Simfile Warehouse. Comments? Suggestions?

[Afrobean]

I think you should fix the difficulty indicator so that it can display more than one number. I entered the difficulties on my sims in the format of "2/5/7/10" and the only number that got displayed was the first.

[talisman]

allow people to rate by the tenths of points.

[lightdarkness]

Originally Posted by talisman

allow people to rate by the tenths of points.

Are you seroius?

[talisman]

yes... why not? there are files that I don't think are necessarily tens but definitely are better than nines for example. It'd be like the olympics and makes the ten rating not as whored out.

[lightdarkness]

I don't plan on adding any .5's

[talisman]

you can't just make an input that's less than ten but has only two digits possible?

[jimerax]

These are already mentioned maybe..

Sort function is incomplete.
We can't go to the next page of the songlist with being sorted.

and comment box plz.

[lightdarkness]

Sorting now works.

On a 10 point grading scale, if you're having a hard time picking apart the 9s from the 10s, you're not utilizing the lower grades enough.

This isn't high school. A 9 isn't an A, an 8 isn't a B, etc. A grade of 6 would be a good simfile, in my eye.

This is why I'm pushing for a 5-point rating system. 1=bad, 2=meh, 3=good, 4=great, 5=excellent. It's far less ambiguous.

[talisman]

meh people aren't that mean. if they like a simfile maker they'll just be like "omg ten please let me fellate you!" People DO assume it's like grades and that a 6 is a D, etc.

even the harshest of critics will usually say "it was ok, blahblahblah, only 8/10".

Another option is to add a simfile moderator rating, which would be shown independently of the others and could be more precise, as well as perhaps simfile moderator reviews.

Originally Posted by talisman

People DO assume it's like grades and that a 6 is a D, etc.

even the harshest of critics will usually say "it was ok, blahblahblah, only 8/10".

Originally Posted by talisman

People DO assume it's like grades and that a 6 is a D, etc.

even the harshest of critics will usually say "it was ok, blahblahblah, only 8/10".

Originally Posted by talisman

People DO assume it's like grades and that a 6 is a D, etc.

even the harshest of critics will usually say "it was ok, blahblahblah, only 8/10".

Originally Posted by talisman

People DO assume it's like grades and that a 6 is a D, etc.

even the harshest of critics will usually say "it was ok, blahblahblah, only 8/10".

Originally Posted by talisman

People DO assume it's like grades and that a 6 is a D, etc.

even the harshest of critics will usually say "it was ok, blahblahblah, only 8/10".

So what you wind up with is 6 ratings for "bad", 2 or 3 for "okay", and 1 or 2 for "good."

Does this make sense at all?

[Moogy]

I am the harshest of critics and I give most files 1/10 - 3/10. There are like two files I would give a 10/10 to.

[talisman]

yes I understand but it's not like people would translate it that way.

3 would be the new "bad" rating, 4 the new "ok" and 5 the new "good".

I doubt it. Note the huge turn in attitude of RPGamer's ratings when they switched to a 5-point scale.

It used to be that a 6 was for "really meh" games, now it's a 2.

[dAnceguy117]

Chardish makes more sense, but talisman has a point. Most critics (and by most I mean the dumbasses on BMS) give simfiles they really don't like a 6. Then if they find one they think is the worst thing ever they jump down to a 1 or a 2. This is based on a 10 point scale, of course. I don't like the 5 point idea, 10 gives you more room to work with.

Myself, pretty much the lowest I'm willing to go with a non-retarded simfile is a 5. To get below a 5, either the sync has to be off, or the steps have to be absolute trash. I know it still doesn't quite utilize the 1/2/3 area, but it's better than most.

Anyway, thanks for stopping all of the "war i get da cool arrow song can i hav greenday plz" threads. I'm happy that you guys are keeping it up regardless of BMS. The BMS community sucks anyway (I don't mean on the forums, I mean the people that rate simfiles and whatever).

[Snapps]

Fine.

Make it 1-5, but add digits of .5.

[dAnceguy117]

Originally Posted by Snapps

Fine.

Make it 1-5, but add digits of .5.

Wouldn't that defeat the purpose? Chardish is getting at making people utilize the lower half of the rating system.

[Snapps]

1 - bad
1.5 - bad ok
2 ok
2.5 ok good
3 good
3.5 good pretty good
4 pretty good
4.5 pretty good awesome
5 awesome

[Afrobean]

Originally Posted by dAnceguy117

Wouldn't that defeat the purpose? Chardish is getting at making people utilize the lower half of the rating system.

The problem is that people associate a 5 with being really bad since a 5/10 would be a failing grade. With making it base-5, people will not have that association, and with .5 increments, they'd still be able to rate as accurately as on a system of base-10.

PS I agree with the base-5 rating idea.

[esupin]

You can just make the digits stars if people are going to have that association.