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new ball rating system- # of balls divided by number of posts. A lot like old system, but basically you don't get anything more posting excess or unnecessary posts. You get a rating higher if you post well, preferably in smaller impact posts.

I don't htink more posts makes a better community be default. I think better posts makes a community. Think of it like a newspaper. Everybody reads a well written well edited newspaper, imagine trying to sell a paper where everyone can just submit whatever they want for endless pages.....

If they do that, then they should lower the "1 ball per 12 hours to the same user" rule to no time limit, or maybe "1 ball per 1 hour to the same user".

12 hours is far too long.

no limit then, could lead to another form of spam. I just thinking of a user who runs through the Forum and one balling every post he see or by a user and generates tons of messages without sense.

At least for forum active people, like us it could be a bit problematic if someone make fun of it.

Yeah I agree that the no limit could drive some people to spam, but what about the 1 ball per hour suggestion? That makes spamming difficult, and doesn't penalise people that post often.

I think you misinterpreted my post. Wolph suggested that there should be a new tracking system where it shows the average balls per post. My post was simply stating that this new tracking system is useless given the 12 hour limit.

I agree, I am not a fan of average ball per post either.
Although, I wouldn't mind seeing a Total Number of Posts count.

I am not aware of the opinion of the community about this.

Am I the only one who is not a big fan of this "Ball rating" system ?

Why don't you like the ball system?
Do you prefer the old system with the 1 to 5 rating?
Or would you prefer no system?

I've suggested why it might be a bad idea. So try and change my mind. This is how debate works.

Oh is that how it works? I thought the concept was just to shout louder than the guy you're debating against.

Hi,
Sorry for the delay of the answer, lot of things to do right now.

Anyway.

No, the ball system is not one of my preferred thing in BB. Although, it's better than the "1to5" rating.
To my mind , no system is better than these 2 systems.

I'm not a big fan of evaluation of a credibility of a user in a community. Like IRL then.
Because, I have 70 balls ( I don't know exactly), a newbie mustn't consider me as a key user or an expert, because I still make mistakes and big errors like a rookie user.
I have 70 balls only because I have translated your FAQ in french ( Great job ^^) and not because I'm better than another.
Many League1 users in France have better advices or better knowledge than me, and they have less balls.

I can't define exactly the aim in the game of the "ball rating" but I'm afraid that a newbie consider it as a credibility system, for me it's not a credibility rating.

Why not a ranking from "atrocious" to" legendary" based on a formula with "number of post", "ball posts", "Win/lose ratio", and "team rank" as variables ?
I know it's complicated but i think it's more realistic than the actual system.


Last edited by LA-yepyepyep at 2/24/2011 5:02:20 AM

Why not a ranking from "atrocious" to" legendary" based on a formula with "number of post", "ball posts", "Win/lose ratio", and "team rank" as variables ?
I know it's complicated but i think it's more realistic than the actual system.

I think that would be complicated, but if it could be done I like the idea. :)