what is the K on my profile?

ok so i have worked out the W but now suddenly a K has appeared.

Can anyone please ellaborate?

reply to post by Havick007


It's your ATS Karma Rating.

reply to post by Rising Against


aha thank you

What does it mean? The karma rating, that is.

Originally posted by sonofliberty1776
What does it mean? The karma rating, that is.

It is how they decide whether you earned enough points to deserve coal in your stocking or a candy cane?

Originally posted by Stormdancer777

Originally posted by sonofliberty1776
What does it mean? The karma rating, that is.

It is how they decide whether you earned enough points to deserve coal in your stocking or a candy cane?

LOL. I will take the coal, candy canes rot your teeth. How is it calculated?

reply to post by sonofliberty1776

As far as I know, they haven't told us how the calculation is made.
My personal theory is that the formula begins "20 divided by the number of posts", and then throws in the number of stars and flags in some way. (You may notice that all newcomers have a K score of 20 on their first post, which will drop to 1 by their twentieth post if they don't gain any stars in the meantime)

Ok, thanks. I am not quite as confused as I was. I think I will just ignore it.

Originally posted by sonofliberty1776
I think I will just ignore it.

good idea,

I think it is sorta incentive and kudos for newbies, but I don't know how to explain it. There is a link explaining it on here somewhere.

Wonder what a high K value is (i.e. the range)?

reply to post by Gazrok


mister.old.school has a 536 karma rating...


I think that's the highest I have seen...


Insane...

reply to post by facelift


from what i have seen the more stars and less flags = a greater K rating.

Some newb's have a higher K rating than me, but i think only because they have no flags but stars from contibuting to other threads.

So basically it's like you get Karma points for contributing more to other threads than creating your own.

Which does make sense.

Although i think there should also be a rating for how many stars you give other members. I have seen some that wont give any stars but expect many and then the total opposite as well.

reply to post by Gazrok


lol your a Mod, you tell us??

i think it is ats karma rating