Should we get rid of the 1-10 scale?

[Denton]

1-5 is definitely more fitting.

[Jason]

i think its a great idea
im not a fan of the 1-5 rating scale though, seems to me like its substituting one problem for another

ideally it would just be win/lose and the character minimum is a good idea also

i think it would be beneficial to some degree
but ultimately the problem is the people. the majority of people who vote arent active in the forums and they wont suddenly start expressing interest in detailed voting even if we change the system. if they cared about voting well they would be doing it already.that said, i still think it cant hurt and it could encourage more attention to voting. it would be especially effective if we backed it up with alot of promo. but unfortunately the people that NEED to hear the message are the people that are the hardest to contact. we would need daily messages sent to every account when they log in to explain to them the new system and the minimum and how its encouraging detailed voting etc. but simply putting in the new system wont change the fundamental issue

[SAND]

That should be optional. We shouldn't HAVE to rate them. If they wanna know what they're rated, that's desperate. Imo

:shrugs:

[J u s T C]

Originally Posted by Jason

im not a fan of the 1-5 rating scale though, seems to me like its substituting one problem for another

This. I know I can be a stubborn bastard but it's making my head hurt how people aren't getting that. We might as well leave the system as is if that's the solution.

I'd like someone to explain in favour of a 1 to 5 as to why it would make a significant enough change to justify putting in the time and effort replacing the current system with it. Because from where I'm sitting it's exactly the same system.

What do the numbers bring? they aren't required to pick a winner. they wont be required to make the hotlist. they just get in the way and cause problems. and a 1 to 5 will be exactly the same because your still rating people by numbers rather than with feedback.

[UhMAZING]

It could work...but the battles would have to be heavily monitored by Mods. Just to make it fair and make sure people are not simply voting for one side or the other for a "Credit" or if 2 or more emcees are beefing..and one blatantly "hate" votes. Not everyone leaves a expo of why they thought 1 or the other won..Like Stu said, people just go on battles and say "Gb, Vb" half the time without even reviewing a verse let alone giving an expo of why that person won. Just a quicc rate for a quicc Credit. There'd be a lot of work involved in this conversion.

[The Dope Man]

I like Rule's suggestion on tha 1-5 voting system. We need sometime of rating system & 1-5 would shorten up and most likely change alot of arguments..It'd be good to experiment that before completely getting rid of the number rates in general.

~1~

get rid of it baby boy

[ILLoKWENT]

This site is probably the first site ive been on to have a mandatory rating system being implemented.. its really unnecesary tbh..the best solution would be to eliminate it entirely and make members more accountable to how they vote.. if a poor voting expo such as fvgb gets deleted.. the person that dropped that vote loses the credit for it. Which would make peeps think twice About tryin to get the easy credit..also more overturned battles if somehow poor votes slip thru the cracks but is adressed via complaints.. not to mention expos should be hidden cept to the battlers.and lastly. Have an option menu in the mod tools. To determine the reason for the vote deletion.. whether its 1.bad or poor vote. 2. For other reasons... and if the member gets too many votes deleted by mods. Then an algorithm will lower his vp automatically for every 10 poor votes.. etc.. on top of mod descretion

[Phracture]

i don't really see a problem in the 1-10 tbh, everyone has their own opinion period, I think all votes should be hidden as they are In tourneys though .

[Mr-Felon]

Ok The trackside is Already hurting as it is and has been for a good amount of time.....So now you want to Alter the rate system?How is that going to bring life into the Trackside?If it won't then exactly what would be the point?I believe all these "Alterations"to the site as a whole has been a part of its Downfall and if you don't think Letsbeef.coms went to shit activity wise then you're blind.........IF IT'S NOT BROKE WHY FIX IT? ps we all know people on the tracksides don't even care really about getting 10/10 5 stars its more on "i wanna get as many plays as I can to make it to the top of most played"

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Ps just seems pointless to me