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I do miss the old rep system.
It was more rewarding wasn't it?! I've been "liked" for some utter muck on this new and "dislikes" from the minions who used to not be able to touch me now hold equal weight to anyone else! Mostly I miss the closed circle of posters who'd amassed so much rep it rendered the entire system pointless, we were TRF's lizard people!
 
It was more rewarding wasn't it?! I've been "liked" for some utter muck on this new and "dislikes" from the minions who used to not be able to touch me now hold equal weight to anyone else! Mostly I miss the closed circle of posters who'd amassed so much rep it rendered the entire system pointless, we were TRF's lizard people!
I could never neg rep anyone because it would literally be impossible for them to get positive again. Even from multiple positive reps from me (for some reason my neg rep power was about 20 times stronger than pos)

Back in the good old days if repmania
 
It was more rewarding wasn't it?! I've been "liked" for some utter muck on this new and "dislikes" from the minions who used to not be able to touch me now hold equal weight to anyone else! Mostly I miss the closed circle of posters who'd amassed so much rep it rendered the entire system pointless, we were TRF's lizard people!

So much more rewarding, I remember when i got into the top 3 of the rep leaderboard, I was so proud I had earnt that, I signed up, i took ****. I posted some more, I took more ****. I climbed a little higher, I took less ****. Till one day i'm up in the rarefied atmosphere and i'd forgotten what **** even looks like.
I was in the layer rep cake, son.

Till those commies Corbyn voters changed the system and made everyone equal.


(TBH i'm surprised i only have 8 dislikes).

I could never neg rep anyone because it would literally be impossible for them to get positive again. Even from multiple positive reps from me (for some reason my neg rep power was about 20 times stronger than pos)

Back in the good old days if repmania

Those where the days indeed.
 
I miss the lofty heights. I mean I'm still a total king, but I enjoyed being untouchable. No one would dare neg me because of all my good boy points. I could put a smile on the face of some Narp loser below my rep station like BG8 by repping him. Giving his life meaning.
I'd like to dedicate this little piece I myself just penned absent mindedly here about the rep system to my own past as a man, a god and a king in reverse order.
I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed:

And on the pedestal these words appear:
'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away
 
I could never neg rep anyone because it would literally be impossible for them to get positive again. Even from multiple positive reps from me (for some reason my neg rep power was about 20 times stronger than pos)

Back in the good old days if repmania


I massively preferred the old system but it was definitely ridiculous. The first time I got positive rep on here was from Bulitt/teh mite. He must have had rep power 10 times greater than the rest of the leaderboard(maybe not you Olyy). It gave me a taste of real power, and I wanted it.

But basically it didn't matter if you got negged as long as they won't in the top 20.

I'm definitely a wee bit salty about the new system. I went for a few years of barely posting on TRF and it took me a while to get decent rep power. Barely got the chance to press a button and watch the world cuteness. And then, just like that, it was taken away. Like the wolf who blew the little piggys house down.
 
I could never neg rep anyone because it would literally be impossible for them to get positive again. Even from multiple positive reps from me (for some reason my neg rep power was about 20 times stronger than pos)

Back in the good old days if repmania

I did wonder why you never negged me. And here I was thinking it was because I was alright :(
 
I genuinely don't think my neg power was that crazy, but my positive power was pretty high. I think I negged like 3 people ever anyway. I mean I miss the rep, but I'll always have this little trophy, eh @Tigs Man, wouldn't that be nice to have? Think you're big because you had more rep than me?
 
I genuinely don't think my neg power was that crazy, but my positive power was pretty high. I think I negged like 3 people ever anyway. I mean I miss the rep, but I'll always have this little trophy, eh @Tigs Man, wouldn't that be nice to have? Think you're big because you had more rep than me?

I was robbed in those pointless popularity contests. ROBBED.

Where you even in the top 5 Rep power?
 
I was robbed in those pointless popularity contests. ROBBED.

Where you even in the top 5 Rep power?
Ehm yeah I'm pretty sure I was? I'm gonna say that alone gives us the right to derail this thread.
 
Be very afraid All-Blacks, Bigger is going to "force" his way into the lions test team. Be very afraid.

I don't much like the team here but what I'm hoping is that the continued progression of this tour will now be fuelled by players who have fallen behind wanting to prove themselves. I think players like Henderson, Nowell and Warburton who are top players but currently falling behind with their performances they will feel like they've missed out and will be desperate to prove something. They will also be frustrated at not being part of the squad which beat the crusaders. I'm hoping this frustration wild drive the competition for places.

The slightly problem is it is easier to look good as an individual in a team that is performing well. I look back at the Wales Probables vs Possibles game. The possibles had some superior players but they didn't get a chance to shine because the team as a whole were dire and absolutely annihilated by the Probables team.
 
I genuinely don't think my neg power was that crazy, but my positive power was pretty high. I think I negged like 3 people ever anyway. I mean I miss the rep, but I'll always have this little trophy, eh @Tigs Man, wouldn't that be nice to have? Think you're big because you had more rep than me?
"Most Improved" the type of award the kid on the u12's wins because he got insulted for wearing sports goggles all year... Congratz
 
Lions are down by 15 with 60 on the clock - Gatland longingly looks over at Howley, He leans over and whispers in Warrens ear 'Keep calm and bring the Faz man on' ;)
 
I mean, I'm with you guys. I agree that it's been an extremely high plateau from start to finish.
 
You're all pond scum compared to me.

Now let's get back to the rugby :p
Gotta say I'm loving not having to wait more than a couple of days between games

It's such a glorious week.

Hurricanes v Chiefs
Crusaders v Lions
Highlanders v Lions
All Blacks v Samoa
Maori All Blacks v Lions

And some U20 and Women's matches thrown in there too!
 
The rep system promoted a clique.
It was an exclusive club environment.
Thats a sure fire way of keeping a forum small.
The current system keeps you on your mettle.
You're only as relevant as the last missive you posted.
I kinda like that because I will from time to time lapse into spelling out some utter bilge water, and then I'll get slapped by a poster I've never encountered before and it will make me wake up and think, "Oh yeah. fair enough"... and lift my game.
Under the old rep system I just got negged and then banned.

Sooner or later folks will walk away from that environment and never return, unless they are from the small percentage of addictive personality (like Kiwi), the type that gets off on making new personas and then come back slagging everyone and everything and that makes for an unpalatable wasteland.
The current system is much better for encouraging people to post more thoughtfully but you can still have a giggle.
It's more inclusive.
But not in a sandals and socks Lib Dem- Kumbaya kind of way.
 
Hahaha, wow. Perhaps they should have done this rather than the haka?

They are doing a Scottish theme before the game instead of a haka, I'm not sure if that will be of anymore relief to the NH audience or not though, lol.
 
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