Deleting a Post does not subtract from User Post Count

[Kaijuphile]

Pardon me if I'm being ignorant, but I've searched long and hard for a hack that does this. My members tend to cherish their post counts, and it also has benefits on my forum, such as arcade usage time, PM storage amount, etc.

I need to prune my forum soon as it's getting huge, and I don't want the deleted posts to effect my members post count. Is there a hack out there to do this, or am I totally blind?

I can't believe it isn't included as a base option in VB (one of the few things I hate about VB in fact), and I would greatly appreciate any help in the matter.

Thanks,

Sauron