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carlii posted 19-05-2002 06:02 BST
I got some suggestions for the Quest Games Archive. Please read them Alex & Co. and tell me what you think! :D
S1. You should make a minium of how short reviews can be. I've been looking through and a few are really short and stupid like "I am on Crack" or "It's a cool game" or whatever. How do these people deserve to have a review in the archive if they didn't give reasons of why they did/didn't like the game? Maybe you should delete a few of the bad ones? :S I dunno!
S2. Can we have better stars please??? :P
S3. In the sorting tool, can you also add "Rating - Highest To Lowest" and "Rating - Lowest To Highest" instead of just "Rating"? (I know it's not a biggie or anything. :P)
S4. Is it possible for maybe people to email you recommending you delete a game from the archive because it's really really bad or short? Maybe there should be some sort of expectation to adhere to for games being added to the archive? Just a suggestion.
carlii posted 19-05-2002 06:18 BST
S5. Can you make it possible to have the date of reviews/comments in the Games Archive posted?
carlii posted 19-05-2002 06:20 BST
S6. Also, when you review/comment a game, is it possible to put past reviews at the bottom for you to refer to as you're typing up your review? (Kinda like in a forum, when you reply you can read past replies down the bottom of the page somewhere.)
carlii posted 19-05-2002 06:23 BST
S7. How about when you view all the games in a list, that you number the list as well?
Alex posted 19-05-2002 00:01 BST
S1. I don't want to enforce a minimum word limit as that would mean a review saying "This game sucks" might just be modified to say "This game sucks This game sucks This game sucks This game sucks This game sucks This game sucks" which wouldn't help anybody. I'd only delete reviews which are offensive (or an author's review of his/her own game, which I'll turn into a comment).
S2. If I get around to drawing some, then maybe. There are other things that need seeing to first though.
S3. Can be done, but why would you want to look at the lowest-rated games first?
S4. If the author of a game wants it removed from the archive, that can be done no problem. If other people want a game removed just because it's rubbish... well, we have reviews so that people can tell others how bad a game is, so there's no pressing need to remove the bad games. Not yet anyway. Although some kind of filter option where you can only see the best-rated games might be an idea at some point.
S5. It's something I plan to add eventually.
S6. Can be done I suppose.
S7. But why?
Alex posted 19-05-2002 14:51 BST
Right, I've now implemented S5 and S6 - namely, the printing of previous reviews on the submit page, and the adding of dates to new reviews and comments (old reviews and comments won't display a date as none was stored when they were submitted). Enjoy!
carlii posted 20-05-2002 10:04 BST
Oooh ! YAY ! That's great Jai'me!

Author	Topic: The Games Archive - Suggestions
carlii	posted 19-05-2002 06:02 BST I got some suggestions for the Quest Games Archive. Please read them Alex & Co. and tell me what you think! :D S1. You should make a minium of how short reviews can be. I've been looking through and a few are really short and stupid like "I am on Crack" or "It's a cool game" or whatever. How do these people deserve to have a review in the archive if they didn't give reasons of why they did/didn't like the game? Maybe you should delete a few of the bad ones? :S I dunno! S2. Can we have better stars please??? :P S3. In the sorting tool, can you also add "Rating - Highest To Lowest" and "Rating - Lowest To Highest" instead of just "Rating"? (I know it's not a biggie or anything. :P) S4. Is it possible for maybe people to email you recommending you delete a game from the archive because it's really really bad or short? Maybe there should be some sort of expectation to adhere to for games being added to the archive? Just a suggestion.
carlii	posted 19-05-2002 06:18 BST S5. Can you make it possible to have the date of reviews/comments in the Games Archive posted?
carlii	posted 19-05-2002 06:20 BST S6. Also, when you review/comment a game, is it possible to put past reviews at the bottom for you to refer to as you're typing up your review? (Kinda like in a forum, when you reply you can read past replies down the bottom of the page somewhere.)
carlii	posted 19-05-2002 06:23 BST S7. How about when you view all the games in a list, that you number the list as well?
Alex	posted 19-05-2002 00:01 BST S1. I don't want to enforce a minimum word limit as that would mean a review saying "This game sucks" might just be modified to say "This game sucks This game sucks This game sucks This game sucks This game sucks This game sucks" which wouldn't help anybody. I'd only delete reviews which are offensive (or an author's review of his/her own game, which I'll turn into a comment). S2. If I get around to drawing some, then maybe. There are other things that need seeing to first though. S3. Can be done, but why would you want to look at the lowest-rated games first? S4. If the author of a game wants it removed from the archive, that can be done no problem. If other people want a game removed just because it's rubbish... well, we have reviews so that people can tell others how bad a game is, so there's no pressing need to remove the bad games. Not yet anyway. Although some kind of filter option where you can only see the best-rated games might be an idea at some point. S5. It's something I plan to add eventually. S6. Can be done I suppose. S7. But why?
Alex	posted 19-05-2002 14:51 BST Right, I've now implemented S5 and S6 - namely, the printing of previous reviews on the submit page, and the adding of dates to new reviews and comments (old reviews and comments won't display a date as none was stored when they were submitted). Enjoy!
carlii	posted 20-05-2002 10:04 BST Oooh ! YAY ! That's great Jai'me!