the rate

[shadowslash]

What is the rate for the increase in my Credits? I mean, does creating a topic give more than making a reply? Or is it given in random amounts? I'm just curious and think this rightfully belongs to the Off-topic thread...

[descalzo]

Corey's Post

But personally, I think the formula was made jointly by Stephen Hawking and Tim Burton.

[shadowslash]

Hmm I see, thanks for the prompt reply!

[Livewire]

I also think credits are glitched a bit; at time of posting shadowslash had 403.89 credits. There's been reports of credits going -down- for some reason, although it doesn't appear to be affecting shadowslash.

There's still work to be done on it though, hopefully all will be golden soon enough

[bhupendra2895]

I am waiting for golden age too.One does get credit for posting or one does get credit only when he gets reputation or somebody press the thanks button? I am very confused about it because most active members and me too request for reputation and another reason is my negative credits itself.

[carl6969]

After very careful consideration of all of the facts and available evidence I have come to the conclusion that credits are being generated by a random number generator with some "odds" built in much like casino slot machines. According to Corey's post users should receive a predetermined amount of credits, (in whole numbers), depending on the forum posted in and a few other factors. However, many users have credit balances such as "3325.42". I am at a complete loss to comprehend where the ".42" comes from except, perhaps, from the random number generator. Other users have negative credit balances. These unfortunate users have obviously fell victim to a long stream of negative numbers being generated by the random number generator, however, it would seem to me that if the users with negative balances post frequently there is a high probability that the random number generator will begin outputting positive numbers and they will all eventually get back to a positive credit balance. If you put enough quarters in a slot machine it will eventually give you some of your quarters back.

Carl
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