I know a lot of thought and discussion has gone into this already, and I am sure I have missed a few of the threads related to the rep system, but as I read the details, I got a bit confused, probably with the terminology. This is what I could figure out, please tell me if I am right or wrong....

1) There are two elements, Rep Points that you can accrue, and your RepRank, which is determined by how many Rep Points you have and which is displayed to other users.

2) When joining the forum, you get 1 Rep Point.

3) For every year as a member of the forum, and for every 1,000 posts made, you earn 1 Rep Point.

4) Users who have posted on the forum at least 50 times can vote on posts from other users, with either a positive or negative vote. The number of points earned or lost from that vote is weighted based on the Rep Points of the individual voter, and only so many votes can be made by a user per day.

5) User votes are weighted based on the Rep Points of the voter, with 1 Rep Point given to (or taken from) the votee for every 100 Rep Points the voter currently has.

5) The total number of points which you have earned determines your RepRank according to the given chart.

A user who joined (1 Rep Point) in 2004 (three years= 3 Rep Points) and has posted 2,000 posts (2 Rep Points) would then have 6 points and a RepRank of 0.6, not counting votes?

Have I gotten it correct so far? I know I am missing something, just not sure what. (The math doesn't add up) For instance, are there additional Rep Points for being a moderator or MVP, to give the system the initial weight for distribution? And the other point below, I could not figure out at all.

A) Number of ratings to display in the user's control panel = 5 > Not sure what this means - is this the number of vote comments that will be shown?

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