Rough Idea, don't hurt me

[[DtK] [Jedi] Ham]

Alright no fancy colours or gifs or text size changes or propaganda, I'm gonna cut straight to it.

The DtK member system is outdated.

It is very rare for a community to have an extensive range of member groups such as DtK. For newer players who aren't aware, DtK has 5 (or 6 if you include Life Member) different Member ranks. Personally I believe this is a great system as it rewards longstanding members of the community or individuals who have made a significant contribution to the servers, to be worn as a badge of honour.

However, as I have previously stated and noticed in recent applications (and I may be getting this wrong), players aren't sure on what they are actually signing up to. Sure this isn't a big issue but I still think that with a new playerbase it may be time for change.

There are 3 things in which I suggest could be done, of course these are rough ideas and I honestly don't expect any of them to be followed up on.

1. Add a Ts and Cs pop-up that has forum rules and outlines the DtK member system appear when people click the "Apply Here" thing to make an application. Make sure they click something like "I have read and understood the message".

2. Change the application itself, whether it be changing existing questions or adding one in saying "Do you know what you are applying for, if so what is it?" This can be done in order to see if people making applications understand what they are applying for, if they say [N] tags or w/e then all good but if they say admin, staff or any admin really can explain how membership and admin applications work within DtK.

3. Reform the Membership System, this is my most sceptical idea but maybe implement a system in which if a player has more than 25 non spectator hours globally and more than 10 Forum Posts, they message staff and upon processing via PM, they can receive like a [R]egular rank. For other ranks such as [M] and [T] maybe merge them into one group too with the same promotion process that currently exists.

Also members who are inactive for more than 3 years should probably be demoted, with exceptions (i mean ranks lower than [JEDI]). I understand this isnt an easy job though so its all good.

As I said these are very rough ideas and I would love to hear other opinions on this matter, and if I'm wrong in assuming most new people don't understand the system then thats all good too.

- Ham

[[DtK] [Jedi] Ham]

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[[DtK] [V] Pepsi]

[A] for average :^)))))

Quite fitting for you :^)))))

[[DtK] [M] Dyelon]

I think the way you explained it all is rather wonderful, to be honest. I don't know how the system works right now because I'm new, but I will admit the amount of people saying they want to be an admin in their application is quite huge.

i just remember the ones that said it over the ones that didnt

biglez' for example :^)

[[DtK] [Jedi] Cha$e]

[A] for average :^)))))

KT for Senior Average :P

Or just Sh*t Aim

[[DtK] [Jedi] KT]

KT for Senior Average :P

Or just Sh*t Aim

Or KT for nothing :^)

[[DtK] [Jedi] Shadow]

Or KT for nothing :^)

^leek information... quick ban