08-02-2019, 06:18 PM
It has recently come to my attention that all "regular" awards given out in here are of the golden kind (Golden Controller, Golden Globe, Golden Mouse...) whereas things like the Newcomer of the Year medal are tier-based to ensure that a number of deserving candidates get the recognition they deserve... and considering that every single time we give out Forum Contribution accolades there are much fewer awards handed out than people who deserve them, wouldn't we benefit from having a tier-based system there as well? We really don't have to go overboard, but I thought up two scenarios that I think would do the trick nicely.
1) We can have a second poll up right after the main event is over, listing all of those who were nominated but didn't manage to gather enough votes to win right away, and have a third winner emerge from that voting. These people could sport silver versions of the awards they were nominated for on their signatures, signaling that they were still amazing but just didn't win the main poll, much like like there are Silver and Bronze versions of the Newcomer of the Year award.
2) "X number of nominations should equal an automatic win".
As of right now, to even make it onto the poll and be eligible for an award, two of your fellow members have to spend one of their limited nominations on you, ensuring that it is deserved every time. So, if you keep getting nominated for something across multiple rounds of voting (which happen months apart), I think it is clear that you actually deserve said award and your nomination wasn't the result of a fluke or whim. I mean, isn't the whole point of voting to give a symbolic reward to someone's contributions to the board? It seems weird having people in here going through their third or fourth nomination and still come out empty-handed.
I know these ideas are in a rather rough state and that there's a ton of room to improve them both, but I firmly believe that we can manage to turn them into something usable to better the forum experience for everyone.
Thanks for your time, meatbags
1) We can have a second poll up right after the main event is over, listing all of those who were nominated but didn't manage to gather enough votes to win right away, and have a third winner emerge from that voting. These people could sport silver versions of the awards they were nominated for on their signatures, signaling that they were still amazing but just didn't win the main poll, much like like there are Silver and Bronze versions of the Newcomer of the Year award.
2) "X number of nominations should equal an automatic win".
As of right now, to even make it onto the poll and be eligible for an award, two of your fellow members have to spend one of their limited nominations on you, ensuring that it is deserved every time. So, if you keep getting nominated for something across multiple rounds of voting (which happen months apart), I think it is clear that you actually deserve said award and your nomination wasn't the result of a fluke or whim. I mean, isn't the whole point of voting to give a symbolic reward to someone's contributions to the board? It seems weird having people in here going through their third or fourth nomination and still come out empty-handed.
I know these ideas are in a rather rough state and that there's a ton of room to improve them both, but I firmly believe that we can manage to turn them into something usable to better the forum experience for everyone.
Thanks for your time, meatbags
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