Reputations - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Kuruharan · 06-10-2005, 03:55 PM

In sort of a related line to what davem just said, I've sometimes wondered if what is going to happen eventually is that everybody's reps will be leveled and we will all start again from scratch. The people at the top have maxed out their little green boxes and their titles, and inevitably most of the rest of us will get there too. What then? There doesn't seem to be as much point when all of us have eleven boxes (although we probably won't get to that point for quite a bit yet, but still...)

Ainaserkewen · 06-10-2005, 04:19 PM

I think the point is that all us underlings have to aim at impressing the top guns around here...

Seriously, it's all relative. People have liked your posts enough to get you that much rep weight to begin with rignt? Hence, you are supposed to have a better feel for "good posts". It's like if Ken Jennings got to decide who would get to compete on Jeopardy.

Encaitare · 06-10-2005, 09:44 PM

As to the issue of long rep comments... bring 'em. I love reading long comments because it means that someone has cared enough to take the extra time for it. Although, really long comments are not always necessary; if I like something in Captions, I'll usually just write "LOL! ~ Enca : )" and with much enthusiasm if something had me in hysterics. I try to say more than "nice post" if I can help it. Usually I try to say exactly what I liked about it.

RPGs, as Child put so well, definitely deserve recognition for exceptional writing or characterization.

Hookbill the Goomba · 06-11-2005, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Kuruharan

In sort of a related line to what davem just said, I've sometimes wondered if what is going to happen eventually is that everybody's reps will be leveled and we will all start again from scratch. The people at the top have maxed out their little green boxes and their titles, and inevitably most of the rest of us will get there too. What then? There doesn't seem to be as much point when all of us have eleven boxes (although we probably won't get to that point for quite a bit yet, but still...)

I think the moderator will cross that bridge when they get to it. But as Ainaserkewen said, does it really matter how many reputation points you get? I mean, it just goes to show that you've posted some good stuff.
We can expect new systems of repp when it gets to the stage you're talking ab out Kuru.

Lhunardawen · 06-11-2005, 01:06 AM

Child,

Eep! Yet again another misunderstanding due to my wrong choice of words. I wasn't saying anything against repping RPG posts. That statement was in response to the previous posts saying that they tended to rep non-RPG posts more. I was just wondering why if that were so, the most repped post once upon a time was, in fact, an RPG post. I did not mean to say that RPG posts are less deserving of reps; I have never been in an RPG and have no right to say that. Although I do know for a fact that it is hard to write RPG posts...my brother Nilp tells me so. For that alone it makes such posts worthy of recognition!

Mithalwen · 06-12-2005, 09:57 AM

I think there may be a case for capping rep weight at a certain point . When I was fresh carrion and the rep system was in it's early days I remember being amazed to get 10 whole points from one of the great and the good. Now I pack twice that and I certainly do not regard my opinion or judgement now twice as good as theirs was then - in fact I feel I have sneaked in like Sam at the council of Elrond. . But as my original kind benefactor pointed out .. one gives the points one have to give. I don't begrudge them but it does seem disproportionate. If it were restarted there perhaps should be a certain point decided 10, 15 points whatever .. a point by which if you reached it you had shown "your quality" as Sam would say, and that would be enough and as good as it got rather than gathering rep weight ad infinitum ( to the point where we would explode on the consumption of a " 'waffer'-thin mint" ? ) which must be a bit dispiriting for newcomers. I mean it is one thing for the person at the top to have 10 times more but if it got to 40 or 50 times more...

Eomer of the Rohirrim · 06-12-2005, 12:59 PM

Reputations are not fair. Just look at David Beckham.

In fact, I usually feel as much of a fraud as he is. Point being, the system is about reputations and not quality or value.

Lhunardawen · 06-13-2005, 02:21 AM

Say, that makes sense, Eomer.

I think the system has changed the meaning of the word reputation for me. And that's a fatal mistake on my part.

Anguirel · 06-16-2005, 04:55 AM

Well, I left Aragorn's court under the cover of darkness, in rather a hurry. Arwen warned me that Anduril was getting jealous. Pah! Dwarvish upstart of a blade...can't even talk, so far as I've heard...

06-10-2005, 03:55 PM	#1
Kuruharan Regal Dwarven Shade Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold Posts: 3,593	In sort of a related line to what davem just said, I've sometimes wondered if what is going to happen eventually is that everybody's reps will be leveled and we will all start again from scratch. The people at the top have maxed out their little green boxes and their titles, and inevitably most of the rest of us will get there too. What then? There doesn't seem to be as much point when all of us have eleven boxes (although we probably won't get to that point for quite a bit yet, but still...) __________________ ...finding a path that cannot be found, walking a road that cannot be seen, climbing a ladder that was never placed, or reading a paragraph that has no...

06-10-2005, 04:19 PM	#2
Ainaserkewen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A cosmic waiting room Posts: 651	I think the point is that all us underlings have to aim at impressing the top guns around here... Seriously, it's all relative. People have liked your posts enough to get you that much rep weight to begin with rignt? Hence, you are supposed to have a better feel for "good posts". It's like if Ken Jennings got to decide who would get to compete on Jeopardy. __________________ Solus... I'm eating chicken again. I ate chicken yesterday and the day before... will I be eating chicken again tomorrow? Why am I always eating chicken?

06-12-2005, 09:57 AM	#6
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	I think there may be a case for capping rep weight at a certain point . When I was fresh carrion and the rep system was in it's early days I remember being amazed to get 10 whole points from one of the great and the good. Now I pack twice that and I certainly do not regard my opinion or judgement now twice as good as theirs was then - in fact I feel I have sneaked in like Sam at the council of Elrond. . But as my original kind benefactor pointed out .. one gives the points one have to give. I don't begrudge them but it does seem disproportionate. If it were restarted there perhaps should be a certain point decided 10, 15 points whatever .. a point by which if you reached it you had shown "your quality" as Sam would say, and that would be enough and as good as it got rather than gathering rep weight ad infinitum ( to the point where we would explode on the consumption of a " 'waffer'-thin mint" ? ) which must be a bit dispiriting for newcomers. I mean it is one thing for the person at the top to have 10 times more but if it got to 40 or 50 times more... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace Last edited by Mithalwen; 06-13-2005 at 10:25 AM. Reason: lousy punctuation

06-12-2005, 12:59 PM	#7
Eomer of the Rohirrim Auspicious Wraith Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 4,859	Reputations are not fair. Just look at David Beckham. In fact, I usually feel as much of a fraud as he is. Point being, the system is about reputations and not quality or value. __________________ Los Ingobernables de Harlond

06-13-2005, 02:21 AM	#8
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	Say, that makes sense, Eomer. I think the system has changed the meaning of the word reputation for me. And that's a fatal mistake on my part. Last edited by Lhunardawen; 06-13-2005 at 02:28 AM.

06-10-2005, 09:44 PM	#3
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 1,814	As to the issue of long rep comments... bring 'em. I love reading long comments because it means that someone has cared enough to take the extra time for it. Although, really long comments are not always necessary; if I like something in Captions, I'll usually just write "LOL! ~ Enca : )" and with much enthusiasm if something had me in hysterics. I try to say more than "nice post" if I can help it. Usually I try to say exactly what I liked about it. RPGs, as Child put so well, definitely deserve recognition for exceptional writing or characterization.

06-11-2005, 01:06 AM	#5
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	Child, Eep! Yet again another misunderstanding due to my wrong choice of words. I wasn't saying anything against repping RPG posts. That statement was in response to the previous posts saying that they tended to rep non-RPG posts more. I was just wondering why if that were so, the most repped post once upon a time was, in fact, an RPG post. I did not mean to say that RPG posts are less deserving of reps; I have never been in an RPG and have no right to say that. Although I do know for a fact that it is hard to write RPG posts...my brother Nilp tells me so. For that alone it makes such posts worthy of recognition!

06-16-2005, 04:55 AM	#9
Anguirel Byronic Brand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 1590s Posts: 2,778	Well, I left Aragorn's court under the cover of darkness, in rather a hurry. Arwen warned me that Anduril was getting jealous. Pah! Dwarvish upstart of a blade...can't even talk, so far as I've heard... __________________ Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter -Il Lupo Fenriso