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Should we go for medals according to post ranks (like getting rune,dragon member,etc.), or will it encourage people spamming for medals?

April Fooled (Was fooled by the 2010 RSBandB April Fools' event) [Marco]

Veteran Staff Positions (Has been a member of a staff group for atleast 1 year) [Kenny, Brimmk, Marco)

Since the staff has already said this would be implemented and my post was almost completely ignored I guess there is no point in trying to fight it.

Should we go for medals according to post ranks (like getting rune,dragon member,etc.), or will it encourage people spamming for medals?

Personally, I don't see all these little medals for game related tasks working out. I think it should be mainly broad, community based topics that reward medals. Medals lose their meaning if everyone has tons of them lining their posts. Ideas like "x" articles written, events hosted, or submissions made are really the only ones that make any sense to me. Keep in mind that players are rewarded for in-game achievements in-game. It's my feeling that these medals should gear specifically towards actions you have done that benefit the RSBANDB community.

Ideas like "x" articles written, events hosted, or submissions made are really the only ones that make any sense to me.

Possibly a medal with a little birthday cake on it for making a birthday post for someone?

Author:	jrdgames [ April 25th, 2010, 8:06 pm ]
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Iron Maiden wrote: Should we go for medals according to post ranks (like getting rune,dragon member,etc.), or will it encourage people spamming for medals? It would probably encourage spamming and the ranks are to congratulate on more posts so I don't think there should be medals for those. Since the staff has already said this would be implemented and my post was almost completely ignored I guess there is no point in trying to fight it. Quote: April Fooled (Was fooled by the 2010 RSBandB April Fools' event) [Marco] If this is going to be a medal then it should be applicable to any April fools joke that doesn't effect the whole community. Quote: Veteran Staff Positions (Has been a member of a staff group for atleast 1 year) [Kenny, Brimmk, Marco) If this is going to be a true Veteran Staff Position medal then it should include groups that are no longer existent like the Design Crew and SOTW Judges OR there could be a Retired Veteran Staff Positions medal for being a member of a retired staff group for 1 year+.

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Author:	Tim [ April 25th, 2010, 8:33 pm ]
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Maybe 99 medals? One for when you get the 99, and 1 more later on.

Author:	Chief Snake [ April 25th, 2010, 10:06 pm ]
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jrdgames wrote: Since the staff has already said this would be implemented and my post was almost completely ignored I guess there is no point in trying to fight it. I wouldn't say it was ignored. I actually disagreed with this idea myself to begin with but having now seen the strong support for it I think it'll probably work. Things tend to work out better if there are no negative preconceptions of them, but all I can see in this thread is positivity, so great work guys.

Author:	King Kulla [ April 25th, 2010, 10:27 pm ]
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You guys will have to remember that this can't happen overnight, it's going to take a while to get all the images and achievements together, then to get the code together, then how to implement the procedure of giving them. Your suggestions will not be ignored; they make things a lot easier, and faster for everyone. That said, I'm going to try to do some thinking this week and come up with a list later on.

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Author:	CreepyPirate [ April 26th, 2010, 12:30 am ]
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Iron Maiden wrote: Should we go for medals according to post ranks (like getting rune,dragon member,etc.), or will it encourage people spamming for medals? I don't think it'll effect spamming anymore than having ranks does. I'm off to see Ricky Gervais ( ) but if I'm not to tired tonight I'll stick all the suggestions into my first post so we don't get repeat ideas.

Author:	DarkAbyss757 [ April 26th, 2010, 5:19 am ]
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Yeah i like the idea.

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Author:	Marco [ April 26th, 2010, 2:21 pm ]
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I will think on this a little more, see if I can come up with them.

Author:	Smallfib [ April 26th, 2010, 4:01 pm ]
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I like the idea I agree that there should also be medals for newbies (like myself) And also.... A Quest Cape Medal????

Author:	Italy4life [ April 27th, 2010, 5:58 pm ]
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Possibly a medal with a little birthday cake on it for making a birthday post for someone?

Author:	Ranging God [ April 27th, 2010, 6:13 pm ]
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I like the 99 medal system. For each 99, you get a little skill medal to have in that skill.

Author:	Directxfire [ April 27th, 2010, 7:07 pm ]
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Personally, I don't see all these little medals for game related tasks working out. I think it should be mainly broad, community based topics that reward medals. Medals lose their meaning if everyone has tons of them lining their posts. Ideas like "x" articles written, events hosted, or submissions made are really the only ones that make any sense to me. Keep in mind that players are rewarded for in-game achievements in-game. It's my feeling that these medals should gear specifically towards actions you have done that benefit the RSBANDB community.

Author:	CreepyPirate [ April 28th, 2010, 12:53 am ]
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Directxfire wrote: Personally, I don't see all these little medals for game related tasks working out. I think it should be mainly broad, community based topics that reward medals. Medals lose their meaning if everyone has tons of them lining their posts. Ideas like "x" articles written, events hosted, or submissions made are really the only ones that make any sense to me. Keep in mind that players are rewarded for in-game achievements in-game. It's my feeling that these medals should gear specifically towards actions you have done that benefit the RSBANDB community. It's really just a means of showing your in game achievements.

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Author:	Warren [ April 28th, 2010, 5:19 am ]
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Directxfire wrote: Ideas like "x" articles written, events hosted, or submissions made are really the only ones that make any sense to me. The problem with articles written medal is that it is restricted to a single group. Well I don't know if that is much of a problem, but what about the people who apply and apply and consistently get denied and just give up (not sure if there is more than one person actually) l0l I wonder if allowing some guest articles is still a stupid idea

Author:	Iron Maiden [ April 28th, 2010, 8:25 am ]
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italy4life wrote: Possibly a medal with a little birthday cake on it for making a birthday post for someone? +1 To that Personally, I'm not too sure about medals releated to RS, I know a large ammount of people here are heavy players. But there is still a part of them who don't play at all. It's kinda medals that Retireds will never get...

Author:	Hairy Munky [ April 28th, 2010, 5:22 pm ]
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italy4life wrote: Possibly a medal with a little birthday cake on it for making a birthday post for someone? Nah, everyone would be rushing to make birthday posts for whoevers birthday it was then. Myabe one for celebrating your birthday while being a member of rsbandb but i dunno. Seems like a pretty easy medal with no real effort required.