[TiberiusAD]

I forget that alot of the guys here never got involved for long periods of time at VC, and with the level of 13-14 year olds at the site I can understand, lol.

Here is a generalized breakdown of how a few of the mentioned systems worked:

UserGroups
Usergroups are already built into the forum, not further coding would be needed to make them work. Thank you phpbb.

A UserGroup is defined as a set of members with special permissions. That can range from being able to mod a single area of the forum, to access to restricted forums, and allowing new members into a usergroup.
At VC, usergroups could be created by anyone with enought starting members to warrent them. The group would be given thier own private area to post about group tactics ect.

Their purpose at VC was to engage in battles, wars, ect. for respect and prosperity. However usergroups could be used for anything. It was once described to me as a tiny clan, with no gaming invloved.

It is a very cool way to add some activity to the site, and can be managed with limited support needed.

Shop & Items
We already have a shop and money system in place, and changing it over to one like the system used at VC would be very simple I think.

The Shop at VC contained "icons" that could be purchased and were displayed in your "miniprofile". That is the space below your Avatar & location. It would display 5 and have your other items on a "property page... an extension of your Profile, linked from your mini-profile.

Here are a few examples:
[img]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/TiberiusAD/sigsavas/Others/CatDog.gif[/img]
[img]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/TiberiusAD/sigsavas/Others/GuildCell20Matrix.gif[/img]

Now, you must pay for these items, and VC had thousands. Some were Usergroup specific...meaning only availible to a certain user-group. You could also make a small fortune making the icons...they would have to be approved for use (meaning they better be frikin' good) of course.

Just another way to add activity and enjoyment to the forums.

To make both of these "Enhancements" happen, we would only need some minor coding, and a few dedicated and knowledgable guys to run the extra systems.