Westley

If you rate something low, then you have a REASON why you rate it low. I don't expect Ebert-level criticism, what I expect is, if you think it's boring, then at least TELL me you think it's boring, that's all! You don't have to tell my why it's boring, just tell me that it's boring! Then I can add ambushes or whatever. You don't have to tell my why it's hard, just tell me it's hard! But your single star tells me nothing, nothing at all.

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How about some Auto feedback like

Mish too Hard
too many miss spelling
Mish not fun at all
IDK but you could have a lot of them so if you rate a mish lower then 3 star you can tell them like it is now or give anonymous auto feedback which would be better then nothing at all.

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Interesting idea... like a menu to select from, that would be anonymous, but required for 0-2 stars?

That's exactly what I'm saying. But if they JUST make it anonymous, then that will give you a bunch of worthless feedback as well, unless there are some sort of requirements for feedback.

Nothing at all.

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*Thinks about making a new post about fixing power push*

*realizes he's posted about this in the past, does a search option and finds old post*

*posts on the old thread instead of creating a new one*



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Good job!

I might accept "anonymous AND required" if there was something like a required minimum number of characters and a filter that would filter out stupid things like "nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn" or "1250-13tngfqdkbjfkl;", because those AREN'T helpful.

tl;dr version: If you don't have something TO SAY at all, then you shouldn't be allowed to "say" nothing with just a vote.

Because just the vote with nothing behind it DOESN'T HELP.

I put a lot of work and thought into my arcs. If everything is working well, then I don't need to hear about it. I don't want to hear "great arc!" over and over again, because I don't need that kind of feedback, my ego is already big enough.

What I WANT is feedback, real feedback from all those that give 0, 1, or 2 stars. I want to know why, so that I may IMPROVE. It irks me to no end that I don't know WHY someone is rating down my arc. Unlike a certain forum poster who shall remain nameless.... let's just call her... um.... Q_Q.... I WANT the negative feedback to make my arcs BETTER. I can take it.

Thus my suggestion is as follows: if you rate an arc less than 3, you MUST input something in the ratings column, otherwise you cannot rate it.

What will this do? I'm not a pie in the sky dreamer. Okay, maybe I am, but I can see the reality. What this will do is two things:

<ul type="square">[*]1. It will cause people that want to rate arcs lowly but NOT give feedback to be revealed, so that I may pester them with at least a tell-back asking what I did wrong, or why they didn't give any decent feedback for WHY the mission was "so bad" that they couldn't give it a decent rating.[*]2. It will cause people to be more careful and thoughtful in both their ratings, AND their feedback, thus allowing missions that really deserve it a better chance at rising, and all the others a better chance to improve, thus increasing over time the quality of arcs.[/list]
Now, I know the argument that will come out right away from this suggestion: "I don't WANT my global name revealed because I'd be afraid of 'retaliation' for a low score!!!!"

Well you know what? Then either grow thicker skin and a new pair, or make arcs that are good enough to SURVIVE the jerks and still keep going. If what I just quoted above is the whole of your argument, then just mark /unsigned and step out of the thread, because that's all you have to say, and I get it.

If you have other, better arguments that don't involve FEAR, then please present them and I will fairly consider them.

P.S. Something else I did realize but forgot to throw in here is that if this DOES get implemented, then of course there will be people that will just put in "." or "o" or something just to fill the spot and get the rating in. That's fine with me, as long as I can see their name and get a CHANCE to pester them with at least ONE tell and ask them WHY, for real.

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Now Protector is missing! Anyone notice anything else new missing since the boards came back up?

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Liberty is missing, too.

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We are still working to recover Protector and Liberty. Please be advised that these may not be back up until tomorrow.

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DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Now Protector is missing! Anyone notice anything else new missing since the boards came back up?

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So... since the other thread was locked, does that mean we're allowed to goof off and B.S. in this thread instead until the servers come up? Or do we HAVE to talk about the forum issues?

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*puts on his "smart, caring guy" mask*

"So. Tell me about your issues."

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Well, my mommy was a lush and liked to sleep around all over town, I never knew my biological father, he left when I was two, and I had two separate step-fathers, both of whom were in the Navy and were gone more than half the time. Speaking of my mom sleeping around, I'm the oldest of five kids from three different fathers.

Oh, and I'm pretty sure that my first stepdad physically abused me, because I have no memories from before the age of 12, I believe they may be blocked.

Is that a good start?

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You Fail for not turning this into a Fresh Prince of Bel Aire meme.

Wait two weeks before attempting again.

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Zombies just don't understand...

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DDDDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!! !!!

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GMTA

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Unfortunately in order to repair the forums, they will need to come down briefly. While we cannot give a definite ETA, this will happen soon for a fairly short period of time.

Thanks for your patience,

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DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

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So... since the other thread was locked, does that mean we're allowed to goof off and B.S. in this thread instead until the servers come up? Or do we HAVE to talk about the forum issues?

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*puts on his "smart, caring guy" mask*

"So. Tell me about your issues."

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Well, my mommy was a lush and liked to sleep around all over town, I never knew my biological father, he left when I was two, and I had two separate step-fathers, both of whom were in the Navy and were gone more than half the time. Speaking of my mom sleeping around, I'm the oldest of five kids from three different fathers.

Oh, and I'm pretty sure that my first stepdad physically abused me, because I have no memories from before the age of 12, I believe they may be blocked.

Is that a good start?

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First!

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3.14159265358979323846...!

This would have to happen when I was posting a great (but borrowed) idea on my server forum

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And I was also the last post in the other thread before it got locked, so it looks like I'm winning all over!!!!

Except my empty tummy....

So... since the other thread was locked, does that mean we're allowed to goof off and B.S. in this thread instead until the servers come up? Or do we HAVE to talk about the forum issues?

I R DAH WINNA! Do I get pie now? I'm so hungry...

First!

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HOLY NECROPOST, BATMAN!

I know we all still really miss Cuppa, but wow.

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Fixed.

Oh, and IBTL.

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My biggest concern is why are there isn't any feedback on lower star ratings?

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A combination of pain in the butt griefing and some people living in mortal fear of their global being visible and getting one-starred in return.

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This. And because the majority of people are chicken. Yeah, that's right I'm saying it. The majority of you are chicken. Go ahead, log on and one star all my arcs. I don't care. I have no fear. Because the mass public will cancel out idiot votes by jerks, as long as what you've done is GOOD. And if what you have done isn't good, you'll hear about that too.

Four stars really is the top tier for the reasons others have mentioned earlier. Five stars is mathematically impossible to maintain. I say, if your arc is 3 stars or above, it's a good solid Arc, so don't worry.

I'd only be worried about a total rating of one or two stars, especially after a couple dozen votes. Then you might want to really look at the content of your Arc.

If I give one or two stars, it's for a GOOD REASON. And I GIVE feedback, whether they like it or not. I'm usually courteous, unless their mission has insulted my intelligence for some reason. (Like the mission where the entire text consisted of single digit numbers)

Take a look at the first one in my sig, it's VERY short, I'd say less than 5 minutes, and I believe that I was one of the first ones to test your Matchstick mission. A VERY interesting custom group, I should say.

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Except the "Where are the Lost?" in KR continues, because we'll always have newbies.

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Royal Refinery, especially at night.

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Coyote has alwas been there. Well, at least as long as I've been playing. &lt;--- Though I seem to recall him being called Kyotee or something at one point, but can't swear to that part.

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He replaced Detective Wright.

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.....the first Winter Lord PL debacle led to turbo L20 noobs.

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Level 20? Heck I got to 28!

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.....Burn = I win.

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And I did! A lot!

Remember when Faultline was an even more pointless zone than Boomtown? Many people went there exactly once because there was one mission that sent you there.

Remember when the only complaint about PvP was that there WAS no PvP?

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This game has PVP?

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.....you would have spend hours/days/months hoping to catch the Paladin Construction happening for the badge.

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I remember that one... people have it SO easy now...