Merit Badge #3 - The Light is Within Us

Pharaoh_ · Jul 15, 2014

Continuing the legacy that was recently implemented in our Awards section, Merit Badge nomination thread has returned for you to reveal the heroic members that you admire, fancy and respect.

Before you begin with nominations, you should keep in mind:

The previous nomination thread, so as to become acquainted with the process.
The Merit Badge ~ Insight update.
The new nomination-type, called "Shadow Dancer". Shadow Dancer is elected by moderators only. Users who successfully bring problematic posts to the Staff's attention and thus contribute to the supervision of the site will be nominated.
Shadow Dancer: Reflects a user that has deep understanding of the rules system and is loyal to them.

(Tip: The name is associated with shadows, since the user is acting in the background of the forum's activities, the latter being inaccessible to public eyes.)

Please, use the following form to nominate the members of your choice:

User	Reason	Position
Random_User	This is my reason and this one is mine	Community Excellence
User 2	Reason 2	Position 2

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[tr][TD]User[/TD][TD]Reason[/TD][TD]Position[/TD][/tr]

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[TD]Random_User[/TD]
[TD]This is my reason and this one is mine[/TD]
[TD]Community Excellence[/TD]
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[TD]User 2[/TD]
[TD]Reason 2[/TD]
[TD]Position 2[/TD]
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P.S.

Only type the usernames;
Issue Reason is why you nominate someone (in the case of multiple users, indicate which username goes with which issued reason);
Position can be anything among:
- Community's Excellence
- Great Assistant
- Glorious Artist
- Grand Designer

Reminder : You cannot elect a Shadow Dancer, this is left to the moderators.

For more information, please view this page.

Nominations will last for 15 days and the poll will then be posted for 7 days.
Irrelevant posts or posts that are found to be pure blather, will be deleted.

Binsu · Jul 15, 2014

User	Reason	Position
Pharaoh	Pharaoh, such a helpful individual on the site. Tries his best to help everybody on the sections and also, he gives much importance to reports solving it accurately and making sure to satisfy both sides on a problem.	Community Excellence

rulerofiron99 · Jul 15, 2014

Wouldn't it be easier to read if we used a form that didn't require clicking?

User	Reason	Position
Random_User	This is my reason and this one is mine	Community Excellence
User 2	Reason 2	Position 2

JASS:

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[tr][TD]User[/TD][TD]Reason[/TD][TD]Position[/TD][/tr]

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[TD]Random_User[/TD]
[TD]This is my reason and this one is mine[/TD]
[TD]Community Excellence[/TD]
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[TD]User 2[/TD]
[TD]Reason 2[/TD]
[TD]Position 2[/TD]
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IcemanBo · Jul 15, 2014

User

Issue Reason

Position

Pharaoh_
Dr Super Good
PurgeandFire

Pharaoh_: Reconciles conflicts between users in a positive and successful way.
Dr Super Good: Shares his wide spectrum of excessive knowledge in many categorys about methods to solve problems of any kind.
PurgeandFire: Deep skills in many aspects of game mechanics and always helpful with his great knowledge about WorldEditor and coding.

Pharaoh_: Community Excellence
Dr Super Good: Great Assistant
PurgeandFire: Great Assistant

bhusta · Jul 15, 2014

rulerofiron99 said:
Wouldn't it be easier to read if we used a form that didn't require clicking?

User Reason Position
Random_User This is my reason and this one is mine Community Excellence
User 2 Reason 2 Position 2

JASS:

[TABLE] [tr][TD]User[/TD][TD]Reason[/TD][TD]Position[/TD][/tr] [tr] [TD]Random_User[/TD] [TD]This is my reason and this one is mine[/TD] [TD]Community Excellence[/TD] [/tr] [tr] [TD]User 2[/TD] [TD]Reason 2[/TD] [TD]Position 2[/TD] [/tr] [/TABLE]

I second that. The tabs are just stretching awfully.

Pharaoh_ · Jul 15, 2014

rulerofiron99 said:
Wouldn't it be easier to read if we used a form that didn't require clicking?

User Reason Position
Random_User This is my reason and this one is mine Community Excellence
User 2 Reason 2 Position 2

JASS:

[TABLE] [tr][TD]User[/TD][TD]Reason[/TD][TD]Position[/TD][/tr] [tr] [TD]Random_User[/TD] [TD]This is my reason and this one is mine[/TD] [TD]Community Excellence[/TD] [/tr] [tr] [TD]User 2[/TD] [TD]Reason 2[/TD] [TD]Position 2[/TD] [/tr] [/TABLE]

Thank you, that one looks better.

Cihparg · Jul 15, 2014

User	Reason	Position
A Void (genin32)	If you disagree with me on this, I'm going to have to report you for being useless/spam.	Community Excellence
andreasaspenberg	Our frontend computer professional, making sure everything works as expected.	Community Excellence
Rui	Because he's the Homophobic titan.	Community Excellence

Heinvers · Jul 15, 2014

User	Reason	Position
fladdermasken	This is for making outstanding terrains and being a great source of inspiration.	Glorious Artist
Sin'dorei300	This guy is awesome when it comes to icons and modding them.	Glorious Artist
Fingolfin	He's a pretty awesome guy when it comes to modelling and social skills. I like his stance overall.	Glorious Artist
Doctor Super Good	He's sharing his vast knowledge of everything when it comes to helping others. He's basically a noteworthy ICON around.	Great Assistant
Hell_Master	A very active and helpful person around WEHZ.	Community Excellence

SpasMaster · Jul 15, 2014

User	Reason	Position
Pharaoh_	Pharaoh_ is like a support column for the Hive - keeps it alive and fresh. His presence makes me feel that this site is still going strong!	Community's Excellence
APproject	Just a glorious terrainer. His work is unimagineable and astonishing. He takes Warcraft possibilities to a whole new level.	Great Artist
Shadow Fury	I've seen many of this user's reviews and comments. He is a true treasure to the Hive community. His reviews are aways just and helpful to others. He reminds me of the hive staff I've fist met when I joined the hive more than 4 years ago.	Great Assistant
Hell_Master	There isn't much that I can say that will be new about Hell_Master. I was around when he first showed up in the Hive and his contributions to this community are boundless. He dedicates a lot of time and work to help others and is always kind to everyone.	Community's Excellence

Rui · Jul 15, 2014

...Oh NO >_< I was hoping this would have been forgotten...

Chaosy · Jul 15, 2014

haha

@Rui

User	Reason	Position
PurgeAndFire	Being the all knowing being you can allways relay on when it comes to triggering issues either jass or gui	Great Assistant
IcemanBo	Been an really active helper for a good while now, he got like 80% post participation in the WEHZ	Great Assistant
Sin'dorei300	This guy is so damn fast when it comes to moderating icons. He has also made some damn amazing DC icons since the last badge was awarded.	Glorious Artist
Marcos DAB	He never stops to amaze me with his icons which has been uploaded from time to time, always showing good quality and style. Personally my favorite icon creator.	Glorious Artist	Razosh	Being the unofficial WoW and Hearthstone moderator, keeping both sections alive as good as he can. I think he should be valued more for that. Always starting entertaining debates about lore and gameplay.	Community's Excellence
andreasaspenberg	This guy is clearly deserving the merit badge since he is a pure tech genius.	Community's Excellence
Dr Super Good	This couldn't leave him out of this. He has been helpful since the very day I joined the Hiveworkshop	Great Assistant

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Kazeon · Jul 15, 2014

I will win this nomination!! :mwahaha:

User	Reason	Position
Dalvengyr	sometimes Helpful	Community Excellence
Dalvengyr	sometimes Helpful	Community Excellence
Dalvengyr	sometimes Helpful	Community Excellence
Dalvengyr	sometimes Helpful	Community Excellence
Dalvengyr	sometimes Helpful	Community Excellence
Dalvengyr	sometimes Helpful	Community Excellence
Dalvengyr	sometimes Helpful	Community Excellence
Dalvengyr	sometimes Helpful	Community Excellence
Dalvengyr	sometimes Helpful	Community Excellence
Dalvengyr	sometimes Helpful	Community Excellence
Dalvengyr	sometimes Helpful	Community Excellence
Dalvengyr	sometimes Helpful	Community Excellence
Dalvengyr	sometimes Helpful	Community Excellence

Heinvers · Jul 15, 2014

Dalvengyr said:
I will win this nomination!!

User Reason Position
Dalvengyr

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Helpful Community Excellence
Dalvengyr

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Indeed ;D

Kazeon · Jul 15, 2014

Heinvers said:
Indeed ;D

hey, there is no any rule which prohibits that, right? :grin:

so I win!

Chaosy · Jul 15, 2014

genius Dalvengyr

APproject · Jul 15, 2014

User	Reason	Position
sonofjay	He is always around with his smart, objective and honest opinions, he surely poured effort into keeping the community alive. He is the first and only one that popped in my mind for this.	Community Excellence
PurgeandFire	Saved my skin a TON of times, everytime I happened to appear in troubles, he always was here to help, he is surely active in help forums and he does a tremendous job in helping others.	Great Assistant

chobibo · Jul 15, 2014

User	Reason	Position
GhostWolf	Model Viewer and more	Grand Designer
rulerofiron99	Provides assistance in T&S and WEHZ	Great Assistant

Marcos DAB · Jul 15, 2014

Chaosy touched my hearth =X
I'm more a persistent artist than a good artist.

Deleted member 219079 · Jul 15, 2014

Your link to the previous nomination thread is faulty (it has " at the end)

User	Reason	Position
andreasaspenberg	I enjoy reading his threads He always gives us puzzling IT problems he faces from day to day, from hackers without internet connection to all the kinds of viruses. I hope I'll hear more of his computer malfunctions in the future!	Community Excellence
PurgeandFire	He made Hearstone tournaments into reality, also he's a very good moderator.	Great Assistant
Pharaoh_	Really good moderator, and I can see he cares about the community.	Community Excellence
BPower	He's on of the few / maybe only one active spell moderator at the moment, without him the spells section would be full of pending spells.	Great Assistant

Dalvengyr said:
I will win this nomination!!

User Reason Position
Dalvengyr

sometimes

Helpful Community Excellence
Dalvengyr

sometimes

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Dalvengyr

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13 points to Dalvengyr!

Cokemonkey11 · Jul 15, 2014

User	Reason	Position
looking_for_help	Please refer to my previous explanation at Merit Badge #2	Community Excellence

GreeN!X · Jul 16, 2014

Is voting for two positions fine?

User	Reason	Position
PurgeandFire	He should be nominated and should be the one to receive this thing. He has contributed resources that are useful and usually gives the best answers you can find in WEHZ (Not like those half-assed guesses of some people. ~Like me. :>).	Community Excellence & Great Assistant

Oh, and I didn't vote for Pharaoh_ since he already has one. But he still deserves one.

EDIT:

Chaosy said:
You can level up the merit badge though.

Oh, you can? lel.

EDIT 2:
PurgeandFire is the best.

Recent Proof:

PurgeandFire said:
I can agree that popularity and reputation interfere. But it is difficult to place restrictions on reputation, for many reasons.

Reputation is something that can drive a site. People like to receive appreciation. It may be a bit of a sad truth, but there are many examples out there. Just look at reddit or imgur. People fish for upvotes as if it is real money. And trust me, people go crazy over reputation/upvote injustice over there too. By nature, those sorts of systems are imperfect because they rely on user input. Users cannot be controlled. Restricting them more and more will only lead to dissatisfaction.

Regardless of morals, reputation plays a role into people's motivation to help. While that may be perceived as bad, it is kind of nice for the site as a whole. You hardly have threads without any replies (except in requests). New users also get some motivation to stay on the site (in any help forum, there are "one-and-done" posters). Now, I know you aren't saying to remove reputation or anything like that, but any changes must be weighed carefully so that they don't demotivate users.

It is possible to restrict it to more sections, but since all sections apart from off-topic have potential for "valid" reputation, I don't think that is necessary. As for restricting who can give rep (the thread owner), that may be detrimental considering there are a decent amount of forum-goers (myself included) who admitted to giving reputation to posts that have been helpful. Nothing is wrong with someone getting extra rep for a particularly helpful post, especially if it helps more than one person. And if someone comes in late to the thread to help someone other than the author, it is unfair that the helper wouldn't be able to be repped.

The reputation power of 1 thing is a neat idea. But I think there are too many associated issues. It would deflate everyone's rep (which might lead to some disappointment), but it would also nullify a lot of the rewards for contests. There are a lot of contests that just offer reputation rewards rather than icons (especially mini-contests), and it would be difficult to strain those out of all the reputation that people have been given.

I agree that 1 rep power is more fair, but it is (1) motivating to users (so they can give more reputation) (2) exciting for some users. Imagine you're a street performer. It feels nice when people throw chump change into your hat, but when Mr. Big-Shot sporting a swirly mustache, long top-hat, monocle, and flamboyant pants comes in and flashes some cash, you get a big thrill. And then you become hopeful that a similar man will return again. Fair? Not quite. Fun? Probably. Maybe I just like to preserve reputation's uniqueness. When it goes down to 1 power, it becomes even more like the "like" system. But due to the fact that reputation has varying power, can actually have comments, and isn't used the same way as a "like" or "upvote" on other sites, it becomes a different entity.

As for Chocolate Bunny Points, something like that may be considered for Hive 2. There was a discussion about it, I think. It would be a good alternative solution to the issue at hand.

Although, it is always good to remain hopeful. I'm not shutting down your suggestions, because this has actually been a case in the past. Before 2008 or 2009, users needed a certain reputation level to grant reputation at all. Otherwise they would end up giving 0 (maybe to prevent rep bots)? But that was problematic because a good portion of those asking for help were newer users. It was eventually changed, for the better IMO, and I believe it made a good difference. Similarly, off-topic got its reputation restriction at some point in time. That helped restore some validity to reputation as well. It isn't perfect, but it has had some good changes in the past. It is true that there are many cases of popularity-reputation, but I think there are even more "good" examples of reputation. As such, I believe there is still credibility in it. you just have to look hard enough, and believe. ;-;

Chaosy · Jul 16, 2014

You can level up the merit badge though.

Solu9 · Jul 16, 2014

Edit:

Withdrawing my vote.
Sorry Sin'dorei300!

Gilles · Jul 16, 2014

Glad to see this back. You can tell that this is a good idea by how serious everyone takes it.

Tank-Commander · Jul 16, 2014

I'm inclined to feel the same way as Gilles on this.

Deleted member 212788 · Jul 16, 2014

Nothing wrong with not taking it seriously. If you ask me, the idea is to have fun while showing appreciating to the people who deserve it.

Eagle XI · Jul 16, 2014

User	Reason	Position
andreaspaspenberg	Ordinarius professor level of knowledge in computer science, what an true genius! Mark my words when i say his ideas will not be understood until very later after his death like Nikola Teslapast.	Community Excellence

Rui · Jul 16, 2014

Gilles said:
Glad to see this back. You can tell that this is a good idea by how serious everyone takes it.

Had to rep even though it's disabled.^^

Amargaard · Jul 16, 2014

User	Reason	Position
Alagremm	There are no one alike Alagremm on the Hive Workshop - maybe that's the reason he is the member with the most profile views? He is a highly social member that reminds many of us that the Hive Workshop is more than just a resource station for Warcraft III mappers. For as long as I remember he has been a notable member in several of the most active social groups the Hive has to offer - few of you know these groups, but there are actually happening stuff there! When I first came here to the site, he taught me how to speak proper English, how to roleplay, how to terrain, and how to act around others on forum sites, over the cause of a few years. He might not have uploaded resources for people to use, but he is one of the few Hivers who have kept the term "roleplaying" alive ever since the Roleplaying forum went down, as result of the Zero Tolerance. Alagremm has long been a hero in the corner of the broad Hive community. Let's shine some light upon the everyday heroes who usually don't bathe in fame and popularity, for they deserve it!	Community Excellence

Deleted member 219079 · Jul 16, 2014

Glad to see this back. You can tell that this is a good idea by how serious everyone takes it.

What do you mean?

Vinz · Jul 16, 2014

^Because they are taking it absurdly seriously!

User	Reason	Position
Hell_Master	He is everywhere. Simply beyond repute.	Community Excellence
chobibo	He has helped many users in the past, especially in his golden days.	Great Assistant

Heinvers · Jul 16, 2014

jondrean said:
What do you mean?

Take a notice at the andreas and ggggg nominations and you'll know

Deleted member 219079 · Jul 16, 2014

I promoted andreas as well, I enjoy his threads.

We shouldn't take internet that seriously, he reminds us of that.

Although there's no harm in taking the contest seriously of course

Kino · Jul 16, 2014

So, why was my post removed?

Pharaoh_ · Jul 16, 2014

Kino said:
So, why was my post removed?

Because it was off-topic. With random discussions it becomes harder for us to sort out the nomination posts ;(

Tal'Rarity · Jul 16, 2014

User	Reason	Position
andreasaspenberg	His contributions almost outmatch everyone else's. He is the one of the only users here that can make me smile every time I read something new he posts.	Glorious Artist or Community's Excellence

He is just simply that amazing. Most of the users better already have their badges. I'd love to suggest others however I think this kitty deserves it this time around. :thumbs_up:

He kind of keeps the community alive, I visit this site more often thanks to awesome people.

Sin'dorei300 · Jul 17, 2014

Looks like andreasaspenberg is going to win!

Vinz · Jul 17, 2014

Sin'dorei300 said:
Looks like andreasaspenberg is going to win!

Agreed!

Rui · Jul 17, 2014

I didn't want to have anything to do with this, but figures I'll nominate him too and be sure to cast my vote when the poll comes.

Vinz · Jul 17, 2014

Please do, Rui. :cgrin:

AIagremm · Jul 17, 2014

D'aw, Amargaard, you sly dog you.

GaLaxY_256 · Jul 18, 2014

Apathetic

Apathetic is best model editor I've seen in Hive. He's also nice man xD

Community Excellence

[TD]User[/TD][TD]Reason[/TD][TD]Position[/TD][/tr]

A Void · Jul 18, 2014

User	Reason	Position
Pharaoh_	Great thread designing, nice paragraphs, poems, quotes and visual imagery. An excellent designer for creating official and unofficial contests and threads, always supportive and in a line of duty as a moderator when it comes to reported content.	Grand Designer
Apathetic	He is a highly an active member in the request section, made countless requests and always helps out when able to. A supportive figure in the community.	Community's Excellence
PurgeandFire	Reasonable moderator in a line of helping and supporting. A great reviewer of the resources, content and a friendly part of the community with amazing knowledge in Warcraft III criteria.	Great Assistant
Fingolfin	A highly anticipated modeling artist that made a large amount of model resources in a criteria of sci-fi, modern and futuristic categories.	Glorious Artist
Ralle	The owner of the site that holds this place from falling apart and maintaining the community, an excellent owner who will care for the future of The Hive to many great years and lengths.	Grand Designer
tobyfat50	He has hugely improved the morale of how Warcraft III can handle graphics and terraining, his work is highly appreciated when it comes to a game that started in approximately 1997 and still maintained good visuals.	Glorious Artist

I will also update this post in addition to adding a new candidates.

Daffa · Jul 18, 2014

User	Reason	Position
Pharaoh_	Being a valuable member to the hive, capable of keeping threads with tensions in civil state, overall, a great member of the community	Community Excellence
Hell_Master	Being a very valuable member to the community (also a very good friend), he has dedicated his work in the map section and help a bunch of newbies (noob, pardon me) to become good members for THW future.	Community's Excellence
Rheiko	I doubt many will remember him much lately, but he's a very helpful member around, he helped many people learn World Editor back when he's around	Great Assistant
Frankster	His arts are one of the best arts I ever see, his models and icons are well made and pretty useful to many mapper in the community or outside of the community	Glorious Artist
Ralle	I guess there's no need to talk much about it right? Well, he's a very valuable person to THW! without him, THW might have not grown this far, his job in designing the site is more than enough to give him this award	Grand Designer
PurgeandFire	One of the best helper around, he helped me much when it comes to coding stuffs, I remember when I was a GUI noob asking bunch of stupid questions to some people, including him.	Great Assistant
IcemanBo	I guess Chaosy explains about him well? His helps in the WEHZ are very useful and his participation is high	Great Assistant
Almia	Almia is a helpful coder back when he was active, his resources are still very valuable to the community (ehm, GUI community for most part)	Great Assistant
Sin'dorei 300	His arts are wonderful and they're very useful to the community	Glorious Artist

Bernkastel · Jul 18, 2014

Pff.. Bernkastel.

Chen · Jul 19, 2014

Bernkastel said:
Pff.. Bernkastel.

Die Burncastle!!!

User	Reason	Position
Sin'dorei300	One of the best moderators I ever seen. He got nice icons and great moderating skills.	Glorious Artist
Pharaoh_	He was a great help on this site, he moderates things which is needed to be moderated, since it's his job as a GLOBAL moderator. He also tries to fix some problems which seems to be useful for us. And that avatar FTW!	Community's Excellence

Orcnet · Jul 19, 2014

Pharaoh_'s gonna level up now. :thumbs_up:

GaLaxY_256 · Jul 19, 2014

I guess maybe…
@Orcnet : You should change your avatar and signature to normal

Almia · Jul 19, 2014

User	Reason	Position
Tank_Commander	Hive needs him more than he needs Hive.	Community Excellence
Daffa the Mage	One day, this guy will be the next best users.	Community Excellence
Bernkastel	<Too cool to put a comment>	Community Excellence

gorillabull · Jul 19, 2014

User	Reason	Position
andreasaspenberg	his cat shoots trolls at dawn	we all have a lot to learn from him

Merit Badge #3 - The Light is Within Us

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