like Red and Aicebo said,

Err, I'm Stormy, not Aicebo.

If only the mods could do it, no one would have any reputation because there just aren't that many mods, and might be obvious which mod rated which member. If only people over a certain age could do it, the younger members would whine about how it's not fair, and maturity can't always be measured by age anyway.

Basically, there's not really a use for this, so I see no reason to try to think of ways to try to make it work. All I can see it doing is causing drama and prejudices due to people looking at reputation ratings to decide whether they should talk to someone or not.

You have the right idea about this, though I'm not really sure about the coding thing. =/

Anyone else have a different view/opinion on this?

I believe that we have finalized that a rep system just won't work for this
website. In a way, it has been attempted before, and failed.

If the main audience of this forum was a little older, it might work out, but as of now we simply have too many young kids who don't really understand the point of forums for this to actually work.

Like RedDragonX said, we had ranks based on post counts, which naturally led to immature people spamming to get their post counts up and become a "Spyro Senior". Anything that puts one member higher than another, even moderator positions sometimes, tend to lead to arguments and jealousy.

And yeah, sorry I haven't replied to this until now.... I've been, er, busy.

Well it depends on the kind of day. I keep all the topic I am involved in subrscribed on my gmail...that way I know whenever their are responses...and on average I have at least 25-30 a day...so they are out there....just never on really at the same time. Anyways the old system was just the usual...post and post and post....the more posts you get...the higher your rank. Or at least that's what I heard....

But members just kept doing stupid random posts that have no relevence to Spyro or any topic just to get a higher rank....so they ended up abandoning that and just keeping things tight like it is now. That's just the way they want to do things. I'm surprised none of them have made a comment on this yet lol....but they have reasons.

It looks like a related system. This system is based on the overall quality of the posts, not the quantity.

But members just kept doing stupid random posts that have no relevence to Spyro or any topic just to get a higher rank....so they ended up abandoning that and just keeping things tight like it is now. That's just the way they want to do things. I'm surprised none of them have made a comment on this yet lol....but they have reasons.

And I definetly see where you want to go with it man I do....I like the idea itself as well....but with the amount of members that do belong to this site...a vast majority never even post..they just read the forums or do nothing at all...but again I'm not a moderator so I'm not gonna speak for them.

All I know is that they tried ranking in the past and they didn't like it for several reasons. They will give you the credit for voicing your idea though...that's always welcomed. I just think it's too similar to the ranking that they lost appreciation in a long time ago.

I haven't been a member for long, so I don't know much about the old system and what the community is like. The community is pretty inactive, getting a few posts here and there, and you're right. Everything is going to have problems, thanks for looking at my idea though and the reply.

All I know is that they tried ranking in the past and they didn't like it for several reasons. They will give you the credit for voicing your idea though...that's always welcomed. I just think it's too similar to the ranking that they lost appreciation in a long time ago.