i gotta say no, as for what felipe said. Also the fact that you can make more maps than someone doesn't mean your a better forger, just faster and you shouldn't be penalized for taking more time on a map to perfect it.
Its doesn't really necessarily say that the person is a fast forger, it says that the person really enjoys forging and dedicates a lot of time into it. I think people like this deserve credit for their time and effort.
still there is the distinction of the respect. If there is an argument about something in forge, and a new member sees TDH post and then sees Cosmic with the new rank, who will he think is right?
I dont get what there is to debate. Normal members get rewarded for posting. Why shouldn't forgers get rewarded for making a featured map?
You are all still looking too much into it guys. It's just a rank image. It will be clarified that this is strictly cosmetic and makes nobody more important than anyone else. Same as when you rank up in images by post count. You would just getting notoriety in your rank image for your number of features, and at the same time you would have something to strive for.
Plus it gives premiums something to work for once they reach there rank they want they will stop but look at all the maps that would be created now. More effort will be put into maps. I think that all the hard work that they put into maps and dedication needs to be shown some how. Like what Y35 said, if members get rewarded for posting, why shouldn't premiums get rewarded for making maps?
For those using me as an example, Im the one who named the idea, made the initial images, and helped keep the idea alive by persistantly nagging about it. It will keep premiums having a goal. Alot of them just stop after they get it... they need nothing more.
I say no. Adding another rank image adds another form of elitism. And Elitism, ftl. One half of me says reward the forger for forging excellent maps. The other says throw in some new content and let others try there shot. I believe that you should implement this in the future however as the Premiums grow in numbers. But for now, I believe that keeping Premium's Premium is enough.
I am all for it. These ranks would show who is the very best forger in ForgeHub. Here are some ideas for the different stages: 2 Features = Premium 3 Features = Champion 4 Features = Ultimate 5 Features = Master 6 Features = Paramount 7 Features = Architect However, feel free to switch them up. Tell me your opinions of the names and if they should be applied.
No reason for more names. Just debate on whether we should/should not have the idea as shown in the OP.
I think that is just a little too much, and a little to much work. I really do not think that adding this new rank is going to change anything or cause any more problems. I think that is something for people to work for and now we have people that are going to really dedicate themselves for something.
I think yes. But the architect should be blue or something, seeing the maroon and brown are kinda hard to tell apart at first glance.
It looks to be quite an agreement... and I love how Shock posts something and there are like 50 replies in one day... lol... that's ridiculous...
For me the Cons as you have listed them outway the Pros. To my knowledge all the premiums have made their maps for the love of forging. That's why I forge, so that I can show others an insight to my creativity and hope they enjoy it. I honestly can't agree with a system that will further the idea of selfish intent. I think it's enough to be recognized for forging ability. That said, however, I do like the idea of keeping track of someones features. Since I don't like a progression in rank and I have distaste for threads that display who's and how many's been featured, can a vB update be implemented that keeps tracks of users maps through there profile page? Then it can also keep track of their featured maps. Well I'm going to debate with you. I like the idea behind the premium rank, but I dislike the name. It seems to promote an air of 'I'm better than you at forge' which, although may be true, isn't what ForgeHub needs to be promoting right now. I like the system as it is, but the nomenclature could do with a revamp as far as I'm concerned. Unfortunately, I don't have any suggestions, but I'm sure the Journos with their collective creativity in writing could produce a plethera of potentially new renditions for the rank of 'Premium'.
My opinion is yes, the ranks are currently changing, and what better time for change then during change?
After, careful consideration of the pro's and con's I have decided that it will be a good thing if the new rank was implemented. As it gives a forger something greater to work for in the future after they have already made two maps which have been featured on the front page.
Well I'm sort of both ways for this. I do agree heartily that when most premiums get premium they stop posting making maps etc and kind of slowly drift away which is not good and this new idea would help kick start those not so active premiums again....but now if this would be added this would add another level of elitism like said before. Someone that would have lets say a 5 featured map image would be looked as a better forger and people would look at there map and if maybe just maybe it wasn't quite up the standards it might still be featured. (Notice how I said might and maybe I'm not saying it would be automatically) So all in all I don't really know if I can decide...I guess I'll step back on this one and see how it turns out I'm both for it and against it.
I vote yes for the new ranks because it would show that great forgers who have a lot of features (Cosmic Rick for example) earn something a little extra besides the attention. The colors are good choices as well because it still shows they are premiums, just slightly higher in status. Yes
seem some interesting debate in here, and while I could write about a page on it, I'll just throw this out there for now An Architect isn't a higher rank than Premium.. the bars are only a visual quantification of how many features each as, essentially.