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Rep is gone?

OMG! THE REP SYSTEM IS GONE!!!!!!! FTWbbQ!!!!!!!

The BARF admins have decided to remove the reputation system.

You may now cheer and/or complain.

Thank you for your time.
 
Gone, like my last paycheck - gone, gone, away
Gone, like the car I wrecked - gone, gone, away
Gone, like a fifth of gin - gone, gone, away
Gone, like the shape I’m in - gone, gone, away
My rep has gone away.

Gone, like a Nixon file - gone, gone, away
Gone, like my landlord's smile - gone, gone, away
Gone, like the furniture - gone, gone, away
Gone, like the rest of her - gone, gone, away
My rep has gone away...
 
All the rep is gone because it was given to ME! :laughing Yep, my awsomeness soaked up all the rep on barf! There is none left for anyone else... :later

:laughing
 
While most of us were proponents of installing the reputation system when we first upgraded, the admins agree it's been totally destroyed by postwhores trading reputation points, and serves absolutely no purpose now.

In our opinion, the amount of points any given user has now does not remotely reflect on their actual contributions to this forum. We read BARF daily, and users that we've barely heard of have thousands of points after contributing nothing of substance, let alone anything motorcycle-related. To boot, it causes us (the mod core) grief from people receiving negative comments and exacerbates ongoing conflicts between users.

The old mojo plugin is absolutely ancient and cannot be realistically adapted to work safely on this or future versions of vbulletin--it would be akin to trying to mount carburetors on a 2008 sportbike. Trying to implement the old plugin could seriously break the current forum software and/or hinder our ability to keep upgrading as updates are released. We don't ever want to paint ourselves into another corner and have to go several years without upgrading.

We have discussed finding a similar, newer vbulletin plugin to somehow rate posts and posters, but haven't found anything yet. In the mean time, we have decided to get rid of the reputation system and go with nothing for now.
 
*waves hand*

Rep was never here

*waves hand*
 
Overuse broke the system. It was not designed to give out so many green squares and the computer ran out of green square type memory.
 
Baptistro said:
We have discussed finding a similar, newer vbulletin plugin to somehow rate posts and posters, but haven't found anything yet. In the mean time, we have decided to get rid of the reputation system and go with nothing for now.
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Thx Bap... Rep for you! :rofl
 
How are we going to know who the forum has determined to be a troll or not? :D
 
afm199 said:
Overuse broke the system. It was not designed to give out so many green squares and the computer ran out of green square type memory.
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But someone told me that if I posted in the Kitchen Sink, my rep squares would morph into a "Super Rep" bubble. Look, it's there right now in my avatar...

Looks like this -->
user_online.gif


Did someone trick me? :wtf
 
:party

As much as I enjoyed it, I also noticed it became a way for people to just be downright douchebags knowing they wouldnt get popped for it.
 
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