List of Manually-Awardable Badges

Here is a list of Manually-Awardable Badges that aren't directly related to a competition or event:

Musical Debator
Melophile
Holding Strong Opinions
History Buff
Philosopher of Music
Theory Buff
Orchestration Buff
Keen Ear
Keen Eye
Musicologist
Ivory Tickler
Symphonist
Chamber Guru
Troubadour
Concertophile
Outstanding Orchestrator
Maestro
Soloist
Master of Improvisation
Skilled Arranger
Film Buff
Video Game Buff
You've Got Rhythm
Got Published
Got Performed
Tune Smith
Prolific Composer
Counterpoint Wizard
Sick Beats
Period Composer
Ardent Producer
Hepcat
Aleatoric Composer
Bando
Drum Major
Pop Song Aficionado
Brass Aficionado
Woodwind Aficionado
String Aficionado
Film Composer
Recording Artist
Musical Dramatist
Challenger
Avid Listener
Musical Socialite
Ingenious Harmonizer
Dance Music Impresario
Headbanging Rocker
Musical Storyteller
Musical Explorer
VGM Enthusiast
Film Music Enthusiast
Sculptor of Sound
Audiophile
Idea Peddler
Star Performer
Choir Master
Musical Architect
Immaculate Engraver
Impeccable Taste
Local Lurker
Abstract Composer
Guitar Guru
Collaborator
Accomplished Virtuoso
Musical Advisor
Elegant Classicist
Amorous Romanticist
Programmatic Composer
Master of Subtlety
Dedicatee
Lo-Fi Audiophile
Better Than Thatguy
Lavender Hands Effect
Ardent Reviewer
The Colossus of Prora

Feel free to suggest badges as well!

- PeterthePapercomPoser

Suggestion: Essay Writer

8 hours ago, TristanTheTristan said:

Suggestion: Essay Writer

How would this be related to music?  Seems like an award for anybody who might write an essay about any topic.  But there are already existing awards for "Musicologist" or "Ardent Reviewer" or "Theory Buff" or "Musical Debator" or "Programmatic Composer" or "Musical Advisor" and those awards have specific musical cases in which they apply.

12 minutes ago, PeterthePapercomPoser said:

How would this be related to music?  Seems like an award for anybody who might write an essay about any topic.  But there are already existing awards for "Musicologist" or "Ardent Reviewer" or "Theory Buff" or "Musical Debator" or "Programmatic Composer" or "Musical Advisor" and those awards have specific musical cases in which they apply.

 

Award to someone who has written multiple long essays on a piece of music by someone else.

31 minutes ago, TristanTheTristan said:

Award to someone who has written multiple long essays on a piece of music by someone else.

That's covered by the "Musicologist" badge.  Google:  "Musicology is the scholarly study of music, exploring its history, cultural contexts, theory, and social impact, encompassing all musical traditions from classical to popular music, beyond just performance. It uses various methods, including analysis, history, and anthropology, to understand how music functions in life, its development over time, and its relationship with psychology, sociology, and other fields. Traditionally divided into historical, systematic, and ethnomusicology, modern musicology is broad and interdisciplinary, focusing on meaning, practices, and the "web of culture" surrounding music."

The Colossus of Prora

Someone who has written (music) something longer than 30 min.

The Colossus of Prora is the longest building in the world.

2 hours ago, TristanTheTristan said:

The Colossus of Prora

Someone who has written (music) something longer than 30 min.

Wow then I would get several of them for my works! My Clarinet Quintet is 62 minutes long so it will get 2 of them!!

Upps, the "Colossus of Prora". Did you mean something like that?

how about, "better than th..." oh nevermind

1 hour ago, Wieland Handke said:

Upps, the "Colossus of Prora". Did you mean something like that?

@Wieland Handke I googled "Colossus of Prora PNG icon" and I couldn't find the graphic that you used in this image.  Could you send it to me please so I can officially make the badge?  Thanks!

25 minutes ago, PeterthePapercomPoser said:

@Wieland Handke I googled "Colossus of Prora PNG icon" and I couldn't find the graphic that you used in this image.  Could you send it to me please so I can officially make the badge?  Thanks!

 

Oh, I didn't expect to receive an answer to my "badge" which was in the first sense ment to be a joke.

Since I would welcome to award a badge to the "longest piece", it is a good idea to follow @TristanTheTristan idea about a "Colossos of Prora".

Concerning the icon, it was really just a "joke" of me using a WikiMedia Commons Picture and mashing it together to a "badge icon".

I'll look tomorrow, whether I have some better personal photos from that location or whether I can gather more background about "Prora" before creating such a badge for the YC forum.

17 hours ago, Henry Ng Tsz Kiu said:

Wow then I would get several of them for my works! My Clarinet Quintet is 62 minutes long so it will get 2 of them!!

 

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14 hours ago, Thatguy v2.0 said:

how about, "better than th..." oh nevermind

 

That would be a great idea! 'Better than Thatguy v2.0' is a great idea! Some of us would get a few more if it is about reputation...

Hallo @PeterthePapercomPoser,

I have created a PNG which could be used as basis for a badge.

Some considerations:

• The original photo can be found at Wikimedia Commons under https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20-07-06-Prora-RalfR-DJI_0120.jpg. Please check whether it can be used concerning the license conditions.
• I have nothing against a „Collossus of Prora“ badge, but I would remind that this building did not have the best reputation because of its „problematic“ history. Originally erected by the Nazis as a huge holiday resort for their „Kraft durch Freude“ (Strength Through Joy) project. After World War II it was used a long time as military barracks, first by the Soviet Army, than by the East German Volksarmee. Since the mid-1990s, it stood empty for a long time and was exposed to decay and vandalism. Now it is (at least partly) renovated and houses a hotel, apartments etc. A more detailed overview can be found at Wikipedia under https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prora.

16 minutes ago, Wieland Handke said:

Hallo @PeterthePapercomPoser,

I have created a PNG which could be used as basis for a badge.

Some considerations:

• The original photo can be found at Wikimedia Commons under https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20-07-06-Prora-RalfR-DJI_0120.jpg. Please check whether it can be used concerning the license conditions.
• I have nothing against a „Collossus of Prora“ badge, but I would remind that this building did not have the best reputation because of its „problematic“ history. Originally erected by the Nazis as a huge holiday resort for their „Kraft durch Freude“ (Strength Through Joy) project. After World War II it was used a long time as military barracks, first by the Soviet Army, than by the East German Volksarmee. Since the mid-1990s, it stood empty for a long time and was exposed to decay and vandalism. Now it is (at least partly) renovated and houses a hotel, apartments etc. A more detailed overview can be found at Wikipedia under https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prora.

 

 

Some parts are now used as living space, shops, etc. now, though.

I am fully aware of it's history, and it is already thought of and I have a good reason for that choice.

You see, it hurts to analyse long works...

6 hours ago, TristanTheTristan said:

That would be a great idea! 'Better than Thatguy v2.0' is a great idea! Some of us would get a few more if it is about reputation...

The badge was already there! Even Thatguy himself got Better than Thatguy badge lol!

51 minutes ago, Henry Ng Tsz Kiu said:

The badge was already there! Even Thatguy himself got Better than Thatguy badge lol!

LoL I'm wrong, Thatguy doesn't get the badge to be a better self!! 😜

I present to you the new badge - The Colossus of Prora 

1 hour ago, PeterthePapercomPoser said:

I present to you the new badge - The Colossus of Prora

Thank you Peter, I become the first recipient of this badge!!!!!! 😍

I don’t know if this exists yet or if it’s possible that you would make it exist, but this idea is called the. “ skull collector award.”   it’s for collecting all possible specialty badges from compositions.  (when I mean by specialty badges, I meant the manually awarded badges that you would usually get by writing a certain piece of music that excels in something). I feel that it will be more complete with the competition awards, but that would just make it impossible due to seasonality.     This award would be permanently awarded to those who completed all possible badges before any updates meaning that if someone received the badge one day and the following day added three more other badges than they would still keep the award.

3 minutes ago, Fruit hunter said:

This award would be permanently awarded to those who completed all possible badges before any updates meaning that if someone received the badge one day and the following day added three more other badges than they would still keep the award.

I'm not sure I follow.  There's already so many manually awardable badges .. surely you're not suggesting that someone could ever get them all?! . . .

1 minute ago, PeterthePapercomPoser said:

I'm not sure I follow.  There's already so many manually awardable badges .. surely you're not suggesting that someone could ever get them all?! . . .

Yeah, this is one of those hypothetical late night thoughts I had.    Honestly, this is more of a inspirational completion thing that someone would do where they are inspired by one of the badges to write a piece of music purposefully trying to get that badge

There gonna be this one guy who’s probably treating the badges like Pokémon