PSA: Me

[rossmum]

there were a bunch of users who bucked up and stopped shitposting after a few strategic rep command sorties. several of them still post.

if someone's first reaction upon multiple well-established users bombing them with neg rep is to loudly cry about it and then childishly lash out, they are obviously a Bad Person and can fuck off. if they realise "hey i'm doing something wrong, i dunno what, but maybe i'll be a little more careful in the future", they are already on the path to becoming a valuable and respectable member.

[Amit]

there were a bunch of users who bucked up and stopped shitposting after a few strategic rep command sorties. several of them still post.

Yup, this is true. Two or three regulars. But think about all the others who didn't get their shit together when that happened. They outweigh the ones we did get to. When a person gets slammed like that, their first reaction is probably: "fuck these people" and then they aren't as active for a while and most of the time didn't do much more than lurk.

[TVTyrant]

There was a strategic rep command? I wanted to get a sortie

[Amit]

There was a strategic rep command? I wanted to get a sortie

Dude, you never want to see something like that. You just don't know, man.

[Rook]

This community is dead to me if a decent gamenight isn't organized.

[king_nothing_]

We could always do something like what Overclock.net does, only allow positive rep and make rep levels take fucking forever. Also increase the rep spread to like 15 users and such. That still wouldn't eliminate the ability to circle-jerk yourself upwards, but it would eliminate the rage associated with getting a -rep.

I don't see much point in having only positive rep. The reason I suggested bringing it back is to make people think twice about making bad posts, from fear of being negative repped.

What about something like this (a thanks/like/dislike system):

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=243510

[Amit]

I don't see much point in having only positive rep. The reason I suggested bringing it back is to make people think twice about making bad posts, from fear of being negative repped.

What about something like this (a thanks/like/dislike system):

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=243510

All of us already have it engrained in our heads by now that we'll get an infraction from Cortexian if we post stupid shit. To me, that's the most effective deterrent.

[TVTyrant]

Dude, you never want to see something like that. You just don't know, man.

Did it come with a cool private message about it?

[Amit]

Did it come with a cool private message about it?

Hell, no. Well, sometimes you'd get some PMs by people and/or your opponent(s). A "Strategic Rep Command" sortie isn't some backalley brawl. They fucked you right in the streets where everyone could see.

[TVTyrant]

Hell, no. Well, sometimes you'd get some PMs by people and/or your opponent(s). A "Strategic Rep Command" sortie isn't some backalley brawl. They fucked you right in the streets where everyone could see.

Fuck I wish I'd joined in 06. My joining like coincided with the beginning of the end for this site.