2010-01-17, 08:37 PM
In economic terms, everyone has an advantage, either absolute or comparative. Everyone is good at something, if not, they are best to put their time in something that gives them comparative advantage over others. All I ever see in your posts, Greg, are nothing but sarcastic remarks or negative comments with no constructive criticism whatsoever. Just because you have freedom of speech and you have the 'right' to voice and say whatever you want, that does not exempt you from consequences and feedback from others in the community. If you are fully aware of that, then march forward and keep your head high.
Arguing over something so little is idiotic. It's a little perk that doesn't affect you in a great way of any sort since you already said you don't care. (although your reactions suggest otherwise) If they want more rep points to boast, then let them. If you're mad at the fact that you are contributing to the community just as much but with no rep points, then why does it matter as long as the people know? The mere appreciation from others should be as rewarding. The little bars beside your name is just for eye-candy and e-status. It does not 'cripple' you in any way in terms of functions on the forum. There is no such thing as fair competition, because fair is purely subjective. As long as common grounds are established and agreed upon, which absolutely isn't the case right now, except it seems like you're the only one having problem. The site mainly belongs to Fiel, let him do what he wants. If you don't like it, then don't use the service, simple as that. The contest is not even mandatory, so why fuss over it? Fiel is not even someone remotely close to unreasonable. He explicitly stated his goal is to improve the accuracy of his extraction, which is what Southperry is renowned at. I myself would like to see more accurate extractions, even though I more or less don't keep up-to-date with contents anymore. So best of luck in your endeavours, Fiel.
Arguing over something so little is idiotic. It's a little perk that doesn't affect you in a great way of any sort since you already said you don't care. (although your reactions suggest otherwise) If they want more rep points to boast, then let them. If you're mad at the fact that you are contributing to the community just as much but with no rep points, then why does it matter as long as the people know? The mere appreciation from others should be as rewarding. The little bars beside your name is just for eye-candy and e-status. It does not 'cripple' you in any way in terms of functions on the forum. There is no such thing as fair competition, because fair is purely subjective. As long as common grounds are established and agreed upon, which absolutely isn't the case right now, except it seems like you're the only one having problem. The site mainly belongs to Fiel, let him do what he wants. If you don't like it, then don't use the service, simple as that. The contest is not even mandatory, so why fuss over it? Fiel is not even someone remotely close to unreasonable. He explicitly stated his goal is to improve the accuracy of his extraction, which is what Southperry is renowned at. I myself would like to see more accurate extractions, even though I more or less don't keep up-to-date with contents anymore. So best of luck in your endeavours, Fiel.