Forum Reputation Changes - January 18

Ectar:   The issue regarding Unsportsmanlike Conduct has been replied to by myself in various topics already on the forum. This is something that our Customer Support team are dealing with. We have passed on our feedback from the forums and continue to do so weekly/daily. Passing on those concerns however is not something which we can guarantee will result in immediate action.   Regarding claims of rigging the T22sr missions this has also been addressed on the forums by myself today. Making changes to the forums has nothing to do with either of those categories nor does it take any time or focus away from them.  

Ectar:   The "Community" account has a negative value. That's a automated account that simply cross posts the portal articles and creates a forum thread.  After a while it became the "thing" for players to downvote news articles no matter the subject and with no reason ever given. When a thread has -60 and only 3 replies that doesn't really help anyone gather feedback other than "they don't like what was said". The immediate comeback is "why don't they like it" to which there wasn't an answer.    Regarding WG staff members, without checking individual accounts, pretty much all Community Team members have positive rep. Now in saying that even for individual staff members the "negative" feedback many received through this system is essentially 2 or 3 trolls clicking on their account weekly and then downvoting their recent posts regardless of what was said.  I fail to see how 1 person using 5 alt accounts to downvote a person (and not what the person is saying) is valid feedback or feedback that we can use to help shape the game or change what we're saying.   When it comes to the FORUMS we want to make this place as welcoming as possible and we feel this change will genuinely help players share opinions and views relevant to the topic. Whilst I appreciate that some players feel there is more pressing issues in the game to deal with, please remember we're not the Customer Support team who deal with account issues just like we're not the Development team who deal with map balance.   Lets keep this on topic please. There is more than enough thread about Unsportsmanlike Conduct, arty balance, matchmaker etc etc without the need to raise the issue here.  I'm pretty disappointed to see people who should know better, coming here to troll and representing a perfect example of exactly why this forum system needs reworked.      

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