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[rlmergeuser]

pick up to three stupid games and delete the rest. sure people like them (i pity the fools) but that doesn't mean millions of copies of the same type of shoddy game should be wasting space on the lists of what is supposed to be good.

start by deleting everything from top rated skill games of all time. just take a moment to browse it.... oh dear. and everything by jorm and ricky reb and a few others who actually made "real" quality games doesn't even get 5 stars! there is no excuse for this jealous cretinism.

redlynx should have a governing vote for a game, if anyone votes more than 2 stars more or less than the redlynx vote. THEY HAVE THEIR VOTING PRIVILEGES REVOKED. especially those people who vote 1 star on something most people have voted 4 or 5.

So, if one of those clone basketball or golf games has a 5* rating, and I give it a 1* rating, I should have my voting privileges revoked? There have been plenty of 4* and 5* tracks that I've given a 1* or 2* rating to - because they had horrible driving lines, really bad blind spots, etc - the only reason they get high mass ratings is because they look cool.

There is no perfect rating system - PERIOD. I've been involved with other games that allow user-created content. Take Far Cry 2 for example - I can't tell you how many "Get to the End" maps were out there, many of which had very high ratings, but were just horrible.

In the end, any user-created content rating system is only as good as the community. That's why it's important to have these forums, so that we can sort through a lot of the riff-raff, and help get truly talented creators the exposure they deserve.

[jook13]

I didn't think there was much point in splitting up the RL picks feed. Only a couple tracks get uploaded every few days, if that. Just to shut up the wannabe elitest cry babies for ranting that every track wasn't an extreme ninja obstaclefest.

Again, completely missing the point.
It is absolutely nothing, NOTHING to do with difficulty.

IT HAS 2 BEE ABOUT TEH DRIIVING LIIIINE!!! I GET ANGRY IF ITS ABOUT CREATING SOMETHING UNIQUE WITH THE FREEDOM OF THE CREATOR LIKE TERMINATOR 2 TRACK..... IF TIS NO ABOUT OBSTACLEFEST DRIVING LIIIIIINNNNEEESSS!!!

Same ****ing difference. Still pointless to split up RL picks. Still done to shut up wannabe elitest cry babies.

It was done as a favor to the fans of the game that will still be playing it 2 years from now. Redlynx is pretty awesome when it comes to fan-service.

It is not a pointless splitup. There are tracks that have neat ideas and are truly unique, but are riddled with game-ruining (in MY opinion!) camera angles and framerate issues and other things like that. These are fine for people that wanna see the track once just to experience it, but I wouldnt play tracks like this more than once and honestly have no interest in them. If it were up to me, any track with a camera angle behind or in front of the rider would be automatically cut from any chance of a redlynx pick. Same goes for any track that has any noticable framerate issues. "Ride Line" quality can be argued as it is based on opinion, these issues cannot be argued and it is not that hard to avoid them.
There are tracks that have a truly thoughtfull driveline that I could honestly play a hundred times trying to beat my time along with my friends times. They may not have crazy ideas with a ton of stuff happening, but these are the tracks that I seek out, as do a lot of people on this site.
Of course there can be tracks with both, but for some reason they are incredibly rare as far as I can tell.

Do you honestly think its a bad idea to make it easier for both groups of people to find the types of tracks that they want?

[HoorayItsMike]

Why not just add a "Sports" or a "Not an actual Trials Track" group? This obviously won't solve every single track being in the correct category, but I guarantee it will help. Sport tracks that are not in the right category would 'm assuming) be more likely to receive lower ratings because the creator didn't put it in the right spot.

Nothing will solve the issue completely, but there are still many improvements left that can greatly improve track central.

Perhaps program something that recognizes if the rider crossing the finish line on his bike is what triggers the end of the course, and automatically sort that into one category, and sort everything else into another category. I'm just throwing stuff out there, but I think they can help.

[rlmergeuser]

I didn't think there was much point in splitting up the RL picks feed. Only a couple tracks get uploaded every few days, if that. Just to shut up the wannabe elitest cry babies for ranting that every track wasn't an extreme ninja obstaclefest.

Again, completely missing the point.
It is absolutely nothing, NOTHING to do with difficulty.

IT HAS 2 BEE ABOUT TEH DRIIVING LIIIINE!!! I GET ANGRY IF ITS ABOUT CREATING SOMETHING UNIQUE WITH THE FREEDOM OF THE CREATOR LIKE TERMINATOR 2 TRACK..... IF TIS NO ABOUT OBSTACLEFEST DRIVING LIIIIIINNNNEEESSS!!!

Same ****ing difference. Still pointless to split up RL picks. Still done to shut up wannabe elitest cry babies.

It was done as a favor to the fans of the game that will still be playing it 2 years from now. Redlynx is pretty awesome when it comes to fan-service.

It is not a pointless splitup. There are tracks that have neat ideas and are truly unique, but are riddled with game-ruining (in MY opinion!) camera angles and framerate issues and other things like that. These are fine for people that wanna see the track once just to experience it, but I wouldnt play tracks like this more than once and honestly have no interest in them. If it were up to me, any track with a camera angle behind or in front of the rider would be automatically cut from any chance of a redlynx pick. Same goes for any track that has any noticable framerate issues. "Ride Line" quality can be argued as it is based on opinion, these issues cannot be argued and it is not that hard to avoid them.
There are tracks that have a truly thoughtfull driveline that I could honestly play a hundred times trying to beat my time along with my friends times. They may not have crazy ideas with a ton of stuff happening, but these are the tracks that I seek out, as do a lot of people on this site.
Of course there can be tracks with both, but for some reason they are incredibly rare as far as I can tell.

Do you honestly think its a bad idea to make it easier for both groups of people to find the types of tracks that they want?

Now that I think about it - over time it will make more and more sense. In 1,000 years time we'll be thanking them for splitting up RL picks

[B0RG1OF1]

good grief..... agree to disagree?

[rlmergeuser]

What? I changed my mind. I'm agreeing now.