Points?

KyleMoyer

I notice I have 41 Points. What are these points and how do I earn them? Can I exchange them for "favors" from the more unsavory members of our community?

WetRats

Badges I seen so far:
First Comment: 2 pts
10 Comments: 5 pts? (6?)
Photogenic: 10 pts (11?)
5 Agrees: 25 pts @KyleMoyer
5 Likes: unsure @brydeemer
Name Dropper: 5 @mwhitt80 (Hah! More science!)

electric_mayhem

I believe one can "shave" these points... but then they end up on the floor and is such a mess to clean up.

KyleMoyer

While your post made me laugh, this thing keeps bugging me to accept or reject your answer and since it didn't really answer it, I have to reject it, lol.

SolitaireRose

I believe you get points for taking out members of the opposing team.

miscatonic

Is that a bounty @SolitaireRose. Watch out you'll be suspended.

Justin_TheBuck

If I can trade them for favors I want people to cook for me.

PeanutButterMustache

Oh snap I have 2 points!!!!!

WetRats

Apparently, having people agree with your comments is very um... pointy.

WetRats

Hmm...

There's more to points than badges.

@electric_mayhem and I have the same badges, but he has five more points.

This calls for YET MORE SCIENCE!

WetRats

I'm apparently quite disagreeable.

So far I have 1 "agree", and no "likes".

And no "LOLs"! WTF?

mwhitt80

@WETRATS :)
Only because you asked.

I'm apparently quite disagreeable.

Are points the new post count?

And I want to be the first to drop it
Badges? We don't need no stinkin' Badges!

WetRats

And I want to be the first to drop it
Badges? We don't need no stinkin' Badges!

Bravo!

WetRats

Are points the new post count?

I dunno. It's just got me in Systems Analysis Mode.

KyleMoyer

Thanks! I also noticed my count going up by one after getting a like.

WetRats

Thanks! I also noticed my count going up by one after getting a like.

Yep. That worked. From now on, I'm calling you Igor!

electric_mayhem

Points? Does this mean I lost the over/under of whether not Bryan was actually out of town when the last forum went boom?

KyleMoyer

Now that I'm home (it didn't look like I could do it on the mobile version), I marked you as having answered my question, WetRats. And apparently, you didn't even get one measly point out of it. That's a bummer. I'll give you a like or two.

KyleMoyer

I mixed it up a bit. Like, LOL and agree are all one point each. But most importantly, I'm still in the lead.

JohnTilton

Kyle, you are in the lead...for now :P

WetRats

@KyleMoyer, @JohnTilton: Remember, it's not a contest, It's Science!

PeanutButterMustache

Can I buy points?

WetRats

Can I buy points?

Maybe from @brydeemer, but he's always seemed pretty incorruptible to me.

mwhitt80

WetRats is taking this point whoring thing to a new level. The dude is dropping more names than TMZ and E! combined. ;)

Be glad I gave up my dislike button sir!

WetRats

WetRats is taking this point whoring thing to a new level. The dude is dropping more names than TMZ and E! combined. ;)

Be glad I gave up my dislike button sir!

Darn. I was one "dislike" away from a badge.

DryBones

Consider this an off topic answer to your question.

Justin_TheBuck

Is there a page where it tells you what you have to do to get the badges?

WetRats

Is there a page where it tells you what you have to do to get the badges?

Not yet. It's a Journey of Discovery™ using the Tools of Science™!

KyleMoyer

@KyleMoyer, @JohnTilton: Remember, it's not a contest, It's Science!

Can it be a Scientific! contest?

WetRats

Can it be a Scientific! contest?

In the tradition of The Nobel Prize, The MacArthur Genius Grants and Will It Blend?

I suppose so, as long as the Scientific Method is respected and not exploited for cheap entertainment value.

KyleMoyer

Will the forums blend?