Administrators Popular Post Amethyst Posted October 30, 2017 Administrators Popular Post Share Posted October 30, 2017 hi! i'll get right to the point since you already have an idea of what's up from the topic title. after various discussions of how we should handle things like Ace Membership and the EXP system, we've decided to put of them to rest. Since it was created, the EXP system never really lived up to its potential. a lot of that is on us as staff for not more actively rewarding participation but it's possible the system was impractical in the first place. further complicating this is the fact that the plug in we were using to support this system broke as of the site update a few months ago, making it even more inconvenient. we've talked about many ways to revise the EXP system, but in the end, nothing was agreed upon as being effective enough without unreasonably higher amounts of both staff and member participation. as for the ace system, while we did explore alternatives to earning it since the proverbial doors have been closed last december, the conclusion we arrived at was that the status was no longer necessary. the original goal of the ace forum and membership was to create a sense of subcommunity for veteran users in a site that has been quickly growing for a long time. other incentives, like showdown quirks, beta testing, and whatever else there was, were added later to give it more purpose. at this point, we have decided we use little by letting it go, since our need for subcommunity can be better met by a new feature. in essence, it is being replaced with something for all users. the keen user may already know just what that is from pecking around profiles and such on the site-- that's clubs! clubs are a new feature recently added to our software which allows forums to make their own groups, invite other users, schedule acitvities, and post topics to their own create forum areas. it's pretty nifty! there are several different types of clubs: public clubs can be accessed by anyone without joining, open clubs are visible and can be joined by anyone closed clubs can only be explored by members, and members must be approved by the leader and private clubs which are totally hidden except by joining through invitation with these new features, we're happy to turn control over your subcommunities and groups over to you all, and we're interested to see how you can use them! users will have free opportunity to create private clubs, but for all other types we will ask for promised participation of at least five total members. just like in anime! now you can live your japanese high school dreams through here. wait, that's just me?? al-all right... many of you, especially current Aces may be wondering what is going to be happening with beta testing if ace is going away. be not afeared-- current aces will be able to keep their testing status for future episodes as we will be moving beta activity to its own club. we will have a set number of slots which will probably increase with each episode. all existing aces will be the original club members, but only those who participate will remain for future tests. we will also accept applications from other users to occupy any free slots, however the application process is TBA. as a final note, please be advised that these changes will take effect after the Episode 17 beta, meaning nothing will be changing for the time being! clubs will be set to full access at the same time EXP and Ace membership is retired, which is with E17's community release. At that time the Ace member group will be removed, and its priveleges will be freely distributed to Member and Veteran users. That means more ability to do stuff for you guys! Since it is no longer relevant to EXP, the daily reputation caps will also be greatly boosted so you can freely rep each other away! If you have any questions about these upcoming changes, please feel free to ask. Otherwise, we'll see you with the community release in a few weeks! 2 2 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul25 Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Hmm, It's really a great idea Ame. Let's be patient and try to see how we'll be benifited by this new, new features :)) I just can't wait to see when ep 17 will be released finally. : p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamitako Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Key question. What exactly will happen to the ace forum itself? There's a lot of stuff in there that I doubt people want public but there's also content that I'm sure people would miss were it simply deleted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 13 minutes ago, Yonomori Benio said: Key question. What exactly will happen to the ace forum itself? There's a lot of stuff in there that I doubt people want public but there's also content that I'm sure people would miss were it simply deleted. I'm going to have to second asking this question. If someone dug stuff up, they could probably find a post or two about me that ain't pretty, but compared to a lot of people, those are very, very tame. But knowing what the night club is, I don't think deleting it entirely is a good idea either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uberle Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Clubs... Like Breeders, battlers, newbies, experts, ect.? (Really Breeders would be the only one I would get into) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Mods Dreamy Posted October 30, 2017 Global Mods Share Posted October 30, 2017 (edited) I think retiring EXP is a good plan, as I haven't seen anyone get more that 15-20% of the way to the requirement for Ace. also means beta hijinks are back on the table (kind of) so yay! Clubs seem like they'll be a good idea, especially for things like RPs and Redemption League if they'll work anything like I think they will Edited October 30, 2017 by DreamblitzX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosesong Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 I’ll third all the folks worried about what happens to the content currently within the Nightclub, as there are things that I’ve posted in there that I don’t want the general public to know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seki108 Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 (edited) 48 minutes ago, Hooligan said: I imagine that the player with 100 Reputation Points will be an Ace Member, won't it? If that happens, it means I need between 6 to 9 months to get Ace Member rank, according to the amount of points I've got in one month. Rep points won't be replacing Exp for Ace benefits: Ace membership just won't be a thing at all. Though I don't get how Reputation was tied to EXP at all (given Ame's statement on lifting the rep giving per day)? Can anyone fill me in. It seems like an interesting alternative, to say the least. Aside from the features of editing status updates (which regular members got access to a few days ago), closing your own threads, and entering the Ace sub-forums, I never looked into Ace Member benefits; I guess I'll see what comes our way. Edited October 30, 2017 by seki108 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peanuts Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 41 minutes ago, Yonomori Benio said: Key question. What exactly will happen to the ace forum itself? There's a lot of stuff in there that I doubt people want public but there's also content that I'm sure people would miss were it simply deleted. I think the solution to this based on the club system is to move the ace forum content into it's own private club that only the old aces have access to. However, without knowing how data transfer works between forums and clubs I'm not sure how feasible it is to retain all of the information on the ace forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Mods Dreamy Posted October 30, 2017 Global Mods Share Posted October 30, 2017 5 minutes ago, seki108 said: Rep points won't be replacing Exp for Ace benefits: Ace membership just won't be a thing at all. Though I don't get how Reputation was tied to EXP at all (given Ame's statement on lifting the rep giving per day)? Can anyone fill me in. It seems like an interesting alternative, to say the least. Aside from the features of editing status updates (which regular members got access to a few days ago), closing your own threads, and entering the Ace sub-forums, I never looked into Ace Member benefits; I guess I'll see what comes our way. I think you got exp for getting 100 rep or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ainz Ooal Gown Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 (edited) O yeah, clubs. That sounds pure awesome. Also can't wait for E17 + join the weebs club . Edited October 30, 2017 by Ainz Ooal Gown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DW~ Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 @Hycrox #logang club when :] Insert snide remark about EXP system and Inno being right all along On a positive note, glad we can delete our own posts now, that was ace exclusive, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaunt Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 ...interesting, maybe now i'll show my face around sometime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seki108 Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 2 hours ago, DreamblitzX said: I think you got exp for getting 100 rep or something? Honestly never knew that. That would explain the daily rep limits, which I didn't know the purpose of before. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarc Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, DreamblitzX said: I think you got exp for getting 100 rep or something? Nope. At least , not in my case. I earned the exp with advices , trading , participate on discussion etc For the main discussion , i think i will enjoy this clubs system ! Edited October 30, 2017 by Zarc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seki108 Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Zarc said: Nope. At least , not in my case. I earned the exp with advices , trading , participate on discussion etc He was meaning that was an additional way to earn it, (especially with how infrequently exp was given for the other things).....I think anyway Edited October 30, 2017 by seki108 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Amethyst Posted October 30, 2017 Author Administrators Share Posted October 30, 2017 Sorry, I should've mentioned about the topics in the first place. I'm aware that a lot of people have posted things in confidence there, so all nightclub topics will be quarantined in a hidden forum. If people want to get specific posts or content out of there then the content authors can PM staff to arrange it. Alternatively, whatever needs to be done can be done until the time this takes effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarc Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 (edited) @seki108 okay ! For confidences posts i understand perfectly , kinda logic. I don't want to find every Commander's posts where he is asking for my exclusion ! Edited October 30, 2017 by Zarc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howin Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 So there was a super VIP big boy only forum huh? Makes me want to snoop around in it but I'm sure my curiosity outweighs how interesting it actually is... I think rest in peace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hycrox Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrromanis Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Ok, so what about showdown custom sprites? This was original an option everyone could have with paying rupees (the old currency of the forum). Then it became an ace member perk only and now getting ace can't be acomplished anymore. Will everyone can get a custom sprite if they want? Maybe some, and who? And what about those who paid with the old currency and lost their custom sprite (or never got it cause in the last period of the said system the sprites were broken)? Same thing applies for voice on PS too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LykosHand Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Oh okay then the exp points are gone, but i really like the idea of adding clubs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ojama Yellow Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 good call, id say. the title of 'ace member' had become pretty redundant by the time the site updated anyway. got mixed feelings about clubs. all I hope is that it wont end up splitting the userbase too much. guess we will see. edit: @pyrromanis I doubt youre gonna see much more of showdown perks in the near future. place is dead outside of league hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhi Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 4 minutes ago, Bibs said: got mixed feelings about clubs. all I hope is that it wont end up splitting the userbase too much. guess we will see. I imagine users will be able to have joint membership across any number of clubs. Division will exist anyway, but that's usually manifested in sub-communities that have already branched off from Reborn. Clubs seem pretty versatile by how they're described so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZEL Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 @Bibs hunger games club when Can't lie, I'm glad as all hell to see exp die. It was a broken system and I was long wondering if you'd ever agree on anything to finally deliver the promise of tying showdown and discord participation into it at all. But yeah I'm actually excited for the possibilities of clubs. Interested to see how things will turn out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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