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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  • DracoTarot's Avatar
    Level 52
    @DoctorEldritch the badges are awesome. How time flies and I didn't even realize how long I've been part of this wonderful community. I noticed the cake and thought I am having a birthday every day! 😂

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    @DoctorEldritch I've seen the Goblet under some profiles and thought it was for the medal board. I think I was here when the community reached 100 000. Not sure my mind is blank. To hundreds of thousands more. 🏆
  • Saka's Avatar
    Level 52
    @DoctorEldritch Where's my ghost/pumpkin badge?!

    Nice update, although it will probably take a while before I get any as I only joined in the summer.
    Unamused Snarktooth. Advocate for hearing loss & accessibility. Person, friend and a terrible/terrific* artist.
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  • DoctorEldritch's Avatar
    Community Manager
    @DracoTarot I will look into the elusive goblet.
  • DoctorEldritch's Avatar
    Community Manager
    @Saka Don't sell yourself short, you may be surprised! 😉

    As for the pumpkin badge, we are working on it as well, this here is a teaser post, and badges will surprise everyone in full force a bit later, in the next few weeks!

    But you can start thinking of other suggestions for badges even now!
  • Saka's Avatar
    Level 52
    @DoctorEldritch Oh, exciting!

    You guys should introduce a chocolate bar badge, @Aaricia is in need of one according to the convo in the Polish community!
    Unamused Snarktooth. Advocate for hearing loss & accessibility. Person, friend and a terrible/terrific* artist.
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  • DoctorEldritch's Avatar
    Community Manager
    Maybe not a badge, but you could start a thread "Chocolate for @Aaricia"?

    You could put nice mouthwatering pictures of chocolate there for her to find when she is back, it will be sweet of you all (pun intended).

    Or even some videos with useful lifehacks. For example, did you ever want to eat a piece of chocolate in a way that no one would notice it's missing? If so, here is a hack for you:

  • DoctorEldritch's Avatar
    Community Manager
    Or, if you're more into cartoons, how about some cocoa tricks from the Simpsons:


    What do you think @Saka?
  • Saka's Avatar
    Level 52

    Or even some videos with useful lifehacks. For example, did you ever want to eat a piece of chocolate in a way that no one would notice it's missing? If so, here is a hack for you:

    Thanks, that cracked me up. 😂I will see about making a thread.
    Unamused Snarktooth. Advocate for hearing loss & accessibility. Person, friend and a terrible/terrific* artist.
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  • DracoTarot's Avatar
    Level 52
    @DoctorEldritch No worries. I'm not worthy of drinking from the Goblet. I still need to prove my worth. 😂

    I suggest adding a peasant badge. Would fit nicely under my profile. 😉