So, what are those points for?

[Vahr 343]

On the 8th day of Trixies, my good friend gave to me...

[TekindusT 3,809]

I can never get enough pre-trixie hype...

[Chptrk 86]

Well it's trixie time it's trixie time, wont you have some trxies of mine...

Wait, besides that not having anything to do with this thread, I'm not giving away my trixies!! Get your own!!

[Vahr 343]

Its just changed to "8 th What the he--"

[un1 41]

Oooh! I love this time of year!

[otua 0]

I just started. I had 7 points at one point but then i changed page and it went to 6. I now have 1 point!

What's the POINT of this anyway

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

Points can go down if comments that are made on the STEX, or CJ section are rated down.

[Larks2242 251]

Originally posted by: otua

What's the POINT of this anyway

quote>

Its basically a way of showing how much you have contributed to ST, the more points you have show that the community agrees with what input you have, and the less usual means that there might be a disagreement with what you posted, however from my understanding no one else but you can tell how many points you have, so it is just a way of showing you how useful your feedback is to other members. 

[Cockatoo 2,257]

Points also go down when STEX uploads are deleted.

If you have an STEX comment rated at 10+, and then the uploaded -hence the comment - is deleted, you loose 10 points. That's just how it works.

[TekindusT 3,809]

Guys, after the last outage I see how my more than 3000 points have become 7 points... I assume this is some kind of Valentine's Day joke but I just can't see the meaning of the 7...

[Tarkus 6,933]

7 points = ST 7.0?  Just a hunch . . .

-Alex (Tarkus)

[DCMetro34 577]

Originally posted by: Tarkus

7 points = ST 7.0?  Just a hunch . . .

-Alex (Tarkus)

quote>

Dirk loves to be subtle.  

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

Originally posted by: Tarkus

7 points = ST 7.0?  Just a hunch . . .

-Alex (Tarkus)

quote>

Mah lips are sealed. 

Well mostly. 

[+Guest]

i hope it's not a joke! i tried the alt stex during the last outage, and that was down too. i don't like the 7 point thing.

[tonyr 926]

I'm showing only 7 points ...what gives?

[tonyr 926]

I went from 257 points yesterday to 7 points today ! Could someone please give us an explanation?

[DCMetro34 577]

Read Tarkus' post above yours. 

To put that in plain English.....the site is getting an updrade from version 6 to 7; which is why the site has been down a good bit lately.  

[SimHoTToDDy 2,939]

Welcome to page fourteen of wild speculation.

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HURRY SCURRY,THE END IS NIGH!

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[packersfan 666]

Yeah, that explains the crash right in the middle of trying to update my city journal...and a good explanation that Dirk is just sending subtle messages with the 7 Points.

[Superbacon 380]

Meh I'm down from 73 to 7 pts but I'll assume it has something to do with the outage.

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

Originally posted by: tonyr

I went from 257 points yesterday to 7 points today ! Could someone please give us an explanation?quote>

The Webmaster is a cunning fellow who likes to toy with his prey before pouncing for the kill.

Now the question is...  what is about to be killed?

ST6 is about to be killed and we are getting

a totally cool uber fantastic upgrade to ST7

that's what!

[JayStimson 212]

I went from 3600+ to 7. Maybe we should switch to complex numbers x + yi ?

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

Personally I would try Ctrl-A...

[maximusmaximillion 14]

down to 7 points? strange

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

Ctrl-A only highlights everything. I tried it.

[LivingInThePast 364]

I'm down to 7 too. I think it's a sign, really...for Simtropolis 7.0!

Huh.

[Roger51 381]

Oh abcvs, you and your hidden messages Thought there are lots on ST

[Reikhardt 50]

1011 down to 7. Busted

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

To all those people who are getting all stewed up because their points have all dropped to 7...

...do you remember that just before the 8th annual trixies came out the points changed to 8?

Now...  if everyone is reporting that their points are now all showing as 7...

Well...   do ya think there might be a message of some kind in that?

ST7 ST7 ST7 ST7 ST7 ST7 ST7 ST7 ST7 ST7 ST7 ST7 ST7 ST7 ST7 ST7 ST7 ST7 ST7 ST7 ST7 ST7 ST7 ST7 ST7

Personally I am still a big believer in power of Alt-A.      Opps...  Ctrl-A.

[Chptrk 86]

Originally posted by: abcvs

Personally I am still a big beliver in power of Alt-A.quote>

You sure you didn't mean Ctrl-A?