Achivements, need some ideas

redlinederby Friday, 6/25/2010
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A new addition to the league this season will be achievements. If you're familiar with some video games, you'll know exactly how these work. They're basically little side goals you can try to achieve in attempt to get some extra bonus points.

For example, one achievement might be to enter and win a tournament with a Ferrari. If you manage to accomplish that goal, you'll get extra bonus points added to your overall score.

I plan on having some goals happen naturally the longer you play the game, but some will require extra effort but with greater pay off too. You'll also get a little trophy icon for getting an achievement. The trophy will be visible to anyone that checks your player profile page.

But I need ideas for achievements. A few of the ones bouncing around in my head are listed below, but I'd like to have a good stock of achievements when the season starts and the more can be added as time goes on.

A few to start:
- Pick your first perfect bracket
- Submit at least 8 brackets
- Everyone on your team earns at least 125 points in a bracket (teams of 4 or more only)
- Be top bracket points winner for 3 tournaments in a row (including ties)

You get the idea...please post with your own ideas and don't worry about how crazy or simple they may sound. I just need some brainstorming. Thanks!


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JDC442 6/26/10

I like the 'achievements' idea, but would want to become more familiar with how this new game will function before I could offer any ideas. Would it be too late to do this after some beta testing?

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markkaz 6/26/10

When you say that an award is given for picking a perfect bracket,
does that mean that we picked the four cars that make it to the final four?

How about 'combo attack' award for having consecutive above average
winning events?

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JDC442 6/26/10

Not sure how your bracket system will operate. Will it be single elimination or will there be a loser bracket with double elimination? If it's a single elimination 16 car tournament, there'd be a total of 15 races to crown a champion. So a perfect bracket would be going 15 for 15? Yes/No?

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redlinederby 6/28/10
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It's single elimination tournaments, 15 races total. A perfect bracket would be picking all 15 race outcomes correctly. I'm thinking there will be several "streak" awards, just seems natural.

We can always add achievements as the season goes, in fact, adding them mid-season is a good way to keep folks involved with the game.

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markkaz 6/29/10

OK, 15 straight is perfect.

Then how about an award for picking Final Four too.

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JDC442 7/8/10

Yes, bonus points if the car you enter makes it to the final four?

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