Bits

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Revision as of 17:19, 12 December 2005

What are Bits?

Bits are the pseudo-currency used on our forums. One can earn, recieve, donate, and spend their Bits.

How to obtain Bits?

The current system grants 1 Bit for creating a new thread on the forums, and 2 Bits for making a reply. Users should be careful not to make meaningless posts though, because when deleted, the user looses 5 Bits.

It should be noted that no Bits are awarded for making posts in ether General Discussion nor Off Topic. The reason is that those forums are considered to be mostly recreational posting, and often spawn lengthy humorous discussions.

How to obtain more Bits?

The best way is to contribute to the community. Based on obvervations, the most Bits are rewarded for something that impresses other users. Active community members will often donate Bits for a good tutorial on a new subject, or source code for an interesting application. It is also customary to donate some Bits when you've been helped out with a question, as a sign of courtesy.

Every so often, there will also be various contests and/or competitions taking place. Often involving writing of a small sniplet of code, those events are a great way to score some bonus Bits and show off your coding skills, or simply gain some practice.

Alternativly one could also watch out for any ongoing community efforts, such as WCG. Bits could be given out for participation, though one should take part requardless as the efforts are usually in good nature.

What about Moderators?

Moderators have their Bit count set to a constant 1000, so it's easy to spot the official staff members even if you miss their creative "moderator" tag. This means that moderators are one of the primary source of generating Bits as they reward posts and submissions. It also means that one shouldn't donate bits back to moderators as those Bits will disappear. If you really want to show your appreciation to a moderator user, ask them if you could contribute to anything through a Private Message.

Administrator duo - Tony and Hacker Dan have 2000 Bits each at any one time.

The Future of Bits

In the much talked about V3 system, witch hopfully will be at least partly implmented soon, the bit ecomeny will be greaty chaged (or so it is thougth). The rates for geting bits per post will be chaged as well as new methods of geting bits will be intruduced. An exmaple of this could be a bits lotary system where users can buy lotary titcks with bits and at the end of the week some one could will the jack pot of bits. Ideas such as geting 1 bit per topic view are also being thought about but due to there pontiatnal for adbouse it is unlikey it will be implmented any time soon. In addtion it is likey that the posable rewared that you can exchage your bits for will be chaged in the we system as well.