Playing around with a few site/forum ideas again..

Those exclusive sections aren't a bad idea but you'll have to promote them. People won't be up to contributing if they don't know about the benefits. Something that I did notice though (as I have a similar thing running on the forums that I mod): most people go through some effort to get in, then get used to it, and soon become inactive again, or at least don't contribute like you would want them to.

Personally I find this karma thingie amusing, nothing more. ;D

One of the things I could do (since I'm not confident writing reviews for all of the Saturn and Dreamcast stuff I have) is contribute more in the anime forum. Mainly posting stuff regarding the lastest fansub releases.