Author Topic: The Ranking System (Read 6015 times)

Sage · « **on:** May 27, 2009, 11:15:23 PM »

I know this idea has been touched upon but i thought it might actually be a good idea. I introduce...

THE RANKING SYSTEM

For a few months now, I've been enjoying telling my friends that I'm one of the best at RA2 in the world. Some of you may think this true, some may not, but I think I'm up there. I know some other vets probably do the same at times. However, I feel it would be good to legitimize things. There's ranking systems for almost every online game out there. Why can't RA2 have one?

Here's how it would work:

The community votes on three categories. These three categories are TOP 10 Stock Builders, TOP 10 DSL Builders, and TOP 10 Programmers/Contributors. Please note that only ACTIVE members are eligible. For the people who have left, there is also The TOP 10 Members Gone Missing.

The community nominates people for one month, and at the end of that week the top 10 nominees will be chosen. They will then be listed out and the community votes on the order.

Of course, after these nominations, people can move up, down, or even lose their spot to someone else. How this would work is that every month people can nominate a change and then the community can vote on it. So, you better have a good persuading argument!

Top 10 Stock Builders

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Top 10 DSL Builders

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Top 10 Contributors

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Top 5 Member's Gone Missing

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I have my nominations ready, but I want community support for this before I go on. I know there are some that don't like the idea of a ranking system, so please post your thoughts here.

Urjak · « **Reply #1 on:** May 27, 2009, 11:35:58 PM »

Sounds good, and since it is a democratic decisions, any flame wars may be less intense. It also seems important to note that its really just for fun. There is no real point in getting all worked up about it.

Wings · « **Reply #2 on:** May 27, 2009, 11:45:13 PM »

I was going to criticize this on the BBEANS thread earlier but after reading this, I think this could work Sage.

However, a quick question, how many people can we nominate for each category (if its only one and every choses the same five, for example, then its not a top ten but too many makes the vote counting longer).

How do we define active builder, I mean someone like Firebeetle isn't posting any more, but he's still building bots (for BBEANS at least)? I think we should probably set a time zone for active and unactive builder (maybe a year or so)

JoeBlo · « **Reply #3 on:** May 27, 2009, 11:52:35 PM »

sounds like a good idea, I doubt I will make top 10 on any though lol, maybe put all the ladders in the one thread and get ACAMS to pin it, maybe to avoid stalemates no one can nominate then selves and perhaps justification for the nomination so its not just favoritism

R0B0SH4RK · « **Reply #4 on:** May 28, 2009, 12:06:02 AM »

I think it's a decent idea. I like the idea for seeing where the rest of the community ranks people, because I have a pretty good idea of my top 10 in each category.

Naryar · « **Reply #5 on:** May 28, 2009, 12:25:14 AM »

Thanks Sage.

Nice idea to have 4 categories too.

JoeCB1991 · « **Reply #6 on:** May 28, 2009, 12:33:22 AM »

Can you also add "Top 10 SFTW Builders" to that?

JoeBlo · « **Reply #7 on:** May 28, 2009, 12:39:21 AM »

Quote from: Urjak;40940

Sounds good, and since it is a democratic decisions, any flame wars may be less intense.

Quote from: JoeCB1991;40947

Can you also add "Top 10 SFTW Builders" to that?

would that cause cause more issues ? I mean some people take it with light heart but others may find it insulting

cephalopod · « **Reply #8 on:** May 28, 2009, 02:47:48 AM »

Quote from: JoeBlo;40948

would that cause cause more issues ? I mean some people take it with light heart but others may find it insulting

I'd add it to my achievements :P

Hydro · « **Reply #9 on:** May 28, 2009, 09:52:32 AM »

i think SFTW builders is a good acheivement for me :-D

System32 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 28, 2009, 10:27:59 AM »

A vote is on opinion, kinda. Too much bias, or in other words, it's more like a popularity contest at the moment. We should use something to help, like how many bots are made, how good they are at building, how their bots test in tournaments, you know, that stuff...

Hydro · « **Reply #11 on:** May 28, 2009, 10:30:52 AM »

^^FTW.

Gigafrost · « **Reply #12 on:** May 28, 2009, 11:05:24 AM »

Indeed, this is a good idea. This is also a good way to change our members Respect Rating, as the members are nominated, their respect can go up by one, as more people are recognizing them (making the limit to +5 points total or if the member won five times). Fear is something else and would not pertain well with this system however. But i do like it and feel that it would motivate more people to contribute for gametechmods.

MikeNCR · « **Reply #13 on:** May 28, 2009, 11:38:13 AM »

Quote from: System32;41033

A vote is on opinion, kinda. Too much bias, or in other words, it's more like a popularity contest at the moment. We should use something to help, like how many bots are made, how good they are at building, how their bots test in tournaments, you know, that stuff...

Volume of robots made probably shouldn't be directly linked to builder skill.

System32 · « **Reply #14 on:** May 28, 2009, 12:36:41 PM »

Lots of bots made of a high quality is better than a lesser volume of high quality bots.

Reier · « **Reply #15 on:** May 28, 2009, 12:43:50 PM »

But say a guy who stinks made 13000 bots, and A guy who's good made 20. The guy who stinks would rank higher.

Hydro · « **Reply #16 on:** May 28, 2009, 02:06:48 PM »

so let's say you get a high rank via quality over quantity. its that simple.

Gigafrost · « **Reply #17 on:** May 28, 2009, 02:10:37 PM »

But who determines this "quality" ?

somestrangeguy · « **Reply #18 on:** May 28, 2009, 02:15:47 PM »

Quote from: Gigafrost;41058

But who determines this "quality" ?

I would say that Admins and most respected people on this forum should have the right to do that.

Hydro · « **Reply #19 on:** May 28, 2009, 04:00:42 PM »

^^ you beat me to it, SSG.

either that or already known good builders. unless that is what was meant by "most respected people".