{"author_link":"\/users\/wheffle","author_name":"Wheffle","author_uid":"wheffle","comments":[],"epoch":1493845537,"event":"LD38","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":30078,"likes":9,"metadata":{"p_key":"92714","p_author":"Wheffle","p_authorkey":"1015129","p_urlkey":"305632","p_title":"\"Yet Another [blah]\" Feedback Unfair?","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD38","p_time":"1493845537","p_likes":"9","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1015129","us_name":"Wheffle","us_username":"wheffle","event_start":"1492732800","event_key":"69","event_name":"LD 38"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD38","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9405,"_trust":9,"author":15129,"body":"I haven't seen a ton of this but I've seen it more than a few times, specifically with games that involve tiny planets and a player avatar that runs around them (guilty as charged). Naturally with my game being an offender I feel it's quite a disadvantage if a judge, after playing many games in a row that involve similar mechanics, gets annoyed and it affects feedback *but only for the unlucky tail end of his\/her judging spree.*\n\nObviously I can't see anyone else's ratings so I have no idea if that's actually happening. But we all came up with ideas around the same time, so the likelihood of straight-up copying or mimicking is low (it's possible with people blogging early though). Maybe instead of docking overly-used mechanics that lots of people felt inspired to do by the theme, just give positive feedback for games that managed to have unique mechanics.\n\nNot a big thing, but I thought I'd mention it. I'm sure we all thought we were geniuses as we each independently invented the wheel.","comments":0,"created":"2017-05-03T20:53:29Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":30078,"love":9,"love-timestamp":"2017-05-05T09:14:37Z","meta":[],"modified":"2017-05-05T09:14:37Z","name":"\"Yet Another [blah]\" Feedback Unfair?","node-timestamp":"2017-05-03T21:05:37Z","parent":21291,"parents":[1,5,9,9405,21291],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/tiny-terraformer\/yet-another-blah-feedback-unfair","published":"2017-05-03T21:05:37Z","scope":"public","slug":"yet-another-blah-feedback-unfair","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":78116},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"30078","n_urlkey":"305632","n_parent":"21291","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/tiny-terraformer\/yet-another-blah-feedback-unfair","n_slug":"yet-another-blah-feedback-unfair","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"15129","n_created":"1493844809","n_modified":"1493975677","n_version":"78116","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/tiny-terraformer\/yet-another-blah-feedback-unfair","text":"I haven't seen a ton of this but I've seen it more than a few times, specifically with games that involve tiny planets and a player avatar that runs around them (guilty as charged). Naturally with my game being an offender I feel it's quite a disadvantage if a judge, after playing many games in a row that involve similar mechanics, gets annoyed and it affects feedback *but only for the unlucky tail end of his\/her judging spree.*\n\nObviously I can't see anyone else's ratings so I have no idea if that's actually happening. But we all came up with ideas around the same time, so the likelihood of straight-up copying or mimicking is low (it's possible with people blogging early though). Maybe instead of docking overly-used mechanics that lots of people felt inspired to do by the theme, just give positive feedback for games that managed to have unique mechanics.\n\nNot a big thing, but I thought I'd mention it. I'm sure we all thought we were geniuses as we each independently invented the wheel.","title":"\"Yet Another [blah]\" Feedback Unfair?","wayback_source":[]}