cazboab Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Don't worry catman we all know you're a smeghead without looking at your rep. Link to post Share on other sites
Carrion Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 ultimatly its gone. arnie has decided and lo it shall be engraved as the 11th comandment. THOU SHALT NOT REP. personaly i dont care either way fro the rep, it was here now it aint. its an online forum where people talk about dressing up as soldiers and running around woth toy guns and a part has beien removed. Link to post Share on other sites
hardboiledcop Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 personaly i dont care either way fro the rep, it was here now it aint. its an online forum where people talk about dressing up as soldiers and running around woth toy guns and a part has beien removed. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> When were you leaving again Carrion? Link to post Share on other sites
Wedgie Posted April 24, 2007 Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 I can see how it would be quite annoying for the people that had a high rep for legitimate reasons that have now been bought back to zero. I know the system was abused but for the ones that actually used it properly and had a reputation based on being a good seller now appear to just be the same as everyone else on here. Including the ones that were in the minus reps. Link to post Share on other sites
otherrandomhero Posted April 24, 2007 Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 Judging by how long someone has been here isn't a good system. Look at Jag and Stealth, who have both been here for not much more than 8 months and are both highly regarded members. Drsp00n3 joined a long time before they did, and became widely known as one of the most hated members of this forum when he started posting again (until he cleaned up his act). As much as I may be dinged for this, post count is probably the best way to judge now that the rep system is gone. 9 out of 10 times someone with a considerably higher post count will be a more respected and more highly regarded member than the person with less. It's more just a matter of knowing who's who. Link to post Share on other sites
HeuteGegangen Posted April 24, 2007 Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 Now that the rep system is gone, can get some kind of formal system to petition the ban of select users? Link to post Share on other sites
Marlowe Posted April 24, 2007 Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 Now that the rep system is gone, can get some kind of formal system to petition the ban of select users? To answer bluntly: no. Such a system would be open to abuse and subject to the same popularity contests as the rep system, with many jumping on the bandwagon because of a single person's grievance with a member. Ultimately the decision to suspend or ban rests with Arnie and the moderating staff for that reason. We may not always make popular decisions, but we generally make fair ones. Should you find someone behaving in an inexcusable fashion please use the report system so that we can be made aware of a problem. This really is already a method of petitioning for the ban of particular users, as if we hear enough complaints from different members about an individual we'll definitely put that member and their actions under scrutiny. Link to post Share on other sites
HeuteGegangen Posted April 24, 2007 Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 booooooooooo Link to post Share on other sites
Stealthbomber Posted April 24, 2007 Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 (edited) Such a system would be open to abuse and subject to the same popularity contests as the rep system, with many jumping on the bandwagon because of a single person's grievance with a shadowy MSN clique.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Fixed. Edited April 24, 2007 by Stealthbomber Link to post Share on other sites
Stealthbomber Posted April 24, 2007 Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 To answer bluntly: no. Such a system would be open to abuse and subject to the same popularity contests as the rep system, with many jumping on the bandwagon because of a single person's grievance with a childish MSN clique<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Link to post Share on other sites
Marlowe Posted April 24, 2007 Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 Erm? Link to post Share on other sites
SilentScope Posted April 24, 2007 Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 Hahaha you guys rock! No more rep system! It's like the golden days of Arnies are back (if there ever were any) Link to post Share on other sites
raggedyman Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Hahaha you guys rock! No more rep system! It's like the golden days of Arnies are back (if there ever were any) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> NOOOO!!!! All that time making all those pithy comments to get random strangers to give me a pixel teachers stars - wasted! ;-p *ahem* errr - okay, some good and some bad from the removal but I guess thats the way it goes. We shall simply have to use post count to judge the size of our cyber-wangs from here on in ;-) Link to post Share on other sites
DarkLite Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Hahaha you guys rock! No more rep system! It's like the golden days of Arnies are back (if there ever were any) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> So where the party pad at? Link to post Share on other sites
happy.al Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 It made me feel like a big man, O'well it's gone but not forgotten. Link to post Share on other sites
blasterbob Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Dammit my 3+ points are gone One was for getting mass debate into a thread (high point of my life) Link to post Share on other sites
loftus Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 It comes at just the right time so all ASCUK refugees have an equal rep as anyone else Link to post Share on other sites
Sledge Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 So where the party pad at? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm going to need the A-Team van, a fridge full of Coke, a pole for naked ladies to dance round, some naked ladies and some Starfleet uniforms. Link to post Share on other sites
DarkLite Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 I'm going to need the A-Team van, a fridge full of Coke, a pole for naked ladies to dance round, some naked ladies and some Starfleet uniforms. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Got everything but the pole. Do you think I could just chrome-plate my penis? Naked ladies dance around it all the time anyway. Link to post Share on other sites
Chris North Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 I'll sig that for a week, then get bored of having a signature and take it down. Link to post Share on other sites
Trasher Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 This is a bad-bad news for the good guys, reputable traders with high rep. Link to post Share on other sites
Samm Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 Wow, some bad air in here. Is everyone just using this as an excuse to vent their real feelings without the fear of being neg repped? I always thought that the pros of the excellent humour of Arnie's was held in the rep system, but there was always the bad side with all the animosity etc... Never mind. People will probably just stop visiting now as repping was a way of passing time Eesh. Link to post Share on other sites
Catman Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 I wonder if we'll see an increase in forum-muppetness? I did quite like the rep system, you could read through someones rep points and form your own opinion of them. I never have bought much 2nd hand stuff but I'd always check the rep points and post count of someone before even considering to buy - didn't matter if the rep points weren't for sales, they gave a quick insight into the persons character: you didn't have to try and remember everyone's name (which I'm so bad at doing - I find it easier to remember the avatars but then all you b****ers keep changing it every so often ). Also I always enjoyed reading the -1s people gave out Meh, oh well gone now. Still gald to see improvements overall happening. Link to post Share on other sites
lineman66 Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 whoa! did the rep system come back? I just got pos. repped (not that I'm complaining, TheLair, if you're reading this thanks a bunch) Link to post Share on other sites
Pablo Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 It still works for sales. As that wasn't a sales related rep, it counts (technically, I know) as abuse of the rep sytem so has now gone. Sorry mate! Rulez is rulez. Link to post Share on other sites
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