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HISTOR replied to the topic Gameification? in the forum Member Resources 1 year, 10 months ago

@historycourses , I will work on this. Your join date was a few days before the Founder’s medal went live, so those first steps were not logged. You should see them appear in the activity log in a few minutes – otherwise I will just push it through manually.

Thanks so much for your feedback!

HISTOR started the topic Forum Assets: How to Earn Them & Tool/Weapon Requests in the forum Member Resources 2 years, 10 months ago

So far this month we’ve been working on adding Tools & Weapons that can be unlocked by users using the points that they’ve earned. As you may have noticed in your profile drop down section (“V” by your user name under the main, right-hand menu) a section called “Points Bank, Rank & Medals”. This is a section that shows all of your earnings made…[Read more]

HISTOR started the topic Recommendations for New Community Groups in the forum Member Resources 3 years, 1 month ago

As you can see, there is a sampling of groups available to join – these were broadly chosen to have a selection for demo / beta purposes. If there is a group that you would like to have created, please submit it here. Right now the categories are:

By historical Era
By historical topic

Please share your recommendations! If we get…[Read more]

HISTOR replied to the topic Gameification? in the forum Member Resources 3 years, 2 months ago

I’m thinking of adding a new category of “status” items for users to unlock – “tools and weqpons”. These are items that can be bought with assets (stater coins and favor, both awarded for basic, positive actions on the site). By accumulating different sets of weapons, clothing and tools, users can unlock custom ranks / titles, loot drops, access…[Read more]

HISTOR started the topic Working on Forums / Profiles in the forum Flag A Technical Issue 3 years, 2 months ago

I’m going to be messing around with the appearance of the forums and user profiles over the next few nights… just a forewarning! 😆

HISTOR replied to the topic Gameification? in the forum Member Resources 3 years, 3 months ago

A “Founding Member” medal is now live – there are 10 of these available to members who are testing the site.

There are 8 steps to earn the medal – all items that help test out the site in general.

8 Required Steps

Register during Site Test
Log into site
Update your profile picture
Send a friendship request
Add an update to the…[Read more]

HISTOR replied to the topic Gameification? in the forum Member Resources 3 years, 3 months ago

I’m setting up assets, ranks and medals.

So far for assets, there is the Stater and the Favor. The Stater coin (from ancient Greece, featuring Demeter’s profile), is rewarded for actions related to posting threads, commenting, etc. The Favor (the image is a heart-shaped monarchist badge from the time of Charles I of England) is rewarded for…[Read more]

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