You did have nine rank points after someone modded you down
here. In other words, your rank points are working perfectly fine. If you wish to ascend ranks, post insightful or funny posts. If that fails to work, win something from the Forum Games board or win a Caravel contest.
Mind you, of course, a user's rank and rank point total is not exactly indicative of their worth. Looking over
grobblewobble's list of posts, I see that he makes many very insightful and logical criticisms of the Leylines game, despite having only eleven rank points. I have observed he is a valuable forum member (at least to Crystal Shard Games, anyway) and would trust his opinions because of his behavior, not because of his user status.
Basically, what I am trying to say is that you should not worry about your rank points. The community will like you more if you have ten rank points and a thousand good posts than if you have a thousand rank points and a thousand mediocre posts. Although it is likely excellent posts of yours will be modded up, it is not guaranteed. My advice is to simply stop caring about rank points and make good posts because you feel like they will benefit the community.
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[Last edited by 12th Archivist at 03-15-2011 09:24 PM]