Help kinda confused here

my cp\status bar\whatever says i have 8 reputation.

then i go in my settings and it tells me i have 43 rep.

what happened to the other 30 some points i worked to earn in the code vault.

i mean that's not what i was aiming for in the code vault, but i played many hours on the psx2 emulator getting all sorts of different dumps which required playing the game from scratch keeping multiple saves in like every zone before every major event. and playing the emu at anywhere from .01 fps [true story it was during the 1000 heartless fight] to 15. and having to use savestates strategicly to get through most gummi ship routes which crashed after every few feet.

but yeah anyway, i did all that emu work and putting myself through endless frustration, mainly cause the coders weren't seeming to get much help from anyone else or everyone else was busy or on other projects etc. i did that cause i wanted to help any who needed the help. i still remember those days faintly but i never did that hoping to gain anything.

and to my surprise i got rep several times for my emu work and for being a database of codes by having almost every code on the site on my computer, this was before the new system you guys got now. which makes me feel like i'm not good enough in a way or i'm out of a job.

the point is, even though i did do that to help not expecting anything in return i saw the need and i met it [course there are times when i feel hated on the net], but it doesn't change the fact that at the time i guess they felt i deserved the rep cause i was doing anything i could to get those dump files and to get them to whoever wanted them, you might actually find something about this in the 2nd and 3rd kh2 ntsc code threads, if you need to solid prof cause i'm sure no one else remembers that but me.

so unless there is a good reason for this and if there is tell me why.
if there isn't can you give me 30 some points back that i feel like i earn with blood sweat and tears [ok i might not have actually bled but i'm sure i probably did cry a few times].

sorry ranting is like a skill i have and maybe a illness. that and i just love to type.

 

Wait, what do you mean by those two types of rep?

I think you mean the one that says "Latest Reputation Received (# point (s) total)" that shows when you click on your settings.

And then when you click on "Home" it shows a "Rep Power."

Are those the two you're talking about?

 

Rep power is how much rep you give to someone when you rep them. My rep power is 20. So if I were to rep you, you would get 20 more rep points. You currently have a rep power of eight. Rep power can be viewed on the home page.

Rep points are how much rep you have. I have 2401 total. You currently have 43 rep points. These can be viewed in the User CP (click 'settings' in the top right corner of the page).

Rep points are not supposed to equal rep power.

 

but i never reped anyone ever. shouldn't i have no rep power.

now i'm really confused, i thought that when you got rep it increased your rep power. it does on conquer online forums. on there someone gave me rep and that green bar went from 1 to 9. i'm not even sure what i did to earn that. but it also says my rep power is hmm i'm not sure the number was huge though. it boggles my mind cause on that game i was hunted like a dog, yelled at, scammed etc etc.

so why doesn't my earned rep show on the home page instead of rep power, i have no idea what rep power as and i care little about it i'd rather see the rep i earned.

 

You get rep power even if you have never spread any rep, your rep power increases as your rep level does. Meaning it's when someone gives you rep than your rep power has the potential to move up.

So its like this....

Rep Power: When you rep someone, thats how much rep you will give them if you decide to (this is displayed in the cp on the homepage).
Rep Level: The total rep you have earned, you can see this in your settings.

 

i guess i understand, conquer online must have a different setup. but out of curiousity what does rep do other then make that green bar change. and how do you give out rep not that i've come across any viable reasons to do so, just curious.

 

Nothing really. Like most forums, reputation is just for fun. It's like an alternative to a "thanks" button you might see elsewhere.

Under every post you'll see this star:

 

ok thanks for the info