Forum Post Count +Forum Rank

hawkman5879·Sep 9, 2014·1 votes·641 views

I am going to make this post short and sweet :). I think it would entice players to frequent and post more in the forums if there was some sort of reward. This could be done multiple ways however the best ways in my opinion would be through a post count to see how many posts you have along with a rank, in which you could use the Bronze, Silver, Silver 2, etc. ranking system. To add onto this, if that isn't enough, perhaps for every 50 posts or so one might get rewarded with an ip boost or even ip itself. The reason I bring this up is because I notice that only some posts get a decent amount of reception while others receive almost none. I am not talking about the people crying about lore changes and what not, I am talking about unique posts being completely missed by the community.

Thank you for reading :)

14 Comments

Deep Terror NamiSep 9, 20142 votes

I'm afraid of mass troll postings if people got something in game for it.

hawkman5879Sep 9, 20141 votes

I'm afraid of mass troll postings if people got something in game for it.

Banning people from the forums isn't that hard. Plus since their isn't any reward for posting no one really posts.

Deep Terror NamiSep 9, 20143 votes

I mean, it doesn't have to be a toxic post to have a negative impact on the forum as a whole. You could just reply "I agree" on every single thread. And you'd have 1000 people doing the same thing on every post, quickly making every single thread a heaping pile of garbage in the comment section.

SunfieldSep 9, 20141 votes

tl;dr How to make forum posting into a grind

hawkman5879Sep 9, 20141 votes

The rewards would not be large enough to warrant people to start posting on each post. Plus you this would incentivize posting, even if the post isn't that constructive. I would be pleased with just haveing a forum rank and maybe getting summoner icons for whatever rank you are.

SunfieldSep 9, 20142 votes

Rewards are either worth or not worth it. There is no middle ground.

And quality > quantity. If you prefer it the other way, GD is a good place to start

Hyrum GraffSep 10, 20141 votes

We already have enough content, though. Maybe not on Boards yet, but we will once GD decides to migrate over.

The way to get GD to migrate is NOT to create rewards for posting, it's to make this site awesome!

DaenSep 15, 20143 votes

Personally, I think one of the best ways to create a mass influx of players is to allow users to participate from within the client. This is obviously way down the road, but long-form communication can still work in that environment. My assumption is that users would be more likely to engage in the forums if the path to engagement were more obvious.

A huge portion of players...play (grammar pls) League without ever using the website. 100% of players use the client.

Hyrum GraffSep 15, 20141 votes

Agreed. Would upvote twice if I could. I can't tell you how much more convenient it is to read the patch notes now that they're integrated into the launcher.

PryotraSep 16, 20141 votes

Great idea!

I would love this as a feature on many levels, including the option to show things like last played champs, favorite champs, rank, etc. All as options, ofc, but I think it would be awesome if hovering over my name showed I liked playing Heimer alot.

DaenSep 15, 20141 votes

I know I'm super behind the times, but I'd like to address this.

a post count to see how many posts you have along with a rank, perhaps for every 50 posts or so one might get rewarded with an ip boost or even ip itself.

Using number of posts as a metric for contribution is very dangerous, as it can both be easily abused and doesn't necessarily show the value coming from a particular person. Here's an in-game comparison: Instead of determining League rank by win/loss, determining individual player scores using KDA. Not only does this incentivize selfish play, but KDA doesn't accurately portray contribution. If a mid laner goes 0/15/15 but was constantly ganking and supporting side lanes to victory, that's valuable.

Anyway, my point is essentially that # of posts doesn't paint the whole picture. Rewards for forum use are tricky, because "contribution" is really subjective. In addition, rewarding one aspect can unintentionally de-incentivize everything else. If the only reward system is for number of posts, why bother posting constructively? Why bother having debates or even creating threads you think are awesome and want to share with the community?

hawkman5879Sep 15, 20141 votes

Forgot the rewards part then, there should at the very least show a post count. I would like to have forum ranks as well but a post count would in my opinion give incentive to post.

DaenSep 15, 20141 votes

To an extent I agree, but it might also give incentive for the wrong reasons. It could also lead to a superiority complex, where users more readily support someone that has 1000 posts rather than someone new to the Boards regardless of the validity of each response.

hawkman5879Sep 16, 20141 votes

Most forums have a forum rank + post count along with a reputation system. I believe that if there were to be a rank and count then it would truly help give an incentive to people to post when they might not have otherwise. Right now, when I post for example, I feel as if there isn't a community out there, however with posting statistics you would be able to see that people here are actually posting often and frequently and building some sort of a community. That sounded better in my head but o well lol.