My request.

[The Guv'na]

I guess I'll have to be serious about my request. I totally went about it the wrong way at first. Now, I'll be clear as to what I want.

I hereby request user name colors for the arcade champions.

The arcade champions deserve a little recognition for their efforts. I used my entire night to get the high score at Space Invaders. The least I could show for it is a font to represent my toil, and merit.

If there was a user name color for arcade champions, there would be a lot more people playing in the arcade section. I even brought Arthvader back by beating his high score.

The arcade has the power to bring back long lost members. Just think about the other champions. Those guys haven't posted in ages. If someone were to beat their scores, they'd be back, happen to look at topics that interest them, and start posting like old times.

(This last reason is a long shot, but I'm pulling out all of the stops to acquire for the champions what we deserve.) It may also drown the drama with competitiveness, and sportsmanship. For instance, say I offend someone, instead of flaming me, they might beat my high score to castrate my championship title, therefore my pride as well. I mean, who would want to waste an entire night getting their high score back, right?

 

[Dean Winchester]

Your opinions are greatly exposed and well organized Guv'na, for that *tips hat* you get a serious reply now.


This thread has a foundation and a enough opinions and possible facts that back up your suggestion.

There was once a username created for Clan Leaders, but due to the unavailability of the Clan Feature in our current version of the RPG Inferno, I think it was removed.

Your suggestion however, could be a great addition to encourage old members, like you previously stated above, to come back to the forums. Not only will it promote sportsmanship and competitiveness, but it will also promote respect and over all increase interactions between old members and new members alike.


Since it takes a lot of effort, and hours of gameplay, a user group color for "Arcade Champions" would be good, or perhaps a Champion Badge (like a small medal next to your game or below your name) would be good.


Who knows if this will work or not but we'll never know until we try.

So I agree d==

 

[Helena_lou]

yeah why not

 

[Gabranth]

Isn't it enough for recognition by members knowing you are the arcade champ for space invaders?
Your usertitle says you are the champ but i suppose someone could make a new colour member title

 

[Saix]

A name colour could become confusing. Adding it into the legend would just be an inconvenience.

You gain notoriety in the Arcade, and that's the only place you should get it. It has no impact on the forums, and thus shouldn't be included.

 

[F. F. Fan]

A name color change could get very confusing, especially since it obviously represent staff only.

What should be a possibility though, would be to add that little picture of the gold trophy with the name of the game(s) next to it somewhere under your user name so that it shows up on all of your posts.

I'm pretty sure that V3 arcade had a simple postbit_legacy template mod for just that.

Either way, It's really up to the staff on how they want the board to look, but a good suggestion over all Guv'na.

 

[The Guv'na]

A name colour could become confusing. Adding it into the legend would just be an inconvenience.

You gain notoriety in the Arcade, and that's the only place you should get it. It has no impact on the forums, and thus shouldn't be included.

I strongly disagree. It definitely isn't confusing at all. The only way it would be confusing is if the color for arcade champions is of the same, or a similar color as a staff member's color. Of course, I'm requesting it's own color of a completely different hue/tone altogether. All someone would have to do is place the mouse cursor over their name, and wait less than one second, then they'll see what color means what. There's no way anyone can get confused by one simple color.

Apparently, the arcade does have an impact on the forums. Like I said before, it could bring back those guys who haven't been posting in a while. Members would see that champions get a user name color and play in the arcade even more, thus possibly beating the high score of the other champions, and bringing them back. I'm the only active member out of all of the other champions, if I got bored and became inactive, you could bet that I'd come back to get the title back after someone else has beaten it.

I want this a hell of a lot, so much in fact, that I can almost taste it. I'd even risk a banning to get it. Why are you being so difficult about this? I only asked for a color, not a missile.

 

[Rasputin]

First, if you did get name colors, then I would have to annihilate your score on Spaced Invaders, so it would be meaningless to you. Secondly, people who get high scores should get trophies in there profile for each specific game just like they do on every other forum that has arcades. It's not that difficult to do, either...

 

[Daenerys]

I say you should get a silver star next to your name, or a little gold trophy or something. but i think if arcade champions get a little gold trophy then Senior/Veteran members should have a silver star next to their names since its a lot more work to do that than win a game...

 

[Warbsywoo]

Yeah about the senior members part, not just in our profile.

But anyways, they send out PM's to the members who have been defeated by a new champion right?
And that's how they figure out that they need to come back and arcade again?

I think it's a great idea, really. Especially the part about they look around, probably decide to post around some and whatnot.

Especially once it gets really competitive, it would take longer for someone to get knocked off the champion spot, so continually having a change in color shouldn't really be much of a problem.

The recognition helps morale some, I think too, just like how Senior Members are proud being what they are.

 

[Takaiki]

why not a star medal like what is given to every person who meets a requirement on the site that would solve everything

 

[Saix]

I strongly disagree. It definitely isn't confusing at all. The only way it would be confusing is if the color for arcade champions is of the same, or a similar color as a staff member's color. Of course, I'm requesting it's own color of a completely different hue/tone altogether. All someone would have to do is place the mouse cursor over their name, and wait less than one second, then they'll see what color means what. There's no way anyone can get confused by one simple color.

Again: adding it to the legend would be stupid. The primary function of the legend is to determine who is on staff, and who isn't. Implementing the arcade into it is just... quite simply an awful idea. And if we let you have a colour and didn't put it up on the legend, we'd constantly be getting PMs about what it means. Unnecessary hassle, which could be easily resolved by tossing your selfish idea out of the window.

Apparently, the arcade does have an impact on the forums. Like I said before, it could bring back those guys who haven't been posting in a while.

... to play the arcade and not post in the process? Great idea there, Einstein.

I'm the only active member out of all of the other champions, if I got bored and became inactive, you could bet that I'd come back to get the title back after someone else has beaten it.

Not quoted for any reason other than to re-iterate the fact that you're suggesting this for yourself. You just want to stand out from the crowd. I'd pity you if I didn't find it so pathetic.

I want this a hell of a lot, so much in fact, that I can almost taste it. I'd even risk a banning to get it. Why are you being so difficult about this? I only asked for a color, not a missile.

Again, omg selfishness.




You're not getting a colour change. Though the star sounds perfectly acceptable and tidy.

 

[Takaiki]

saix is right the color idea is too selfish and that would take up server space (that is a bad thing if the site hits over 20,000 which is the adverage over flow limit) and stars take up little space at all.

 

[The Guv'na]

Again: adding it to the legend would be stupid. The primary function of the legend is to determine who is on staff, and who isn't. Implementing the arcade into it is just... quite simply an awful idea. And if we let you have a colour and didn't put it up on the legend, we'd constantly be getting PMs about what it means. Unnecessary hassle, which could be easily resolved by tossing your selfish idea out of the window.



... to play the arcade and not post in the process? Great idea there, Einstein.


Not quoted for any reason other than to re-iterate the fact that you're suggesting this for yourself. You just want to stand out from the crowd. I'd pity you if I didn't find it so pathetic.


Again, omg selfishness.




You're not getting a colour change. Though the star sounds perfectly acceptable and tidy.

Alright, let's see how I'll fare this time;

See right there? It clearly states Staff: Belazor, Saix. Let's say Pooley is a champion, and has a name color, new members would see, plain as day, that said champion is still a member.
There's no way anyone would confuse an arcade champion for a staff member. Especially if they hovered over the name for .25 seconds and read ''Arcade champion.''

I said it was a possibility that a defeated arcade champion would come back and start posting. They come back, try to beat their score, then say ''Oh, look, that topic is of interest to me. I'll post there.'' Arthvader is my example of such effectiveness the arcade has to offer.

Selfish? No way Jose. I said a color for any, and all arcade champions. Anyone could just beat my high score, and I'd have no color. I wouldn't care though, because that means the arcade section isn't dead.

The star is an OK idea I guess. Even though it'd be more noticeable if the champions had a user name color. I mean, by comparison, I've personally hovered over names with colors way more than ''Friend of Final Fantasy'' stars. (No offense, keep donating please.)

Here's the part where you lay down your king:

If the arcade section doesn't deserve anything to display one's accomplishments outside of the arcade, the same should be said for RPG Inferno. When I was a new member, I thought the HP, and MP meant how high you are in staff. That's where the confusion comes from. I'd bet many other members thought the same thing as well. The RPG Inferno even has it's own sub section, and sub boards. That doesn't pertain to the main part of the forum any more than the arcade does. I don't see the reason as to why the RPG Inferno gets massive special treatment in comparison to the arcade.

 

[Takaiki]

QUIT PUTTING YOURSELF BEFORE THE SITE sorry for that but do you know how much server space it takes to do that? a lot i will tell you that for every person who gets the additional color it could acually lower the server space by lots a star is ok cause it is put in name but a color would modify the entire site and sometimes doubles the useage of the site

 

[The Guv'na]

QUIT PUTTING YOURSELF BEFORE THE SITE sorry for that but do you know how much server space it takes to do that? a lot i will tell you that for every person who gets the additional color it could acually lower the server space by lots a star is ok cause it is put in name but a color would modify the entire site and sometimes doubles the useage of the site

That's preposterous! There's no way a color would take up that much space. You must be mistaken.

 

[Takaiki]

i have admined a site before and it does i checked data it doubled the data with me temporaryly crashing the site intel we removed the color

 

[Saix]

Alright, let's see how I'll fare this time;

See right there? It clearly states Staff: Belazor, Saix. Let's say Pooley is a champion, and has a name color, new members would see, plain as day, that said champion is still a member.

And you'd be on every single second of every single day? The confusion would still be inevitable. "Why is that guy not up there?", "What is that colour for?", "Why is Guv'na being such a tool about the whole thing?"
Not everyone knows about hovering over names. Not everyone gives a shit, either.

I said it was a possibility that a defeated arcade champion would come back and start posting. They come back, try to beat their score, then say ''Oh, look, that topic is of interest to me. I'll post there.'' Arthvader is my example of such effectiveness the arcade has to offer.

As said previously: those people get a PM. If they don't come on the forum, how are they to know? And if they don't come on the forum/don't post anymore, do you seriously think they care that they've lost their title of which they spent but a few minutes on?

Selfish? No way Jose. I said a color for any, and all arcade champions. Anyone could just beat my high score, and I'd have no color. I wouldn't care though, because that means the arcade section isn't dead.

You said so yourself that you're the "only active champion." Spells 'greed' and 'egoistic' to me.

The star is an OK idea I guess. Even though it'd be more noticeable if the champions had a user name color. I mean, by comparison, I've personally hovered over names with colors way more than ''Friend of Final Fantasy'' stars. (No offense, keep donating please.)

Not everyone is you, are they? The star in their profile is a tidy idea which could be looked into. It'd also be less queer of a suggestion.

Here's the part where you lay down your king:

If the arcade section doesn't deserve anything to display one's accomplishments outside of the arcade, the same should be said for RPG Inferno.

RPG Inferno is a major part of any forum which is in possession of it. It's widely recognized as an entertaining game, and people want to play it. Much unlike the arcade, which is primarily for people who have a spare few hours of their lives which they feel they can waste on generic games which numb the brain. Oh, like you.

hen I was a new member, I thought the HP, and MP meant how high you are in staff. That's where the confusion comes from.

Some have the sense to actually read the given guidelines and help threads in the forum.

I'd bet many other members thought the same thing as well. The RPG Inferno even has it's own sub section, and sub boards.

Because it's under such huge demand. If you cared to view the nature of some of the threads, there's constantly people looking for help, setting up clans, and creating small 'wars' if you will. It's easy to talk about Inferno, and people enjoy it. The arcade, however, offers too little to talk about in order to gain a section of its own. If it were immensely popular, then it's like to get at least one small portion of the forum to itself. However since most people don't care, the arcade will remain in the shadows.

That doesn't pertain to the main part of the forum any more than the arcade does. I don't see the reason as to why the RPG Inferno gets massive special treatment in comparison to the arcade.

Again, the RPG is by far more popular. The staff can't change everything on a whim just because one person thinks it's a great idea to make himself look like he has a bigger e-penis.





And to completely deflate your ideas on the matter: you're not getting a new usergroup for arcade champions, you're not getting a special colour, and you're not going to get recognition outside of the arcade. Just stfu about it already.

 

[Takaiki]

well i think this had aired out enough already i will take my leave from the topic with leaving my posts and my idea of the star

 

[Helena_lou]

who the hell would have thought that a name colour or little trophy or whatever would cause such a big argument?
i say everyone just grow up and let the staff decide what they wanna do.
i think a colour is asking a little too much but a little trophy or something along those lines wouldent be too bad.
the staff has already said that they would discuss it so leave it at that.