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Thank Spruce. I just had a little worry about the fact I could be banned.

 

Yes because nothing Jurassic happened with jroles

 

xD I think you meant Drastic, not Jurassic

 

No I meant Jurassic #jurassic world ha ha

 

Backtwice didnt mean to call you blackface.

 

blackface

 

dw I like that name better

 

You do???? Hey blackface

 

reminds me of that time on TM, where elite authors votes counted as 20 a piece. All my tracks were off the front page on day 1. Honestly, that felt horrible. That being said, the only time I downvote a track is when I think that its rating is beyond what it deserves. I assume that's what 95% of people who downvote my tracks are thinking. The thing about the + - rating system is that no single person can be too influential to one track. Back when the rating was 1-10, a 1/10 would literally destroy your chance of ever getting back onto the front page. It actually had a lot to do with luck and how many downraters were online at the time you were posting. That's why we need a more complex rating system if we truly want to be able to give tracks the ratings that they deserve (see Different Rating System). The like/dislike system is just too simple for free rider tracks, but arguably could be better than a basic 1-10 or even 1-5 star system (maybe).
As for multiple accounts, I personally have 2. I asked Char and he was OK with it. I have several reasons for wanting 2 accounts:

• Sometimes I might want to experiment and see what people like without having to post it on my main account (because you can't delete tracks)
• I like to hold my main account to a certain standard with each track, and sometimes I like to mess around and make half-ass, or maybe just undetailed tracks.
• Maybe I lose all motivation to complete a track, so I could post the incomplete version on an alternate account.

I guess all of these could be resolved in different ways. Maybe give the ability to link two accounts together, but really, all we need is profile customization. Maybe the ability to categorize your tracks, decide which ones are displayed first, THE ABILITY TO DELETE A TRACK, EVEN IF ITS FOR A LIMITED TIME AFTER POSTING IT. PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD MAKE THIS A FEATURE, but for now, having two accounts is the only reasonable solution for me. The reason that this is a problem is that it gives people an excuse to have multiple accounts (ones that are not being tracked and could be used for downvoting/upvoting/spam).

As for the trending section, I don't think there's all that much wrong with it. It's not like we are missing the good tracks. We just disagree with their ratings. It's not like hundreds of awesome tracks are being overlooked due + 1 for penguin or +1 if you like chicken. Maybe the track size (character count) could have something to do with how long a track stays on the trending list. That seems like it would actually solve a lot of complaints. The fact of the matter is that there simply are not enough people making good tracks for the trending section to be full of great new tracks all the time. (see Officially Recommended Section)

And finally, to give the All-time best tracks the recognition they deserve, we need to do Weekly/Monthly Challenges
I truly believe that if we do all of this, most of these complaints will virtually disappear.

Oh also, we need to be able to select our thumbnails. If people are misleading, their tracks will be disliked (at least by me). This would help people promote the best part of their tracks, and I believe 100% that it will do more good than harm.

 

Supported ^

A little bit off-topic, but sort of a continuous to itz' post (and useful knowledge for Char );
Some of the things that makes Black Hat Rider attractive and FRHD less attractive, is the fact you are able to upload "hidden tracks", which are tracks that are not officially published, and can only be shared and played by links (only displayed on author's profile, for the author himself, not viewable in newest tracks or any other section, also unratable and unghostable). This is a really good feature where people may store their WIPs, and also sharing them for feedback with trusted members. Mainly the thing that makes people stick around on BHR in my conclusion. BHR also has the ability to delete tracks. Another feature would be to enable "collaboration authors", displaying two or more names as author, each name linked up to their separate profiles, while being displayed there aswell, like any other regular track.
And yes, for the people that goes "Oh ****, you mentioned BHR, ban please" I'll have you realize that BHR is in its last cramps of life, now that FRHD tracks can't be stored on BHR anymore, because of multiple vehicles. No one makes a good track to only be played by the handful who hang out there, compared to the 1000s on FRHD. Therefore I no longer see the issue with this restriction of freedom of speech, but mods may edit if they see fit.

That being said, I have no actual suggestion to the real topic of discussion here, which is a new rating system. If you do have one, I would like to see it, since everyone seems to acknowledge the fact that we need a new system, but no one is making any actual suggestions to help Char out.

 

I personally believe that it's far to easy to get on "trending" you've got to get something other then just likes such as ...?

 

Hidden tracks would be awesome. Yes not being able to mention the other web sites is ridiculous. Especially since CR literally has a link to FRHD on the home page saying that it's the newer version. I love FRHD. It's pretty clear that it's the best version of free rider. I don't think you have any competition, Char. Well I've pretty much always ignored that rule anyways.

 

Please make collaboration authors available like Stig said, Char last time asked about half a year ago you said it would probably be out "soon"

 

Great post. All those ideas should be taken into consideration.

 

Well...my track went from 47-5 to 47-13 in less than five minutes...so I had to take control with family...don't take away my official...my family is full of a bunch of people with the first initial j...
Jgeleta19-cousin-Johnny
Jgeleta-brother-Jacob
Jgeleta1-dad-Jake
Jgeleta2-sister-Jasmine
Jgeleta3-cousin-Jackson
Jgeleta4-sister-Jen
e:my brother is named after my dad xD

 

http://community.freeriderhd.com/threads/collabs-being-listed-under-all-accounts.2155/

 

lol

 

Family of free riders

 

lol dont you have multiple accounts kid