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Note: I only advocate reporting negative rep comments in violation of forum rules and guidelines, not reporting every single negative rep comment wholesale.

As for it being work for the mods - they put the system in place, I have zero sympathy for them receiving alerts about legitimate violations of forum rules and policies that occur in rep.



Want a true representative system? Make no comments left be anonymous. I predict the boards last 4 days, but man, it'd be an entertaining 4 days.


Not really history per se - he could go on an on in his ignorance of gaming terminology, but if you look at his posts, he wishes to be the ultimate arbiter of what we can and cannot do in the game - not you, not me, him.

Let me tell you how asinine a position that is - let's say I lobbied to be the arbiter - there'd be no more badging or RP in this game.

And people would call me on it and they'd be right to do so. Now cue up years and years of me saying the exact same thing in the exact same way.

Also, imagine that I never demonstrated a fundamental grasp of the issues and continued to speak from ignorance.

So that's why he gets the flak he gets. Justifiably, IMO.

I could show that I got way more positive rep for that post than I did negative rep, but where would that leave us?

Nah, sometimes they just post what people are too scared to say. In only a few cases do I actually see people who I think deserve it (I'm not one of them) - the ones who are friendly, helpful, upbeat, and in all ways do this community credit.

I'd say that the posts I've seen of yours outside of this thread tend to reflect that statement.

I can't say that I've seen any such posts of yours, but then, I haven't looked. Offhand if you were careful to differentiate between farming and exploiting and further differentiating between farming and pl'ing, then I doubt you'd cross my radar.

Of course, if you were to lump them all together, like other posters, then I'd feel justified in pointing out the inherent ignorance of such a stance.

That said, even if someone disagrees with me on a subject like that, so long as they don't come across as foaming at the mouth, I'm very happy to figure we'll never change each other's opinions of say farming, but that we both pay money to play the game, then again, no worries from me.

It's when ignorant positions/arguments are used to force everyone to play to one person's playstyle that I have a problem with that poster.

I'd sincerely ask that you report people who say "u suk" in rep comments. If people who get those, then they may feel encouraged to do so and the next person may not be someone with your outlook on it.

Of course, I could say that when I post anti-anti-farming posts, I get positive rep comments that inevitably prove to me that there are good players out there who "get it".

That only goes to show that rep is an idiotic idea to have and is counter to a strong and healthy community.

*shrug* The devs have made some great decisions. They've also made some very stupid ones.

Vox Populi.

That's flat un-American.

I wasn't around for it, but I've been around forums for a long time. I could have told them this would happen.

People are people, regardless of the forum.

The best way is to send a PM to a forum moderator, along with the exact comment that you feel is in violation of the forum guidelines.

Shhhhh.

Oddly, I'm an eternal optimist.

Take, for example the anonymous negative rep I got for the above post - " As much as Alty is annoying, that was just uncalled for."

Now, if that person had let me know, I may have been willing to discuss it with him and perhaps they could persuade me that I was wrong. However, by doing it anonymously, all it tells me is that they fit into the category of everyone else who leaves anonymous neg rep, cowards.

I have never seen the argument for taking seriously someone too afraid to stand by their own opinions, and I certainly don't now.

I did give up trying to even say that rep usage was rational, because it isn't. It's chaotic idiocy in it's finest, thus I gladly participate.

Until, that is, the moderators do the right thing and turn it off.

I agree.

Thing is, they could turn off rep or make so that only positive rep is enabled.

The former is the better solution.

Only if you moderate us

This is more idiotic than your usual comments.

'Insanity is doing the same things over and over again and expecting the different results' - Einstein.

Rep comments are still subject to the forum user guidelines - if you were getting them, report them to a mod. Note that if there is the "cabal" you describe, there is nothing against it in the rules or policies. Of course, it could simply be that you have a fairly unique amount of emo-whining that encourages a large number people to express their scorn of you.

You have accurately recounted the way it was explained by the devs.

I was wrong. This is the most emo-idiotic thing you've said.

There, there, no need to be that hard on yourself.

I'm glad you remain consistant.

Don't forget whiners that also came out at that time..

Also, if you experienced such negative rep comments and did nothing to report it, how can you possible exempt yourself from your fair share of the blame? You can't, without being a hypocrite.

And if you did your duty and reported any such comments that you recieved, why are you still harping on it? You desperately need the attention that much? If so, that's more pathetic than any "exploit" you could deem.

One day, I hope you and reality sit down and have a cup of coffee.

A cursory glance through Philosophy for Dummies would show you to be typically wrong.

No True Scotsman fallacy.

Argument ad butthurtum.

Gee Daddy, can I have some ice cream?


It'd be better if you stood up for intelligence, reason, and maturity.

Would you like to borrow three nails?

I absolutely agree with this. The mods implementing is as idiotic as most of Alt's posts.

Zomg, people "toeing-the-line" - Alty doesn't wuv you. Don't be around sharp objects tonight.

Y'know, forget you finding reality, 'cause that ain't gonna happen. I'd settle for you finding maturity.

Seriously, ever notice how you are never responsible for your own woes? You blame power-gamers for your lack of enjoyment in the game, when that responsibility lies solely with you. You blame the Illuminati for you rep woes, rather than admitting that virtually every one of your posts is either idiotic, whiney, or immature.

Cowboy up and be a man.

Ba', get off the pot.

Hey M_C_W, try not being snooty to people trying to help you? It helps in real life too.

Eh, they listen to some bug reports and deal with them pronto.

Just mention that it affects you getting badges when filing the bug reports.

It was stated by the moderators that rep is a mini-game.

It's been proven by the devs that pvp is a mini-game.

Life is much better when you combine the two.

Eh, you have to factor in the bourbon.

I like this guy.

Why aren't stupid people listening to this too?


Oh wait, I answered my own question.