TP to Post Ratio

[cdif911]

OK, redz...I gave you yet another Tommy Point. Will do the same for cdif and Rebus.

Is there any Tommy Point equivalent to Methadone?

yeah its called following the Clippers

Man, if there's a darker equivalent to Tommy Points that would be it. To think the inspiration for that franchise was those noble vessels that braved the oceans of this world and yet when one looks into the faces of LAC fans these days one is more reminded of "Clippers" in the sense of the ones animals encounter when led into meat warehouses.

OK, this is officially an adults-only thread now and I take full blame.

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[Roy Hobbs]

Sorry to drum up a dead thread, but I think this TP ratio thing is inherently flawed.  As Bob alluded to above, if this system was implemented to award good posts, it only partially gets it right.

Why do I say this?  Because I recently noticed the TP ratios of two posters, "Who" and "BBallTim".  Both of these guys are outstanding posters (although I don't agree with either all of the time) and they've got ratios below 20:1.  That, to me, is just not right.

One thing I'd suggest to everybody is that we don't just reward TPs when somebody makes us laugh, or when they give us one.  I think it's also important to reward those who are helpful, and most importantly, those who consistently post at a high level.  The aforementioned two posters, plus countless others, fall into that group.

(Sorry to drudge up an inactive post; I saw BBallTim's ratio and it bugged me a bit.)

[Big Ticket]

Sorry to drum up a dead thread, but I think this TP ratio thing is inherently flawed.  As Bob alluded to above, if this system was implemented to award good posts, it only partially gets it right.

Why do I say this?  Because I recently noticed the TP ratios of two posters, "Who" and "BBallTim".  Both of these guys are outstanding posters (although I don't agree with either all of the time) and they've got ratios below 20:1.  That, to me, is just not right.

One thing I'd suggest to everybody is that we don't just reward TPs when somebody makes us laugh, or when they give us one.  I think it's also important to reward those who are helpful, and most importantly, those who consistently post at a high level.  The aforementioned two posters, plus countless others, fall into that group.

(Sorry to drudge up an inactive post; I saw BBallTim's ratio and it bugged me a bit.)

I've noticed these two posters, and some others, for having lower than expected TP:Post ration... but I think there's a decent enough reason.  I know Who, and I think BBallTim, makes multiple brief posts in Game Thread's during games.  While they may be insightful or at least concisely accurate, those threads grow so quickly that not many TPs get thrown around in them. 

If you were to somehow take off all of Who's TPs & Posts from Game Threads, he'd probably be right around the 1:7 or so ratio.  He also strikes me as someone that probably doesn't care too much about this fact though and would rather just enjoy sharing & debating his thoughts on the game of basketball.

[nickagneta]

Sorry to drum up a dead thread, but I think this TP ratio thing is inherently flawed.  As Bob alluded to above, if this system was implemented to award good posts, it only partially gets it right.

Why do I say this?  Because I recently noticed the TP ratios of two posters, "Who" and "BBallTim".  Both of these guys are outstanding posters (although I don't agree with either all of the time) and they've got ratios below 20:1.  That, to me, is just not right.

One thing I'd suggest to everybody is that we don't just reward TPs when somebody makes us laugh, or when they give us one.  I think it's also important to reward those who are helpful, and most importantly, those who consistently post at a high level.  The aforementioned two posters, plus countless others, fall into that group.

(Sorry to drudge up an inactive post; I saw BBallTim's ratio and it bugged me a bit.)

Uh oh. Redz and Bahku aren't going to like this!! LOL!

[Roy Hobbs]

Sorry to drum up a dead thread, but I think this TP ratio thing is inherently flawed.  As Bob alluded to above, if this system was implemented to award good posts, it only partially gets it right.

Why do I say this?  Because I recently noticed the TP ratios of two posters, "Who" and "BBallTim".  Both of these guys are outstanding posters (although I don't agree with either all of the time) and they've got ratios below 20:1.  That, to me, is just not right.

One thing I'd suggest to everybody is that we don't just reward TPs when somebody makes us laugh, or when they give us one.  I think it's also important to reward those who are helpful, and most importantly, those who consistently post at a high level.  The aforementioned two posters, plus countless others, fall into that group.

(Sorry to drudge up an inactive post; I saw BBallTim's ratio and it bugged me a bit.)

I've noticed these two posters, and some others, for having lower than expected TP:Post ration... but I think there's a decent enough reason.  I know Who, and I think BBallTim, makes multiple brief posts in Game Thread's during games.  While they may be insightful or at least concisely accurate, those threads grow so quickly that not many TPs get thrown around in them. 

If you were to somehow take off all of Who's TPs & Posts from Game Threads, he'd probably be right around the 1:7 or so ratio.  He also strikes me as someone that probably doesn't care too much about this fact though and would rather just enjoy sharing & debating his thoughts on the game of basketball.

I don't really buy that.  BBallTim, for instance, has over 1700 posts, and less than 80 TPs.  Nobody is going to convince me that he hasn't made more than 80 outstanding points, etc.  Same thing with Who; I just don't see game threads making that big of a difference.  These two are two of the most consistently solid contributors we have, inside or outside of game threads.

(I don't think BBallTim posts much in the game threads, for whatever it's worth.)

[Roy Hobbs]

Sorry to drum up a dead thread, but I think this TP ratio thing is inherently flawed.  As Bob alluded to above, if this system was implemented to award good posts, it only partially gets it right.

Why do I say this?  Because I recently noticed the TP ratios of two posters, "Who" and "BBallTim".  Both of these guys are outstanding posters (although I don't agree with either all of the time) and they've got ratios below 20:1.  That, to me, is just not right.

One thing I'd suggest to everybody is that we don't just reward TPs when somebody makes us laugh, or when they give us one.  I think it's also important to reward those who are helpful, and most importantly, those who consistently post at a high level.  The aforementioned two posters, plus countless others, fall into that group.

(Sorry to drudge up an inactive post; I saw BBallTim's ratio and it bugged me a bit.)

Uh oh. Redz and Bahku aren't going to like this!! LOL!

Note the word "just".

Plus, Redz and Bahku both blend high-quality posting along with their other attributes.

[BballTim]

Sorry to drum up a dead thread, but I think this TP ratio thing is inherently flawed.  As Bob alluded to above, if this system was implemented to award good posts, it only partially gets it right.

Why do I say this?  Because I recently noticed the TP ratios of two posters, "Who" and "BBallTim".  Both of these guys are outstanding posters (although I don't agree with either all of the time) and they've got ratios below 20:1.  That, to me, is just not right.

One thing I'd suggest to everybody is that we don't just reward TPs when somebody makes us laugh, or when they give us one.  I think it's also important to reward those who are helpful, and most importantly, those who consistently post at a high level.  The aforementioned two posters, plus countless others, fall into that group.

(Sorry to drudge up an inactive post; I saw BBallTim's ratio and it bugged me a bit.)

I've noticed these two posters, and some others, for having lower than expected TP:Post ration... but I think there's a decent enough reason.  I know Who, and I think BBallTim, makes multiple brief posts in Game Thread's during games.  While they may be insightful or at least concisely accurate, those threads grow so quickly that not many TPs get thrown around in them. 

If you were to somehow take off all of Who's TPs & Posts from Game Threads, he'd probably be right around the 1:7 or so ratio.  He also strikes me as someone that probably doesn't care too much about this fact though and would rather just enjoy sharing & debating his thoughts on the game of basketball.

I don't really buy that.  BBallTim, for instance, has over 1700 posts, and less than 80 TPs.  Nobody is going to convince me that he hasn't made more than 80 outstanding points, etc.  Same thing with Who; I just don't see game threads making that big of a difference.  These two are two of the most consistently solid contributors we have, inside or outside of game threads.

(I don't think BBallTim posts much in the game threads, for whatever it's worth.)

  By the way, thanks. And, no, I don't post in the game threads much.

[nickagneta]

Sorry to drum up a dead thread, but I think this TP ratio thing is inherently flawed.  As Bob alluded to above, if this system was implemented to award good posts, it only partially gets it right.

Why do I say this?  Because I recently noticed the TP ratios of two posters, "Who" and "BBallTim".  Both of these guys are outstanding posters (although I don't agree with either all of the time) and they've got ratios below 20:1.  That, to me, is just not right.

One thing I'd suggest to everybody is that we don't just reward TPs when somebody makes us laugh, or when they give us one.  I think it's also important to reward those who are helpful, and most importantly, those who consistently post at a high level.  The aforementioned two posters, plus countless others, fall into that group.

(Sorry to drudge up an inactive post; I saw BBallTim's ratio and it bugged me a bit.)

Uh oh. Redz and Bahku aren't going to like this!! LOL!

Note the word "just".

Plus, Redz and Bahku both blend high-quality posting along with their other attributes.

Of course they do but when I saw that sentence I instantly visualized a Redz picture post of Mr. Bill say "oh, nooooo!" and a Bahku post saying right back atcha, and couldn't help myself!

LOL. Sorry I'm still cracking up at the thought of it.

[Redz]

Sorry to drum up a dead thread, but I think this TP ratio thing is inherently flawed.  As Bob alluded to above, if this system was implemented to award good posts, it only partially gets it right.

Why do I say this?  Because I recently noticed the TP ratios of two posters, "Who" and "BBallTim".  Both of these guys are outstanding posters (although I don't agree with either all of the time) and they've got ratios below 20:1.  That, to me, is just not right.

One thing I'd suggest to everybody is that we don't just reward TPs when somebody makes us laugh, or when they give us one.  I think it's also important to reward those who are helpful, and most importantly, those who consistently post at a high level.  The aforementioned two posters, plus countless others, fall into that group.

(Sorry to drudge up an inactive post; I saw BBallTim's ratio and it bugged me a bit.)

Uh oh. Redz and Bahku aren't going to like this!! LOL!

Note the word "just".

Plus, Redz and Bahku both blend high-quality posting along with their other attributes.

Of course they do but when I saw that sentence I instantly visualized a Redz picture post of Mr. Bill say "oh, nooooo!" and a Bahku post saying right back atcha, and couldn't help myself!

LOL. Sorry I'm still cracking up at the thought of it.

Redz ain't proud,he'll take TPs any way he can get em (uh-oh referring to "himself" in the 3rd person, perhaps the TP ratio is getting "his" head.  Redz wonders about Redz/ self sometimes... )

[nickagneta]

I'm glad you brought up Who's TP ratio, Roy.

When I first joined Celticsblog, I thought Who was one of the most informative, well written, and accurate posters that I read on the site. The detail and facts and stats that he put into his posts always astounded me and impressed me.

His more recent posting isn't always to the same degree but if posters want to see just how great a contributor Who is to Celticsblog and just how high a quality he brings go into his member profile and go back about a year and read his old threads.

Truly amazing. Legendary, Celticsblog Hall of Fame stuff.

And since I had almost no idea what Tommy Points were back then, I really didn't properly reward him as I should have.

I have seen posters post a You Tube video of a players highlights set to some profanity laced rap song and seen him get 10 TPs for that. Who has over 700 posts that are deserving of at least 1 TP and yet has only 236 TPs.

Thats a travesty for a guy that brings it every time he logs on here.

I think I'm going to go give him a TP just because. Right now.

[Roy Hobbs]

I'm glad you brought up Who's TP ratio, Roy.

When I first joined Celticsblog, I thought Who was one of the most informative, well written, and accurate posters that I read on the site. The detail and facts and stats that he put into his posts always astounded me and impressed me.

His more recent posting isn't always to the same degree but if posters want to see just how great a contributor Who is to Celticsblog and just how high a quality he brings go into his member profile and go back about a year and read his old threads.

Truly amazing. Legendary, Celticsblog Hall of Fame stuff.

And since I had almost no idea what Tommy Points were back then, I really didn't properly reward him as I should have.

I have seen posters post a You Tube video of a players highlights set to some profanity laced rap song and seen him get 10 TPs for that. Who has over 700 posts that are deserving of at least 1 TP and yet has only 236 TPs.

Thats a travesty for a guy that brings it every time he logs on here.

I think I'm going to go give him a TP just because. Right now.

Thanks, nick.  That's what I was getting at.

[celticmaestro]

i agree roy, i think tp's are handed out in a disproportionate way. although, i hand them out easily to whoever posts something funny, intelligent, well thought out, informative, respectful etc etc and i guess i receive them just as easily fow what i hope are the same reasons. it's all harmless fun in the end - but who's ratio annoys me because i for one have a lot of discussion with him and have given him so many.

your reference to bballtim's ratio is also a solid point, in all his posts i'm sure he's had a lot more than 80 'outstanding posts' but then, how do we change it?

[wdleehi]

I feel a new TP 'thread' coming up now. 


'Why do you give TPs?'





Coming soon to a board near you.

[nickagneta]

I feel a new TP 'thread' coming up now. 


'Why do you give TPs?'





Coming soon to a board near you.

That's actually a really good idea!

[Big Ticket]

Sorry to drum up a dead thread, but I think this TP ratio thing is inherently flawed.  As Bob alluded to above, if this system was implemented to award good posts, it only partially gets it right.

Why do I say this?  Because I recently noticed the TP ratios of two posters, "Who" and "BBallTim".  Both of these guys are outstanding posters (although I don't agree with either all of the time) and they've got ratios below 20:1.  That, to me, is just not right.

One thing I'd suggest to everybody is that we don't just reward TPs when somebody makes us laugh, or when they give us one.  I think it's also important to reward those who are helpful, and most importantly, those who consistently post at a high level.  The aforementioned two posters, plus countless others, fall into that group.

(Sorry to drudge up an inactive post; I saw BBallTim's ratio and it bugged me a bit.)

I've noticed these two posters, and some others, for having lower than expected TP:Post ration... but I think there's a decent enough reason.  I know Who, and I think BBallTim, makes multiple brief posts in Game Thread's during games.  While they may be insightful or at least concisely accurate, those threads grow so quickly that not many TPs get thrown around in them. 

If you were to somehow take off all of Who's TPs & Posts from Game Threads, he'd probably be right around the 1:7 or so ratio.  He also strikes me as someone that probably doesn't care too much about this fact though and would rather just enjoy sharing & debating his thoughts on the game of basketball.

I don't really buy that.  BBallTim, for instance, has over 1700 posts, and less than 80 TPs.  Nobody is going to convince me that he hasn't made more than 80 outstanding points, etc.  Same thing with Who; I just don't see game threads making that big of a difference.  These two are two of the most consistently solid contributors we have, inside or outside of game threads.

(I don't think BBallTim posts much in the game threads, for whatever it's worth.)

I guess he doesn't, but Who does a lot.  That's a lot of posts that won't really get TP consideration.  Either way... it's a pretty meaningless debate, so I lay down my king.