I don't favor the idea of points, let alone based on word counts. Then people would get upset if they're in Free or could just end up posting gibberish for the sake of points. I also am not in favor of "buying" graphics, be it with fake or real money. I'm unsure of what the term "buddy" entrails, based on your usage though, it's more like a graphic displaying points rather than some "humanoid avatar" that is springing to mind. I do give you credit for the interesting idea but I don't see it (personally) working out well, and it would probably end up getting abused and overloading anyone who's shop "accepts" these hypothetical points. It just seems a bit overly complicated. We're here to RP (most of us value content over AMOUNT of said content) not to make a game out of it. (Well there is Spam...) This site is plenty active as is and I don't see this as being a positive or "neat" enhancement.