Popular Post BumperSticker Posted February 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2015 I'm not sure if it has been asked before, but do you think it's possible to implant Site Awards? I always found them fun to achieve, and what website is more fit to have them than one for trophy hunters? A few awards that come to mind are for: Number of posts Creating trophy guides Helping the community by answering questions Beating the staff at arranged online matches Member of the Month Reporting Bugs Of course this does require some work on the staff's side, but overall, I think it would only improve the community, as most awards are handed for good deeds. Please excuse me if this has been asked and answered before. I did a quick search, but I didn't find a similar thread. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xZoneHunter Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Kinda similar to what they have over at .org, I like this idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BumperSticker Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 Kinda similar to what they have over at .org, I like this idea. Yes, you're right, they're very similar. It's kind of hard to come up with new requirements for awards... I'm sure the rest of the community could pitch in with new ideas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asuka Langley Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 If we did this I wonder if I could get biggest Jackass of the year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlasxof- Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 We already have an award for the best guide, hm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xxleonardo97xX Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 If we did this I wonder if I could get biggest Jackass of the year https://psnprofiles.com/forums/topic/23720-dislike-button/#entry512499 Read ShadowGandalf post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSNP is crap i left Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 (edited) Here are two threads i found that are related to this topic although they are pretty old so i'm not surprised if you didn't find them. http://psnprofiles.c...66-site-badges/ http://psnprofiles.c...ught-statistic/ EDIT: Also, here is the awards/stickers link: https://psnprofiles.com/?stickers Edited February 28, 2015 by Oblivion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tragedy15 Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 I'm certainly in favor of this. Site achievements are always fun to earn IMHO. If this does become a thing though, there must have an award related to hot dogs in one way or another because why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asuka Langley Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 https://psnprofiles.com/forums/topic/23720-dislike-button/#entry512499 Read ShadowGandalf post It was a joke, don't get your shimapan in a twist Seriously though, these awards would be nice... (especially with some CB exclusive ones ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroXOF Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 If we did this I wonder if I could get biggest Jackass of the year No need, you already have the award. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asuka Langley Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 No need, you already have the award. We'll give you the greasiest fur of the century award bear 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroXOF Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 We'll give you the greasiest fur of the century award bear Do you enjoy my pain, why do you do this? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masamune Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 I vaguely remember the sticker thing, although I think it was before my time here. I guess the idea was abandoned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlindMango Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 (edited) Yeah, there was an old post about this quite a while ago that discussed it, and brought up "stickers" (which the images and names are still live actually if you click the link) - I think that it ultimately just didn't go through for various reasons. My personal opinion about those from various other sites I know that have them as they show some cool stuff and that they are okay to have but they are also just useless at the same time, lol Edited February 28, 2015 by BlindMango Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asuka Langley Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Do you enjoy my pain, why do you do this? Oh no!!! Baby bear, I didn't mean it, take me back ;-; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xZoneHunter Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 My personal opinion about those from various other sites I know that have them as they show some cool stuff and that they are okay to have but they are also just useless at the same time, lol Yes they are useless, but then again they are fun to earn. Besides don't they remind you of something everyone on this site loves? Those things are 'useless' too but again they are fun to earn. It's just a fun way for the community to show what he/she has done for the site. I really like the idea of getting a "site trophy" for completing x amount of gaming session & creating guides. We could even expand this to special threads, like a "site trophy" for winning the Signature of the month, or for winning in one of the league threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post antithesis Posted February 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2015 (edited) No. Site Awards create a class system that ultimately excludes and/or discourages new members from participating. You end up with roving gangs supporting one prominent member or another as they fight for their faction to win certain awards (deserved or not) and more often than not, it ends in shit-fights. Also, things like Member of the Month and Member of the Year are not only rigged by the aforementioned gangs, but those who win tend to take their Award and leave the community. They've achieved the status they desired and moved on. So the members who are of the most value leave a vacuum in their wake and the community dies a long, slow death. This is exactly what we saw at .com over the past 6 years and nothing has changed in the interim. One of the attractions of PSNP is the sense of equality among the members. Awards divide communities rather than uniting them by turning the forums into dick-waving contests. Sly's approach here has always been "Keep it simple stupid". Sly created this site because he didn't like what was going on at .com. So don't hold your breath on Site Awards, I don't see them coming any time soon. The one concession he's made in is enabling Like buttons. That gives us a sense that the contributions we make are appreciated, but it's not crammed down everyone's throat like it is on other sites. Edited March 2, 2015 by ant1th3s1s 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
closertim Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 No, just no. sounds like a whole lot of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matto_lsi Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 I belong to another site that tracks a lot of different trophy related miletsones, including consecutive days with a trophy. Due to how late I picked up my PS3 and my work schedule, I can never catch those who have tons of trophies or get a platinum a day, but thanks to consecutive days with a trophy, I am near the top of at least 1 leaderboard, which is pretty nice. That was my long way of saying I am game for any kind of awards system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BumperSticker Posted March 1, 2015 Author Share Posted March 1, 2015 No. Site Awards create a class system that ultimately excludes and/or discourages new members from participating. You end with roving gangs supporting one prominent member or another as they fight for their faction to win certain awards (deserved or not) and more often than not, it ends it shit-fights. Also, things like Member of the Month and Member of the Year are not only rigged by the aforementioned gangs, but those who win tend to take their Award and leave the community. They've achieved the status they desired and moved on. So the members who are of the most value leave a vacuum in their wake and the community dies a long, slow death. This is exactly what we saw at .com over the past 6 years and nothing has changed in the interim. One of the attractions of PSNP is the sense of equality among the members. Awards divide communities rather than uniting them by turning the forums into dick-waving contests. Sly's approach here has always been "Keep it simple stupid". Sly created this site because he didn't like what was going on at .com. So don't hold your breath on Site Awards, I don't see them coming any time soon. The one concession he's made in is enabling Like buttons. That gives us a sense that the contributions we make are appreciated, but it's not crammed down everyone's throat like it is on other sites. Awards don't have to be earned competitively. Requirements for awards could be picked by us, the community. Awards for posts, psn levels, helping the devs with bugs don't exclude new members from old ones. They just promote good behavior / dedication. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antithesis Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 (edited) Awards don't have to be earned competitively. Requirements for awards could be picked by us, the community. Awards for posts, psn levels, helping the devs with bugs don't exclude new members from old ones. They just promote good behavior / dedication. From experience on other trophy sites, it does become a competition, whether that's the intent or not. It can lead to elitism and ultimately, bullying. Over the years, that's the feedback we get from a lot of new members at .com and it's something we want to avoid here. We want everyone to feel comfortable, regardless of post count. There are no cliques here, everyone is friendly and there's no class delineation between vets and noobs. Awards, unintentionally, lead down that path and for that reason, I'd prefer we leave awards on other sites. We get participation here without the need for site awards. We've got Leaderboards for the competitive aspect, leave the forums as a place to relax without the added pressure of activity-related trophies. Again, it's Sly's site, so I'm not going to pretend to speak for him. I know awards are easy to plugin to Invision Power Board, but I can tell you from clients of mine who own and run fora, that adding awards leads to conflict rather than deepening a sense of community. That and it adds fat to an otherwise slim and slick site experience. I hate bloat. I love PSNP. Edited March 1, 2015 by ant1th3s1s 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doom Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I usually don't even care enough to inform myself on how to get awards Too many to get on my PS4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Kinda similar to what they have over at .org, I like this idea. Exactly what I was thinking, they have this sort of this on .org and ps3trophies.com... Ultimately, I am all for it, just a little bit more for the mods, which I'm sure have enough to do already. And someone said this discourages newcomers. I hardly see how. It would in fact do one of two things: 1. ENCOURAGE newcomers to have those awards on display on their public profile OR 2. Do nothing, as they don't care about it. That's my take on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon-Of-MSoft Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 You end with roving gangs supporting one prominent member or another as they fight for their faction to win certain awards (deserved or not) and more often than not, it ends in shit-fights. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starcrunch061 Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 (edited) Please God, no. The site awards suck at playstationtrophies.org, and has contributed to the horrible clique-ish nature of that cesspool. This site is great because of its DIFFERENCES from that site. Let's stop trying to turn this (good) into that (bad). Awards don't have to be earned competitively. Requirements for awards could be picked by us, the community. Awards for posts, psn levels, helping the devs with bugs don't exclude new members from old ones. They just promote good behavior / dedication. Disagree. Like I said, this will lend itself to annoying cliques. PST.org is almost unbearable because of the omnipresence of mods and others "in" types there. This site is SIGNIFICANTLY better - it just needs more traffic. I don't this site awards will accomplish this. Edited March 2, 2015 by starcrunch061 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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