Wolfox

*need to be creative to get Rep... runs both the sub-forums literally all about creativity (and got one of them created by sheer force of will) and has next to none.* 

Joking aside XD, ye it's certainly a factor but it's but one of them. There's a ot of facotrs that go into why somebody gains rep etc... cause it's a system that works that way. Rep points have no inherant meaning so people can give them out for a WlDE variety of reasonings. lt's hard to pinpoint exactly why one person would gain more than another etc... cause lt's take lot of analysis of not just one person and there's a huge uncountable number of factors at play.

I think that in order to gain rep you must offer something to the community. Now it might be advice to young community members, help with corrupted files, trading away bred 'mons to people who ask, do a custom run to entertain the community members, or just be a positive person and exchange opinions around. Or be funny.

Whichever each person does depends on the personality of the person. I'd never be able to spend hours on my PC to fulfill the most absurd trade requests that people might have, the way @Zarc does. And I'm useless with RPGmaker and savefile editing, so I can't help with corrupt save files the way @walpurgis does. I like doing the other things though.

All in all, I think that people only gain reputation by offering some kind of service. From entertainment to a simple chat. If you're an asshole, then nobody will give you points.