Rep System Is Broken

[Bengalzona]

(12-15-2017, 04:00 PM)Wyche Wrote: 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.

At some point a year or two before the board dismantled, some of the mods and admins on the old board decided they would give each other like 100,000 rep each if they wanted it. Only a couple (like Denny) did it. I think Joe from Flo might have been gone by that time. I'm not sure what the reason was behind that move. It might have been so that when they gave rep, the rep was worth more point. But some people didn't like it because it looked like they were just pumping themselves up or whatever. Personally, I never really cared.

That said, I do remember the top three normal rep guys from the old board: Philhos, VCU and CloieHokie. VCU and Cloe used to joke about it in the Lounge sometimes and tease each other (they called each other 'rep whores'). Phil still posts here (and we are glad to have him), but I haven't seen Cloe or VCU.