Random silly idea - what if we made a little badge that people could put on their profile page that recognied them for outstanding participation, roleplay, etc.  Maybe have it voted on somehow?

Yeah, the idea falls apart if you look at it too closely...

Don't we have something like that with the Karma system? you could just count up who has the most karma points each month?

Might encourage more participation, here, all the way around.... How would the voting thing work, though, I wonder? And what happens in the event of a tie?

I've got two people in mind, at the moment, who I think are super deserving of the distinction, recently.

Yeah, I can think of a couple, myself. 

The thing about Karma is that it is limited to one vote per thread. 

Hmmm...