Post your unlock ideas!

Post your 'unlock' ideas!

What are unlocks/unlockables?
Unlocks or Unlockables are the things you earn with Snarkmarks.
The more Snarkmarks you have, the better the unlock.
For example: After 100 Snarkmarks you may choose your country flag that is displayed next to your profile when you post something.

Why did I make this thread?
The unlocks are still under construction, and I think we should complete it sometime. To my opinion, there aren't enough yet.

What kind of ideas are allowed?
Actually any idea is fine as long as it isn't too crazy (you know what I mean).

How should we post our ideas?
Probably the same way as the normal ones are (check my second post or go to control panel > snarkmarks for an example)

[color=#FFFF00]Ideas so far:[/color]

Niborius

[IMG]http://i37.tinypic.com/2rhv78i.png[/IMG]Gain 500 Snarkmarks to colorize your username!. (Displayed in your profile and every post) Gain 250 Snarkmarks to unlock a "To-Do list" at the start page of The Snarkpit! Gain 150 Snarkmarks to change the default font for your posts!

aaron da killa

A forum rank which is a little title such as "honorable heroic member" displayed next to your name on every post. The first word reflects a given user's ban/behavior history and the second word reflects a given user's activity/post count/log ins etc so you can have a noble member or a noble heroic member, or an honorable mythic member or just a heroic member etc.

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The thing I don't like about the current unlockables is that well....

The flag for example isn't really a reward or anything, it feels like something that everybody should already have, just like your forum avatar and name but not as important as that. It feels the people without it are being excluded rather than people being rewarded.

Here's my idea, they do this on the bungie.net forums. You have a forum rank which is a little title such as "honorable heroic member" displayed next to your name on every post. The first word reflects a given user's ban/behavior history and the second word reflects a given user's activity/post count/log ins etc so you can have a noble member or a noble heroic member, or an honorable mythic member or just a heroic member etc.

Also on the bungie.net forums, above each post is a bar displaying the members name, forum rank etc etc and the colour of the bar also reflects the users status where the bar stands out more with higher member status.

It should also be noted that forum moderators/admins are not included in this system, they're bar is a unique colour and they're rank is "forum admin".

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Aaron's Stuff

I like the bar idea very much Aaron, I think we should definitely introduce that to the Pit.

EDIT

Fifa.com has that also. It's an 'activity' bar and has a percentage activity and status of your activity. For example, at 60% activity, your status would be "On the bench" or something similar.

Here comes mine:

[IMG]http://i37.tinypic.com/2rhv78i.png[/IMG]Gain 500 Snarkmarks to colorize your username!. (Displayed in your profile and every post)

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aaron_da_killa said:
It should also be noted that forum moderators/admins are not included in this system, they're bar is a unique colour and they're rank is "forum admin".

I'm pretty sure it's "their" and not "they're" since they're means they are.

Sorry I just want to be sure before I learn it the wrong way

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Oh, no your right oops lol.

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Aaron's Stuff

"Your" should be "You're" Sorry I just had to fix it...

Anyways if I have enough unlocks, I think I'll just make a list into the first post with some of the best ideas, so the admins can decide which one to add. IF they are going to ofcourse

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I thought we used to have a ranking system involved with snarkmarks and activities on the old pit

new members were "noobies" etc...

The old system you mention was specifically dropped as it was felt to be set up in a way that was derisory toward all but a few particular members.

I take the point about being able to set a country flag etc, and agree it should probably be standard.

Coloured names and especially aaron's ideas are both excellent suggestions.

"there" - as in "The kitten is over there"
"their" - as in "The kitten is theirs"
"they're" = "they are", as in "they're feeding the kitten"

Other common annoyances include using the contraction "it's" when the possessive "its" is intended, incorrect or failure to use possessives (eg "The boy's school" for singular possession, "The boys' school" to indicate collective possession, "The boys" plural) and using "your" instead of "you're" (the contraction of "you are") eg "Oh, no your right oops lol" instead of "Oh, no you're right oops lol"

etc

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[IMG]http://i36.tinypic.com/dooyud.png[/IMG]Gain 150 Snarkmarks to change the default font for your posts!

The last one might not be a very good idea since some people might use very unclear ones, or maybe we should be able to choose from a list of some good fonts or something?

Anyways I noticed the pictures are not looking transparent but that is because my post is darker than the others. On the brighter color it does look transparent. Just take a look at my first post and you know what I mean

Oh and Larchy thanks for helping us with our English I learn alot from it.

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lol seems like you're enjoying making stuff up.

Here is a PNG with the required overlay for both the black and blue site themes (you'll need Fireworks) - just paste whatever graphic you want in underneath the grouped objects on each layer.

Export as a PNG24, one for each theme.

Thanks that saves lots of time ^^

Edit: [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/2cntap1.png[/IMG]

Do you think this one is better for the colored username unlock?

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Nope, don't like it tbh. I think the lego-brick one is awesome!

I think I agree with you then. Actually this was more of a test because I'm not used to Adobe Fireworks ^^

The Lego brick picture is probably not 24 bit yet I think, so we still need to do that if it's really necessary.

Anyways do you think you're going to use any of my ideas?
Aaron's idea sounds great too.

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So long as it's a .png then it doesn't really matter, but png8 doesn't have enough colour depth for more complex images and png32 isn't required as we don't need an alpha channel for these. (The only reason I want them as .pngs is to keep them all the same as I may need to use them with some dynamic output at some point and it makes life easier)

Can certainly do coloured usernames if you like.

Not sure about a to-do list as it sounds like a bit of a redundant feature.

Changing fonts is fraught with potential issues. It would be possible to allow people to use different fonts for their forum posts (via bbcode tags for instance) where it wouldn't affect layout as the text wraps anyway (changing to verdana site-wide would mess up a lot of layout because it has wider kerning for example), but if you're thinking of letting people use crazy weird fonts for a laugh then that doesn't work because you have to stick to what fonts people have installed on their system. There are also rendering and display issues with certain fonts, especially cross-application and cross-platform.

This is why all websites use either Arial or Verdana with a fallback to sans-serif (there are about a dozen web-safe fonts we're restricted to).

Being able to choose between Arial and Calibri isn't exactly the most interesting feature ever

There are javascript based scripts available that will render non-standard fonts without the end user needing it to be installed, but they all have issues with special characters, hyperlinks and other issues. You can also use php to generate the text as an image, but that doesn't work for smileys/links etc and is basically hell to parse correctly for the image output.

You can embed the fonts via css, which would download any custom font when you view the page. The problem with this, again, is support. IE supports it but only in MS's proprietary EOT format. The valid CSS3 technique only supports TTF (truetype font) . This @font-face property is now supported by Firefox 3.5+, Opera and Safari, but isn't enabled in Chrome by default - it's a command line option (--enable-remote-font). Opera is also very picky about the syntax used and the code can break easily.

There is also the additional overhead of the font download to consider.

All in all it's a rather troublesome problem!

I could add some bbcode tags for some custom fonts and just use the @font-face CSS3 method since it degrades gracefully, and hard cheese to IE users! It would spice up forum posts I suppose!

Ok I've argued myself into taking a look at it

Yes I think aaron's ideas are great, although they'd be more of a feature than an unlockable.

I understand. We don't want the Snarkpit being messed up of course :D.

I was also thinking of an unlock that lets you organize the start page (like youtube where you can organize your channel) but I think that's almost impossible to make.

Anyways the colored usernames will be fun IMO

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Proof of concept:

[cf1]ie sucks ass![/cf1]



Should work in: Firefox 3.5+, Safari, Opera 10+

Let me know if it doesn't.

Time to find some fonts ppl! .ttf please, must be free to use (no copyright violations) and not all of them work unfortunately... just have to try them and see.

larchy said:
Proof of concept:

[cf1]ie sucks ass![/cf1]

It doesn't suck but Firefox is better (though I use Cometbird now)

larchy said:
Time to find some fonts ppl! .ttf please, must be free to use (no copyright violations) and not all of them work unfortunately... just have to try them and see.

Maiandra GD is a nice one, though I'm not sure if it's nice for snarkpit aswell.

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If you want to pay for the commercial licence then that's very kind of you!

IE does indeed suck.

Cometbird is just firefox with some preinstalled addons.

larchy said:
If you want to pay for the commercial licence then that's very kind of you!

IE does indeed suck.

Cometbird is just firefox with some preinstalled addons.

AND Cometbird has a cool name

edit: What made you suddenly say that IE sucks ass?

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Cool you changed the font to Maiandra GD..... at least temporary, I think.

lol.

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larchy said:
Proof of concept:

[cf1]ie sucks ass![/cf1]



Should work in: Firefox 3.5+, Safari, Opera 10+

Let me know if it doesn't.

Time to find some fonts ppl! .ttf please, must be free to use (no copyright violations) and not all of them work unfortunately... just have to try them and see.

Works for me (Firefox 3.5.3).

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Aaron's Stuff

Niborius said:
edit: What made you suddenly say that IE sucks ass?

Because it does.

There's no doubt about it.

I call shotgun on "Pricedown" font.

Niborius said:
edit: What made you suddenly say that IE sucks ass?

That's like asking "Why is Iraq suddenly a bad place to live?"

Niborius said:
Cool you changed the font to Maiandra GD

What?

.> nevermind lol

anyways I see that the font selection is something you don't have to unlock?

"larchy" said:
That's like asking "Why is Iraq suddenly a bad place to live?

That doesn't make sence either :/ as if you would suddenly say that while we were talking about something totally different

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That font looks cool. Hey! -We could use TF2s font!

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Riven said:
Hey! -We could use TF2s font!

NO! : (

I remember when I suggested the Snarkmark idea. Lep I think actually coined "Snarkmark" but I think the rewarding system was my idea... OR mine in conjunction with anyone else who may have had it too at that time.

Been too long, and I could write a book on how many of my ideas were incorporated into Snarkpit.

I am still for any rewarding system, as long as it is unbiased, or at least attainable to everyone.

I do however suggest that if there is a "REWARDING" system, that we start an "UNREWARDING" one as well. You lose points for ie.. OVERLARGE IMAGE POSTING!!!!!!

Some of the assholes around here would be perpetually in the deficit.

Seriously, a system that counts backward as well as forward needs to be considered.

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The best things in life, aren't things.

To be honest, I don't like the snarkmarks system. I think there is a better way we can do the whole forum rankings thing.

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Aaron's Stuff

Hey Orpheus. Why don't you toss that TANDY calculator you use to surf the web and buy a new computer, and then loose the dial up and get on a High speed connection and join us in the new century.. one that is able to handle large images.

How about you unlock Animated Avatars. That way Greek mythology Man can be a drip again.

Muhnay said:
Hey Orpheus. Why don't you toss that TANDY calculator you use to surf the web and buy a new computer, and then loose the dial up and get on a High speed connection and join us in the new century.. one that is able to handle large images.

My 1st order of business when I return is to remind you exactly who I am....

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The best things in life, aren't things.

father Time is that You? Your so old and gray. Oh how cute he raises his cane as if to strike at me. Ahhh..

Orpheus said:
My 1st order of business when I return is to remind you exactly who I am....

New idea!

[IMG]http://i48.tinypic.com/2yuxbvl.png[/IMG] Gain 75* Snarkmarks to remove the 30 minute edit limit!

^This actually means that you are a trusted user. I don't really like the pic yet but it's just an example of what it could be.

I was also thinking of having some sort of level system for this unlock, for example, level 1 changes the limit to 3 days (25 Snarkmarks), Level 2 changes the limit to a month (50 snarkmarks) and level 3 is infinite (75)

*Could be different

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I really love this idea. I'm skeptical about starting it at 75 $SM though. 100 seems like a fine starting point, and could add value to the already established unlock of getting a flag. I think adding 3 days may not be an impressive ability, maybe more like 30 days for level one. level 2 (150-200 $M) which would also be combined with an already established unlock, would add perhaps 4-months edit-ability to your posts (i.e. this was the time limit on the old site for when threads would auto-lock from inaction).

I don't know about unlimited edit-ability; to me that seems like perhaps too much and probably should be left to only admins and moderators. As long as original posts can be edited any time, then I don't see why anyone would want to edit anything else over 4 months old. -leaving some kind of lock makes threads a bit more permanent.

Great proposal Niborious!

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I think it's an extremely good suggestion and an ideal compromise.

How about...

$100 gets you the ability to edit for 7 days
$200 30 days

?

larchy said:
I think it's an extremely good suggestion and an ideal compromise.

How about...

$100 gets you the ability to edit for 7 days
$200 30 days

?

Yeah that sounds good, I think we should leave it like this.

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larchy said:
I think it's an extremely good suggestion and an ideal compromise.

How about...

$100 gets you the ability to edit for 7 days
$200 30 days

?

dollars! bad kitty

But at least I understood what he meant by the dollar sign ^^

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ok, I like level 1 being set at 100 SM

Level 2=200 SM

level 3=300 SM

100 SM would get you 7 days (ya, I think we all agree on that)

200 SM = 30 days

300 SM = 90 days

-I don't have an issue with the first two levels proposed, would a level 3, or anything over 30 days be necessary? -Would make for a nice incentive of more points I suppose.

Final thought: I'm down for the first two choices, the third is speculation, but wouldn't mind letting people edit their posts after that long.

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I think there should be a SNARK CARD. Have your forum name, maps, and snark marks that can be used and linked if possible to your steam account. That would be a cool unlock.

Money, you have too many cards already!

I still say, if there are rewards, then there should be demerits as well. Will still have asswipes to deal with after all. Snarkpit has never had a satisfactory way of dealing with them. I think we need a special membership status below "Member" that limits in some way. Say Some asshole posts many big images, he/she is restricted to this level and can only post 3 posts (with no images)or somesuch a day till penence is served.

1.Uberlords- 2.admin- 3.moderator- 4.member- 999.asswipes.

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Of course you do Orpheus.

I wish we had a place on our profiles to place those instead Fat. I agree way too many. I may just keep my PS3 one, or the steam one.

Muhnay said:
I wish we had a place on our profiles to place those instead Fat.

You could place them in your profile description. BBcode is enabled there as well.

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When your on later Riven, I will ask how.

Ok I've made the changes to the forum code. The limits are as Riven asked for above:

Forum default: 30mins
$100: 7 days
$200: 30 days

Ah great, thanks a lot larchy. Shouldn't I change the picture however? I think a digital clock looks better.

Any idea if the colored username idea will ever become an unlockable?

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I like the idea of a colored name.. if your a long time supporter to have a name in color and bold over a new user, would show who has put in their time in.

Niborius said:
Ah great, thanks a lot larchy. Shouldn't I change the picture however? I think a digital clock looks better.

Any idea if the colored username idea will ever become an unlockable?