[Mithalwen]

I feel quite lucky in my current situation in that I am repped frequently enough to maintain confidence but am so far behind the leaders that it would be pointless to get competitive. As such I would say that I was greatly touched by the anonymous person who although their rep carried no points took the trouble to leave a kind comment. It really is the thought that counts sometimes .... ho ho ho.. Also it was reassuring..... I would say, that it is time to worry if your rep comes exclusively from your "friends" - even if one does not consciously "pay back" there may be at least a subconscious tendency to notice and rep those who have repped us. Therefore to attract the favour of an unbiased new corpse may be as much as a compliment as to receive a bucket of points from one of the mighty dead of the downs.....