robbalvey Posted April 19, 2011 Author Posted April 19, 2011 Besides, we actually have two winners this week (participation was poor), which helps promote the Exchange. Any ideas for the next one? Let's up the ante and give away a Club TPR Membership!
robbalvey Posted April 23, 2011 Author Posted April 23, 2011 So is this the best response we've gotten for a track of the week contest?
QueerRudie Posted April 23, 2011 Posted April 23, 2011 So far, yes- quite a bit more turnout than I'd had expected- but the Club TPR membership has drawn the crowds out in force-
djbrcace1234 Posted April 23, 2011 Posted April 23, 2011 I'm with R.D. as well. while there is more submissions and rankings, it's also one out of desperation. It's kind of funny to watch from the sidelines and see how intense their critiques, and their rankings have been thus far.
robbalvey Posted April 23, 2011 Author Posted April 23, 2011 Gives me some ideas to try to get people to participate more... Obviously I can't give away a Club TPR membership every week. But maybe we can create some kind of award winners plan or something? Like 4 track of the week wins gets you a Club TPR Membership. Another 4 wins gets you a TPR T-Shirt? I dunno.... Getting people to participate in something like this is always the most difficult barrier. I'm sure if I offered a $50 iTunes gift card we'd all of a sudden have a crap load of people play! you know, I'd almost be willing to do that once just to test it out!
QueerRudie Posted April 23, 2011 Posted April 23, 2011 Actually, Robb- that's a really smart idea, I think. A "Frequent Winner" program for bigger prizes, like the Airlines and Carnivals do- Perhaps even extending that to the Exchange in the future might also be a winner, too- "Four wins in the ToTW contest= X amount of credit at the TPR store- for Club TPR membership/T-Shirts/etc.
mcjaco Posted April 23, 2011 Posted April 23, 2011 I like that idea a lot Robb. The most bitching has been how this is a RCT3 contest and it's not fair to the people that don't play it. So it'd level the playing field.
QueerRudie Posted April 23, 2011 Posted April 23, 2011 I was thinking about this a bit as this is pretty much what I'm doing right now for a mAAjor AAirline's Frequent Flyer Program- While we have a few stalwart players who play all three, we have a a lot who only play each individual one. If we want to encourage each different type, we need to be able to make sure to keep them 'enticed' with the idea that the more they play, the more they can get. At the same time, we should aslo not give away the bank, at least directly. For most FFP systems, you have 'tiers' of benefits (Robb, I know you're a SkyTeam on this one- guessing from the amount of travel you do- I'd figure you're at least 'gold' status)- That is, the more you use the airline, the better the benefits one can get. Something like that for the TPR Exchange could be just as practical here as it is there; granted, we need to be able to do this using the resources we have now. For the TotW contest, for example: To gain 'Silver' level TPR Exchange status, you need to submit XX number of tracks, For 'gold' status, XX number of tracks, for 'platinum' status, XX number of tracks- To get the better 'prizes' (TPR Bag of Crap, a T-shirt, Club TPR membership) you need XX number of tracks, and XX number of wins for each level up in the TPR FPP (Freqent Player Program). You can either keep playing more, and gaining more to reach the next tier in the system (I.E. "I know I've got Silver status, and a TPR bag of Crap, but I think i'd like to keep adding more, so I can gain Gold status, and a TpR shirt") For our best 'players' they could earn things like the Club TPR membership- if they meet the right eligibility levels. Using a FPP program along with the TotW Contest- and the TPR Challenges could boost our use signifigantly- as well as drive additional traffic through the contests as well. I could develop this easily- I've got four 'prototypes' systems that require little effort to work with (Most of the recordkeeping could be -easily- done by us using a simple spreadsheet via the Moderator's control panel) and could be started in as little as a week to make it marketable- and usable as well. "Join FastTRACK: TPR's Frequent Player Program. Play the TotW contest, Play the TPR challenges, submit your tracks... and get some GREAT TPR STUFF" R.D. "I knew working with airlines would work out here someday" Sussmann
robbalvey Posted April 23, 2011 Author Posted April 23, 2011 I like all these thoughts. Let's kind of keep this on the radar, and I think as the contests pick up more momentum it's something we could introduce in the coming weeks. Not sure if it's something we want to do now with only a few people playing, but if we can get more people doing it, it only introduces another layer of competition.
QueerRudie Posted April 24, 2011 Posted April 24, 2011 Gotcha. What I'll start doing now as a 'pre planning' phase is reviewing a few of the Loyalty programs I've worked on over the past decade, and see which ones have more 'impact'- From there it should be pretty easy to come up with a FTP/FPP system- although I'm loving the name FasTrack right now (As in: TPR's FasTrack system)
QueerRudie Posted April 24, 2011 Posted April 24, 2011 OK: I'm pretty sure we've got a person who's created a second account to rank his coasters... Psych/The_Mad_Hatter- I checked in the Admin system for the Exchange- and the clues are all pointing towards a duplicate name/poster as he ranked The Mad Hatter's coaster 5 star... and the other 'leading' ride (Mountain king by sam_aus) .5 stars... just a hunch, I think.
djbrcace1234 Posted April 24, 2011 Posted April 24, 2011 It's a duplicate R.D Good find! The_Mad_Hatter 70.187.188.12 April 23, 2011, 10:34 pm User Login Psych 70.187.188.12 April 23, 2011, 9:54 pm Rank (0.5) on Track 1890
robbalvey Posted April 24, 2011 Author Posted April 24, 2011 I banned the usernames and the IPs with this reason: You have been banned from Theme Park Review for creating multiple accounts for the purpose of sabotaging the "Track of the Week" contest, and then lying to a moderator when being caught. Do not try to register another account. Do not ask for your account to be reinstated. You have been banned from Theme Park Review forever.
QueerRudie Posted April 24, 2011 Posted April 24, 2011 Thank you Robb- I don't know why he'd try to do this- and even when caught wouldn't confess, but I guess that's the price for fame- or a Club TPR membership. I'm going to go and clean up his 'voting' in the Exchange now-
QueerRudie Posted April 24, 2011 Posted April 24, 2011 Ugh... Along the way: I found ANOTHER case of duplicate entries into the system for rigging the contest: sam_aus 121.210.232.90 April 23, 2011, 8:55 pm Update rank (0.5) on Track 1898 Delete sam_aus 121.210.232.90 April 23, 2011, 8:55 pm User Login and auscoasterboy 121.210.232.90 April 23, 2011, 10:01 pm Update rank (5) on Track 1890 Delete auscoasterboy 121.210.232.90 April 23, 2011, 10:01 pm Update rank (0.5) on Track 1898 Delete auscoasterboy 121.210.232.90 April 23, 2011, 10:01 pm Rank () on Track 1898 Delete auscoasterboy 121.210.232.90 April 23, 2011, 10:01 pm User Login what the hell is wrong with people?
QueerRudie Posted April 24, 2011 Posted April 24, 2011 thanks again, Robb- I'll be cleaning up those tracks, too-
djbrcace1234 Posted April 24, 2011 Posted April 24, 2011 (edited) Mad Hatter has returned: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1028018#p1028018 I'm hoping in the future we're able to ban people to deflate the drama waiting for someone to feed the bantron. Edited April 24, 2011 by djbrcace1234
robbalvey Posted April 24, 2011 Author Posted April 24, 2011 Banned that user and IP address as well.
mcjaco Posted April 24, 2011 Posted April 24, 2011 I think we also eliminate maythegforcebewithyou from the contest. He's got a bogus story as well. Sister???? Really???
robbalvey Posted April 24, 2011 Author Posted April 24, 2011 ^ I just sent him this PM: I am going to issue one warning, and one warning only. Your excuse with your sister is B.S. I know it, you know it, don't even try to tell me otherwise or I'll ban you immediately. DO NOT LET THIS HAPPEN AGAIN!!!! Do you understand me? --Robb And yes, I would pull his track from the contest.
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