diff --git a/tools/github_webhook_processor.php b/tools/github_webhook_processor.php
index 6113714566..a915c76ad2 100644
--- a/tools/github_webhook_processor.php
+++ b/tools/github_webhook_processor.php
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@
 //This is required as otherwise somebody could trick the script into leaking the api key.
 $hookSecret = '08ajh0qj93209qj90jfq932j32r';
 
+$trackPRBalance = true;	//set this to false to disable PR balance tracking
+$prBalanceJson = '';	//Set this to the path you'd like the writable pr balance file to be stored, not setting it writes it to the working directory
+$startingPRBalance = 3;	//Starting balance for never before seen users
+//team 133041: tgstation/commit-access
+$maintainer_team_id = 133041;	//org team id that is exempt from PR balance system, setting this to null will use anyone with write access to the repo. Get from https://api.github.com/orgs/:org/teams
+
 //Api key for pushing changelogs.
 $apiKey = '209ab8d879c0f987d06a09b9d879c0f987d06a09b9d8787d0a089c';
 
@@ -168,7 +174,7 @@ function tag_pr($payload, $opened) {
 	if(strpos($lowertitle, '[wip]') !== FALSE)
 		$tags[] = 'Work In Progress';
 
-	$url = $payload['pull_request']['base']['repo']['url'] . '/issues/' . $payload['pull_request']['number'] . '/labels';
+	$url = $payload['pull_request']['issue_url'] . '/labels';
 
 	$existing_labels = file_get_contents($url, false, stream_context_create($scontext));
 	$existing_labels = json_decode($existing_labels, true);
@@ -195,6 +201,12 @@ function handle_pr($payload) {
 	switch ($payload["action"]) {
 		case 'opened':
 			tag_pr($payload, true);
+			if(get_pr_code_friendliness($payload) < 0){
+				$balances = pr_balances();
+				$author = $payload['pull_request']['user']['login'];
+				if(isset($balances[$author]) && $balances[$author] < 0)
+					create_comment($payload, 'You currently have a negative Fix/Feature pull request delta of ' . $balances[$author] . '. Maintainers may close this PR at will. Fixing issues or improving the codebase will improve this score.');
+			}
 			break;
 		case 'edited':
 		case 'synchronize':
@@ -210,6 +222,8 @@ function handle_pr($payload) {
 			else {
 				$action = 'merged';
 				checkchangelog($payload, true, true);
+				update_pr_balance($payload);
+				$validated = TRUE; //pr merged events always get announced.
 			}
 			break;
 		default:
@@ -223,7 +237,116 @@ function handle_pr($payload) {
 	
 	$msg = '['.$payload['pull_request']['base']['repo']['full_name'].'] Pull Request '.$action.' by '.htmlSpecialChars($payload['sender']['login']).': <a href="'.$payload['pull_request']['html_url'].'">'.htmlSpecialChars('#'.$payload['pull_request']['number'].' '.$payload['pull_request']['user']['login'].' - '.$payload['pull_request']['title']).'</a>';
 	sendtoallservers('?announce='.urlencode($msg), $payload);
+}
 
+//creates a comment on the payload issue
+function create_comment($payload, $comment){
+	apisend($payload['pull_request']['comments_url'], 'POST', json_encode(array('body' => $comment)));
+}
+
+//returns the payload issue's labels as a flat array
+function get_pr_labels_array($payload){
+	$url = $payload['pull_request']['issue_url'] . '/labels';
+	$issue = json_decode(apisend($url), true);
+	$result = array();
+	foreach($issue as $l)
+		$result[] = $l['name'];
+	return $result;
+}
+
+//helper for getting the path the the balance json file
+function pr_balance_json_path(){
+	global $prBalanceJson;
+	return $prBalanceJson != '' ? $prBalanceJson : 'pr_balances.json';
+}
+
+//return the assoc array of login -> balance for prs
+function pr_balances(){
+	$path = pr_balance_json_path();
+	if(file_exists($path))
+		return json_decode(file_get_contents($path), true);
+	else
+		return array();
+}
+
+//returns the difference in PR balance a pull request would cause
+function get_pr_code_friendliness($payload, $oldbalance = null){
+	global $startingPRBalance;
+	if($oldbalance == null)
+		$oldbalance = $startingPRBalance;
+	$labels = get_pr_labels_array($payload);
+	//anything not in this list defaults to 0
+	$label_values = array(
+		'Fix' => 2,
+		'Refactor' => 2,
+		'Code Improvement' => 1,
+		'Priority: High' => 4,
+		'Priority: CRITICAL' => 5,
+		'Atmospherics' => 4,
+		'Logging' => 1,
+		'Feedback' => 1,
+		'Performance' => 3,
+		'Feature' => -1,
+		'Balance/Rebalance' => -1,
+		'Tweak' => -1,
+		'PRB: Reset' => $startingPRBalance - $oldbalance,
+	);
+
+	$affecting = 0;
+	$is_neutral = FALSE;
+	$found_something_positive = false;
+	foreach($labels as $l){
+		if($l == 'PRB: No Update') {	//no effect on balance
+			$affecting = 0;
+			break;
+		}
+		else if(isset($label_values[$l])) {
+			$friendliness = $label_values[$l];
+			if($friendliness > 0)
+				$found_something_positive = true;
+			$affecting = $found_something_positive ? max($affecting, $friendliness) : $friendliness;
+		}
+	}
+	return $affecting;
+}
+
+function is_maintainer($payload, $author){
+	global $maintainer_team_id;
+	$repo_is_org = $payload['pull_request']['base']['repo']['owner']['type'] == 'Organization';
+	if($maintainer_team_id == null || !$repo_is_org) {
+		$collaburl = $payload['pull_request']['base']['repo']['collaborators_url'] . '/' . $author . '/permissions';
+		$perms = json_decode(apisend($collaburl), true);
+		$permlevel = $perms['permission'];
+		return $permlevel == 'admin' || $permlevel == 'write';
+	}
+	else {
+		$check_url = 'https://api.github.com/teams/' . $maintainer_team_id . '/memberships/' . $author;
+		$result = json_decode(apisend($check_url), true);
+		return isset($result['state']);	//this field won't be here if they aren't a member
+	}
+}
+
+//payload is a merged pull request, updates the pr balances file with the correct positive or negative balance based on comments
+function update_pr_balance($payload) {
+	global $startingPRBalance;
+	global $trackPRBalance;
+	if(!$trackPRBalance)
+		return;
+	$author = $payload['pull_request']['user']['login'];
+	if(is_maintainer($payload, $author))	//immune
+		return;
+	$balances = pr_balances();
+	if(!isset($balances[$author]))
+		$balances[$author] = $startingPRBalance;
+	$friendliness = get_pr_code_friendliness($payload, $balances[$author]);
+	$balances[$author] += $friendliness;
+	if($balances[$author] < 0 && $friendliness < 0)
+		create_comment($payload, 'Your Fix/Feature pull request delta is currently below zero (' . $balances[$author] . '). Maintainers may close future Feature/Tweak/Balance PRs. Fixing issues or helping to improve the codebase will raise this score.');
+	else if($balances[$author] >= 0 && ($balances[$author] - $friendliness) < 0)
+		create_comment($payload, 'Your Fix/Feature pull request delta is now above zero (' . $balances[$author] . '). Feel free to make Feature/Tweak/Balance PRs.');
+	$balances_file = fopen(pr_balance_json_path(), 'w');
+	fwrite($balances_file, json_encode($balances));
+	fclose($balances_file);
 }
 
 function has_tree_been_edited($payload, $tree){