The badges are coming!

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  • DoctorEldritch's Avatar
    Community Manager
    Hello Legion Gamers!

    You may remember a few weeks back we wrote a post about introducing the new Levels! And you may also remember a few plans we mentioned for the future of Gamification here in Legion!

    Well, we're happy to announce that we're well underway with these new exciting additions, and the next chapter in the Legion Gamification saga will be...drumroll please... 🥁

    Badges!

    That's right, we're introducing the new badges that you can now get for...well, pretty much everything you do in the community. We're starting with the more straightforward ones, one of which you may have already seen:



    We're not Aperture Science, so the cake is not a lie! But it was a test! 😉 A couple of weeks back we tried to test-drive the badges, and this was the badge we've done it with, and ended up keeping it after that, so some of you may have seen it already! This badge means that you've been registered with us for over a year!

    And the badges come in different colours, so every year you'll get a new colour badge! All like in games! So after 2 years, your badge will be green, and the year after that blue, then violet and orange! Add a splash of colour! Check out how they would look! Here is another badge that you may have seen already, a goblet the shows you've celebrated the 100.000 members mark with us earlier this year, here demonstrating different colours!

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    And this is not all. We've started with dessert, but after the cake, we're introducing:

    A badge for threads:

    Unlike the cake badge, this one is not tied to time and depends entirely on you! You can earn it by posting new threads: the more new threads you start, the faster you'll get to rarer colours!

    And, similarly, a badge for posts:

    This one is counting any posts you make, all the replies and comments, so it is very easy to get rarer badges naturally with this one!

    All these badges will be displayed next to your avatar as the testaments to your awesomeness, so be sure to collect them all! Those 3 are the ones we'll start with, but we're already thinking of other badges for different activities like receiving thumbs up, special badges that you can earn after completing several actions, and some surprise badges, too!

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    And we want your help!

    The badges are just starting out and we'll shape them as we go, so join in and share your ideas! Any suggestions on what other badges we can make, their names or symbols? Please share below!

    Does not have to be just about the badges, either! We're all building the gamification of this place together, so share any ideas about what other elements you'd like to see! What would tickle your "achiever reflex"?

    Feel free to share, and stay tuned for badges (which we'll start rolling out in the next few weeks)!
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  • Saka's Avatar
    Level 52
    @DoctorEldritch I think you pinned the Nordic Community thread in the English Community gallery. 🕵️‍♀️

    Perhaps a detective badge could be useful?
    Unamused Snarktooth. Advocate for hearing loss & accessibility. Person, friend and a terrible/terrific* artist.
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  • DoctorEldritch's Avatar
    Community Manager
    Thank you @Saka, I fixed it, should be fine now! Yeah, detective badge for things like this could be fitting. Maybe a magnifying glass.
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  • Saka's Avatar
    Level 52
    Did the badges actually make it to the forums? I don't think I recall anyone with other badge than the cake or the trophy.
    Unamused Snarktooth. Advocate for hearing loss & accessibility. Person, friend and a terrible/terrific* artist.
    *delete as appropriate