Seeing this thread
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/discoveries/188446-ul-mindark-104-a-12.html#post2431237 made me want to neg rep like crazy but i did not, partly because i was a whimp and afraid to get neg rep back. So i made a post in public instead about my thoughts on the baviour shown and got a neg rep anyways
So my question is are you afraid of the EF Bullies?
Now please all the good folks out there not posting enough or not neg repping enough out of fear or despise towards the narrow minded people out there come forward and do what is right!
Well, I've seen rep systems in place in lots of other forums I'm a member of and never really thought to
fear a rep system. If somebody sees you got horrible rep, then reads your posts and finds out you're well-informed, generous, honest, and all those other +rep words, then they're just gonna ignore whatever your rep was anyway. I read first, then occasionally I think to look at what a persons rep is... I
never ever believed in forming my idea of what that person is based on the impression that others have of that person... that's too lazy and drone-like...
"Oh, everyone is jumping off that cliff. I think I'll take a look. Oh, that's horrible! They're all dying! Hmmm... well I know it's crazy, but they
must know something I don't." *jump* *woooooooooooosh* *splat*
So no, while it's interesting and sometimes I like to rep people cause they say something intelligent, funny, or kind. Even if someones a complete ass, I do not give them negative rep. I'd rather just do my homework, make a post, and list every and all reasons why they are in actual fact an ass.
A little -rep won't get through to someone that's being an ass (or arse for you Aussies
) . A formal, non-emotional, and well-informed post will... the power of the pen (or keyboard in this instance). Unless they're a troll, in which case it's best for all if you just ignore it's ranting and raving from under it's bridge.
And thanks again to those that have given me +rep it is nice to see it, bloody reward system is programmed into us all, but I don't think it's a necessary forum feature. And I have previously listed the many reasons why before on another forum when it was first implimented there.
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One question I do have though is if it can give you different titles like in another non-mmorpg game I played on a gaming system, where you could be good, or evil depending on the reputation you got for your actions, the types of tattoos you got, scars you got from battle, etc... being labled a demon or some kind of monster would be cool
I may even consider trolling for bad rep just to see what negative levels I could get to XD