MAKERSCORE

author=calunio
Also, I think a gamepage with no downloads or reviews is worth close to nothing, and that's weird.

I don't think it's weird at all. A gamepage without a game is basically nothing. I guess you can boost it by building up hype (blogs) but until there's a game there it really isn't all that different from a forum post or something.

Check this, for instance:

have added new demo and removed the old one. a few slight tweaks and additions are present, nothin major. this should be the final of this demo, next one will be a bit more completo.

This is a blog post. It's worth 4 makerscore, the same as a gamepage. I don't they are equivalent in terms of content or effort. I wouldn't say "a gamepage without a game is basically nothing" at all.

How is this close to nothing?

The Yzal Chronicles blog post Calunio linked to doesn't bother me at all, in and of itself. If someone wants to use their blog for that, more power to them. If people want to read it, great. It shouldn't be worth makerscore, though.

Really, blog posts in general shouldn't be worth makerscore. Not any more than forum posts should be. Blog posts and forum posts are not that different - they are both a short message to the community about a specific topic - so why is one worth makerscore and not the other? They should be worth the same amount. And that amount should be zero, because neither one is normally a significant contribution to the community. (They both *can* be, but by default are generally not.)

If you really did want to quantify the "quality" of a blog post, I would base it on number of responses. Responses show that it's something the community cares about. Make each blog post worth an amount of makerscore equal to the square root of the number of responses. 0 responses = 0 makerscore. 1-3 responses, = 1 makerscore. 4-8 responses = 2 makerscore.

Game pages shouldn't really be worth anything either, since the only thing they do is aid in the marketing of your own game. That's enough of a boon already without also giving points. But whatever, you can only make two or three of them per game, not like blogs where you can make one every day, so it's not a big deal.

If you have a 5 star game and someone adds a shitty review and drops it to 2 stars, do you lose makerscore?

author=LockeZ
The Yzal Chronicles blog post Calunio linked to doesn't bother me at all, in and of itself. If someone wants to use their blog for that, more power to them. If people want to read it, great. It shouldn't be worth makerscore, though.

Really, blog posts in general shouldn't be worth makerscore. Not any more than forum posts should be. Blog posts and forum posts are not that different - they are both a short message to the community about a specific topic - so why is one worth makerscore and not the other? They should be worth the same amount. And that amount should be zero, because neither one is normally a significant contribution to the community. (They both *can* be, but by default are generally not.)

this.

If you really did want to quantify the "quality" of a blog post, I would base it on number of responses. Responses show that it's something the community cares about. Make each blog post worth an amount of makerscore equal to the square root of the number of responses. 0 responses = 0 makerscore. 1-3 responses, = 1 makerscore. 4-8 responses = 2 makerscore.

Game pages shouldn't really be worth anything either, since the only thing they do is aid in the marketing of your own game. That's enough of a boon already without also giving points. But whatever, you can only make two or three of them per game, not like blogs where you can make one every day, so it's not a big deal.

not this.

Oh, I meant gameprofile then, not gamepage (as in tab).

A game profile is a game. Its score is based on the game's rating. Anywhere from 2 to 750 points.

I agree with Calunio that games should never be worth 2 points. Finished games should especially never be worth 3 points. Even with a download, they should never be worth 18 points. A game takes hundreds of times as much time and effort to make as an article or a review, and is ostensibly the primary purpose of the site.

Shinan: Yes, it is. If you edit your game, go to the Pages section, and click on the Add Page button, that creates a game page.