More on the repuation system, specifically those wierd dots we are using now.
One green dot (

) is given for every started 100 reputation points.
From 500 points on, one bright green dot (

) is given for every started 200 reputation points.
One red dot (

) is given for every started 100 negative reputation points.
From 500 negative points on, one bright red dot (

) is given for every started 200 negative reputation points
If a user has 0 reputation points, a gray dot (

) is displayed.
If a user has chosen to turn off reputation in his UserCP, a black dot (

) is displayed.
It's kind of a crappy system, but it's the one the forum software has come with. Like I said before, I'll come up with something a little more military based than little colored blobs.