The problem we have is with edit rights, our user groups all have different permissions in each of the forums and we like to award the edit rights to those members who have proven themselves as responsible and trustworthy etc.

But because those users are within a group with others who we don't want to give edit rights too, then we have to allocate them using the Individual Member permissions.

BUT because they override the user group permissions it takes forever to remember excatly what permissions they should and shouldn't have and it takes about 15 minutes each time to just give them edit rights in their own posts across the whole site.

We are a new site so its bad enough now, later as we grow its gonna be a real pain .... so we thought that it would help a lot to be able to make the individual member permissions accumilative rather than overwriting. So it wouldn't replace the group member permissions like it does as default but instead adds to them for that particular member?

The groups are basically races and as such posting and access restrictions apply to some threads. They need to stay in the groups they are in to stay part of that race and climb the level ladder as they earn points.

So in a way it would in a sense be the same as creating individual Membership permissions, but thanks for the idea

You can see how we are set up at http://www.lotrdreams.com - www.lotrdreams.com

Though your post doesn't come as a surprise to me at all, I am dissapointed that you feel the way you do and that you can't see past your own little world and realise that there are many such Tolkien fan sites, and if you had taken a better look at our site you would have found that it is not a clone site, though I accept it is similar in appearance.

The site has been set up and designed at the behest of its members, nothing more. However I fail to see how even you could assume that lotrplaza.com is the only tokien site that has a rank ladder system and points system in place.

As for your'e mod, concerning points, I personally did look at it, but was unable to make head nor tail of it at the time! Had we of used it! full credit would have been given openly along with our gratitude. I am not a webmaster at any stretch of the imagination but we do have one, it saddens me that you will no longer offer assistance to other webmasters upon this forum as I know since you took over the site from its creator you have become an accomplished coader who could help them out a lot.

But that is your decision to make, I did try and not ask for assistance openly upon this forum for fear of such a reaction and I apologise to those witnessing this and for bringing it to your door.

Borg, my sincere apologies for this and if you feel it best for the forum then I will cancel my membership. I am unlikely in the foreseeable to offer any help or advice to its members more than likely the opposite where as I know that Mo/Melkor will be a great asset to your members.