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10th November, 2008 at 05:39:59 -

I made a post similar to this a couple of months back, but after the behaviour of some of the members on this site tonight, my point couldn't be proven any more so, and I think it should be made clear to everyone:

"Jeff pwns"- a light-hearted, humourous game that's well made and addictive, rated 0 stars twice. One rating is ALMOST understandable, the member taking the game completely the wrong way and getting upset. The other rating doesn't even have a reasoning.

http://www.create-games.com/download.asp?id=7439

"A falafel adventure"- a great little game, only recently discovered by a few of the members, rated 0 simply because it was too high in the download charts?

http://www.create-games.com/download.asp?id=6646

It really doesn't get much lower than this, I'm pretty shocked at how the ratings are being used to attack people/annoy people to be honest.



 
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10th November, 2008 at 06:06:13 -

As soon as they add a counter to the favorite system, we won't have to deal with down voters anymore.

 
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10th November, 2008 at 06:07:52 -

It's sad that this issue has to be lifted again, but there clearly is abuse regarding it.

It's one thing if a person dislikes a game and therefore down-rate it, but when people who should know better down-rate just to cause a ruckus or just because they as one sole individual takes it upon themselves to decide where in the download chart a game should be, it's something wrong with it.

This system has been way to abused under a quite short time-span and also been the reason for a lot of flaming in the forums and comments sections. There should be some change.

A while back almost everyone in the forums agreed on the idea of a only thumbs-up system being implented again. Why can't we have it like that then?

And please don't use the argument that "it was like that, but people complained back then" or "old games are not gonna get any thumbs-up", cause maybe people did complain about it back then, but this system is getting A LOT of negative attention too. Couldn't it be that one is a lesser evil of two? Atleast the thumbs-up system can't be abused in any way, and that is the main issue that is upsetting people, not if a game isn't getting the attention it deserves or not.

We've had way too many threads like this one already, I say we should do something about it instead of ignoring it.

 
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10th November, 2008 at 06:09:14 -


Originally Posted by Phizzy
But then everyone's profiles would become huge lists of games they like a little bit, instead of a selection of games that are actually the member's favourites.



It's limited to five.

 
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10th November, 2008 at 06:10:36 -


Originally Posted by Phizzy
My rating wasn't to attack or annoy anyone. I was fixing a broken rating. I'm just a misunderstood saint!

Also, I like the way you grasped for a second example just to make it look like this thread isn't purely an attack on me.

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It isn't an attack on you, we have better things to spend our time on. It should be noted that me and Adam talked about lifting the topic, and I would have done it if Adam hadn't done it first.

 
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10th November, 2008 at 06:15:08 -

No not at all, the rating/thumbs-up system is an entirely different thing than the favourite button/list.

EDIT: This issue was very much in focus not to long ago, though I guess you were banned at the time.

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10th November, 2008 at 06:18:46 -

At the end of the day, it's just 5 stupid little star pictures. Good games will be enjoyed even if there are flaming idiots around.

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10th November, 2008 at 06:21:25 -

You sure about that?
EDIT: Hey! That edit makes my response inaccurate!

The problem isn't the rating a game gets, it's the fact that jerks are allowed to abuse other people without anybody doing anything about it.

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10th November, 2008 at 06:33:16 -

I'll put it back then. "I'm not talking about Phizzy, he's cool"

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10th November, 2008 at 07:21:51 -


Originally Posted by rickyg
I'll put it back then. "I'm not talking about Phizzy, he's cool"

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That wasn't exactly what you wrote though, but nevermind, that wasn't the issue.

 
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10th November, 2008 at 07:33:18 -

have to make.. more wood!. Were did that shark come from? OH NO! Swim little guy!

wha? umm shhh i'm trying to play:
http://www.create-games.com/download.asp?id=7441

You should to!

Ps. The admins have already been discussing how to improve the rating system, but it really is not that big of a deal most of the times when most people vote normally, it should even out even with 1 or 2 bad votes.

Anyhow Chill folks no need to keep making topics about this, we know, lol, now let me return to my island, ohhh there is more wood over there, GO Little Guy go!

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10th November, 2008 at 07:36:42 -

*I haven't downloaded that yet. downloading...

 
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10th November, 2008 at 08:52:19 -


Originally Posted by Rikus
Ps. The admins have already been discussing how to improve the rating system, but it really is not that big of a deal most of the times when most people vote normally, it should even out even with 1 or 2 bad vote.

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It some cases, like recently, one 0 (which also didn't reflect the rate้'s opinion on the game at all) threw a game down 96 places...

It's not that we want to make this an unhappy place, but an admin or two could atleast publically state that "Rating a game 0 just for fun or with the sole intention of lowering the score even though the 0 doesn't reflect your opinion at all is unfair and quite rude.", if any admins agree with that at all.

 
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10th November, 2008 at 09:26:33 -

dude rikus what have you been smoking lately? youre so energetic and random all of a sudden.

 
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10th November, 2008 at 09:29:04 -

I'm not going to get the arsehole over this, however i think it is grossly unfair when people do this, especially when people do it despite thinking the game is good. There is a mature way to express your feelings, in fact there are a few;
o Write a review - the best way.
o Award the game what you really think it deserves and clearly explain why. If others agree, they can ask the admins to change their own ratings to match.
o Re-make that game better, then show people why it's better.

Phizzy, who are you to say the ratings are "broken"? This is people's opinion. You are entitled to yours by adding a rating but instead you chose to flame everyone else over their own ratings. Why are you pretending that you don't want to annoy people on here? Surely you have the intelligence to see that your actions will have annoyed many people? And if you didn't, why have you not apologised for annoying people? Surely as a "saint" that is something you'd want to correct?

 
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