hack of the month

[sabret00the]

shouldn't we be well into voting for february's by now?

[Paul M]

They start on the 15th of the month.

[trafix]

so when does the current one close?

[Paul M]

at the same time - one closes, another starts - afaik it's all done via a cron job.

[trafix]

thought so :)

[miz]

and how does the hacks get selected ?

[sabret00the]

in the same kinda way that the "thread of the week hack" works, just simple database selection, most installs i think that's what this system works on anyway.

[Xenon]

yep, hacks released during the period with the highest installcount.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Hehe, so from now on i will be only releasing hacks on the 16th of each month :D

[Xenon]

the selection period is not identically to the period of the hotm contest ;)

[The Geek]

the selection period is not identically to the period of the hotm contest ;)
Huh. I thought the HOTM was based on quality - not quantity :)

[Xenon]

it's hard to check quality automatically.

but if a lot of people install a hack, you can imagine, it's qualitativ ;)

[Paul M]

If you have a "major addition" hack then release it in the first week of the month - chances are you will win next months vote and no one else will get a look in. I would already put money on the latest of the long line of articles hacks winning Februarys HoTM. :ermm:

[trafix]

but ... a hack can only be nominated once ;)