katchkillah

just wondering as i updated some mods and noticed these options.

captainlaziness

I used to, but like others have said the rankings seem to be abused a lil bit.

bB2NER

Yeah, you end up getting haters in there voting low numbers and it throws off the true averages. There should be records of who's voting what and it might discourage some of that nonsense.

Jenna

I was horsing around with mine the other day (just figured out how to vote) and it seems as though I can vote for myself.

I fixed the high marks I gave myself as my Scions soooo aren't worthy of it, lol.

Of course, I'm only assuming I changed my scores. I'm still a tad baffled how the scoring/rating thing works.

hotbox05

people can vote high or low without it being a fake or messed up rating , and just because someoen doesnt like something doesnt make them a hater.

bB2NER

You know what I mean hotbox. You go through the cars at the top and see some really bad rides and some moron went in there and voted it 1s and 2s. It's like yeah right. Lets be more honest and vote real scores for the ones that deserve it. I realize that everyone might not like everyone elses mods but don't be voting low scores just because it's not your style. That's childish to say the least!

Jenna

hotbox, I think I could also click your profile and lower your rating, right now, if I didn't like your comment (or you personally) in this or other threads. That wouldn't be a reflection of your car but my feelings towards you and that's not fair.

chrischoi

iTrader: (2)

yeah. just because some people are offended by somethings i say. they give me lots of 1's. i see stock tc's with higher ratings.

hotbox05

whether you appreciate a cars style or not you should be able to vote 1's or 2's or 3's or 4's or 5's . voting someone down cause they don't like what another member says is wrong but there really no way to discern that unfortunately.

i vote 1's-5's depending on if i like their car or not. i don't hold back , i don't vote higher or lower than what i think of their RIDE not them. someone could be a huge jerk and if they deserve a 4 or 5 i'll vote it. if heyre super cool but their ride is weaksuck they get what it deserves , a 1,2 or 3.

LiquidFX

i vote for a lot of rides, i gave my tC 2 for show and 1 for go, and my g/f's xB 1 show and 1 go.....lol

LiquidFX

it should also be to where when you vote you have to leave a comment as well.....

TerribleTed

I do. Vote that is. I dont think alot of people do tho as there arent that many vote recorded on the profile. It would be interesting to have a view counter on the profiles pages

Dammit I went to my profile and realized that when I updated my gallery last night I changed my top display profile pic unintentionally, resetting all my votes;/ The votes since yesterday were few and pretty good, but, that wasnt the pic I wanted there, soooo, I just switched it again and of course reset the votes again lol. So quick now everyone go to my profile and give me some more of them 5's

captainlaziness

My method for voting was
1 - stock
2 - light mods (wheels and springs, CAI or SRI, lip kit, ect.)
3 - mild (wheels/springs/sways, intake and exhaust, header lip kit or body kit, sound system, ect.)
4 - big mods or lots of mods (wheels, full suspension, full sound system, some sort of F/I, full body kit or custom paint, ect.)
5 - showstopper (wheels, suspension, ICE, F/I, custom paint, widebody, ect.)

I think that when I did vote, it was mostly 1-3, a few 4s and maybe two 5 star ratings. Personally, it takes a seriously modded car with lots of time and money put into it to get a vote for 5.

Keep in mind that I don't use the rating system anymore and that was a general guidline I used for voting. I based it strictly on the car, not the owner.

katchkillah

thanks for the input. i was just curious. so after that post i sorta was going thru a few profiles just to check it out a little more. yeah too bad it didn't keep track of who voted.

Tomas

I have voted on a few cars, and voted honestly, but there are so many problems with the way people abuse the system I don't even let 'em vote on mine, even though I'd like to have a pic pop up when someone hovers over the label under my avatar.

Some of the problems:

It's more of a 'popularity contest' than a true rating of the vehicles.

Some clubs have been notorious for voting their members high ratings and non-members low across the board.

Those few times I allowed voting on mine, I could watch the low ratings stack up whenever I warned someone...

And finally, my personal opinion that just because one car has more mods than another, doesn't make it better - its the vision and execution. There are some highly modified rigs out there that have high ratings, but just aren't of a quality to really warrant being rated better than some more subtle but extremely well done cars.

Bottom line is I think think the ratings are BS so I just ignore them. YMMV.

Tom

LiquidFX

i have voted for everyone in this topic since all of you decided to give your input....

CHPRBOX8

i do vote and i dont hate it is all about your opionon and i vote on all the scions just not the xb's even though i love them and the tc's are a close 2nd, but it is hard to the go vote some times for me

LiquidFX

I will continue to vote the on the rides for the people who give their time and opinion in this thread....Everybody should do the same.

captainlaziness

Did you guys notice the area to leave comments in profiles?

Tomas

Hmmmmmmm... That's fairly new, Captain...

We used to have that, and it was useful - people would ask about specific mods or accessories and I'd answer with details, for example.

It went away when the gallery was rebuilt, but now it's back.

Glad to see it, so long as the individual gallery owners can get rid of 'bad' comments.

Tomas