AWARDS and Fell Points
What’s up with the Fell points and Awards? Well we wanted to create a reward system that encourages people to support the site in more ways then just posting in the forum.
What are Fell Points? Fellfrosh Points (FP) are the currency of TWG, you use them to buy stuff in the store, right now the only things for sale are Awards but we might add other stuff.
How do I get Fell Points? Well there’s several ways. The first way is by submitting articles and having those articles published on the site. You get 3 FP for every article of yours that’s published. The second way is by leveling, now before you groan about this we’ve thought this through, you get 10 FP for every 10 levels you gain, so basically 1 point per level but to avoid abuse we only award this every 10 levels. Lastly Admins, and only Admins, can award a single FP for an outstanding post, contribution to the forum or anything else that you do to support the site outside of the previously described methods. Now these were listed in order of easiest to get to hardest, Admins are not going to be awarding FP out like candy and they can remove FP for those that are annoyances (like asking us for them, quickest way to get sent to –10 FP there is).
Ok, so I get FP but what about Awards and Trophies? Awards are Icons you either buy with FP in the store or are awarded for various reasons. Trophies are Awards you’ve decided to display (Max of 3).
What are the Award Types? There are two categories that awards fall under:
1) Award Methods
1) Purchasable – Can be bought for FP
2) Awarded – Awarded for participating in something
3) Achievement – Awarded for reaching a goal
2) Award Types
1) Normal – Doesn’t expire, so you can always earn/buy it
2) Limited Edition – Time frame involved (most common on Awarded)
3) Unique – Only on for the whole Forum (usually earned from contests)
A single award can have two classifications, one from each type so you could have a LE Achievement or a Purchasable Normal. Note that no Purchasable will ever be a Unique, though it may be a LE (not that often though).
So how do I get each award Type?
Purchasable- Bought in the store with FP, that’s the only way, most are around 10 FP though that doesn’t mean any other price will show up.
Awarded- You earn these for participating in forum events or activates, these are mostly LE since the events will usually only last for a time. These are, as the name implies, only awarded by the Admins and how you can get them is displayed in the Award Forum Board (more on this latter). Examples would be winning NaNoWriMo or helping EUOL out on Warbreaker.
Achievement- These are awarded by completing goals and are hard coded into the site itself (meaning admins don’t/can’t give them out). Examples of these would be having a certain number of articles ran on the site. When you gain an achievement you get a PM from Cecile B. Bagsworth (the proprietor of the store) letting you know you got one and why.
Uniques- I’m not going to cover the other two here since they’re fairly straight forward but Uniques require some mentioning. What we’re doing with these is setting up contests to gain them, such as best holiday name or best review of 2006 and then allowing users to vote on them. They’re going to be almost always Awarded and something that anyone should be able to have a chance at getting if they participate.
Contests: Contests are special events that are run by forum moderators and admins to encourage posting on the forum and doing things as a community. Examples of LE awards are winning (not just participating) in NaNoWriMo, giving feedback on Warbreaker, getting 60%+ of your Oscar Predictions correct and anything else we think of. Examples of Unique awards are winning best Christmas name, wining best review of 2006 and stuff like that, all Unique contests are ones where people can vote on the final outcome.
Cool, so I have an award idea or a contest idea. Wana hear about it? We do, but there’s only one place for it and that’s the Award board that’s inside the suggestion forum and the designated threads for them there. Any threads anywhere else about this will be locked and possibly deleted.