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Once again, my biggest gripe is custom titles. I just know that it will be abused, and the majority of members will opt for a non Oddworld themed custom title. Thus eliminating the Oddworldness of the rank system. One of the reasons I was all for the voting method, was that it cut down significantly the number of members who could get a custom title. Thus, the ranks where not all lost.
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OK, set a rule down straight away, no non oddworld oriented custom titles. And also disallow users giving themselves purposeful titles (IE GD moderator).
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How I would trial the idea, if I were to, is tricky. It'd have to span at least two weeks, and what exactly I'd include (custom title, private message quota, etc) would have to be determined. As well as which systems we use, either in conjunction, or on their own (User Promotions, User Reputation).
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Two weeks is actually exactly how long I suggested.
And I am suggesting trialling the User promotions. This would be a full promotion, custom title, PMQ, Av size... everything. We'd evaluate how much cooler it was being a promoted user than it was being a standard user, and sum up whether it would be worth implementing as something to "work for" in being a good, productive member.
As I said earlier, (and I do wish people wouldn't skim read my posts), there is no harm in just testing it.