Jocchan said:
To everyone complaining: the current system might not be perfect, but at least it's much, much, much more balanced than the previous one with people giving 5 points each to two of their precious system exclusives and giving anything less than 3 points to a game was a wasted vote.
At least now lists can be a bit more diverse, and even if some people don't use all of their points most seem to do.
It isn't. Now the max score per game is 3, making votes count less per person. Meaning that niche games, which will be less voted for, are likely to have less points.
The 1-to-10 system was also broken, as people were just able to vote for one game and give it 10 points. As much as people liked it for the variety of its results, people were taking advantage of it.
The best system I believe would have been to give 15 points, with a max number of 10 games per list. 5 pts can only go to 1 game, and if used, the next available score is from 3 to 1. If you have a tie for your top game, than 4 pts score becomes available (and can have up to 3 games at the top of your list)
Example 1:
MGS4 - 5
Mario Galaxy - 3
Example 2:
MGS4 - 4
Mario Galaxy - 4
Example 3:
MGS4 - 4
Mario Galaxy - 4
WipEout HD - 4
Prince of Persia - 3
Example 4:
MGS4 - 3
Super Mario Galaxy - 3
Modern Warfare 2 - 3
LittleBigPlanet - 3
Halo 3 - 2
WipEout HD - 1
The scoring is more balanced, while it also gives people space for their choices. Blockbusters will still stay on top, but will have a closer match, while the niche games get a chance to surface.
Either way, this is the second voting, so it is unlikely to be changed once again this year, thanks for your patience and time spent, timetokill, and good luck :lol
Rez said:
I respect the time timetokill has committed to this thing -- you're a champ for doing this for all of us, mate -- but I don't respect the "here's my system. why? because fuck you that's why" approach.
Why? Because the previous scoring system was more broken than this one, naming just one game with the 1-to-10 system gave a SINGLE game 10 freaking points