Phase Comeback dont leave man

[CCColtsicehockey]

Phase come back dont leave, and put an avatar back up.

[ChinchillaX]

what happened? something i missed? did someone warn him about some of his NWS avatars and he left?:donno:

[CCColtsicehockey]

what happened? something i missed? did someone warn him about some of his NWS avatars and he left?:donno:
no apparently a couple people negatively repped him about his avatars.

people should grow up and have a sense of humor.

[Kanon23]

what? Let Mr Kanon uses his +ve rep to boost things up

[RaCeR4LiFe022]

wow... people are retarded... i say we all positive rep him now!

[inkedup]

So what, if you get a certain amount of negative rep points you lose your posting privileges?

[RaCeR4LiFe022]

i think he was just mad that people negative rep'd him and he said im out of here... some people just need to grow balls sometimes..

[inkedup]

^Who cares if people dont like his avatars, I dont even pay attention to my rep points or anybody elses for that matter.

[RaCeR4LiFe022]

wordd.. why do people negative rep him when they have the choice to look or not look at the thread. now lets say it wasnt apropriate on a subject about their thread or someone elses thread then i can maybe understand.. but the damn title read "Phase Avatars *NWS*" Did it not... damn haters

[robert_tg]

I will use this opportunity to say loud & clear something I wanted to say for a while :

GET RID OF THIS FVCKING
"REP SYSTEM" SHIT !!!!

I HATE IT !!!:mad:

This shit is so lame, so useless, so AZine-ish, I'm not sure I will want to donate again....
it serves NO purpose for a small site like this except to divide and piss people off (on top of that the rep system is ANONYMOUS ! :rolleyes: )

why not fix the smilies bugs and add more smilies ???? :shrug:

Mark my words: Rep System = Suicide for Small Forum

Ray, you listening ?

[inkedup]

rep systems = :007:

[CCColtsicehockey]

I will use this opportunity to say loud & clear something I wanted to say for a while :

GET RID OF THIS FVCKING
"REP SYSTEM" SHIT !!!!

I HATE IT !!!:mad:

This shit is so lame, so useless, so AZine-ish, I'm not sure I will want to donate again....
it serves NO purpose for a small site like this except to divide and piss people off (on top of that the rep system is ANONYMOUS ! :rolleyes: )

why not fix the smilies bugs and add more smilies ???? :shrug:

Mark my words: Rep System = Suicide for Small Forum

Ray, you listening ?

:werd: as good as it is for good things it sucks mostly.

[RaCeR4LiFe022]

i think it should be used in the classifieds as feedback like ebay.. and thats it

[Benz]

I said I didn't like the rep system when it first came on. Before I was on a drum forum, shit will start happening in PM when people neg rep you, people start flaming each other, and some people always ask you for rep. If you don't rep them back, they ask their friends to neg rep you. It's really stupid, I never really liked it and cared for it now. Sure, back then when I was 14 or 15, I thought it was TEH SHIT and I got a shitload of rep build-up. But at the same time, I saw a lot of BS happened.


But I don't think Phase will leave jus cuz of these silly comments. Phase is a strong guy but I don't know what happened. I didn't know the thread I created will cause so much trouble. If anything, neg rep me, like I give a shit now. I can totally be the froum asshole and start flaming people.

[Peregrine]

WTH? seemes like I missed something again...
as far as the rep point system, I think it needs to grow on everyone. When everybody gets used to it and they start using it, unavoidable occasional abuses will be marginal, certainly not enough to get concerned with. And in the long run, they will properly show member's status. If we're talking in terms of 100 or 200 points, that's not really much to judge by, but when someone has a 1000 or 2000 then you can really put some trust into his/her identity and his/her opinions. Please don't tell me phase is leaving because someone gave him 2 or 3 bad reps, come on !... stick around, don't get disappointed because of some individual comments. Like I said, sooner or later you'll all feel the benefits of the system.

[CCColtsicehockey]

WTH? seemes like I missed something again...
as far as the rep point system, I think it needs to grow on everyone. When everybody gets used to it and they start using it, unavoidable occasional abuses will be marginal, certainly not enough to get concerned with. And in the long run, they will properly show member's status. If we're talking in terms of 100 or 200 points, that's not really much to judge by, but when someone has a 1000 or 2000 then you can really put some trust into his/her identity and his/her opinions. Please don't tell me phase is leaving because someone gave him 2 or 3 bad reps, come on !... stick around, don't get disappointed because of some individual comments. Like I said, sooner or later you'll all feel the benefits of the system.
I honestly dont think you can put trust in the rep system at all considering you have to rep 20 different people before you can rep the same person again. so basically the entire forums rep is going to grow at the same time instead of the people that acutally help. this is abosolutely pointless. Also I know from experience on other forums that a lot of people rep for just like good jokes and stuff and not quality information so it doesnt mean the people are really useful. I think the whole rep system is stupid and pointless.

[Peregrine]

there are some limitations that are annoying, which are automatically s/w forced to avoid abuse of the system (limit of reps per day, 20 diff ppl rule), I agree with you on that. But I still think in the long run it will serve its purpose well.

[CCColtsicehockey]

there are some limitations that are annoying, which are automatically s/w forced to avoid abuse of the system (limit of reps per day, 20 diff ppl rule), I agree with you on that. But I still think in the long run it will serve its purpose well.
I understand that there needs to be a number of people that you can rep between repping the same person twice. However on a small forum like this it shouldnt be more than like 10 cause I have been able to rep people like phase or other people that contribute a lot only 2 times positively since the making of the rep system which is pretty pathetic.

[Peregrine]

I agree with you on that 200%, I made the same point from day 1, however, I was told that this is not a setting we can control - it's embedded in the s/w

[AcidLotus]

It's vbulletin. Everything can be changed in the php or database. It is changeable, they probably just don't want to customize it.

[robert_tg]

as far as the rep point system, I think it needs to grow on everyone. When everybody gets used to it and they start using it, unavoidable occasional abuses will be marginal, certainly not enough to get concerned with. And in the long run, they will properly show member's status.

Agree with you in general however it depends on the context
IMO.....
this argument would only work if a forum is big and popular enough so that a sizable number stay and stick around...
long enough for the "grow on", in this case a forum grows from a mere message/bs board into a community ,
that's where rep system might be good. (when you don't give a shit about loosing members, heck you can even have ban games just for fun)

Not a tiny forum like here, where most people come and go & disappear within like what 20, 30 posts ?
only very few stay and/or post consistently (VC Chin. Canucks don't count :D),
so my point is - there's really no chance for the "getting used to" - in summation, it does more bad than good.

Question in a nut shell: "Does the rep system attract more people to come/stay ?"

....unavoidable occasional abuses will be marginal, certainly not enough to get concerned with. .....Please don't tell me phase is leaving because someone gave him 2 or 3 bad reps, come on !... ...sooner or later you'll all feel the benefits of the system.
The problem is :
People are all different, people get pissed for all kinds of reasons,
some people gets this :nutkick: and wouldn't feel a thing,
some people get pissed because his jello falls off the spoon
One can not expect/hope anyone to be like this :o when someone give bad rep for what he thinks there's no reason.

[robert_tg]

It's vbulletin. Everything can be changed in the php or database. It is changeable, they probably just don't want to customize it.

True, it's 100% customizable...it's just web/php programming.
I *think* there is a lack of technical skills.

[Noel]

There has been enough coverage and the moderators have spoken in reflect. Here is my response.

Nick - If you have a problem with someone abusing the rep point system, let me know. Please contact me by PM.

Colt - Is there a need for this thread to be raised in public when you could've raised this personal issue in PM to either a moderator or administrator? This isn't the first time I'm addressing you in public and in private about how you approach what you think is a problem and how you expect to see a solution. In future, please stick to PMs unless this is a global/widespread problem that is affecting more than 1 member on an access/bias objective opinion problem.

Robert - The whole point of the reputation system was for an entertainment value and has appropriate governance regardless of a small forum or a huge one. It also reflects an individual's attitude and behavior of contributions to the board. There will always be changes and as you've mentioned, some like it and some don't. However, this isn't a severe grieve and is an isolated incident. If you feel the need to address this further, please drop me a PM.