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WOAH! What happened to the ratings?

DinionDinion Member Posts: 879
in The Pub at MMORPG.COM

They all went down except some game called KAL online, which shot up.

EDIT: It's not just that KAL went up out of no where, it's that the rest of the games went down in ratings quite a bit at the same time it seems.

Just so people know what was going on, screenshot

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MMOs Retired From: Earth and Beyond, Project Entropia, There, A Tale in the Desert, Star Wars Galaxies, World of Warcraft, Eve Online, City of Heroes/Villains.

MMOs Currently (worth) Playing: None.

MMO hopefuls: Age of Conan.

Comments

  • warzone100warzone100 Member Posts: 63
    Someone Probly went to thier forums and told all of the to come here and give it a 10 while giving all the others 1.
  • warzone100warzone100 Member Posts: 63
    Someone Probly went to thier forums and told all of the to come here and give it a 10 while giving all the others 1.
  • DinionDinion Member Posts: 879

    Originally posted by warzone100
    Someone Probly went to thier forums and told all of the to come here and give it a 10 while giving all the others 1.
    The drop is pretty significant, GW from 8.4 to 8.1, EVE from 8.3 to 8.0, WoW from 8.3 to 7.9. I don't think it was just a small KAL fanbase. Kal went from like no where to 8.7.

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    MMOs Retired From: Earth and Beyond, Project Entropia, There, A Tale in the Desert, Star Wars Galaxies, World of Warcraft, Eve Online, City of Heroes/Villains.

    MMOs Currently (worth) Playing: None.

    MMO hopefuls: Age of Conan.

  • XpheyelXpheyel Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 704

    Did they actually go down in their score? I'm looking at this KAL Online thing, it says its based off 20 votes or something so there isn't any actual distribution yet. A bunch of KAL fans probably got on and supported it. I'm not sure how MMORPG's system calculates those scores either.

    EDIT:
    Aha hm, nevermind then. That is strange. I don't know how they could lose 3 points all the sudden.

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  • GruntyGrunty Member EpicPosts: 8,657


    There are only 20 votes cast on KAL Online. Compared to hundreds for the other titles

    "I used to think the worst thing in life was to be all alone.  It's not.  The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone."  Robin Williams
  • GideonGideon Member UncommonPosts: 629

    Originally posted by Dinion
    Originally posted by warzone100
    Someone Probly went to thier forums and told all of the to come here and give it a 10 while giving all the others 1.
    The drop is pretty significant, GW from 8.4 to 8.1, EVE from 8.3 to 8.0, WoW from 8.3 to 7.9. I don't think it was just a small KAL fanbase. Kal went from like no where to 8.7.

    Wow... that is crazy! ::::03::

  • patheospatheos Member Posts: 1,148

    Wow, i didnt even notice that.

    Kals free so it had to be a lot of fan boys swarming he to raise it.

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  • DinionDinion Member Posts: 879

    Its not just Kal though, like most of the other top games went down by atleast .2 .

    Edit: change has been made, maybe multiple account and/or inactive account scores were taken out?

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    MMOs Currently (worth) Playing: None.

    MMO hopefuls: Age of Conan.

  • DezinessDeziness Member Posts: 15

    Well, the voting system is really screwy. It doesn't seem to matter how many votes there are, just the average vote score.

  • IcoGamesIcoGames Member Posts: 2,360

    Lol, I noticed that when I logged-on just now.
    Someone suggested having a minimum forum ranking to post reviews. I think this may be a good idea.

    Ico
    Oh, cruel fate, to be thusly boned. Ask not for whom the bone bones. It bones for thee.

  • jianfeijianfei Member Posts: 13
    Kal online is called garbage in china.

    sad absolutely sad

  • lewllewl Member Posts: 86

    yeah every new game screws up the ratings. whe GW came out it started at 8.9 or somehting and then it pushed down all the other rates. When WoW came out ti did the same thing. GW and WoW are still over rated

  • DinionDinion Member Posts: 879

    Originally posted by lewl
    yeah every new game screws up the ratings. whe GW came out it started at 8.9 or somehting and then it pushed down all the other rates. When WoW came out ti did the same thing. GW and WoW are still over rated
    Um it's not that, the game ratings just dropped a significant bit just out of no where. Somethings been done to however its all calculated. Ratings are starting to climb back up again, looks like the GW/WoW players have gone to work on KAL too ::::39::. (just a joke)

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    MMOs Currently (worth) Playing: None.

    MMO hopefuls: Age of Conan.

  • DinionDinion Member Posts: 879

    En1gma I see you, what's going on with the ratings?

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    MMOs Currently (worth) Playing: None.

    MMO hopefuls: Age of Conan.

  • strigoiviistrigoivii Member Posts: 173

    maybe the developers from KAL paid mmorpg.com to put there game at the top =)

  • weeicolsweeicols Member Posts: 105
    i this might have happend probobly not but if the game was in beta then suddenly went out of beta only like 20 people voted and htey all voted good so it went up soo much

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  • EnigmaEnigma Member UncommonPosts: 11,384

    Originally posted by Dinion
    En1gma I see you, what's going on with the ratings?

    lol

    actually the Rating system is highly scientific. Its based on a learning curve (or a bell curve of sorts). In laymen and enigma terms, it is designed against a swarm of one certain mmorpg fans coming in and voting str8 10's.

    While it may look like KAL is soaring up to ways of yonder in the mmorpg ratings it will soon settle back to its average score.

    Matter of fact, I believe the bell curve has already kicked in. Guild Wars, EVE, and WoW are up there as top 3 now. Kal is at 7.6 now....about average to what it would be if a swarm of 3000 people came in and voted positively on it. ::::28::

    Personally, Im really glad to see EVE way up there. I love it when a small company does great things. You know CCP only started with 5 developers when EVE was developed and in Beta?

    Simply astonishing how well their development teams have kept the game not only alive, but growing. (And no...they're not paying me).

    People who have to create conspiracy and hate threads to further a cause lacks in intellectual comprehension of diversity.

  • DinionDinion Member Posts: 879

    Originally posted by En1Gma
    Originally posted by Dinion
    En1gma I see you, what's going on with the ratings?

    lol

    actually the Rating system is highly scientific. Its based on a learning curve (or a bell curve of sorts). In laymen and enigma terms, it is designed against a swarm of one certain mmorpg fans coming in and voting str8 10's.

    While it may look like KAL is soaring up to ways of yonder in the mmorpg ratings it will soon settle back to its average score.

    Matter of fact, I believe the bell curve has already kicked in. Guild Wars, EVE, and WoW are up there as top 3 now.


    Ah ok back to normal, now people are going to think I'm crazy :(.

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    MMOs Retired From: Earth and Beyond, Project Entropia, There, A Tale in the Desert, Star Wars Galaxies, World of Warcraft, Eve Online, City of Heroes/Villains.

    MMOs Currently (worth) Playing: None.

    MMO hopefuls: Age of Conan.

  • EnigmaEnigma Member UncommonPosts: 11,384

    To fly a Fatman you have to be crazy ::::28::

    (noticed your sig)

    People who have to create conspiracy and hate threads to further a cause lacks in intellectual comprehension of diversity.

  • ZippyZippy Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 1,412

    On the day GW came out WoW went froma 8.6 to a 7.6 in just one day.  Fanboys and game companies try to manipulate the ratings of all highly rated games.  But it dosen't make sense that 20 people voting for kalonline could drop 3 or 4 games that much.  It most likely is a messup on the rating system.  Unless another game company using thier employess did an attack on the top rated games by making multiple useer names and upping the rating of kalonilne to look like the cause of the drop.  Sounds like something SOE would do.

  • _myko_myko Member Posts: 333

    Originally posted by En1Gma
    To fly a Fatman you have to be crazy ::::28::(noticed your sig)

    The tristan is the coolest ship in Eve, bar none IMO (the original avi of 3 of them flying in formation back when eve was in beta made me buy it). I just wish they'd used it for the assault frigate not the lame incursus...

    ---sig---

    PvE in general is pretty lame, if you think long and hard about it. You are spending your time beating a severely gimped AI that would lose to a well trained monkey. Best not to think too long and hard why you are wasting time playing games in general actually...

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