Query DB all the time ("bad")

local function GetVotePoints(player) -- Returns player's vote points or 0
    local Q = WorldDBQuery("SELECT vp FROM votepoints WHERE accID = "..player:GetAccountId())
    if(Q) then
        return Q:GetColumn(0):GetULong()
    end
    return 0
end

local function UpdateVotePoints(player, change) -- Updates player's vote points with the change (IE -5)
    if ((change or 0) == 0) then
        return -- change was nothing, dont do anything
    end
    local accID = player:GetAccountId()
    local newvp = GetVotePoints(player) + change
    if (newvp <= 0) then
        WorldDBQuery("DELETE FROM votepoints WHERE accID = "..accID) -- Remove from DB if vp is 0
    else
        WorldDBQuery("REPLACE INTO votepoints (accID, vp) VALUES ("..accID..", "..newvp..")") -- update / create new data
    end
end

-- any code here that uses GetVotePoints(player) to get the vote points and/or UpdateVotePoints(player, change)