Fanboy AwardI kinda liked the idea, until I saw the recolor part. Now to me, it sounds a bit complicated to distinguish between actual sonic hacks (Sonic with his SA2B battle attire) and just "fan attires".
Aren't people with plenty Sonic recolors supposed to be fanboys, anyways ? .-.
Hipster awardKinda similar to the previous one, but sure, sounds about as right to me, if people like the idea.
Instant Fame AwardNow, this one is a bit of a tough nut. The "Most Popular Hacks" was always excluded from the awards for a simple reason : it's moving way too fast. I'd need to look at it daily to make sure I don't miss anyone, which is something I generally don't do.
However, if I can get a "volunteer assistant", someone who is already checking the Vault daily by himself, and who could report on the hacks with XXX+ DLS/day, then sure, sounds like a great idea. We could even go with higher/lower distinctions if it's working well.
Also, as SDoom stated, 500 might be a bit high ...
Persistent AwardI honestly don't remember anyone uploading so many revamps, except possibly that Rayman, so I'm not sure about that one. It would also require me to browse a LOT more BV galleries than any other award.
Constructive AwardSounds pretty simple. Adopted.
Supporter AwardAs of now, nobody could get that award except for Kit (if she suddenly re-hosted every game server), Random, Teady MKII and Vile Teady (our founders). There just aren't enough Support awards right now.
I like all of your suggestions for design, though.
Although we could use this for the persistatn Hacker, as well.
- Like Pin Geek. I think it should be maybe 10 awards that you get Pin Geek at. I know Beyond has 10 awards, not sure about anyone else though. I wonder if there's a list of rankings for who has the most awards?
I don't think there's one. But 10 pins is way too much. I'm pretty sure only Beyond would get it, and the goal of pins is to distribute it to people. Either 5 or 6 (the number starting from which some of your awards are hidden from view) should be enough, I believe.
EDIT : The Persistant, Hipster and Fanboy award will probably have an additional condition of minimum number of hacks. Like, having posted at least 26 hacks (2 pages of gallery). Otherwise, I'd have to browse ALL the galleries in the Vault to give those, and it would be way too time-consuming.