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how ridiculous...this Pinside Top 100 ranking

By ParisPinballAdct

3 years ago


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    #35 3 years ago
    Quoted from ParisPinballAdct:

    All right.
    this is 5 games in the top 10 "All Time" which have been on the market for less than two years. Most are actually one year old, or less.
    How can that happen, seriously? where's the credibility here: how can we allow any game featuring "25 ratings" to match, say, Twilight Zone's 1366 ratings or Medieval Madness' 1679 ratings.

    Wondering if I'm the only one finding this totally ridiculous, and actually very much misleading...

    Frankly, it is amazing the 90's games have held up as well as they have over the years in the face of better technology (such as full RBG lighting, LCD displays, etc.) and the ridiculously deeper code and improved sound and sound packages of modern games. I understand the 90's games had more toys that interacted with the ball and what not...but if you put a stock original MM up next to a stock Stern Jurassic Park LE the differences are readily apparent.

    That said, I do personally agree some sort of rating system overhaul would be welcome, I've long argued against legacy votes from years ago from people that are no longer part of the community staying in the system. There are a lot of small things that could make the rating system more "legit" but as chuckwurt already noted these things are built in now...you can make the top 100 take into account many different factors if you do not like the default settings.

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    #80 3 years ago
    Quoted from robin:

    Some years ago I had a mail exchange with Lyman about this topic and we came up with a great alternative for the top 100, I really liked it. It boils down to this: every Pinsider would be drag and dropping their own top X list together. A forced list, where each position garners points. Top game gets, say, 100 points. Seconds game gets 99, third get 98. Etc. People could easily drag, drop and reorder their ratings as preferences change all the time. I know mine are. You know, after the honeymoon phase wears out, many games slide down my list. Heck, my own current ratings list is outdated as I no longer think MET is my favorite game.
    I would very much like to implement that system. Possibly it would replace the current top 100 system. Don't worry, the reviews would remain as they are very valuable. The new system would still have a review option.

    This would be awesome!

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