Originally posted by Marmaduke:

Posts: The amount of posts each person has made.
Points: The number of points a person has recieved from others
Power: When repping someone, the amount of points you give, or take away from you score. When subtracting from someones points, it uses half of your rep power.

Your power is determined by post count, and rep count. The amount of points you have can give others a general idea of your status on the forum. More points=more active, and usually respected member.

To rep someone, press the box that says rep above their name in the green bar . You can rep someone for any reason but you'll usually do it if someone helps you with something or has done something really cool with their marker. You can "neg-rep" people if someone says something that offends you or is just being an ***. You do not neg-rep someone for having a different opinion than yourself, but if they were to call your opinion idiotic and stupid, a neg repping would be in order.

When repping, you are required to fill in the comment section as to why you gave the individual +/- rep.

Building rep pyramid schemes is strictly prohibited as the amount of rep points you have can give you access to different parts of the forum such as the B/S/T or certian lounges.

To prevent pyramid schemes, you are not allowed to rep the same person until you have repped another ten people. You may also not rep the same post twice.

If you feel you have been unfairly neg-repped, don't make a big deal out of it, ask a moderator to review your case and see if it really was deserved. But be careful because if the moderator thinks you were being a jackass and you do deserve the neg rep, he can turn around and neg rep you too, which really hurts.

Reputation Points are also gained by meeting certain milestones. A chart of these milestones / requirements are as follows:

Register Date Factor
For every 365 days of membership, users gain 1 point of reputation-altering power.

Post Count Factor
For every 100 number of posts, users gain 1 point of reputation-altering power.

Reputation Point Factor
For every 50 points of reputation, users gain 1 point of reputation-altering power.

Minimum Post Count
How many posts must a user have before his reputation hits count on others? 10

Minimum Reputation Count
How much reputation must a user have before his reputation hits count on others? 1

Daily Reputation Clicks Limit
How many reputation clicks can a user give over each 24 hour period? 20

Reputation User Spread
How many different users must you give reputation to before you can hit the same person again? 10

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