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Yup, it's just true.

However, I know something that could be done to improve the rankings, check this:

mini review: 1

full review: 3

misc file: 4

dmod demo: 5

dev file: 6

dmod romp: 7

dmod quest: 10

dmod epic: 15

good idea for improvement of rankings (this one): 10000000

take it into consideration, redinkdude

indeed, seems a natural 'pointgiving' system!!!

at least with this system the rankings would be a 1000% more accurate !

: Yup, it's just true.

: However, I know something that could be done to improve the rankings, check this:

: mini review:  1

: full review:  3

: misc file:    4

: dmod demo:    5

: dev file:     6

: dmod romp:    7

: dmod quest:  10

: dmod epic:   15

: good idea for improvement of rankings (this one): 10000000

: take it into consideration, redinkdude

No, don't like it. You put 15 mini reviews equal to 1 epic d-mod... Don't you think that's underrated? I would say 30 mini-reviews versus 1 epic.

I liked the old rankings the way they were.

Christiaan's example only needs some balancing that's all !!!

But you're right : creating an epic is huge ...

compared to a romp.

: Christiaan's example only needs some balancing that's all !!!

: But you're right : creating an epic is huge ...

: compared to a romp.

Ok, ok. It's not perfectly balanced, but the idea is good, right?

: mini review:  1

: full review:  4

: misc file:    5

: dmod demo:    5

: dev file:     5

: dmod romp:    10

: dmod quest:   20

: dmod epic:   30

Keep on posting until we've got a fair balance !!!

Remember we need the fairest one : not only rewarding epics.

: Keep on posting until we've got a fair balance !!!

: Remember we need the fairest one : not only rewarding epics.

: mini review: 1

: full review: 3

: misc file: 5

: dmod demo: 5

: dev file: 5

: dmod romp: 10

: dmod quest: 30

: dmod epic: 50

better?! Epics need to be rewarded!!! Or I could make some reviews and dont need to do so much work for the same amount of points

Good point but remember : not everybody is capable of producing an epic !!!

only few have the time and the knowledge to do so : give the others who mean a lot to the community a chance as well.

And a third on the way (well it is just ideas in my head right now)

Epics take about 10 months to a year (for me), so my biased view is

Romps: 10

Quests: 30

Epics: 100

Other Demos 5, Development files 3, Ultilities 7... reviews well I think 0.25 for mini and 1 for full

I think the amount of points given should be a multiplication of it's review score...anybody could create an epic that is comple cack.

For example...

Romps : Review score x 5

Quests : Review score x 8

Epics : REview score x 15



Something along those lines...as then the better people think the game is, the more points it gets!

: I think the amount of points given should be a multiplication of it's review score...anybody could create an epic that is comple cack.

:  For example...

: Romps : Review score x 5

: Quests : Review score x 8

: Epics : REview score x 15

: Something along those lines...as then the better people think the game is, the more points it gets!

Perhaps one based on exponents, depending on the score, size, and *maybe* type. I'm not sure what I'm talking about yet. Give me a day.

romp: ( review score x mb size x 5 ) : 2.5

quest review score x mb size x 10 ) : 2.5

epic: ( review score x mb size x 15 ) : 2.5

review short: 0.5

review long: 2

dev file: 10

misc file: 5

neglected: ( review score x mb size x 3 ) : 2

I don't think the mb size works!

Tis maar een gedacht hé Prophet !

: romp: ( review score x mb size x 5 ) : 2.5

: quest review score x mb size x 10 ) : 2.5

: epic: ( review score x mb size x 15 ) : 2.5

: review short: 0.5

: review long: 2

: dev file: 10

: misc file: 5

: neglected: ( review score x mb size x 3 ) : 2

The MB system is silly. If I make a romp and put 10 wav file songs in there, it will be the biggest d-mod ever in terms of file size!

: Yup, it's just true.

: However, I know something that could be done to improve the rankings, check this:

: mini review: 1

: full review: 3

: misc file: 4

: dmod demo: 5

: dev file: 6

: dmod romp: 7

: dmod quest: 10

: dmod epic: 15

: good idea for improvement of rankings (this one): 10000000

: take it into consideration, redinkdude

NoooO!! for me, the main thing i want in a nrankings system is to REMOVE the difference between full and mini reviews. why? because the "fullness" of a review is determined by staff members every time they are created/modified, and they seem to change between full and mini every time you change them, which makes a mockery of the entire rankings system. i suggest either:

scrub the rankings. why have them at all? i mean, we all know who does the work in this community. and anyway, does the rankings system work out how much work I'm doing on ddmodd, or do i ahve to stop and write reviews?

or: do something like this:

1 point for reviews

10 points * ARS

simple, eh? yeah yeah, epic vs romp dmods, bleh bleh bleh yadda yadda yadda.

BTW, party at my new flat tomorrow night, you're all invited. email me for the address. (In NZ tho)

All of these arguments just go to prove my point. A random list of people is much more simpler and accurate than any of your formulas...

Tullisti thinks that the Full/Mini designation should die, because one of his reviews was accidently designated as Mini when it was supposed to be Full. And yet, he doesn't care about anyone who releases files. Simon (IMHO, rightly) believes that an Epic should be worth much more than anything else. And so on...

There is not going to be an accurate Magic Formula, ever.

And for the curious, below is the last non-random iteration of the magic formula, which is good, but I'm never going back to it ever again.

The Magic Formula used for the Overall Rankings:

(ARS = Average Review Score - 3, if none, defaults to 2.0)

D-Mod Unfinished = Average Review Score * 4

Demo = ARS*4

Weird = ARS*7

Romp = ARS*5

Quest = ARS*10

Epic = ARS*20

Dev Source = ARS*1

Tutorial = ARS*4

Utility = ARS*10

File = ARS*3

Graphics = ARS*3

Music = ARS*3

Misc Add-On = ARS*2

Cheat = ARS*2

Frontend = ARS*5

File = ARS*2

Translation = ARS*4

Full Reviews = 1

Mini Reviews = 0.25

: All of these arguments just go to prove my point.  A random list of people is much more simpler and accurate than any of your formulas...

????????

I can't believe it... a random list is more accurate than a list based on released files and reviews?? You, my friend, are heavily insane

Also, explain why Hunter87 is on 7, while has done absolutely nothing, only has 8 mini reviews, while SimonK isn't even on there!

waiting your reply...

: : romp: ( review score x mb size x 5 ) : 2.5

: : quest review score x mb size x 10 ) : 2.5

: : epic: ( review score x mb size x 15 ) : 2.5

: : review short: 0.5

: : review long: 2

: : dev file: 10

: : misc file: 5

: : neglected: ( review score x mb size x 3 ) : 2

: The MB system is silly. If I make a romp and put 10 wav file songs in there, it will be the biggest d-mod ever in terms of file size!

I know, but if you got a 1... you will get:

1 x 100 x 5 : 2.5 = 200 points...

but if you get a 7:

7 x 30 x 5 : 2.5 = 420 points

size doesnt matter so much...

but:

9 x 220 x 15 : 2.5 = 11880 points

so a epic rated at a 9 at 220mb size... would be superior!!! Go PQ

: ????????

: I can't believe it... a random list is more accurate than a list based on released files and reviews?? You, my friend, are heavily insane

And you, along with a bunch of other people, think it's OK to get p**sy over a simple ranking? I don't doubt that you may have problems as well.

: : ????????

: : I can't believe it... a random list is more accurate than a list based on released files and reviews?? You, my friend, are heavily insane

: And you, along with a bunch of other people, think it's OK to get p**sy over a simple ranking? I don't doubt that you may have problems as well.

That made sense, Tal, but I prefer laughing at them. *laughs at them* I like this new system redink1.

: Tullisti thinks that the Full/Mini designation should die, because one of his reviews was accidently designated as Mini when it was supposed to be Full.

i wonder how you came to that conclusion?? my point score is so low, i really do not give a toss what happens to MY scores, but i do think it's a joke to have points awarded to something which is based on a staff members decision.

as for not caring about people who release files, my former post was more to do with the fact that i wasn't about to think up some long and complicated system of points for epics/ romps. I'll leave that to someone else.

thirdly, can someone enlighten me as to why the rankings thing actually exists?? some have asid "so we can see who is the coolest cat on the network", but surely just looking through the forums will teach you that? or maybe people are too lazy to see who just released a new dmod/dev file/walkthrough....

**Laughs at EatTheRats, who has only written one review, and hasn't released one single file.**