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Starlurk
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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2008 11:58 am


Post 1 - Explanation
Post 2 - FAQ
Post 3 - Example 1
Post 4 - Example 2


This is a complicated new piece of technology but bear with me.

I was thinking it would increase activity if people could invite their friends. Now on a lot of sites I see people invite friends or themselves, receive awards for it, but then the friends or their alternate accounts don't do anything. Size is kind of a matter for us so we can't have that. So I thought up a scoring system:

Invitation Station is a thread where we keep track of a person and everyone they invite, kind of like a Battle Forest Campground. Anyway, a person could invite their friends and their friends would be put under their names on the post (Example 1).

Every two weeks we check and see how many posts an invited member has made so far and we keep track of that on the giant thread.

Once an invited person has reached 50 posts the inviter receives 1 point. (Points will go up every 50 posts.) However! If they invite someone who has never posted they will be docked 1 point, which can change if that person ever posts or leaves the guild. If that person leaves the guild the docked point disappears.

This is where it kind of becomes a pyramid scheme. Say I invited __penguin__. __penguin__ has posted 500 times which means I get a whopping 10 points! __penguin__ has invited tashes who only posted 100 times which means __penguin__ gets 2 points off of tashes and I get 1 point off of tashes.

So for the chain of who invites who, it doubles. I invited pen, I get a point every 50 posts she makes, she invites tashes, I make a point every 100 posts she makes, tashes invites gwennafran, I make a point every 200 posts she makes. It just keeps doubling.

So now I have 11 points but I also invited Kiniro_Tsuki who has *never* posted so I'm docked a point which leaves me at 10.
PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2008 12:05 pm


FAQ


How do I enter myself in to Invitation Station?
- On the designated thread make *one* post where your progress will be recorded.

How do I qualify for invitation points?
- On the designated thread, request that we invite your buddy. When your buddy joins they automatically get placed on your thread.

A friend of mine requested to join because I told him about the guild, but it was before Invitation Station was around, do I get points for it?

- No, people can easily cheat this way and we need to keep the point tracking process as easy as possibly.

A friend of mine requested to join because I told him about the guild, but I never entered him into Invitation Station, do I get points for it?
- No, for the same reason above.

But I messaged you about it!
- No, I'm sorry but I have a lot to track already, these are your points to take care of, not mine.


What are points for? What's the point?

- In the designated thread are prizes you can purchase with your points.

I um, I have a question, should I message you about it?

- You *totally* can. You can message me for anything, but! But, if you ask your question in the thread designated for it, it'll help other people who want to know the same answer.

I invited a friend but he refuses to post! I've already been docked for him once! How do I stop being docked for him?

- You only get docked once per friend, when they start posting or quit you'll make that point back.

How many posts do they have to make before I get that post back?

- 5 posts.

Starlurk
Captain


Starlurk
Captain

PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2008 12:06 pm


Example 1


Trainer: Starlurk85

Invited: __penguin__: Posted 512 - 10 points
Kiniro_Tsuki: Posted 1 - -1 points



Invited Invites: Tashes - __penguin__ 1 point

Point Total: 10

*Spent 10 points on side quest*

Points to spend: 0
PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2008 12:08 pm


Example 2

Trainer: __penguin__

Invited: Tashes: Posted 102 - 2 points

Invited Invites: None

Point Total: 2

Points to spend: 2

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