What facts do you need to know?

Became an active part of the Community and release hacks, and you'll get the title coder automatically...

It's a BRILLIANT system. :)

I applaud Xenon for the idea. We've discussed on different ways of doing it - this way is the best.

Yep it does seem best :D

[high]* Xenon blushes
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thx :)

Awe we made him blush

Monkey Island!

*shrugs*


Anyhoo, I think the new usertitle system is better, but I don't think it's perfect. It can still give a very poor impression of the QUALITY of a coder's skills. Cos like... some really poor hacks get a TON of installs, simply because there is or was no real alternative for the longest time, and those hackmakers are now listed as Advanced (or even Master?) Coders, and imo unrightfully so (if they got there by a `poorly made but popular nonetheless` hack).

Ahwell, perhaps in the near future we'll be able to make this already great improvement just that little bit better? :)

...and I guarantee you that I will never care what the name is. ;)

yes you will if you ever become staff and you find out it is something very very very very very very stupid *nods*

Well, in this case, the "advance coder" title would be "unlogical" if they were an amateurish hacker that just happened to pick up on a really good idea for a hack, even if coded poorly.

I wouldn't say they didn?t deserve some reward for all the amounts of popularity derived from their hack.

It's only part of being a good hacker that you can code properly. The other half comes in being able to engineer a popular idea, that will attract large crowds.

The only real way to weed out who codes the best hacks? which would only ultimately leave in some disputes on the forum? is opening a public rating system for hacks. Where people don't just vote whether they have the hack installed, but rate the hack (perhaps on different criteria).

This sounds all too familar of what is being fought against though in the QA forum. ;)

Nah, you're dragging it out of context and proportion :p

My point was just that "Advanced Coder" does not necessarily mean "reliable coder", even though it does imply that....

The best public indication of public voting is the number of people who installs the hack. Sure it may not mean the hack is perfect, but it means it's useful, hence it's popularity. Why have a separate voting system?

The QA system is a separate issue altogether.

It is only popular due to lack of competition... So how is that a fair judge of whether it is a good hack or not? All it provides is a hack which has not been done before, which could be crapply coded...

Satan

^^ exactly.

Nope...but that's the only guess so far :)

ahwell, I think I'll not flood this thread with useless guesses. ;)