Introducing: The Forum Reputation System

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Originally Posted by RoyaleV

For anyone wondering why Radiating edited their last post it said this. (And mods can check if they wish)

Also @the person who down voted me- if you're going to downvote me, at least have the guts to say why I'm wrong or being condescending in the thread... I know who you are but I won't witch hunt you.

Exactly why this rep system is a joke as immature and egomaniacal people simply can't handle it.

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If I were an "immature and egomaniacal" person, as you seem to imply, why would I be asking people to explain their criticism?

Remember everyone this is a trial run. They are testing it out to see what works and doesn't work. The very nature of a trial like this is to expect some things won't work well. They can then figure out ways to improve them. I think overall this could be a good thing, but I worry it will be too much work for the mods to keep up with people complaining to them about undeserved down votes. Personally, I would change this over to be anonymous and I would require 10 up votes for every down vote. The very number of required up votes will offset the undeserved down votes and also cause people to be more cautious with which posts to down vote, probably using them for actual posts that deserve it.

I don't post much. I mostly pop on here for new idea's. Check to see where the game may be headed. Stuff like that. I would like to see this system replace a lot of the "this 10 chars" post. Digging thru some of the longer threads can be a chore.

Didn't the forum used to have a thread rating system where users could rate the thread out of 5 stars? If so, can someone tell me why this was removed?

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Originally Posted by Manyolo

The end goal of this feature is to give an incentive to forum members to be more helpful, provide quality posts/threads and receive some kind of "recognition" from other forum members.

Off topic, as mentioned before, has nothing to do with the actual games. I frankly cant see how upvoting a post in off topic, where all non game related discussions are, could somehow benefit Clash of Clans, CR, BB or Hay Day.

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How does OT not fit any of those 3 criteria. The rep systen isn't to help the game, it's to help the forums and there's plenty of great posters that do deserve to be recognized. Just one example is tull, the forumer currently running the "forum titles" (not sure that's the name). He should be able to get rep for that specific post (after all it helps others) without people having to find a completely different post to give him rep.

We already have a system that's used to show knowledge of the games (GASPs and sometimes even custom titles), what this should be aimed to do is to highlight reputable forumers (the people who can help you out if you need it, whether it's game related, forum related or something else entirely).

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Originally Posted by RoyaleV

For anyone wondering why Radiating edited their last post it said this. (And mods can check if they wish)

Also @the person who down voted me- if you're going to downvote me, at least have the guts to say why I'm wrong or being condescending in the thread... I know who you are but I won't witch hunt you.

Exactly why this rep system is a joke as immature and egomaniacal people simply can't handle it.

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How does this display immaturity? Rad is simply asking said person to say wby he/she gave a negative rep. It's not as if he will (as rad put it) witch hunt the person.

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Originally Posted by N1NJ4W4RR10R

How does OT not fit any of those 3 criteria. The rep systen isn't to help the game, it's to help the forums and there's plenty of great posters that do deserve to be recognized. Just one example is tull, the forumer currently running the "forum titles" (not sure that's the name). He should be able to get rep for that specific post (after all it helps others) without people having to find a completely different post to give him rep.

We already have a system that's used to show knowledge of the games (GASPs and sometimes even custom titles), what this should be aimed to do is to highlight reputable forumers (the people who can help you out if you need it, whether it's game related, forum related or something else entirely).

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Very well put. The rep system should show your maturity and overall quality of your posts. OT is fine because as you said, we already have GASPs and other titles for people to use to get useful info. Rep should simply reflect what kind of posts you tend to make, with people with good rep contributing to the forum in thoughtful, positive ways, which can be done in any subforum.

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Originally Posted by N1NJ4W4RR10R

How does OT not fit any of those 3 criteria. The rep systen isn't to help the game, it's to help the forums and there's plenty of great posters that do deserve to be recognized. Just one example is tull, the forumer currently running the "forum titles" (not sure that's the name). He should be able to get rep for that specific post (after all it helps others) without people having to find a completely different post to give him rep.

We already have a system that's used to show knowledge of the games (GASPs and sometimes even custom titles), what this should be aimed to do is to highlight reputable forumers (the people who can help you out if you need it, whether it's game related, forum related or something else entirely).

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It's not about showing knowledge about the forums. It's about making the forums a better place.

Manyolo does have a point. OT has nothing to do with any of the Supercell games. So why do we need a rep system? Popularity is already a thing in OT, we do not need a rep system for that.

But there's another side to the story. The whole point of the rep system, IMO, is to discourage toxicity and to make the forum community a better place. Look at the cesspool of general, and compare it to OT. OT is literally heaven if you compare it that way. We don't need a rep system, because we are already well behaved. We don't need a rep system to encourage that.

Just my 0.2$

So, here's the conclusion that I've drawn outta this whole thing :
The rep. system has a trial run of 60 days. If it's successful, it'll be continued.
The rep.system has been introduced to (according to my observation) provide recognition to helpful and valuable forumers.
The rep. to a poster will be given after deciding the quality, content and value of the post.
According to some people, this will benefit the Forums, and according to some other people, this will result in abuse of the people whose opinions differ from the contents posted by the forumer.

Now, here are some of my doubts :
What will be done if the rep.system fails to click with the forumers?
Will it be removed?

So, if anyone has any suggestions or opinions regarding my post, feel free to express them. I'll be more than happy to rectify my mistakes if I've done any.
Thanks.

/Xtremegamer234.

How low can I go?