Our Community is Leveling Up: New Features and Your Support Needed!

Greetings everyone!

I have some exciting news to share with you today, and I need your help to make it a reality. Please take a moment to read this entire post. My goal is to create the best family-friendly community website out there for anyone in the world who can speak, read, and write English. I believe the news I’m about to share will bring us one step closer to achieving that goal. So, let’s dive in!

The first bit of good news I have to share is that you can now earn points and ranks! The higher your total points, the higher your rank will become. Here’s how it works:

• Starting Rank: Everyone begins as a Recruit.
• First Level-Up: Earn 100 points to level up to the next rank.
• Subsequent Level-Ups: Each rank after the first requires ten times the points of the previous one. For example, the third rank requires 1,000 points, the fourth rank requires 10,000 points, until you reach the rank of Triplicarius at 1,000,000, halfway up the ranks.
• A Bigger Jump: To get from Triplicarius to Centurion, you need to earn another 1.5 million to get to 2.5 million in total.
• Top Ranks: The top four ranks are spaced 2.5 million points apart. This means you’ll need to earn 2.5 million points to reach the next rank.
• Top Rank: The highest rank is Legate. Who will be the first to achieve this prestigious title? Only time will tell!

By the way, I named the ranks after those of the Roman military, so if you’re curious about the historical context, feel free to look it up!

The next bit of good news is that we now have arcade games to play here! Yes, and they are amazing! Here are some details:

• Game Availability: New games are added every day, so there’s always something fresh to try.
• Tournaments: I hope to soon add tournaments (but that will cost $96 – consider joining today and becoming a paid member – it’s a way of earning points) to allow you all to compete for bragging rights.
• Guest Access: Visitors can play our games five times before they need to register to continue playing.
• Member Benefits: All members, including basic (free) ones, get to record their high scores (only their high scores), which should encourage you all to have more fun and try to set new high scores every time you play!

Now, I need your help with something exciting: I want to add an events calendar to the site. However, to get all the features I want, it will cost US$399, which is a significant investment, but I believe it will be well worth the money. Here’s what the events calendar will offer:

• Event Submission: You’ll be able to submit your own events.
• Ticket Sales: Sell tickets for your events through the shop and split the revenue with my company.
• Location-Based Search: Search for events by location, so no matter where you live, you can see what’s happening nearby that you can enjoy with your family members!

Additionally, I have an idea to introduce badges to the site. These badges will serve as visual rewards for achieving certain milestones or ranks. Here are some of the badges I envision:

• First Comment
• First Forum Post
• First Forum Reply
• 10k Points
• 100k Points
• 1M Points
• Legate Rank

While I’m not an artist myself, I’m open to suggestions and help from the community if anyone is interested in designing them.

In summary, we have some exciting new features to enhance our community:

• Ranking System: Earn points and ranks to level up and achieve the prestigious title of Legate.
• Arcade Games: Enjoy a growing collection of arcade games, with tournaments coming soon for members.
• Events Calendar: Help us add an events calendar to submit, search, and sell tickets for local events.
• Badges: Earn visual rewards for achieving milestones and ranks.

Your support is crucial in making these enhancements a reality. Consider becoming a paid member or donating via Ko-fi to help us reach our goals. Together, we can make this the best family-friendly community website for English speakers worldwide.

Thank you for your continued support and engagement. Let’s make this community even better together!