It is YOU guys & gals that make C3VR so great and so useful for so many!  So you should get something back for your efforts!

I'm going to implement some sort of rewards system in the very near future.

Here's what I'm thinking.  It will be based on posts. You'll get points for posts.  For every 100 posts, you'll get 10 points.  As you accumulate points, you can cash them in for rewards.  Here's an idea of what the rewards will be.  This is very preliminary!

points - reward
50    C3VR Keychain
50    C3VR Window Sticker
75    C3VR Lapel Pin
100    C3VR Mug
150    C3VR 1-Year Standard Membership
200    C3VR Logo T-shirt
200    C3VR Logo Cap
300    C3VR 1-Year Gold Membership
400    1-year NCM Membership
500    C3VR Logo Polo Shirt
1,000    C3VR Lifetime Membership
1,000    $200 Gift Cert to Parts Vendor

I'd like your thoughts on this idea.

Thanks!

I like rewards! especially when I get to do what I like.

Cool idea Adam. Do smileys count???  that should be good for at least a 100 pts.

Here's # 63. Only 937 more to get that free C3VR Lifetime Membership. I won't have any time to play with my new toy.
Do you enjoy punishing yourself with extra work, Adam?  
Oh, you will probably make us all start over?
Jeffm2007-04-27 11:48:12

[QUOTE=Jeffm] Here's # 63. Only 937 more to get that free C3VR Lifetime Membership. I won't have any time to play with my new toy.
Do you enjoy punishing yourself with extra work, Adam?  
Oh, you will probably make us all start over?
[/QUOTE]

You didn't read that right, or I didn't explain it right...
it is not 1 point per post. It is 10 points for 100 posts.  You'll need 10,000 posts for a Lifetime Membership.

And no, I don't like the idea of the extra work, but I don't think it will be too bad. I just want to give you guys (and perspective members) more reasons to love C3VR!

Hey Adam.. can I get points for reading posts.. just kiddin.. serious tho I like the idea... just hope it doesn't mean we will be seeing a bunch of useless posts... I believe most folks here will do it right..2 cruzn2007-04-27 12:19:01

[QUOTE=2 cruzn] just hope it doesn't mean we will be seeing a bunch of useless posts... [/QUOTE] My thought exactly. Even tho I did just make a useless one myself

The first earning level is 50 points (500 posts).... Someone would have to REALLY waste a lot of time to make 500 useless posts.  Plus, I'll be reviewing each request to cash in points.  If the 500 posts are useless, they'll be disqualified from redemption. 

The other possibility I thought of is to rate not only on post count, but length of posts.  However, there is no easy way to do that via any automated system because of the graphics in posts.  Graphics while only one smiley, can take up an extra 50 characters.

One other method would be to add a rating system to each post.  Members could rate each others posts.  They you'd earn points based on member's rating of your posts.  This is probably the ideal way to do it, but would require a LOT of coding on my part. Not sure I'll have time to implement that...at least not soon.

Keep the feedback coming!

Thanks!

Ignore posts in New Member Introductions?? There are several people over on CF that seem to be interested in nothing but post counts, contributing nothing. Gets annoying!