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Re: Doom is NOT Dead; The Rating System is Skewed

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From: hil... Harlan Hilman
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 1994 05:12
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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.

 What I think we need is all the people who have NOT voted 26 times for
 DOOM, and get them to vote for DOOM, and shoot past the narrow margin
 needed to push UFO down to #2(not that I have anything against UFO, it's
 that I like DOOM. :)
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Subject: Re: Doom is NOT Dead; The Rating System is Skewed
Date: 20 Jul 94 05:12:40 GMT
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