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Kellen Deming

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    Kellen Deming got a reaction from Notplus in Drum roll pleaseā€¦ announcing Achievements!   
    Looks great!!Ā  Cant wait to give it a try
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    Kellen Deming reacted to Jordan Miller in Drum roll pleaseā€¦ announcing Achievements!   
    We are working on making sure they're crisp across all browsers/devices šŸ™‚ šŸ™Ā 
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    Kellen Deming reacted to Daniel F in Drum roll pleaseā€¦ announcing Achievements!   
    Before the question comes up..
    Rules are handled via extensions, so 3rd party apps will be able to implement own rules in their apps :)
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    Kellen Deming reacted to Adriano Faria in Drum roll pleaseā€¦ announcing Achievements!   
    A nap is always welcome.
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    Kellen Deming reacted to Meowcious in Drum roll pleaseā€¦ announcing Achievements!   
    WOW! THIS IS AMAZING! Also, new video guy is awesome.
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    Kellen Deming reacted to SC36DC in Drum roll pleaseā€¦ announcing Achievements!   
    Earning points is cool, but theĀ only thing a member can earn is "Badges"?

    Members Shop is the perfect gamification plugin, because it offers 'abilities' to the members, ways to spend their points.Ā 

    -Pin a Topic (For set amount of days)
    -Change Member Title
    -"Purchase" an item in the Downloads section with points
    - So muchĀ more.


    In my Downloads, I have made custom desktop and mobile wallpapers that can be purchased with points. I also offer custom made profile photos, cover photos and signature banners. I plan on offering more soon.

    This has been working out great on my forum. People love earning enough points to collect them all. Thank god that @Adriano FariaĀ has taken over Members Shop. Hopefully it will continue to grow. If there was a way to use the Points earned from the IPS Achievements, but then use them with the features Members Shop has to offer, this would be a great method of utilizing both systems.Ā 

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    Kellen Deming reacted to Jordan Miller in Drum roll pleaseā€¦ announcing Achievements!   
    Yahoo!! šŸŽŠĀ 
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    Kellen Deming reacted to Jordan Miller in Drum roll pleaseā€¦ announcing Achievements!   
    I do think this could be useful yesĀ šŸ˜…
    At the moment we are trying to find the line between people getting crazy competitive and also illustrating what badges earn what.Ā šŸ˜ø
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    Kellen Deming reacted to zyx in Drum roll pleaseā€¦ announcing Achievements!   
    Seems like a great new feature - thanks to all those involved!Ā 
    I do agree with several previous comments that being able to 'spend' points would really take this to the next level though. The badges are a very nice touch, but I suspect they will appeal mostly to the community's existing power users. Whereas if the points could be integrated with commerce and downloads, it could become really powerful.Ā 
    Seems really promising though.Ā Ā šŸ™‚Ā 
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    Kellen Deming reacted to Meowcious in Drum roll pleaseā€¦ announcing Achievements!   
    I agree with what many people here are asking for. I would really appreciate a way to surface what badges exist, how they are earned, and some explanation of the ranks and points system. I totally understand the sentiment of not wanting to surface this info but I think it needs to be an option.
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    Kellen Deming reacted to Linux-Is-Best in Drum roll pleaseā€¦ announcing Achievements!   
    I love it. The new point system ties nicely into a vision I have for one or both of my communities.Ā  I have been using Discuz! (2002) and FluxBB (2008); since the founding of their conception. Both of them have become dated in many ways, and while I have developed them both beyond their functionality, I feel we have reached an impasse. They most certainly work and function, but the development for one of them (FluxBB) has all but nearly stopped, and the other has become more 'hackish' (Discuz! 3.5) as the development has progressed (when it moves).
    Our current business model mimics Reddit, both in the way of ad placement, monthly subscription, and the ability to reward others. Members naturally already receive achievements and points, which I see Invision will have in the upcoming v4.6; this is a beautiful way to encourage engagement while giving the member base a sense of involved reward and recognition.Ā  Additionally, you already have a reaction system in place. What is lacking, and I presume we may need to build out in third-party development, is a method to purchase the reactions to reward others ("x" value allows to "y" number of reactions you can reward others).
    Nevertheless, I am excited and looking forward to the pending release of 4.6
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    Kellen Deming reacted to PoC2 in Drum roll pleaseā€¦ announcing Achievements!   
    All I need to know is:
    Is this optional (can it be turned off)?
    I ask because IPS made the "new members"Ā badge non-optional.
    Cheers.
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    Kellen Deming reacted to Giray in Drum roll pleaseā€¦ announcing Achievements!   
    @MattĀ et al.
    Regarding both an 'all badges' page and, especially, a 'how many {xyz} until the next badge/rank', it's not so much a 'game' issue as it is a motivation issue and don't take it from me, take it from a successful website: TripAdvisor. I'm a Level 6 at TA and, frankly, what got me there was their: "3 more reviews until Level X". They also do this for the 'sub-badges' for instance restaurant or hotel or monument reviews. "Two more restaurant reviews until you become a Gold Reviewer".
    Hope this helps to show how a real-world motivational strategy fuels engagementĀ šŸ˜‡
    **edit** I CAN'T WAIT! Great addition!
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    Kellen Deming reacted to GazzaGarratt in Drum roll pleaseā€¦ announcing Achievements!   
    I've been trying to emulate a kind of 'Gamerscore' for a few years now but its not quite worked out as I couldn't get it to work exactly how we wanted it to with some of the 3rd party resources here. I'm absolutely delighted this comes part of the core product now as we need more reasons to incentivise and create some buzz for members as they are giving up a part of their day, even if its for a few minutes, to spend time at your home. I'm really looking forward to things this could open up and maybe link to additional stuff as mentioned above such as MemberShop, etc.
    I can see how you got there after the conversation you had about this so appreciate the transparency. Playing devil's advocate with this, no one wants to create the issue of people 'breaking the system' however, a part of Gamification is that in itself. Even if you don't publish it, people will then push to find ways to understand how it is being done and then you can end up with unintended consequences on your website. I think its down to each individual Admin/Owner to work out how they utilise this with their members. If you have the right types of people at your website already then they'll adopt how you want it to work. I certainly want to be transparent and honest with people on how they 'Level Up' - otherwise potentially the adoption rate won't be as successful as how people want it to be.
    And @Jordan Invision, great little video! šŸ˜„
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