Pros- Indicates how much you've contributed to AG.
Cons- Some users posting/rating just to get points.
I think it's a good system because when someone new sees a high ranking or a lot of posts, they know that the person isn't just trolling or spamming and can help them out.
Pros- Makes you stick around to see what new pretty picture you will get next time you rank, also it shows that you are dedicated to the site. Cons- Spammers, but you can pretty much tell who is spamming and report their posts.
I am in the Community of AG everyday, I only accidently spammed twice.
So the rest was deliberate? More seriously, it would be nice if you started listening to advice at some point on the thread making so at least I won't go crazy...
As for points. Points are good for... Uh, no, I don't know what they are good for. I don't care about points, I haven't cared about points for the last... 3 years. I don't see a point in them, I am sure other people that care about points to, so that is good for them, but besides that they are just there to make newbies ask about them, and some people be really annoying about them, whine when they lose them, and go accuse mods for removing them without reason, especially if we had no doing in so. As for cons, see above.
I like the post count, however. It seems like a more accurate score for useful activity, considering what most people use the comments for, and how little the rating really does (since people who hate a certain genre will still go rate games in that genre because they are ... on the internet or whatever).
So, I look forward to AG3, when points is something I don't need to interact with in most cases.
Pros: Active users that don't spam, and give productive criticism and comments, and also help the newbies
Cons: Useless spammers that don't result to any good whatsoever, spamming on threads, spamming with ratings, and put on 3 letter long comments on games.
One question: Why do you all stick to the Pro/con format when you would obviously be able to drive your points home better doing regular posts?
Cons: There's probably some people who try to use the APs to lord themselves over others. (I think the term is "troll?"...)
I think the term you are looking for is "Idiot".
I think I got a pro to my long list of cons! Armatars! Not that this is anything I care about either, but it enables others to wear them, and that makes everyone easier to recognise, at least if they don't change all the time. Of course, the downside to armatars are the users that will go ask why I don't have a "real" armatar... Nevermind, that was not a pro either.
