Ast A. Moore wrote: ↑Fri Nov 24, 2017 3:00 pm
That’s the problem. Many people haven’t played quite a few games, plus some of the games are not unique to the Spectrum. Even if we isolate Spectrum-specific game characters, their use as a form of ranking is arbitrary at best and whimsical at worst.
I don't see what's wrong with whimsical. I'm surprised people are voting for game characters when it's such a wonky list of them though!
Ast A. Moore wrote: ↑Fri Nov 24, 2017 3:00 pm
Machine names are (a) unique to the platform, (b) readily recognized by the majority of the members, and (c) have a more direct correlation with ranks (the latter being a function of the number of posts).
Agreed.
Ast A. Moore wrote: ↑Fri Nov 24, 2017 3:00 pm
sufficient to hint at a person’s standing within the community.
It is all a bit meaningless. Post count doesn't really give any indication of community standing, just that someone has probably taken more photos of their lunch and posted it in the OT section than anyone else. Hardly a useful measure.
If the game characters option wins (and I hope it does), open another thread for people's suggestions for one character, then draw them out of a hat, or do a vote to figure out which to include. I don't think the order really matters.
Having said all that the current finger in the wind list and order is fine as far as I am concerned.
Spud wrote: ↑Fri Nov 24, 2017 3:40 pmPost count doesn't really give any indication of community standing, just that someone has probably taken more photos of their lunch and posted it in the OT section than anyone else. Hardly a useful measure.
Probably a good indication of their state of malnourishment/lardiness though..
Nah, I agree, it's just a bit of fun. I agree with the sentiment that if the games characters win it would be quite good if there were some ZX-specific ones, though I don't really have particular objections to Speccy characters that were ported to other machines. Also I didn't mind some of the WoS ones like "Elite" and stuff which was fine.
Spud wrote: ↑Fri Nov 24, 2017 3:40 pm
It is all a bit meaningless.
You mean life?
I'm cool with whatever wins. Let's see where we are next Friday, it doesn't seem fair that if #3 wins then people like yourself don't get the list they voted for.
RMartins wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2017 3:35 pmUsing some well-known scale like unit scale: pico, nano, micro, mili, unit, kilo, mega, giga, tera attached to some defined unit (ZX, bit, byte, gamer, dev, etc...) might work better.
Start with Micro, and just append "Willy" to it, as in the character from MM/JSW. It's progression, it's Speccy-centric.
ZXDunny wrote: ↑Fri Nov 24, 2017 10:36 pm
Start with Micro, and just append "Willy" to it, as in the character from MM/JSW. It's progression, it's Speccy-centric.
Surely you can't be suggesting that having the highest post count on a forum is some sort of childish dick waving contest?
Maybe we should consider a completely different system. Maybe one based on how useful each persons introduction post is? Or failing that, how many letters (characters) long their post is...
Mark
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1024MAK wrote: ↑Sun Nov 26, 2017 7:18 pm
Or failing that, how many letters (characters) long their post is...
Times the number of odd hours in a day before the post was made, minus the number of vowels in the poster’s nick name squared. Hey, I think we’re onto something here!
Every man should plant a tree, build a house, and write a ZX Spectrum game.
This road appears to be full of pot holes and bumps. Maybe it's a track way and not a road???
Mark
Standby alert
“There are four lights!”
Step up to red alert. Sir, are you absolutely sure? It does mean changing the bulb
Looking forward to summer later in the year.
Ast A. Moore wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2017 10:01 am
Anybody know of a hack to manipulate poll results? Asking for a friend.
Skynet...
Standby alert
“There are four lights!”
Step up to red alert. Sir, are you absolutely sure? It does mean changing the bulb
Looking forward to summer later in the year.
R-Tape wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2017 12:01 pm
Aaaaaannnnnnndddddd,
it's a draw.
One more week to break this infernal deadlock - poll ends 12.00 UTC Friday 8th December.
Ahh! The wonderful world of community democracy
Admins make a decision and divide the community, and those who are upset shout out at the Admins because they are wrong.
So, you give the community the choice, and instead it equally divides itself...
Welcome to the world of being wrong!
Mark
Standby alert
“There are four lights!”
Step up to red alert. Sir, are you absolutely sure? It does mean changing the bulb
Looking forward to summer later in the year.