The Iron Ninja said:
If I had badges turned on in forum options instead of being unable to see them outside of profile pages, this badge would be a pretty good way to see which posters I can just ignore.
This new competition seems to be mixing my two most hated parts of this otherwise quite excellent forum (that is, Zero Punctuation fanboys and Badge Whoring) into something very sinister indeed...
That would seem to be an excellent reason to have badges turned on then, although if you did, you would ignore me for having the damned thing. I blame it on a brain intent on absorbing useless minutiae whether I want to or not, and a mindset of pointless competitions being the best ones. Throw in the fact that it's a limited time offer, and I'm left to wonder how I can get out of bed every morning, what with that side of the brain constantly fighting the side that uses words like "minutiae". Then I remember that I don't get out of bed until noon most days, and that strangely satisfies both sides.
Now that I seem to have lost the pretense of even bothering to answer the OP's question, I shall attempt to do so. It's hardly the worst idea I've ever heard. It's not even the worst idea I've heard around here... come to think of it, I can't of any bad ideas from around here (useless minutiae-absorbing brain failing me when I actually need it). Call it badge-whoring and fanboyism if you must, but I stand on my record of only jumping on pointless trends and never commenting on any Escapist videos.