Tom's doesn't want me anymore?

[ubercake]

I have enough emotional issues as my parents left me on a door step as a baby and the people with the door step, in turn, sold me into indentured servitude by which I can't ever seem to meet the terms of the agreement.

Now tom's hardware is having their way with me...

I have been contributing to the forum for a while now and noticed I've gotten to a point under the 'Graphics and Displays' section and other sections of the forum by which if I am awarded a 'Best Answer', my 'Best Answer' count is no longer incrementing. I've been stuck on 45 'Best Answers' under the 'Graphics and Displays' section for weeks now, even though I've accumulate around 10 'Best Answers' within that amount of time.

Is this tom's way of telling me they don't want me either?

 

[jpishgar]

Sometimes the system has hiccups near the beginning of the month and takes a bit of time to update - give it a week or so and then let me know if it still hasn't updated with your correct amount.

 

[ubercake]

Will do. Thank you.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I sent a PM TO Techmo34 and he said the site hadn't updated the Best Answers since the 1st!You will get credited soon i've seen this before!

 

[tecmo34]

Sometimes the system has hiccups near the beginning of the month and takes a bit of time to update - give it a week or so and then let me know if it still hasn't updated with your correct amount.

Joe...

I have seen this happen but not this bad!! I understand the switch over at the beginning of the month but once the point totals for the month start working, the "Best Answers" should be in place too. I think we have a little bigger issue than just the first part of the month, specially since we are half way through the month.

 

[ubercake]

I have at least 10 best answers now in Graphics and Displays (I think I got 4 or 5 yesterday alone) that haven't been tallied. Also, any others aren't tallying in other categories either.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Tecmo34 and Joe will get it straightened out and you will receive your best answer credits soon!

 

[Pyree]

This also happen to me. I was about to start another thread about this issue as well but saw this problem already reported and post here instead.

 

[ubercake]

Tecmo34 and Joe will get it straightened out and you will receive your best answer credits soon!

Great. Thanks.

 

[rolli59]

I have noticed that this has happened with some of my best answers as well in the systems section. Can not keep an eye on the other sections since the counter stops at 150! Notice as well that few of them have shown up on the UK mirror in the past but do not know if they are new or old.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I have a few on the UK mirror as well,but i've never posted there!

 

[Saga Lout]

Well you certainly won't see your BAs or Badges in the UK site, A51. I've lost track of mine but live in hopes of a future site upgrade.

 

[HEXiT]

lolz he thinks 10 missing is bad... i get an average of 15 per month for the last 4 months with around 3000 points of my score coming from best answers and i havent been credited with any of em in badges... the only badges i have gotten is from the rank list where you get points for your avatar, reporting posts or commenting on an artical... i have none for my efforts in pc games which by now should be gold or not far off.
all i get is it will be sorted on the next site update. but its been 4 months.
so please either get it working or scrap it.

 

[Pyree]

i have none for my efforts in pc games which by now should be gold or not far off.
all i get is it will be sorted on the next site update. but its been 4 months.
so please either get it working or scrap it.

I know, pc game is particularly troublesome. I don't even have the words on the table showing up.

 

[ubercake]

I'm approaching 20-30 now. Still waiting... No longer counting.

 

[ubercake]

I'll check back daily for my silver graphics badge, but part of the fun factor of participation is the badge and point system. Points are neat, but badges are part of it too and something you can put up on the virtual shelf. Doesn't seem as fun otherwise.

I see other users gaining badges daily. This is why I don't think tom's wants me around anymore?

 

[ubercake]

Now someone stole my badges...

I just got a message stating I earned the graphics and displays badge because I achieved over 50 best answers (this is supposed to be a silver badge), and all of my silver and 7 of my bronze badges disappeared.

 

[tecmo34]

They look there to me??

 

[aford10]

One thing you guys need to understand, is that there is a disconnect between the US and UK forums. Some threads are posted in the UK forums, and sometimes our US members get bumped into the UK forum. Your best answers don't translate into the US forum, but you'll still get email notifications of them. It's been this way for some time.

The new platform will hopefully resolve this issue, however, with the current one, it's not a high priority.

 

[jitpublisher]

Just be glad you didn't start contributing to the forums 10 or more years ago like some of us here did, and then have the entire format changed so many times, we have the highest answered thread contributions, but rank lower than many 1 and 2 year contributors with less than a third the contribution count! (not to take anything away from the new people who post some excellent advice and ideas.)

 

[outlw6669]

^
Yeah, that sucks every time

 

[Saga Lout]

Maybe all you January, 1970 guys should be elevated to some form of unique status other than Veteran, Addict, etc. to reflect those lost years of effort. How does Founder Members sound?

 

[aford10]

The only thing is, the actual join date was lost pretty recently. It was back in like 2006/2007.

 

[jitpublisher]

Hmmmm, never really though of anything like that. Doesn't sound half bad though.

 

[jitpublisher]

The only thing is, the actual join date was lost pretty recently. It was back in like 2006/2007.

Yeah, that was about the time the actual join dates all jumped to 1970, and I believe the forums started in 97 I think? So I am not quite sure why 1970 was the the default date. But you have to admit, the change in forum status and rankings a couple three years back did not quite fairly award most of the senior members for years of contributions, as far as the ranking system is working for newer members anyhow. Not a big deal really, but it has turned into a sort of "slap in the face" to those who have been here since the beginning, or shortly after.