New Points System on TCS and How to Get Them!

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Soon to come is the shop where you can spend your points and purchase cool stuff, virtual gifts for other members, ribbons to wear next to your username, and upgrades to your username and your threads!

For now, we start by installing the points system, which lets you gain points to your account. So, how do you get the points?

Post! It's as simple as that, for each post you get 5 points. Please, let's keep to the usual post quality - keep your posts relevant and to the point (no pun intended
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Join as a premium member - buying a subscription gets you 1000 points right away, plus you get on the TCS payroll
and get 500 extra bonus points every Monday after you've joined!

Your subscription also gets you:
  • Access to our subscriber lounge.
  • 1000 TCS points.
  • 500 TCS points every Monday after you've subscribed.
  • The ability to upload your own custom avatar.
  • Increased avatar to 120x120 pixels.
  • The ability to make your own custom user title.
  • Access to buy *various customizations for your username and title with TCS points.
  • 30% discount on all TCS points purchases.
  • PM box capacity increased to 500 PM's.
  • More picture attachments.
*Various customizations include:
  • username, user title or thread glow
  • username, user title or thread font
  • username, user title or thread color
  • username, user title or thread shadow
  • username, user title or thread italic
  • username, user title or thread bold
  • username, user title or thread underline

Refer a friend - ask your friend to put your username down in the referral box in the registration form and you get 1000 points for bringing a new member to our community.

NEW Additions and Changes - March 2008

Everyone gets 500 bonus points on their birthday from now on!


Soon to come - the Six Months Special -
Between the months of April and October, for every referred member, you get the same amount of points that they make. That means that for every post they make, you make 5 points as well and so on!
 
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The shop system has been turned on as well. You need to have enough points to start using it though
Once you do, there's plenty of fun things to do with your points. But... please do not "spam" the board with posts just to get points! We'll keep an eye on that and may actually penalize for "drivel" posting just to get points.
 

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All currently intended vbplaza shop features are working as of now, except for points showing in post headers within threads when a different forum skin is used other than default. Danny is working on this.

Features in the vbplaza menu that are currently intended not to work are:

Lottery
Thief

All the other links in that menu should be working.
 

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I have read all this stuff and I still dont understand it

Do you use your points to 'give' icons to other members?
Or do you use points to give them to yourself?
Or.. do you actually pay money ? So confused lol.
 

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Originally Posted by Sicycat

I have read all this stuff and I still dont understand it

Do you use your points to 'give' icons to other members?
Or do you use points to give them to yourself?
Or.. do you actually pay money ? So confused lol.
Gifts are paid for with points, not money. You can buy gifts for yourself or others. You can buy ribbons only for yourself. There are other things you can buy if you have a site subscription.
 

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Question: I referred a friend (kimmeh_121), but didn't know about the points system at the time, nor to ask her to put my name in the referral box.

Is there any way to remedy this??

Thank you!


Rosie*
 

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Originally Posted by maherwoman

Question: I referred a friend (kimmeh_121), but didn't know about the points system at the time, nor to ask her to put my name in the referral box.

Is there any way to remedy this??

Thank you!


Rosie*
Send me a pm.
 

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Wasn't there a way we could get a direct link for referrals? So instead of them having to put our name in all they have to do is register through said link and we'll get the credit for it? I swear there was but I can't find it.
 

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Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

I try to refer someone everytime I seen a oportunity so I'm bookmarking that link!
 

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Originally Posted by Anne

Join as a premium member - buying a subscription gets you 1000 points right away, plus you get on the TCS payroll
and get 1000 extra bonus points every Monday after you've joined!

Your subscription also gets you:
500 TCS points every Monday
so can I just clarify the blue highlighted bits........

you get 1000 every Monday as a bonus - plus 500 every Monday

so do I get a grand total of 1500 points every Monday?

also what time do they get credited ?

Many thanks
 

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It is 1000 pts on sign up

500 every Monday, from past experience, this can be sometime between when Ryan wakes up, when Ryan goes to sleep and maybe earlier/later if they software is acting up - but usually Monday evening (my time)

If they want to give us a raise to 1000-1500 a week though, we won't say no
 

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Originally Posted by Anne

Join as a premium member - buying a subscription gets you 1000 points right away, plus you get on the TCS payroll
and get 1000 extra bonus points every Monday after you've joined!

Your subscription also gets you:
  • Access to our subscriber lounge.
  • 1000 TCS points.
  • 500 TCS points every Monday after you've subscribed.
  • The ability to upload your own custom avatar.
  • Increased avatar to 120x120 pixels.
  • The ability to make your own custom user title.
  • Access to buy *various customizations for your username and title with TCS points.
  • 30% discount on all TCS points purchases.
  • PM box capacity increased to 500 PM's.
  • More picture attachments.
*Various customizations include:
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This post almost in the same breath says you get 1000 points a week and also says you get 500 points a week for becoming a premium member. Which is it? (My wallet wants to know.)
 

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It is 1000 points to join, and then a 500 point "paycheck" every week.
 

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Okay, I have a question too.
It says something like options marked with an * means that they are recurring and when your supscription runs out you'll just be charged again.
The thing is none of the options are marked with an *
Or at least if they are I don't see it...of course it could be because my contacts need cleaned
 

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I see where there is a * listed next to various customizaions, and then further in the post another * explaining what they are.
 

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Originally Posted by Persi & Alley

This post almost in the same breath says you get 1000 points a week and also says you get 500 points a week for becoming a premium member. Which is it? (My wallet wants to know.)
I've fixed that. The sign-up bonus is 1000 points, and the weekly paycheck 500.
 

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Originally Posted by AbbysMom

I see where there is a * listed next to various customizaions, and then further in the post another * explaining what they are.
This is what I'm talking about.
When I click on "Paid Subscriptions" in my userCP this is at the very bottom under the varies lengths of time.

"Validity periods marked * indicate that purchasing this subscription is recurring, this means after the period is complete it will automatically be renewed."

but I don't see the * on the three month, six month or 12 month option.
It really doesn't make a lot of difference.
I was just thinking about becoming a paid member and I'd just like to know which option actually is automatically renewed.
The last thing I want to do is forget it's coming out of my account and then wonder where that money went.
 
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