At 6/23/06 12:42 PM, SpamBurger wrote: Woot! My batting average went from a 2.31 to a 3.56!!!! Thats from a C+ to an A+!!!

Awesome, SpamBurger. :)

This might apply more to me if I made Flash actually, but cool.

Tom, I sent you a very important PM, pleasee read it.

Bloody hell, there's been a lot of great changes recently.

At 6/23/06 12:23 PM, TomFulp wrote: Per some recent discussion, artist batting averages are now based on their TOP THREE submissions. This means your bad submissions won't hurt you, as long as you have submitted good ones!

They look like ERA.

At 6/23/06 12:49 PM, -hashbrown- wrote: 4.25 is the number to beat now

It's actually 4.29. Chluaid's was raised, but it only shows that in his profile, not on the top rated authors list.

Awesome! I always wanted to submit flashes that might not be that great but I didn't want it to ruin my Batting Average which I will one day recieve!

Thanks, liljim!

3.70 / 5.00 - A+ :D

Lots of changes now. All of them are for the better.
I hope the rehaul of the layout will be good.
Congratulations to those who implemented and created the changes, for not changing too much and improving stuff.

Like the daft cunt I am, I completely missed this topic. I'm sure which would be better for batting averages (your entire body of work or just your top three) but now I see that it discourages pretentious sorts from deleting low-scoring movies for the sake of a silly internet statistic. I guess it's better to have this rather than have hundreds of vain users delete half their old work come tomorrow.

Thanks a lot, now I can submit some of my old stuff, and it won't hurt my average! Thanks!

KEEP ADDING STUFF LILJIM! lol and THX for these cool updates lol.

At 6/23/06 12:23 PM, TomFulp wrote: Artists no longer have to remove old submissions to improve their average, they simply have to submit new, better games and movies! Artists are also now free to submit goofy stuff that may have previously hurt their average.

This is a great idea, who actually thought of it?

Everyone should take a moment and thank Liljim for implementing all these great changes!

Cheers James, NG is getting even better :)

Oh, and.. Batting average: 3.78 / 5.00 (A+)?!? Cool :P What are the grade boundries now (is the bar raised?), i think you should put it up on the FAQ.

Also, update the FAQ with deleting submissions, PM system etc

"Last modified: 11:00 PM on Wednesday, April 28th, 2004" :S

Are there any more recent changes waiting?

It sounds pretty good. Mine went from a

2.77 - 3.27

Thanks!

It wouldn't change for you since you only have 3 flashes...

thanks tom ur my hero :D

At 6/23/06 01:20 PM, Meebs wrote: It wouldn't change for you since you only have 3 flashes...

Sorry, I was talking to Snubby, not pyro.

Doesn't that defy the purpose of an average if you take only the top ones?

tom you're just asking for people to spam up the portal now

At 6/23/06 12:23 PM, TomFulp wrote: Per some recent discussion, artist batting averages are now based on their TOP THREE submissions. This means your bad submissions won't hurt you, as long as you have submitted good ones!

Great updates recently, this has been one of the best. Great work man

At 6/23/06 01:24 PM, MsiUrine wrote: Doesn't that defy the purpose of an average if you take only the top ones?

ya

Cool, from 2.75 to 3.40.
I can make a collab :D

And I started that recent discussion! I might've been the first NG member to notice the change!

At 6/23/06 01:31 PM, Dark_Spark wrote: tom you're just asking for people to spam up the portal now

Why? People don't decide not to submit a bad movie because it will affect their batting average.

If people start spamming the portal with bad submissions they will be blammed.

yay

I was thinking maybe have like a "Top 3 BA" and a "Everything BA". Or something like that I don't know >_>.

ohwells

I think now you should make it so you must have a higher BA to get A+. Like 4.0+ is an A+

At 6/23/06 01:39 PM, harryjarry wrote:

At 6/23/06 01:31 PM, Dark_Spark wrote: tom you're just asking for people to spam up the portal now

Why? People don't decide not to submit a bad movie because it will affect their batting average.

Id sometimes rather submit something I know will get a low score but still just see what people think, I never have though because of the batting average thing.

At 6/23/06 01:40 PM, Ninja-chicken wrote: I think now you should make it so you must have a higher BA to get A+. Like 4.0+ is an A+

Aren't the BA ranks dynamic?

Batting average: 3.48 / 5.00 (A+)

At 6/23/06 12:23 PM, TomFulp wrote: Per some recent discussion, artist batting averages are now based on their TOP THREE submissions. This means your bad submissions won't hurt you, as long as you have submitted good ones!

Artists no longer have to remove old submissions to improve their average, they simply have to submit new, better games and movies! Artists are also now free to submit goofy stuff that may have previously hurt their average.

Everyone should take a moment and thank Liljim for implementing all these great changes! James does all the PHP / database programming, so without him, these features wouldn't happen.

Outstanding news!!! This is really great!!!

I was thinking about removing some of my entries in my main because of this , now I don't have to anymore!!!

This is really fucking great , Tom!!!

Now I can send stupid shit and not worry about having a shitty Batting Average! This will definitely bring the portal back to the old times when people didn't care much about their batting averages and all sent all kinds of funny things to the portal!!

Yes!

The upadates, SO MANY!

Yes, these changes are for the better. Awesome work Liljim and anyone else who helped in the process :D