One More Detail
As promised: an addendum to my realignment notes—the revised comment ranking system. Nils mentioned that the challenge of earning new comment ranks was good and necessary. So, I have (very nearly) maintained the difficulty in getting ranks. There are still iron crosses at 1000 and colored iron crosses at 5000 comments. However, Dan argued (and I originally noted) that 125 commenting thresholds were rather widespread markers of achievement. So, I have changed things a bit. Now, vertical bars next to a commenter’s name represent the number of comments they have left, and therefore their rank. Each vertical bar represents 100 comments and every time the tumbledryer leaves 10 comments, their vertical bar increases in height. After 100 comments, a new vertical bar grows up next to the previous one.
This mechanism gives the user feedback on a more regular basis with regards to their progress in commenting rank. So, as you progress through tumbledry’s ranks at a slightly faster rate (every 100 instead of 125 comments), you are better able to gauge your progress and proximity to the next level of achievement. Oh, and I’m going to brainstorm the best images to represent this stepwise progression through ranking—I could return to the old irons, but split them into pies, the size of the pie increasing as progress was made. We’ll see.
Comments
Dan McKeown
I like the new bars. Since I am slow at math things I did not understand them at first but now that I do, well done. I also would like to say that my jealousy of Nils’ achievements was not the basis for my backing a revised comment tracking system. Rather, it was the fact that at 125 spaces I found it hard to stay excited about reaching the next pinnical of Tumbledry commenting when I was “only 85 comments” away from reaching my next goal. (Now only 61 away from a new bar, yes!)
Nils
I agree with Dan that there should be more levels to climb to more quickly. Like a new level for 10, 25, 50, 100, 150, 200, 300, 500, etc. that sort of thing. I also think that the bars should be replaced with logos. I liked the crosses you showed off earlier Alex. Bring those back. Or, think Mortal Kombat: for winning consecutive victories, you get some icons representing that, such as the dragon symbol, then the MK symbol, and so on and so forth. That’s exciting stuff.