Maj. Numbskully
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A GUIDE TO RATING FILES AT THE SWAP PAGES
Attention Newly Registered Knife Edge Forum/Swap Page Members...Welcome!
There is a 2 week waiting period before you are allowed to Rate Files at the Swap Pages
This is by no means an attempt to tell any Forum/Swap page member HOW (or what) to Rate Swap Page files , but merely an attempt to point out some things that could be considered when Rating Files at the Swap Pages
RATING
GENERAL OVERVIEW:
DO NOT Rate a Swap Page file just by looking at the THUMBNAIL!!
Download and Import it into the Sim. And LOOK at the file IN THE SIM.
Many people only show the single generic thumbnail generated by the G3x or Rfx file which only shows one view.
In every type of swap page file there are things that may not be shown
Or are impossible to ascertain in a thumbnail(s) or preview
Rating a file WITHOUT Downloading, importing and looking at the file in the Sim. Is NOT REALLY FAIR to the up loader!
RATING FRIENDS FILES:
DON’T rate every file posted by your Forum or MP friends a 10 just because you like them. Every file should be rated on the merit of the file in question Not by whom you know. Besides this kind of rating system abuse is easy to spot When every file or nearly every file from User123 gives a 10 rating on every file or nearly every file from User456 or vice-versa ….its obvious as to what’s going on
Those ratings truly are meaningless and lowers both users rating credibility
REATALIATION RATING:
DON’T…. just because some one else does not like one your files or consistently rates your files poorly, doesn’t give you the right you the right to “return the favor’’. Also keep in mind that NOT EVERY file is a 10 no matter how good you think your upload may be "two wrongs don’t’ make a right, and it just lowers your rating credibility
CUP OF TEA
One of RF’s strengths is that the user can make RF into what he or she wants it to be By which types of stock or imported files they choose to use within RF ,or by choosing to use certain files that are used to join events on line in MP
(For example: EA’s or AV’s with missiles, paintball guns etc. for use in combat in G5) If a file presented at the Swap Page is not your “Cup of tea” maybe you should not download or rate the file anyhow!!
FUN FACTOR / NOVELTY
Many AP and AV files are NOT meant to mimic the real world like …“Tube” or Obstacle Courses and Mach 2 aircraft intended just for flying fun or practice in the Sim.
RF has something for every one and if done properly these types of Files can be fun and help you learn Spatial Orientation and Sharpen your reflexes or both
These skills can help your real world R.C. Aircraft Flying. It’s not fair to rate a file poorly because you think “that’s not very real"
When it was never intended to depict some thing real in the first place
ORIGINALITY
Has it been done before? Or not differ substantially from other files offered? Or even copied?
CREATIVITY
Did much thought or effort go into it? for a CS, is it just a change in color with the original pattern? (Color fill) ...or for an AP is it just a spawn point or something unique with multiple spawn points and/or has made use of Airport objects in a new way? Did it take some thought in laying it out?
Attention Newly Registered Knife Edge Forum/Swap Page Members...Welcome!
There is a 2 week waiting period before you are allowed to Rate Files at the Swap Pages
This is by no means an attempt to tell any Forum/Swap page member HOW (or what) to Rate Swap Page files , but merely an attempt to point out some things that could be considered when Rating Files at the Swap Pages
RATING
GENERAL OVERVIEW:
DO NOT Rate a Swap Page file just by looking at the THUMBNAIL!!
Download and Import it into the Sim. And LOOK at the file IN THE SIM.
Many people only show the single generic thumbnail generated by the G3x or Rfx file which only shows one view.
In every type of swap page file there are things that may not be shown
Or are impossible to ascertain in a thumbnail(s) or preview
Rating a file WITHOUT Downloading, importing and looking at the file in the Sim. Is NOT REALLY FAIR to the up loader!
RATING FRIENDS FILES:
DON’T rate every file posted by your Forum or MP friends a 10 just because you like them. Every file should be rated on the merit of the file in question Not by whom you know. Besides this kind of rating system abuse is easy to spot When every file or nearly every file from User123 gives a 10 rating on every file or nearly every file from User456 or vice-versa ….its obvious as to what’s going on
Those ratings truly are meaningless and lowers both users rating credibility
REATALIATION RATING:
DON’T…. just because some one else does not like one your files or consistently rates your files poorly, doesn’t give you the right you the right to “return the favor’’. Also keep in mind that NOT EVERY file is a 10 no matter how good you think your upload may be "two wrongs don’t’ make a right, and it just lowers your rating credibility
CUP OF TEA
One of RF’s strengths is that the user can make RF into what he or she wants it to be By which types of stock or imported files they choose to use within RF ,or by choosing to use certain files that are used to join events on line in MP
(For example: EA’s or AV’s with missiles, paintball guns etc. for use in combat in G5) If a file presented at the Swap Page is not your “Cup of tea” maybe you should not download or rate the file anyhow!!
FUN FACTOR / NOVELTY
Many AP and AV files are NOT meant to mimic the real world like …“Tube” or Obstacle Courses and Mach 2 aircraft intended just for flying fun or practice in the Sim.
RF has something for every one and if done properly these types of Files can be fun and help you learn Spatial Orientation and Sharpen your reflexes or both
These skills can help your real world R.C. Aircraft Flying. It’s not fair to rate a file poorly because you think “that’s not very real"
When it was never intended to depict some thing real in the first place
ORIGINALITY
Has it been done before? Or not differ substantially from other files offered? Or even copied?
CREATIVITY
Did much thought or effort go into it? for a CS, is it just a change in color with the original pattern? (Color fill) ...or for an AP is it just a spawn point or something unique with multiple spawn points and/or has made use of Airport objects in a new way? Did it take some thought in laying it out?
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