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3) election process
this is the one part where i'm still struggling with. how does one elect a user.
My initial suggestion would be that a group of people ( 4 staffmembers (BB's, GM's, LA's, Mods) and 12 users from the forum (these can be local or global forums) should be appointed who were active within the last season. they should then judge his worthyness. However, a catch should be made. whoever gets suggested should have been a good BB managers. An occasional brush in with the staff could be overlooked (everyone makes a mistake every now and then) however multiple run ins mean you've not been willing to play by the rules set forth by the BB's, hence meaning that you tried to either intimidate people on the forum or gain personal gains in an unfair way. (one can argue that Wolph and Pini (just to name 2) had good intentions for BB, but the way you go about your bussiness should also count. and their ways were wrong, no matter how you look at it.) If the group of 16 deem the member worthy enough, then the rest of the community should provide enough support to get him elected (i reckon a support of 200 members shouldn't be to much. a quick post in the communities asking for support should get you 200 approvals from the entire BB community, providing that he actually had a decent impact. mind you, the 200 is just a number i'm putting out. it's something that should be carefully considered. it has to be high enough so that only the special managers who deserve BB wide recognition, are able to be elected.

4) representation
a little medal, with their user name, along with a short text (500 word reference to his most important contributions) of their accomplishments, should suffice. It would require a little link in the menu somewhere so that all could acces the BB HoF.



By doing this, we get to pay homage and our due respect to the manager who have helped this game evolve. Who really had an impact and helped making BB a best basketball simulation game.

now, the potential problems i still for see:
*) appointment of the 16 'selection' commission. This will be the hardest part. it should be random, but those who are chosen should be willing to do it as well, else there is no point being on that commission.
*) the amount of inductees we have each season. i'm unsure if a limit should be set (so that we first vote in those who are most worthy) or if we should allow everyone who's worthy to be voted in right away. and if we should set a limit (to make sure the commity doesn't have to much work) then what should that limit be?
*) normally, GM's aren't allowed to discuss pasts of certain users in public. however, that would be required in his evaluation process (else there is little transparency in the veto from a staff member). It's preferable to avoid mentioning all his mistakes, but a simple no from a staffmember would be as if you give the staff a blind veto, which isn't really acceptable in making a fair and neutral commission.
*) the amount of support one should get to be elected (what should it's number be?) or should he automatically be elected if the commission approves of him. (if it's'committie election, then they might have to go through 100+ candicacies)
*) how to put up people for consideration of the BB HoF
*) is there a time limit on eligibility (so that we don’t have to review the same candidacies over and over again
*) maybe something about the voting system that should be tweaked?

So the idea still needs some serious working out to do. It’s by no means finished, but I think there is enough stuff to bring it up and maybe see if others might be able to improve the idea.

either way, to put it to the test if it's a good suggestion:

1) does it benefit all of the community (or at the very least doesn't impact people in a negative way)? There are no drawbacks and it pays respect to those who helped the game. So yes, positive impact.
2) is it necessairy to tackle a current problem and can it achieve this without to many negative side effects? It doesn’t tackle a problem, but it gives us a way to honor those who deserve it, so that they aren’t lost in time, but serve as models for current and future users
3) Can it be done from an IT point of view (does tax the servers to much, isn't to complex to code, ...). Hard to say. It’s not a quick fix, but not the hardest thing to do.
4) is it urgent (necessairy to improve BB) ? Not really. Other than paying respect to those who made significant contributions, it doesn’t make add any value to the game.

It doesn’t fail the simple test. It would be fun to have, but there might be other issues that might be more pressing that having a BB hall of fame, so i'd understand if it's not at the top of the prioritise to implement.

I think it's a great idea to somehow show appreciation and gratitude towards those who dedicated their own time to do something nice for the community.

As you said, the guy from the FAQs, we all read them and saved us lots of time.

I think it can be done, I don't know if Hall Of Fame is the right way to call it as some may assume it's totally related to performance.

Nice idea...

As long as I am a first ballot hall of famer, you can count me in on this suggestion. Other than that I see no benefit for the game and the community.