The honour point system is in place to help keep data within the site accurate. People need to get a feel for how the process works before being able to assist. A few mislabled entries means a lot of work repairing things.

It is very simple to gain points. Simply travelling through-out the site will gain you points (much like a random event). You will also gain points by voting (on polls, help, jokes, etc), by submitting prices into the database, assisting in keeping the forum member friendly, and a range of other activities. Anything that you can interact with and submit information to the site will help you gain honour points.

The system is more about how much you can be trusted to submit useful and accurate information, which in turn can be used in helping visitors to the site.