Need artist to make Folding Team Badge

[EnergyFX]

Oh no, it's not for me, it's for the COMMUNITY

That's what I like to hear (eh, read)

Alright, shutting down Jasc, firing up the F@H clients, and going to bed.

 

[hat]

This. Buck can just assign people them manually... how many people actually have over 250k?

61 people on our team as of right now, and others are close

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

61 people on our team as of right now, and others are close

Yeah this needs to be automated... and having more than 2 or 3 according to w1z would be pushing it. I would not want to assign 61 people badges and have to update it frequently!

 

[Duxx]

Yeah this needs to be automated... and having more than 2 or 3 according to w1z would be pushing it. I would not want to assign 61 people badges and have to update it frequently!

Well after the initial 61 people, it shouldn't be that much updating. Once 1mil is reached, next milestone is quite aways away

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

Well after the initial 61 people, it shouldn't be that much updating. Once 1mil is reached, next milestone is quite aways away

Still... would you want to be the one who updated them?
Actually I have a sick desire to be the one to do it... But I am depressed I cannot attain even the lowest badge because my computer sits hundreds of miles away, shutdown, because the power went out before it could finish ONE WU!

 

[Duxx]

Still... would you want to be the one who updated them?
Actually I have a sick desire to be the one to do it... But I am depressed I cannot attain even the lowest badge because my computer sits hundreds of miles away, shutdown, because the power went out before it could finish ONE WU!

Hah Well I'm sure BUCK is up to the task! Leave it up to people to be in charge of which badge they get, send a PM to BUCK(or whoever is in charge) they can verify, and update. That alleviates all the pain from searching all the time and having to update yourself. I'm sure people would want a new badge enough to send a little PM.

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

Hah Well I'm sure BUCK is up to the task! Leave it up to people to be in charge of which badge they get, send a PM to BUCK(or whoever is in charge) they can verify, and update. That alleviates all the pain from searching all the time and having to update yourself. I'm sure people would want a new badge enough to send a little PM.

Buck keeps track of it well enough weekly and he could update the badges weekly which would not be that big of an ordeal.

 

[Duxx]

Buck keeps track of it well enough weekly and he could update the badges weekly which would not be that big of an ordeal.

Then there is no problem? I thought the issue was someone not wanting to update..

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

Then there is no problem? I thought the issue was someone not wanting to update..

W1z needs to automate things to make life easier for him and the community. He has a lot on his plate besides a sauerkraut sandwich.

 

[W1zzard]

those are the best badges so far, we'll go with those

 

[Duxx]

those are the best badges so far, we'll go with those

I agree!

 

[W1zzard]

some new ideas:

opinion on folding logo aligned bottom (a) or folding logo centered (b)

and on font (1) .. (4) or the one from the (ab) ideas?


what should the label say?

 

[oily_17]

a) for position and #4) for the font

Looks good guy's, well done.

 

[W1zzard]

 

[W1zzard]

some more variations

 

[oily_17]

I like these for the labels, with the different milestones.

"Top cruncher" might get confusing with the WCG Team (Crunchers).

 

[W1zzard]

yeah i just picked some random text

 

[EnergyFX]

I like these for the labels, with the different milestones.

"Top cruncher" might get confusing with the WCG Team (Crunchers).

Here is my thinking with the milestone flags:

When you are part of a forum like TPU your little rectangle of virtual real-estate that your posts appear in is pretty much all you can lay any sort of claim to. Look at how unique each and every one of our post blocks are. We seek out avatars, user names, catch signature lines, and even go so far as to solicit friends to make fancy sig graphics for us. It is kind of like tricking out a car. Everyone wants to set themselves apart somehow. You even get post whoring just to get a bunch of stars and eventually a custom title.

I think the folding badge is a great idea! Whoever came up with this idea... I kind of wonder if you realize just how ingenious it really is. Everyone is going to want one... because now those with the badge will have a "one up" on those that don't have a badge.

My thought with the milestone flags is that they will go along the same wanting line as the stars. I think getting another flag on your badge could be a neat little incentive to keep pushing... and earning another flag is a great way of showing other users how dedicated you are to the TPU team.

 

[EnergyFX]

yeah i just picked some random text

Wizz... I had a hard time finding a font that was comparable to the existing forum buttons. You did a better job of getting the font similar. Also, my goal when designing the badge was to make them mimic the existing buttons as much as possible. I wanted to tie the badge in to TPU's forum style and avoid it looking out of place. So, with that said I think the version with the molecule offset towards the top of the badge looks best. Mimicing the existing badges is also why I had the blue background of the button extend past the molecule a bit to the left.

As for what the badge should say. Personally I feel "Folding Team" is a bit ambigious and doesn't really signify that that particular person is considered a member of the team. "Team Member" does a better job portraying that the user has earned a title with the Team TPU. I think it would be better to use the rollover text to say something like "Join TPU's Folding@Home team."

 

[W1zzard]

i see your point, but such a system is not easy to enforce/keep updated.

i am also not convinced if pure points should be the only thing to go for?

how about a "top 5", a "100k points in 30 days" badge ? anything else ? 25k average ppd ?

 

[EnergyFX]

i see your point, but such a system is not easy to enforce/keep updated.

i am also not convinced if pure points should be the only thing to go for?

how about a "top 5", a "100k points in 30 days" badge ? anything else ? 25k average ppd ?

I understand completely. Are you working towards automating the badge or will it be manually maintained?

 

[W1zzard]

Are you working towards automating the badge or will it be manually maintained?

good question .. i have no idea

 

[EnergyFX]

good question .. i have no idea

lol

Perhaps a combination of both then. Maybe you could automate whether or not the badge appears based off a point value in the last 30 days equalling greater than a set value.

Something along the lines of:
If 30 day value >10000 then badge = "yes"

If at any point a team member doesn't provide sufficient points in a 30 day period then they get a "no" return and their badge goes into hiding until they return with sufficient productivity.

As for what badge appears, perhaps that part could be manually assigned. Buck has mentioned that he is willing to handle badge assignments. I hate to keep kicking the flag concept back at you, but this could be the simplest way to make it work. Buck would have his work initially cut out during the first round of badge assignments, but after that the flags are spaced out pretty far that it wouldn't require whole lot of work to maintain.

 

[W1zzard]

top5 badge > 25k ppd badge > 100k in 30d badge ?

then only show the "best" badge ?

 

[EnergyFX]

top5 badge > 25k ppd badge > 100k in 30d badge ?

then only show the "best" badge ?

I like it, but I just want to make sure you realize how dynamic those accomplishments are. IE: I am capable of pushing 25k PPD, but I don't do it every day. I'll probably hit 25k PPD today, but I didn't make it yesterday or the day before.... but I did the 3 days before that. See where I am going? If it is fully automated then cool... but if not then this would be near impossible to maintain. Also, the heavy hitters shuffle around in the top 5 from week to week. The 100k in 30d is a static accomplishment so that one would be easy.

Like I said... I like it but in keeping your your aspiritions of simplistic maintenance... points are never lost.