I'm not really sure I understand the whole "kudos" thing, and why it is something that would be needed. I'm pretty much against anything that encourages artificially upping post counts or posts/threads made to simply garner popularity of the user. Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but it just seems like something that would encourage "i agree"/"yes"/"lol" posts and a lot of "scratch my back, i'll scratch yours" kind of behavior and alliances.
As for groups, I really don't see much point in them. I had joined groups on the 1up network, which is a pretty well trafficked site, and it just seemed like the vast majority of them are started and quickly abandoned. This would just take more discussion away from the forums, and that's not a good thing.
I do want to see the "I own this game" thing spruced up a bit. It would be nice to be able to organize it, especially with different options(console, alphabetically, etc).
The game database is something that needs work. Some of the duplicates in there are pretty frustrating. There was to be a better way to nip that in the bud, but i realize it must be overwhelming for the mods having to "ok" each game.
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