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Re: World Charts Corrupt?!

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From: Kangaeru Hito
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 00:00
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Steve Metzler wrote in message
>
>Har har! Because of your ranting on about this topic, I've actually gained
>*more* respect for the World Charts. I had previously discounted them
because I
>knew they had a relatively small voting population, and thus could be
easily
>rigged by ballot stuffing. Just get everyone you know to vote for a
particular
>title, and voila - it's numero uno. But then ... it looks like Jurgen
himself
>pointed you here:
>
>http://www.worldcharts.com/_compilation.html
>
>For chrissakes, he's *explaining* the reasoning behind what he does! Is
that why
>you're accusing him of throwing away votes?! Like, quit wasting our time.
I'll
>bet anything that:
>
>1. You've got everyone you know voting for this game to the exclusion of
all
>others.
>2. It's mostly coming from the same geographical location.
>
>There are probably a few more reasons why the algorithm is throwing away
your
>votes, but that'll do for now.
>
>Anyway, the World Charts has just gone way up in my 'esteem charts', and I
might
>just start voting for *my* favourites now. On the other hand ... how much
is a
>vote for Sakura Taisen coming from a new geographical location worth to
you? :-)
>
>Regards,
>Steve
>

Sir, I've never even played Sakura Taisen much less voted for it.  I'm only
interested in the possibility that that votes for any game could be
suppressed because it does not have enough world-wide popularity
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Date: 1998/06/18
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