Actually to see ratings you must click on the comments to see and to rate.

To rate and or comment, you have to click on the comments. Just to see what the rating is, you need do nothing.

To be or not to be....that is the question...

I assume rates are determined by d/loads. How many d/loads do u have to get to even get on top list ?

#129 by Citizen mindlessCrush - 12/13/2002 11:16:53 PM
I assume rates are determined by d/loads. How many d/loads do u have to get to even get on top list ?


~No. Downloads are separate...ratings are given by level 4 users (I think) and Apprentices on up (I double that *I think*).

BTW...your latest wall is just wonderful! I downloaded it yesterday (and your current rating is a nine). But ratings are silly...and even relying on how many downloads can get silly too (people can cheat that like anything else I bet). But your work is exceptional and I look forward to seeing more! Keep up the good work and Happy HOLIDAYSSSSSSSSSS.

WOM>I wasn't implying that I was being singled out. Mainly just using that as an example of how things have changed. I don't comment on nearly as many skins as I used to either. I have a lot of reasons, just as I'm sure others have their reasons. Maybe this is just another cost that we're paying for the proliferation of skinning. A lot of those people I mentioned probably don't have time to use/comment/rate all the skins that they used to. We don't see nearly as many skins uploaded by treetog, alexandrie, mikeb as we used to. Why? I would imagine that they just don't have time. They're too busy doing skins for hire. I'm definitely not faulting them for that, I did a skin for Jeff myself. There's no right or wrong involved, just an observation on the current state of skinning.

On another note....I personally don't have any problems with people commenting on skins based on the screenshot. I'll freely admit that several times I've looked at a screenshot, seen it's not totally my cup of tea, and commented something like...."I really like the texture you used for the toolback". But I agree that we should definitely download and apply skins before rating them. I'll also admit that I've done this before, but not very often.

Davad70: I agree. Sometimes it takes an hour just to look at the new stuff that went up in one day for 3-4 catagories. That doesn't include download and try out time. I have only been on this site 1 1/2 years and I seen the submission rate increase 10 fold. As Jafo stated, the Wizops are busy moderating and policing the messageboard with little time for anything else. As a non-skinner, I have the time to comment but I feel some people take my comments lightly as I don't create anything so they think I don't know what goes into creating what they make. Thats not so, as I know exactly what it takes to make a skin, wall, logon, icons, cursors winstyle and media player. Oh and a DX. The rest I don't so I don't comment on. By the way, haven't seen you on the message board in a while or a new skin.

No, I haven't been around much lately unfortunately. I work in retail, and I have very little time to do anything other than work between Halloween and Christmas. I have three skins that are almost done though, and will probably be uploading them after the holidays are over.