Bounty Planning

[Cassanova]

Hi folks,

So in light of our work on the Mission boards, i've also had a look at how we can improve the Bounty Boards.
Simplicity is key, minimum input from us, etc.

So at present, our bounties are laid out in "cards" like so;

_____ ____________________________

__[WANTED LEVEL]​____________________________ LOW​ __[TARGET]​ DEENABA​ __[BOUNTY]​ 6,000Cr​ __[SPECIES]​ DUG __[GENDER]​ MALE __[AGE]​ 32 __[HOMEWORLD]​ TATOOINE __[HEIGHT]​ 4'' __[WEIGHT]​ 78 LBS __[ALIAS]​ WRENCH __[STATUS]​__________ MAY BE ARMED __[CONDITION]​ ALIVE

__[DESCRIPTION]​ DEENABA HAS TAKEN IT UPON HIMSELF TO FIX THE LOCAL POD RACES ON NAL HUTTA. BY TAMPERING WITH OTHER POD RACERS, HE SPLITS THE WINNINGS WITH SOME ALLY. THE NEXT BIG CIRCUIT IS ON TATOOINE, THE DUG IS SURE TO BE THERE.

Now, we take a quick look at the coding required for just this one bounty;

[noparse][table="align: center, width: 600, class: outer_border"]
[tr]
[td][color=#1a1a1a]_____[/color]
[table="align: center, class: outer_border"][tr][td][center][img]http://i.imgur.com/f8cz7vx.jpg?1[/img][/center][/td][/tr][/table]
[color=#1a1a1a]____________________________[/color][/td]
[td][table="align: center, class: grid"][tr][td][color=#1a1a1a]__[/color][font=Courier New][size=1][sup][WANTED LEVEL][/sup][/size][color=#1a1a1a]____________________________[/color]
[center][color=lime]LOW[/color][/center][/font][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][color=#1a1a1a]__[/color][font=Courier New][size=1][sup][TARGET][/sup][/size]
[center]DEENABA[/center][/font][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][color=#1a1a1a]__[/color][font=Courier New][size=1][sup][BOUNTY][/sup][/size]
[center]6,000Cr[/center][/font][/td][/tr][/table]
[table="align: center, class: grid"][tr][td][color=#1a1a1a]__[/color][font=Courier New][size=1][sup][SPECIES][/sup][/size]
DUG[/font][/td]
[td][color=#1a1a1a]__[/color][font=Courier New][size=1][sup][GENDER][/sup][/size]
MALE[/font][/td]
[td][color=#1a1a1a]__[/color][font=Courier New][size=1][sup][AGE][/sup][/size]
32[/font][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][color=#1a1a1a]__[/color][font=Courier New][size=1][sup][HOMEWORLD][/sup][/size]
TATOOINE[/font][/td]
[td][color=#1a1a1a]__[/color][font=Courier New][size=1][sup][HEIGHT][/sup][/size]
4''[/font][/td]
[td][color=#1a1a1a]__[/color][font=Courier New][size=1][sup][WEIGHT][/sup][/size]
78 LBS[/font][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][color=#1a1a1a]__[/color][font=Courier New][size=1][sup][ALIAS][/sup][/size]
WRENCH[/font][/td]
[td][color=#1a1a1a]__[/color][font=Courier New][size=1][sup][STATUS][/sup][/size][color=#1a1a1a]__________[/color]
MAY BE ARMED[/font][/td]
[td][color=#1a1a1a]__[/color][font=Courier New][size=1][sup][CONDITION][/sup][/size]
ALIVE[/font][/td][/tr][/table][/td][/tr][/table]
[table="align: center, class: outer_border, width: 600"][tr][td][color=#1a1a1a]__[/color][font=Courier New][size=1][sup][DESCRIPTION][/sup][/size]
DEENABA HAS TAKEN IT UPON HIMSELF TO FIX THE LOCAL POD RACES ON NAL HUTTA. BY TAMPERING WITH OTHER POD RACERS, HE SPLITS THE WINNINGS WITH SOME ALLY. THE NEXT BIG CIRCUIT IS ON TATOOINE, THE DUG IS SURE TO BE THERE.[/font][/td][/tr][/table][/noparse]

As you can see... its goddamned huge! And annoying, and a total mess. So here's what I propose, utilising a much simpler system, more like the ones that the Jedi use for their Mission Directory. So here is what i am proposing below!

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Bounty #	Image	Name	Description	Level	Bounty
1.		Jack Tamblyn	Tamblyn is wanted for crimes against humanity, xenophiles, and can be found on Nar Shaddaa, drinking in the high roller's area of Calrissian Hall.	High	1,000,000c
2.		Juno Armstrong	Armstrong, the Jedi Weapons Master has gone rogue, and set her sights on the Cartel. She has aimed to debilitate the Cartel by any means necessary. You're likely to find her breaking into the Hub on Nal Hutta, in an attempt to finish the job.	High	1,000,000c

[noparse][tr]
[td]2.[/td]
[td][img]http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a574/Cassanova89/423_maxSMALL_zps1c85db1f.jpg[/img][/td]
[td]Juno Armstrong[/td]
[td]Armstrong, the Jedi Weapons Master has gone rogue, and set her sights on the Cartel. She has aimed to debilitate the Cartel by any means necessary. You're likely to find her breaking into the Hub on Nal Hutta, in an attempt to finish the job.[/td]
[td][color=red]High[/color][/td]
[td]1,000,000c[/td][/tr][/noparse]

As you can see, these are way more manageable, and its a simple case of pasting this 'block' in, and adding a small image (90x90 for simplicity). And being perfectly honest, we could probably use this sytem for the missions too :)

But thats up for discussion anyway.

 

[Just Matt Now]

Ehh not really feeling this new system, for bounties at least. The way we have bounties now, it is a lot of information, yes. And that information helps people create the character they want to be killing and capturing. Where they are from, their nicknames, their status, height and weight, all of it creates better development so that the person can fully RP them...all they have to do is add their personality. That is why I like the first template better.

 

[Cassanova]

Your call ultimately, i just feel its a huge amount of work, when you consider all the other crap we've gotta do for bounties. Aquisition office threads. bounty hunter leaderboards, etc.

 

[Just Matt Now]

I know bro, I've been doing it all by myself haha. I can handle them ;)

 

[Cassanova]

All you bro.

 

[Just Matt Now]

In hindsight...I dont wanna do all hat work anymore lol.

 

[Cassanova]

The last thing any of us need, want or should be doing is fart-assing around handling shit like this, getting headaches over masses of BBcode. Thats why I suggested the table system. Its simple, easy to use, and looks good enough.

You tell me which way we're playing this, and i'll do some work on it. I'll help write 'em, but i aint touching the 'operation' of it with a ten foot pole!

 

[Just Matt Now]

Bounty #	Image	Name	Description	Level	Bounty
1.		Jack Tamblyn	Jack is apprximately 124 lbs, standing at 5'11''. A homosexual Human male. Armed and dangerous. Tamblyn is wanted for crimes against humanity, xenophiles, and can be found on Nar Shaddaa, drinking in the high roller's area of Calrissian Hall.	High	1,000,000c

Somehting like this, so that more stats are added into the description.

 

[Cassanova]

Well he's 80kg and 5'9", but i see your point.
But yeah, i think simplicity is better on this front.

 

[Gaja]

EDIT: Didn't see the two posts above mine. Sorry guys.

Anyhow, if you guys want to this system certainly makes it easier for us to do things. Level of information depends on the bounty itself so that can be up to us. You know, last known location, Status [Dead or Alive]... One thing I do think should be edited, maybe, is the Level thing. Don't we already have three posts to separate the Low, Middle and High level bounties?

So why would we have it in there? Unless we're throwing all the bounties together.

And since he's the one who suggested it Cassa can crop images to 90x90 or whatever size is needed. ;D

 

[Gaja]

*bump*

So do we supply pics and info, post them here and use this thread to turn them in to new bounties or what?

 

[Just Matt Now]

You could do that certainly. But let me put them up when I'm ready. I'm gunna stockpile them, so when I do decide to submit them to the public, there is a bunch of them.

But of course I havnt even started so....

 

[Cassanova]

We'll focus on the missions for now, and then we'll worry about this schimozzle.
And then we'll just post 'em as we come up with 'em, and stockpile them.

 

[Insoulent]

So, been working the past few days on trying some new sort of system for the bounty boards. There's three problems I've run into. By problems, I simply mean inconveniences, and I'll list them in least to most.

3: The misunderstanding of how the leaderboards are kept track of.

Solution: We implement a tally system. Basically, Low bounties are 1 tally, Medium bounties are 2, and High bounties are 3. The tallies are basically a recognition of how much a bounty hunter risks for the Cartel. Split bounties still get the full tally-count of their bounty, but their credit reward is split, this way people who enjoy working on bounties with other people still can compete on the boards without repercussion of losing their position on the board.​

2: The Bounty Leaderboards are quite a pain to keep up with, especially since most only have one or two bounties so wouldn't even make much sense to really have them on a leaderboard.

Solution: Have members PM one of the staff once they reach 7-tallies, and we'll add their name into the leaderboard accordingly. This means me being able to remove anyone without 7 tallies. Currently though, we only have two bounty hunters who have over seven tallies: Bee and myself, so I'd be willing to move it down to 6 in which Duke would be our third place member along with Fat Possum as well. We could also solve ties by whoever has gained more credits between the two in a tie, but I'm not really keen on that myself. Either way, this means more than 2/3rds of whoever is on the leaderboards currently, would be removed.​

1: So many windows I have to keep open makes for a lot of back-and-forth, and slows me a bit down on other forum stuff, most namely: roleplaying. That's a big deal to me, as I've been trying to think of an entire new system that would shorten the time to do my bounty/mission board duties.

Solution:Merge the Acquisition Office and it's files into one page, where the files are basically put into a spoiler in the first post of the Acquisition Office. We'd also merge the Bounty Board with the sign-ups, this would make it a whole lot easier for us and the members, I think. All we'd have to do is open up the Bounty Board and add a little sign-up blurb.​

I'm still trying to think of another style of bounty card to make it easier to keep track of everything while still retaining a lot of knowledge on the bounty target.

 

[Cassanova]

Perhaps a mirror of the system we've got of the mission database?
And then just a separate Bounty Leaderboard (which also includes a summary of how to rank up on it, etc)?

 

[Cassanova]

Perhaps a mirror of the system we've got of the mission database?
And then just a separate Bounty Leaderboard (which also includes a summary of how to rank up on it, etc)?

 

[Just Matt Now]

Kev, go through the edits I just made to the leaderboard as I may have gone against this since I didnt see it until midway through, though Flynn Kanos was not even listed. Like I said, I didnt see any of this

 

[Just Matt Now]

I know we still have a few thinga to plan out such as limiting higher level bounties to Enforcers, but I just want to wait until Kev gets up and running, for now I'm just accepting bounty applicants since I know you had a system in place and I dont want to mess with it.

 

[Insoulent]

Apologies about that. It'll be done by the end of the weekend. I'll lock the threads while I'm doing it as well. Currently doing the addition for the tally system in the Bounty Leaderboards. For the page merges, I'm guessing I should just copy and paste one thread to another or should I just create new threads to clean 'em up a bit?

 

[Just Matt Now]

I would clean them up a bit, the board has yet to look differently so this would be the next stage in the bounty boards life.