Would you like to buy things with your tokens?

[otseng]

The Store Mod author says the mod is 95% complete.

Once it is complete, would you want want me to install the store mod so that you can buy things with your tokens? If so, what type of stuff would you like to see in the store? (Be reminded that everything is virtual, so you won't be getting anything real. )

[Gaunt]

I really like the idea of those non profit thingythings. It'd be cool to be able to feed a child for a year, while killing time on the message board

[seventil]

I think you should be able to use your tokens to invoke a pillar of holy flame to smite our enemies. Virtually, of course. Perhaps this can take form in a holy hand grenade.

[Bugmaster]

Sorry, I'm new here, so I'm not yet up to speed.

What are tokens ? I've recently come into possession of a solid quantity of them (thanks ! you know who you are... too bad I can't send PMs yet), but I'm not sure how they work.

I've noticed that I receive a certain amount of tokens whenever I post anything. How does the system determine how many tokens to award me ?

Anyway, I think that buying things for tokens is a great idea -- it's sort of like Whuffie, but on a smaller scale.

Here are some of my suggestions:
* Titles. I'm not just "Bugmaster", I am "The Great and Powerful Bugmaster".
* Extra avatar sizes/formats
* Limited hosting space, so that I can host videos and diagrams on the site (that should be quite expensive, obviously)
* Color coding. All my posts now appear in blue !
* Radical idea: moderation powers. For about 1.5 gadzillion tokens, I should be able to delete a post, lock a thread, etc.

Another interesting idea would be to allow each forum user to create an avatar out of custom parts, bought with tokens. The default avatar would look like some sort of a stick figure; the user would then be able to by faces, clothes, arms, legs, hats, etc., to customize their avatar -- sort of like the City of Heroes character creator, lite. That might take a lot of work, though.

[otseng]

What are tokens ? I've recently come into possession of a solid quantity of them (thanks ! you know who you are... too bad I can't send PMs yet), but I'm not sure how they work.

More info on tokens is here:
http://www.debatingchristianity.com/for ... c.php?t=29

Here are some of my suggestions:

Thanks for the suggestions.

[Nick Hallandale]

Have you ever been to a Jewish Synagogue where they sell the good seats in the audience?
Why not sell space on the banner with a button..(*) read all the posts of Nick Hallandale .[for example]

We could buy the button which leads to our posts with our tokens for a certain number of days.

[otseng]

Why not sell space on the banner with a button..(*) read all the posts of Nick Hallandale

Well, there is already the ability to see all of Nick Hallandale's posts. Just click on the profile and click on "Find all posts by Nick Hallandale".

But the idea of selling ad space based on tokens is intriguing. There might be some potential there.