The list that i posted contains around 55? new awards. How many exist currently? 13? Or more? Anyways, you can just add these together and extrapolate and adjust to the new numbers 13 -> 68 >= 0 awards: Virgin => 0 >= 3 awards: Experienced => 17 >= 6 awards: Really Experienced => 34 >= 9 awards: Really Really Experienced => 51 >= 12 awards: CHYOA Guru => 68 Well, that would make Chyoa Guru pretty hard to get ;-) >= 0 awards: Virgin => 0 >= 3 awards: Experienced => 16 >= 6 awards: Really Experienced => 32 >= 9 awards: Really Really Experienced => 48 >= 12 awards: CHYOA Guru => 64 or >= 0 awards: Virgin => 0 >= 3 awards: Experienced => 15 >= 6 awards: Really Experienced => 30 >= 9 awards: Really Really Experienced => 45 >= 12 awards: CHYOA Guru => 60 --- Of course with that many points available, it would be an option to create additional titles in between. Example: "First time" / "No longer a virgin" --- Or perhaps a progression, where its easier to reach the first few tiers, and more difficult to reach the later ones: Virgin => 0 "First time" / "No longer a virgin" => 5 "Slightly Experienced" => 10 Experienced => 15 Really Experienced => 25 Really Really Experienced => 35 "Prodigy" => 45 CHYOA Guru => 60
I have incorporated Nemo's suggestions and put the new list up in a "Spoiler": Spoiler: List of Awards with Nemo's suggestions Follow other authors [For readers] Follower - Follow 1 author. Stay up to date - Follow 10 authors. Divided attention - Follow 25 authors. Notification Overload - Follow 50 authors. Lemming - Follow 100 authors. Gather your own followers [For authors] Somebody follows you - 1 person is following you. Three Amigos - 3 people are following you. Looks like you have made a few friends. Keep up the quality to attract even more followers! Small Follower Party - 10 people are following you. Large Follower Party - 25 people are following you. You appear to be very popular! House Party - 50 people are following you. There's a party going on right here! Rising star - 75 people are following you. You must be a very skilled author to have attracted this much attention. Entourage - 100 people are following you. If we had a walk of fame you'd have a star! Contribute to different stories that are not your own [For authors] There is something more to life! - Contribute one chapter to a story of another author. Expand your horizon - Contribute one or more chapters to 5 different stories of other authors. Dedication to the community - Contribute one or more chapters to 10 different stories of other authors. Where else can you contribute? - Contribute one or more chapters to 25 different stories of other authors. Extensive Contributions - Contribute one or more chapters to 50 different stories of other authors. But don't neglect your own stories! Prolific Contributor - Contribute one or more chapters to 100 different stories of other authors. You are a heroic asset for the diversity of this site! Focused contribution on a single story that is not your own. [For authors] Neighborly help - Contribute 5 chapters to a single story of another author. Dedicated contribution - Contribute 10 chapters to a single story of another author. Serious boost - Contribute 25 chapters to a single story of another author. Junior Partner - Contribute 50 chapters to a single story of another author. You're going places with this story! Senior Partner - Contribute 100 chapters to a single story of another author. What percentage of this story is yours? Comment on chapters [For readers] Don't be shy! - Post a comment You are communicative - Post 10 comments Serial feedback - Post 25 comments You freely express your opinion - You Post 50 comments Talk Show Host - Post 100 comments. How are your ratings? Like / thumbs up [For readers] Yes! - You liked 1 chapter. Awesome! - You liked 10 chapters Go on! - You liked 25 chapters That's it! - You liked 50 chapters Give it to me! - You liked 100 chapters Oh yeah, baby! - You liked 250 chapters Almost there!- You liked 500 chapters. You sure like a lot of stuff! Climax! - You liked 1000 chapters. What's not to like? Add to "abandoned" stories [For authors] It wasn't dead yet, was it? - Contribute a chapter to a story that wasn't updated for more than 6 months (but less than a year). Gravedigger - Contribute a chapter to a story that wasn't updated for more than a year. Necromancer - Rise my stories! Contribute a chapter to 10 different stories that were not updated for more than a year. Lord of the dead - Contribute a chapter to 25 different stories that were not updated for more than a year. Favorites [For readers] First love - Mark 1 story as favorite. Threesome - Mark 3 stories as favorite. Group sex - Mark 10 stories as favorite. Orgy - Mark 25 stories as favorite. Wild Sex-Party - Mark 50 stories as favorite. Bookmarks [For readers] Wow! I will come back for that one - Bookmark 1 chapter. So much to read... - Bookmark 5 chapters. ... if i find the time. - Bookmark 10 chapters. Collection - Bookmark 25 chapters. Library - Bookmark 50 chapters. Archive - Bookmark 100 chapters. x amount of readers [For authors] Hang in there! - Your story has attracted 1.000 views. It starts to gain velocity. - Your story has attracted 10.000 views. Looks like it has become a hit! - Your story has attracted 100.000 views. It truly is a bestseller! - Your story has attracted 1.000.000 views. The show must go on! - Your story has attracted 5.000.000 views. I haven't incorporated the following suggestions yet: "Lord of the Flies - Contribute a chapter to 25 different stories that were not updated for more than a year. "The thing is - fear can't hurt you any more than a dream."" OR "Litch - Contribute a chapter to 25 different stories that were not updated for more than a year. "That is not dead which can eternal lie, and in strange eons even death may die."" And i have another one of my own in this context ;-) Drowned God - What Is Dead May Never Die Regarding the "Wild Sex-Party - Mark 50 stories as favorite." I currently have 16 stories in my own favorite list, but as most of them are sadly updated not very often, it is no issue at all.
I would use following limits: Following: 3 levels (max 25) Followers: 3 levels (max 25) Contribute to different stories of others: 2 levels (max 5) Contribute chapters to stories of others: 4 levels (max 250) Comments: 4/5 levels (max 100/200) Liking: 7/8 levels (max 500/1,000) Contribute to abandoned stories: 1/2 levels (max 1/3) Favorites: 3 levels (max 25) Bookmarks: 3 levels (max 25) Views: 4 levels (max 500,000) (that would be 34 or 37 additional trophy points; 47 or 50 total) I think that it would be enough to give the users an initial incentive to interact. If someone interacts regularly, they probably get used to. Too high limits could be kind of daunting and could lead to spam. There would also be still the possibility to add higher levels later.
Additional trophy suggestion: Story of the Week (1, 3 or 5 levels) One of your stories has been selected as story of the week Two of your stories (different ones) have been selected as story of the week Three of your stories (different ones) have been selected as story of the week Four of your stories (different ones) have been selected as story of the week Five of your stories (different ones) have been selected as story of the week
Both agree/disagree: yes, it could if it had multiple levels, but if it was only awarded once I think it would just be a cool bonus for those who manage to capture the SotW slot.
Alternatively, if coupled with the idea posted elsewhere that TOP Stories can't get SotW, it could also work if it was changed to be awarded once per TIME a story, (any of your stories,) was SotW.
I would advocate a higher threshold: say 66% of all trophies OR 10 whichever is higher, that way were not handing them out like candy...
Candy Promotions 1. Green carded. Become a member. 2. And their off. Log Into Chyoa. 3. Curious Pussy. View a story in the lesbian section. 4. Its a trap. View a transsexual story. 5. Gag Order. View a BDSM story. Legend. Wait for it. Dairy Trophies. Insomnia- Add a hundred word chapter to every story in every category and get at least three likes on every chapter added.
I enjoy this option the most with a couple slight tweaks. Virgin => 0 "First time" / "No longer a virgin" => 10 "Slightly Experienced" => 20 Experienced => 50 Really Experienced => 100 Really Really Experienced => 150 "Prodigy" => 200 CHYOA Guru => 250 CHYOA God => 300 ( Can only occur if you are a patreon member) This would work with the additional awards mentioned from other comments while making it more challenging and rewarding for the most dedicated members. Candy Promotions could be used to for newer members to get through the early levels faster if they can complete all of them.
I have a suggestion for the "abandoned stories" section - From Deepest Crypts - Add a chapter to a story that hasn't been updated for more than five years. You must really like the premise.
I have adopted a few stories lately, andwhile I have not added on them yet. I do plan on some work in the near future. I do agree with this idea 100%
I liked the award "Majority Shareholder" you had earlier, but it should be "Have written more than 50% of all the chapters in someone else's story" I also like the idea of reader participation awards, especially around comments. Could we have the ability for authors to like or mark comments as helpful? Then we could have awards like "Helpful" You've made 5 comments that authors found helpful. Adding the award for readers to comment without authors having to like/mark it as helpful would likely just cause spam comments. I love the idea of "Field Promotion", especially as in my case I had joined up on chyoo shortly before discussion around this site started but my account got randomly permabanned for no reason at all.. so when this site was set up I didn't have an account already.
Gene.sis makes a good point, I think it should only be available once a story reaches 5 chapters (so you have to add at least 6...)
