[Phanuthier]

I'm glad the skill system is gone, but if it were to ever make a comeback, I would really prefer if only positive skill could be given, and there was no negative skill. Calgarypuck is supposed to be something that we go to and enjoy and talk about stuff we enjoy talking about (be it hockey, or otherwise) and there were alot of times that the skill system made it a burden and an annoyance and made it that I didn't want to post anymore. I actually considered leaving CP this past week because of the (debatable) politics of the skill system and just lurked CP.

Positive skill is positive reinforcement and makes posters feel good about their contributions. Negative skill leaves a negative impression on people who are here to try and enjoy talking about what they talk about - despite it being rathur moot given most regulars know what each long time poster is all about; I don't think +/- skill really represented a large segregation of the regulars here anyways, and often, some of the best posters were 2 blue because they were obtuse and brought original posters while some of the worst posters were 2 red because their ideas were often redundent.

Also, I'd really rather posts / users reputation be graded on some sort of global scale as well.