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by **pancakemix** on Sat Jul 21, 2012 11:46 pm

Concise description:

Remove the ability to leave ratings from opponents in Battle Royale games

Specifics/Details:

Suppose you walk into a club for an evening. You take in the sights, the sounds, the energy, all that junk. Say some guy bumps into and is unapologetic. Suppose there's a hot girl out on the dance floor. You could accurately give your opinion on the music and the atmosphere and such, but can you leave and tell your friends "It's full of jerks" or "All the chicks there are hot" and have that really be a true statement?

That's kind of my thought process with ratings for players in Battle Royales. I'm allowed to leave ratings for people who were halfway across the map, or got eliminated before I even got to take my first turn. To leave that person a rating of five stars is dishonest. It's not to say he was a bad player, but you really can't say for sure. But I have everything to gain from doing that because then I gain a point towards a medal. That, to me, seems open to abuse.

And I know there are limits on the frequency of Battle Royale games, but being eliminated in one from the 6th anniversary and having one finished from the update, I can leave ratings for 107 players. That would be more than half of what I currently need to get to the Silver rank.

How this will benefit the site and/or other comments:

Reduce the risk of abusing the ratings system
Improve the value of the Ratings medal

by **chapcrap** on Sun Jul 22, 2012 12:29 am

Eh.

I would say no. Because you play with the people. While, the ratings medal is completely absurd, tbh, I love medals.

by **pancakemix** on Sun Jul 22, 2012 9:54 pm

I'll admit this is a minor point. I just think if you're going to get a medal, you should earn it.

by **Dibbun** on Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:21 pm

No gtfo. I rated everyone on my BR game which will get me closer to gold.

by **agentcom** on Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:40 pm

Not my area of expertise, but I would think that rating everyone in a BR would be ratings abuse. How could you possibly have an opinion on every player? I wouldn't be surprised if there's some sort of complaint about this eventually, and I would think it falls against the rules. Rating the winner and a couple other players you noticed playing well or poorly makes sense but rating everyone?

by **Dibbun** on Thu Jul 26, 2012 6:18 am

All you [models]can eat [organic ]when it comes to ratings.

Rate to get medals, but don't rate too low or you'll get warned for abuse (like I was because people who spam gg in games are [unsavory gentlemen] who deserve 1 star ratings) and don't rate everyone too high or you'll get banned.

Go join the thought police you [beautiful friendship pony].

by **pancakemix** on Sun Jul 29, 2012 11:20 pm

agentcom wrote:Not my area of expertise, but I would think that rating everyone in a BR would be ratings abuse. How could you possibly have an opinion on every player? I wouldn't be surprised if there's some sort of complaint about this eventually, and I would think it falls against the rules. Rating the winner and a couple other players you noticed playing well or poorly makes sense but rating everyone?

This is my line of thinking. You can't adequately measure the skill of all 50+ other participants, why should you be allowed to do so at all?

Dibbun wrote:No gtfo. I rated everyone on my BR game which will get me closer to gold.

Case in point.

Dibbun wrote:All you [models]can eat [organic ]when it comes to ratings.

Rate to get medals, but don't rate too low or you'll get warned for abuse (like I was because people who spam gg in games are [unsavory gentlemen] who deserve 1 star ratings) and don't rate everyone too high or you'll get banned.

Go join the thought police you [beautiful friendship pony].

Charming.