I have an answer to the credit thing... (for some people)

Some people really just like high numbers. So we should have something like this....

* There is already a constant system for credits.
* We should have multiplier variables given with something like an image of a pink rose on the user's profile.
* Each rose would represent a multiplier. 1 rose equals something like 2x credit. 2 roses equals like 3x. 3 roses equals 4x and 4 roses equals 5x.
* On actual rankings, they should be seperated with people with whatever number of roses and less roses. People with more roses should be excluded/hidden in ranking view for those with lesser roses.
* The ability to set the number of roses a person wants should be allowable within the Your Account area.
* A person viewing another profile that has equal roses, less roses or none compared to themselves should see no roses at all. A person viewing another profile that has more roses should see on that other profile a background of a ton of a roses. A person who views their own profile should only see really small images of roses on their profile and there should be an option to not view it at all.
* With this given system, forum postings of their credits should not be allowed at all... maybe.
* And finally, there should be a hidden link (that costs credits to view for those with roses) that displays the real set of credits and graphs of everyone.
* Oh yea, AND IF the roses system is not good enough, credits should should be buyable at about 10 US cents each single credit. Once buying, it becomes like "donating" instead. If someone wants a million credits, they should be able to "buy" it at $100,000 (or whatever when USD is converted to other currencies). The credits should be applied as genuine, but the user will get the "donation" star like everyone else.
* And if someone brags that they have no stars or roses when they shouldn't be bragging, they should get get a star and/or rose(s) for doing so. And if they brag that they have a star, they should be warned, and then afterwards, lose credit OR be blocked from the forums.


Would that make everyone happy?

I assume that the credits have no relevance with the scientific data needed for research. The credits are just a psychological compensation system for users.

Does this sound like it would work? If so... give me a "HECK YEA!!!". LOL

HECK YEA!!!

Anything has to be better than the credit system! I think it was done in haste... It's like a race to infinity, no one is going to win.

I mean why cant there be a global progress report (not silly credits!).

At least if we had a record of all the solar systems that have been examined and which planets/starts etc within how many LY from earth..... you would have some idea of what is going on. If we could then look at the candidates that have been found against the systems, even better!

If your team finds a candidate, then you get a special Mark on your AVATAR?? 'the mark of the seeker' or something......

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I have an answer to the credit thing... (for some people)

Some people really just like high numbers. So we should have something like this....

* There is already a constant system for credits.
* We should have multiplier variables given with something like an image of a pink rose on the user's profile.
* Each rose would represent a multiplier. 1 rose equals something like 2x credit. 2 roses equals like 3x. 3 roses equals 4x and 4 roses equals 5x.
* On actual rankings, they should be seperated with people with whatever number of roses and less roses. People with more roses should be excluded/hidden in ranking view for those with lesser roses.
* The ability to set the number of roses a person wants should be allowable within the Your Account area.
* A person viewing another profile that has equal roses, less roses or none compared to themselves should see no roses at all. A person viewing another profile that has more roses should see on that other profile a background of a ton of a roses. A person who views their own profile should only see really small images of roses on their profile and there should be an option to not view it at all.
* With this given system, forum postings of their credits should not be allowed at all... maybe.
* And finally, there should be a hidden link (that costs credits to view for those with roses) that displays the real set of credits and graphs of everyone.
* Oh yea, AND IF the roses system is not good enough, credits should should be buyable at about 10 US cents each single credit. Once buying, it becomes like "donating" instead. If someone wants a million credits, they should be able to "buy" it at $100,000 (or whatever when USD is converted to other currencies). The credits should be applied as genuine, but the user will get the "donation" star like everyone else.
* And if someone brags that they have no stars or roses when they shouldn't be bragging, they should get get a star and/or rose(s) for doing so. And if they brag that they have a star, they should be warned, and then afterwards, lose credit OR be blocked from the forums.


Would that make everyone happy?

I assume that the credits have no relevance with the scientific data needed for research. The credits are just a psychological compensation system for users.

Does this sound like it would work? If so... give me a "HECK YEA!!!". LOL