Post by James on Mar 21, 2008 21:41:00 GMT -7
Well, our credits system and our shop are finally set up. Basically, you earn credits - one for each post you make (discounting the Thingz 'n' Stuff board) and 50 for each RP Skill, as well as bonus credits in competitions and things of that nature. This is a similar concept to the old Galleons we used to have on TWOM (Galleons can be confusing for some members that think it has to do with the roleplay, so we're sticking with WR Credits)
These credits can then be spent on items like coloured names and larger signatures. You purchase an item, and then a staff member changes your name/signature for you. More items should be coming soon. You can also gift credits to friends (or between your characters).
The prices are expensive. They are meant to be. It's a reward and a sign of respect for the long-serving members of TWOM (especially for name effects).
For those of you interested in proboards coding or who question why we have a "manual" shop:
Automatic shop codes are buggy, and incompatible with a lot of different codes. If we were going to add a shop to our board, I wanted it to be done right. I personally hate going to a board with a shop that only works half of the time, and doesn't work for everybody. Not only that, but we have more flexibility - we have a money code that works with the karma system we have here and we have more control over items being sold. I believe the setup we have now will work very nicely, code-wise.
There has been a lot of searching and compiling of codes to ensure everything works smoothly. If you see something that looks like a bug, send me a PM with as much detail as you can give and we'll take a look into it. Thank-you very much to Revan and Harley Duke for their help testing a few things.
And yeah, the store itself will probably be seldom used, but its a nice thing to have, a nice way to reward hardworking members, and the credits add another fun thing to the site. Hopefully, we'll have more competitions coming involving them and more items to stock the shop in the future.
These credits can then be spent on items like coloured names and larger signatures. You purchase an item, and then a staff member changes your name/signature for you. More items should be coming soon. You can also gift credits to friends (or between your characters).
The prices are expensive. They are meant to be. It's a reward and a sign of respect for the long-serving members of TWOM (especially for name effects).
For those of you interested in proboards coding or who question why we have a "manual" shop:
Automatic shop codes are buggy, and incompatible with a lot of different codes. If we were going to add a shop to our board, I wanted it to be done right. I personally hate going to a board with a shop that only works half of the time, and doesn't work for everybody. Not only that, but we have more flexibility - we have a money code that works with the karma system we have here and we have more control over items being sold. I believe the setup we have now will work very nicely, code-wise.
There has been a lot of searching and compiling of codes to ensure everything works smoothly. If you see something that looks like a bug, send me a PM with as much detail as you can give and we'll take a look into it. Thank-you very much to Revan and Harley Duke for their help testing a few things.
And yeah, the store itself will probably be seldom used, but its a nice thing to have, a nice way to reward hardworking members, and the credits add another fun thing to the site. Hopefully, we'll have more competitions coming involving them and more items to stock the shop in the future.
