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Re: World Charts Corrupt?!

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From: Buckaroo
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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From: "Buckaroo" <ekr...@nospam-scottsbluff.net>
Subject: Re: World Charts Corrupt?!
Date: 1998/06/17
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