Some of my thoughts

[¶nÇØGn¶TØ]

Well..... yeah..... Kinda boring nowadays....

 

I was thinking about the awards and points and on how to make people bring their interest back.

 

 

Reps

Most members initially get the drive to stay because they want to reach a certain amount of reps or become the richest member in YCM. Time will pass and these people will realize that reps can be easily acquired if you have many friends. Why don't YCM hold contests monthly or every quarter and give prizes which will reflect under a member's name like the "tweeter" award. I am aware that there is a certain group of people who handles the awarding thing but there has to be something more than reps and sigs. I think awards that will be placed under a member's name would be more visible and classy.

 

Points

Points will be useless at a certain period. All a member has to do is go to the Tutorial section and self study. If i have 1000 points and the cost for a card to be holoed is from 1 to 30 points depending on the quality of the job, then the remaining 900 points will be useless. Some people even have 5000+ points which in my opinion 50% of that amount is useless. Some people might say that points will have lots of uses. The question is, does everyone spend on everything? The most common thing people buy are sigs, holo, splice, trainer cards, etc... wherein it takes weeks or months before they will avail of a new one. I know that shops might be against this... but before i state my idea, the question is, what will the shop owners do with 10,000 points or more? In addition, shop owners can do stuff for themselves so i really don't see them spending that much. In fact, i'm giving them an idea to spend something on.

 

My point here is that points are not that scarce. All a member has to do is post a lot.. *poof*... instant points...

 

Why not create something like pets? Let's say there is a page where you can buy a pet using points.

 

Example: I can buy a Dark Magician or a blue eyes white dragon and put it in my sig.

 

 

Then, i can level it up by paying points.

 

Example. The cost for me to level 2 my Dark Magician is to pay 100 points. Then, the cost for me to Level 3 it is 120 points. Level 4 will be 144 points where every level increases points to be paid by 20%.

 

 

There are a lot of monsters that we can create or base from the real game. I am not saying that we make pets of the real YGO characters but i know we can get ideas from them and create our own.

 

 

The People/Members are evolving and so must this site. It might cost something to do this but the intention is for the best and long term usage.

 

 

 

I don't know if anyone will support this. Even if everyone does, i'm just hoping YCMaker will take this into consideration.

 

 

 

Thanks for your time.

[♥ ЅϯᵲåώӀӞ℮ᴙʀɣ−ɴɨɨ−ƈħåɴ ♥]

Reps: There are also people who come to realize that reps mean nothing.

 

Points: Your description totally describes me, apart from the fact that I don't really buy anything. I just have points.

 

I doubt YCMaker would implement something like that, though.

[¶nÇØGn¶TØ]

Reps: There are also people who come to realize that reps mean nothing.

 

Points: Your description totally describes me' date=' apart from the fact that I don't really buy anything. I just have points.

 

I doubt YCMaker would implement something like that, though.

[/quote']

 

I know this is a long shot. But there has to be upgrades, new ideas, or changes. Also, i am one of the people who realized that reps really mean nothing. You can have tons of it just because it's your birthday, or somebody giving random reps. Regarding points, you are correct. You were one of the members i first thought. Honestly, you have lots of points and nothing to spend on. Being one of the richest in points doesn't really mean anything because you have nothing to spend on it. I can name other members like DeMeNTeD, X-31, etc... They have lots of points but doesn't really use them. It's just there.

 

 

What happens is that points are just being passed to someone else. It is not depleted. From what i know and based from my RL experience, the more abundant a resource is, the less people want to get them. Most of the time, they will realize this and suddenly find them useless. And thus, I think that it is one of the reason why some members quit or leave.

[Monkey]

I don't quite understand your rep desecription...

 

I like your spending-points-for-virtual-pets idea. Maybe like a shop or something? But then again, something like that was suggested as well and has yet to be implemented.

 

I would support the "points" part of your thought but I'm not quite sure about the "reps" part

[¶nÇØGn¶TØ]

I don't quite understand your rep desecription...

 

I like your spending-points-for-virtual-pets idea. Maybe like a shop or something? But then again' date=' something like that was suggested as well and has yet to be implemented.

 

I would support the "points" part of your thought but I'm not quite sure about the "reps" part

[/quote']

 

Regarding the rep part, like i said my friend, some people find it useless because it's not that unique. I would rather have 1 award like the tweeter award instead of having 50 or 80 reps. Why, because not everyone has it or not everyone will have it. It will then make me more interested because i want to have more unique awards. As stated, why can't YCM make contests and/or conditions where the prizes are like that of the tweeter award.

 

 

As you said and as what ♥ ЅϯᵲåώӀӞ℮ᴙʀɣ−ɴɨɨ−ƈħåɴ ♥ said, YCMaker might not implement this. But i hope... This somehow wakes him up.(Nothing against YCMaker)

[Monkey]

Oh, I see what you mean now.

 

So like, lets say Darth Browarod holds a card contest, and the winner receives an award that would go next to their "tweeter" award?

[¶nÇØGn¶TØ]

Oh' date=' I see what you mean now.

 

So like, lets say Darth Browarod holds a card contest, and the winner receives an award that would go next to their "tweeter" award?

[/quote']

 

Yeah^_^ It will be a unique icon under your name. Just like the tweeter award:)

[Monkey]

*Fantasizes* Best Monkey Member Award.... I like it!

 

But yeah, I support both of these

[OMGAKITTY]

The problem with using points as any sort of economy is that there is no fixed amount. Points get generated out of thin air every time you post.

 

And you're description of points in shops looks inaccurate to me (although I haven't been in there for ages, so maybe I'm wrong). Things in shops are dirt poor. free-15ish is average, I thought.

 

Its an interesting idea with the pets. Gives members something to do...and you could expand on that (gear, accessories, etc. Maybe even some sort of battle system).

 

But this won't happen.

 

Wishful thinking is nice though.

[¶nÇØGn¶TØ]

The problem with using points as any sort of economy is that there is no fixed amount. Points get generated out of thin air every time you post.

 

And you're description of points in shops looks inaccurate to me (although I haven't been in there for ages' date=' so maybe I'm wrong). Things in shops are dirt poor. free-15ish is average, I thought.

 

[b']Its an interesting idea with the pets. Gives members something to do...and you could expand on that (gear, accessories, etc. Maybe even some sort of battle system).[/b]

 

But this won't happen.

 

Wishful thinking is nice though.

 

1st - You are correct. But it will never have a fixed amount because there is nothing to compare/benchmark it to. Once this idea somehow or miraculously becomes implemented, then i think more members will become more active and would appreciate the value of points rather than it just being there.

 

2nd - I just gave a range. Actually, one will just have to go to the tutorial section and do it for themselves.

 

3rd - Even if this doesn't happen, somehow, this site must evolve. I am sure you know based from history on what happens to things that does not evolve. Either they get left behind, or become extinct. I don't want that to happen to this site.

 

4th - I also thought about the gears, items for the pets. But the first step before doing that is to implement the idea of having pets. And yes, we can then expand on that^_^

 

 

It may take some time due to financial restrictions. But so far, this is what i think is best for this site.

[OMGAKITTY]

There really shouldn't be a money issue. This site is popular enough for YCMaker to make plenty of money with some ads.

 

Sure, it'll make the place look a little tackier, but...

[¶nÇØGn¶TØ]

There really shouldn't be a money issue. This site is popular enough for YCMaker to make plenty of money with some ads.

 

Sure' date=' it'll make the place look a little tackier, but... [b']It is better than this site being stagnant.[/b]

 

^ fixed :)

 

He could be getting funds from advertisements but money is money my friend. Besides, the reason why companies give advertisements to sites like this is because of the number of People who visit it. It is quite complicated to explain it as most of the members here will not understand it.

 

For short, if people lose interest in this site, so will investors.

 

The expense for this project might be more than what he actually allocated for projects/upgrades. Anyway, he won't disclose that budget to any of us cause i sure won't.

 

But we can't always be wishful thinking. There has to be movements/actions.

 

Sure there are suggestions to add new sections, etc.. but what i'm looking for is an idea that will improve YCM's image and stand. We already have card, sigs, RP's, etc.. Why can't there be pets. Why not make this site a one stop shop to forumers and kids. I see people going to other sites just to get an adoptable, egg, etc.. Why not make our own and use our own means/resources to level it up. Doing that will entice more people to join here.

 

More People = more investors

More investors = more money

 

^_^

[♥ ЅϯᵲåώӀӞ℮ᴙʀɣ−ɴɨɨ−ƈħåɴ ♥]

Doesn't YCM already have advertisements?

 

I wouldn't mind if YCMaker had some sort of a Donation option available somewhere. I wouldn't donate, but I'm sure some other people would.

[Lexadin]

I like the idea of Prices and point "Gift Shops". But I'm very found of all kind's of "money", so I will probebly won't spent anything.

[OMGAKITTY]

There really shouldn't be a money issue. This site is popular enough for YCMaker to make plenty of money with some ads.

 

Sure' date=' it'll make the place look a little tackier, but... [b']It is better than this site being stagnant.[/b]

 

^ fixed :)

 

He could be getting funds from advertisements but money is money my friend. Besides, the reason why companies give advertisements to sites like this is because of the number of People who visit it. It is quite complicated to explain it as most of the members here will not understand it.

 

For short, if people lose interest in this site, so will investors.

 

 

We have a huge base of members. More than enough to attract sites like AQ to advertise here. And new members join everyday, so there really won't ever be a 'lost of interest' in this site...just the older ones leaving, as newer ones take their place.

 

Doesn't YCM already have advertisements?

 

I wouldn't mind if YCMaker had some sort of a Donation option available somewhere. I wouldn't donate' date=' but I'm sure some other people would.

[/quote']

 

We have really tiny ads...I'm sure companies would pay more for permanent banners.

[QuimicVital]

no support

contests exist!!

so points are useful to be given there

PS:My Plaza Turbo won't be implemented

[OMGAKITTY]

no support

contests exist!!

so points are useful to be given there

PS:My Plaza Turbo won't be implemented

 

lol. Oh man, I can win 1000 points in a contest.

Then what?

[Kotaro]

no support

contests exist!!

so points are useful to be given there

PS:My Plaza Turbo won't be implemented

 

lol. Oh man' date=' I can win 1000 points in a contest.

Then what?

[/quote']

A year later, only 100 points have been spent.

 

I support, nowadays, i dont take any notice of the amount of points that i have mainly because i hardly spend any of it.

[Admiral Tim]

i support

 

reps: now is totaly useless ya sure you got a lot of positives but that don't mean anything, cause you get flooded with negs.

 

points: i lost use of them when i was a 2 star.

 

YCMaker dosn't take us into account that much so i wouldn't get my hopes, up but if enough members pm him to get off his lazy butt well maybe he will take this into account

[¶nÇØGn¶TØ]

There really shouldn't be a money issue. This site is popular enough for YCMaker to make plenty of money with some ads.

 

Sure' date=' it'll make the place look a little tackier, but... [b']It is better than this site being stagnant.[/b]

 

^ fixed :)

 

He could be getting funds from advertisements but money is money my friend. Besides, the reason why companies give advertisements to sites like this is because of the number of People who visit it. It is quite complicated to explain it as most of the members here will not understand it.

 

For short, if people lose interest in this site, so will investors.

 

 

We have a huge base of members. More than enough to attract sites like AQ to advertise here. And new members join everyday, so there really won't ever be a 'lost of interest' in this site...just the older ones leaving, as newer ones take their place.

 

Doesn't YCM already have advertisements?

 

I wouldn't mind if YCMaker had some sort of a Donation option available somewhere. I wouldn't donate' date=' but I'm sure some other people would.

[/quote']

 

We have really tiny ads...I'm sure companies would pay more for permanent banners.

 

- Yes. Probably the older ones are leaving and new ones are taking it's place. Honestly, looking at the people logged everyday, it's the older ones who are logged in. Yes, we have a huge base of members here but that doesn't mean everyone is logged in, participating, or interested. :(

 

- I like the idea of donation box. The only problem with it are 90% of the members here are kids and just gets money from their daily allowance:)

[♥ ЅϯᵲåώӀӞ℮ᴙʀɣ−ɴɨɨ−ƈħåɴ ♥]

Doesn't matter. It's there because it's there. If people wish to donate, they can. If they don't, they don't. If they can't, they can't. If they want to beg their parents to donate, they are free to do that also.

[¶nÇØGn¶TØ]

Doesn't matter. It's there because it's there. If people wish to donate' date=' they can. If they don't, they don't. If they can't, they can't. If they want to beg their parents to donate, they are free to do that also.

[/quote']

 

:) this is your soft side^_^ And yes, you are correct. I am glad that more and more sensible people posting here.

[♥ ЅϯᵲåώӀӞ℮ᴙʀɣ−ɴɨɨ−ƈħåɴ ♥]

What do you mean by that o.o...?

[¶nÇØGn¶TØ]

What do you mean by that o.o...?

 

Hehehe. It was kinda sarcastic but don't mind it.

[Kizzi]

IMO, people should charge quite a lot more in graphic design shops. But I do agree that there should probably be a rep award and a points award, and more ways to spend points.