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Title: New Feature: AC Awards
Post by: Chaos on July 11, 2009, 01:51:44 PM
I'm testing out a new feature here at AC: The Member Awards.

In your "Author" info (at the left side of your posts) there are now 2 new items: One, a little icon that currently looks sorta like a chess pawn (likely to change because frankly it doesn't really look all that much like a chess pawn to me, but hey...). That is a quick link to see that person's "Awards". And the second is (in theory) your "Favorite" Award.

You all should have the "freebie" award, which is the Fluffy Bunny ("I Survived Fluffy Bunnyhood at AC")--if you're missing it, let me know (especially new users--I may not notice right away that you don't have it, so by all means PM me and let me know! Those of you who've been here a while, I *think* I got you all now, but I did accidentally miss a few the first time I tried to set it...)

The second award is the Binog! (or the "I won at Binog, aka Bingo" Award) award. Once again, I *think* I got everyone who has won a round, but if I missed you, please PM me and let me know.

You can change the order of your awards by going to your Profile and clicking the "Award" link. There you can set your "Favorite" Award--which will be the first one that is visible on your "Author" info. (Honestly not sure how it'll be once there's more than 2 available awards, whether you can set the order more than just choosing the first one or not...)

More awards will be coming soon.

If you have an idea for an Award you'd like to see, either leave a message here, or PM me.

Title: Re: New Feature: AC Awards
Post by: mare on July 11, 2009, 01:55:28 PM
How about one for having a featured story on AC?
Title: Re: New Feature: AC Awards
Post by: Chaos on July 11, 2009, 01:56:44 PM
Good one. And Featured Member, perhaps.

I also would like to see a "Completed Mare's Challenge of the Month" Award--you should probably pick out the icon for that one.  ;D
Title: Re: New Feature: AC Awards
Post by: mare on July 11, 2009, 01:59:31 PM
YAY!!  Can you use any kind of smiley for the icons?
Title: Re: New Feature: AC Awards
Post by: Chaos on July 11, 2009, 02:01:36 PM
Yes. For the Award Page, it can be as large as you want (though I'd ask that we try to keep 'em to "Avatar" size or smaller...lol), but the smaller one that shows in the Author page should be emoticon-sized (though can be one of the slightly oversized ones...)
Title: Re: New Feature: AC Awards
Post by: mare on July 11, 2009, 02:04:07 PM
Believe me, you don't havr to worry about me making picture things too big lol

Can I just post it in here and then you do your thing? Would that work? LOL

Title: Re: New Feature: AC Awards
Post by: mare on July 11, 2009, 02:06:32 PM
This one would work great for the wriiting challege

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y245/bitybella/cute%20smileys/0619.gif)
Title: Re: New Feature: AC Awards
Post by: mare on July 11, 2009, 02:08:47 PM
*ahem* this one would probably come in handy for some as well lol

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y245/bitybella/cute%20smileys/2047.gif)

Okay, i'll stop now.
Title: Re: New Feature: AC Awards
Post by: Sakabelle on July 11, 2009, 02:09:27 PM
What a neat idea!  
Title: Re: New Feature: AC Awards
Post by: Chaos on July 11, 2009, 02:17:19 PM
*ahem* this one would probably come in handy for some as well lol

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y245/bitybella/cute%20smileys/2047.gif)

Okay, i'll stop now.
The "I posted too large a banner and had it deleted by Mare!" Award? Hmm.
Title: Re: New Feature: AC Awards
Post by: mare on July 11, 2009, 02:20:32 PM
Perfect! lmao I'll just subsititue the smiley for the banner!
Title: Re: New Feature: AC Awards
Post by: alota_cookin on July 11, 2009, 02:32:41 PM
Perfect! lmao I'll just subsititue the smiley for the banner!

Now that would be funny, to see! I like the idea!


And the little awards are cool, Ash...love 'em!  :bananapower:
Title: Re: New Feature: AC Awards
Post by: Chaos on July 11, 2009, 03:37:28 PM
I'd be wary of people trying to earn that award if it existed though :shiftyeyes:

Note: There's now an "I Completed Mare's Challenge of the Month" Award. I tried to catch everyone who has done so, but once again if I missed you, please let me know!
Title: Re: New Feature: AC Awards
Post by: RokofAges75 on July 11, 2009, 07:20:26 PM
This is so cool!!  Great idea!

So for the Challenge of the Month, is that only displayed for that month, and you start fresh without one each month?

Maybe once the Felix Awards winners are announced, there could be a "Felix Award Winner" one.  Or something tied to The Tens on the site... like "I'm in The Tens" LOL.
Title: Re: New Feature: AC Awards
Post by: Rose on July 11, 2009, 07:22:30 PM
This is such a cute idea!
Title: Re: New Feature: AC Awards
Post by: Chaos on July 11, 2009, 07:34:56 PM
Well...mainly because I'm lazy and bad at keeping track of such things like the current date ;). once you complete a Mare's Challenge you keep the award. Although I wouldn't rule out in the future possibly making a new one each year.

There will, indeed, be a Felix award (and I'll retro-act that and make a Felix 2008 one as well...)

I'll have to think on the Tens awards...there's nothing to really "alert" me when one of those changes and I'm not observant enough to go back and check and remember that there's someone new on there. lol. (Though the "Top Reviewer" would be *really* cool...if only there were a way to reset that every month or so. Hm. Will have to see if I can figure something out for that...)
Title: Re: New Feature: AC Awards
Post by: RokofAges75 on July 11, 2009, 09:42:10 PM
Yeah, I kinda answered my own question about the monthly challenge when I saw that I already had one LOL.  Works for me!

Good point about The Tens thing, since it can change.  I was gonna say if you wanna do a top reviewer award, maybe just have an award you can put up for hitting a certain number of reviews... but even then, how would you know when someone had hit that?  I guess you could just start a thread for people to "apply" for the award and let you know that they've earned it LOL.
Title: Re: New Feature: AC Awards
Post by: cabybakes on July 12, 2009, 01:09:21 PM
This is such a fun idea...I like everyone's suggestions too.  It would be great to have awards for being featured story, featured member, felix awards, 10s, etc...great great!
Title: Re: New Feature: AC Awards
Post by: Chrissy on July 12, 2009, 05:59:17 PM
Wow, that is a really fun idea!  :o  I think it might even motivate me to be more active on the boards here, hehe
Title: Re: New Feature: AC Awards
Post by: honey on July 12, 2009, 07:38:11 PM
hmm. How am I ever supposed to keep it all straight? All that stuff on the side feels a little like having banners at the bottom to me. (Random clutter that distracts me from the actual post.) I think it's a very cute idea to recognize the people who are active on the boards and/or giving out random funny awards, but I don't know how much I like seeing it on every post.


Oh, and HAHA with the binog award. Way to make fun of me and my disabilities.  :P