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Re: World Charts Corrupt?!

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From: Chris Woods
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 00:00
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Kangaeru Hito wrote:
> 
> 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....

Where is this statement?

Chris Woods who can't figure out why he's so intrested in this.
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Subject: Re: World Charts Corrupt?!
Date: 1998/06/18
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