And do keep in mind, that "competitive attitudes" have been VERY GOOD for the community. They're the reason we have Hijack and JEmplode, and perhaps part of the reason for the player software folks working hard to keep up with us on some new features.

Competition is not evil. Arbitrary heavy-handed suppression of a harmless "reward" system is evil.

Here, I'll spell it out for you: Hijack would not have existed were it not for "post counts/titles". Initially, I dreamt it up as an excuse to post frequently enough to get into the mid-tiers of titles. That was a good thing, I believe. And it (was) one of the things that kept me coming back here regularly.

Cheers