What's the deal with these stars?
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Level 17 Gladiator: Spartacus' Dimachaeri
What's the deal with these stars?
Last edited by Jason Rainville; August 26th, 2008 at 04:38 PM.
suppoobly a art fan
Level 12 Gladiator: Laqueatores
Thank you for asking. I've been living on back-to-back antihistamines for five days and I thought I was just halluciginating or something.
What's the deal?
I was once on the receiving end of a critique so savagely nasty, I marched straight out of class to the office and changed my major (sketchbook).
Mostly empty space
Level 13 Gladiator: Retiarius
Gold stars for effort.
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Level 5 Gladiator: Myrmillo
For effort or for existing?
A collection of red ships
Level 3 Gladiator: Catervarii
I Agree!
Silly Rookie
Level 14 Gladiator: Dimacheri
They don't appear to have a point...
Fallen From the Darkest Pit
Level 1 Gladiator: Andabatae
What point? What is going on?
For all that I am, And for all that I have done.
To hold on tight, Is all that I've known.
To let it go, Is to tear it from my flesh.
But to hold on, May mean my death.
So I look to the stars, And All that I could be.
And I will fly away, Bloody, Torn, And Free.
known as Rhineville everywhere else
Level 17 Gladiator: Spartacus' Dimachaeri
Shit loads of star-rated-threads here, and to a lesser extent in finally finished and the crit center. That's what's going on.
Not that there's anything wrong with that...
Pew, Pew, Pew
Level 17 Gladiator: Spartacus' Dimachaeri
It was almost just the ‘Cheer me up’ thread that had 5 stars, and yes I agree that there’s been an outbreak recently, but then again I ignore stars because they can be misused so easily.
Fallen From the Darkest Pit
Level 1 Gladiator: Andabatae
Ok!
For all that I am, And for all that I have done.
To hold on tight, Is all that I've known.
To let it go, Is to tear it from my flesh.
But to hold on, May mean my death.
So I look to the stars, And All that I could be.
And I will fly away, Bloody, Torn, And Free.
Dark & Epic
Level 9 Gladiator: Hoplomachi
At least it isn't a whole bunch of 1 stars, especially in the crit center.
Pew, Pew, Pew
Level 17 Gladiator: Spartacus' Dimachaeri
It never occurs to me to give stars, so I don't expect them. Never was into I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine.
Could do with a foot massage though at the moment.
Never retreat. Never surrender.
Level 13 Gladiator: Retiarius
haha, love the image. It definitely captures your inquisitive state of mind regarding the star system. Usually the 5 star threads are pretty good. 4 stars is decent... but that isn't accurate though.
I've seen 5 star threads in the sketchbook section that werent that great and 4 star ones that should be 5 stars, etc. I like the stars kind of, i feel like it makes me want to work toward an average 5 star rating, but i feel as a rating system in general it could be better.
I like a rating system...but it could be done a little better.
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known as Rhineville everywhere else
Level 17 Gladiator: Spartacus' Dimachaeri
Nono, I GET the rating system. What I DON'T get is waking up this morning and finding EVERY thread in the lounge/FF having stars.
I don't care about stars, I don't care about the rating system, I'm not angry or amused about what's going on, just confused. After the recent talk about stars in the beta gallery thread it could be a few people showing how abusable the stars are, people having a laugh, davi/other admin having a laugh etc.
I just wanna know what's going on
Pew, Pew, Pew
Level 17 Gladiator: Spartacus' Dimachaeri
On other forums I’ve got 5 stars and still I ignore them because it takes so little for someone to earn them. An honest opinion counts so much more, especially if it is from someone who you respect. If you are honest with yourself, does it really matter?
No D
Level 13 Gladiator: Retiarius
It happened last night pretty quickly with about 5 votes for 5 star on every Lounge thread.
I just assumed somebody had absolutely NO LIFE.
lil weirdo
Level 12 Gladiator: Laqueatores
That's some lotta star threads! o_O Gee, I wonder, if for fun, why would they wanna do it NOW?? End of Olympics and they need cheering up? *shrug* I suddenly want some marshmallow cereal, don't ask why.
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Level 5 Gladiator: Myrmillo
haha i was just wondering the same thing, perhaps someone went in and spammed the lounge forum through the use of stars
has clay under fingernails
Level 8 Gladiator: Thracian
If we can rate threads with stars, why can't we rate the ones we don't like with "turds"?
Planewalking physicist
Level 6 Gladiator: Provocator
There are 200 to 400 billion stars just in our galaxy.
Shadowheart
Level 6 Gladiator: Provocator
Well, now we know where some of them went.Originally Posted by Sady
Silly Rookie
Level 14 Gladiator: Dimacheri
I wonder how long it took to count. That scientist KNOWS he earned his money.
Registered User
Level 16 Gladiator: Spartacus' Retiarii
it would be nice if an admin would find out who, ban them, and then undo this. I use the star system to find certain threads, scrolling down. Now you can't.
Pandiculating
Level 6 Gladiator: Provocator
Isn't the star rating system based wholly on personal opinion? how can you ban somebody for loving threads?
Anatomy Enthusiast
Level 5 Gladiator: Myrmillo
Stars should be disabled.... because they inevitably lead to quality judgements on the work before the thread is even clicked on.
Pandiculating
Level 6 Gladiator: Provocator
Exactly. As we've seen, it's so easily abused. What would the reaction be if all those votes had been to downgrade threads instead of 5 star them? I'd imagine alot more people would be reading this thread about now.
How about a system whereby people don't rate by stars, but if they choose, they can leave a public comment about the entire thread? The place where the stars are now, if you clicked that, it would take you to a seperate page where you'd leave comments about the quality of the sketchbook as a whole.
It would sure as hell give employers more to work with.
Registered User
Level 8 Gladiator: Thracian
The point of stars is to enable one to easily see the general public opinion of a thread. In theory, if one is on a 10 minute break and wants to see a good thread in a hurry, their search is streamlined.
The public comment idea seems inefficient as a whole, as now you'd have two separate locations with people's opinions of any given thread (when considering the comments actually found within the thread). One can easily get an idea of the quality of a sketchbook by glancing at a few comments within (whether they consist of 'awesomes' or 'here's how you can improve').
Just my 2 cents.
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Level 5 Gladiator: Myrmillo
I just noticed my 'manners' thread has 5 stars. What the hell? In some cases I think people are being sarcastic when they rate.
No D
Level 13 Gladiator: Retiarius
The night it happened everything got 5-4 up to half-way down the forum...except the gallery thread (WTF?) which actually deserves it. It would have to be more than one person rating to get those stars though since a member can't re-rate a thread. Did the chat room get bored, or something...?
Registered User
Level 16 Gladiator: Spartacus' Retiarii
either that or some loser has multiple accounts. I stand by what I said. I guess all I can do now is go through and downgrade according to "my" opinion...
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