PAB badges, revisited

[maxd]

A new PABer recently asked me what the PAB badge under their forum name meant. I was about to point them to Bryan's original thread explaining exactly that -- LINK -- but discovered that it was snarfed because the images were gone. This here is my attempt to recreate that information.

So, badges fall into four groups:

• the GREY badge is for a new PAB that has been received and is in progress:
  
• GREEN badges are for completed PABs regarding Accredited casinos:
  
  
• BLUE badges are for completed PABs regarding non-Accredited casinos:
  
  
• RED badges are for completed PABs regarding Rogue casinos:
  
  

Normal badges -- no big X -- means the PAB was successfully resolved, one way or the other.

The big X through a badge means the PAB was not a success, meaning we were either unable to help the person get that issue resolved OR we ended up ruling against them (for whatever reason).

The "2", "3" badges are just shorthand for multiples of that type.

So, if a person had had 2 successful PABs against non-Accred casinos then their PAB badge(s) would be:


If they had a new PAB in progress and one failed PAB against a Rogue casino their badges would be:


Any questions about PAB badges? Please feel free to ask here.

 

[maxd]

Why Borgie sad?

 

[goatwack]

You didn't include Cerise Pink

This upsets her sometimes

 

[maxd]

You didn't include Cerise Pink

Ah, good to know. I'll put that on the "To Do" list.

 

[Borgie]

had no idea i had put a sad emoji . Fat fingers lol.

I love the PAB s lol. Cerise is indeed amazing though

 

[maxd]

Ok, next revision of the badges (or maybe the one after that) we'll definitely maybe possibly consider Cerise.
ps. glad not sad.

 

[maxd]

Time for an update here it seems. We’ll soon be changing over to a new system for the PAB badges and I thought a few words of intro to that might be in order.

In the past we had marked individual PABs for PABers as a means of seeing and knowing quickly what use of the PAB system the person was making. There were a couple problems with that:

• some people didn’t like the PAB markers, for a variety of reasons, with the end result that it deterred them from using the service. Very much NOT what we were trying to accomplish.
• as the industry has matured things have changed a fair bit: far fewer PABs against Rogue casinos, less need to be specific about what kind of PABs people have under their belt, etc.
• last but not least, the PAB badges could end up being a bit of a mess:
  
  

Admittedly that example is not entirely realistic — I’ve cooked it up for demo purposes — but it does illustrate how a person’s avatar space could become cluttered over time if they made good use of the PAB system. And all this really tells us is they’ve been around, like the PABs, and have been a return client for the PAB work we do. All that detailed info about the individual badges isn’t serving much of a purpose.

So, in the near future we’ll be switching over to something that will look like this:


Long story short: we’re replacing all the old PAB badge stuff with a single new badge that simply shows the person is “PAB Experienced”. If you happen to have some old PAB badges and suddenly that changes, this will be why.

The exact date for the change is TBD, largely due to the fact that there is some fancy tech footwork that needs to be done to make all this happen smoothly without leaving a bunch of rubbish laying about.

I can’t sign off without giving BIG thanks and to the Design department at Gentoo for the lovely work they do on our behalf. They’re making us look SO much better with every little — and big — thing they do.

Please let us know if you have any thoughts on this, love to hear your feedback, although I fully understand this is a bit of specialty minutia that perhaps only a rare few of us are deeply concerned with.

- Max

 

[L&L-Jan]

Can I get one for 11 years of no PAB in favor for player?

 

[maxd]

I’ll put your request in the queue Jan.

- Max

 

[slotmaster]

Test test

 

[mulven]

I might play at a dodgy casino to get my self in a pickle and submit a pab purely to get a cool badge!

Nice design change. I wonder which emoji reaction is next up for a makeover as well!

 

[maxd]

We’ve now got this one too: . The Pinocchio Award, for forum members that are excessively “creative” when it comes to telling the truth. Hasn’t seen much use yet but there are a couple awardees out there.

- Max

 

[SYPlayer95]

We’ve now got this one too: View attachment 207864. The Pinocchio Award, for forum members that are a little too “creative” when it comes to telling the truth. Hasn’t seen much use yet but there are a couple awardees out there.

- Max

My vote is for this emoji is DelOro

 

[maxd]

I recall him being massively negligent about giving us the important facts about things, but was he telling porkies too? If yes then yeah, happy to share the love.

- Max