Rep System Is Broken

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(12-15-2017, 12:41 AM)bfine32 Wrote: Says the guy with the most rep points on the Boards.

I remember on the Mothership folks found out one time how to manipulate the rep. I watched some folks get an increase of 20,000 rep points overnight and others get "negged" to death. Back in the day of CP9 versus 85 I was one of the few posters that hitched my wagon to 85. There was another poster that was with me "Kday 777" and she got in a heated back and forth with an established board member. At one point the established member realized that Kday was a female and retorted "I thought you were a guy" to which Kday replied "I thought you were a girl as much as you *****". it was the sickest burn I have ever witnessed in either JN; however, the next day she was at about 10,000 negative rep points.

After this the Board took away rep for a while and folks lost their minds. To me I can take it or leave it and much to my shame I receive much more than I give; however, it seems those that are high up on rep are usually those that share it the most.  

Iwill say I am not a fan of the "tote boards" at the bottom of the homepage: most reps, most posts, ect....I'd like to see that replaced with a "hottest thread" list. Perhaps 1 per sub forum.

I think a lot of it has to do with where you post.  I see guys on here with astronomical post counts, and then realize they most likely post quite a bit in Gameday and PnR.  I remember on the old board, your posts in Gameday weren't counted, but you could still receive rep for it.  PnR typically doesn't see much rep.....especially between two bickering sides if you're on the side with the fewest members.

I never understood the massive rep swings on the old board either.  I recall folks with hundreds of thousands of rep points (think DennyG2).  That stuff was just silly.

Here, you get repped for what you post.  I predominantly post in JN and Klotsch/Movies & Music....and a smidge in smack.  I think I've posted in about every forum at some time or another, but those are the bread and butter.  Also, IIRC, I was the first member here.....and started posting pretty much right away.  As soon as the place opened, I quit the other.  I got a head start.  I will say, that Johnny Cupcakes bloated my count a tad when he repped the crap outta me to prove a point about how you used to be able to rep a post as many times as you wanted to.

I was never a fan of the neg rep.....I think that gets handled pretty well here when someone is way out there in a post or thought.....we're a rather sarcastic bunch.  I can take the rep or leave it, but it's usually a pretty good gauge of who is active, and who generally posts good stuff in a respectful manner.

TLDR; You mad bro?