Does it take up that much time for the system?? And it'd be 1000 for 20 people...
I'm pretty sure it would be putting in a request to the Admins and only Premium Members can actually get the name change, so it's not just a system change, people have to physically go in and change it.
Shoot. I was planning on changing their colors to a really gross brown color.
Nah, that's already taken by Pokemon Researchers anyways. >_>
Not to be a sarcastic *******, but to make people pay for this stuff is ridiculous. Besides, Gideon only made premium memberships to fund the site right? Does MLG actually need the extra couple hundred dollars to run this site?
It's not MAKING you pay for it, it's allowing you to have it if you pay. It's sort of an incentive to donate. It's not saying "Hey, have new powers on a forum! Only $10!" It's saying, "Hey, throw us some cash to support SWF tournies, and as a bonus, you'll get *things*!"
You're not likely to rack up too many donations if you just say "Hey donate."
And as many people have said, it's to donate for tournies, not supporting the site.
Premium membership is an obvious scam. You might as well buy stuff you see in pop-up ads and infomercials on TV.
What do you mean it's a SCAM? If you don't think the rewards are worthwhile don't buy it, sheesh.
This whole thread is to see if there's enough interest to warrant implementing it again. If there is, then a lot of the community would have to be pretty stupid to fall for something supposedly as stupid as pop-ups and infomercials.
99.6% of people are stupid but I don't think this entire site is stupid enough to fall for an infomercial. I think you're just being a little too skeptical and over-analytical about this.
Also, I hope we will have an option to disable our own reputation if you think it is stupid.
That would defeat the purpose though, wouldn't it? Then you just disable your rep, do stupid things, and circumvent the system.
And also, I'm kind of against the idea of changing other people's avatars/colors/whatever without their permission. I think you get into a whole mess of trouble there. Maybe on April Fool's Day you could do that sort of thing, but otherwise, I'm not so sure.
I think it's just going to be color. I read it as more of a gift to your friends than a "Hahaha, I confuse you."
Even if someone swapped it on me as a joke I'd have a (I'd assume) cool color, so I wouldn't complain.
Personally, I'd be interested in Premium Membership. For one thing, I'm sure the Admins would appreciate it because I know you guys probably get about 10 name change requests a day, if not more, as well as title change requests, etc.
Back when I first joined and it was still available I thought about purchasing it as I used (and still do) SmashBoards a fair amount and it's only fair to toss a couple of bucks to help support it. Even though I wouldn't directly support SmashBoards if it were reinstated, I would be supporting the community and I think that's a worthy cause.
The extra bonuses would be pretty cool too.
How exactly would the Reputation system return just for Premium Members, though? Would that mean that A) Only Premium Members have Reputation, B) Only Premium Members can raise/lower Reputation, or C) Both?
I think the rules are pretty fair though, in fact, I think 3 name changes a month is pretty darn generous, especially if the Admins have to do it themselves. Who needs to change their name more than once a month anyways? That would just confuse me. If I got a name change I might just add spaces (I thought the character limit was larger when I made my account, and wasn't aware that spaces were allowed either), I like my name other than the fact that people frequently misinterpret that it's "Firus" -- I've gotten everything from "Firust" to "Frutis". I might not even do that much of a change, though.
I can understand one name change for sure. Just not sure why there's reason to complain because you can only change your name 3 times in thirty days.
The only other thing I can think of is possibly another theme if you guys would have the time/ability to make another one. I like Classic Blue, but even so it'd be nice to have another one to mix it up with every so often.
