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Feature Requests / Amount of points earned is modified as a function of time
« on: November 22, 2017, 07:01:14 PM »
I would like to propose an additional feature of the points system:
Rather than being a constant value, the number of points that a viewer earns can be modified as a function of time,
e.g. earned = base amount + time steps passed / constant
Where time steps is the interval when points are awarded (1 minute, 5 minutes, etc...), and constant is a user-defined number.
If possible, the function could be more complicated than a linear function, e.g. logarithm, Fibonacci sequence, etc...
For example: earned = ceiling( Fibonacci( time ) / time )
Where ceiling is the ceiling function, Fibonacci(n) is the n-th Fibonacci number, and time is a user-defined time step
In more general terms, under this proposed system the number of points earned, e, would equal f(t)
e = f(t)
where t is the user-defined time step, and f is a strictly increasing function over the natural numbers
Rather than being a constant value, the number of points that a viewer earns can be modified as a function of time,
e.g. earned = base amount + time steps passed / constant
Where time steps is the interval when points are awarded (1 minute, 5 minutes, etc...), and constant is a user-defined number.
If possible, the function could be more complicated than a linear function, e.g. logarithm, Fibonacci sequence, etc...
For example: earned = ceiling( Fibonacci( time ) / time )
Where ceiling is the ceiling function, Fibonacci(n) is the n-th Fibonacci number, and time is a user-defined time step
In more general terms, under this proposed system the number of points earned, e, would equal f(t)
e = f(t)
where t is the user-defined time step, and f is a strictly increasing function over the natural numbers