05-17-2019
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Registered Old Person
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Graal City Restaurant
Posts: 4,742
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Hey Jarace. In a word, effort. Creating some kind of contest, curated series of events, themes, challenges or anything which would encourage participation. Maybe hold a competition for a house interior, for example, over the course of a month or two wherein the winner gets their player house added to a location in the overworld? Or maybe have a special set of 3 or 5 warpers that provide access to the winner's house in game to direct interested players there? Alternatively, working within the bounds of the systems already in place, have a rating system where you allow an individual to rate a house only once in a month or season. The limitation could garner a degree of concern relating to which house they should rate and why. Rate a house at a high rating in order to boost its visibility? Rate a house low so that it doesn't compete? I would recommend (and have recommended) a rating scale of 1-5 in order to generate an average rating for each house. Keep some kind of record or competition that is governed by impartial staff members. Have a list of the top 50 for the season culminate in some kind of voting scenario for a 'staff favorite' or 'people's choice' categories. Holiday themed events for builds or counter-season events (christmas in july, tropical vacation in december, etc) with an entry fee and prize.... Basically involvement and investment of time and effort could generate an entirely different focus when it comes to the building aspect of the game. For the record I've given tons of ideas over the years on this and would be glad to come up with something more elaborate if required. |
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 724
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Thanks for the ideas!
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05-18-2019
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Registered Old Person
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Graal City Restaurant
Posts: 4,742
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I've been suggesting such things for years. Since before likes. Nice to have some feedback. Oh, and I'm generally a PC player - can't stand the controls for any other server (era, ol west, etc) but It would be cool to see some updates or details on era contest formats - can you think of what the thread title on the forums would be off-hand for a search? |
05-18-2019
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Registered Old Person
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Graal City Restaurant
Posts: 4,742
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A lot of the time they're even secondary accounts, I've found. Generally non responsive, but if you send a message they will sometimes respond from another profile... this activity isn't so much my concern as the dearth of innovation in such a robust system. |
05-19-2019
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Canada
Posts: 720
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Well I’ve never seen 4-Lom at the top, and that fella has blown my mind with housing ideas for years I would love to see the leaderboard for house changed to reflect style, Perhaps a panel of admins could review the list players voted for and maybe distill it into categories? I’d love to get a constructive dialogue to repair what could become one of bigger draws to the game
Last edited by Sir Travis; 05-19-2019 at 03:33 PM.
Reason: Can we build it? Yes we can!
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05-20-2019
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Úsáideoir Cláraithe
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Michigan
Posts: 527
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Current house voting situation: Brazilian makes farm house with a bunch of stupid clutter. Spams pets everywhere saying "Like my house!" Maybe has a useless code shop.. Ugly house altogether. Profit + high on leader board. Kids don't understand the depth of the "Like" button, so I could see the uselessness and sure exploitation of the feature for aweful houses in some way. This was a big slap in the face for all of the real house designers who put forth not just effort, but creativity. The current top houses on the leader board harbar neither of those. A dislike button could be added, too, but that's abusive until specific perameters are instilled. Until players like 4-Lom or any house designer gets rewarded for their effort, I'm just going to say oh well to the current state of the leader board. |
05-20-2019
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Hyrule Knights
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: In your head 24/7
Posts: 6,344
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Having seasonal decorating competitions like 4-loom mentioned would be fun or holiday themed rooms |
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