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Armand
explorer
Joined: Nov 20, 2006
Posts: 532 |  Posted: 02-07-2010 15:26
Cool, got my first vote in for the new link (up to 27 now!).
I don't think the keyword matters - its just so that a link can be made which is unique to that mud, for the voting. For the search feature users would still type "mudii" to find it.
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Vulnax
explorer
Joined: Oct 19, 2001
Posts: 648
From: North West
| Posted: 03-07-2010 14:41
Down to 30, remember twice a day!!
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Miek
pioneer
Joined: Aug 29, 2006
Posts: 315 | Posted: 04-07-2010 01:45
perhaps a voting link on main site?
PLEASE VOTE FOR US, CLICK HERE
etc. 
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Zordell
cleric
Joined: Aug 08, 2003
Posts: 219 | Posted: 07-07-2010 20:32
Twice a day? Been voting whenever I open web browser, I keep a tab open to remind me. Not entirely sure my memory will cope with remembering twice :| It's climbing very nicely, though.
How long do you reckon until we can get it in top 10?
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Vulnax
explorer
Joined: Oct 19, 2001
Posts: 648
From: North West
| Posted: 07-07-2010 21:32
29th now ( 21:30 Wed )
what do the in, out columns mean???
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Vulnax
explorer
Joined: Oct 19, 2001
Posts: 648
From: North West
| Posted: 07-07-2010 21:34
Yeah, Miek said twice a day / 12 hours apart voting ( I think! ) - just tried to vote twice in 5 minutes and it just ignored the 2nd vote... no error message though!
Ohh Hi Zordie!! 
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Armand
explorer
Joined: Nov 20, 2006
Posts: 532 | Posted: 08-07-2010 12:50
The way it works is that when you vote, no more votes will be accepted from your computer until 12 hours have passed since the last one. Also, the site deliberately doesn't acknowledge your vote straight away or give you any indication of success/failure, to prevent people from figuring out how to work around the system. So when you vote, you will not seen an immediate increase in position.
In = number of votes
Out = number of times people have clicked on the mud
In my experience, apart from immediately after a reset (which is every 2 weeks), it is very hard to get into the top 10 without a lot of dedication from several people voting twice a day. Currently we are 28 with 57 votes, and position 10 has 224 votes. So we'd need around 4x as many people voting as we do now, to have a chance.
[ This Message was edited by: Armand on 08-07-2010 12:51 ]
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royston
ranger
Joined: Jul 14, 2007
Posts: 1217
From: Felixstowe, Suffolk.
| Posted: 08-07-2010 15:33
Of course, if you have more than one computer in the house or a smart phone.....
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Armand
explorer
Joined: Nov 20, 2006
Posts: 532 | Posted: 08-07-2010 15:50
I'd be very careful with that. Their rules state:
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Your vote will count only once every 12 hours. For the most part, the script will stop someone from inflating their votes. If I catch you cheating such as using open proxies, I'll give you a warning, then suspend you, then ban you from the list. The integrity of this site is based on the fact that cheating will not get you to the top, and that the rankings are as fair as they can be. |
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From what I can tell, they use a combination of IP address and cookies to detect unique votes. So if you live with another person and have access to a separate computer & internet provider, then you can probably justifiably vote twice, but more than that is probably pushing your luck a bit
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Zordell
cleric
Joined: Aug 08, 2003
Posts: 219 | Posted: 08-07-2010 20:13
That's fair enough or people will be there spamming like crazy voting. Twice a day it is then.
Hey Vul, not seen you on for a while! You been well?
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Turrican
Arch-Wizard
Joined: Aug 19, 2001
Posts: 346 | Posted: 08-07-2010 20:50
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On 08-07-2010 15:50, Armand wrote:
I'd be very careful with that. Their rules state:
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On 08-07-2010 15:33, royston wrote:
Of course, if you have more than one computer in the house or a smart phone.....
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Then our course of action is clear, get caught boosting the ranking of all 28 muds above us! (Not to be taken seriously.)
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Armand
explorer
Joined: Nov 20, 2006
Posts: 532 | Posted: 09-07-2010 00:37
Ah, they don't have a rule against that.. <snicker>
Actually I once spoke to a player of one of the top 3 muds at the time, and the admins at the time were engaging in all kinds of dodgy activities, such as in-game rewards for votes, popups that don't go away until you vote, etc (all very clearly against the rules). I dunno how they got away with it.
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Turrican
Arch-Wizard
Joined: Aug 19, 2001
Posts: 346 | Posted: 10-07-2010 00:58
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On 09-07-2010 00:37, Armand wrote:
Actually I once spoke to a player of one of the top 3 muds at the time, and the admins at the time were engaging in all kinds of dodgy activities, such as in-game rewards for votes, popups that don't go away until you vote, etc |
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No perm death or pking also?
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