{"author_link":"\/users\/koolruz","author_name":"Koolruz","author_uid":"koolruz","comments":[],"epoch":1633632995,"event":"LD49","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":273619,"likes":15,"metadata":{"p_key":"161501","p_author":"Koolruz","p_authorkey":"1183533","p_urlkey":"384491","p_title":"Is smart balance having issues?","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD49","p_time":"1633632995","p_likes":"15","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1183533","us_name":"Koolruz","us_username":"koolruz","event_start":"1633046400","event_key":"119","event_name":"Ludum Dare 49"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD49","removed_author":false},"_superparent":258323,"_trust":5,"author":183533,"body":"As I've been trying to help people meet the requisite 20+ ratings to get a score, I've been noticing something really strange about smart balance scores this time around - Most of the games with under 20 ratings I've been looking at have an extremely low or negative smart balance, even with a 2:1 Ratings Given:Ratings Received ratio, and a high amount of karma from their ratings.  Meanwhile, other games with much lower ratios of ratings given\/karma:ratings received have a much higher smart balance.  Here are some anonymized examples because I don't think anyone is trying to game the system, I'm just worried the system might not be working as intended, as I don't remember seeing this in previous jams.\n\nAs a first example, I had to scroll quite a bit to get to this game, but this game's developers have been doing a lot of rating without seeing any results back - They have a 2:1 ratings given:received ratio, and a 1:1 karma:ratings received ratio, but a miniscule smart balance\n![Capture.PNG](\/\/\/raw\/dec\/c2\/z\/47b63.png)\n\nMeanwhile, this game has a 1:1 ratings given:received ratio, and a 1:4 karma:ratings received ratio, but has a much higher placement\n![Capture.PNG](\/\/\/raw\/dec\/c2\/z\/47b66.png)\n\nAs an even closer comparison to the first game, this one has nearly the same karma and ratings received, with half as many ratings given, but it has a higher smart balance\n![Capture.PNG](\/\/\/raw\/dec\/c2\/z\/47b6e.png)\n\nI don't remember seeing anything like this in previous jams, which is why I'm wondering if something isn't working as intended this time around.","comments":2,"comments-timestamp":"2021-10-07T19:22:33Z","created":"2021-10-07T17:44:50Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":273619,"love":15,"love-timestamp":"2021-10-07T21:19:50Z","meta":[],"modified":"2021-10-07T21:19:50Z","name":"Is smart balance having issues?","node-timestamp":"2021-10-07T19:00:10Z","parent":263305,"parents":[1,5,9,258323,263305],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/49\/warp-glider\/is-smart-balance-having-issues","published":"2021-10-07T18:56:35Z","scope":"public","slug":"is-smart-balance-having-issues","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":845178},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"273619","n_urlkey":"384491","n_parent":"263305","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/49\/warp-glider\/is-smart-balance-having-issues","n_slug":"is-smart-balance-having-issues","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"183533","n_created":"1633628690","n_modified":"1633641590","n_version":"845178","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/49\/warp-glider\/is-smart-balance-having-issues","text":"As I've been trying to help people meet the requisite 20+ ratings to get a score, I've been noticing something really strange about smart balance scores this time around - Most of the games with under 20 ratings I've been looking at have an extremely low or negative smart balance, even with a 2:1 Ratings Given:Ratings Received ratio, and a high amount of karma from their ratings.  Meanwhile, other games with much lower ratios of ratings given\/karma:ratings received have a much higher smart balance.  Here are some anonymized examples because I don't think anyone is trying to game the system, I'm just worried the system might not be working as intended, as I don't remember seeing this in previous jams.\n\nAs a first example, I had to scroll quite a bit to get to this game, but this game's developers have been doing a lot of rating without seeing any results back - They have a 2:1 ratings given:received ratio, and a 1:1 karma:ratings received ratio, but a miniscule smart balance\n![Capture.PNG](\/\/\/raw\/dec\/c2\/z\/47b63.png)\n\nMeanwhile, this game has a 1:1 ratings given:received ratio, and a 1:4 karma:ratings received ratio, but has a much higher placement\n![Capture.PNG](\/\/\/raw\/dec\/c2\/z\/47b66.png)\n\nAs an even closer comparison to the first game, this one has nearly the same karma and ratings received, with half as many ratings given, but it has a higher smart balance\n![Capture.PNG](\/\/\/raw\/dec\/c2\/z\/47b6e.png)\n\nI don't remember seeing anything like this in previous jams, which is why I'm wondering if something isn't working as intended this time around.","title":"Is smart balance having issues?","wayback_source":[]}