How Can We Encourage More Voters?

[Student]

The initial premise of the FVC was to reward and in turn empower young individuals in the after school area who otherwise would've gone home and shot their parents in the head like the Menendez brothers.

Anyways, I think the problem with contests in that they can be "infiltrated" because of the username and colored title. Those should be removed, just leave the award, that way it gets utilized (the award system in general) and it's very easy to see.

Is there anyway to raise VP a quarter of a point? 1.25 or 1.125 instead of 2? This way we could wean users into having a higher VP worth twice as much as Macc's automatically.

[Student]

The initial premise of the FVC was to reward and in turn empower young individuals in the after school area who otherwise would've gone home and shot their parents in the head like the Menendez brothers.

Anyways, I think the problem with contests in that they can be "infiltrated" because of the username and colored title. Those should be removed, just leave the award, that way it gets utilized (the award system in general) and it's very easy to see.

Is there anyway to raise VP a quarter of a point? 1.25 or 1.125 instead of 2? This way we could wean users into having a higher VP worth twice as much as Macc's automatically.

Originally Posted by Student

The initial premise of the FVC was to reward and in turn empower young individuals in the after school area who otherwise would've gone home and shot their parents in the head like the Menendez brothers.

Anyways, I think the problem with contests in that they can be "infiltrated" because of the username and colored title. Those should be removed, just leave the award, that way it gets utilized (the award system in general) and it's very easy to see.

Is there anyway to raise VP a quarter of a point? 1.25 or 1.125 instead of 2? This way we could wean users into having a higher VP worth twice as much as Macc's automatically.

Most of that made no sense to me but I agree that the FVC should not include a user title or colour change. It should just be the forum award.

Originally Posted by Student

The initial premise of the FVC was to reward and in turn empower young individuals in the after school area who otherwise would've gone home and shot their parents in the head like the Menendez brothers.

Anyways, I think the problem with contests in that they can be "infiltrated" because of the username and colored title. Those should be removed, just leave the award, that way it gets utilized (the award system in general) and it's very easy to see.

Is there anyway to raise VP a quarter of a point? 1.25 or 1.125 instead of 2? This way we could wean users into having a higher VP worth twice as much as Macc's automatically.

Most of that made no sense to me but I agree that the FVC should not include a user title or colour change. It should just be the forum award.

[Student]

Originally Posted by Nicholas

Most of that made no sense to me but I agree that the FVC should not include a user title or colour change. It should just be the forum award.

Most the issue with VP is that it's such a drastic leap in between people's VP. For example: If have 2 VP and I vote on a battle I'm essentially supplying 2 votes so 3 people would have to vote against the winner (well whoever I pick) in order for the opponent to win if nobody else votes. The problem with this is that whoever has a higher VP pretty much determines the whole battle because there isn't a lot of voting going on.

[Student]

Originally Posted by Nicholas

Most of that made no sense to me but I agree that the FVC should not include a user title or colour change. It should just be the forum award.

Most the issue with VP is that it's such a drastic leap in between people's VP. For example: If have 2 VP and I vote on a battle I'm essentially supplying 2 votes so 3 people would have to vote against the winner (well whoever I pick) in order for the opponent to win if nobody else votes. The problem with this is that whoever has a higher VP pretty much determines the whole battle because there isn't a lot of voting going on.

FVCis ass. Stop promoting that shit yo.

If niggas got the time to check threads all day to vote on battle links, they got time to go find us new members... how bout dat

FVCis ass. Stop promoting that shit yo.

If niggas got the time to check threads all day to vote on battle links, they got time to go find us new members... how bout dat

Right, so to summarise;

- Minimum Character Limit on a vote comment to prevent ‘FV’ and encourage expos.
- Hottest Battles Thread Weekly/Bi-Weekly (And, Battles Needing Votes)
- Credit Counter Re-Visited
- Formating Options on Voter Comments
- Any reincarnation of FVC should only be distinguished by the forum award. No more user titles/colour changes. Voting power should not be excessive.


I'll start doing the hottest battle threads which can also be used to draw attention to some battles that need votes. If I mention users as well this might draw some people to the forums which is always good for user-retention.

The Credit Counter and any potential re-vamp of the FVC would have to be done by a moderator. If no one is up for doing it then as @Noble suggested I would happily do it myself.

The Formatting Options/Minimum Character Limit would obviously have to be done by @X or @Pugz I'll suggest it in an email to X when I next speak to him.

Right, so to summarise;

- Minimum Character Limit on a vote comment to prevent ‘FV’ and encourage expos.
- Hottest Battles Thread Weekly/Bi-Weekly (And, Battles Needing Votes)
- Credit Counter Re-Visited
- Formating Options on Voter Comments
- Any reincarnation of FVC should only be distinguished by the forum award. No more user titles/colour changes. Voting power should not be excessive.


I'll start doing the hottest battle threads which can also be used to draw attention to some battles that need votes. If I mention users as well this might draw some people to the forums which is always good for user-retention.

The Credit Counter and any potential re-vamp of the FVC would have to be done by a moderator. If no one is up for doing it then as @Noble suggested I would happily do it myself.

The Formatting Options/Minimum Character Limit would obviously have to be done by @X or @Pugz I'll suggest it in an email to X when I next speak to him.

[Godbody]

To summarize nothing

My post was the best idea. It's proven, webmasters use it across the internet, etc etc

Trust me. I know what works, as I was one of, if not THE first person calling LB admins out on their bullshit like 5-6 yrs ago when ya'll was still happy with the way shit was. And I was getting CLOWNED for talking shit about LB v4 (FlyHipHop) and suggesting a bunch of shit to make this site better. A few ideas got implemented here or there but the ones I know will work wonders on here still aint been implemented

[Godbody]

To summarize nothing

My post was the best idea. It's proven, webmasters use it across the internet, etc etc

Trust me. I know what works, as I was one of, if not THE first person calling LB admins out on their bullshit like 5-6 yrs ago when ya'll was still happy with the way shit was. And I was getting CLOWNED for talking shit about LB v4 (FlyHipHop) and suggesting a bunch of shit to make this site better. A few ideas got implemented here or there but the ones I know will work wonders on here still aint been implemented