CMU Player Points

We are considering changing how player points are calculated, currently we have:

• 1 point per every 20 events created
• 1 point per every 20 shares bought
• 1 point per every 50 forum posts
• 1 point per every 10 feedbacks given to other users
• 1 point per every 10 positive feedbacks received
• -1 point per every 1 negative feedback received
• 1 point per poker username entered on your profile
• 2 points per each user referred
• 15 points if you have logged in during the last week
• 20 points for completing personal information
• Offering ChipMeUp $ as a payment method

One suggested is to vastly increase the points given for shares bought and events sold.

Another is to cap the number of points you can receive for making forum posts.

A new addition may be: more points for signing up to a ChipMeUp Facebook group or for posting a link to your OPR.

Thoughts?

id say cap forum involvement at like 1k-1500 posts.
pump up the shares bought and events sold as u said.(maybe 1 point every 10 on both)
maybe pump up feedback points. id say u could up the points lost with negative also (i.e. 1 points per 5 positive and -1 or -2 for each negative)
my 2c.

I’d like to see more points for bringing people here to invest. Seems like it should be the biggest point getter.

I’d agree with shares bought and events sold increase. Yes to capping forum posts. You need to be waaaaaay more harsh on negative feedback, but then be sure to verify there is a valid reason for negative feedback. I’d say makes all the points disappear if the person is restricted or banned too.

I’d say drop the 1 point for every pokerscreenname
(I mean srsly, whats the thought behind it? Its should be a rule to fill em in. Not a bonus if you do)
Also the forums post dont need to be capped imo, just drop the shoutbox posts out of it.
So that only the posts, made in the real forums counts.
That way people will look more at the forums and be more aware about possible scammers and other news.
(As I believe that now a post in the SB also counts as a post)
Also now I noticed that you get -1 point for evey negative feedback, well thats cool.
But in that Case there HAS to be a reason given, or else its not valid imo. I mean there are some people I dont like here and I could just randomly give em -2 negative feedback if I wanted.
Also the points increase for share buys and and events finished are good, and you can increase them (Although I think most points come from share buys already) but when someone fcks up his event he should get a point deducted.
Imo

is it an idea to give more points for the investors as also the horses? i think thats what this community is about.
is it an idea to give seperated points for played events and investing points (playerpoints and investingpoints). that way ppl can see who is more a backer and who is more a player. or just both. (if that is possible with the software ofcourse)
i do agree on the -1 with take that there have to be a good reason given. else ppl can just give negative feedback because of they dont like that person.

I like pretty much everything people have stated above.

Also, points for either bringing big players/winners to the site/investors as GOD, I mean KYA suggested.

seperating staking and playing points is a good idea dutch. also i dont see why buying should get a person more points than selling and vice versa, it should be even imo(or seperated). the points seem lopsided already in favor of the buyers and the sellers are the ones u really need a point system for the most imo. u dont really have to trust the seller very often.

edit: i also think that there should be xtra points for bringing in backers, but not much really. its a good thing, but doesnt deserve to make anyone look that much better as its just them showing a site that mostly sells itself.
id rather see some referral % instead. maybe the cmu charge can give 5% of the 3.5% to referalls when that buyer uses cmu$ to buy. if the guy buys alot, it will add up and be worth it to recruit more. just a thought.

there is a referral system in place:

When a new player signs up to Chip Me Up, they have the option to specify a ‘Referrers Username’ (the ‘referrer’).

The person they refer will earn 10% of all fees they generate forever!

if increased points are to be given for bringing players/backers here it can be done and tracked through the referral system i would imagine

So if you are listed as the referred player, then when the person buys 100 shares you get an extra point or whatever, same for selling, but you should have to be listed as referring the player.

It should go the other way to and you should lose points if you refer a player who then ends up scamming on the site (if you gain 2 for referring them you should lose at least 5 if they run off with poeples money)

good points harp.

well if you bring players, then I guess if the player hits hugeamus maximus scores, the guy bringing him here should be awarded some sort of points, for like, every $10k won on the site.

pinches a peice of ppp

even points for a certain cmu roi reached

dave, i liked the non-pink pic better. very well chopped.lol

Speaking of the refferal system, I just went and had a look. I have 3 refferals that have generated $11 in refferal fees for me, but I dont seem to be able to find if and where it was ever credited to my account. Is it credited automatically, and if so where can I find it in my balance?

THE ONLY REASON I BRING UP THESE POINTS IS IN CASE YOU GIVE AWAY REWARDS TO ITS TOP MEMBERS:

would eliminate entirely the forum post points (i think you get a forum post just for commenting in your event)

more points for events created than shares bought. if someone creates an event, CMU automatically sees revenue. someone can buy a million shares and CMU may not see a dime. so, obviously it’s exploitable as well.

don’t reward points for each username entered. CMU doesn’t have a site verification process. there are a shitload of sites out there, most of which we never use. therefore, i could just enter in fake names for sites such as Chili Poker, ipoker, carbon poker, etc. (i’ll never have money sent to them, so no harm, no foul).

rather than each user referred (again, this is exploitable), give fractions of points for each event a referred user creates or for x-amount of shares he buys.

negative feedback should not be counted. there are so many juvenile, passive aggressive people that this will be abused. already people are afraid to say what they really think for fear of retribution (loss in sales, site stigma, negative feedback). rewarded negative feedback would increase this immensely. instead, give negative points for tells administered by admin.

Extra Point ideas:

1. scammers caught
2. finding site bugs/errors
3. loss of points if chat banned
4. extra points for sex appeal

How about points for positive roi’s at ps and ft and for large sample sizes. It seems to me that none of these things in this point system reward a player for being a winner. The current point system dosnt mean anything to me as a seller or buyer. Imo cmu could do the community a favor by finding a better way to highlight its actual winners.

The current system is obviously tailored to encourage people to buy shares – quite understandable shortterm maybe not so good longterm when newcomers misinterpret the list.

BTW, what is the reasoning behind 1 usd/share limit in “Top 10 Largest Return on Investment for a single event” list? Minimum buyin is obvious, but this makes no sense to me. (Yes, this is the “why dont you include my event” post.)

jelly, that was probably before the days shares could be priced under $1. so, the only thing below $1 was free shares. free shares created an infinite profit, therefore skewing the list. i assume if you email them a reminder, they can change it.

The points for shares brought needs changing, weve seen how with the $0.01c shares have skewed the top CMU members list.
It should be for $ invested.

Some great points there Rwest, even if my responce is just another cover for points towards cmu list and Grand Master status ;)

I think that sounds just about as bad as Razz Master?

As far as events listed i feel it should be better catered towards the $ value of the event listed. I list $300-$2000 combos so would be unfairly scored under the current or suggested scoring system.