Regarding Comment 2 Vote

[quote=The_Nameless_Bard]I think that even just adding a "No opinion" option to the normal voting system would help. Equate it as Up = +1, Down = -1, No opinion = 0 or something. You could calculate it around the hypothesis that most people would start out with no opinion. Because it really sucks to have a solid set of upvotes (over 10) and have one troll-ish downvote drop the guide's entire rating by 4-5%.[/quote]

[quote=Scrax]Very true, but how would you alter the calculation currently used in the voting system?[/quote]

[quote=The_Nameless_Bard]I hadn't thought that far....oops Actually with that set of vote options (the three), you [i]could[/i] use the Elo equation: using Upvotes as wins, Downvotes as losses, and No opinion votes as Draws.[/quote]

[quote=Scrax]Possibly. Now comes the question: How reliable would it be? Trolls will troll, so would it be any more reliable than the current system?[/quote]

[quote=Ya1232]Throw out the voting system. That seems to be the biggest public problem on this site. Its just immature children being immature and trying to be critics and internet tough guys. They are the ones with pathetic real lives so they have to destroy others online. Get rid of the voting system. If its a bad guide its a bad guide and the comments will build up over time. Think of how many really good guides have been shut down before anyone got to see them. 1 single troll downvote at the start, and that guide is done. People look at the score of the guide and if its high they look at it, if its low they think, what a shitty guide.[/quote]

[quote=Scrax]I'd like to be able to review guides, and assign trusted reviewers that could do it. But then again this is for the community by the community. Removing the scores all together would cause a riot, I believe. A lot of score-whores out there.[/quote]

[quote=The_Nameless_Bard]Not every person is going to totally like or totally hate something. I [i]can't[/i] (edited the typo) guarantee it would be more reliable (because I don't know shit about coding and I'm not that good at actually doing the math), but it should (should being the operative word here) give a more accurate representation of the overall opinion of the guide. And it would give people like me, who refuse to vote unless they actually have an opinion to voice (whether good or bad), an option to still vote without feeling the need to come up with an actual reason for their vote.[/quote]

[quote=Scrax]Voting +/- 0 is pretty much the same as not voting though. Could always write "No vote" in the comment ;)[/quote]

[quote=Ya1232]If you are worried about the score whore then take out the percentages. Just have it done by plain old votes. Sure, troll vote it down, but then the effect of that is..... Oh no I have 3 up votes and 1 down vote. Looks better than 3 up 1 down making it a guide with a 37%[/quote]

[quote=The_Nameless_Bard]I just think there should be a way to calculate those kind of votes in. The fact that people neither like nor dislike something means something too. As I previously commented, an ELO style equation should factor these in, but I don't know how you would code it >.<[/quote]