Improvements to Review System

[yC]

Hello everyone, it has been a long time since any visible change has been done to the review system.  You might have notice that there is a big flaw in our review system, which is the fact that old reviews from years ago have never been purged from the system.  As time goes by, it becomes obvious that old reviews need to go, otherwise servers that are alive the longest time are going to be at the top of the list forever as their number of reviews add up over the years.  That leaves little room for new potential servers to compete with older servers.   
               
To counter this flaw, I would like to annouce that from now on, the default server list ranking will be based on the total results from every review score given to the server from the past 6 months.  Of course I would like to keep the voice of the players who've played on the server from long ago, so there are links located at the top of the server listing table to view reviews made within 1 month, 3 months, 6 months (default), 12 months and all ranges.  The rule is still the same, every user can only rate a server once.  If a user would like to create a new review for a server he or she previously reviewed, he or she must delete his or her previous review on the server.  This makes sense because you can only have one opinion of a server and if the old opinion does not hold true anymore, it's best to delete it.
               
In addition, two new features are implemented based on suggestions made on the forum.  Now you can see the server's primary ethnicity or language on the server listing table.  Also new are the  and icons.  They will guide you to any RP (Role Play) or PK (Player Kill) servers in the system.

These new features are available in the server edit page since last month. If you are a server owner, please login to your server owner control panel and edit your server's ethnicity/language and Normal/RP/PK settings. Doing so will help RMS direct more potential players to your server.
               
I hope these improvements will make it easier for players to find a server where they feel comfortable playing.  Thank you for whoever that made those suggestions and gave me ideas for improvement.  If you have any suggestion to RMS, you are always welcome to express it in our forum's suggestion section.  Thank you for your continous support.

[Appa]

nice job I agree with everything listed
cant wait to see more updates =D

[Guest]

^^ i like em =P

[Pandora]

I'd like to suggest (I think I mentioned it before but can't seem to find it), that when players checks the review(s) they left on server(s), they have an "Update" button, so they can refresh their review without having to delete and remake. Also, a small indicated on which of their reviews are active and which are expired would be convenient too.

(Sorry for necroing an old post)

[Pow]

I'd like to suggest (I think I mentioned it before but can't seem to find it), that when players checks the review(s) they left on server(s), they have an "Update" button, so they can refresh their review without having to delete and remake. Also, a small indicated on which of their reviews are active and which are expired would be convenient too.

(Sorry for necroing an old post)

-Smacks Panda-

You make me soo sad sometimes ;_;

-Pow

[yC]

I think Pandora's suggestion was made here> http://www.ratemyserver.net/forum/suggestionsrequests/no-deletion-of-reviews-for-1-month/0/

and i answered it roughly.

i'll think about the expired indicator.

[Pandora]

-Smacks Panda-

You make me soo sad sometimes ;_;

But hmm ok

[Shaelyn]

i'll think about the expired indicator.

~chuckles~ why didn't I think about suggesting this.  it'd be really helpful.

there's one thing I'm kinda afraid of though - sometimes the more disgruntled people will leave a bad review and disappear off the face of the planet...if something told them to re-write their review, they may return and do that out of spite without any regard as to how much the server may or may not have changed.
or they might not care.  who knows.

anyway, I guess it'd kinda depend on how it's implemented.

[Guest]

lol i like it
*throws a paper ball at pandora* ={

it'll help me know when i needa redo my reviews >.>

[laoganma]

If a user would like to create a new review for a server he or she previously reviewed, he or she must delete his or her previous review on the server.            

great idea!

has this been implemented yet? cuz i can only see "delete" and "edit" button as server owner...

[yC]

you can always delete your review at the member area ...

[laoganma]

found it! thanks lol

[Pandora]

lol i like it
*throws a paper ball at pandora* ={

it'll help me know when i needa redo my reviews >.>

*ow* T_T

[DragonHero]

Ideas for the review system.
1:) Anyone Playing for under a month should not be able to give a server review.

2:) Vote is pending. As in you have to confirm the (ip address/email address) or both with the server owners account.txt. If the i.p. is not in the account.txt you reject the post.

3:) The owner should be given 30 days to confirm the (ip/email) Before it auto-rejects the vote being given.

[Pow]

Ideas for the review system.
1:) Anyone Playing for under a month should not be able to give a server review.

This cannot really be governed as people will just fake the amount of time they have been playing. This also puts new servers at a disadvantage due them probably not being up for more than a month for which they should not be punished for.

2:) Vote is pending. As in you have to confirm the (ip address/email address) or both with the server owners account.txt. If the i.p. is not in the account.txt you reject the post.

Most servers use SQL anyway, and I do not think it would be plausible for yC to have to crawl through SQL tables looking for matches.

Not to mention that most ISP's now provide Dynamic I.P Addresses as standard so they cannot always be matched up.. And alot of people use a "Public" email address when signing up for game servers to prevent their "private" box from being spammed.

3:) The owner should be given 30 days to confirm the (ip/email) Before it auto-rejects the vote being given.

Read above.

-Pow