I sort of like the idea. But. We are the biggest, best, funniest, dramatic, best, creative, productive, best and sexy community and forum on the internet. I know this because I do. Since we are the best, everyone needs to think about this a little more. We need to keep out reputation under control!
In my opinion, the forum look amazing how it does now. Thankyou to Feld0 and the Mod team as well as the community for keeping it user friendly, fun and wanting me to stay here for the rest of my life. Everyone always welcomes newer members with warm greetings and open arms. There's many many sub-forums and a great profile system, as well as the status updating system, which I love even though I haven't used it once XD Not to mention the bro-hoof system. Even though I see bro-hoofs alot on the forum and some may not have any real meaning, it gives the receiver a nice feeling. For me, if someone bro-hoofs my material I feel as if this person could be my friend. Maybe that's because I spend my life mainly on the internet and not really have any friend in real life but right now, this forum has really boosted my spirits on things.
The Life advice section was a great addition to the forum. Reading through some topics and especially those that I can relate to are really make this forum feel more like a family than a community. The Role-Playing feature was also a great addition, it gives members a chance to interact with eachother in a way that some forums can't even do with a Chatbox. Also, the chatbox we used to have was also really great, I used to love going in there chatting to some members. I spent so much time in there I stayed in there more than posting! The Cloudsdale section was also a nice addition. Having simple fun without looking like your a posting whore wanting a larger post count, which I've seen happen on a lot of past forums I've been on.
Now to MY point. To Ezynell and people who support this idea, I think you need to think about it a little more
1. Increase in post spamming
2. Friends asking Friends to bro-hoof everything they say
3. Personal Preference- The way the posting looks, where the avatar is situated and the forum rank. If badges where to go under here it would look cluttered and messy, on past forums, to me it looks very ugly and unattractive.
4. It could make newer members feel like little pets for the older members. We are all equal and should be treated as such, although there are more helpful, creative and funnier members than others. However, i feel as if they do not need a pixelated badge to make that known. We all know who is who and what they do. (epic rhyme)
5. Forum looks great as it is, no need to change it.
This is just my opinion, Ezynell, you have done a great job on this proposal, but I think a no on this one. It's a great idea, but it might make some things complicated.
tldr, do, not, want.