[Deepskirt]

I have a rule of thumb with rep stealers....they start it and I finish it.

You steal my rep, I will then play by your rules, which I think is quite fair.

I follow a rep stealer for a while after they strike, and take a share of everything they touch. Granted, I'm taking my share with flame from a mastered staff, but we all work with what we have.

They then, nine times out of ten, ask me "why are you doing this?" When I point out what they did to me and explain that I am just joining their method of play, more often then not, they get a clue and apologize, and I move on my merry way.

The most annoying rep stealers I have experienced are new staff holders who think leveling their staff is more significant than any and all.

Note added as Edit: I don't literally think of rep stealing as "rep stealing" anymore then I think of crab apples as being apples made from crabs, but EVERYONE knows what your speaking of when you say it.