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Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3315 Joined: 4 Oct 2008     | |
BANNED  Posts: 2051 Joined: 29 May 2008     | Hidden Forums User was banned for: Editor's Note: The Spy Who Fragged Me. (Permanent) |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 3315 Joined: 4 Oct 2008 |
Damn, that was fast. Could you elaborate? What hidden forums are you talking about, and how does one access them? |
News Room Contributor  Posts: 4257 Joined: 21 Feb 2008     |
The Escapist is part of a larger network, which also includes the WarCry forums. Your Escapist login works on WarCry as well, so if you post on there, it counts towards your badges here. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 3315 Joined: 4 Oct 2008 |
Ahhh. I see. What is WarCry? Is it a MMO forum, or what? What are the WarCry forums about, exactly? |
Beat Writer  Posts: 170 Joined: 16 Sep 2008     | whats so great about forum badges anyway? this is the only forum i use that has them and all the badges i have, i got just by posting without any regards to them. |
Wordsmith Extraordinaire  Posts: 11835 Joined: 13 Feb 2008     |
That's what's so great about them. They have no intrinsic value. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2626 Joined: 5 Jun 2008    |
I dunno, I kinda like the badges, getting them makes me feel good and I have a certtain respect for people who have ones that I don't, It's kind of like a "hey, you're good" sort of thing, and though it may not have any real bearing on anything, it is kinda cool. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 3315 Joined: 4 Oct 2008 |
They make me feel special. :P |
Vault Legend  Posts: 2344 Joined: 30 Jul 2008   |
WarCry Network is a network devoted to talk of MMOs, and has a forum for each one. It's pretty similar to the Escapist, but with a devotion to MMOs. Main Page of Warcry
I made no actual effort to get all of my badges outside of what I would normally do anyway. I think they're kinda neat, though, like achievements on games like Ratchet & Clank, or just about any 360 game. I like them, but you won't see me bending over backwards to achieve any of them. |
BANNED  Posts: 3682 Joined: 23 Oct 2007  |
There are a few badges which are really cool and worth actually working to get - the Contributor badges. User was banned for: New Year's Eve...New Year resolutions. (Permanent) |
Beat Writer Posts: 170 Joined: 16 Sep 2008 | only problem is some people will see the badges as a reason to become a badge whore and try to get as many as possible to prove their eliteness. So we end up with useless nonsensical post\threads which serve nothing except get a badge for said poster and contribute nothing to the forum\thread. Not saying everyones like this but someone might be. |
Red Guard  Posts: 5368 Joined: 14 Oct 2007  |
Unlike, say UltraJoe. Badges are fun, the same way as you keep mementos from concerts. |
BANNED Posts: 3682 Joined: 23 Oct 2007 |
These "badge whores", on the other hand, will almost never be able to attain the top badges, the ones that require work. User was banned for: New Year's Eve...New Year resolutions. (Permanent) |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 3315 Joined: 4 Oct 2008 |
Plus the Neo, Morpheus, and Trinity badges. Those are awesome. I hope I can get them someday. :D |
Paperboy  Posts: 13 Joined: 29 Sep 2008   | If you're not having fun getting the badges then you're doing it wrong. |
Imperial Artificer IT Director  Posts: 1704 Joined: 13 Jun 2002     |
For a detailed discussion, please see the original thread. There's just too much in there to repost.
Yeah, that's pretty much the reason. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 3315 Joined: 4 Oct 2008 | While we're on the subject, is there a list somewhere of all of the badges one can attain? |
Red Guard  Posts: 6715 Joined: 24 Apr 2008 |
The fun is in finding out. Also, you guys need to come up with some forum names past 'Gone Gonzo' Because i think people like Purple Rain have been and gone gonzo. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 3315 Joined: 4 Oct 2008 |
What's the next forum title you get after 'Paperboy'? I'd just like to know which title I'll get next, and what I need to do to get to that point. As for your post, I agree with you; they definitely need to make a title or two past Gone Gonzo. |
On the Record  Posts: 6722 Joined: 25 Jan 2008  |
Second. 3/4 of the way to a double-Gonzo with nothing to look forward to. |
CEO & Publisher  Posts: 612 Joined: 12 Nov 2002   | Not to worry, we'll be adding additional forum names past Gonzo (and new badges) soon! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2051 Joined: 11 Jul 2008   | Yeah, as a WOW GM, we occasionally make little 'events' and we've learned, as with the badges here, not to make prizes big or valuable, as it leads to competitive nastiness, instead of people joining for the reason of FUN. All the time the badges are a fun aside, they'll be a good thing, and it does help to show who's active, who's been around for ages, etc. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3684 Joined: 2 Aug 2008     |
... You serious? Okay, you need to post to get these titles. I think the next is uhh, Copy Clerk? |
Master Archivist  Posts: 9619 Joined: 22 Aug 2008   |
:( Can you give us the option of choosing our titles once we attain them? I much prefer Pulitzer Laureate to the Gone Gonzo I will soon attain. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 3315 Joined: 4 Oct 2008 |
Yes, I know you have to post to get them. That's obvious. What I was asking is how many posts do you need to make to get to Copy Clerk or whatever? |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 3315 Joined: 4 Oct 2008 |
Awesome! Thanks, Archon! :D |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 835 Joined: 20 Aug 2008    |
They're like achievements in games. You either want them to prove you can be better than the game at itself, or you don't because you have better or more important things to attend to. They're there for some feeling of triumph when you do a certain thing. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 3315 Joined: 4 Oct 2008 |
Exactly. The PS3's creators have tried to mimic the Xbox 360's achievement systems with the whole 'Trophy' idea, but it's not going so well. On an unrelated note, if you'll forgive me reiterating my question above, is there a list somewhere of all the forum badges one can get? |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2488 Joined: 7 Sep 2008 | I don't know, but I for one would love to get that Beer mug and Neo Badges. The Neo badge, I don't know how to obtain. As for the beer mug, see me after 10 months. |
Wordsmith Extraordinaire  Posts: 10712 Joined: 28 Nov 2007  | For the Neo badge, you have to make it to 5K posts without getting probed or banned. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 670 Joined: 10 Feb 2008     |
Or rather, they only have intrinsic value. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 3684 Joined: 2 Aug 2008 |
5000 posts without incurring a single corpuscule of an angry video games' forum's moderator's wrath. Simple, really. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2488 Joined: 7 Sep 2008 |
Wow, the Neo Badge is indeed, EPIC. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2489 Joined: 29 Nov 2007    | Oooo...new names after Gone Gonzo? How about Sisyphus *really needs to start working again* |
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First off, I apologize if this thread is in the wrong place, in which case, MODs, please feel free to move it to the appropriate place.
Now then. I'm confused as to how exactly one earns the Forum Vagabond badge. According to the description, you can earn it by posting on ten different forums, and I apologize in advance if there's something obvious that I'm missing here, but there appears to be only six sub-forums on these boards: Gaming Discussion, User Reviews, Off-topic Discussion, Featured Content, The News Room, and The Escapist's 2008 GamerLympics.
Could someone explain to me how one earns this badge? Thanks in advance. :)