Whats up with the ratings?

by **KernowWarrior** on Wed Feb 11, 2009 9:35 am

My overall rating does not agree with individual ratings

My ratings are as follows: Fair play: 4.7, Game play: 4.7 and Attitude: 4.7. Yet my overall rating is 4.6!, now, i'm no Carol Vordaman but even I know that the average of 4.7x3 is 4.7

by **lancehoch** on Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:38 am

The overall rating is calculated by taking the average of the three ratings left by one user, and then taking that average and the average of the ratings left by every other player and averaging those. This is why the numbers do not look like they work out all the time.

by **n00blet** on Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:20 pm

Wait....So if I had a bunch of people with a 1 star rating rate me 5 stars, it would lower my rating?

confused

by **Night Strike** on Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:46 pm

My guess is decimals. All your individual ratings are probably below 4.7, so although they round to 4.7, the average may end up rounding down to 4.6 (like 4.64 or something).

by **Timminz** on Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:49 pm

Night Strike wrote:My guess is decimals. All your individual ratings are probably below 4.7, so although they round to 4.7, the average may end up rounding down to 4.6 (like 4.64 or something).

Damn decimal system. Our ratings should be imperial.

by **lancehoch** on Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:47 pm

n00blet wrote:Wait....So if I had a bunch of people with a 1 star rating rate me 5 stars, it would lower my rating?

confused

No. I meant that if six people left you ratings, the server averages the ratings left by each individual person and then averages the six averages.

by **sailorseal** on Thu Feb 12, 2009 4:33 pm

Rating system is pointless and is serving no purpose. I had someone leave me a zero because they were going quickly and just missed the 5

by **Optimus Prime** on Thu Feb 12, 2009 4:34 pm

sailorseal wrote:Rating system is pointless and is serving no purpose. I had someone leave me a zero because they were going quickly and just missed the 5

You can't be left a "0" there is no such thing.

If you don't have between 1-5 then they simply did not give you a rating at all, it doesn't count as a zero.

by **sailorseal** on Thu Feb 12, 2009 4:44 pm

Optimus Prime wrote:
sailorseal wrote:Rating system is pointless and is serving no purpose. I had someone leave me a zero because they were going quickly and just missed the 5

You can't be left a "0" there is no such thing. If you don't have between 1-5 then they simply did not give you a rating at all, it doesn't count as a zero.

I meant 1 because if you don't check one box, but the others the rating saves...

by **blakebowling** on Thu Feb 12, 2009 5:02 pm

sailorseal wrote:
Optimus Prime wrote:
sailorseal wrote:Rating system is pointless and is serving no purpose. I had someone leave me a zero because they were going quickly and just missed the 5

You can't be left a "0" there is no such thing. If you don't have between 1-5 then they simply did not give you a rating at all, it doesn't count as a zero.

I meant 1 because if you don't check one box, but the others the rating saves...

No, if you don't select a star, it doesn't select a rating.