Regarding the Reputation Issue

[Mr.OSH]

i know this, but power has people bought rep for power not for rep "/

When they bought the reputation points the reputation was added on and it is still valid. No one has lost anything, just the numbers have changed. In effect now having 2 or 3 reputation points is like having 7 last week because everyones reputation has changed, not just individual peoples. The change has made all the rep power change in proportion so it is harder to abuse the system. All people need to get used to is the fact that having over 10 reputation points is worth much more than it was a week ago and having 2 or 3 points isn't as low as it was a week ago, because of the change you still have the same level of "power" in regards to the other members rep power as you ever had. It is simply a change in the numbers to make it more fair on people who work hard to gain high levels of reputation points.

[joshuar]

i know this, but power has people bought rep for power not for rep "/

Well we sold reputation to add to your reputation counter, not your rep power counter. We haven't changed your personal reputation counter, only your rep power, so it's not our fault that you were buying it for more rep power, as we sold it so you could get more reputation points.

[N!ck]

I agree with the red part meaning that those issuing the pointless reps will be punished.

I do, however think that the current boundaries for getting a higher rep power are too high. 1 year as a registered forum member is about the right amount of time to go up a power rather than the 2 years by the current changes. I think that 500-600 rep points (like it is now) is probably about the right amount, but 5000 posts is way too high. Maybe lower it to 2500-3000.

[Catzsy]

I would be happy to use my normal rep ive earned over the years :8
The reason Admin have rep power of 15 is because if we rep your posts then it would be for a good reason and compliment to rep a user and not some random reason even though I am not saying ALL members abuse the system.
The only time my high rep power works for me is when I -Rep for pathetic/ rule breaking posts but that was when I was just a member and not needed so now i could just take action against them.

Well I never -rep but my rep power of 26 (which was all earned except for that for buying VIP) was also a great tool for encouraging new members who had made a very good post and if what you are saying is true then its only admin that rep for a good reason? Most of the members here have never abused the rep system but under this new system we all suffer. I am not that bothered really but it is very de-motivating.

[Soil]

The fact still remains that you dont listen to us. You could have put a poll before you messed up rep your just doing things nobody likes even people with 0 rep dont like it. Its going to take like a year to get up a power.

I think he made the obvious when he said ...

Ok, I'm sorry, but no matter how dedicated I am and how much I don't back down from a long thread or long posts, there's no way I'm going through 58 pages this late. Actually, I would, except they all say the same thing except for the one meaningful post here and there. So I cba to read that just to find the occasional gem of originality and thought.

So basically if there is a good dicussion with lots of good points, he will presume they are a load of bull. And nvr, you dont have to read it at night? Read it in the morning? This is what people mean when they said they arent listenened to. Anyway, i think reputation should just be disabled. stops all the hassle and arguments.

[-Xiangu-]

I think that people who had amazingly high reputation still have quite high reputation and because rep is harder to earn then having someone with 8-9 rep power -rep you would make you loose reputation that could have taken a long time to earn. so i think. i know its not possible but. everyones reputation should be reset to 1 rep power and it is re started with the new reputation system. But i doubt this could happen because some people payed for rep. and in doing so you would have to refund them which i doubt you could do

xiangu

[Alkaz]

Wha nvrspk put in that red section seems like the rules at the moment.
When people had lots of rep being removed by nick it was for the same reasons for what nvr had said. Person A pointlessly repping person B and it was person A whos pointless rep was removed over the last 30days.

I know it would be hard to get them but surely if their were more vip/rep editors to actually check through peoples rep it would help the problem a little?

Rep points being removed affects people to and i think maybe more than rep power because alot more points are removed than power.

So ya i think highering the points needed for 1 rep power to 500 points and checking rep more often would help control pointless more i think?

[Elkaa]

So basically if there is a good dicussion with lots of good points, he will presume they are a load of bull. And nvr, you dont have to read it at night? Read it in the morning? This is what people mean when they said they arent listenened to. Anyway, i think reputation should just be disabled. stops all the hassle and arguments.

Both myself and J1MI, between us have read close to every single post in that thread, and have given numerous replies - You can't expect a reply from every single member of management to your specific question.

As for reputation being disabled, this isn't an option. It would mean the refunding of hundreds of people who bought rep, as well as that some people only buy VIP for the Reputation that comes with it.

[Blue]

A question, with us not being able to buy rep anymore, does that include getting it from buying VIP?

[Soil]

Both myself and J1MI, between us have read close to every single post in that thread, and have given numerous replies - You can't expect a reply from every single member of management to your specific question.

As for reputation being disabled, this isn't an option. It would mean the refunding of hundreds of people who bought rep, as well as that some people only buy VIP for the Reputation that comes with it.

I'm sure instead of refunding those users, you could extend their VIP? I am sure they wouldnt mind. Also, I appreciate the fact you read through every post but if nvrspk just cba then he shouldnt post it. It just shows he doesnt care what the users think on this forum.

What I think this forum needs is, more mature and older administrators. When this forum was run by Jack, Baving, DJ, Anitar, Seacat, it was much better as they were older and didnt take everything we post seriously. Not only that, they asked the users for their opinions before making a big change or something which would affect the users quiet a bit.

If back then I made a post saying OMG *USERNAME* SCAMS (and I make it obvious that its a joke and in the spam forum), I wouldnt have beene punished. Now, if I do that, I just get infracted. Administrators refuse to reverse it and I have to PM sierk, who has common sense, who ends up getting it reversed. This has meant I have had over 20 reversed infractions in total on both my accounts. This is just plain stupid.