I thought about it when I discover that exist a way to transfer credits. Many other have suggested website contests or quiz (both with rewards), but I thought about a new idea of contests.
They can be about anything (from math to PHP, from findind much thnigs about something strange on the web to what you want), but that can't be resolved simply looking on a book or a single web site.
This an example of how they should be organized


My idea is that anyone that match some requirements (for example: not hosted and never hosted in last 4 months, at least 100 posts, active in last 2 weeks, moderators can allow someone that doesn't match the requirements) can start a competition in a new forum section (no post count, obviusly). Can exist rules that punish who steal credits, for example a 10% warn every 5 credits + 10 credits removed every 5 credits or something worse.
But it's important that not only moderators or very old members can organize them, they should be opened to at least 10-20% of members.

This is my suggestion, and I think that you can make something similar. And this will bring you more visitors and it will be a new way to enjoy for members.

I add another things to my example:

It's a nice idea and I like it but you have to find an admin interested in dealing with the credits because you can't transfer them. We have 3 admins - one's tempory, one's very busy at this moment.

Again with the new forum, there has to be an admin you will accept your idea and create the forum.



A good 90% of the active members here are hosted and if there not, they are planning to request hosting. If you want people joining, you're gonna have to eradicate that rule. Also, the whole point is to get quality posts. You could make 100 posts of complete c--p and you would still get in. Maybe make it 20 or 30 credits and 40 for those who are non-hosted, because their credits don't go down daily. Most people have around 30.



You can't steal credits and once again you'd need an admin to track down that kind of activity. If people did find a way to steal credits and they used it, they would be immediately, permanently banned.

It's a nice idea but unless an admin is willing to run it, it won't happen As most people, I'd join if it were.

I have understood that now you can make this, so what is THIS? Maybe I haven't understood this completely.



I admit that about not hosted I have made a mistake, this is an example and I simply would like to say that rules should allow many people to access this, but only people that works for months, not the first newbie. For this reason I told that moderators can allow someone that not match requirements.

Ooh, I didn't know about that! You'd think they would announce such a thing. Maybe with this, we could start that up. We may not need a seperate forum for this you could put in the entertainment forum, although the no post count may deter people from entering. One of other hand we could easily post this in General Talk. Looks like us members could start this up on our own then.

I don't see how people could cheat, so now we've cut out the need for an admin. All we need now is 6 other people interesting in entering this event.



We should make it so that only people with the status "Member Level 1" (50 posts) can enter. A list of the status' can be found here. Judging it on posts and not credits is easier to do as we can see post count but no credits, so ignore my suggestion on basing the entry requirements on that.



However, the entry requirements may deter people from joining

When the rules have been decided and such we should make a topic displaying them and try and get a moderator to pin it.

I also think that we should wait until the transfer module is announced before we begin using it. Has it been announced, I was away for a few days so probably missed some things.

Any suggestions/comments? Anyone else interested in entering?

I think that this can be the best rules:

Who can enter a competition: Newbie Level 3 (Active in last 3 weeks)
Who can organize a competition: Member Level 3 (Active in last month)

I will try to make a list of who can organize, so I will be able to understand how much people can do this.



I've thought that people dosen't post their results, but they will send them to the organizer.

Sounds good When should we begin?

Good idea, I will sure to join if the contest is good and also the reward is paid off .So this forum will gonna be more fun and attract more members

We can start today with a contest similar to my example, you can suggest about what players should find info? The Coal Skink maybe is too much strange, anyway shouldn't be as "London" or "table"