New rank icons...

[Zarel]

So here are some rank icons I've been working on:

artist

art contributor

developer

code contributor

moderator

Does anyone think they're better than the current ones?

(And yes, I'm thinking of adding a "Contributor" rank for those forum members who aren't staff, but have contributed a lot to the Warzone Project.)

as usual

[macuser]

Great! I like the nice glow around them and the new "WZ" font

-Regards macuser

[Olrox]

I think it'd be nice to have simpler icons for normal ranks (i.e. Greenhorn, regular, veteran etc.). This info is easily acessible via user profile, I don't see why not making something similar, most forum has this system. Actually only adding the correspondent in-game ranking icon, with text label, would look very nice IMO.
What do you think?

Those new icons you've already made are better than the older ones. I'm wondering how they'd look with a really small bevel effect
Nice work.

~Olrox

[Zarel]

I think normal ranks were removed so people don't get too hung up on post count. I'd be fine with adding them back, but I'll wait for Kamaze to comment before doing anything.

[Olrox]

I think normal ranks were removed so people don't get too hung up on post count. I'd be fine with adding them back, but I'll wait for Kamaze to comment before doing anything.

Yeah, I thought about that too. But our community is so fine, in comparison to any other community... I think that something like that would make members more prone to be active, in some way, and would make active users feel like they've accomplished something

I didn't know that there were som many interesting things on the lounge, hmmm... Usually I just check the "game related" boards to avoid weird things, but I'm thinking it over

~Olrox

[Kamaze]

I think normal ranks were removed so people don't get too hung up on post count. I'd be fine with adding them back, but I'll wait for Kamaze to comment before doing anything.

The normal player ranks where removed, because I wasn't able to make the phpBB display the "normal" user ranks (the in game rank icons) infront of the username, while displaying staff ranks under the username.

I can live with ranks, but not with postcounts. Actually, the amount of posts says nothing about the quality. Active members will always be well known, which is a higher appreciation than:

[Saberuneko]

LOL, that image is epic! And explains the situation purrfectly. XDD

[Olrox]

The normal player ranks where removed, because I wasn't able to make the phpBB display the "normal" user ranks (the in game rank icons) infront of the username, while displaying staff ranks under the username.

I can live with ranks, but not with postcounts. Actually, the amount of posts says nothing about the quality. Active members will always be well known

Yeah, postcounts were already discussed on a topic, can't remember which.
But, do the staff members need the normal ranks as well? I mean, most members from the staff do have accounts on the forums, obviously, but mostly Zarel, Buginator, Per, cybersphynx and i-nod, as well as mysteryem, are really active in the forums. Having the rank of developer or artist, (or possibly contributor, as Zarel thought about) as a distinct icon from the others, would already fulfill the purpose of a graphical "indicator of activity".

This "indicator of activity" wouldn't necessarily mean someone is better or worse than anybody - would be just a hint towards the reliability and experience of that person, or what kind of area the guy works with mainly. The true indicator of reliability and experience will always be present within the words, of course. Again, we have a damn fine community here, people are hardly mislead and most of the members are always willing to be sincere.

Postcount doesn't really mean anything about what a ranking is. There are people who write a hundred of "lol/yeah/nah/second that/nice" occupying a whole post, and people that essentially writes a lot and doesn't say anything. I agree with you completely on that.

~Olrox

[Olrox]

Hey, I want to say that the new regular user ranks look very nice, thank you devs for implementing them. I hope that no one starts to use that as biasing element, though - And I believe no one will, we have a nice community here

~Olrox

[Zarel]

I'v heard that icefire doesn't like them. Since they're a global thing, I should probably add a poll or something to see what everyone else thinks.

[Olrox]

I'v heard that icefire doesn't like them. Since they're a global thing, I should probably add a poll or something to see what everyone else thinks.

Yeah, that would be fair.
Maybe making it toggleable in the UCP could be an option? I don't know if it's possible or how much work it'd represent, anyway.

~Olrox

[Zarel]

"Since there's a global thing" i.e. "I can't make them per-user toggleable"

[Olrox]

"Since there's a global thing" i.e. "I can't make them per-user toggleable"

oops.
But, can't those be made as selectable user group's icons? There is that "usergroups" tab, with all the ranks... The user could be automatically invited to a certain rank group when he reaches the requirements, and then he could select that group.
Anyway, if you're sure they're not toggleable, I can't say otherwise.

~Olrox