[Hyperic-hq-discuss] Answer Questions! Win Fabulous Prizes!

[John M. W. <joh...@hy...>]

Greetings,

As you may have noticed, every user of our forums as a tiny icon next to their user name. For Hyperic employees, or Hypericans, it's the "H" logo. For everyone else, you'll see one of 6 icons, although at this point, everyone probably has the same one. 

This is part of our new points for rewards program, where you get credit for answering forum questions. And if you do something really special, like contribute a plugin, patch, or HOWTO document, we'll assign you special bonus points... and you get a little gold star!! Ok, not really, unless you just really want one ;)

So here's how the points work - you get 5 points for a "helpful" answer, and you get 10 points for a "correct" answer. Note that whoever asks a question gets to pick which answers are helpful or correct, so you might want to be nice to those who ask questions. Those who qualify as special contributors, get 25 points assigned per contribution, although we reserve the right to assign more to those contributions of the highest quality.

There are 6 levels to which you may aspire:

1. Newbie - 0 - 5 points
2. Rookie - 6 - 50 points
3. Pro - 51 - 250 points
4. Champion - 251 - 750 points
5. Expert - 751 - 2000 points
6. Guru - 2001 + 

Swag rewards start at the "Champion" level - a newly designed t-shirt, not yet available in stores. Here's the FAQ: http://www.hyperic.com/resources/rewards-faq.html

Enjoy,
John Mark
Community Manager