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Article #83573Re: World Charts Corrupt?!
From: Buckaroo
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 00:00
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Wow, this is a mystery, whats even more mysterious is why this is sooo important and why we would give a damn if some web site will or wont rank a game. BTW my theory is the shooter from grassy knoll, has come to screw with it just to piss off someone. Eric Kangaeru Hito wrote in message <6m8nrg$b...@sjx-ixn11.ix.netcom.com>... > >Kelvin Lim wrote in message <3588676...@news.pacific.net.sg>... >> >> >>I don't know whether you realise this, but the World Charts uses a >>rather complex set of calculations and algorithms to determine the >>rankings, not simply a direct count of the number of votes. I'd >>suggest you go find out more about this before jumping to any >>conclusions. >> > >I do know about the many algorithms, but the maintainers have stated that a >particular game "Sakura Taisen" will never be allowed to reach the #1 >position, what is the point of voting for your favorate game if the chart >maintainers will deliberately keep it from reaching a certain level? Note, >that if it happens to ST it could happen to any item on the charts.... > >
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