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| Timestamp | Since previous | Game | udo's comment | |
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| Dec 6 10:32:57 | HELL | ♥ 1 | I'm not the person who initially found this out but I feel compelled to weigh in anyway... > "It’s not allowed to make another shoot em up for a jam?" This is *clearly* not the issue. I think people were confounded by the fact that you did not disclose what you made for this LD and what was pre-existing. To be fair, I think you did nothing wrong as far as the rules go. You absolutely are allowed to use *anything* pre-existing in the Jam. The problem here is that there is that neither the rules nor the submission form say anything about declaring what was part of the Jam and what was not. This is not your fault, and clearly most of the people who voted for this do not care one way or the other (in my experience people don't even care if it's Compo or Jam, at least that's what I heard several streamers say). Personally, I do think this entry is a bit misleading, but at the same time you can't really take someone to task for not adhering to unspoken rules - and rules that most of the community doesn't care about in any case. I do think there should be guidance to the effect that encourages people do declare this more clearly, and to make them opt out of any categories where they didn't make any content, but again that's just my personal preference. #youdidnothingwrong | |
| Jan 7 16:57:49 | 774h 24m | Sacrificies Delivery Service | ♥ 12 | The honor system breaks in ways that cause lasting damage if things like these slip through. Morale as far as the rules go has already not been stellar to begin with recently, and letting something like this pass through just furthers the impression that LD is an anything-goes free-for-all. However, the ratings are now done, and even if this entry was removed it wouldn't matter all that much. The way to address this IMO is systemically. Let's introduce voting ring detection, a system to flag abuse, and I'm also quite fond of @Sol_HSA's idea of having two voting rounds in the future: one where all games a ranked, and then a final round where only the top 100 games are voted on. This would prevent stuff like this (and worse) from getting through without anyone caring. I also think if we re-introduced a proper victory screen like we used to have, people would be more likely to notice. The fact that this ranked #1 and #2 on pretty much everything *and nobody even noticed* should alarm everyone. |