[CongressJon]

If what you say is true, Cspace...Then why am I denied more of a chance on my own ideal?...How was I to fix things with no problems? There WERE no problems, since no one would give me any. I'll never understand you Cspace...I never will.

---Ruckus the Rogue

Trust me, you can't. Unless you live with him, you just can't.

[Cspace]

  If what you say is true, Cspace...Then why am I denied more of a chance on my own ideal?...How was I to fix things with no problems? There WERE no problems, since no one would give me any. I'll never understand you Cspace...I never will.

This is just basically a simple point system mostly sparked by the recent wishes for meetings. A little extra encouragement and, since many members were asking me about leadership positions, this can be another way for members to obtain a leadership rank in SeeD. We also had a need for a ranking system of some sort which is independent of factions. Two needs came together and I thought this system could accomplish each as well as give members positive feedback for their contributions. While accomplishing this it also makes SeeD seem more like SeeD, while only using numbers so it won't conflict with faction-specific ranks like General and so on.

That's all this is, it isn't as major as you seem to think.

With regards to your jury idea I was just asking for you to develop your idea a little bit more because it was a bit complex in ways. I sent you some potential issues with it a while ago, if you'd like to discuss it sometime on AIM I would be more than happy to do that.

[Pureblade]

Great idea Cspace! The ranking system is a great way for those who have worked hard and always tried their best to be appreciated.

[Baseballl]

I have this feeling in me that this system will die down, but hopefully it won't. Another idea that is coming to me is that SeeD/Curvedspace is stretching out too much and spreading too thin. I personally think we need more real leadership positions in CurvedSpace to overlook all factions and handle the board and any problems occuring, not points (although this system isn't meant to do the same).

Just a nerve in me about this, not sure if it will hold up...

[Dragonman]

I have this feeling in me that this sytem will die down, but hopefully it won't. Another idea that is coming to me is that SeeD/Curvedspace is stretching out too much and spreading too thin. I personally think we need more real leadership positions in CurvedSpace to overlook all factions and handle the board and any problems occuring, not points (although this system isn't meant to do the same).

Just a nerve in me about this, not sure if it will hold up...

Hopefully the system won't die down since it's permanently there and a constant reminder because of the little profile thing next to people's psots. I'm not sure more leadership positions might work though since SeeD works quite well together then under a bunch of authority. In my opinion, authority in SeeD is something given to someone who is trusted with the responsibility to help keep the forums safe, clean, and maintained while Cspace gets on with those updates. When it comes to moving into new games we need everybody to help, hopefully we can start recruiting all of new people into SeeD from the games we're moving into. They can help support our factions there.

[Cspace]

I have this feeling in me that this sytem will die down, but hopefully it won't.

I think you as well as others are putting too much weight on this system, lol. It's just a point system to assist with meetings and other things as well as a likely replacement for Emblems which will be more official. This probably won't really be incentive for anything, but its intention doesn't rest on that. The only way in which it will die down is if, for some reason, we become unable to update ranks or the system actually starts to cause problems.

This is really nothing more than a modified karma system. It is the same exact thing basically, except for the fact that here it actually has a purpose in a way.

I personally think we need more real leadership positions in CurvedSpace to overlook all factions and handle the board and any problems occuring

But first the factions need to start recruiting in-game and we need to see where the problems would be, this is something new for SeeD and right now we shouldn't necessarily predict specific problems until we come across them. Right now three admins and our mod team can easily manage the factions since almost all activity is still in the RS faction, and all that needs to be done is general administrative stuff from the inter-faction perspective; later though, who knows. For now the factions are leading themselves fine, for they can organize their own leadership roles to fit the game in which they exist. Part of the reason that we adopted the FFVIII rank number system is so inter-faction rank names don't conflict with the names of faction ranks. Our goal is to let the factions run themselves to the maximum possible extent, realistically speaking right now there isn't much leadership required in the inter-faction arena due to this.

Unfortunately nitpicky, unnecessary, or predictive positions can sometimes become a load on the clan as has been experienced in the past. Perhaps the numbered SeeD Ranks can become a basis of sorts for other positions in the future, but that should be determined when an actual need arises.

It's good to be thinking about it though.

[MA-53]

hey, cool, i got a rank! I wish I knew what for...

[JGJTan]

hey, cool, i got a rank!  I wish I knew what for...

You got that rank because you are you.

In other words... total 0wnage.

[Final F8]

ooooh, great idea!

and dont make it cyan, yellow goes nicely with the green. very aussie, too  *starts belting out random aussie songs* i come from a land down under...

He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich

hey, cool, i got a rank!  I wish I knew what for...

Yeah, maybe when someone goes up or down a rank, there should be a place where whoever did it can post why?

[©allum]

Now most active members have a rank and are mods

[Cspace]

Yeah, maybe when someone goes up or down a rank, there should be a place where whoever did it can post why?

I like our members to be mortally confused.

Naw, hehe, once we're caught up on past contributions I'll leave notices every time a rank goes up.

[obiwan22]

Perhaps make the little text where it lists your rank a hyperlink, (like the warning thingy is) where it says why you were promoted/demoted. Sort of like a warning log, but for ranks

[asro3]

i need gil any what does gil stand form?

[asro3]

go uff and seed go uff and seed all add me if u play rs!!!

[Frost Bite]

I don't have a rank...