{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ludumdare/ludumdare/issues/1653","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ludumdare/ludumdare","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ludumdare/ludumdare/issues/1653/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ludumdare/ludumdare/issues/1653/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ludumdare/ludumdare/issues/1653/events","html_url":"https://github.com/ludumdare/ludumdare/issues/1653","id":323868616,"number":1653,"title":"Outside communities rating eachother's games highly / games not being exposed to random audience","user":{"login":"BurgeeGames","id":28876288,"avatar_url":"https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/28876288?v=4","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/BurgeeGames","html_url":"https://github.com/BurgeeGames","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/BurgeeGames/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/BurgeeGames/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/BurgeeGames/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/BurgeeGames/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/BurgeeGames/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/BurgeeGames/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/BurgeeGames/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/BurgeeGames/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/BurgeeGames/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":4,"created_at":"2018-05-17T04:30:25Z","updated_at":"2018-05-17T20:14:05Z","closed_at":null,"author_association":"NONE","body":"There's an issue on the front page of LDJam.com right now and an ongoing discussion in the comments of the game in question:\r\n\r\nhttps://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/war-maker/this-is-my-first-and-last-ld\r\nhttps://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/are-you-smarter-than-an-alien (Not trying to call him out)\r\n\r\nThe issue is the author is a member of an outside game dev community whose friends commented in his game stating that they were 'outside friends' and stating that they rated '5/5'. To compound the point, the same person admits others from his group rated the game, and to even further compound the issue, the game has exactly 20 ratings which people tend to find suspicious.\r\n\r\nI'm not accusing anyone of cheating here, but I am concerned that games may or may not be exposed to outside audiences if the authors 1.) Don't rate other games and 2.) Link it to their friends and link it externally on dev sites.\r\n\r\nAgain, ratings at the end of the day don't really mean much and it's the feedback that counts, but people are upset over this, their LD experience is ruined and a dev that took high marks without trying to game the system may be feeling bad about his wins. \r\n\r\nHaving a filter for games with 15-25 ratings might be a good fix, since people tend to find those numbers suspicious and would seek them out / police the issue themselves, and since many many winners in the past couple of years have had rating numbers close to the minimum amount needed.\r\n\r\n\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ludumdare/ludumdare/issues/comments/389995527","html_url":"https://github.com/ludumdare/ludumdare/issues/1653#issuecomment-389995527","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ludumdare/ludumdare/issues/1653","id":389995527,"user":{"login":"Samusoidal","id":28611086,"avatar_url":"https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/28611086?v=4","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/Samusoidal","html_url":"https://github.com/Samusoidal","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Samusoidal/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Samusoidal/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Samusoidal/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Samusoidal/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Samusoidal/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Samusoidal/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Samusoidal/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Samusoidal/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Samusoidal/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2018-05-17T20:14:05Z","updated_at":"2018-05-17T20:14:05Z","author_association":"NONE","body":"Thanks @ajayyy, had no idea that existed!"}}
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