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Chainsaw Jim (ji...@point.cs.uwm.edu) wrote:
: 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.

You stated two incongruous things: Voting 26 times is NOT the same as 26
weeks of votes. Each vote lasts up to four weeks. Now I'm sure there are
people who have a login script to vote for DOOM every week, but most
people probably vote every few weeks at best.

: The chart is compiled by jojo, not the "readers of the internet."  I
: contacted jojo a week ago regarding his voting system.  His reply was
: that if a game cannot consistently attract new players, then it is not
: much of a game.  I have a problem with this reasoning.  Take the extreme
: case.  Suppose, for example, the Game-To-End-All-Games is released tomorrow.
: It is played exclusively by everyone.  Twenty-six weeks from now, it
: will have a rating of 0 on jojo's list.

Actually, the game could last up to 2 years (26 Votes * 4 weeks / vote).

: Civilization is a commercial game.  The retail nature of its distribution
: gears it toward a more steady introduction of new players.  Doom was
: available to everybody on week 1.  Doom SKYROCKETED on the first list that
: reflected its votes.  It plunged about 26 weeks later.

DOOM is also commercially available in stores (albeit the Shareware version).

Based on all the hubbub about this tho', I'll bet DOOM reclaims its #1
standing within two weeks - All the true DOOM HEADS will stop writing
WADS and vote instead.

Since this system is a voting system and not a poll, every article posted
will help to skew the results: people who have a strong feeling about
DOOM will vote for it, and cause an upward spike in its rating.

Neal