01-09-2011, 09:05 PM
I am absolutely, completely against an algorithm for the community grading. Completely. That entirely misses the point.
Community grading will not merely award Prestige; it will make suggestions (some of which will require Staff confirmation) for all rewards that are possible, including Techniques, Items, and perhaps even Power-ups (many of these will require Staff confirmation before they are ratified). Introducing an algorithm would make the Criticism process a simple routine, and would limit the outcome to a particular, rather arbitrary, set of possibilities. This system needs to be as organic as possible.
Community grading will not merely award Prestige; it will make suggestions (some of which will require Staff confirmation) for all rewards that are possible, including Techniques, Items, and perhaps even Power-ups (many of these will require Staff confirmation before they are ratified). Introducing an algorithm would make the Criticism process a simple routine, and would limit the outcome to a particular, rather arbitrary, set of possibilities. This system needs to be as organic as possible.