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I'm happy to take contributions, and will reward with points. However, I am expecting players to come up with certain things on their own account - because I'm mean like that.

I'll expect all players to come up with a character casting, and at least one image of their character. This can be a photo, or a good illustration (yes, I see early Enclave players giggling at the back there - they know why I'm spelling this out). If you can photoshop or otherwise manipulate it into something super, that's great. And if you can help someone else out with photo-editing, that's also great. It won't attract HUGE points unless it is something spectacular, however.

Creating a character web-site will gain you points. If you keep it updated, it will earn you more (annually). You can also have a character web-site on the wiki - this would be your own area in the wiki format, with subpages. People might find this easier to maintain, although it is less creative.

The most serious points will be given for the heaviest tasks:

Logging threads (a task which might be shared between two or three players) and posting them to the wiki.
Adding conspicuous amounts of information to the game wiki.

In other words, extra points will be earned more by the ongoing slog, rather than the brief flash of brilliance shown when the game begins.

The points will work on this sort of scale (there may be flexibility here):

1 point (per instance of action)

Exceptionally cool images of characters (your own and helping one other) - at least 3 images.
Helping more people with images, web-sites, loading material on the wiki
Supplying material on your character for the main wiki
Supplying artwork for the wiki (images of scenery, buildings etc) - at least 3 images

2 points

1,000 words or more background story.
Supplying sunstantial material for the wiki (for example, extra material about your character, and perhaps helping someone else without wiki skills)
Game logo

3 points

Your own character website - or detailed section of the wiki (with sub pages)
Supplying material to others for the wiki, on an ongoing basis.

4 points

Undertaking regular contributions to the wiki (this could include adding information about the game universe)

5 points

Regular logging of threads.

The point of this is that everyone can do some of these. Even if you have limited web or design skills, you can still write background stories, or log threads.

There will be an upper bar of 20 points. You can build up to that (by regular logging and a background story, or by creating cool images, a character page for the website, a character web-site etc).

This is the opening round of contributions which will be rewarded when the game starts. After a certain period, there will be an advancement, and it will be possible to add more contributions at that stage. This will also be a reward for people who've kept faithfully logging or wiking away - they will receive their contribution points automatically for continued hard work. Remember to log your contributions on the Player Contributions. This will make life easier for us all!

In addition to regular points, contribution points and advancement points, I'm also planning on giving out very rare fortune points. These will be given for something exceptionally good someone does in the game. They can then be used, just once, to do something quite extraordinary with a fair chance of success (as an example, Allen had a fortune point in Enclaves which he spent on giving himself the fighting abilities of his progenitor, Corwin, in a one-off fight with Julian).