Why I miss old clickies: a lament...

[RedDevil]

The rep system is present in many other forums you frequent as well, their memberships and posting are not having problems because of that. How can you make such claims without having hard data?

Harm of rep systems:
members not joining... we get 3-5 members joining every day in all parts of the club. Rep system is not affecting membership based on this data.

Members leaving... So far we've got you threatening to leave about 2 dozen times now and you're still here.. no one else has really left due to the rep system alone.

Members not posting... So far there's not any members who have actually stopped posting because of the rep points that I know of.

Abuse.. This is minor and easily managed at this point, especially with the newer system preventing multiple ratings. Members who have previously abused the system, have been reminded of the penalties and rescinded in their evil ways.

Kiddie playground.. we're all young at heart here otherwise we wouldn't be playing games and joking around like a bunch of good friends do.

Laughing stock of the CM community... I've yet to see any other club make comments about our community that they stand behind, other than the odd displeased member making a personal rant about some experiences he might of had somewhere. No club in their right mind would publicly denounce another club.

Sabatoge... This is non existent with the new system and updated forum program. Hackers are a problem everywhere, no one is safe from them completely, so the rep system alone is not the culprit of hacker break-ins.

Scrapped... only because of your own personal experiences do you have hate for the system. It should be clear to you by now, that TheBlitz CM community doesn't thrive on your off color posts, we love your CM posts but when you grovel off the deep end with ego and boasting posts, THAT's where the boy scout troop image comes from. The rest of us do present ourselves on the forums as sane elite military minded men who share a common hobby. (with a few exceptions of course)

Posting comments on posts is fine, ignore the rep system then and never look at it again. Mentally block it from your mind and go forward rather than linger on something you hate because it will only frustrate you more.

Jim is the owner, he's in Iraq, he's been absent of making decisions for the club for quite some time, though not of his own fault. At this point in time, with the absence of Steel God, I am the senior officer in charge of the Club.

I don't believe in dropping something that has flourished here before your joining, based on the current debate of pros and cons of the system. It is an option to remove the system, but not the only one and certainly not the one most wanted by members as far as a non polled effort is concerned.

Perhaps with a poll we will have a better understanding of wants and not wants but that is awaiting a staff decision to decide where we want to go with the issue.

A lot of time & energy is being burned here for a very simple forum feature that is easily ignored, even if it is present.