Website Development & New Rewards System!

Hey guys, the website is currently undergoing HUGE development and the 2 current staff are working on developing new content, fixing bugs, brainstorming new ideas to make the site more enjoyable for everyone, and making the best of a free web-service. All of MY free time has been put towards developing this site. Nazz's, not so much. He's been a little bit of a help though. Anyways, here's what's going on.
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Development Plans and Progression:
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Key: Green = Complete, Red = Incomplete, Orange = Close to Completion
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- Complete adding Categories and Forums
- Build a STABLE team of Staff members
- Finish Organizing the Portal and adding extra Widgets
- Add Fully Functioning Reward System
- Give use to the New Awesome Fully Functioning Reward System!***
***"Points" have been changed to merits credits (I'm a very picky chooser)
- Live Chatboxes to chat with the members of the community
- Make the Website theme as easy on the eyes and to navigate around as possible (fixing up rough edges, adding new icons, etc.)
- Build a full Active Community and find a way to advertise
- Write a complete list of rules (rules are always changing)
- Fix Forum Signatures
**Forum Signatures fixed as of 2/3/13 at 11:48 AM EST
- Create Rank Icons that are properly displayed under forum and profile Avatar (Ex. The Icon that says Owner and has a crown next to it under my picture)
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This is currently what there is so far but we WILL be adding and removing as we go on. As you can see alot of progress has been made but there is even more to get done! Now... Here's what's going on with the reward System...
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REWARD SYSTEM:
Points Credits:
Gain Per Profile Message: 1
Credit Per Day: 1
Credit Per Friend: 5
Credit per Message on Forums: 2
Credit Per Topic Start on Forums: +4

Reputation:
Negative Vote: -1
Positive Vote: +1
Thanks!: +3
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Credits keep track of how active you are on the forums and in the community. The more you participate in the above activities, the more credits you are rewarded with. Credits currently are pretty useless, but I intend on giving them use in the future. Somehow...
Reputation is your standing with the community. Your reputation relies on whether or not the community likes you and what you post, and the community is pretty much what determines your reputation. The purpose in Reputation is supposed to let people know whether or not your posts are trustworthy or not, and if you're a reliable source. Extremely useful if you ask me.