posted 04-12-2001 11:57 AM               

Check out these harsh ratings below.
(I just hope they don't rate my new level, because I love it soooo much and I'm dead proud of it).

http://www.mprager.de/AbandonedVillage.htm
http://www.mprager.de/SecretOrg.htm

posted 04-12-2001 12:39 PM               

I guess I was sad at first because of the line "As the name says, this level is best left abandoned!"

posted 04-12-2001 12:41 PM               

Remember, everyone has different taste. What one person may not like doesn't mean everyone will not like it. I did my first level and (as of now) have a 6 rating on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being the best) I was surprized to get that! On my next level, the one I thought was great, I got rated a 5! I have seen some levels that were rated very very high and when I played them I was like, "How could this level get such a high rating?". Just because I didn't like it doesn't mean it is a great level.

Please don't feel like what you are making is a waste of time. I enjoy playing ALL the levels whether I think they are a 1 or a 10. Hey, I can only play one level at a time and I don't think I have played any of yours YET, but I will. As for me, keep making those dudes and I will like playing them. REALLY! Some people like challenging stuff more than others and some like puzzles where I'm not that crazy about them. Don't pay any attention to what one person says. I encourage everyone to keep making levels no matter how they get rated. What might be fantastic for one person might be boring for another. I've learned (especially with movies) that you can't judge something until you have experienced it for yourself. Just because that person gave you a harsh rating doesn't mean anything to me. I will still download your level and play it.

Well, I hope you don't stop making levels and I hope you can look over that "critic". It doesn't matter how any level gets rated. I will still download and play for myself.

Again, please don't feel like you're wasting your time because you are not.

posted 04-12-2001 02:51 PM               

I have just looked at the links you posted btw.... having played Micheals "Blue Sphere" level, any comments he has regarding texturing etc are best ignored......
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I WAS PRESSING THE DARN WALK BUTTON !!

posted 04-13-2001 10:19 AM               

I was not FISHING for complements, I was just angry and sad at the rating and wanted to share my feelings with you. Like I always do.

I think ratings should be banned, because peoples opinions differ a lot, people like / hate things for different reasons and its unfair on creators to show these comments all over the world, when thats how we are. If a view is nice we get big headed, if a view is bad we get sad and mad. It can push an editor in the total wrong way. And I don't want that, just like other editors. There should be an option on sites saying "Do you want your level to be rated by viewers" then editors can choose whether they want opinions or not.

posted 04-13-2001 12:50 PM               

Colin and I are both sceptical about rating levels,and as such where ever possible we try to aviod it, as we agree that what one person thinks is great does not necessarily go for the next person .

That is why we let the number of downloads determine the position in the charts on our levels page.

We also have a voting page for level of the month purely as a fun thing.

It is hard when you are running a website which actually hosts levels rather than just linking to them, as you are limited to space.
It is just as difficult for visitors to the site, when they go to our levels page and see forty levels available for download and don't know where to start, hence the charts based on downloads.

We value your opinions on rating and you can rest assured that where ever possible we will continue to avoid it