Development Cycle Archive

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Mawie wrote:

Can you make it so that people who abuse the one star system get the title "Village Idiot"?

That's be hot.

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Thunderheart wrote:

Please let us know what you think about this.

Thanks!

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Hmm, folks with alternate accounts can 5 star themselves and 1 star the folks they don't 'like'.

I'd like to see some sort of system where those who just blatantly 1 star 'everyone' have less clout. And those who 5 Star the same poster over and over as 'self star buffing'.

Kind of a neat system, but I'm just concerned it will be abused a bit. Not sure what you could do to prevent it though. It's a more interesting system then current

Ren

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Angetenar wrote:
Add me to the "I could care less" list.

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/agree

I have turned off my rating system also. I was tired of making decent posts just to get one starred into oblivion.

Now if you could just remove the forum privelages for the people found to be abusing the star system then I am all for it. Just giving them a one star title will only serve as a badge that they wear with pride as they continue their reign of 1 star terror.

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Angetenar wrote:
Add me to the "I could care less" list.

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Gavvot wrote:

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Thunderheart wrote:

Please let us know what you think about this.

Thanks!

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Great, a new flame subject.

Just one request : allow people that turn off star system (lol) to not have the star based title.

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the star rating system can be removed through you profile options, have a rumage and turn it off if ya like, i certainly have.

if you mean the star rating titles, which u probably do, then i agree

Message Edited by DarkShade9 on 08-19-2004 07:33 PM

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GarVa wrote:

1. What If I just have my buddies go through and 5 star all my post wont that get me higher up pretty fast?

A: It may help in the short term but the more post ratings you have the less it has an effect on your ranking and will actually hurt you at the Higher post ratings. So the system naturally discourages this type of behavior.

2. What about one star bandits (eq: those that go through one starring every post)

A: Contrary to popular belief, these are 1. rare and 2. have very little effect on the rating or ranking systems. The only thing it hurts is the bandits wrist. It takes 20 1 star ratings to cause a post to be hidden by the default system. Additionally we are putting measures in to be able to track and even "title" these posters so everyone will know who they are. When we findsomeone who abuses the rating systemwe do lower their "rating" weight to prevent abuse.

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Hmm, I don't really understand how 1) works. More post ratings = less an effect on ranking?

2) Is interesting, I had no idea it was 20 '1 star posts' to hide a post. Good info! Putting titles on the posters might actually encourage some folks though.

Ren

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2. What about one star bandits (eq: those that go through one starring every post)

A: Contrary to popular belief, these are 1. rare and 2. have very little effect on the rating or ranking systems. The only thing it hurts is the bandits wrist. It takes 20 1 star ratings to cause a post to be hidden by the default system. Additionally we are putting measures in to be able to track and even "title" these posters so everyone will know who they are. When we findsomeone who abuses the rating systemwe do lower their "rating" weight to prevent abuse.

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LOL too funny. At last the 1 star bandits will be labeled as such.