by Bubslug
BaseTwelve wrote:
In the game's Information under Subdomain, click on vote, then click on results. Whether or not a game shows up in a subdomain depends on the percentage of votes for that subdomain. Compare Eclipse with Mage Knight Board Game. Eclipse has Thematic at 29.5% and Strategy at 68.2%, and only shows up in the Strategy listings at the moment. Mage Knight has Thematic at 45.8% and Strategy at 54.2%, and shows up in both. My guess is the threshold for making the list is around 30% of the votes. As the votes change Eclipse appears and disappears from the Thematic listings.
That may explain how a title gets into a category but how is the score then calculated to place it in the category? For example Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization is #2 in the Strategy category but only #3 overall while Agricola is #2 overall but only #3 in the Strategy category. This while Eclipse goes from #1 to non-existent? Higher math? Voodoo? Might there be something better?
Shouldn't the number of votes mean something? Going back to the Mage Knight Board Game example, twice as many people voted to place Eclipse in the Thematic category as did vote for the other title but as the smaller number was a bigger percentage that carries the day? I think the sub-domain categories should get the same treatment as do the overall rankings, or at least close to the same, or the results are meaningless. The poll should ask for a number (1-10) in the category you think best applies and it doesn't have to be the same as your overall rating. Either that or list the sub-domains but don't number rank them if they can't be more accurate. I'm just saying...