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[The Coil]

Man, leave town for a few days, and miss all the INSANE TALK ABOUT CHANGING THE CLICKY SYSTEM! Are you people mad???

I thought there'd been talk of abandoning the Rep system because of the past abuse!!

It hasn't been abused. There's only one person talking about abandoning it, because he's the only person on the board who has gotten more than a handful of red clickies. That's not abuse, that's the system working as it was designed to.

Keep it or Coil will be devastated. besides... it winds POS up and what is more entertaining than a p*ssed of POS??

Have I ever told you all what a wise man I think Bootie is? I'd give him a green clicky right now, if I was certain it'd make his rep go up instead of down. And if I could figure out how to.

no the rep system was never the discussion of discontinue, it was complained about by a member or 2 :) the new system will certainly bring about some discussion tho

Betcha can't name two. ;) The most exciting part about the new system is the ability to trade your rep points in for valuable prizes, like RD promised we'd be able to:

Soon you'll be able to trade your rep points for valuable prizes. I promise. By the way, I really admire the Coil

Hey thanks, RD. Um, while we're talking about message board functions open to abuse, why don't you take a look at how the 'quote' works?

What the????...
This morning my rep said '29', then I posted about 6 stunning tac posts in the Armour and Guns threads and my rep dropped to '27'.. !!!
Right that's it, I'm switching off and taking the rest of the day off to sulk and watch TV.

I find it odd that you let complete strangers control your life with a clicky or two.

Now might be a good time to review if members still want it. Why put it back together if it's not wanted/needed anyway.

Of course they still want it, silly. I took a poll of Blitz members within three feet of me, and everyone said it's a must have feature.

As for the rep system.... why change it because a couple of people didnt like it??

Did I mention how wise Bootie is?

The reputation system remains as it is with the addition of new features which will hopefully be along soon as time permits to restore the forums to their former glory.

Prizes for clickies! Yay!

What, the rep system?
Yeah it does more harm than good because anybody can send a red to anybody without having to put their name to it. See how the system's open to abuse and sabotage? By the way, I think The Coil is sooooo great. Everyone should give him a green clicky!

Maybe the system is open to abuse or sabotage, but it's never been abused or sabotaged. Anyway, the mods can track any kind of abuse and deal with it quickly. If it were widely abused (or abused at all), your complaints might have a bit more traction. If you want to whine about forum features, you should complain about the 'quote' function, it gets abused far more often.

This will all change once you see the new features.

Like prizes for clickies, for instance.

I'd be intrigued to know just how many of the 5,891 registered Blitz members actually bother to use the rep system?

All of us, if you extrapolate from my poll.

Considering the poor turn out in the average poll whats the point...

We should definitely get rid of the poll system.

I'm ambivalent about the rep system personally; I'm not fussed if it stays or goes.

I propose, for discussion, that we have a forum rule that people can't post berating people for red clickies, and have to conduct their wars of outraged dignity by PM.

Ambivalent? How can anyone be ambivalent about clickies? That's crazy talk!

That's not a bad rule. Frankly, it strikes me as a bit silly that anyone would care enough about getting a red clicky to have to conduct a "war of outraged dignity" (nice phrase, btw), either publicly or privately.

But I reserve the right to conduct a very public war of outraged dignity each and every time Colonel T gives me a red clicky.

The Coil is the greatest CM player ever. The one time we played, he absolutely anihiliated me in a draw. I'd never give him a red clicky.

OK, CT, I'll hold you to that.

Umm, last thought...while we're dealing with tweaking the boards, why don't we make it so I can quote Leto without it screwing up the quote box. That'd be cool.