What are Reputation Points and how do you get them?

fnorfurfoot

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Not on staff anymore, but I believe the answer is still no. It only keeps track of the value at the time given. So if I gave you one early on then later gained in pots and my own reputation the value I gave you then woudl be the same and not constantly changing. If I gave you a new one it would be at the new value.

Does that help?
Sure does. Thanks.
 

Hawke

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ROFL.:rofl:

I just discovered this.:p

I also discovered how to put smiles inside the post.
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Cheers.
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Drac

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ROFL.:rofl:

I just discovered this.:p

I also discovered how to put smiles inside the post.
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Cheers.
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It took me awhile to figure out how to do all that too.
 

kidswarrior

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ROFL.:rofl:

I just discovered this.:p

I also discovered how to put smiles inside the post.
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Cheers.
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Know the feeling. I'm still discovering stuff on the site, which I should have known about long ago. :uhyeah:
 

MBuzzy

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ROFL.:rofl:

I just discovered this.:p

I also discovered how to put smiles inside the post.
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Cheers.
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I always forget to use the whole quote thing....sorry about that.

I figure I'll wait till I hit 1,000 POSTS to start trying to do anything CRAZY like putting smiles into my posts!

This is joking....but I really just figured it out a few days ago.....
 

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One thing I don't understand, and I see it regularly... a new member posts a question as their first post. Could be anything - where to find a school in a particular art in a particular town, a style-specific technical question, an historical question, anything - and they get rep points.

Why would somebody get rep points for asking a simple question in their first post?
 

Drac

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Why would somebody get rep points for asking a simple question in their first post?

Say the new member studies that same discipline as someone else already here and that person decides to award them a rep point.Say its someone from their school or someone they have met and trained with.....I've given rep points for something as simple as some posting a great joke..I've seen points given for someone asking an intelligent question..It's strickly up to the individual...
 

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Actually, there are set rules for assigning rep points. It's not a system to be used just to prop your buddies, or as a substitute for private messaging, nor is it something to be used to continually slam a member or set of members.

As far as why a person would rep someone on their first post, depends entirely on the individual.

Personally, I've repped someone for "asking a simple question" because the question may have looked simple...but it was still a good question to ask.
 

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Questions are often, maybe even typically, the triggers for an outstanding discussion. And bear in mind, a new member is often going to be a bit intimidated either in commenting (who am I to be chiming in along with these people with thousands of posts each?) or questioning (won't people laugh at me or get impatient for asking something that's probably so obvious/well-known/trivial/etc?) So repping a new member's useful question is a way (and a powerful one, I believe) to encourage them: yes, that's exactly what we're hoping for from you on MT, keep up the good work, etc. Actually, in some ways it's the most effective use of the rep system, I think.
 

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Hey, I'm feeling left out now ... how come nobody repped me for saying hello and making a statement. Nobody likes me, nobody cares. :angel:
 

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Hey, I'm feeling left out now ... how come nobody repped me for saying hello and making a statement. Nobody likes me, nobody cares. :angel:

Nobody loves me , everybody hate me, I'm gonna eat some worms..
 

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Hey, I'm feeling left out now ... how come nobody repped me for saying hello and making a statement. Nobody likes me, nobody cares. :angel:

Sorry... the rules explicitly say somewhere that after a couple of thousand posts and well on your way towards a third gold star, you're not allowed to raise questions about why you didn't get repped for you first few posts! :lol:
 

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Nobody loves me , everybody hate me, I'm gonna eat some worms..
Hey, Drac, my favorite song! But I learned it as:

Everybody hates me,
Nobody loves me,
Guess I'll go eat worms.

At least, that's how I've been singing it the last 50 years. :lol:
 

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Sorry... the rules explicitly say somewhere that after a couple of thousand posts and well on your way towards a third gold star, you're not allowed to raise questions about why you didn't get repped for you first few posts! :lol:

LOL ... damn ... busted
 

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Hey, Drac, my favorite song! But I learned it as:

Everybody hates me,
Nobody loves me,
Guess I'll go eat worms.

At least, that's how I've been singing it the last 50 years. :lol:

Sheesh, I think I'd prefer singing the Wedding Singer's version of that song...

"...oh somebody kill me please!
somebody kill meee plleeasssee!
I'm on my knees! Pretty pretty please!
Kiiillllll meeeeee
I want to diiiiieeee
Put a bullet in my heeeeaaa--aaaahhh-eeaaaa-eeaaadd!"
 

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