Bring back the old rep system.

[iDelete]

Ya know, when we had as much rep as we wanted, not this rep cap shit.

I know a lot of staff support it, & a thread was made about it when I was staff, but a real decision was never made on it.

Ya'll know the pros & cons cause we've talked about it so much, so i dont feel like explaining.

Discuss...

[wowaka]

Of course, but isn't that the idea of having the system in place?

Originally it was supposedly meant to be used as a sign of a good member, but we all know that not to be true.

I was referring to minus rep.
let the abusers abuse the system -> meaning minus rep'n others just for the fun of it would ok, which I think is wrong. That would cause a shitstorm from trolls.
I take it we misunderstood each other.

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I'm going to disagree with this suggestion, but following with a counter suggestion. Old rep is stupid. Some users can give +200 while others could only give +2 -> leads to kissing ass and ignoring the common non-premium type member. That's (partially) why so many new members leave and there aren't any growing members, like NLS said a few weeks ago.

I would prefer if default rep was increased. When joining the site, you really should be able to give more than +0 rep. What the hell is that!? You can help dozens of new members and only end up with +12 by the end of it (at best), while on the other hand, I could have just complimented some premium with 5k posts, or something along those lines, and get +120. That isn't being a good member, quite the opposite... Those who help new members should be rewarded more I would think.
Default rep should be increased to around +20 and -10.
Several of you may think this would lead to an increase in rep4rep'n, but you're so wrong. Well, maybe partially correct, but activity would increase more so than the rep4rep, which is good. Members would help new members more which in turn will reduce the number of members who leave after one (unhelped) post, due to the helpfulness, which directly increases activity by the numbers. Yes, some will boost rep with these new members, but so what? The amount of boosted rep will only be +20 here and there, but they will be caught eventually. The point is they're still on the site!

People missed the ball with rep, it's completely designed to kiss ass to the large members, while completely ignoring the small new non-premiums, and that is what I am disagreeing with.
Am I wrong here?

[Omniplasma]

I like Reaper's idea of disabling it for people who can't handle the privilege. I think having the old rep will actually contribute to the activity of members because its almost as if the more rep the people seem to have, the higher the morale is, just because people can see their rep grow which motivates them to be more active. Sure, people will kiss ass and suck as many balls as possible for it, but everyone will know who those people are, they always do.

As for people complaining over negative rep, let them get over it. Majority of the time (I'm not saying all the time) people get -repped for valid reasons. And even when they were -repped for no reason, it'll go back up in no time, that's how it is when everyone actually uses the rep system. At this point it basically just sits there as decoration.

I do also agree with giving new members a slightly higher rep power, but maybe some restrictions on when they're able to use the -rep feature? Just an idea.

All in all I think the old system being resurrected would make a lot of members happy, and only a few will really be buttmad over it.

[Hondarydr]

I completely agree with Reaper's idea. I believe if we do bring it back uncapped then we should have a 0-tolerance policy for abusing rep. Like he said, you have once chance and if you fuk up that once chance then that shit is all on you, just take the consequences and get over it.

[Imtravvy]

I completely agree with Reaper's idea. I believe if we do bring it back uncapped then we should have a 0-tolerance policy for abusing rep. Like he said, you have once chance and if you fuk up that once chance then that shit is all on you, just take the consequences and get over it.

Exactly like I see it, you boost -rep train etc its gone for you and its not coming back. However the rest of the community gets to still enjoy it.

Sweet pic btw is that you? Hes cute edo:

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Get rid of Rep Entirely again!

That single handedly caused the biggest shit storm of butt hurt in NGU history

[Cubs]

Ya know, when we had as much rep as we wanted, not this rep cap shit.

I know a lot of staff support it, & a thread was made about it when I was staff, but a real decision was never made on it.

Ya'll know the pros & cons cause we've talked about it so much, so i dont feel like explaining.

Discuss...

why shouldn't it be the old way is the better question!

[iDelete]

Don't let this thread die out man. All staff members that have commented on this agree and Outie agrees. Lets just do it.

[Hakon]

I agree with Delete and everyone else, lets do this.

[Hells]

That single handedly caused the biggest shit storm of butt hurt in NGU history

Nah the biggest shitstorm was when Dezired "hacked" the forum as part of an April fools joke, now that was funny

[.Illuminati.]

Don't let this thread die out man. All staff members that have commented on this agree and Outie agrees. Lets just do it.

I say lets do it, who didn't love the good old days when Dopey would +300 rep random members lol

[iDelete]

41 for yes
2 for no

C'mon son.