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eliansukke180 wrote:
Hey mandie. You need to get promoted here before you get an avatar. Dunno who thought that was necessary but someone did. :lol:

Just keep posting and you'll get a pm from the "system" eventually. This happens every 22nd of each month.

Cheers :)

I'll keep trying. I've been a member for 3 years, but don't tend to post that often, LOL.

Love the game - in fact I think I'm addicted LOL.

Mands xxx

Apparently the key to getting promoted is post a lot near the promotion day. So post a lot on the 18th-21st and you will increase your chances. The Off Topic sub forum is a great place to increase you post count.

To get promoted you have to be active on the forum between the 15th of the month to the 22th of the month
Then you will get promoted on the 22th of the month

The more active you are between the 15th of the month and the 22th of the month the higher is your chance of getting promoted. (just post every day. respond to some of the threads in the "Off-Topic" forum etc.) - The forum moderators has to notice you.

To be honest I do find this system to be very unfair as you can have hundred of posts on any other dates and they don't count at all.
But this is how EA does it



Where is a forum thread about it in the FAQ section:
http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/10224420.page

Actully it's an automated deal. You have to have posted 100 messges, then the system will allow you to have an avatar.

orionsbell wrote:
Actully it's an automated deal. You have to have posted 100 messges, then the system will allow you to have an avatar.

Nope, not nearly that simple. There are many people with more than 100 posts and no avatar, there have been some with less than 100 that get promoted. It all has to do with being very active in the few days leading up to the 22nd of the month. Not sure what the threshold is, but I don't think anyone has been able to give an exact formula for it.

i had way less then 100 when promoted in February. i followed the advice to be active in posting and starting new discussions and it took a few months to be promoted

Awwwwww thank you everyone :)

I'll keep posting and engaging :)

Mands xxx

HappyGamer73 wrote:
There are many people with more than 100 posts and no avatar, there have been some with less than 100 that get promoted. It all has to do with being very active in the few days leading up to the 22nd of the month. Not sure what the threshold is, but I don't think anyone has been able to give an exact formula for it.

Ultra minor nitpick. I have zero idea as to what the magical formula is for determining who gets promoted, but will say that just because someone has more than 100 posts and no visible avatar doesn’t necessarily mean that they haven’t been promoted. When I was promoted way back when, it took me two or three months before I finally got around to making an avatar.

orionsbell wrote:
Actully it's an automated deal. You have to have posted 100 messges, then the system will allow you to have an avatar.

I have seen people with only 20 post with avatars and other with over 150 posts without, so I'm absolutely sure the number of total post is completely irrelevant even that it would be a lot more logical and fair system if you got automatically promoted after you have posted a specific number of posts. (That is how promotion works on most forums, but sadly not here)

It is all about being noticed by the forum moderators in the last few dates up to the forum promotion day (22th of the month)

Maybe it would a little to have a unique signature (maybe with a animated gif :twisted: ) so the forum moderator's can easier recognize and count your posts


It would be nice if one of the forum moderators would reply to this thread and tell us how it really works.
EA has been surprisingly quiet about how this forum promotion works.
It is seems impossible to find any official information about this.

ElectroFisK wrote:

orionsbell wrote:
Actully it's an automated deal. You have to have posted 100 messges, then the system will allow you to have an avatar.

I have seen people with only 20 post with avatars and other with over 150 posts without, so I'm absolutely sure the number of total post is completely irrelevant even that it would be a lot more logical and fair system if you got automatically promoted after you have posted a specific number of posts. (That is how promotion works on most forums, but sadly not here)

It is all about being noticed by the forum moderators in the last few dates up to the forum promotion day (22th of the month)

Maybe it would a little to have a unique signature (maybe with a animated gif :twisted: ) so the forum moderator's can easier recognize and count your posts


It would be nice if one of the forum moderators would reply to this thread and tell us how it really works.
EA has been surprisingly quiet about how this forum promotion works.
It is seems impossible to find any official information about this.

Our moderators have nothing to do with avatar promotions so stop saying it! You make it sound like Neo, Dalton, Deadshot, John C, and Direwolf are all sitting around a table together in some darkened room, diabolically debating who merits a nod and laughing at those who get left out. :P They are no more involved in promotion day than you or me.

As others have said, "the system" (a mysterious EA forum bot) runs through whatever algorithm/code it's been programmed to, which determines who gets the privilege to have their own silly picture beside their silly user name.

It isn't complicated - be active on the 19th, 20th, and 21st and hope for the best. That's it. I guarantee I can make a dummy account on the 19th and have it promoted on the 22nd simply by posting on those key days (if you'd like, I will do it in April to prove the point).

I don't think anybody knows why it is set up like this. It just is. Many forums let you have an avatar straight away or after a certain number of posts, but EA doesn't, for whatever strange reason. As the say in the restaurant industry, "It is was it is."