artifact123]

I completely agree. I only want Badges to fill up my Sig. Badges do look good though...

[kuraikiba]

Hey, me, I frankly only want them cause I like a big fat sig.

[~Memzak~]

Meh... The only one which catches my eye are the story, admin, judge and element keeper badges...

...namely because those are the badges I don't have yet... XD

Oh and the Original Member badge is the only "one time event" badge you speak of. And it wasn't a one time even, it was a good 1 and a half years.

EDIT: and the Special Prize Badge and the Outstanding Member Badge.

[Fringe Pioneer]

Simply put, badges are made to encourage certain behaviors.

If a badge is intentionally easy to earn, it was made that way either to encourage a good trait or to convince users to start earning badges so that they can eventually be encouraged to perform certain actions. The Member Badge is instantly available to anyone who joins, ergo starting the user with a badge and decreasing the probability that the user will consider badge earning to be too difficult. The Active Badge encourages activity on the forum. The Recruiting Badge encourages members to bring in new, active members. The Dan-Ball and post badges encourage quality posts and participation in activities that happen to award Dan-Balls. The Veteran Badge encourages people to stay with the forum for at least a year. The Knowledge Badge encourages users to be familiar with the namesake games, such as Powder Game and Stick Ranger. The Artistic and Hacker and Story Badges encourage users to learn skills which are particularly useful to the forum.

[zelkova]

Dec 26, 2010 7:01:28 GMT Fringe Pioneer said:

Simply put, badges are made to encourage certain behaviors.

If a badge is intentionally easy to earn, it was made that way either to encourage a good trait or to convince users to start earning badges so that they can eventually be encouraged to perform certain actions. The Member Badge is instantly available to anyone who joins, ergo starting the user with a badge and decreasing the probability that the user will consider badge earning to be too difficult. The Active Badge encourages activity on the forum. The Recruiting Badge encourages members to bring in new, active members. The Dan-Ball and post badges encourage quality posts and participation in activities that happen to award Dan-Balls. The Veteran Badge encourages people to stay with the forum for at least a year. The Knowledge Badge encourages users to be familiar with the namesake games, such as Powder Game and Stick Ranger. The Artistic and Hacker and Story Badges encourage users to learn skills which are particularly useful to the forum.

I can understand and respect that. I simply have my own reasons why I dislike the badge system. Like I said at the bottom, I don't expect anything to be changed just because of me.

I know how to program on a IT-83 but I doubt that counts as most programmers discourage people to use spaghetti string coding. I would learn how to code on something more useful like on flash or C++ even but I simply don't have the time. I have flash on the computer but I never even created a file on it yet...I believe I only opened it like twice. I just don't have the time.

Anyway I would take a "no liek badges" badge if there happen to be one but until then I will go badge-less. As for controlling behavior I am a natural angel and was taught matters outside of the web. I know self control and willpower which over time I found out that some people lack. With that in mind, I don't need badges to tell me that my actions have helped others or that I am being a good user. I not a egomaniac like that, if I was then I would be abusing my powers on my main forum right about now.

I not saying I am Mr. Perfect as I am still human. I just more aware of my flaws and strengths and like I said I have self control and willpower. There a different between having a god complex and simply knowing that you better then others when it come to some things like sharing kindness and showing matters. I pretty sure even Jesus was aware he was better then most people...