dizmairu...it's important in this thread to not come off as whining, or you'll get negged and the post will go suicidal. I think there's a lot of valid points being stated here, and it has a lot to do with the Suicide Threads post I started in this same forum. If we don't whine, state our opinions with a cool head and be mature about it, maybe things will be changed. Be positive!!! LadyHaxXOr made a good post in another thread pertaining to perceptions of what people type. I remember your previous posts as mairu, and I remember the thread you're referring to, some people might have perceived it as whining, when in fact, it may have just been an honest query as to why it was happening. I want this thread to be perceived as an honest query and not a whining session, and really that's up to both the posters and the readers to make that happen. The posters to this thread need to make it clear that they want something changed without whining about how horrible it is, etc. so that the reader has no choice but to see that there are people looking for answers and not simply just making a pointless rant about some reds they received.

I think that made sense.

This should probably be an entire different thread, but there's even more I think should be changed to the whole Antipoint system, but there's quite a few threads already and people haven't been here yet to stomach all of them. I don't see the balancing act as being very positive. I think that it should only pertain to assigning too many negatives. I don't think that a person should be unbalanced because they assigned too many positives. I see far more posts that deserve greens rather than reds, and I realize that the balance isn't 50/50 but I think that the new balancing system has a LOT to do with the strange assignments people have been receiving lately. I didn't want to conform to the whole idea of the balancing, but I got so tired of Mr. Myagi's quote on the front page of AO I couldn't take it anymore. I really prefer not to give out reds if I don't have to. I don't like to feel obligated to be negative towards someone, people take criticism differently. There are a lot of younger people here and what can be taken as constructive criticism to an adult, won't be constructive to someone younger (Example being hating your parents for being so damn strict growing up, but when you get older, you understand why they were the way they were). I think all things should be considered when implementing a new feature. I know JP spends a lot of time doing what he does with this site, although I don't have a clue to what it exactly entails. I feel guilty in a way for criticizing features that he's created, but at the same time, I think it's important to share experiences, even if you're telling people the pointless negatives you've gotten, even if it creates more negatives for you and ultimately gets you banned. Maybe it will change. I really do hope something is done about the balancing system...I'm honestly beginning to think that's the cause for all of these pointless negatives...

And remember what I said: It's not that I get negatives that's the problem, please don't perceive this as whining. I just want a valid reason as to why I'm getting them, the same with positives. There have been some positive points I received and had no reason for them that I contacted the user to find out. It's easier to give a reason for a positive antipoint because you're praising someone instead of disagreeing with them, but if you're disagreeing, PLEASE tell me why, so I can do something about it. As for the guy thing I mentioned before, I can't really change the fact that I'm female...but I'm willing to give it a try...hehehehe maybe I could buy a fake mustache at the costume shop down the road if that appeases you... *LOL* j/k