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Ythan said:
From an academic standpoint I find the results fascinating.
It definitely gives some insight into human nature.

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Keep it in mind for when you get bored and want to shake things up here....!
April fools is always just around the corner....


The Ythan giveth~, the Ythan taketh~ away....


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Cowgold said:
It's a sore subject really. The point system was a bonus that became a source of unneeded drama and was taken away. There has been a shit ton of "I wish I knew before it changed... blah blah blah" threads and yours fit right in with theres. The backlash for posting that should be expected.

Buy a supporter account, if not for the extra features... do it to atleast return the kind gesture Ythan provides with this website and his continued attempts to make this place kick even more ass than it already does.

I'm going to shutup now before I sound too much like a kiss ass.

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Lightningfractal said:
You should have just left the point system up in spite of people's complaining...

Aside from the outstandingly excellent job you did with the points system, the one thing I would have done differently is this:

- I wouldn't have let people's points change around willy nilly as new rules were introduced. Think about it, imagine if you had a wallet that every morning had a different amount of money in it. Wouldn't that irk you?

- Once you rolled out the points program, you should have made any new changes or additions to the rules apply only to fresh activity, not retroactively, which had the undesirable effect of robbing people's points, and subsequently, to 25 new threads in WAF titled: "WTF happened to my points?!!"

- I thought the idea as a whole was a brilliant idea, just that its' implementation was somewhat mishandled. I urge you to take a step back and reconsider the possibility of reintroducing the points system again at a later date. You could work out all of the rules in advance this time and make them final before ever putting the program online. After that, everyone should be able to get along and abide by the rules.

(BTW, in regards to the warning I got, I was just kidding around when I was inflating my character count, to point out a flaw in the program's design. I never intended to add any fuel to what soon became a Shroomery controversy.)

Perhaps remove the one point reward for the number of posts, to discourage post whoring, and leave the other criteria intact. Just some suggestions, whatever you decide, I wish you the best of luck with it.

-LF

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Lightningfractal said:
You should have just left the point system up in spite of people's complaining...

Aside from the outstandingly excellent job you did with the points system, the one thing I would have done differently is this:

- I wouldn't have let people's points change around willy nilly as new rules were introduced. Think about it, imagine if you had a wallet that every morning had a different amount of money in it. Wouldn't that irk you?

- Once you rolled out the points program, you should have made any new changes or additions to the rules apply only to fresh activity, not retroactively, which had the undesirable effect of robbing people's points, and subsequently, to 25 new threads in WAF titled: "WTF happened to my points?!!"

- I thought the idea as a whole was a brilliant idea, just that its' implementation was somewhat mishandled. I urge you to take a step back and reconsider the possibility of reintroducing the points system again at a later date. You could work out all of the rules in advance this time and make them final before ever putting the program online. After that, everyone should be able to get along and abide by the rules.

(BTW, in regards to the warning I got, I was just kidding around when I was inflating my character count, to point out a flaw in the program's design. I never intended to add any fuel to what soon became a Shroomery controversy.)

Perhaps remove the one point reward for the number of posts, to discourage post whoring, and leave the other criteria intact. Just some suggestions, whatever you decide, I wish you the best of luck with it.

-LF

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^^^^ Moot.

The best thing about the point system being gone is that we don't have to talk about it anymore.

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Liquidkick said:
I am disappointed with the cancellation of the point system.

I was waiting for an opportunity to explore the Supporter Account features and new forums. I was ready to use my points as a trial run with the supporter account system to see if indeed it was a feature that i would like to support.

Very disappointed that i have lost my points and this opportunity, as a consumer, i am unwilling to purchase a supporter account without a free trial.

-LK

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