Massive Points Update
We ran a major update to the database today! Part of the update included one of the biggest reported issues - points. In our review of the board, we found that there were 1,537 users with an incorrect points value associated with their account. Each user was given one point PER comment for every published post. This collectively applied a total of 12,591 points to user accounts.
Some users will notice a HUGE increase from this update. But our news isn't all great. We have not fixed the problem for everyone. There are still 2008 users that are in need of an increase, and we are working to make that happen asap.
Stay with us, folks.
Well let’s find out..
(Edit, nope)
Points!?!?
edit: sigh
Yes - you have some now.
How about me
edit: nope
Have you tried recently? Mine are updating erratically.
Just tried again, no points under my name
Haha!
Suckers!
...D'OH!
You're at 115 right now (8:05pm) on my screen.
Hell yeah there we go!
You may not be able to see them but you have 119. Mine were not visible until I got over 200.
I like points.
Inadvertent posbang!
If they wait to long to fix it, we may have some postmortem posbangs...
Yep...I'm upvoting everyone.
Finally the big payoff
I never knew what they were for; can the points be redeemed for fun prizes, seat upgrades, etc. like airline miles??
Yes, MGoPoints are great. Click on the Rewards tab above. You can redeem points for most anything:
- Six pack of Coca Cola (which in turn you can redeem for tickets to the 2018 Ohio State game).
- Airline miles on Pan Am or TWA.
- 10% dealer discount on a 2020 AMC Pacer.
- Shares of MCI stock (10 points per share)
- Shares of Worldcom stock (5 points per share)
- Cold hard cash (South Vietnamese đồng).
- One year free webhosting on GeoCities.
And the list goes on...
That button disappeared with the loss of the MGoMobile app didn’t it?
Keep on refreshing, it will come back shortly.
I like Vietnamese dong.
Funny story. We're trying to find a puppy to adopt. My girls, wife, and I were driving to the pet store to buy supplies last night and debating names. We ran through a bunch and then started suggesting names of stores. What about Five Below? What about Macys? Then my wife said, "What about Dick's?"
My 13 yo said, "When I talk about my dog, I can't tell everyone that I love Dick's!!"
My 11 yo went crazy and couldn't stop laughing. I was grinning and shaking my head. My wife was utterly mortified that she didn't see it first, and also that my 11 yo totally got it.
That's great. Those are the moments you think fondly about at the end.
Enjoy Arby’s
This was funny!
Two tickets to the Minnesota game or 2 cokes.
They are kind of like the speedway gas station points. Buy 12,000 gallons of gas and redeem 12 billion points for a stick of gum from the cashier's purse and a used Dixie cup that you can fill with water from the bathroom sink. Extremely valuable those speedway points.
Very true. I think I turned in a years worth of points, probably 10k, I think I got $.05 off 12 gallons of gas.
Ok let’s see
Nope still at zero
I tried to give you a +1. Sorry, no dice.
not at zero. i got you twice and you went from 15 to 19. you are lit!
It seems to work for you now!! You show 23 points.
Yes it’s working! Bang Away!!
That should be 6 more.
Test post
Also a test post.
f*ck sparty
No luck with points for you. Sorry!
points are working for this one, too.
Post test.
Test
No luck for points on your account. Sorry.
Now working for you.
I wonder how many Maizens were just hatched.
In my best Ian Malcolm voice:
Maizen uh, uh, uh... finds a way.
Underrated post
Maizens aren't hatched, they're shat out.
3 * and a cloud of flatulence
Maizen would be lucking to be a 3* poster!
As seen at a rest stop in Oklahoma:
Here I sit, straining and flexin’
Giving birth to another Maizen...
Here I sit broken hearted
Tried to Maizen
But I just farted