New Arena Award idea!

[PROXY]

Recently, lots of new awards and rewards have been designed to make contests etc. more attractive, but for example the one with the bonus rep for e.g. a whole scratch made model didn't help anything.

So here's my idea.

It's quite simple. Often people say they are entering in contests (like myself) and make often awesome WIP's and progress, and then they stop, lost motivation or got any other problems.

The solution for that could be a award, for example:

o Contestant Award: Successfully participied in 5 contests.
o Bloodhound Award: Successfully participied in 10 contests.
o Gladiator Award: Successfully participied in 15 contests.

Successfullly participied means an entry, which clearly shows effort and that can be counted as an valid one.

 

[Codric]

That idea sounds intesting and nice

 

[Sky Green]

It would be also a good thing for judges...

 

[Pharaoh_]

Ok, sounds reasonable, but what comes next? Unless the numbers are raised a bit? Also, although I know the names were thought out in mili-seconds, I still dislike the last 2 titles, because they most likely refer to a challenge (duel), than a simple contest.

 

[Map Designer]

isn't the contest itself... a challenge? :/
anyway, I bet the awards should be given for those who provide resources (some number) more than to those who participated in contests.

 

[I3lackDeath]

Why have awards in the first place? It's not like you get cash for winning a contest here, so they are pretty much visual luxury/candy/ego boosters.

I just always thought award icons looked nice.

And as map designer said, the experience you take from a participation in any contest is an award itself. You push your limits, see how you're doing compared to others etc.

By the way, that reminds me:
Pharaoh_, have the missing award icons been dealt out already? You know, for Icon Contest #9 etc.

 

[Skycraft]

I don't like this idea at all. If going for an award drives you to keep working on something then you should be aiming for the top three placements, not for awards just because you participated.

 

[Sky Green]

Participation helps to keep the contests alive, and people should get a award for that...

 

[I3lackDeath]

Participation helps to keep the contests alive, and people should get a award for that...

You have got to be kidding me. Pharaoh_ went as far as granting every contestant of the mini-contest 5 rep points. That's extremely generous.

Do you know ANY other circumstance where everyone entering a contest receives some kind of award?

Check out the mini-contests, they are very much alive, just like the regular contests in the arena. As long as capable people host interesting themes, we have nothing to worry about. There is absolutely no need to give every contestant an award for simple entering.

 

[SA Dashie]

I don't see really much use in this as I join contests for the competition and pushing my bounds of the time I put into the map/spell etc I enter, not for any mere small rep addition for just participating.
I strive for challenges, not how many people join the contest. The rep/award icon you get for being in the top 3 is just a bonus of recognition for how well you did against the other contestants in the contest and if I could I would like to keep it that way.
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[Panda]

I judge mostly the icon contest's and i do the right job. I got rep from Pharaoh_ for doing so. I could of got nothing, but i did. It would be cool to get a award about how many contest's the person has judged or whatever.

 

[Skycraft]

I judge mostly the icon contest's and i do the right job. I got rep from Pharaoh_ for doing so. I could of got nothing, but i did. It would be cool to get a award about how many contest's the person has judged or whatever.

A new award exists for that.. I'm guessing you didn't read this thread.

 

[I3lackDeath]

Why do you people need an award for everything you do/doing the job you are supposed to do?

As I said, Pharaoh_ is really generous these days. Spamming Hive with awards for this and that will make them lose meaning. >_>

 

[Pharaoh_]

I judge mostly the icon contest's and i do the right job. I got rep from Pharaoh_ for doing so. I could of got nothing, but i did. It would be cool to get a award about how many contest's the person has judged or whatever.

A new award exists for that.. I'm guessing you didn't read this thread.

Indeed, the award will be upgradeable and it will display the number of contests judged in its description!

 

[Panda]

A new award exists for that.. I'm guessing you didn't read this thread.

No need to get smart sir, i was just stating something. I don't care if it ever happens at all.

 

[I3lackDeath]

Pharaoh_, I assume the limit counter for that awards starts from something like, now, so previous judgings won't be considered for the total amount?

Just clarifying some stuff out of interest.

 

[Pharaoh_]

Since they are approved.

 

[I3lackDeath]

Ah, so they do count. Is there some sort of list for every judge that was ever appointed and how many contests each one has judged? This is needed for proper overview.

 

[Pharaoh_]

I mean approved under the terms of the sticky!

 

[GhostThruster]

Some better award names...
Contender - 5 participations
Tryhard - 10 participations
Billy, Stop Playing WarCraft and Get a Job - 15 participations

some judging award names:
Certified Judge - 3 judgings
Mallet Banger - 6 judgings
Simon Cowell - 9 judgings

 

[Skycraft]

Ghost the idea has already been shown as horrible stop making a useless post.

 

[GhostThruster]

Ghost the idea has already been shown as horrible stop making a useless post.

i tl;dr'd the whole thread woops

 

[Jolly_jumper]

Why is this a horrible idea??? :S
If there were more ppl competing in the contests and actually finnish their work that would mean an increase in quantity and quality of Hive's resources, which to me sounds purely positive...

Ofcourse not everyone who just posts a WiP should get a "participation count", but everyone who manages to deliver a finnished product deserves some recognition even if they don't get to be among the top3....atleast i feel they should

We got like thousands of super creative ppl here, i doubt it would be a problem to come up with titles/award names^^
I bet we could even have different sets of names, so ppl who mostly participated in writing/modeling/terraining/drawing etc. would get the corresponding "title" to his/her participation count and in what genre most of the contests have been.
If it's no genre that "stands out", then there would be a title for that aswell, one for each "participation step"

sry for wall of text

 

[Map Designer]

Why is this a horrible idea??? :S
If there were more ppl competing in the contests and actually finnish their work that would mean an increase in quantity and quality of Hive's resources, which to me sounds purely positive...

Ofcourse not everyone who just posts a WiP should get a "participation count", but everyone who manages to deliver a finnished product deserves some recognition even if they don't get to be among the top3....atleast i feel they should

We got like thousands of super creative ppl here, i doubt it would be a problem to come up with titles/award names^^
I bet we could even have different sets of names, so ppl who mostly participated in writing/modeling/terraining/drawing etc. would get the corresponding "title" to his/her participation count and in what genre most of the contests have been.
If it's no genre that "stands out", then there would be a title for that aswell, one for each "participation step"

sry for wall of text

Kinda convincing. Now I say awards for resource makers and contestants. But well... I guess if Pharaoh gives an award when he/she feels like it and that he/she should give, I will be satisfied with that

 

[Skycraft]

Why is this a horrible idea??? :S
If there were more ppl competing in the contests and actually finnish their work that would mean an increase in quantity and quality of Hive's resources, which to me sounds purely positive...

Here's why it is a horrible idea - if the Hive starts throwing awards around like free candy to any Tom, Dick and Harry then it becomes absolutely pointless to bother with them. The more you make of something the less it gains in worth.

 

[Jolly_jumper]

Thats why you have different awards Having an icon award would naturally be more "valued" than a title, idk how/where you'd place that title though, if you placed it under the avatar where "Moderator" titles are now i think you should write it in italic font, and not bold, or it could be something which only shows when you browse their profile...atleast that wouldn't be "too much"

Having more contestants in general and more contestants who finnish their stuff is a good enough reason to have this small award imo

 

[Skycraft]

Well you're opinion is terrible in this instance because when you have more awards, they drop in value because they are easier to obtain. This increases the odds of them becoming worthless and users will think less and less of them.

Awards are there for when users achieve something, and creating an award for people that can 'make up the numbers' is not an achievement.

 

[I3lackDeath]

Awards are there for when users achieve something (...)

This is what awards should be about all along.

It seems this thread served it's purpose and closing it is a bit overdue...
We already had every argument brought up.

 

[Sin'dorei300]

Sounds interesting!

 

[Gilles]

I like the idea, I just think the increments are off. Make it something like 10, 20, 50, 100. If people start spamming contest with garbage just disqualify them, otherwise it only encourages people to join.

 

[SA Dashie]

When I think about it the contestants entry shouldn't just be complete to count but up to a certain minimal standard to be able to pass as an actual addition to these rewards. I think that the host of the contest or the judges should decide if the entry counts or not to this.