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Old 11-28-2010, 09:18 AM   #5
Jazuela
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Re: Would you consider this to be Voting Fraud

How is it, that they are padding their votes? The game itself can't generate votes...and players can only vote twice in 24 hours from the same IP address. If you assume that 12 loyal players on the previous post's tally...each voting twice a day, they'd only need to vote for 16 days before they hit 200. And those are just the loyal ones. Add a few random players who aren't loyal, but have decided to pick that mud as their favorite for a few days. At 16 players voting twice per day, you'd only need them to do so for 12.5 days before they hit 200 votes.

There are some games that have enough players to shove the #1 spot out of the way and take its place, IF every single registered member of the game voted twice daily. Gemstone alone could easily take the coveted first place spot, if they cared.

Really though, the list doesn't really mean a game is good, or bad, or even that it's liked, or disliked. It just means a lot of people are using the vote button to access topmudsites. Some are doing it to vote. Some (like myself) are using it because we're too lazy to type in the URL and don't have it bookmarked and like to read the forums.
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