Quote from: Camster on September 16, 2018, 06:00:41 PM

So here is my theory.

Newbie comes onto the forum and starts snooping around because he heard about bounties. He wants to make some cash and he wants some cash right now. He starts trying to sign up and realizes he needs to be a jr member to participate. Here comes your first influx of SPAM.

We are now a jr member. Things are looking good. You sign up for your first signature campaign. Earning time is right around the corner. A few weeks in you realize the Hero members are getting massive stakes and by the end of the campaign they will get all the rewards. You think to hell with this I'm gonna rank up. Now the SPAM really starts flying.

About a day or two into this the new user starts to realize something isn't correct. Why am I not ranking up. This is where he learns about the merit system. The new user has a bad day as he realizes he has been locked out of this game. The game has been centralized by the upper members.

The new user quits. He says fuck this noise I'm out.

A day later he realizes why he came here in the first place. He needs damn money. So the light bulb goes off. Well if a hero member gets 8 stake and a jr member gets 1 there is only one thing left to do if I'm to make it as a bounty hunter. Multiple accounts!

We probably have hundreds of people spamming the hell out of this board with multiple accounts and the merit system does nothing to stop the spam and it may actually cause more of it.

Unintended consequences?

What do you guys think?

This is nothing new and have been discussed several times.
This fact will not make merits go away, it would most likely make other changes to be made.
Several high ranking members have already discussed some ideas in META, whihc in my mind would be a HUGE plus for forum:

Disable signatures for all Jr.Members who have no merit at all.
Or disable them for good.