Still the number one 'Nope, Nope, Nope' idea ever proposed, IMHO

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(From WAY earlier in the thread.) This is why I don't care for subproject badges AT ALL. You should select subprojects based on your interest in the topic, not because you can earn a pretty badge for it. The subproject "rewards" short of the first badge are the credits/points earned.

I won't even open my mouth on the "you can get more badges by running SLOWER computers" postings, which simply point out a fatal flaw in the way WCG grants badges.

If you look at my badges to the left of this post, you'll see that I have "transparent glass" badges for 876 subprojects at WCG. They are the ones with no border, no icon, no color, no numbers... Yep, that's the badge you earn for doing less than it takes to get bronze!

Seriously, until reading this thread, I had no idea how the badges were awarded and didn't care. Now I know how they are awarded. Second half didn't change. Good grief.

The problem with this idea is that the very, very few supporters make a huge number of assumptions and then expect the vast majority to assume their truth. Nope

I never said that I personally do OET at 7 minutes, but I do have 17 recent OET WU at under 22 minutes on standard non-OC I5. I did have many CFSW WU finish in under 2 minutes. Your presenting the obfuscation of 8 hours on an old dual core is a lot of b.ll-sh.t... since my old dual core is pounding some OET out at 55 minutes. I suggest you stick to facts you can prove.

It is a well recognized opinion in these fora that badges do not cause people to join. They reward those who have contributed. What is your big deal with asking someone with an old dual core work for ONE WEEK of almost no effort to get a bronze? Do you actually think that someone who quits before 14 days is going to change their mind and stay because of a transparent badge? Really? Nope.

WCG is not looking for members to contribute 1 WU. Nope. It's a waste of data space to keep the history. WCG wants members who are willing to contribute, by staying and tackling the new projects as they come up.

Where is the value in separating out 100,000 ghost accounts from 200,000 1 WU accounts? If there are 200K accounts, who cares? WCG is pounding out 600,000+ WU PER DAY. Even if 200k users have 1 WU, WCG makes that up in under 8 hours of ONE DAY. Their 200k WU have immaterial impact on a project that has been running over 4081 days.

Yes, those of us who have been here longer have more badges. That's because we have contributed more.

Yes, once you have contributed 14 days effort, you get a badge. We don't recognize people who can't focus long enough to meet the minimum. Members should consider themselves lucky that 14 days was set as the minimum, not 30.

Yes, by the time I had my first bronze, I was happy to celebrate, mostly because by then I had 7 cores running 24x7.

As Sek's said, Who would ever want to pat themselves on the back for having contributed a single WU? How embarrassing. A great way to hold yourself up for ridicule. Nope.

It's one thing to be on a team and practice multiple times per week all year long and then only get in for one play.

It's quite different to never go to practice, never participate, never contribute, then get put in for one play, quit and go watch porn and get a trophy. Nope.

Your patronizing 'thanks for the confirmation' serves only to be annoying as you want to be seen as right when someone else is seen as agreeing with you. Being right and being in agreement are not synonyms. Fortunately, WCG has not agreed with you and so far shows no sign of making you right.

Once you see the big picture and understand the WCG objectives, it will become clearer for you and others.

Looking at the first and last pages of this topic...I noticed those against have no, few, or hidden badges!