Okay... I figure letting people know the metrics to the experience system may help promote activity in the metrics that provide more points. I am constantly changing these numbers while I figure out a good scoring method, so these points are subject to change.
Timeframe for Activity: 28 days
The person who is most active will be put at 100%, and all others will be judged against them.
Points for infractions: -100
For every infraction point you get, you will lose points. This is a permanent loss. SPAM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED (you will recieve infractions for spam and thus lose more than you gain.
Points for days online: +5
For each day from the creation of your account, you get free points.
Points for social group members: +5
For each person who joins a social group you created, you get points. If they leave the group, or become inactive, you lose the points.
Points for friends: +5
For each person who joins your friends list, you get points. If they leave your friends list, or become inactive, you lose the points.
Points for visitor messages: +5
With the new VB3.7, you can now post directly to someone's profile (think of it as a guestbook). These are PUBLIC messages and should in no way be treated as a private messaging replacement. SPAM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED
Points for album pictures: +20
For every picture in your album, you get points.
Points for referrals: +100
THIS IS THE LARGEST AND FASTEST POINT GAIN STAT! We want new members, and the more members we get, the better. Get people to put you as the referral for their account creation and get a massive boost in points.
Points for threads: +5
For every thread you create, you get points. SPAM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED
Points for tags: +1
For every tag you put on a thread, you get points. The tags generated automatically will also be awarded to you. Abuse of this system will not be tolerated.
Points for thread votes: +10
People make polls, vote in it and get some points. We're trying to promote activity here, remember?
Points for replies to own threads: +1
YOU CAN GET A LARGE NUMBER OF FREE POINTS THIS WAY. I don't want people just making reckless threads. I want people making good threads. So in that manner, for everyone who responds to your thread, you get points. SPAM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED
Points for thread views: +0.05
In fact, people dont even need to respond to your thread. If your thread is popular enough, you'll get points just for them reading it!
Points for sticky threads: +10
If a moderator deems that a thread you created is worthy enough to be stickied, you get some point bonuses. I would normally have made this value higher, but I feel with the Soul Arena system, it invites too much abuse.
Points for posts: +2
For every post you make, you get points. As you can see, its not worth much. We want genuine activity, not spam from people who simply want to rank up. SPAM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED
Points for views on other user's attachments: +1
People sometimes post attachments. For each attachment you download, you get points.
Points for attachment views: +0.1
For each person who downloads your attachment, you get points.
IWT - vBExperience - Points For Arcade Championships: +100
Be a champion in the arcade? For each game you are #1 in, you get points! If you lose your championship, you lose the points.
Points for Post Edits: +1
Double posting is bad! If you edit your post, instead of double posting, you'll get points. If you edit your post to clean up the english and make it easier for others to read, you'll get points. You can only get these points ONCE per post; so you cant edit the same post 50 times and get 50 points.
