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Threshold · 08-30-2007, 02:32 PM

While that might be a little better, it still gives "lamers" an outlet they shouldn't have. You know there will be people who make dummy accounts just to rep up their main account, and then later down the road somehow use it in an argument.

The thing is, what value is there to this? None. Will it actually create any positive effects? No. Will it affect how people post? No way. So all it will do is encourage and reward people for being twinks, and that's never a good thing.

The same reason this is a bad system is why it is so hard to create systems in RP Muds for rewarding RP. Making a good system where players can flag each other for good RP requires the creation of all sorts of checks and balances in order to make it a good system rather than something cheezy that causes more problems, more clique-ish behavior, and more elitism.

08-30-2007, 02:32 PM	#18
Threshold Legend Join Date: Apr 2002 Home MUD: Threshold RPG Posts: 1,260	Re: Rep - Public or not? While that might be a little better, it still gives "lamers" an outlet they shouldn't have. You know there will be people who make dummy accounts just to rep up their main account, and then later down the road somehow use it in an argument. The thing is, what value is there to this? None. Will it actually create any positive effects? No. Will it affect how people post? No way. So all it will do is encourage and reward people for being twinks, and that's never a good thing. The same reason this is a bad system is why it is so hard to create systems in RP Muds for rewarding RP. Making a good system where players can flag each other for good RP requires the creation of all sorts of checks and balances in order to make it a good system rather than something cheezy that causes more problems, more clique-ish behavior, and more elitism.