Website Features Update - Achievements, Showmatches, Replay Packs! - Site News

Hey everyone,

In the time since launch we have been hard at work on running the tournaments, as well as some minor tournament system improvements (e.g. GSL-style group stages now support byes), but let's talk about the new stuff instead!

Achievements & Leveling

As part of the latest Invision update (this is the suite the site uses), we are now able to create a profile leveling and achievement system.

Our take on this is to have this feel like a game's progression system - most common actions will be giving you XP and increase your progress towards achievements. Each profile level and achievement tier will come with a unique badge created by @PF2K that will be featured in your profile and on the front page like so:

Here is a preview of the badges you can unlock (tournament ones are a preview, these are coming in the future).

You can expand the spoiler below to reveal the precise details regarding the unlock criteria and XP values.

Spoiler

Level 1	0 XP
Level 2	10 XP
Level 3	50 XP
Level 4	100 XP
Level 5	250 XP
Level 6	500 XP
Level 7	1000 XP
Level 8	2000 XP
Level 9	5000 XP
Level 10	7500 XP
Level 11	10000 XP
Level 12	20000 XP
Level 13	30000 XP
Level 14	40000 XP
Level 15	50000 XP
Level 16	60000 XP
Level 17	70000 XP
Level 18	80000 XP
Level 19	90000 XP
Level 20	100000 XP

Achievement Actions (and the text on hover):

Concurrent Log Ins:
- 2 days in a row: 5 XP --> How do logs sleep? They slumber.
- 7 days in a row: 10 XP --> A log was lying to a lumberjack, but they saw right through it...
- 30 days in a row: 50 XP --> Captain's log: "My work is cut out for me..."
- 365 days in a row: 1000 XP --> What did the log say to the ashes? "You're fired."
Comments:
- 1st: 5 XP --> I think we're just getting started.
- 10th: 10 XP --> Commontator
- 100th: 100 XP --> Comment Commander
- 1000th: 1000 XP --> There's more where that came from.
New Topics:
- 1st: 50 XP --> Hell, it's about time.
- 10th: 100 XP --> Hanging on by a thread.
- 100th: 1000 XP --> Threading carefully.
- 1000th: 5000 XP -> Thread level: Critical.
Reactions:
- 1st: 1 XP --> Reactive Material
- 10th: 10 XP --> Prototype Reactor
- 100th: 100 XP --> Fission Reactor
- 1000th: 1000 XP --> Fusion Reactor
New Guide Topics:
- 1st: 100 XP --> Hey, read this!
- 2nd: 200 XP --> Read this too!
- 5th: 2000 XP --> Anyone got some ink?
- 10th: 10000 XP --> Stay a while and listen.
New Replay Packs:
- 1st: 100 XP --> Watch me.
- 2nd: 200 XP --> Enjoy the victories I have won here.
- 5th: 2000 XP --> Pay close attention, maybe you'll learn something.
- 10th: 10000 XP --> Bask in my glory.
New Mods:
- 1st: 100 XP --> Modding Novice
- 2nd: 200 XP --> Modding Adept
- 5th: 2000 XP --> Modding Expert
- 10th: 10000 XP --> Modding Master
Recieved Reactions:
- 1st: 1 XP -> I've been noticed!
- 10th: 10 XP -> So. Many. Reactions.
- 100th: 100 XP -> So I'm popular now.
- 1000th: 1000 XP -> Keep the paparazzis off of me.
New Polls:
- 1st: 50 XP -> Poll me.
- 10th: 100 XP -> Poll me closer.
- 100th: 1000 XP -> Marco Pollo
- 1000th: 5000 XP -> APollo
Donations:
- Level 1 Donators: 1000 XP --> Donation Novice
- Level 2-3 Donators: 1500 XP --> Donation Student
- Level 4 - 6 Donators: 2000 XP --> Donation Adept
- Level 7-9 Donators: 3000 XP --> Donation Expert
- Level 10-12 Donators: 5000 XP -> Donation Master
- Level 12+ Donators: 10000 XP -> Donation Grand Master
Showmatch Benefactors:
- Minor: 1500 XP -> Fight for me.
- Basic: 2000 XP -> Go forth, my champions.
- Major: 3000 XP -> Enjoy the games, plebians.
- Premier: 5000 XP -> Welcome to my arena.
Site Subscribers:
- Level 1: 500XP -> Subscriber
- Level 2: 1000 XP -> Grim Subscriber
- Level 3: 2000 XP -> Grand Subscriber
- Level 4: 5000 XP -> Grand Master Subscriber
- Level 5: 10000 XP -> Divine Subscriber
- Level 6: 20000 XP -> Pillar of Subscription
One-off Achievements:
- Join a Clan: 100 XP --> Part of Something Greater.
- Create a Clan: 1000 XP --> No my child, we already have a Clan at home.
- Subscribe on the site: 250 XP --> Is this the subscribe button?

Showmatch Store

In addition to tournaments, we also will have a showmatch offering from now on. These will be commission options that you can purchase in our store. 100% of funds will go to players directly. We're doing 4 tiers from $25 (Bo 3) to $200 (Bo 9).

All those commissioning showmatches will be placed in the matching "Showmatch Benefactor" group, which come with the same perks as our Subscribers. Except these perks are for life!

Additionally, Patrons at the highest levels will receive a free $50 or $100 or $200 showmatch commission (at the $250, $500 and $750 levels respectively).

Halo Wars 2 example:

Replay Packs

We have added downloads categories and portal panels for each game supporting replays, and have also submitted replay packs for our AoM and SC2 tournaments.

Furthermore, we are unfortunately cutting support for Age of Mythology replay embedding. Single match uploads are no longer commonly used functionality, and with the rise of Twitch streaming in the last few years, we believe that replay packs are the only "wanted" format going forward.

These will make it easier for those looking to do detailed learning from replays, giving access to a large batch of examples with a single download, rather than having to hunt for several, and managing folders manually.

Keep your eyes on the Home Page / Game Portal widgets for replay packs!

Twitch Affiliate

We made it to Twitch Affiliate as quickly as possible (7 streams), thanks to you! In fact, during the Halo Wars 2 stream after this unlock, you subbed and gifted so much that we are almost at the affiliate emote limit already!
Sub/bit emotes, bit/sub badges, channel points, predictions & more will be available from now on!