Problems with blue level solution!

alright, i post alot of suggestions, but heres one i like, but i would be alot of work for the mods.

Due to the problems with turbo posting, and blue level requirements, we would begin to impliment the red level into our forums. There are no red's out there who aren't green, so what the red for?

Here's the plan, make blue 50 again. Leave blue level for the leeches, they can have it, post 50, be blue, get an avatar, way to go. What's the big deal anyway.

Change the blue league to red league. Take the current blue's and change em to red. That way we can still manually change blues to red when they earn the right.

And, also, a very important point, us blue's want rights to PM'ing, it would prove very invaluable. That way i dont have to waste thread space with a question for NBK, or lucos ect.... Also, there are some things we may want to say to our friends on the site, that isnt meant to be read in a thread.

Red's will be the highest quality members. Newbies white. After they post, they get rights to an avatar and some color recognition @ blue. Then red will be reserved for the high quality blues, the good players, and good posters.

Its an idea, think about it.

I think it would be great for the blues to be able to PM each other, and if anybody starts spamming in the blue then it's either instaban or demontion to limbo, another thing is it would be great to have at least on leader to contact if we have specific questions, problems with the site or a member, that way members don't have to make a post on the forums.

well i dont know about you but why change something that already works. I know im a newbie WOULD WELCOME A BLUE , but its all about the games , the enjoyment of reading good threads not what colour you are anyway thats my say bye.

thanks for the suggestions

when i thought about the level system i was thinking long term. I didnt envision red members being members with 100 posts. Probably closer to a thousand or whatever. For example, you have just over 100 posts. Whilst i know your a good guy and loyal member, i didnt want people with 100 posts to be 3/4 of the way through the level system.

The actual level is irrelevant anyways - all it does is help us determine whose eligible for certain permissions on the site etc. What happens if the 'leeches' get into the red level as well - do we move up again. I dont want the site to have 15 different colours/levels. Blue level requires manual approval and for me thats more than enough. It isnt full proof - i know that. However, its the best we can do in my opinion.

Plus i want the level system to progress with the popularity of games and site discussions. The site is still pretty quiet on non game days.

With regards to prviate messaging. There is a reason why it isnt allowed at blue level. First and foremost i want to do as much as i can to protect the members here. The approval system over at THF was more strict than it was here. That didnt stop one guy, long, private message dozens of members asking for money transfers and asking them to send first. Thankfully, he was stupid enough to send it to a member of staff and a friend i know in real life. We banned him and stopped anyone being ripped off - however it does illustrate how it can be abused and for me, we dont have enough knowledge of blue level members.

We attract spammers all the time, we attract leechers - which is why im very concerned that it would be abused if people who we dont know too well etc get access to private messaging. My aim is to add the pm system for red level members (which goes back to your first point) - and again, i dont see the need to add a red level just now. I understand your frustration of not having the messaging system though, particulary if its just to message a buddy or whatever

Please dont think i dont listen to suggestions or that im just shooting your ideas down. A lot of the minor problems we have here (pass being sent around, sit outs, spammers etc) we had at THF at the start of the year. Which is why i did everything i could to try and set up a system where the good guys are rewarded and the leechers are not.

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Why not give people the blue level when they signed up through FF and when they deposit to there account... So the people who brought FF some money to give away...

and then a minimum of sites...

Greets BmwFreax

yeah but theres nothing stopping someone doing that but also being rude or offensive on the forums as well

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Maybe this can be a addon voor the blue level... to make it harder to reach...

50 qualtity post that contribute to the forum

and

1 signup through FF with deposit money... that really contributes to the site i think...

i agree bmw
and that would definately help the site generate revenue. I just dont want to exclude members or force them to deposit or whatever - we have a lot of members who arent keen on depositing.

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Hey fonz, good points, i was just throwing my 2 cents out there, no big deal...i mean what do i know, i cant keep a website up for more than a month without getting overloaded and swamped, you seem to make it work, you do man,

"the fonz only lives by one rule, never let anyone use your comb, heyyyy"