CoryKS
Senior Master
I find it amusing that the founder of MT is "an unknown quantity at this time." :rofl:
How about this one...![]()
ROCK!!! :shakes hair like I haven't done since, ooh, well, erm, last month ROFL:. :cheers:.
Also, I find it surprising, given the general calibre of people we have here at MT, that 'revenge rep'ing' goes on. If I disagree with someone then I'll tell them (if I think it'll do any good) - giving them negative rep seems a touch futile when it comes to conflict resolution :shrugs:.
I find it amusing that the founder of MT is "an unknown quantity at this time." :rofl:
Reps with ID's. Making who reped who visible.
I agree; you should be able to comment via giving rep, but it should carry no weight, pro or con. If rep is disabled, why not just set their rep power to zero automatically?Is this something that can be disabled? If you're going to disable rep, you shouldn't be able to affect the rep of others.
I blame vB.Ok, I think there is a misunderstanding here, probably due to the terms used.
Rep is not "dissabled", it is "invisible"
Think of it like that and it makes more sense.
I blame vB.
No, I meant the fun kind of headbanging, not the "frustrated with morons" one... :lol:
Most of us can only craft posts worthy of positive reputation rarely and, similarly, most of us make our better and more profound posts early in our membership.
Since I'm not in here a lot anymore, it looks like I'm pretty late in hearing about this. I was looking for info on the casino cash feature, and saw this one along the way. And it looks like the reset has already been made. However, I did want to agree with this post:
Because the teacher I used to take lessons with during grad school left the country, we couldn't sustain the club anymore and it broke up. That's left me to practice on my own, which I don't do a lot. I try to keep up with tai chi, to varying degrees of success, but haven't done long fist in a very long time. These are some of the reasons I don't read or post here very much; my activity in MA has decreased compared to years ago. If the reputation system is reset, I'll lose the relatively small amount of points/power I received so far, and I probably won't gain any of it back. I know it's supposed to be a fun, and hopefully balanced, system, but it's kind of disappointing to know your history is being reset when it's unlikely that you'll be able to restore it. Oh well. I didn't read the ~25 pages of the thread, but saw this one on the first page and thought it was right, so I felt like posting and agreeing with it.
yeah, I think Exile said that he didn't think he would be able to come up with "rep worthy" posts after the reset, and already I think he leads the pack!
Now this is not meant to be sour grapes at what I could have had/kept without the reset. As always, I know what I'm fairly good at, and what I still need to work on (at my age, I'd better, before it's too late to work on anything). But what I really miss is being able to make a difference for someone else. With a few stars, I could rep someone and maybe make their day. With my current 'power', can't get past the embarrassment of giving someone two whole points and so find I don't rep anyone, except a few old friends whom I know really are interested in my comments. Just too humiliating.
So that's my story and I'm stickin' to it.
Your "puny 2 points" is the same as many others. There are only a handful of people that I've noticed that are even close to 10 points, and even fewer above 10. Rep away; it's a level playing field.
And, I personally like to here the comments... even those who disagree.[/quote]
Yep, it's the comments that mean the most to me and they aren't viewable by the rest of the members here. The pips and stars were simply a badge for the public. I've worked very hard to let the ego go and believe I've made progress. Read my posts, decide whether or not it has merit on it's own and the pips and stars shouldn't matter.
Now this is not meant to be sour grapes at what I could have had/kept without the reset. As always, I know what I'm fairly good at, and what I still need to work on (at my age, I'd better, before it's too late to work on anything). But what I really miss is being able to make a difference for someone else. With a few stars, I could rep someone and maybe make their day. With my current 'power', can't get past the embarrassment of giving someone two whole points and so find I don't rep anyone, except a few old friends whom I know really are interested in my comments. Just too humiliating.
So that's my story and I'm stickin' to it.