I have been thinking and so far I don't believe the system that is in place works and would prefer to revert back unless a change is made. A major problem I see is that currently runs that were good enough to be accepted and runs that are currently only being accepted because they set a record and are ranked in the same way on the site.
You may say that we have a rating system in place to prevent that but I strongly believe the largest flaw with TASVideos at current was the rating system in place and not the bad game choice rule. It is probably too late in the game to make this change but what my ideal system is as follows.
1. Do not have tiers. If the volume of publications becomes too large to have a single tier system then implement a tiered system that is solely based on rating removing subjective placement.
2. Revert the moon and star tier to tweaked versions of their previous intentions.
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2.a. Moons will be historically significant TAS'es. This includes the first TAS published on each console (including now obsolete runs), the oldest non-obsolete TAS published on each console, and the highest rated TAS published on each console. There are currently 16 consoles with a TAS published on this site. This means a maximum of 48 runs would be present in this category and, for the foreseeable future, a situation where there will always be fewer than 100 runs in the category.
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2.b. Stars will be the 25 or 50 on the site that most exemplify the TASVideos site. This category would be maintained by the members of the site as the collection that would be the best first impression of TASVideos and where new users should look. This category could contain highly entertaining runs, heavy glitch abuse or other technical feats that would show what this website is about to new users. This category could be created by an upper level user at first but then would require a thread each year in a similar vein to the awards where users discuss and vote on changes to the movies on the list and potentially the order listed. This would mean that that it would be an ever-evolving list of the best first impression movies on the site without being diluted with too large of a number like the current star system is implying. Currently the star system is similar to this but I fear with the current tier system it will soon grow out of control and lose its purpose.
3. Most importantly change the voting system and acceptance system. No longer have "Yes," "No," and "Meh" options but instead simply a "Yes" and "No" category. Upon clicking the "Yes" button the voter would be prompted with the current "The entertainment value of this movie: - " and "The technical quality of this movie: -" rating prompts on the site. When clicking "No" the user will be prompted with "Reason for no vote:" and would have a drop down with reasons for rejecting including "Suboptimal," "Does not complete game," "Non-game" which would be for things like the
NES Test Cart or
The Fairly Odd Parents "Gameboy Video Version", or "Unworthy" which would again prompt the current rating system so that they could voice their displeasure in the game.
I believe this system would be the best solution as it would fix many of the current problems with the site. First, it would fix the rating system which itself is a major step forward. No longer would there be around 40 runs on the site with 3 or fewer ratings. Second it would remove the need for the Bad Game choice due to low entertainment rule as it would be immediately sorted to the lowest entertainment runs on the site. If it really is at such a low level of entertainment it will be reflected in the 10+ ratings it was given upon acceptance as each person who voted on the run was forced to apply a rating. Third it would remove any conflict or argument over which tier a run would be placed in if tiers remained implemented. Users could no longer argue with judges or those who decide the tiers about which level their run was placed in because the masses spoke and that was how the placement was decided.
I understand that this idea will most likely not be implemented but I feel if it was it would be a major step in improving this already good site. Other than those changes the only only changes I would like to see in the site is a creation of the ability to attach messages to the ratings to negate arguments about why people gave the rating they did but that is a step I do not believe to be as crucial.
TLDR: Come on, you already read 10 pages of this forum. Just read a few more paragraphs.
