I have seen a couple of posts regarding the *badge* situation ... change it, don't change it, use precious stones, periodic table of elements (I kinda liked that one). I do think something could be done for higher levels ... but I understand that an implemetation along exponential manner might be very difficult for more than a few to achieve. How about after you get bronze, silver, gold ... you start working on a lifetime achievement award. Perhaps a diamond ring and for each *X* period of time (perhaps a year) you get another diamond set in your ring? So we would have ... bronze no ring, silver no ring, gold no ring, gold empty ring, gold w/ 1 diamopnd in ring etc up until 5 diamonds. Then you get an outline of a square diamond background (semi transparent so you original gold still shows through) and your diamond count starts all over again, then after another five diamond change the shape of the diamond. By adding two more variables (diamond count and diamond shape ... no I don't think diamond color would display well enough to be discernable on a PC (maybe if you add a loupe tool to the web site ... just kidding) each *level* above the original gold could be for 1 year. I have not checked the stats to see how far we would need to go but at the point that the shapes and diamond counts run out there is simply the number of years superimposed (again with a bit of transparency) over the base project badge.

And I think that this thread should be moved to Suggestions and
feedback

Already related thread there

A suggestion of course

I have to say.... World Community Grid can't possibly implement all the wonderful suggestions that are made for rewarding effort or recognising progress. But that's no reason why we can't have them anyway, if someone just goes to the trouble of creating them.

For example, my team has these rather nifty certificates:

Always, but not in this thread. That would be against the rules....