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Check one off the list: the format for displaying attachments has changed. Like? Hate? Share your comments!
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The graphic formatting is much nicer for the reviews, but the new game format is kinda odd..

Why is there such a huge gap of space?:???:
And everything being squished together doesn't really help it look any better.
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Post by Meatballsub »

Looks good to me. The original format was a bit cluttered IMO. This format is simple and to the point.
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Twinspiration wrote:The graphic formatting is much nicer for the reviews, but the new game format is kinda odd..

Why is there such a huge gap of space?:???:
And everything being squished together doesn't really help it look any better.
Explain! The format is exactly the same for both of them. Your comment does not make sense to me in this respect.
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Post by Meatballsub »

I think he is talking about a game that has a single description line and then there's the picture and the download link to the right but there is space to the left of the picture and link because there is no text there.

Maybe? :???:
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Post by Twinconclusive »

Really? From my view, Reviews have screen shots put off to the side, and text running down the left.
For games-
Oh, they are the same format.
It's just that the games have really short descriptions, so it looks like something is missing.

[edit]Err, yeah, what Sub said.
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Post by Meatballsub »

Regardless of the blank space, I think this format is much cleaner looking than the previous one.
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Post by Mogri »

The game ratings interface looks a lot nicer now -- it's in the sidebar instead of tucked away on the bottom, plus it's in a dropdown instead of a new window. It still forwards you to the ugly ratings page, but that too will be fixed soon.
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Regarding game ratings; what determines whether the stars are red, blue, or green?
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These images are somewhat arbitrary and will be replaced by Fortis in the near future.

95+ gets 5 red stars
85+ gets 5 cyan stars (4 1/2)
75+ gets 4 cyan stars
65+ gets 4 cyan stars (3 1/2)
55+ gets 3 cyan stars
45+ gets 3 green stars (2 1/2)
35+ gets 2 green stars
25+ gets 1 green star (1 1/2)
Anything less gets 1 red star

The numbers a little strange because the rankings are worth 15, 40, 60, 80, and 100 points respectively (Poor rankings are weighted slightly more). I've been tweaking these numbers periodically and they may still change.
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Post by Fortis »

Changed the stars. I thought the colors were distracting, so now we're working off of a scale of 1 to 5 stars with half-stars.

Also I'm hoping that we can use this for awesome ratings, but I don't understand the system: <img src="http://www.slimesalad.com/forum/mods/ra ... erfect.gif">
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Post by Mogri »

Cool. I'll take a look at what you uploaded and apply the new images. (Edit: it seems you have already done this.)

The glowing stars are HOT. I wants me some.
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Post by RMZ »

I like the game list a bit more than I did at first, it still looks like a mess, but eh, oh well for now.

The reviews do look pretty crappy in my opinion. It looks really terrible forcing all of the images to the right. Can't you make it so it's all centered?
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Post by Mogri »

RedMaverickZero wrote:I like the game list a bit more than I did at first, it still looks like a mess, but eh, oh well for now.

The reviews do look pretty crappy in my opinion. It looks really terrible forcing all of the images to the right. Can't you make it so it's all centered?
I... I'm sorry, I really don't understand what you're trying to say. Centered where? The article is already in the center.
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Post by Mazin »

He's suggesting that the attached images be placed in the center instead of putting the images all on the right side.

Also, while I like the new stars a lot better than the old ones (these are much easier to read), for some reason the images for under 4 stars are quite a bit larger than for 4-5 stars.
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