New Community Trophy Contest

[aquielisunari]

Can attendance be a thing?

Perfect attendance reward after 30, 60 and 120 days with at least 3 answers per day. Attendance reset to 0 after 24 hours without an answer. Just visiting doesn't count.

How can I remove/change my "status" which says Judicious.

The last conversation I had with a mod was when I was having an issue with another member and I suggested the ignore feature. I am glad to see it.

 

[Darkbreeze]

I kind of like that idea. A frequent flier trophy that awards users for continuous daily contributions over a period of time. I like the idea but maybe not mandatory that it be EVERY day. Maybe a set number of posts within a given timeframe that allows somebody to still achieve the trophy if they have to, say, go camping or out of town on business, and can't be on EVERY day. Perhaps a 6 day per month waiver that exempts two days per week for those that have actual lives away from the forum, but still rewards them for making mostly daily contributions desirable.

 

[aquielisunari]

Name: 1st Post

Trophy: Post it with "1st" written on it

Requirement: Be the first to reply to a thread in the forum and be selected for best answer in that post.

Tom's Harwdware rules says

Don't...
■Post in ALL CAPS or use excessive punctuation!!!
■Share personal information, like your email address. Identify theft is real.
■Bump posts, claim "first!"

Probably not the best trophy to receive as you're getting banned, warned or suspended.

 

[assasin32]

Tom's Harwdware rules says

Don't...
■Post in ALL CAPS or use excessive punctuation!!!
■Share personal information, like your email address. Identify theft is real.
■Bump posts, claim "first!"

Probably not the best trophy to receive as you're getting banned, warned or suspended.

Actually it encourages the exact opposite, the requirement is to be selected for the best answer while being the first one to reply in a thread. Which is the exact opposite of writing First Post which provides no helpful information. This trophy is poking some fun at the whole First Post replies you see.

 

[aquielisunari]

We really did.

A round of applause and minimal recognition. Seems to be the norm around here anyways.

Aren't trophies a way of Tom's applauding my work and the trophy recognizes my efforts?

They are looking for more ways to recognize our accomplishments in this very thread!!!

 

[jamesanyoung]

Trophy Title: MegaMind
Conditions: Have 25 responses selected as best answer
Badge: like, a brain or something...?

 

[aquielisunari]

I kind of like that idea. A frequent flier trophy that awards users for continuous daily contributions over a period of time. I like the idea but maybe not mandatory that it be EVERY day. Maybe a set number of posts within a given timeframe that allows somebody to still achieve the trophy if they have to, say, go camping or out of town on business, and can't be on EVERY day. Perhaps a 6 day per month waiver that exempts two days per week for those that have actual lives away from the forum, but still rewards them for making mostly daily contributions desirable.

It has to be only for answers so that members have just one more reason to help others. People could post(and clutter) 3 random questions every day but that doesn't help anyone except the user.

2 free absences each week.

Answering 3 questions takes about 10 minutes or it could take over an hour if you don't have the knowledge base, or the trophy.

15 answers a week still gives people time to live, unless you ramble on and on like I have a tendency to do.

 

[Darkbreeze]

As do I. I am not very good, usually, at one line answers. Just had a discussion about this exact thing recently and concluded by consensus, which I had already felt was true anyhow, that for MOST issues, if they are asking, then they need more than a single sentence in order to not only fix the problem, but also UNDERSTAND the problem so that they won't need to get help for the same issue the next time it or something similar comes up.

Some folks can do this apparently with a single sentence, or for some users that is enough to nudget them towards finding the answer on their own, but for a LOT of visitors, you HAVE to hold their hand and walk them through the process.

 

[Colif]

Trophy Title: MegaMind
Conditions: Have 25 responses selected as best answer
Badge: like, a brain or something...?

We already have a trophy based on 25 Best Answers - Adept

so having 2 is just getting 2 rewards for same thing, we sort of trying to avoid that.

 

[JQB45]

What do you get for 23,943 Solutions in TH? "Tech Knight" RTX 2080

You are the dark lord already, leave some for the rest of us.

 

[JQB45]

They knows his | her Sh__
trophy can be a similar looking picture
When they have x number of points AND Best answers.

Then a little * next to the tophy

followed by a number for the number of times they got the trophy, moderators should be exempt as they already clearly know their sh__

 

[JQB45]

Actually it encourages the exact opposite, the requirement is to be selected for the best answer while being the first one to reply in a thread. Which is the exact opposite of writing First Post which provides no helpful information. This trophy is poking some fun at the whole First Post replies you see.

A little mean perhaps this trophy goes away with time so as not to be mean spirited?

 

[JQB45]

The Tom’s Community has been upgraded! Help us celebrate the new forum upgrade (featuring oodles of new trophies!) by sending us your best and brightest ideas for even more new trophies that you and other members of our awesome community can earn! In addition to bragging rights, the top vote-getter at the end of the submission period will win a $100 Amazon gift card.

What: New Community Trophy Contest
When: February 14th to February 24th, 2019.
How: Reply to this thread with your idea for a new trophy, which must include the name of the trophy, how a user of the forums can win it, and a visual representation or description of how it should look as icon/image/symbol.
Example: “Robotic Rabbit” - Earn at least 3 Best Answers in all tech forum sections, Image: Sprinting bunny.

After the submission period ends, … tl;dr

2nd and 3rd place need to get a Tom's hardware multifunction tool/hammer

 

[g-unit1111]

My suggestion:

Handclap Trophy (base)
Get 10 or more upvotes or likes in threads

Ovation Trophy
Get 100 or more upvotes or likes in threads

Showman Trophy
Get 500 or more upvotes or likes in threads

 

[JQB45]

Spy
Reads a lot doesn't respond (over a 1000 read threads)

 

[Colif]

My suggestion:

Handclap Trophy (base)
Get 10 or more upvotes or likes in threads

Ovation Trophy
Get 25 or more upvotes or likes in threads

Showman Trophy
Get 50 or more upvotes or likes in threads

Maybe if it was just upvotes, we already have 1 trophy for likes - its the popularity trophy
How do you measure upvotes though. is it for upvotes that don't lead to a BA as otherwise, you know, you getting 2 rewards for getting them.

 

[g-unit1111]

System Fixer
Answer 50 or more questions relating to system support

Laptop Fixer
Answer 50 or more questions relating to laptop support

Mobile Fixer
Answer 50 or more questions relating to cell phone and tablet support

Printer Guru
Answer 50 or more questions relating to printers and printer support

 

[jamesanyoung]

We already have a trophy based on 25 Best Answers - Adept

so having 2 is just getting 2 rewards for same thing, we sort of trying to avoid that.

I didnt know!

 

[JQB45]

$$$$ - badge to moderator's who devote more time to Tom's hardware then the next best moderator, this can be measured in a number of ways. Replace the number of $$$$ with their current 1, 2, 3, 4 position.

 

[JQB45]

Closed
picture of a shut door with a number * ___

how many times a user's thread has been closed

 

[JQB45]

Dev, someone who programmed something for the community.
Sr. Dev 5 or more apps/utilities
Designer, someone who has designed xy number of systems.

 

[Colif]

I didnt know!

No problem. Perhaps its a good idea for everyone to start here and see what we have now before suggesting new ones: https://forums.tomshardware.com/help/trophies/

 

[boju]

How about an embedded game, something like Yahtzee/poker where guys can play for trophies. A turn based game that doesn't require immediate attention and can have multiple instances with other people so youre not held up for too long if someone is busy.

 

[Colif]

Probably already suggested as its from old forums:

At home - Set an avatar for user account - 100 points

this will stop forums being full of letters next to posts and show your actual avatar instead.

 

[Darkbreeze]

$$$$ - badge to moderator's who devote more time to Tom's hardware then the next best moderator, this can be measured in a number of ways. Replace the number of $$$$ with their current 1, 2, 3, 4 position.

For those who are not informed enough to be in the know, moderators are not paid staff. We are volunteers, all of which were once normal members like everybody else. So there is no $$$$$ to replace with anything. Kind of silly to think that being a moderator has a direct relationship with being paid or being in a top billboard position. Yes, many of the moderators are some of the top ranked members, but that is nothing more than a result of the MANY hours of contributions and dedication to the community those members have consistently shown. Nothing more. To suggest otherwise is merely a lack of understanding the process.