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Article #109Re: Doom is NOT Dead; The Rating System is Skewed
From: s... Scott Amspoker
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1994 03:03
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1994 03:03
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In article <30h3ln...@uwm.edu> ji...@point.cs.uwm.edu (Chainsaw Jim) writes: >The Top 100 list does NOT reflect the intent of the voters. The rating >system is influenced by of how steadily a game can attract new players. >A given voter can rate a given game not more than 26 times. After 26 >weeks, his VOTES ARE IGNORED BY THE VOTING SYSTEM. An interesting philosophy for a rating system. I would think that ability of a game to remain a player's favorite even after 26 weeks would count for something. -- Scott Amspoker | Basis International | [X] None of the above s...@rt66.com *or* | sc...@basis.com |
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!jobone!lynx.unm.edu!mack.einet.com!mack.einet.com!not-for-mail From: s...@mack.einet.com (Scott Amspoker) Newsgroups: alt.games.doom,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc Subject: Re: Doom is NOT Dead; The Rating System is Skewed Date: 20 Jul 1994 21:03:06 -0600 Organization: Engineering International Inc. Lines: 15 Distribution: world Message-ID: <30koha$r2h@mack.einet.com> References: <30eje6$ceu@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> <30h3lnINN4l1@uwm.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: mack.rt66.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit