Do you think there is a need for more than sapphire badge of the projects? those 2years of computer time seems less & less...as the motherboards become more & more with dual-CPU, quad-CPUs...as the CPUs become more & more dual-cores, quad-cores, six-cores, eight-cores...as the GPU become dual-core / dual-CPUs...

So in the same amount of time, all of us are able to compute more than 1WU!
Even my example is not much, but on FightAIDS project right now is 7years of CPU time listed...of the current projects only MCM project is without sapphire badge...

maybe there it's time to think about more than 2years of CPU time for some project?

here is current standing: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/help/viewSearch.do?searchString=badge
here is my sugestion:
Bronze - 14 days
Silver - 45 days
Gold - 90 days
Platinum - 180 days
Pearl - 1 year
Ruby - 2 years
Emerald - 5 years
Sapphire - 10 years
Diamond - 20 years

From my point of view - that would speed up the expansion of the WCG & begin another "race for the badges"!
What do you think? ;)

Thanks for the comments on new badge levels - we're thinking about expanding those beyond the current levels. No anticipated release date yet - we're early in the design phase for this enhancement.

Interesting, moreover because digging through, discussions of years ago imply some levels and design was already done. Which latches onto the certificates that boinc world has had as standard for a very long time. Someone posted a seti@home sample on one of wcg's social network pages just in the last week. It was said then too these were scaled to at least one level above the biggest individual contributor, the kermit man probably being referred to. Interestingly, in both cases it seems your former senior architect was intimately involved. He let on for several years to have been thinking about a career change in his farewell. Insurmountable internal obstacles as a possible reason, but this happening shortly after "I gave 10 years of my life to wcg", words of that extend, could make one lead up the speculation trail. Anyway, the wording "we're early in the design phase for this enhancement." is as always open and not committal. Rubbished in the past, history almost always repeats. Only marginally interested, so others may have a go the "twylith's sagas" compositional style.

Only took just over four years for an admin response. Still, can't say I'm not pleased with the hint of hope.

Colours should be easy, keep existing as they are and go for bright florescent for 5, 10, 50, 100 years