My thoughts on rep...

[p0lar_bear]

I hate to be a party pooper, but I want to put out my thoughts on rep and the community.

Don't get me wrong, I love the rep system. However, I don't like it when people take it more seriously than it needs to be. I really fail to see how someone can owe someone else reputation points, for example. It's nice to earn rep, but that's where it should keep to... earning it. On GBX, rep was taken away because it became serious business with rep circles and people just kinda mindlessly handing it out, positives to boost another member's reputation level quickly so that one person can -rep someone they have a vendetta against.

I know it hasn't happened here yet, but this is just me pre-empting that potential situation. I love the rep system, and I want it to stay. Don't abuse it. Only + or - rep someone if it's really needed, and don't be going around asking for it. :(

[Pooky]

I want rep please.









Good point though

[Atty]

I honestly didn't expect the rep system to last this long. It's a good system but can be abused too easily along with people taking it way to seriously.

If you are a good poster people will see that, you don't need a bar to show you are a good poster. :)

[Pooky]

I have a green square, does that make me a good, constructive poster or a flat out nub? Ah, the questions we shall ask ourselves till the ends of time, and still not care.

[rossmum]

I +rep for posts I like and -rep people for being complete and utter assholes. If they then go post something I like, they earn their rep back.

[Limited]

I dont mind it much, I do get annoyed when some one -rep's you for either your spelling when it is cleary know it was a typo.

Also when they rep you for their mistake because they read it wrong.

But meh :) I dont like the idea of "i owe you rep", i give rep if i want to not because the person has to have it.

[rossmum]

I give it because I want to, but I run out before I can give it to everyone I want to give it to D:

[An Emu]

+rep

well said

[mech]

I +rep for posts I like and -rep people for being complete and utter assholes. If they then go post something I like, they earn their rep back.

In that case :) FUCK U ROSSUM NOW -REP ME MORE
My view on rep, it's only coo if u are in the DANEGUR ZONE! I WENT THROUGH TEH DANEGUR ZONE! DUR DA DA DURR DURR DERM DERM DERM DERM DERM DERM DERM'

-REP PLX

[rossmum]

I already gave you some -rep. :p

[Atty]

I just got rep calling me an obscene name for an African American. I demand action be taken on this, I am insulted. I plan to sue Adam Papmacros for racial profiling.

[Pooky]

I give it because I want to, but I run out before I can give it to everyone I want to give it to D:

So you want to give me +rep? right? right?

[Aero]

Rep is serious business.



(+rep me and i'll +rep you =/)

[n00b1n8R]

why do people take it so seriously? it's just some pretty green things under your name.

i mean, "owing rep"? wtf? people rep you because they think you've made a good post or they agree with what you said. you don't now owe them rep back.

wtf aero? care to explan why?
n00b out

[TeeKup]

Its another thing for people to spit nasty words at. CLS for instance. Rossmum could explain.
(p.s. this is not a flame bait, it is a truthful fact)

[PlasbianX]

Been sitting at 140 points for a while now :2

[n00b1n8R]

this may seem like a nooby question, but how do i check who's been sending me rep?

[Stormwing]

click yer control panel, and it's the big thingy on the lower right.

[I_Am_Error117]

If you +rep me Ill PM you a digital cookie :)

lol

But I like the rep but the amount needed for the CMT is a bit though

[JDMFSeanP]

For someone who just visits forums every once in a while, but loves CMT's work, the rep factor is quite hard, after a while of trying it ended up not doing anything, so i went back to modding halo 2 since i cant get the mods here i want.

[rossmum]

Its another thing for people to spit nasty words at. CLS for instance. Rossmum could explain.
(p.s. this is not a flame bait, it is a truthful fact)
If there was a way to view older rep, I'd show you exactly what Teek meant. That wasn't a flamebait, it was a fact. Oh wait, no... I remember, I screenshotted it (http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b335/rossmum/cls-rep.jpg) to show Teek. Me being me, I retalliated in kind, but there you go. I request that warning be removed.

Oh, by the way. He did the same thing (only more insulting, or so I hear) to everyone who agreed with me in that thread.

[Limited]

You cry over 1 -rep?

Check mine <3
http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/4930/reeeeeepii6.th.png (http://img261.imageshack.us/my.php?image=reeeeeepii6.png)

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/8449/laffaz8.th.png (http://img120.imageshack.us/my.php?image=laffaz8.png)

reaper is ur rep circle?

[Atty]

All of your -reps, from what I can tell, are deserved. Although it brings back old memories to see you complaining about rep, 9mm. :)

[Limited]

I'm not complaining, I'm just saying dont worry about rep.
CN's and frieds arnt what i'd call "deserved" but hey, rep is just opinon's. there is no wrong and right reps =D

[TheGhost]

hey guys, please shut up about rep and use it properly or I'll remove it

[Atty]

Really, Ghost, I don't know why you didn't remove it when the forum first started. You saw how it became a problem at Gearbox and with this being mostly the same community it's going to be the same here.

[TheGhost]

It can work if you guys aren't idiots about it.

[Masterz1337]

I rarely hand out rep or recieve it. I don't care for the system much at all.

[Rosco]

I rarely hand out rep or recieve it. I don't care for the system much at all.

What was all that + rep me to finish coag stuff, back in 05 ? :p

[rossmum]

You cry over 1 -rep?

Check mine <3
http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/4930/reeeeeepii6.th.png (http://img261.imageshack.us/my.php?image=reeeeeepii6.png)

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/8449/laffaz8.th.png (http://img120.imageshack.us/my.php?image=laffaz8.png)

reaper is ur rep circle?
It's not about the rep, it was about how it was used, and you know that damn well. ROFL @ cls's comment 'he is an arrogant asshole, isn't he'... oh God, that's too funny.

And what 'rep circle'? I have no such thing, I give rep as I see fit, as does Reaper. Stop trying to cause trouble, please.

[CN3089]

It can work if you guys aren't idiots about it.

This is the Internet, Ghost. People are idiots about everything, especially things that can be bragged about.

HEY GUYS I HAVE MORE GREEN SQUARES ON AN INTERNET FORUM THAN YOU HURR HURR :suicide:

[El Lobo]

I agree with everyone in this thread.

[Elite Killa]

I agree with everyone in this thread.
How can you agree with everyone here? Some are saying that Rep should be used properly and others are saying to remove it. Others are saying to keep it. So, that didn't make much sense...

I really don't care about rep. Although it does suck to get -rep. Or gray rep...

[p0lar_bear]

Guys, before this gets out of hand, I did NOT post this thread for people to make examples out of what I posted. I was simply stating what has happened in the past and how to not repeat it.

I see the rep system as a toy... hell, let's compare the rep system to Magnetix. It's fun for all if people use it correctly and don't be retarded. However there are some people who are retarded (little kids who don't know better not included) and will swallow the magnets or something, resulting in fatal intestinal damage.

I was cleaning up the toys dept. the other day and noticed the large boldfaced warning to consumers (parents, mainly) that states that the toy contains small magnets that can be swallowed, and if swallowed, can be fatal. Still the toy is put out and is still for sale. Why? Because people aren't being retarded and eating the magnets. If widespread incidents with the toy happen, it will be taken off the market.

Let's apply that analogy to this. The rep system is the Magnetix. This topic is the safety warning. If widespread incidents with THIS toy happen, it will get taken away. Again. That said, people should limit both abuse of the system and abuse of reporting crap that you deserved. If someone -reps you because they disagreed entirely with your post, or you posted something that was just stupid, don't go crying to the mods; you'll just piss them off and get it taken away because you can't tell the difference between use and abuse.

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Again, I am NOT... I repeat: am NOT posting to point fingers or to encourage people to point fingers. I haven't been unjustly +/- repped since I've been here, and am not bitching about the system. I am posting to state the obvious, which is sadly overlooked. I know our "veteran" GBX members know this well, but I consider this for the forum newbies and the people who just can't let a grudge go. Only report reputation changes to moderators if they break the rules, i.e. a +rep with a comment that points you to a porn site, or a -rep in it with a blatant flame.

[rossmum]

How can you agree with everyone here? Some are saying that Rep should be used properly and others are saying to remove it. Others are saying to keep it. So, that didn't make much sense...

I really don't care about rep. Although it does suck to get -rep. Or gray rep...
He's Lobo. That's how.

I don't even know how I managed to get 200+ rep and I don't really care either. It's nice to have, but it's no big deal.

Postcount, on the other hand... :XD:

[Rosco]

I agree with everyone in this thread.

Explain. :-3

I understand what you mean Polar, :)

[Btd69]

+rep

[Bodzilla]

i've never really been fussed with the rep system. i agree with ppl's posts and disagree with others but i cant be bothered clicking the rep button lol.
i rarely give it out, and if i do it's cause ppl really deserved a good rep or a bad rep

[Bodzilla]

click yer control panel, and it's the big thingy on the lower right.
i'm slow i still dont see the rep thing >_> pic mb................

[rossmum]

It should be a huge big panel with lots of green, grey, and/or red bars and various usernames and comments.

[Bodzilla]

mb i've never received positive or negative rep :\
rep me and i'll see if it's changed.

[rossmum]

Nice try. :p

According to your rep bar when I mouseover it, you have to have some rep...

[Bodzilla]

Then wtf?? why cant i see the MASSIVE THING in my control panel??
oh and thx for the rep anonymous.....

[Emmzee]

I think rep is awesome. Unless we get people like MR. REP, who remembers that guy from Gearbox?

[rossmum]

Not me. Explain.

[Btd69]

His name is Mr. Rep .. What's more to say? Oh yea, +rep :)

[Timo]

Not me. Explain.
It was just BigEric144 on a different account, he begged for rep and got masses of -rep iirc.

[rossmum]

Ah, ok.

[n00b1n8R]

Rep Me! I'm Sexy!

[rossmum]

Rep Me! I'm Sexy!
:picsorstfu:

[n00b1n8R]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Grim.jpg/300px-Grim.jpg

and while your getting hot looking at me, you can click on that little scales pic under my details and say what an awsome post this is.

N00B1N8r COMANDS IT.

[Bodzilla]

wootsors lol, someone negatively repped me :)
now the panel is visable Woot

Told Joo to rep me rossmum, i'd never received one, so i didnt have the panel thing ^_^

[n00b1n8R]

lol.

nobody likes your posts :lol:

[Bodzilla]

^Emmzee does apprently xD

<3 baby

[Pooky]

lol.

nobody likes your posts :lol:


I like his posts... usually

[n00b1n8R]

it was a joke, hence the file:///C:/WINDOWS/TEMP/moz-screenshot.jpg :lol:

[rossmum]

Image links off your PC don't work...