We realize that we've been vague about getting your "own personal trophy" so we are going to set down the "guidelines" for how you go about getting a trophy. This is how you do it:
1. You need to have more than 1250 points. This ensures that you have points from a variety of different places: most importantly from featured games.
2. A history of at least three featured games or one contest winning game. If you have three featured games, they don't all need to be featured at the same time.
3. You must have acquired at least half of the "personal" trophies on the site (rounding up) - these currently belong to 3 admins and 5 members. One of the trophies acquired must either be from an admin or from the person with the highest points on the site (currently JJJ). Since there are currently 8 trophies available - you will need four to get your own trophy. As the number of trophies available increases, so to will the number you need to obtain to get your own trophy.
These "guidelines" are subject to change at our whim. We may also over-ride these rules completely if we feel somebody has done something extraordinary. If you feel that you have met these criteria, PM an admin. Nate has placed these guidelines in an article for us.
march
ok, i just wrote the article. one of the mods or admins needs to look it over and accept it before others can see it.
nate
crap, now I won't get one.
riley
Hmmm, so I need to get either alex, march, choco, or jjj's trophy and one other trophy. (And 17 more points, but that's easy.)
Can having your game in honourable mentions count as a contest win?
"those looking for an easy way to these guidelines will not be rewarded."
Oh shit! Please forget that I posted that last post!
Hey, if you are co-authoring a game and it gets featured, that counts for the 3 game thing, right? I am writing a lot of it...
This is phenomenal
GO MARCH!
yep - for now. It may be that we'll eliminate trophies due to inactivity in time, but for now half doesn't seem unreasonable. Good luck to all of you!
I say we take away his mod powers, crush his trophy, and eat his brains.
Naw, just kidding. I think all inactive trophies should become rusty. So its obvious. But if the person signs on, then they go back to gold or silver. Hold on I'll go post in the FWW.
I think my own trophy isn't as far away as I think it is. I'm hoping that Assassin, Dead End, and possibly To Hell and Back will be featured. After that I will be really close to 1250 points, and I will probably get a few people's trophies if all 3 get featured.
yeah, I know, i'm just hoping for it. I always hope for the best and expect the worst.
YOUR trophy suddenly got a lot more valuable JJJ.
Thanks to you :)
However Nate is gaining ground fast. Same with Tsmpaul. I wish I was a dueling whiz like Nate :). Oh well hopefully another 100 point soon.
It's too bad that your trophy looks less like a sword (to me) and more like a lightning bug! (lol!)
me and my girlfriend went to Elkmont Tn on sunday. at nite, for 2 weeks the fireflys (lightning bugs) all flash at the same time. its actully pretty awesome. i really liked it.
Okay, let's see.
I have 4 trophies. When I've made the MySpace page I'll have five, then I'll have 5. I have three games currently featured, and 4 in my 'feature total'.
Once I've made the MySpace page, I should have 1149 points. Then I'll have to do some big thing. I'm hoping that my current Zombie game could get featured. Shouldn't be hard, those two other zombie games in the sci-fi section just plain suck :)
Damn, then I'll STILL be on only 1249 points.
I'll have to rate a game I suppose... I was kind of hoping I wouldn't have to do that, but we all gotta work for these things...
I think it's a good idea.
Personally, sure, now I have to get two more trophies, one of which is an admin or jjj, and I have no idea how I'm gonna do that. . . but-
Trophies should be rare and hard to get. That's what gives them prestige. If most of the site members have their own trophy, it doesn't mean as much- to have one or to get one from someone else.
I've only been a member since 9/30/2006- and I'm seven points away from 1250. 300 points from featured games, 100 points from winning a contest, over 400 points from rating games, and about 200 daily points.
JJJ's right- it's fairly easy to get a high point total. You just have to be active on the site.
Hey, now all I need is for someone else to give me their trophy- hint, hint. ;)
This will be especially hard, since whoever gives me their trophy next will essentially be giving me my personal trophy (according to the new rules.)
Have: JJJ, nate, solo
Let's see, what are my prospects. . .
alexp -- not likely, have no idea how to get this one
march -- not likely, has been previously stated as very hard to get, although he did mention a possible contest
chocobot -- not likely, no idea how to get it
madglee -- again, previously stated as very hard to get
havacoman -- not active
Your best bet:
Chocobot, March, madglee. (Alex is easier but hes not very active)
OH BTW THATS IN MAGVENTURE :D
The dino thing :)
But yeah I agree.
"naw, i dont want to do it, i got my own games to worry about LOL!" - Solostrike (To do with Not wanting to do the qualifier for March's tropy.)
This is my respones to that. I just wanted it to restart from the left.
I SEE WHAT YOUR SAYING lol I get it, yeah that looks totally outa the blue.
So after seth who do you think is the closest?
Guys, I was wondering, how many trophies are there altogether?
Also, going off on a tangent, Sethaniel - I don't think I've read all your stories yet, (for a member of this site, I really haven't read as many of the other stories on here as I should) but I was really impressed with "Snow", not just the story, but the way in which it was written! It really stood out at me for some reason. The whole mood/tone of it was really stylish, and poetic! Oh yeah, I also saw the "Zhang Ziyi addict" banner on your profile - I love her movies! Not sure about Christopher Walken for president though, :)
For a while, I thought Bai Ling might replace her as empress of my affections, but based on the final category- sheer ***kicking skills- Zhang Ziyi retains her title.
What's wrong with Chris Walken? "An actor with so much identity and charisma that his mere appearance on a screen generates interest in any audience" (per Roger Ebert) That bar is up there b/c it was the only Walken one I could find.
Oh yeah. . .
Thanks so much for your comments on the story!
I think there are 8 total member trophies, 4 point total trophies (100, 500, 1000, and 2000), trophies for contest winner and featured story, top/supreme rater, top/supreme forum poster, bug finder, lucky dueler. Click on a trophy on your profile and it will pull up a list.
