What is Mana?
WowBB uses an advanced iterative algorithm to determine the most respected users. A user "adds mana" to other users she respects, and the more mana she has, the more the increase in recipients' manas. A user can also change her mind, and remove mana from someone to whom she added mana before. However, the more members a member adds mana to, the less the effect of those mana additions.
For example, let's assume that your mana is 3 out of 4. If you want to add mana to someone then you basically add him/her 3 points divided by the number of members to whom you added mana before. If you added mana to one member before, the amount of mana you would add is 3/(1+1)=1.5 points. This is a dynamic process. Whenever someone adds or removes mana, the manas of all members are calculated from scratch.
Finally, mana takes the normal distribution rule into account, and it gets increasingly accurate as you get more members.
Jonny Bolt wrote: I dont know what dork thought of it and added to boards lol, but it reminds me of Junior High school. I think we should have a group hug.
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Mr. Versatile wrote: Jonny Bolt wrote: I dont know what dork thought of it and added to boards lol, but it reminds me of Junior High school. I think we should have a group hug.
lol. It's just a weird thing to put in a message board. Weird to me, thats all. If I were going write my own code for board software, I myself wouldnt put "mana" in it. I dont know why...but it just seems ghey to me.
Captain J wrote: And I wonder why there's only one person with all the mana filled. And WHY doensn't anybody like ME enough to give me some mana?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Ok Capt'n. I added Mana to u's. Happy Now.
Thank you sir.
