I am in. I feel that even with hard data, people will color the meaning of the rep button + or - and what rep means by their own bias and opinions. Some will feel victimized, some dont care and for some it might feed their ego. Even if GOG had a whole page FAQ on its meaning people would still draw their own conclusions.

I don't know how that number came into the discussion, but prior cases at least suggested that significantly less was necessary. And Xyem has proven now, that it only takes five accounts. Which means only four additional. Heck, with five accounts you can "stealth drain" somebody of his rep.

The point remains, that the question of "if" is irrelevant as it has happened before. And, from what I've heard, it was way worse before GOG changed something to the system (I think the GR fiasco introduced the 5 a day rule). And Xyem flat out told you that. And if Xyem tells you something, it is correct. There aren't many people here I would completely trust on their word, but Xyem is one of them (which is also why several people made donations for his charity drive back in the day.).And as you might have noticed, Xyem is very accurate. He hardly uses assumptions and only presented tested results. He has been extremely diligent (and has so before in other areas). This is probably why this debate dragged on so long. He waited for the results.

If you had followed the posts with people with high rep (bring this discussion full circle), you would have noticed that not one of them doubted Xyem.

Ultimately, it would just be easier to ask the Blues how exactly this works. But I guess it was tried and there was no revelation? :D

You just said: At least if I accuse you of not being able to admit to being wrong, I'll have the evidence to back it up.

Your character has been revealed and found to be lacking.

By the way, it is you that is unable to admit being wrong, not me.

Even if they did answer, confirming it externally would still be useful. Especially as they don't exactly have a flawless record of the site functionality behaving as they intend :)

I also wouldn't be surprised if they refused to answer. Having an public explanation of how the rep and post rating system works makes it easier to figure out how to abuse it i.e. Security through Obscurity.

Seems like it:
http://www.gog.com/forum/general/lol_at_the_rep_system/page1 Sounds like interesting times.

Thank you, that has literally made my month and made "arguing" with jamotide worth it.

Nobody fucks with Santa on my watch.

Wakalo did / has / is currently!
http://www.gog.com/forum/general/ninja_giveaway/post36986

What about Mrs. Clause? I think she's entitled.

Perl scripts? So I suppose there's no point in writing anything humourous or witty to enter your giveaways?

I read through the entries in case someone asks a question or something like that, so witty/humourous posts keep me amused.

That's reason enough.. right? :)

Every week I write "Anubis meow!". If that's the respresentative standard of all the entries, maybe it's better to leave it to Perl ;)

Do you remember Wakalo? Seems he's back, and he has enough accounts to do rep damage by himself as he's a known troll