Yeah but it's already stated in the info just like this Minimum system requirements: Windows XP or Windows Vista, 1 GHz Processor (2 GHz recommended), 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended for Vista), DirectX 8-compatible 3D graphics card with Hardware T&L support (GeForce FX 5xxx and above, ATI Radeon 9xxx and above recommended), Mouse, Keyboard. people should read before purchasing so they won't have future problems with the games they would buy.

You seem to have missed the point. The rep does not indicate your support of GOG, it indicates your support of the GOG community (there is a difference). If you have not needed the community's help, great for you, but not everyone has been that fortunate (myself included). Also, its not all about just getting the games to work, sometimes it is something as simple as "I can't defeat enemy X on level 3, how do I do it?"
Just meeting the requirements for a game does not guarantee that it will always work correctly. I just had a situation the other day where one of my GOG games, SHOGO, which I more than meet the minimum requirements for, was getting stuck in a cutscene. It was not a hardware or requirements issue, so rather than spend all day Googling for the problem, I posted a question on the forums asking if anyone else had encountered the issue and what they had done to solve it. That's part of what the forums are here for.

Our love for old games is what makes this community bonded together. Glad to see most people here are friendly, instead of posting http://letmegooglethatforyou.com all the time

Yeah, I just spent some time checking that out. Neat!
Nah, then it's just those with a lot of cash who get rep. And cheap as the games are, a number of us are on the RAmen diet! Indeed!

Ok sorry i don't feel like ''i should wander around and help everyone'' i don't like seeing people around with stars,comets,nebulas,solar systems icons next to their nicks..this is just my thoughts and i never need to know who helped the most or not this is not my concern
other than that i like this community i just don't like the so called uniforms you wear that makes different.

Yet you bothered to add your own avatar and changed your forum title. I would say that makes you far more different than a little number and possibly a star under your name.

yeah but everyone could do it :P putting a star next to name is out of the reach of some people..not every people can speak english so a 100% no english speaking french dude would never get into the ranking systems because he can't help others by speking only French...now that's the point this rep system are only for the people who can speak english and who have lots of free time...if you don't have free time or a non english speaking person you can never have stars or comets or whatever they are
edit: i just get to rep 7 although i didn't help to anyone i only posted in general discussion forum..i don't see the point of having 7 reps for my posting..i never wanted to have it

Desperados.
There is no law saying you have to help. There is no law saying you need high rep. There is no law saying that you need to bitch about everything. There is no law saying you have to be happy being part of a community that has grown to discuss old games, assist each other and generally just hang out. If you are just going to find things to complain about please restrain yourself.
However if you are going to help a lot then I'd expect some sort of recognition. If you are being a constructive member of the community recognition will come. People who are new may not know that Ois, Weclock, JudasIscariot and so on are helpful friendly people. The Rep system is useful for helping newbies. It's not perfect but what is?
That being said... Why the HELL did you decide to start yet another post about rep. There have been plenty and some of which will no doubt be in the first few pages of the general Forum. Another thread was not needed.
Karl
Edit - - Quit bitching about it.

If you don't speak English, then your probably not going to be visiting these forums much. As far as i can tell, its all in English. So in that case, not getting rep doesn't really matter.

Someone who can't speak any English at all is unlikely to participate in the forums in the first place, so what does that matter? Also, if you don't have the free time to participate in the forums, it really shouldn't matter to you whether or not someone else gets rep or stars.
BTW - I just noticed that since this thread started, your rep has gone up a point, congrats!

yeah, and french or other speakers of foreign languages can easily get to 25 rep, which is what it takes to get a star.
post once a day, every day, for 25 days, bammo you got a star.
also, like cogadh said, someone who can't speak english at all is unlikely to be here, because the unofficial language of GOG is english. As they only support the english language versions of games..currently.

I'm not sure I'm understanding why people are getting so annoyed over this rep system. What does it really matter if someone has a litle star or more rep than yourself?
It's like post counts; as meaningless as you make it. If you don't like it, simply don't look at it.
Oh and if it *really* winds you up that much, why not look into making yourself a custom style sheet? You can then set it to block the following classes:
xywka -- which handles the display of the rep number
t_u_stars_p -- which handles the stars
Set both to "display: none;" and you'll never be bothered by them again.

Ah, the voice of reason, thanks bansama!

Stop. Don't feel or state you are *sorry* for expressing an opinion. Some people are going to disagree with it and how you go about it, but so far, we've ALL been rather civil about it, and all is well. No mistake made, nothing to apologise for.
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English/Non-English
For non-English speakers, there is always Bablefish. Sure it's not perfect, but it does a decent job, and there are plenty of people using English as their primary language that do so poorly (either through not having learnt it well, or a lack of effort). I know I have issues where I can read a sentence several times and not notice missing words, so things do not have to be perfect.
You can also post in your native language beneath a Bablefish post. There are a large number of people here who can help translate if needed.

sorry i can't argue with you personally as i'm neutral to everyone else i just criticize systems and thoughts, i don't target a person and take his thoughts as a compass showing the right way. :)
i did post the topic because clearly some high rep people here see themselves as the owner of the all posts..they do reply all topics and critize everthing i just critize this...you just DON'T need to be helpful..you are the nanny of the board or anything..i'm saying to this all people who spend their 12 hours everyday