Features and PG Xtreme Members

[NaNoW]

Quick Update

1) Advance Search Feature is back and live...actually its faster than before.

2) Advanced activity bars have been setup, some configuration is needed. We plan to use it with exclusive perks, giveways, achivements and tracking members for different promotions and xtreme memberships.

3) PakGamers Xtreme membership is going to be looked into. Right now alot of old members, who are not busy on forums have got this status. Xtreme members were the ones who stood out amongst the crowd.

Be it due to their activity, post quality, helpfulness and online/offline contributions to the forum. We dont want to make it a position people hog on forever without being present on the forum...so expect some old ones make way for new members..it might just be you

 

[baqai]

Give aways .... i like the sound of that ... *yummy*

 

[opethian]

Brilliant updates, looks alot more engaging now. Earlier it was just post counts but now we have many bars to keep full
And Xtreme members thing is indeed good, members should be ranked as per their activity and participation.
I asked once but didnt get any info as when is PG's birthday? It can be converted into some meetups events which might become like Pakwheels Autoshow few years from now and our very own PGCon down the road

 

[iNF3RN0]

Sounds awesome, keep up the good work Team PG!

 

[AlienX]

Great updates.

Some more suggestions for improvement:

- Avoid feature creep (i.e. more features will likely break the system. Especially when you are not pruning the inactive sections or unused features).
= Inclusion of activity bars has actually raised the vertical height of the post, hence more scrolling and visual noise.
- More Aesthetically pleasing theme (No radical designs)

PG has a lot of features, the design however, is dated.

PS: You can apply 80/20 rule. Focus on +-20% of most active sections and focus on improving them first.

Best of luck.

 

[iNF3RN0]

Great updates.

Some more suggestions for improvement:

Inclusion of activity bars has actually raised the vertical height of the post, hence more scrolling and visual noise.
PG has a lot of features, the design however, is dated.

That's already in my mind, once I am done with the finalization of the activity module, scrolling will be decreased! I have an idea in my mind already for this and lastly fine tuning and enhancement of the current theme is already in the implementation pipeline

 

[AlienX]

That's already in my mind, once I am done with the finalization of the activity module, scrolling will be decreased! I have an idea in my mind already for this and lastly fine tuning and enhancement of the current theme is already in the implementation pipeline

Great. Just avoid radical change which can shock the users. An improvement on current theme is the best case scenario. Consistency will go a long way.

 

[Lord Ammar]

We dont want to make it a position people hog on forever without being present on the forum...so expect some old ones make way for new members..it might just be you

Why, is it something physical that you guys handed out that we're 'hogging'?

 

[NaNoW]

Why, is it something physical that you guys handed out that we're 'hogging'?

metaphorical 'hogging' ammar..metaphorical

there are some "Xtreme"s who havent logged in for 1,2,3 years ...the questions is, should they even be called xtremes ? Not being active defeats the purpose of being called Xtreme and the idea, in the first place

 

[Majawar]

Good going. Xtreme members are underestimated at this forum. For me Xtreme members should be the one helping members at first glance. Their feedback should be valuable.

Also can you elaborate how this points etc system will work? Or there is detailed news coming up ahead?

 

[eViLrAcEr]

While making this change to the xtreme rank, you could also acknowledge previously xtreme members by giving them an xtreme achievement.

It could be like "xtreme x5". Which would mean they lost and gained the xtreme rank 5 times.

Also, thinking along these lines. What do you think about having "seasons" in PG?

For example, season 1 starts. Based on activity etc, people get ranked. At certain time intervals, people get rewarded with a big reward at the end of the season, "the championship" if you will. Then all ranks reset and season 2 starts.

Kinda like rocket league

 

[nafu]

While making this change to the xtreme rank, you could also acknowledge previously xtreme members by giving them an xtreme achievement.

It could be like "xtreme x5". Which would mean they lost and gained the xtreme rank 5 times.

Also, thinking along these lines. What do you think about having "seasons" in PG?

For example, season 1 starts. Based on activity etc, people get ranked. At certain time intervals, people get rewarded with a big reward at the end of the season, "the championship" if you will. Then all ranks reset and season 2 starts.

Kinda like rocket league

Season ? it would make PG a funny game.

As for Xtreme X5. well, that's interesting. Can be a good practice. However, repetition will kill the importance/impact

 

[NaNoW]

While making this change to the xtreme rank, you could also acknowledge previously xtreme members by giving them an xtreme achievement.

It could be like "xtreme x5". Which would mean they lost and gained the xtreme rank 5 times.

Also, thinking along these lines. What do you think about having "seasons" in PG?

For example, season 1 starts. Based on activity etc, people get ranked. At certain time intervals, people get rewarded with a big reward at the end of the season, "the championship" if you will. Then all ranks reset and season 2 starts.

Kinda like rocket league

If it is something we can automatically implement..why not...but if it requires manual watch, it would be a huge issue .

 

[eViLrAcEr]

If it is something we can automatically implement..why not...but if it requires manual watch, it would be a huge issue .

Never in favour of manual things (except manual transmission). So there should be a way to implement it programmatically.

 

[Hassan]

Activity bars look great however i have a query, does this bar monitors how actively you post or how much time you spend online?

And, the awards tray seems misplaced and takes a lot of extra space also, imo it was better at the bottom

 

[Major Aly]

The bars don't sit well with the current theme and look out of place.

Perhaps some more better integration can be done?

 

[NaNoW]

Activity bars look great however i have a query, does this bar monitors how actively you post or how much time you spend online?

And, the awards tray seems misplaced and takes a lot of extra space also, imo it was better at the bottom

The bars don't sit well with the current theme and look out of place.

Perhaps some more better integration can be done?

That's already in my mind, once I am done with the finalization of the activity module, scrolling will be decreased! I have an idea in my mind already for this and lastly fine tuning and enhancement of the current theme is already in the implementation pipeline

We need to give this feature a month to collect data and then we can optimize it.
I agree that it doesnt look that pretty right now, but it hopefully soon will.
[MENTION=13101]Hassan[/MENTION] I am still trying to figure out if its post based or presence based ...infy might know better

 

[iNF3RN0]

Activity bars look great however i have a query, does this bar monitors how actively you post or how much time you spend online?

And, the awards tray seems misplaced and takes a lot of extra space also, imo it was better at the bottom

Yes it does, further I haven't fine tuned it cosmetically yet!

The bars don't sit well with the current theme and look out of place.

Perhaps some more better integration can be done?

I haven't fine tuned it cosmetically yet, it will be done soon

 

[Messy]

Forum Speed significantly increased... Good Job guys.

 

[XxRebellionxX]

Nice changes, aesthetically its all over the place really. Too much vertical space is taken. Also, not too rain on the parade too much but does the activity has any 'real' purpose, or is it just there for the sake of it?