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I remember being able to check exactly what number my rating is in regards to the Karma system. However, I can't seem to find that number anywhere. Has there been some change to the Karma system?

Edited, Apr 13th 2010 10:29pm by Nizdaar Lock Thread: Thread has run it's course.

He's right. We remove it quite some time ago because too many people were complaining/contacting an admin/QQing if they were rated down even once.

My number is 13.

Yeah, but clearly just removing the numbers fixed the problem, so why remove it altogether? Not every rate up or rate down changes the Score.

What the hell, it doesn't matter.

Because the rating system is pointless. Guru, sage, scholar, they all mean nothing. They're nothing more than a popularity contest.

Says me, ugly, and lots of other people.

Yes it is, but it doesn't work. For every person it makes post better, it scares someone else off from posting for fearing of being rated down.

Because people have frequently said they don't post sometimes because they're afraid they'll get rated down?

I can't honestly say that I have hard numnbers, because I don't. But back when I first started posting, I saw many new posters fade off because they found their own server forums to be too harsh, let alone on the main board or in a job forum.

You're 100% right about this debate being pointless though.

There's already a Report Post button. Its that one that says Report.

Makes it even easier to implement my suggestion. All that's needed is an auto-temporary-nuke when X amount of reports are filed - possibly the "flag for admin attention" thing as well, if it's not already happening.

How about almost 28,000?

Edited, Mar 14th 2010 7:31am by Uglysasquatch

Some, but not all of them. Killing two to save a hundred? See: bottom of this post.



I recently had to deal with a karma camper myself. Nasty business, but most of all because it made me unsure whether or not I should post at all. I don't care about the rating itself since my post count pretty much solidifies my rating, but I was afraid I was starting to be rude, which would indicate my time to leave. Luckily it was just one person with a grudge, apparently. Still irks me that someone out there could deliver anonymous mud-flinging without me being able to find out why. If you rate someone up or down, you should be able to stand by that action, so I don't see why it's so hush-hush about who rates who.



I believe you start at white/orange/whatever. If you don't get rated up at all, you stay there when you get past the 12/16 posts where the karma kicks in. I've seen people post useful stuff, get rated up and then get rated down for being rated up at sub-100 posts. Yes, you read it right. People are rating others down for being rated up. Ladies and gentlemen, that's just silly.

As for finding a troll Sage or Guru with 100+ posts, have you ever been to the Out of Topic forum? Or hell, even the game forums have their sort. Granted, I don't post a lot of useful stuff anymore, usually because the days of making guides and such are over with the various wikipedias out there, but I still chime in with something useful once in a while. I used to post under the alias 'Qaoz' and did some pretty stupid stuff in the Asylum back then. I decided to start over and focused more on the OOT and WoW game forum. I hit Sage pretty fast by providing some useful guides and advice for new players, but then my past history was dug up and the Asylum in its entirety came by to pay me a visit, sending me down to sub-default. 25k posts later and I've finally managed to move my default posting score from 'Decent' to 'Good'. I should hit Sage in about 20k posts. Or I could start over again and hit Sage within a day.



I'd rather have a system that works. I know I'm asking a lot, but assuming the cake isn't a lie, it should be possible to get it and eat it too.