v3.5 Arcade Feature Poll

[John]

I'm coding new features for the 3.5 edition of the v3 Arcade at the moment, and I've been thinking about adding something new - but I'm not sure if it's something people would actually use or find useful in anyway, so I thought I'd post a poll on it.

The Idea
It's a pretty simple idea. The forum admin can create a number of "teams" (a minimum of 2), each with their own name, description, emblem, etc.

Now, when a user registers on your forums or visits the arcade for the first time, they're given the opportunity to join one of these teams. Once a user has joined a team, their successes in the Arcade translate into points for their side.

The side which performs the best at the end of the week wins numerous perks, such as (and these would be customisable):
- Increased PM inbox size
- New games (although they wouldn't win points for playing "their-side only" games).
- A trophy visible in their postbit (if you're on the winning team for that week).
- If some sort of store hack is installed such as uShop, they'd be awarded with uCash.
- Reputation gains for individual achievements (e.g. most games played).

And whatever else we can think of. There would be other tie-ins with some other features, but I won't go into that right now.

My question is, is this something you would want to see and use on your forums? Or do you think it's a bit of a gimmick that won't last and isn't worth coding?

[PixelFx]

support for ucash/ushop for this as possible points system would be cool,

also the idea for avatar idea I posted on the other thread aka #2, but have the option to unlock games based on number of posts or points, with similar system in poll might be interesting. Maybe have phrase for each team name, so admins can name the team names what ever they want. aka Green Team and Red Team etc.

If you need beta testers let me know .. I have vb 3.0.8 / 3.5 RC2 on private localhost clean installs. I can test with virtual PC, xp 64x/32bit / windows 2003 64bit/32bit and centos 3.5 linux setup for testing.

[Adrian Schneider]

As much as I'd like that, I would do it as an add-on. I'd rather get the arcade faster.

[deathemperor]

definitely work doing.

[lairnoc]

man this would be superb a lot of people are doing the arcade on my forum and really love it man... go for it!!

[Revan]

Ye have my vote for doing it.

[Vindicare]

Originally Posted by TheSpecialist

As much as I'd like that, I would do it as an add-on. I'd rather get the arcade faster.

That pretty much describes my opinion.

I think it is a nice feature, but if it would delay the release I'd vote against it.
However, as a feature not scheduled for the initial release, I'd support it.

Just another impatient 3.5 user, awaiting the new v3Arcade eagerly.

[John]

Originally Posted by Vindicare

That pretty much describes my opinion.

I think it is a nice feature, but if it would delay the release I'd vote against it.
However, as a feature not scheduled for the initial release, I'd support it.

Just another impatient 3.5 user, awaiting the new v3Arcade eagerly.

I should probably release it as an add-on for the Arcade, then?

[Boofo]

I'd do it now. I think it would be something that a lot of sites would use. Gimmick or not, it would be years ahead of any other arcade.

[Biker_GA]

Originally Posted by TheSpecialist

As much as I'd like that, I would do it as an add-on. I'd rather get the arcade faster.

Ditto. My users are very impatient for the Arcade to return.