I also think it's a good idea, for the above reason as well as other instances recently (most notably Jeff Pwns II). I've always said that zero star ratings have their place (see Super Smash Bros. Awesome, i think it was called!), however it shouldn't be abused to try and destroy a game's ranking because you disagree with it. I also disagree with voting 5 stars for non-perfect games, yet this doesn't actually offend anyone, does it? Down-scoring a game does. Also, in my opinion i haven't seen anyone up-grading a game by giving it 5 stars when they think it doesn't deserve it - i think this is actually more a case of people being over-enthusiastic over games.
And some people just think that 4/5 or 8/10 is 'average' when rating a game (see the article, "8/10? Why do you hate my game?")...
Actually, you know what? I think people down-voting a game is absolute shite! However, since this is a democracy i'm going to say "let's leave things as they are". Radical, i know. It's pissing more people off than it's helping, which was the whole point of it all. If the people it's supposed to be helping don't care then what's the point? I'll just bite my lip in the future if anyone brings this subject up again. Maybe if everyone does the same then the down-voters might get bored of doing it. And if they don't? Well, who cares anymore!
Now let's all get back to making great games! Incidently, i am enthralled by the concept behind Zombie Pwned at this minute in time
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12th November, 2008 at 18:14:54 -
Originally Posted by Mark Radon Actually, you know what? I think people down-voting a game is absolute shite!
Some of us think dishonesty is absolute shite, in the form of 0-stars or 5-stars. Let everyone vote how they want, having the admins delete votes won't instill the value honesty.
"Isn't it always amazing how we characterize a person's intelligence by how closely their thinking matches ours?"
~Belgarath
I don't really pay much attention to the ratings. I go by comments of sensible members in the community. Experience has told me which members those are. So really, either way is fine with me. However, overreacting about whether the feature should or should not be implemented is just as annoying to me as the problem itself.
Damnit, the problem isn't the system.
We need to help each other, this isn't a popularity contest as i have already said.
Get rid of the ratings altogether and encourage people to make decent constructive reviews.
Telling someone you found their game boring is useless. Telling someone their game is your favourite game ever is nice, but ultimately pointless. Telling someone their game was ok is also pointless.
That is what the rating does. It's all a load of meaningless numbers.
For god sake please start enjoying all the great games all the users have created in their free time for you to enjoy.
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