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Michabean · Postby **Michabean** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:11 pm

It shouldn't breed inequity. Everyone has the opportunity to vote, therefore, everyone has the opportunity to earn points. If you choose not to use your points then that's your choice but don't fault the people who do use them.

colonel · Postby **colonel** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 9:16 pm

Ahem, stop using all those big words. :lol:

I will vote but I don't want no stinking credits.

Peter · Postby **Peter** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:38 am

My credits account is open to anyone who finds it immoral to use them. I'll help you out.

I'll take stinking credits too Colonel.

Marian · Postby **Marian** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:02 pm

The only way it would be 'immoral' is if people were somehow cheating to vote more than they're supposed to be allowed to. Cantr and most other online games always encourage people to vote, it's just that people are usually too lazy to even take two seconds to click a button without an incentive. It's not like it's inflating the votes or anything, isn't it kind of a given that people who enjoy a game nad play it every day would want to recommend it to others?

A really good voting system would send in a vote everytime you logged into a game, Cantr would definititely be #1 then and that'll prove to the people on the voting site how addictive it is.

(And for the last time it doesn't give you an unfair advantage! It's not like they;re selling credits through PayPal or anything! Anybody can vote, it's stupidly easy and there's no reason why you shouldn't. Even if your 'morally opposed' to gaining credits you can support the game anyway and just not use them.)

Phalynx · Postby **Phalynx** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:45 pm

Let's not forget this is all about money!

The voting sites need to show they have lots of hits to get money from their advertising!

That's what its all about!

tiddy ogg · Postby **tiddy ogg** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 4:28 pm

I made my comment about morals to stir things up... and it seems to have worked. *grins*
But my point was that these voting sites, as Phalanx pointed out, are not a reliable indication of the best games, but which can mobilise the most support for voting... just like politics and advertising generally, I guess.

The Sociologist · Postby **The Sociologist** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 8:03 pm

Can we please have a voting page that doesn't use up minutes when you are logged onto it?

the_antisocial_hermit · Postby **the_antisocial_hermit** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 8:20 pm

I didn't think it did? I just vote, each link opening in a new window, and then I log out immediately or close the Cantr browser and I don't lose any minutes, I don't think...

Hellzon · Postby **Hellzon** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:51 pm

the_antisocial_hermit wrote:I didn't think it did? I just vote, each link opening in a new window, and then I log out immediately or close the Cantr browser and I don't lose any minutes, I don't think...

Well yeah, but if you're not fast, or have a slow computer, it costs a minute or two (possibly five for those with really lousy computers). Unfortunately, you'd have to be logged in for this to work, or the game wouldn't know who to award the minutes. A bit of a conundrum...

/Hellzon

nateflory · Postby **nateflory** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:10 pm

I actually see this as somewhat of a good thing. If you are dedicated to saving up credits for future use, by voting, etc. Then you'd be willnig to spend a few minutes now and then. I think of it as "banking" those minutes for use when it's implimented to buy extra minutes eventually.

For those of you who don't want to get the credits, you don't have to.

Granted, I'm speaking as one using an old PII 600MB processor over dial-up, so am pretty much teh epitome of sloooow systems. A vote does cost me a good two minutes. But I'm still voting. I don't ever use up all 200 minutes anyway, so it's not that huge a loss every so often.

the_antisocial_hermit · Postby **the_antisocial_hermit** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 11:48 pm

Hellzon wrote:
the_antisocial_hermit wrote:I didn't think it did? I just vote, each link opening in a new window, and then I log out immediately or close the Cantr browser and I don't lose any minutes, I don't think...

Well yeah, but if you're not fast, or have a slow computer, it costs a minute or two (possibly five for those with really lousy computers). Unfortunately, you'd have to be logged in for this to work, or the game wouldn't know who to award the minutes. A bit of a conundrum...

/Hellzon

I thought you didn't lose any minutes at all though, as long as you don't click to go to a char page from the main page when it's open for a long time? I've left it open for 30min before and closed it out then logged back in to have not lost any..

And I don't lose any when I click for my turn reports and the page refreshes...

Postby **Jos Elkink** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 6:39 am

That's correct

- only when you open a char page are minutes calculated.

Hellzon · Postby **Hellzon** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 7:29 am

Oh? That's good to know.

Crosshair · Postby **Crosshair** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 11:00 am

Erm yeah, but you may leave it on the charrie selection screen with 175 mins, then a few mins later open up to see that 15 of your precious minutes have been spent by your making a cup of tea :O...

Has anyone decided how much an extra character slot will be? Same for extra minutes, and does the extra minute thing top up your maximum so you get say... 220 minutes a day?

Jox · Postby **Jox** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 1:01 pm

I was playing for about 2 months before the votes came in and liked the game because you didint have to vote to get anywhere in the game.
I was shocked when the voteing system was coming into play but I think it has been well implemented and will only lead to more RP goodness
Yay!

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