I fully support this. Would the recharge timer then pause if you earned powerpoints for something else, and then resume when you reached zero again?

>> ^GDGD:

I fully support this. Would the recharge timer then pause if you earned powerpoints for something else, and then resume when you reached zero again?


Actually, her proposal states that the countdown begins when you hit zero and is not interrupted. If you gain points through other means in the meantime, you still get your recharge points at the same time you would have had you stayed at zero.

I think either method would be fine, though bb's proposal sounds easier to program to me.

Oh, right, durr. My brain lapsed while writing that, and I was still using the 'if you have points when recharge hits they are wasted' mentality.

>> ^xxovercastxx:

>> ^GDGD:
I fully support this. Would the recharge timer then pause if you earned powerpoints for something else, and then resume when you reached zero again?

Actually, her proposal states that the countdown begins when you hit zero and is not interrupted. If you gain points through other means in the meantime, you still get your recharge points at the same time you would have had you stayed at zero.
I think either method would be fine, though bb's proposal sounds easier to program to me.

*quality

I don't know what you're suggesting, because I've just woken up and my head is el fuzzo, but I've been saying something similar for ages.

It aggravates me a tad when I get an extra power point for whatever reason, and then I don't get to them before my PP recharge. I was told that the point is to use them or lose them, but how I'm supposed to do that when I'm not aware I'm going to get a Top 15 vid etc, and I haven't checked, or I'm asleep when they recharge? I've lost so many for this reason!

Bitch over

Awarding bareboards2 with one star point for this contribution to VideoSift - declared quality by alien_concept.

For non charters, it would be easy to do it this way.

As soon as you hit 0 power points, the recharge timer is set and when it is completed, it pays out 1 power point regardless of how many points you have.

For charters, with a 2 power point top it would likely be prudent to have two recharge timers, one for each "normal" power point that triggered when at 1 and 0 respectively.

Obviously, if a timer is already running, then a new one would not be set.

I agree with bareboards on this. I am a cheapskate and haven't paid for anything, but I would be pretty disappointed if features that I paid cash for didn't give any benefit simply because of the timing of other free rewards given for positive contributions to the sift. Cash given is a positive benefit to the sift, good posts submitted are positive benefits to the sift... why should they step on each others toes?

Same thing happened to me last night. Made me stomp around the room and make noise. Six hours away I was to get my recharged points, somehow I was pretty fantastic the last couple days and got two power points.

I naively thought I was going to have four points.


BUNK ! total bunkness. I earned the two and waited patiently for my recharged ones to no avail.

*stomps some more*

@dag @lucky ..... any chance of making this change? It seems as if there is universal agreement.....

>> ^BoneRemake:

Same thing happened to me last night. Made me stomp around the room and make noise. Six hours away I was to get my recharged points, somehow I was pretty fantastic the last couple days and got two power points.
I naively thought I was going to have four points.

BUNK ! total bunkness. I earned the two and waited patiently for my recharged ones to no avail.
stomps some more

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

I think it's a good idea- and you're right the current system is a bit discouraging.>> ^bareboards2:

@dag @lucky ..... any chance of making this change? It seems as if there is universal agreement.....
>> ^BoneRemake:
Same thing happened to me last night. Made me stomp around the room and make noise. Six hours away I was to get my recharged points, somehow I was pretty fantastic the last couple days and got two power points.
I naively thought I was going to have four points.

BUNK ! total bunkness. I earned the two and waited patiently for my recharged ones to no avail.
stomps some more

yea well the current system should of did something about my fuck over.

Dont get me wrong, I could care less about what happened to everyone else.

I got messed out of points damnit. when it affects me it affects everyone.

@dag, all this talk about Videosift #5 reminded me of my yearning for this simple fix.....

The first points used would come from the award points, yeah?


>> ^gwiz665:

For non charters, it would be easy to do it this way.
As soon as you hit 0 power points, the recharge timer is set and when it is completed, it pays out 1 power point regardless of how many points you have.
For charters, with a 2 power point top it would likely be prudent to have two recharge timers, one for each "normal" power point that triggered when at 1 and 0 respectively.
Obviously, if a timer is already running, then a new one would not be set.