Posted: 6/29/2022 9:02 AM
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PoochyEXE
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Active player (274)
Joined: 12/5/2010
Posts: 32
I haven't actually paid much attention to player points in all my time here, but I was curious as to why that number on my profile was changing when I hadn't submitted or posted anything recently, so I searched the forums and saw there had been quite a bit of old discussion on it. I have no idea if anyone still cares about player points, but I have a simple suggestion in case: Update the computation algorithm so that for each non-obsoleted movie, its Player Point value is the greater of (A) its value under the current calculation system OR (B) the highest value any of the movies in its obsoletion chain would be worth if they weren't obsolete. The idea being that if movie X should only obsolete movie Y if X is strictly better than Y, so it should also be worth more points. And this would remove the perverse incentive to avoid obsoleting your own movie lest your points drop due to fewer people voting on the new movie.
Posted: 6/29/2022 9:09 AM
(Edited: 6/29/2022 9:29 AM)
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CasualPokePlayer
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Joined: 2/26/2020
Posts: 791
Location: California
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Player points changing is mostly due to two overall changes. 1. Vault was turned into Standard, which has the same effect on player points as Moons does 2. Ratings were merged into a single rating, instead of the previous split between Entertainment and Technical ratings.