Alright, first off, I didn't know people would be so sensitive with this topic, I'm gonna have this moved to Forum Games because it is more like a game. You just snap when they say it, and post it.
Originally posted by Jake
You made this thread for rep =D
Originally posted by Juddy
why make this thread for rep then ...
Also, I didn't make a thread about rep, for rep

For all those who think I did it
for rep, -rep me.
Originally posted by Lady
Ahhh noooo 420, i like you man! You gotta stay away from these kinds of posts though. You're news, give us some fresh shit! No one should really care about the rep boosters, hell i don't. You can't really be surprised though, this is a hacking/glitching/BOOSTING site. I'm not blown away by the amounts of people asking for a bit of rep. Some people don't get that rep like you & i or Dopey even...so they gotta get it some way :carling:
Rep4rep will always be weak, but boosters will do what boosters do best.. Boooooost!
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In alot of cases rep is useful.. for those users who got it legit. Think of it this way: i am the only prem, active, high repped chick on the site. Whenever a new girl shows up users send her to me if she needs the help: my rep shows i've been around and posting & gives them a little to go by. Thats one reason i personally like having the chance to get rep.
Rep is another reason why i stayed active on this site, without the rep system i probably wouldn't of stuck around though all the bullshit NGU gave me.(which was alot of bullshit) It was fun posting my thread & watching my rep go up. So it pushed me to post good threads to try to get that rep. I'm sure im not the only one who feels this way.
lol if you want the 'news' I post, go to the News section =D I know what your saying though, rep used to be an incentive for people to contribute, over the fact that they are helping people. Now, it is a bit out of control, I've seen members with like 100 posts and 4k rep. I mean, that could possibly be 'earned' --whatever that means today-- but it isn't likely. To simply put it, people perceive rep as a game.
Originally posted by NeedaLifeSoon
To me, the issue is more about what happens in the SB and the problems it generates for site administrations efforts to control the place.
There is absolutley no denying that more rep is traded in the shoutbox than in any single section, including PS3 hack/glitch.
Admins have become concerend enough about abuse in there that they tried a laughable atempt to censor the word rep *** in an effort to stop it in the SB.
Most new members quickly recognize that the ShoutBox is where you become popular around here and Popularity generates half of the rep given out on this site.
You can NOT do away with reputation, there are too many postitive benifits to having it.
Site management apparently can not control the situation, unless they want to start passing out more bans in SB to their friends.
The mob is running the place in there now and any efforts made by the mods lately have been shouted down.
The only solution is for the Popular Members to try and stop it themselves.
Stop asking for it themselves, Stop giving it on request, Stop condoning it when seen.
It is a good old boys club in there and they need to realize that if it doesn't stop, there may be a solution that no one likes!!!
One might be to close the ShoutBox and make it a forum only again.
Just saying you might end up with no Rep at all or no SB at all.
I don't think anyone wants that...
The censoring of rep was a idea behind good intentions, but it sort of backfired. It made members type 'rep' *** repeatedly, in the SB. I get what you mean by having positive benefits, but there are also a mess of negatives. Members have quit due to having their rep reset and such. They carry rep with them too much, and if it means without it, they can't be active, that's just sad. My solution to this would be to disable rep in General Discussions, as a majority of the 'rep' threads are posted here. As far as the SB and rep, banning rep is hard to enforce because of PM's. I can't receive SB pm's because of my name change or something, and I'm actually glad.
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To the people that actually added a picture,
thanks :y: