Need artist to make Folding Team Badge

[hat]

That would be great^^

 

[theonedub]

If we do get these icons for team members, can they hyperlink to the Folding sub-forum?

I suggested something similar on the first page ( 11th post )

 

[BUCK NASTY]

I don't want this going stale. Let's get something implemented for these guy's that have been folding their hearts out

 

[W1zzard]

just extremely busy these days with 5870 ...

in the meantime think about what people need to do to earn the badge and to keep it ? and who polices such a system, or how it could be automated

 

[EnergyFX]

Would the Folding Moderator and/or Team Captain(s) have the ability to add this graphic to the member's profile or would it have to be done from higher up?

If you can hold off for just one more day I can provide some image files this evening.

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

just extremely busy these days with 5870 ...

in the meantime think about what people need to do to earn the badge and to keep it ? and who polices such a system, or how it could be automated

I would think that the signatures of the folders have some data in it that we might be able to use. If someone has at least 1 active CPU according to the folding site, then the folding logo will appear, but if they don't and there computer is out for repairs, it won't be there? We could have it go off of "cpus active in the last 30 days! IMO the best way is for Buck just to assign it to each person.

 

[EnergyFX]

Hmm... not sure how much code Wizz would be willing to write for this, but it probably would be possible to write a script that would automatically access one of the folding stats sites to query the team's member activity status.

To piggyback on PVTCaboose... if a member has completed at least one WU within the last 30 days (or 7 days or whatever) then he recieves an "active team member" icon. We could even go so far as ranking. Something along the lines of active member up to xx# points, copper, silver, gold, platinum for respective xx# points once reached.

Of course... so long as the team moderator/captain(s) are willing to actively maintain team member status themselves then that would be easier on Wizz. I know he's almost always got a full plate.

 

[W1zzard]

how many ppd is one wu ? do we want to encourage people to seriously fold ? or just run it once to get the badge?

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

how many ppd is one wu ? do we want to encourage people to seriously fold ? or just run it once to get the badge?

It depends how many PPD is in 1 WU. There are different types of WU's! In order to get the badge maybe you have to have 50 WU's minimum, and when you do, it sees if you have a CPU active in the last 30 days!

 

[W1zzard]

maybe we should use ppd as metric ? to promote gpu folding ?

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

maybe we should use ppd as metric ? to promote gpu folding ?

Elaborate further.

Also, by CPU, I mean CPUs, GPUs and PS3's. F@H does not distinguish... it calls them all CPU's on its site.

 

[W1zzard]

as you said, WUs are different sized. the important metric for the team is points, so PPD should be favoured over WUs. Also making it more fair for all platform folders

 

[bogmali]

If I may suggest and pending Buck's approval, 100K pts (or more) minimum before you get the badge that way we encourage increased production. My $.02

 

[BUCK NASTY]

how many ppd is one wu ? do we want to encourage people to seriously fold ? or just run it once to get the badge?

Criteria for obtaining the badge should be relevent to team output. Let's say a folder needs to make it into the Top 100(approx 100K points as of 09-23-09) in overall points to obtain the badge. As the team grows, we can revise the criteria.

I would have no problem maintaining/distributing the badges if possible.

 

[EnergyFX]

Wizz, can you query from this site:

http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?page=team&proj=fah&team=50711

Presents a list of names in TPU's top 100 overall point contributors. Suggest also mandating value in the 'points in last 7 days' column be equal to or greater than 1000.

I just threw 1000 in there cause it seems like a reasonable number of points for just about anyone to be able to accomplish in a week. I would expect one of the more senior folders to throw their input in on that. Perhaps the 30 day column would be more reasonable with a different value requirement.

One consideration on the "Top 100" concept though... as time goes on this will become an increasingly more difficult requirement for a new team member to accomplish. It may be more reasonable to just set the goal at 100k... regardless if that puts you in the top 100 or not.

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

I vote for different tier badges.

Super top 20 people have gold outlined badges.
Top 50 have silver outlined.
Top 100 have bronze outlined.

 

[MoonPig]

Maybe give Stars around the badge aswell, so:

Top 200 - Gets the basic badge
Top 100 - Bronze outline
Top 75 - Silver outline
Top 50 - Gold outline
Top 35 - Gold outline with one star
Top 20 - Gold outline with two stars
Top 10 - Gold outline with three stars

I vote for different tier badges.

Super top 20 people have gold outlined badges.
Top 50 have silver outlined.
Top 100 have bronze outlined.

 

[EnergyFX]

Maybe give Stars around the badge aswell, so:

Top 200 - Gets the basic badge
Top 100 - Bronze outline
Top 75 - Silver outline
Top 50 - Gold outline
Top 35 - Gold outline with one star
Top 20 - Gold outline with two stars
Top 10 - Gold outline with three stars

This is what I had in mind. I will work on some badges when I get home... in a few hours.

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

Maybe give Stars around the badge aswell, so:

Top 200 - Gets the basic badge
Top 100 - Bronze outline
Top 75 - Silver outline
Top 50 - Gold outline
Top 35 - Gold outline with one star
Top 20 - Gold outline with two stars
Top 10 - Gold outline with three stars

That for me kinda complex.

REVISED:

Top 200 - Basic black outline
Top 100 - Bronze outline
Top 50 - Silver outline
Top 10 - Gold Outline

 

[W1zzard]

not so many badges .. two or three at most

 

[W1zzard]

maybe one badge for top x and one for at least x points in 30 days ?
basically one saying you are in the team and a second one saying you are a hardcore folder?

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

Top 10:

Top 50:

Top 100:

Top 200:

EDIT: O just read two or three at most... how about the gold, silver, and basic? BTW Basic is transparent to whatever the forum back is (in this case VERY close to white)

EDIT2: Also TPUCapture is not the best on quality... the PNG's look much better.

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

Here are the three all attached.

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

This is what I had in mind. I will work on some badges when I get home... in a few hours.

Also, Energy, I want to see your badge idea!

EDIT1: And a preview:

EDIT2: AND also consider we need to code it so the code does not think that it should display all 3 badges cause someone is in the top 10.

EDIT3: Come to think of it, why not just go with the silver one for basic, and have gold be the one for the uberfolders... WAIT I KNOW... Instead of gold, we give the uberfolders an uber icon, that says like UBERFOLDER. Or something.

 

[BUCK NASTY]

Wizz, can you query from this site:

http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?page=team&proj=fah&team=50711

Presents a list of names in TPU's top 100 overall point contributors. Suggest also mandating value in the 'points in last 7 days' column be equal to or greater than 1000.

I just threw 1000 in there cause it seems like a reasonable number of points for just about anyone to be able to accomplish in a week. I would expect one of the more senior folders to throw their input in on that. Perhaps the 30 day column would be more reasonable with a different value requirement.

One consideration on the "Top 100" concept though... as time goes on this will become an increasingly more difficult requirement for a new team member to accomplish. It may be more reasonable to just set the goal at 100k... regardless if that puts you in the top 100 or not.

Good ideas are abound. I like usage of the 30 day column to consider folders "active". I think 100K is fair for the badge. Anyone with a decent GPU could attaint that level within 2-3 weeks. Remember, we want the badge to be an incentive to motivate team members to become long term folders.