So these erm... medals ?

[Rapier]

Or just never upload your stats again.

I like the 'gold medal' by the way. Made me smile.

[amtct]

I like the 'gold medal' by the way. Made me smile.

I'm sure of that...you have two

[fiksal]

Or just never upload your stats again.

I like the 'gold medal' by the way. Made me smile.

couldn't find the picture of "Dendy" joystick, for those who grew up on the eastern side of the world (and never seen Nintendo until Nintendo 32)

[amtct]

Now I have to many medals

[fiksal]

Now I have to many medals

how many do you need

[amtct]

Now I have to many medals

how many do you need

The avatar limit (80x80) isn't enough

Now I want an avatar (1440x900) full of medals

[Vitez]

I kinda like these medals. They bring out the dictator from me that is sleeping deep within me
Top 100 FTW

[amtct]

I kinda like these medals. They bring out the dictator from me that is sleeping deep within me
Top 100 FTW

Be carefull...

[Vitez]

I kinda like these medals. They bring out the dictator from me that is sleeping deep within me
Top 100 FTW

Be carefull...

What was he's famous quote? "Blowing up 1 Xenon is a tragedy. The blowing up of million Xenons is a statistic."

[X-Warrior B AS]

we are proud of you!

now to keep your boarding score perfect, I suppose you'd have to avoid playing the game?

Nah, save before boarding, reload if fail. Works just fine

[jlehtone]

Or simply upload never again. Practically everyone can have all medals, (except those who refuse to have any and those who want to "improve" their "swing").

Which leads to the "statistics" being completely unrelated to how people play. Quite statistical, I presume.

[Toastie]

Practically everyone can have all medals, (except those who refuse to have any and those who want to "improve" their "swing").

One of key reasons for the introduction of the Personal Uplink is to make player statistics more accessible and to allow players to more easily compare their in-game achievements.

The point of the medals underneath the forum avatar, while indicating general levels of achievement in the three games, actually serves to provide an indication that the player has uploaded stats and an easy link to the player's profile and statistics so you can see if their 'swing' is really that impressive.

[pelador]

Practically everyone can have all medals, (except those who refuse to have any and those who want to "improve" their "swing").

One of key reasons for the introduction of the Personal Uplink is to make player statistics more accessible and to allow players to more easily compare their in-game achievements.

The point of the medals underneath the forum avatar, while indicating general levels of achievement in the three games, actually serves to provide an indication that the player has uploaded stats and an easy link to the player's profile and statistics so you can see if their 'swing' is really that impressive.

So why a medal then if it doesnt denote achievement?

Really am not that bothered but if it doesnt indicate an impressive achievement in cases why use a medal or change the medal allocation to be based on reasonable samples for qualification?

[Aro]

Don't like 'em... make the stats searchable by forum name already! THEN things will get interesting

[Toastie]

Practically everyone can have all medals, (except those who refuse to have any and those who want to "improve" their "swing").

*snip* while indicating general levels of achievement in the three games *snip*

So why a medal then if it doesnt denote achievement?

Really am not that bothered but if it doesnt indicate an impressive achievement in cases why use a medal or change the medal allocation to be based on reasonable samples for qualification?

Like I said, the medals indicate general achievement, while the uplink area and forum stats aim to give more detail. How the general achievement is displayed is clearly a topic of discussion here but please bear in mind that the more players' stats that are uploaded, the more representative becomes the sample by which the medals are awarded.

[pelador]

Like I said, the medals indicate general achievement, while the uplink area and forum stats aim to give more detail. How the general achievement is displayed is clearly a topic of discussion here but please bear in mind that the more players' stars that are uploaded, the more representative becomes the sample by which the medals are awarded.

Ah clever. I apologise for doubting you.

[Kapakio]

I think current meaning of medals is pointless. There are so many different achievement categories in each of the 3 games, so at the end I'm sure that more than half of forum users will have all 3 medals, which makes them irrelevant. I would say that only one icon indicating that the user uploaded statistics would suffice for the purpose of promotion.

On the other hand, have you noticed that the medals look different in different browsers? In IE6 they look sticked together, side by side, in IE7 there's a gap, between them.

[jlehtone]

I would say that only one icon indicating that the user uploaded statistics would suffice for the purpose of promotion.

Or one per game (X3TC, X3R, X2). So you don't have to follow the link, eager to compare, only to find that the user has uploaded only the X2 stats while you have never had that game.

[RavenIII]

[/snip] On the other hand, have you noticed that the medals look different in different browsers? In IE6 they look sticked together, side by side, in IE7 there's a gap, between them.

IE6 doesn't follow many of the internet standards, IE7 follows more of them generally I believe margins is regularly ignored by IE6 on a variety of things, though I'd have no idea regarding the medals.

You'll notice recent browsers like IE7/8, Google Chrome, Firefox 3 and Opera all render them pretty much the same.

I think the medals are a nice addition... and no doubt any 'swing' will not get very far in this forum - I'd suspect anyway.

[pjknibbs]

Like I said, the medals indicate general achievement, while the uplink area and forum stats aim to give more detail. How the general achievement is displayed is clearly a topic of discussion here but please bear in mind that the more players' stats that are uploaded, the more representative becomes the sample by which the medals are awarded.

I think some of the medal-worthy stats need looking at, though. For instance, someone whose entire gold medal status comes from having 100% boarding efficiency when they've only boarded 4 ships (not naming any names here... ) doesn't really sit right, to my mind.