As promised, we’ve taken on reworking the performance award roles. However, since I was making these changes anyway, we’ve decided to introduce some changes to the other roles as well. Note that these changes are not live. Along with the reorganization of the role system, there will be some changes to who currently has specific roles. All these changes will be completed within the next few days and an announcement will be made when they are complete, including an announcement when we open applications for the new performance roles.
In the following tables, the columns are:
- Role
- Description
- Mod Powers - A description of the moderation abilities the role possesses.
- Indic. Ability - Whether or not the role is indicative of the individuals trading ability/skill/IQ. Roles that have this as “Y” are considered to be a “co-sign” that the individual is to be trusted to provide advice to the community. This does not mean to only trust the words of those individuals, it simply means that they will likely have your best interests in mind and that the information they are providing is more likely to be accurate.
Administration/Community Leadership Roles
Description: These roles define the leadership of our community. People with these roles are seen as beneficial to the success of the community on the administration side, but, the roles in this category do not insinuate that the people who have them have any special trading ability or that their opinions on trades should be valued higher than those who have the “credibility” roles.
Changes from Previous:
- Ascending is no longer a queue role for the “credibility” role category. It is now purely an administration level role to notate people that are helpful and/or seen as good for the community as whole. As such, Ascending no longer insinuates the individual has a higher trading ability.
- Executioners are now taking the “Demigods” role name to clear up continued confusion on what the roles purpose was considering the closeness of “Gods” and “Demigods”.
| Role | Description | Mod Powers | Indic. Ability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gods | Server Administrators | Ban/Kick/Mute | N |
| Demigods | Server Moderators | Ban/Kick/Mute | N |
| Ascending | Helpful Community Members | Mute | N |
| Architects | Community Developers (Forum, Mimir, Dashboard App) | N | N |
Credibility Roles
Description: These roles define “credibility tiers” of our community. People with these roles are seen as having above average and greater skill and intelligence in trading and its related topics. As members progress through these ranks, they are perceived as having a greater contribution to the community as a whole and a higher level of trust.
Changes from Previous:
- As previously noted, Ascending is now completely disconnected from these roles.
- Demigods are now called “Legends” (again)
- A new role has been created called “Champions” which takes the slot of the Heroes role in the hierarchy.
- Heroes has been moved down a level and is now the entry point into the “credibility” roles.
| Role | Description | Mod Powers | Indic. Ability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legends | The Greatest Minds in the Community | N | Y |
| Champions | Highly Skilled/Intelligent Traders | N | Y |
| Heroes | Above Average Skilled/Intelligent Traders | N | Y |
Knowledge Endorsements
Description: Given that we have a lot of members that have pertinent professional credentials, we’ve found that it may be a good idea to offer “endorsement roles” to denote them. Those roles are as follows:
| Role | Description | Mod Powers | Indic. Ability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finance Expert | Financial Knowledge Endorsement | N | Y |
| Medical Expert | Medical Knowledge Endorsement | N | Y |
| Tech Expert | Tech Knowledge Endorsement | N | Y |
Accountability Roles
Description: Due to our growth, I think there is a need for what I’m calling “accountability” roles. These roles are seen as a method of “tagging” members that either have significant buying power, or a significant following. It should be noted that neither of these rules is indicative of their individuals ability.
| Role | Description | Mod Powers | Indic. Ability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whale | Members with Substantial Buying Power | N | N |
| Influencer | Members with a Significant Following | N | N |
Vanity Roles
Description: There roles are more or less for fun or recognition of things that aren’t completely related to trading.
| Role | Description | Mod Powers | Indic. Ability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valkyries | Female Community Members | N | N |
| Dungeon Master | Given to @discourd for arranging server D&D sessions | N | N |
| Dunce Caps | Given to members that do stupid stuff, frequent duncing can lead to removal since, as with all jokes, they eventually get old. | N | N |
Performance Award Roles
Description: These roles are given to members to commend their performance as traders. While these do not indicate any specific trading ability, it would be nonsensical to assume that there isn’t some implied with the higher ranks.
Changes from Previous:
- Well, there’s a lot fucking more of them, obviously.
- Main Change - We’re no longer are awarding roles based upon performance in singular plays. We are now awarding roles based upon performance account wide across a minimum of 6 months. This means that applications for these roles will require showing the updated P&L of your entire account. This also means that it’s possible to go backwards in the hierarchy. Additionally gains that occurred outside the server are now factored into your eligibility for these roles.
- The P&L channel that is now archived will be moved to the forum. The new P&L category will allow members to post “Trading Journals” to showcase and host commentary on their personal trading journeys and a larger “P&L” megathread where users can simply post P&L screenshots like before.
- Performance role assignments will be conducted via a ticket system. Instructions and more details on this will be announced when the new roles are taken live.
| Role | Description | Mod Powers | Indic. Ability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monarch | Performance Role: $1,000,000 Profit | N | N |
| Noble | Performance Role: $500,000 Profit | N | N |
| Aristocrat | Performance Role: $100,000 Profit | N | N |
| Merchant | Performance Role: $50,000 Profit | N | N |
| Trader | Performance Role: $25,000 Profit | N | N |
| Craftsmen | Performance Role: $10,000 Profit | N | N |
| Farmer | Performance Role: $5,000 Profit | N | N |
| Laborer | Performance Role: $1,000 Profit | N | N |
| Apprentice | Performance Role: Less than $1,000 Profit | N | N |
It will take a few days to get everything set up as said before, but I will make an announcement when we’re ready to roll.