Phase II of the roll out.

[Penfold]

I think so.

The post count names were fine in their day but I think we agreed at the Sunday meet that they're now a bit passé

PEN

[Gandalf]

I think so.

The post count names were fine in their day but I think we agreed at the Sunday meet that they're now a bit passé

PEN

all done.

List here if they're ever needed again.

Forum Foetus     0     
Chocolate Balloon    10    
Unfortunate Noise    50    
Surgical Implant    100    
Toasted Mouse    150    
Dark Moment    200    
Bucket of Frantic Thrashing    250    
Mighty Cheese Event    500    
Problem Child    1000    
Maximus Inflatulencia    1500    
Unexplained Anomaly    2000    
Overclocked Keyboard    2500    
Passing Wind    3000    
Forum Aficionado    3500    
Quantum Singularity    4000    
Defeasible Interest    5000

[OldBloke]

Apologies for being out of the loop but let's see if we can't move this along.

The awarding of badges needs to be documented so that our members are given clear guidance on the process involved. I will write this up but I require the Section Heads to let me have their individual criteria for awarding the badges in their particular section. I think there should be some common ground across the sections so that there can be no accusations of one badge being easier to attain than another - particularly in the gaming arena. To that end I would suggest a minimum qualifying period adopted across all gaming sections. If we take the old Bravo/Charlie criteria then we used to say that a member needed three months to demonstrate their suitability for promotion. I'm happy to keep that but think it should be open to debate here. It could, for example, be possible for Smilo to award a forum badge much earlier as the level of forum activity/quality could be judged quicker than someone, say, playing CSS once a week.

The thing bugging me at the moment is the perceived loss of 'achievement' that could be levelled at the new structure. I know from experience that a lot of our members were completely chuffed being told they were now a Charlie. With the badge system we lose that sense of having achieved 'full member' status. Anyone have any ideas to help with that? Could we, for example, maintain the ABC structure and incorporate the badge awards somehow?

I'll create a new thread for the SHs to post up their criteria.

[Anonymous]

I suppose in a way we still have 3 levels:

Community Member
Triallist
Fully Badged Member

[smilodon]

We could keep a Charlie or Charlie-like status and award it through getting a gaming badge. A sort of CS - charlie, CoD4 - charlie, Racing - charlie and a Warcraft - charlie. Keep the emphasis on the status and have the badge as the physical recognition of achieving that status.

Forums, folding etc would be additional things members can obtain. I don't imagine many people would aspire to getting the forum contributor badge in the same way they would gaining charlie status and an associated gaming badge.

[OldBloke]

... Forums, folding etc would be additional things members can obtain. I don't imagine many people would aspire to getting the forum contributor badge in the same way they would gaining charlie status and an associated gaming badge.

But in my head a good Charlie candidate is active in game, on comms and in the forum. With all three being at a standard we demand.

[Armitage]

Time to put old charlie to bed.
 
People with charlie status will start with a full set of badges and that is what a new charlie is.
 
how ever as we need to call old charlies something. how about charlie:doh:

[Doorman]

But in my head a good Charlie candidate is active in game, on comms and in the forum. With all three being at a standard we demand.

Wot he said

[Anonymous]

Wot he said

Wot Ron repeated