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Send message Joined: 1 Jul 20 Posts: 9 Credit: 1,358,145 RAC: 0    
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Ok. Who's going to ask about badges first? C'mon, don't be shy! :) Oh... wait 
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Send message Joined: 1 Jul 20 Posts: 31 Credit: 123,959 RAC: 0
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what's the point in badges if an empty folder https://www.mlcathome.org/mlcathome/stats/ |
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Send message Joined: 1 Jul 20 Posts: 9 Credit: 1,358,145 RAC: 0
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Because it make my signature even more obnoxious? :)
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 Send message Joined: 1 Jul 20 Posts: 12 Credit: 1,199,232 RAC: 12
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Folder is no longer empty, populated now with data. Conan |
 Send message Joined: 1 Jul 20 Posts: 8 Credit: 534,979 RAC: 0
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Ok. Who's going to ask about badges first? C'mon, don't be shy! :) Get with the program. Badges were literally discussed on the day the project opened! :) The response was basically, "Anyone know how to draw?" I really like the guy who is running this project. He's sociable, responsive, and reacts well to suggestions and criticism. (I too am looking for more gaudy BOINC bling.) Want to find one of the largest known primes? Try PrimeGrid. Or help cure disease at WCG. 
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Send message Joined: 3 Jul 20 Posts: 2 Credit: 4,815,294 RAC: 0
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Because it make my signature even more obnoxious? :) Is that even possible? :D Nice collection! |
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Send message Joined: 30 Jun 20 Posts: 462 Credit: 21,406,548 RAC: 0 |
I have nothing morally against badges, I'm just trying to keep enough WUs to keep you all happy...badges are a wee bit down on the priority list at the moment. |
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Send message Joined: 3 Jul 20 Posts: 3 Credit: 229,840 RAC: 0
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Badges Badges Badges ! ,,,, -)) |
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Send message Joined: 1 Jul 20 Posts: 9 Credit: 1,358,145 RAC: 0
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Thanks, Odd-Rod!
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Send message Joined: 1 Jul 20 Posts: 4 Credit: 780,260 RAC: 0
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We don't need no stinking badges, lol |
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Send message Joined: 1 Jul 20 Posts: 9 Credit: 1,358,145 RAC: 0
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Oh no! Not Michael B! OK. That's one vote for non-fish badges. :)
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Send message Joined: 7 Jul 20 Posts: 23 Credit: 39,708,780 RAC: 358 
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I definitely like having work. Badges can come later. Keep up the great work and really appreciate the quick responses so far. This in itself makes me want to contribute. |
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Send message Joined: 30 Jun 20 Posts: 462 Credit: 21,406,548 RAC: 0 |
huh... what are these?   Celebrating "Opening up the black box". They're not live yet, but you can see them here: https://www.mlcathome.org/badges/ . They're a little asymetric, but its the best I can do for the time being. I'm thinking these ranking Top 5/10/25% RAC: gold, silver, bronze 1K credits, 1M credits, 1B credits: red/green/blue And one special "Early Adapoter" badge (EA) for anyone who receives credit by July 30th. It's going to take me a bit to set up, but they're better than nothing. |
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Send message Joined: 3 Jul 20 Posts: 10 Credit: 1,303,039 RAC: 0
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Imho I'd substitute the 1K badge with a 100K badge. 1000 credits can be done in just a few hours on a decent machine, it's not an "achievement". |
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Send message Joined: 1 Jul 20 Posts: 31 Credit: 123,959 RAC: 0
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I'm thinking these ranking IMHO, it is better to leave standard images for the top 1-5-25% and exclude them from export they are useless for signatures and statistics sites achievement badges are too complex, when scaled to 32 * 32 they will lose their expressiveness you can leave 1M and MLC on a simple color field - a circle, hexagon or shield the first badge 1k is too small (4 WU), but 100k is too much for the entry level (this is now Top100), I'm for 10k and more gradations PS if you plan to add other applications / subprojects later, then you can enable "by application statistics" and add badges for achievements separately in each subproject, then instead of the MLC you need MLDS |
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Send message Joined: 30 Jun 20 Posts: 462 Credit: 21,406,548 RAC: 0 |
1K is small on purpose. Most people who don't regularly use BOINC don't even know about badges until they get their first one. It's meaningless for regulars, and it isn't meaningless to a new person joining. For a lot of people, ti's the only badge they'll be able to get. I could be convinced to bump it to 10K, but that's about as high as I'm willing to go. I to am worried about how these look in 48x48 though. |
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Send message Joined: 1 Jul 20 Posts: 31 Credit: 123,959 RAC: 0
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I could be convinced to bump it to 10K, but that's about as high as I'm willing to go. well, create everything in the line 1k 10k 100k 1M 10M 100M 1G 10G 100G 1st - start, closed black box ;-) the last one - for growth, top RAC users will get it quickly I to am worried about how these look in 48x48 though. on home page - 56 * 56, list of users 24 * 24 and forum 20 * 20 |
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Send message Joined: 1 Jul 20 Posts: 9 Credit: 1,358,145 RAC: 0
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I definitely appreciate the effort and trying to be somewhat unique with your badges. I would also like to encourage you to bump the starting badge to 10K. As for the number of badges, I think you could modify the opacity of the color coming out of the box and get the color scheme used in many projects (normally referred to color-wise as emerald, ruby, sapphire and then add turquoise, amethyst, jade, etc. for more badge intervals)
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 Send message Joined: 27 Jul 20 Posts: 8 Credit: 1,153,620 RAC: 0
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I like a brainy style badge but any decent image looks awful at 30 pixels. Use a larger badge size like GPUGrid & LHC do.     
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Send message Joined: 30 Jun 20 Posts: 462 Credit: 21,406,548 RAC: 0 |
Sorry to say, badges have taken a bit of the backseat for a few weeks while I focus on analyzing the early results and adding ARM support. Also, I'm looking for badges that look better at such a low res. I'll get to them sometime soon though, because it helps keep the project fun! |
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