In what is possibly our best kept secret - the staff at GBAtemp are proud to announce the launch of the GBAtemp Experience Points system![prebreak][/prebreak]

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GBAtemp Experience Points

Before today, you were able to Like a post on our forum to show appreciation for a helpful post by another forum member, but ultimately the Likes gained by members didn't account for anything.

Now, with the GBAtemp Experience Points system we are introducing a levelling system that is powered by your content.

With the XP system we are pushing to encourage a more positive forum experience by providing more incentive to those who contribute to the GBAtemp community!

Gaining XP

XP is gained whenever you post helpful and constructive content - such as by posting a helpful reply; creating a popular thread; submitting a review or tutorial; getting a User Submitted News article promoted to the front page among many other ways...

To see a full and maintained list of ways to gain (and lose) XP please follow see the XP help page.

Every time your content gets recognised your current XP count will increase by a certain pre-determined value depending on the content.

Level Up!

When your XP count reaches a certain threshold you will be promoted to the Next Level. Just how many levels are there? That's for you to find out!

You can keep an eye on your current XP and level in your Account Menu or thread-side postbit, as shown in the image below.

When you level up you will receive a forum notification alerting you!

What treats are there in store for high ranking members? Besides bragging rights, the GBAtemp staff are working on perks so stay tuned for more information...

Leaderboards

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If you wish to compare your current standing with other GBAtemp members you can do so by following the link to the XP leaderboard below.

On this page you can see detailed statistics on other members such as their current XP and level and when they will level up next.

Is this a fresh start?

No. We value all our members previous efforts in making GBAtemp a successful and bustling resource of information and have taken previous contributions into account. We have assigned all members a current level based on previous contributions and activity. To see a detailed explanation of how this was calculated, please see the XP help page.

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We hope you enjoy using the GBAtemp Experience Points system and hope you find it a fun way to take part at GBAtemp.net

Please note, we are still fine tuning the system so don't be surprised if you see any sudden changes to your XP count - we are also working on many other ways to gain XP and these will be rolled out as they become available.

For a complete rundown on the new system please see the XP help page linked below.

As always with the launch of a new feature, please do let us know if you encounter any bugs or issues with the XP system in the thread below.

Most XP Leaderboard
XP & Levelling Up Help page

 

[bradzx]

That didn't answer my question, man.

Then I can't give you answer for my attitude. I have to keep it low for myself.

 

[Jonna]

Then I can't give you answer for my attitude. I have to keep it low for myself.

Okay, I don't think you're understanding. Let me explain.

You've got to watch the wording. Giving your opinion is fine and all, but saying you "promise" it's not going to happen is beyond an opinion, you are so confident in your opinion that you are staking an absolute certainty to others, with a word some do not take lightly. A promise is a promise, and there has to be an accountability when you are literally saying "I am so sure this is going to happen that if I'm wrong, I will never be trustworthy to you and you can no longer depend on me for anything in the future."

So either change the wording, or propose what should happen if you break your promise.

 

[bradzx]

Okay, I don't think you're understanding. Let me explain.

You've got to watch the wording. Giving your opinion is fine and all, but saying you "promise" it's not going to happen is beyond an opinion, you are so confident in your opinion that you are staking an absolute certainty to others, with a word some do not take lightly. A promise is a promise, and there has to be an accountability when you are literally saying "I am so sure this is going to happen that if I'm wrong, I will never be trustworthy to you and you can no longer depend on me for anything in the future."

So either change the wording, or propose what should happen if you break your promise.

I understand about my promise for this but like I said, I see enough. I highly doubt this new feature will stay forever. Can you answer this question? Do you think this new feature for XP and Lv up will stay forever?

 

[Jonna]

I understand about my promise for this but like I said, I see enough. I highly doubt this new feature will stay forever. Can you answer this question? Do you think this new feature for XP and Lv up will stay forever?

I think it could stick around until the forums die (whenever that takes place). It's a good incentive to contribute more to the community! My only concern is elitism, but that generally depends on the attitudes of those who are higher levels. I'm optimistic for this forum since looking at the top ten, as they're people who I could not see having such attitudes.

 

[jastolze]

I think this is a great idea. I love leveling up. Whether it's to level 255 in Pokemon, rank 47 in Killzone, heck even leveling up on Pornhub is pretty fun.

Great idea. I will be spending much more time here.

 

[porkiewpyne]

I think it could stick around until the forums die (whenever that takes place). It's a good incentive to contribute more to the community! My only concern is elitism, but that generally depends on the attitudes of those who are higher levels. I'm optimistic for this forum since looking at the top ten, as they're people who I could not see having such attitudes.

Even without the XP system, elitism will find a way to rear its ugly head, and it has done so every once in a while. Prior to this we had people judge others by like count, post number, join date etc. Heck, we even had the masterrace rubbish. We can only hope that our current (and future) members will have common sense to not be asshats

 

[gamesquest1]

Even without the XP system, elitism will find a way to rear its ugly head, and it has done so every once in a while. Prior to this we had people judge others by like count, post number, join date etc. Heck, we even had the masterrace rubbish. We can only hope that our current (and future) members will have common sense to not be asshats

and why should we care what a lowly level 9 says /s

 

[Deleted member 420418]

I'll probably just be stuck on level 1 forever.

 

[BORTZ]

I can imagine a whole slew of problems this is going to cause, but it is neat I suppose. Fitting for a gaming forum.

Like what kind of problems? I guess any system would have problems as its implemented and used by the members. But I cant really think of any off the top of my head. I am sure people will try to abuse the system but we are already watching for that.

 

[gameboy]

this leveling system reminds me of the beginnng of EA's Star Wars Battlefront 2 alleged unlock system

 

[Quantumcat]

On the XP page:

"Your thread was viewed over 1,000 views"

Should be "times" not "views", or the whole thing changed to, "Your thread has had over 1000 views"

 

[KiiWii]

Just had it again: I get given and taken away 10xp every so often, I think its a weird glitch :/

This has popped up in my notifs about 20+ times now in this last week.

 

[KiiWii]

Sorry but its doing it again...

 

[Cyan]

@shaunj66:
The page selection on the XP log page uses a wrong URL.
https://gbatemp.net/xp/
look at the bottom, it links to gbatemp.net/dbtech-credits/ instead of /xp/

 

[The3rdknuckles]

Snip

 

[Dragon91Nippon]

I honestly don't see the value of this kind of system.
It's only going to give you the "but look at his level he's better than you!" attitude sooner or later.

I agree it does seem like it could possibly get ugly in time

 

[smileyhead]

I agree it does seem like it could possibly get ugly in time

The system has been place for 2 years now and I haven't seen any of that.
True, it could happen with some people, but it's clearly not common enough to encounter when you're browsing.

 

[Bimmel]

I agree it does seem like it could possibly get ugly in time

Silence you noob. I will punish you with my rare level 11 marshmallow stick!! My stats are almighty compared to you. Surrender and give me those likes you collected.

 

[smileyhead]

Silence you noob. I will punish you with my rare level 11 marshmallow stick!! My stats are almighty compared to you. Surrender and give me those likes you collected.

I am six levels above you, so I command you to cease this toxic behaviour, and as punishment, give me every single experience point you have collected thus far.

 

[Bimmel]

I am six levels above you, so I command you to cease this toxic behaviour, and as punishment, give me every single experience point you have collected thus far.

I obey, sensai. It seems my training led me to the dark side.. will have to start over again. But this time.. with love!