Stars or Tps which are more prestigous

[bfrombleacher]

Neither. 

Tommy Points have the same flaw as upvotes in Reddit...  folks who post an unpopular opinion that adds to a discussion will typically get downvoted for not siding with the masses.  I have a tendency to argue the unpopular opinion here... so I don't expect to ever get tommy points.  It's a credit to CB that they eliminated the possibility to give someone a negative tommy point... otherwise I'm pretty certain I'd have a negative amount.

This is a Celtic forum.  Everyone here is conditioned to love the Celtics.  You probably aren't going to get a TP for criticizing Rajon Rondo or suggesting we aren't a contender. It's not surprising that some of the most positive people here have the most tommy points.  "You love the Celtics?  Shucks, me too!... have a Tommy point!"

That and the fact that long-time posters have twice given away all of their Tommy Points in one of Roy's "How much will you wager for a Celtic title?" threads.   

They are meaningless... I still give them out, but when I do I usually call it out in the thread... Telling someone, "TP... awesome post!" goes a lot further than the number tally.

Here's a TP.

You're my favorite contrarian for sure.

[hwangjini_1]

Neither. 

Tommy Points have the same flaw as upvotes in Reddit...  folks who post an unpopular opinion that adds to a discussion will typically get downvoted for not siding with the masses.  I have a tendency to argue the unpopular opinion here... so I don't expect to ever get tommy points.  It's a credit to CB that they eliminated the possibility to give someone a negative tommy point... otherwise I'm pretty certain I'd have a negative amount.

This is a Celtic forum.  Everyone here is conditioned to love the Celtics.  You probably aren't going to get a TP for criticizing Rajon Rondo or suggesting we aren't a contender. It's not surprising that some of the most positive people here have the most tommy points.  "You love the Celtics?  Shucks, me too!... have a Tommy point!"

That and the fact that long-time posters have twice given away all of their Tommy Points in one of Roy's "How much will you wager for a Celtic title?" threads.   

They are meaningless... I still give them out, but when I do I usually call it out in the thread... Telling someone, "TP... awesome post!" goes a lot further than the number tally.

Here's a TP.

You're my favorite contrarian for sure.

I agree, have a tp. 

[Redz]

Neither. 

Tommy Points have the same flaw as upvotes in Reddit...  folks who post an unpopular opinion that adds to a discussion will typically get downvoted for not siding with the masses.  I have a tendency to argue the unpopular opinion here... so I don't expect to ever get tommy points.  It's a credit to CB that they eliminated the possibility to give someone a negative tommy point... otherwise I'm pretty certain I'd have a negative amount.

This is a Celtic forum.  Everyone here is conditioned to love the Celtics.  You probably aren't going to get a TP for criticizing Rajon Rondo or suggesting we aren't a contender. It's not surprising that some of the most positive people here have the most tommy points.  "You love the Celtics?  Shucks, me too!... have a Tommy point!"

That and the fact that long-time posters have twice given away all of their Tommy Points in one of Roy's "How much will you wager for a Celtic title?" threads.   

They are meaningless... I still give them out, but when I do I usually call it out in the thread... Telling someone, "TP... awesome post!" goes a lot further than the number tally.

Here's a TP.

You're my favorite contrarian for sure.

I agree, have a tp. 

Shouldn't you disagree to agree about a contrarian? It just seems to be a disservice.

[wdleehi]

I always likes stars better just because I always got a kick watching how the system would organize them when Roy Hobbs was so far ahead of everyone. 


Just imagine how it would look if Roy Hobbs and Roy H. were merged back together. 

[Rondo2287]

tps easily.  there are several recent-joiners that post just for the sake of posting.

Yes

[Rondo2287]

Earning a reputation as an astute GM in the various Celticsblog drafts tops both.

Ha.  I was just going to point out how prestigious and life-changing being a winner of the CelticsBlog draft is.

You're terrible! Terrible!

Holiday/Jack
Wade/Butler
Pierce/Parsons
Bosh/Young
Vucevic/Splitter

Deepest team ever.

Don't even get me started on how this team was constructed.  Also,

Hill>Holiday - Fact not opinion
Kobe>Wade - Kobe tore his achilles just so he could pull it out with his bare hands and slap d-wade across the face with it
My SF position Sucked
West>Bosh - We'll find out for sure in the next round I think
Duncan>Vucevic - BECAUSE I SAID SO


BUT to be back on topic, I agree that the CB draft games here are by far the best way to gain notoriety/prestige.  at least in my book.

[slamtheking]

I always likes stars better just because I always got a kick watching how the system would organize them when Roy Hobbs was so far ahead of everyone. 


Just imagine how it would look if Roy Hobbs and Roy H. were merged back together.

explains why we never see the 2 of them in the same place at the same time.  like Superman and Clark Kent   

[hwangjini_1]

Neither. 

Tommy Points have the same flaw as upvotes in Reddit...  folks who post an unpopular opinion that adds to a discussion will typically get downvoted for not siding with the masses.  I have a tendency to argue the unpopular opinion here... so I don't expect to ever get tommy points.  It's a credit to CB that they eliminated the possibility to give someone a negative tommy point... otherwise I'm pretty certain I'd have a negative amount.

This is a Celtic forum.  Everyone here is conditioned to love the Celtics.  You probably aren't going to get a TP for criticizing Rajon Rondo or suggesting we aren't a contender. It's not surprising that some of the most positive people here have the most tommy points.  "You love the Celtics?  Shucks, me too!... have a Tommy point!"

That and the fact that long-time posters have twice given away all of their Tommy Points in one of Roy's "How much will you wager for a Celtic title?" threads.   

They are meaningless... I still give them out, but when I do I usually call it out in the thread... Telling someone, "TP... awesome post!" goes a lot further than the number tally.

Here's a TP.

You're my favorite contrarian for sure.

I agree, have a tp. 

Shouldn't you disagree to agree about a contrarian? It just seems to be a disservice.

I agree, have a tp.

[Chief]

I honestly like getting both, but they are flawed. Lately I've seen people posting some of the most eye rolling 5 word posts just because they know it will probably earn them a cheap TP.


****I hope a mod is reading this next part below"

Two ideas:

1. Being allowed to post mass TPs in the game forum. Sometimes I might give out 20-30 a night. Doing it manually stinks.

2. Setting up a betting system, wagering our Tps. All for fun.

[Evantime34]

I prefer stars, since I lost about  400 tps when I wagered that the Celtics would beat the Lakers in the finals a few years back.

[ItStaysYang]

I like TP's more too. Regardless of the fact that the system is 'abused', a higher TP-ratio ultimately means, in my opinion, the poster has half a brain

[Donoghus]

Neither really.

Stars don't measure much besides posting volume.  Some people have been on here for several years but might only have a couple of stars.  Others have been on here for maybe a year or less and have the same number. 

Earning a star doesn't mean much.  Some people just post for the sake of posting and maybe 80% of their stuff are one liners or add nothing to a conversation.

TPs back in the day meant that you were putting up some worthy posts that received praise from other posters.  That'd meant something.

Then the TP cliques & duplicate accounts started popping up and totally destroyed the TP concept.  Since then I haven't paid much attention to them at all although I will still go out of my way sometimes to reward good posts.

[wdleehi]

I like TP's more too. Regardless of the fact that the system is 'abused', a higher TP-ratio ultimately means, in my opinion, the poster has half a brain

The ratio means little since as others have posted, many long time posters have lost all the TPs in the past on Celtics winning in the playoffs. 


Heck, look at this list (which took place before TP-gate)


TOMMY POINTS LEADERS            
                       

Roy Hobbs[img width= height=]http://www.gorenfeld.net/images/crown.gif[/img]	2641
Redz	1706
Wdleehi	1511
Edgar[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	1511
FLCeltsFan	1380
nickagneta	1252
dark_lord	1148
Indeed Proceed	1112
Donoghus	944
Amager Celtic Fan[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	922
celticmaestro	920
Bahku	781
Jeff	738
crownsy	688
Chris [img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	666
johnnyrondo[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	651
Steve Weinman[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	610
Scintan	606
RebusRankin[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	600
CoachBo[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	540
Big Ticket	519
Hoyo de Monterrey	491
Celtic	450
cdif911[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	443
Who	428
LarBrd33	404
Reggies Ghost[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	394
fairweatherfan[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	373
BigAlTheFuture	371
housecall[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	371
Cman[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	347
Chief	343
Green17	335
MattG12[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	312
Andy Jick	308
Bob Day	306
Jsaad[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	304
Lucky17	292
CelticsWhat35[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	288
Bankshot	287
BudweiserCeltic	282
BBallTim[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	280
CelticBalla32[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	268
jay_jay54	266
Truck Lewis[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	263
EJPLAYA	249
The Walker Wiggle	242
bdm860[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	242
ManUp	239
celticinorlando	232
KCattheStripe[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	227
Brickowski	217
RAcker[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	217
Drucci[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	216
Fafnir[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	214
ma11l	212
zerophase	203
Mean Gerald Green	202
SShoreFan 2.0[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	201
SShoreFan 3.0	200
guava_wrench[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	193
Toine43[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	188
Casperian[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	187
SShoreFan 4.0	183
Schupac	181
winsomme[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	180
rondohondo	179
Thruthelookingglass[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	148
Neurotic Guy	146
yall hate	142
BrickJames	138
BASS_THUMPER[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	137
Rondo_is_better [img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	132
Mr October	127
BASSTHUMPER	125
davemonsterband[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	125
drza44	121
shiggins	119
Gomesfan[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	117
bostonfan23	114
QuinielaBox[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	114
thirstyboots18	111
SSFan V[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	111
Celtic Fan Forever[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	110
Kwhit10[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	110
greg683x	109
EarthBall	108
connerhenry43	108
Sweet17	107
tb727[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	105
billysan	104
butterbeanlove[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	104
Atzar[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]	104
Robb	103
Nerf MVP	103
yupitsme	102
[img width= height=]http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_JzF6YODRuv9HM:http://www.okellys.com/shamrock2.gif[/img]=moved up since last update
=denotes supreme TP lord

[Moranis]

I find both pointless.

[Cman]

Neither really.

Stars don't measure much besides posting volume.  Some people have been on here for several years but might only have a couple of stars.  Others have been on here for maybe a year or less and have the same number. 

Earning a star doesn't mean much.  Some people just post for the sake of posting and maybe 80% of their stuff are one liners or add nothing to a conversation.

TPs back in the day meant that you were putting up some worthy posts that received praise from other posters.  That'd meant something.

Then the TP cliques & duplicate accounts started popping up and totally destroyed the TP concept.  Since then I haven't paid much attention to them at all although I will still go out of my way sometimes to reward good posts.

Yes, that's my feeling.

I often don't think about either. Then sometimes I'll read a good post and think, "oh yeah, let's give this person a TP".

Of course, after winning games, I think one of the funnest things is giving TPs to everyone. Sort of like a virtual high-five after a win.