Prides

[Ushujaa]

Just was sort of looking through this and i'd like to bump it because it seemed like it was a good idea about to be set in motion.

Edit: after thinking about it for a little bit, i had an interesting idea... If this were to be set in motion and every so often we had little contests between prides we might want to have catagories

maybe we could use the old awards like

Role Playing Pride of (Insert date here)
Story Telling Pride of ( Insert date here)
Artist Pride of (Insert date here)

and in order to set requirements for those nominations at least X amount of members of the pride must have done X in order to qualify for this award.

^ might promote member activity.

Another thought I had because I'm a nerd and play magic the gathering

Well there's a format in magic called 2 headed giant where 2 players group up in order to win the game against another 2 players

how does this relate?

What if two prides were to join forces so to speak in order to make it fair to the prides that don't have as many members. this way if one pride just happens to have a lot of members the smaller prides can work together with another pride to still get the award.

Just a quick thought on that though...

[KingKivuli]

more contests... would more than likely produce more of a popularity contest and if one pride wins constantly then.. well lets just say i see drama on the horizon instead how about something along the lines of this:

Each of the MLK mods are made head of a pride. each pride helps look after and run a part of the forum

for example WS is in charge of the welcoming pride. anyone in his group are to help make newcomers feel welcome while ivan is defence pride and those people are the only that report/point out and alert staff to issues

just a general idea, this way the members are involved with the running and safety of mlk as a whole while still being able to have fun

if each pride has its own sub forum as well they could hold pride only contests/games etc

[SnowyCheetah]

This is sounding a lot like the usergroups, which already have people sorted into groups. Usergroups can also have heads of each group, which are supposed to sort of be in charge or something along those lines of each group. Perhaps the existing usergroups could have their own sections, and thus host their own games/contests, or something along the lines of that. Making prides when usergroups already exist and are heavily used for the intended purpose seems redundant and potentially confusing.

[KingKivuli]

it sounds like the user groups maybe but its something entirely different. nto asking for colours or special symbols but allows members to be involved more in the running of things another example

if i was head of a pride id make it ... er.. entertainment pride since i run the awards and what not. having members to help me set up music, research interesting and fun stories for the radio and help me organise the awards would be good for me AND involving for them all the while no one is taking away their freedom, if they want to join they can, if they want to leave they can

[Ushujaa]

[quote="StormySeethe"]This is sounding a lot like the usergroups, which already have people sorted into groups. Usergroups can also have heads of each group, which are supposed to sort of be in charge or something along those lines of each group. Perhaps the existing usergroups could have their own sections, and thus host their own games/contests, or something along the lines of that. Making prides when usergroups already exist and are heavily used for the intended purpose seems redundant and potentially confusing.[/quote]

I think this is kind of what we already have, each usergroup has a sub forum. But changing the heads of the usergroup is an idea to make it more member interactive and the heads of each group should be able to come up with fun ideas for the members of their group to participate in.

[KingKivuli]

hmmmm changing the user groups round to make them more involving for the members could work and a leader (mod or member MAYBE) has the rights to invite people in or ask them to leave the group (hopefully not) but i will say this if members want to be in charge of a group it will be down to the staff and staff only to pick who. the last time we let members vote for a leader position all hell broke loose

[Ushujaa]

[quote="KingKivuli"]hmmmm changing the user groups round to make them more involving for the members could work and a leader (mod or member MAYBE) has the rights to invite people in or ask them to leave the group (hopefully not) but i will say this if members want to be in charge of a group it will be down to the staff and staff only to pick who. the last time we let members vote for a leader position all hell broke loose[/quote]

As i told you in WLM (just for everyone else to see it) i don't think it's a good idea for people to be able to kick other people out of a usergroup that should be a decision left up to the mods (we may not even need to do this)

[KingKivuli]

fair enough, especially if someone gets power hungry.. ive been there not a pretty site dont want anyone else to suffer the after effects

[SnowyCheetah]

[quote="KingKivuli"]fair enough, especially if someone gets power hungry.. ive been there not a pretty site dont want anyone else to suffer the after effects[/quote]

True that.

And although usergroups are not exactly what is being sought, perhaps the way usergroups are used and configured here can be altered to fill the purpose?

[Ushujaa]

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And although usergroups are not exactly what is being sought, perhaps the way usergroups are used and configured here can be altered to fill the purpose?[/quote]

I've been thinking about that and talking to KK about it in WLM a bunch