Moderation is not turned on to support gamification. It is turned on to prevent manual spamming of SCN. If you have more than 30 points, as Breck does, you will only be put into moderation if you use key words that are not allowed. These include profanity, and those that showed up in the recent spam attacks.
Daniel, I hope you will continue to contribute to SCN and move out of the under 30 point moderation level.
Best regards,
Jeanne